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At last, at last, at last ...
22 March 2015 > GeologyAt www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/03/150320112332.htm ... we have 'did a volcanic cataclysm 40,000 years ago, trigger the final demise of the Neanderthals?' - which is a paper just

dust on Mars
22 March 2015 > AstronomyThe latest Thunderbolts video is something of a beauty - dust in the atmosphere of Mars, and aurorae. Go https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KVV-hob3e4&feature_youtu.be

models and climate
21 March 2015 > Inside scienceIf you thought C14 was useless for dating purposes, as some revisionists declare, you may take onboard that it is now being incorporated into climate

a video of the cracking up of the Earth
21 March 2015 > GeologyIf you saw the video of the expanding earth scenario some months ago at this space and then you might be interested in the rival,

dust in the galaxy
21 March 2015 > AstronomyAn interesting insight into how scientists sometimes think at http://phys.org/print345994897.html It concerns dust in galaxies such as the Milky Way as a result of an

experiments on experiments in science
20 March 2015 > Inside scienceAt www.newyorker.com/magazine/2010/12/13/the-truth-wears-off .... I stumbled across this article as it was quoted on the Internet in a comments section. It is very illuminating. How science

Mons Olympus and the three volcanoes on Mars
19 March 2015 > CatastrophismEmilio Spedicato is a well known figure in catastrophist circles and over the years has come up with some very good ideas. Over at www.q-mag.org/the-pyramids-of-giza-the-belt-of-orion-and-three-volcanoes...

A history of the Moon
15 March 2015 > AstronomyThe Chinese Yutu moon rover found evidence of at least nine distinct rock layers beneath its wheels - on one small stretch of the lunar

The Rosetta comet is really rather dull
15 March 2015 > AstronomyThe presence of ice on Comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko is no surprise. Its very cold on the rock racing through space - colder than your worst dreams

dating by foraminifera fossils
14 March 2015 > DatingDating,periods of time, even cycles of the ebb and flow of global temperatures, have been aided and abetted by the lowly foraminifera, or rather, the

life on other worlds
14 March 2015 > AstronomyEnceladus is currently being targeted as another location for life beyond Earth - see http://phys.org/print345364303.html This moon of Saturn has geysers that eject plumes of

Wakey! Wakey!
14 March 2015 > AstronomyWakey! Wakey!, the catch phrase to an old TV show, resonates with the call out for the comet probe Philae to awake from its four

a carpet of stone tools
14 March 2015 > ArchaeologyI like this one as I can remember struggling, years ago, with trying to comprehend stone tool technology, and why the Middle Palaeolithic was so

Tall el-Hammam
14 March 2015 > ArchaeologyThe Tall el-Hammam excavation has ended for another year. It is an excavation heavily orientated towards the Bible and from that position, the director, Steven
coronal mass ejection March 11th
12 March 2015 > Astronomy coronal mass ejection on March 11th. Go to http://spaceweather.com

dust and nanodust
12 March 2015 > AstronomyAn interesting piece of research - see http://phys.org/print345105547.html .... we've all heard of the dust in space created by comets and asteroids on their journeys

Diros Bay in Greece
9 March 2015 > ArchaeologyThis story is at www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-03/fm-era030415.php ... and concerns ongoing excavations at Diros Bay in Greece. The remains of an ancient settlement and graveyard (with megalithic

unintended consequences strikes again
9 March 2015 > Climate changeI'll leave you to read the link. Unintended consequences from Green policies - a never ending saga - go to www.bishop-hill.net/blog/2015/3/9/ditch-the-greens-if-you-want-to-keep-t...

a single stone tool with a lot to say
9 March 2015 > ArchaeologyAt http://westerndigs.org/stone-tool-unearthed-in-oregon-hints-at-oldest-hu... .... this excellent web site has come up with another humdinger. A multi-purpose stone tool made from an orange agate was unearthed at

Ping Pong with the planets
9 March 2015 > AstronomyAt www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-31664162 ... rogue planets are forcing astronomers into a rethink of the birth of our solar system. Planetary pin balls are on the table