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Gary sent in the link to https://phys.org/news/2021-04-line-fuzzier-asteroids-comets-similar.html ... space is filled with interplanetary dust and the Earth constantly collects it as it orbits around the

Tony Haynes would have liked this one. At https://phys.org/news/2021-04-plasma.html ... an intense laser pulse in an ionised gas drives a bubble shaped plasma wave consisting

A new study in Current Biology concerns DNA evidence about the human colonisation of Europe in the post Late Glacial Maximum period. See for example

At https://phys.org/news/2021-04-biggest-iron-age-weapon-hoards.html ... the discovery of one of the biggest Iron Age weapon hoards in Germany - on a small mountain. Do they mean a

An interesting discovery in Iceland - going back the Viking era. See www.livescience.com/viking-boat-structure-ragnarok.html .... archaeologists have discovered a cave where a boat shaped structure was

The claim is that scientists made a further step towards understanding dark energy - see https://phys.org/news/2021-04-scientists-dark-energy.html ... via the 'Bryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey' - otherwise

Melting rocks require a lot of heat, one might think, or seismic reaction to outward forces - but see https://phys.org/news/2021-04-scientists-probe-mysterious-earth-crust.html ... which is a story

Robert sent in several links concerning Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil remains. The first one is an article in Science journal, 372 page 284-287 [2021] April 16th.

At https://notrickszone.com/2021/04/17/the-dawn-of-the-e-vehicle--battery-e... ... it is bad enough that wind turbine blades cannot be recycled, and have to be cut up and placed in landfill but

At https://phys.org/news/2021-04-ultra-high-energy-gamma-rays-pulsar-nebula... ... ultra high energy gamma rays originate from pulsar nebulae - as published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters - see https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/abf4dc ... it

At https://sciencex.com/news/2021-04-prehistoric-cave-painters-high-oxygen.... ... this is not the first research to suggest European cave paintings are the product of people high on something or other -

At https://phys.org/news/2021-04-multi-wavelength-reveal-impact-black-hole.... ... the black hole at the core of the galaxy M87 has been intensively studied via multi wavelength observations across the electro-magnetic spectrum.

Although factually correct, it is odd the BBC describe it as a stately home rather than a villa. I suppose they consider it fit for

At https://phys.org/news/2021-04-genetic-admixture-south-pacific-denisovans... ... research published in the journal Nature in April of 2021 tells us about diversity amongst the people of the South Pacific islands,

Sent in by Gary - see www.centauri-dreams.org/2021/04/12/dustfall-earths-encounter-with-microm... ... encounters between the earth and space dust. Or in this instance what they call micrometeorites. The research

At https://phys.org/news/2021-04-genome-analysis-reveals-unknown-ancient.html ... human remains dated 45,000 years ago are said to reveal an unknown migration into Europe. As an add on they suggest these

William sent in the following link - www.yahoo.com/news/archaeologists-unearth-ancient-egyptian-pompeii-16331... ... archaeologists unearth ancient Egyptian Pompeii near Luxor. It will shine light on the Amarna era. See

Jewellers consider intrusions in diamonds a blemish - and they fetch a much lower price than diamonds that gleam more brightly. Geologists, on the other

Go to https://realclimatescience.com/2021/04/humans-causing-climate-change-sup... ...   Meanwhile, at https://phys.org/news/2021-04-france-declare-agricultural-disaster-frost... ... in a so called record year of warming, according to climate scientists that is, we learn

In Current Archaeology 374 April/ May 2021, we have a piece on St Kilda [see also https://archaeologyreportsonline.com/reports/2021/ARO42.html ] ... and click on the PDF link