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Japanese origins
17 August 2014 > AnthropologyAt http://heritageofjapan.wordpress.com there are several interesting new postings, a flurry of activity after a long quiet period. One, 'Study reveals DNA link between ancient Peruvians

Russian mission to study the high atmosphere
17 August 2014 > ElectromagnetismAt http://tallbloke.wordpress.com/2014/08/16/satellite-mission-on-high-atmo... ... is due to launch in 2015 and a web site in English is scheduled to record what it finds. The satellite is

Cyprus and Peoples of the Sea
17 August 2014 > Ancient historyAt www.q-mag.org/cyprus-salt-lakes-exonerate-peoples-of-the-sea-causing-the... ... there is a post taken from a 2012 article (a link to the pdf version is provided) which revolves around salt lakes

Gunnar Heinsohn and the first millennium AD
17 August 2014 > ArchaeologyGunnar Heinsohn and Trevor Palmer are currently locked into a debate that mainly centres around the conventional version of Roman history. Palmer is on the

Defending the consensus model
17 August 2014 > ArchaeologyAt http://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/discovery-suggests-... ... a set of tusks in a museum, once attached to a mastodon skull that was thrown overboard, ended up in the nets

The other comet is also set to cause a stir
17 August 2014 > AstronomyAt http://phys.org/print327069680.html ... comet Siding Spring, the other comet of interest this autumn, will pass by Mars in October, just 132,000km away - which is

Erupting Filaments
17 August 2014 > AstronomyA magnetic filament winding down the face of the Sun has been compared to a canyon of fire at www.spaceweather.com August 17th. It appeared two

The names of the gods
16 August 2014 > AstronomyVictor Clube has an article in SIS Review V:4, 'Cometary Catastrophes and the ideas of Immanuel Velikovsky' and whilst admitting the Clube and Napier theory

The Glacial Nightmare and the Flood
16 August 2014 > GeologyHenry Hoyle Howorth, The Glacial Nightmare and the Flood, ISBN 9781154091298, General Books of Memphis Tennesee (2012). This is a 19th century book that has

Aurochs in Mesolithic Britain
16 August 2014 > CatastrophismBones of aurochs have been found in plentiful quantities at Blick Mead (as reported a couple of weeks ago). This site was used for a

Steve Mitchell and London
15 August 2014 > ArchaeologySteve Mitchell, in an article in SIS Review claimed Anglo Saxon Londinwec was situated further up the Thames terracing than it was during the Roman

a chronological impasse
15 August 2014 > Ancient historyIt seems the late Alfred de Grazia anticipated the chronological impasse that has gripped some of our revisionist brethren of late. In SIS Review V:3

Barycentric solar effects
5 August 2014 > AstronomyI did some earlier posts on Rhodes Fairbridge and the barycentre of the solar system - which is not always within the body of the

Varve chronology
5 August 2014 > GeologyAt http://eos.tufts.edu/varves/Geology/chronology.asp ... an interesting outline on varve chronology and its usefulness in assessing the Late Glacial period and the beginning of the Holocene. The

The Moon and the Jet Stream
5 August 2014 > AstronomyAt http://tallbloke.wordpress.com/2014/08/04/jet-streams-and-headlines/ ... begins by noting a lurid headline from the Daily Express concerning a weather forecast made by Piers Corbyn. Apparently, he has said
Bubbles in the Sky
1 August 2014 > AstronomyAt http://phys.org/print326102164.html ... we have two bubbles towering above and below our galaxy - see image (courtesy of NASA) ... and these are big
Comet Coma 67P
1 August 2014 > AstronomyAt http://phys.org/print326092712.html ... we learn that a distinct coma surrounds comet 67P (otherwise known as Comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko). the hazy circular structure on the right

The Moon's Flat Spot
31 July 2014 > AstronomyAt http://tallbloke.wordpress.com/2014/07/31/a-busy-week-for-moon-theories/ ... opens by reporting on new research that claims the Moon's core is surrounded by liquid which in turn is caused by Earth's

Mount Bego petroglyphs
29 July 2014 > ArchaeologyRens van der Sluijs has twice featured Mount Bego on Thunderbolts - and it also appears in his books. Under the title Rock Science it

Mystery of the slowing rotation of Saturn
28 July 2014 > AstronomyThe Cassini spacecraft took readings of the day length of Saturn - and the length of time it takes Saturn to complete each rotation. It