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At http://phys.org/print298024131.html ... the quixotically named Don Quixote asteroid, the third largest Near Earth Object (or NEO), has changed status. It is now regarded as

At http://phys.org/print297931761.html ... measuring the speed the Universe is expanding has come up with a problem. The mainstream view is that the observable universe has

At www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/353090/description/Meteorite_that_fe... ... the meteorite that fell last year grounded in California. After melting away some minerals with acid a number of sulphur and oxygen

Science News at www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/353095/description/Egypt_wasnt_built... ... says about that statistical analysis that just 150 artefacts were involved (new C14 dates) taken from textiles, reeds, hairs and

The latest issue of Current Archaeology, 283 (Oct, 2013) available in Smiths Newsagents nowadays so you don't have to subscribe (and see also www.archaeology.co.uk) has

At http://phys.org/print297333060.html ... is a piece on Brown Dwarf stars and why they might have failed to become bright Sun like objects. There are of

At http://phys.org/print297254823.html ... computer simulation solves another puzzle. The beginning of the last glacial period required an accumulation of snow at higher latitudes to form

This story can be found at http://phys.org/print297435137.html ... and this time it is UK scientists in the chase (based at an observatory in Chile). The

At http://phys.org/print297525077.html ... the West Antarctic ice sheet existed 20 million years earlier than previously thought runs the headline but how do scientists arrive at

We seem to have had a spate of papers favourable to the idea of a Yonger Dryas boundary event that involved bombardment by meteors or

Keeping climate science at bay with a very long pole Nature also has an article on sulphur in the Mantle which might be important -

At http://phys.org/print297607227.html ... the Tamu Massif lies one thousand miles east of Japan and it is a giant volcano that has left its innards spread

At http://tallbloke.wordpress.com/2013/09/04/doug-proctor-dowsing-and-divin... ... is a bit on the light side and not at the cutting edge of science. Dowsers are of course regularly accused of

At http://tallbloke.wordpress.com/2013/09/01/oldbrew-and-tallbloke-why-phi-... ... and http://tallbloke.wordpress.com/2013/09/06/oldbrew-and-tallbloke-why-phi-... ... lots to think about here, a continuing investigation that began with http://tallbloke.wordpress.com/2013/02/20/a-remarkable-discovery-all-sol... The Tall Bloke hypothesis that Phi connects

Ceres is the biggest object in the Asteroid Belt and has a perfectly rounded shape. This is supposed to imply it formed during the early

Returning to the theme of Miles Mathis on the Golden Ratio, at http://tallbloke.wordpress.com/2013/08/27/miles-mathis-more-on-the-golde... ... he claims there is often too much math and not enough

This story can be found at various places such as www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-23947820 A new timeline for the beginnings of Egyptian history has been announced - and

Your average medieval robber baron has generally earned a bit of a poor reputation amongst the liberal elite, the trade unions, the politcal left and

A fascinating post at http://heritageofjapan.wordpress.com/2013/08/25/the-japanese-rain-doctor... ... the rain doctor was a shaman, a rain sorcerer used to bring bountiful harvests and intercede with the gods

At http://heritageofjapan.wordpress.com/2013/08/25/origins-of-dragon-blood-... ... Cinnabar, a powdered mineral pigment, is also known as 'Dragon's Blood'. Now, if dragons were seen to emit red dust, as in