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Current World Archaeology
2 August 2010 ArchaeologyCurrent World Archaeology 42 (August 2010) has some information that might be interesting (see the web site www.archaeology.co.uk ) such as the arrival of modern
A Negritoe Migration?
2 August 2010 AnthropologyNegritoes are a very obvious minority population element in various parts of SE Asia and the Pacific, and once lived in India (and still inhabit
The Jared Diamond Myth in tatters
2 August 2010 ArchaeologyManchester University (at www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/news/display/?id=5997 ) it seems is about to publish new research set to overthrow the 'environmentalist propaganda' disseminated by Jared Diamond in his
Solomon's Pools
2 August 2010 ArchaeologyThe story of the discovery of a Roman period aqueduct built to transport water from underground sources - such as Solomon's Pool, the Pool of
Carausius
2 August 2010 ArchaeologyThe Independent July 30th ... harks back to the story of a hoard of 52,000 Roman coins found in a field near Frome. Almost 800
Stratigraphy and a Revision
1 August 2010 DatingLooking at the index to In the News it is noticable that chronological matters have been in short supply - and yet SIS has over
What the Large Hadron Collider is doing - in a nutshell
1 August 2010 PhysicsAt www.physorg.com?print199730102.html the experiment at the Large Hadron Collider is described - and the objectives. This actually appears in an earlier posting but is not described in
Lots of dark matter in a recently discovered galaxy
31 July 2010 Astronomywww.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/61683/title/Dark-matter-eldorado/ a report online at arXiv.org that claims that a galaxy discovered in 2007, known as Segue's Galaxy, is composed almost entirely of dark matter (because very little can
July Sea Ice Melt
31 July 2010 Climate changeAt http://pgosselin.wordpress.com July 2010 ... is this the slowest melting July since AMSR-E satellite data was recorded (referring to summer ice melt). It has stopped
YD Boundary event - critics thick and fast
31 July 2010 CatastrophismGeorge Howard at http://cosmictusk.com/space-com-zoe-macintosh-and-the-delusory-dr-pinter-another-confusing-half-truth-botch-job-on-the-YDB-hypothesis/ on a mounting number of critics who purposely skew the evidence to make it look awry. Sounds just like AGW resistance
Index of earlier postings - Part Two
31 July 2010 Dating2010 May 3rd ... The Science of Doom (new web site devoted to explaining the inner workings of the Greenhouse Gas Theory of Global Warming).
Index of earlier postings
31 July 2010 Dating2009 December 8th ... Has the Tilt of Uranus been solved? December 8th ... Charge separation in space Decembeer 8th ... On the Perils and
Mitanni and Nuzi
30 July 2010 Ancient historyRevision of history is rarely mentioned on In the News, mainly as it is a speculative subject. In addition, it is very often a personal
Elevation in the Andes
30 July 2010 GeologyAlong the coastline of South America there are a series of well known stranded beaches which indicate changes in sea level - or seismic shifts.
Chile EQ aftermath
30 July 2010 GeologyAnother link to www.physorg.com/print199692636.html comments on geology in South America investigating the February 2010 earthquake in Chile. It ruptured a very long fault that follows
Fossil Coral Reef Systems
30 July 2010 DatingApparently, samples can be extracted from fossil coral reef systems which can be used to assess sea levels and climate in the past. The process
A trawl of recent archaeology - small in themselves but fatter in the round.
29 July 2010 ArchaeologyTrevor Palmer has provided the response by Bob Porter on the Yahoo New Chronology Forum to the Science article on Bayesian C14 dating and its
Dunes on Titan
29 July 2010 AstronomyNASAs newsletter, at www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/ July 29th says the mystery of dune patterns on Titan might have been solved. Dune patterns flow in the opposite direction
A 25 Year Theory bears fruition
29 July 2010 AstronomyAt www.physorg.com/print199363299.html ... in 1984 space pioneer Dr Robert Forward proposed a way of improving satellite telecommunications using a new family of orbits. His critics
A New Greenland Ice Core in the offing
29 July 2010 GeologyAt www.physorg.com/print199550264.html we learn that a drilling team has reached bedrock in Greenland after 5 years of boring through 2.5km of solid ice. What they