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At http://phys.org/print256988782.html ... a zooarchaeological study indicates hominids (early humans) already practised sophisticated hunting techniques in China according to Chinese scientists in a paper in

World Current Archaeology 53 (June 2012) also has some other interesting articles. For example, some fascinating rock art has been found at el-Hosh, Qurta and

World Current Archaeology 53 (June 2012) has a nice piece on the Gobekli Tepe excavations with lots of colour pictures. The D shaped pillars are

Joan Feynman is the sister of the better known Richard Feynman and she works at NASA JPL, the space research centre - see http://chiefio.wordpress.com/2012/05/26/hope-for-nasa-climatology-joan-f.... EM

At http://chiefio.wordpress.com/2012/05/26/spawar-space-and-naval-warfare-l... EM Smith has been doing some musing on cold fusion after he discovered the US Space and Naval Warfare Command became interested in

As global warming is stalled and is clearly not happening at the moment but instead the world is getting quite a bit of snow in

It seems that CAGW propagands over rising sea levels might have a little secret tucked away. At www.joannenova.com.au/2012/05/man-made-sea-level-rises-are-due-to-global... ... Frank Lasner has revealed the original

At the small coastal village of Happisburgh in Norfolk recent erosion and cliff falls have caused large pieces of the face to fall away taking

At http://phys.org/print256538850.html ... Nikdem Poplawski claims every black hole may contain a new universe and he presents this idea as a solution to a number

At www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120524092226.htm ... the Aurignacian culture people were living in SW Germany from as early as 43,000 years ago, it is now being argued. They

That is, according to Dr Gernot Patzelt of the University of Innsbruck (see http://notrickszone.com/2012/05/24/multiple-glacier-studies-show-wide-ho...). Glaciers in the Alps have grown and retreated on a number

An odd mixture for a single post but Israeli archaeologists have unearthed a clay bulla or seal with the name of Bethlehem which indicates the

At http://tallbloke.wordpress.com/2012/05/23/dust-deposition-in-the-aral-se... ... Tall Bloke's Talkshop continues to raise some very interesting issues, going to subjects other blogs do not venture, or avoid. In this

At www.thunderbolts.info/forum/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=6100 there is a forum debate on the 1859 Carrington super-flare that caused a magnetic storm with aurora visible all over the world, even

At SIS we are aware of the Ussello Horizon because of Han Kloosterman who has written and given talks that include mention of Ussello (in

A sea mount north of New Zealand, on what is known as the Tonga-Kermadec subduction zone, underwent an amazing episode of rapid growth - in

At www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/05/2012/layer-by-layer-the-upp... ... a study of ancient stratigraphy in the caves of Mas D'Azil in France has revealed a flood layer - associated with the

At http://tallbloke.wordpress.com/2012/05/14/solar-wind-stripping-atmospher... there is a post on a chance alignment of planets during a passing gust of the solar wind that has allowed scientists to

For an overview of this important breaking news go to Bishop Hill (Andrew Montford) as he has written a 10 page erudite article that is

Gary Gilligan has put together a little video of this phenomenon, the solar wind slamming into the magnetosphere of the Earth - go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fGQeOac5lo