In the News

Asteroids and near earth objects

16 July 2010 Astronomy
At http://cosmictusk.com George Howard has placed a New Scientist video of a flight across the Tunguska impact site in Siberia, with some close-ups of Lake

Magnetic Powerhouse

16 July 2010 Electromagnetism
At http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/07/100715-science-space-mercury/ ... a flyby of Mercury revealed a huge power surge that 'we clearly do not understand' according to the story. The electromagnetic storms took

A tectonic computer model

16 July 2010 Geology
at www.physorg.com/print198495599.html July 16th ... a group of earth scientists has developed a new way to explain the global movements of tectonic plates on the

Planetary Tails

16 July 2010 Astronomy
National Geographic July 15th http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/07/100715-alien-planet-comet-like-tail/ is a story about a planet orbiting so close to a star that its atmosphere is being blasted away, forming

Tutankhamun's DNA

13 July 2010 Archaeology
At www.eutimes.net/2010/06/king-tuts-dna-is-western-european/ is another post sent in by Gary Gilligan, as he has a strong interest in ancient Egypt. It claims Zahi Hawass has not

Climate and the sun

13 July 2010 Climate change
www.nguno/en-gb/Aktuelt/2008/Less-ice-in-the-Arctic-ocean-6000-7000-years-ago/ is an article that dates back to October 2008 but is interesting as raised beaches on the north coast of Greenland are said to

Dark matter and the Sun

13 July 2010 Electromagnetism
At www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/07/dark-matter-sun/ ... this article and the web site were noted by member Gary Gilligan and forwarded to In the News at news [at] sis-group

black hole, cold thunderstorm

13 July 2010 Astronomy
At www.physorg.com/print198173823.html researchers have discovered a black hole emitting powerful jets of particles that spew forth some 1000 light years. Black holes are usually associated

Pliocene Warmth

12 July 2010 Geology
At www.dailygalaxy.com July 13th ... we are informed, soaring Arctic temperatures may have almost reached tipping point. However, before dismissing this as just another scary

Bacteria is complicated stuff, don't you just know ...

12 July 2010 Biology
At www.physorg.com/print198148074.html we learn that bacteria is proving to be more complex than scientists have thought previously - just another surprise nature has sprung on

Gravity and the Big Bang

12 July 2010 Astronomy
At www.physorg.com/print198135631.html July 12th ... a paper in Physical Review Letters might cause a stir as it says the theory of gravity as proposed by

Titbits on archaeology reports

12 July 2010 Archaeology
At www.cyprus-mail.com/cyprus/rich-final-bronze-age-settlement/20100704 excavators at a Late Bronze Age settlement on Cyprus might be of interest to chronologists, especially revisionists, as a rich assemblage of imported

Polynesian Pyramids

12 July 2010 Archaeology
At www.physorg.com/print197873712.html we have a story on Polynesian temples on one particular island, Mo'orea - their evolution from small to monumental pyramids took place in less

Arthur, old chap ... where be ye ...

12 July 2010 Archaeology
The Daily Telegraph July 11th had a story in which researchers claimed King Arthur's Camelot was built on the site of a recently discovered Roman

Juno

12 July 2010 Astronomy
NASA spacecraft Juno (see www.jpl.nova.gov/news July 12th ... is being assembled in Denver - and a unique protective shield is being added around its electronics.

Ancient Destructions

12 July 2010 Catastrophism
The web site of Peter Jupp at http://ancientdestructions.blogspot.com has some interesting articles that members, I am sure, will be interested in reading. For example, 'Bad

Thunderbolts

11 July 2010 Catastrophism
At www.thunderbolts.info July 10th ... we have a story about the birth of Aphrodite but rather than rising up out of the foam of the

Zahi Hawass and C14 dating methodology

11 July 2010 Dating
See www.almasryalyaum.com/en/print/54897 ... Zahi Hawass, commenting on the new Bayesian C14 dates as reported on In the News June 18th (as published in Science). He

Plant genes

8 July 2010 Biology
www.physorg.com/print197739400.html is a story about how it is thought the wild grass teosinte developed into corn (maize). Experiments in domestication have shown it is possible

shrinking protons

8 July 2010 Physics
a paper in Nature July 8th (see www.sciencenews.org ) indicates protons are smaller than previously thought - by some 4 per cent. This doesn't sound