In the News

At http://phys.org/print262508826.html ... new research on dark energy can deduce the End Times - the fate of the Universe, no less. The paper comes from

The global warming controversy has travelled down some funny lanes to nowhere but surely it has taken a wrong turn when it encourages planting trees

At http://phys.org/print262453864.html ... research into the Alpine fault on New Zealand's 'South Island' following on from the Christchurch earthquake, has discovered big ones occur roughly

At www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/07/2012/discovery-of-early-med... ... at Trusty Hill which squats over Gatehouse of Fleet in Galloway. There are Pictish symbols carved into a natural rock outcrop at

Stevie Goddard is on something of a roll. He now has a post that is simple and easy for anyone to understand - as long

A post at http://anthropology.net (20th July 2012) is about a new paper published in the journal Cell, 'Evolutionary History and Adaptation from High Coverage Whole-Genome

A revealing post at http://wattsupwiththat.com/2012/07/23/tisdale-on-the-problems-with-enso-... ... is a good post by Bob Tisdale on his favourite topic, the ocean circulation system. He has written a

At http://phys.org/print262262347.html ... how much did humans impact on the landscape - or for how much are they responsible for the destruction of eco systems,

At http://phys.org/print262258004.html .... the last volcanic eruption in Spain has now been dated to around 13,000 years ago, which is remarkably close to the Younger

While Bishop Hill and Climate Audit have this week been nitpicking over the police statement released after bringing the investigation into the hacking of the

At www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/07/120720103543.htm ... a bit of a dilemma. Rivers have been found on Saturn's moon Titan - but something is missing. Evidence of erosion by

At http://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/prehistorc-tablet-c... ... the consensus view is that ancient Greeks came into possession of their alphabet by way of the Phoenicians - in around 800BC.

The News blurb on this appears to be a trifle exaggerated but the story can be found in www.cosmosmagazine.com/news/5795/seeing-a-new-direction ... it seems that Israeli scientists

At www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/07/120718192007.htm ... the unique arm morphology of Neanderthals, thought to be due to coming up close to their prey and thrusting with their spears,

This is the title of a new book by Justin Deering, The End of the World Delusion: How Doomsayers Endanger Society (available in hardback, paperback

Some interesting speculative biology going on - and NASA forced to retreat. The idea of a shadow biosphere, or a biosphere that has been crowded

CAGW seemed to be firmly entrenched, especially from a science angle - until a few retired people with an addiction to messing around on the

At www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/07/2012/300-000-year-old-flint... ... reports the discovery in Picardy of a site with five prehistoric levels ranging in date between 300,000 and 80,000 years ago, most

At http://phys.org/print261650980.html .... some basics of what the CERN experiment was all about, and what it found, in an easy to understand description by Cliff

This can be found at www.phenomenica.com/2012/07/african-elephants-are-picky-eaters/ ... which is interesting as the same may have applied to mammoths. Elephants don't eat just anything but selectively