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At http://phys.org/print323592013.html ... a fly Spanish instrument, the IMaV magnetograph, has recorded how flux tubes are formed and evolve on the Sun. These are the

At http://phys.org/print323585559.html ... a remote galaxy has a bright light on show, which appears to emanate from a black hole at the heart of the

Yes, it seems fire can rain out of the sky - that is what mythology appears to be saying - go to www.thunderbolts.info/wp/2014/07/02/burning-questions-2/ ... another

Nicola Tesla is one of those people very often sidelined in life but almost worshipped after his death. There is a review of him at

At http://phys.org/print323856790.html ... there is a report on study that derives from an ice core section. It was analysed for various chemical traces in a

At http://phys.org/print323596759.html ... scientists have revised the timeline of human origins after it was found Homo erectus sometimes overlapped their assumed ancestors by several hundred

It seems there were two timber henges discovered at Holme on the Norfolk coast. The New Age druid demonstrators made a lot of fuss about

At http://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/c02-burp-helped-tri... ... we are told a team of scientists have discovered some CAGW fairy dust - a giant burp of co2 from the North

At http://spaceweather.com of July 4th 2014 (you will have to scroll down) we have a nice image of noctilucent clouds and a short explanation. They

Blick Mead, overlooking the river Avon, is also the feature of an article in Current Archaeology 293 (see once again, www.archaeology.co.uk - but remember the

An article in Current Archaeology 293 (July/August 2014) (see also www.archaeology.co.uk) makes the point that Silbury Hill sits at the head of the Kennet River

At http://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/ancient-baby-boom-h... ... the lesson the co-authors have in mind is that over population is supposed to be a problem and the modern world is

Patrick McCafferty was a speaker at an SIS autumn meeting a few years ago - and came across as somebody to watch. It seems he

Daphne Chappell reports letting the dog out for a jimmy riddle at 1.00am in the morning and looked up at the sky - and saw

At http://phys.org/print323490400.html ... we are back at CERN and the Large Hadron Collider. Not many press releases from CERN recently but they have been upgrading

Comet Pan-STARRS is still out there. It flared up in May and has since gone rather quiet - see latest update http://phys.org/print323672928.html ... so we

Mainstream media with their very serious face expression firmly stuck to the front of their heads have informed the world that penguins are on the

You'll get used to the Russian name of this comet as it approaches Mars in October. According to the European Space Agency (ESA) the comet

There is a discussion ongoing at http://tallbloke.wordpress.com/2014/06/28/venus-surface-temp-correctly-p... ... and one commenter has come on and said Venus was born from Jupiter just 6000 years ago.

At www.livescience.com/46513-ancient-chariot-burial-discovered.html .... in Georgia in the South Caucasus, a chariot burial has been dug up from beneath a kurgan (burial mound). It dates back