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Ring of Venus, Ring of Earth

25 November 2013 > Astronomy
At http://phys.org/print304333656.html ... a dust ring in the orbit of Venus has been confirmed. This appears to be related to the cloud of dust we
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A shorter history of the Greenland ice sheet

24 November 2013 > Geology
We know it was smaller in the Medieval Warm Period otherwise Scandinavian farmers would not have colonised the edges of the ice sheet and therefore
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Politics and CAGW

24 November 2013 > Climate change
Are the politicos getting cold toes and hopping around on one leg - which way to put the foot down, backwards or forwards. This comes
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Hanging Gardens of Babylon

24 November 2013 > Archaeology
I've just watched a Channel 4 TV documentary on the Hanging Gardens of Nineveh, Sunday 24th of November, in which an Oxford University researcher has
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Humans in the Americas 30,000 years ago?

24 November 2013 > Archaeology
At http://phys.org/news/2013-11-ancient-giant-sloth-bones-humans.html ... a paper in 'Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences' concerns an investigation in Uruguay at a bone bed. Humans are
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Microscopic life in the oceans

24 November 2013 > Biology
At http://phys.org/print304250664.html ... a fascinating piece on ocean life cycles and sampling a cup full of sea water. A glass of water from the oceans
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Ice Cube

24 November 2013 > Astronomy
The Ice Cube laboratory is a neutrino observatory where the detectors are buried a mile under the surface of Antarctica. They claim to have found
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The Leonids

24 November 2013 > Astronomy
Tim Cullen turns his attention to the Leonids - go to http://malagabay.wordpress.com/2013/11/24/astral-karma-the-leonids/ ... and the source of this meteor shower is Comet Tempel Tuttle (which
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Atmospheric chemistry

24 November 2013 > Astronomy
Tim Cullen has been looking at the role of methane in space science - and in the politikking of CAGW. He claims this is 'another
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Ice Age migrations

23 November 2013 > Archaeology
At www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-11/uoc-asg112013.php ... a skeleton of an individual dated around 24,000 years ago, at the height of the Late Glacial Maximum (LGM) was found at
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Comet ISON update ... and a new comet on the block (one that has been hiding from us)

23 November 2013 > Astronomy
At http://phys.org/print304107315.html ... Comet ISON spreads its wings - two wing like features have appeared resembling the letter U (so we have a tail plus
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Collective consciousness

23 November 2013 > Biology
Another story from the Daily Mail - see www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2509971/Are-PSYCHIC-scientists-b... ... which suggests sixth sense (which we may very well possess) is a psychic power ...
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The geezer at Gezer

23 November 2013 > Archaeology
At www.livescience.com/41143-city-found-under-canaanite-city.html ... archaeologists have unearthed a city beneath a Canaanite city - in Israel. This is how the story is presented, as if this
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A swarm of satellites

23 November 2013 > Astronomy
Well, three to be exact - see http://phys.org/print304250622.html The European Space Agency (EPA) are putting three satellites into orbit, each the size of a small

The new island off Japan

23 November 2013 > Geology
At http://phys.org/print304227456.html ...                                                             a new island has formed at the back end of the Ogasawara chain to the south of Japan. Volcanic activity has

Heaven and Hell

23 November 2013 > Astronomy
At http://phys.org/print304238468.html ... there is another invocation of hell ... but this time accompanied by heaven ... The 'blurb' came about in result of the
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Door to Hell

23 November 2013 > Geology
In this post at www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2510546/Hole-40-years.html ... hell is invoked, a bit of a tabloid 'word-play' on an unusual story. The door to hell is in
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Neanderthals ... string and cord now on the list of skills

22 November 2013 > Archaeology
At www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/11/2013/neanderthal-string-theory ... a Neanderthal occupation site in the Ardeche in France has shownthey used string to thread a knecklace of stones, teeth, and shells,
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Bluestone Source Rock (and Ley Lines)

22 November 2013 > Archaeology
At www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-25004282 ... research published in the Journal of Archaeological Science say they have found the specific outcrop of spotted dolerite from where most of
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The six armed asteroid ... update

22 November 2013 > Astronomy
Wal Thornhill has a take on that six spoked asteroid reported last week. Go to www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9HPVMw1IN0&feature=youtu.be
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