In the News

Buried Alive. At https://phys.org/news/2020-09-eternal-sleeper-dinosaurs-unearthed-china.... ... another case of sleeping dinosaurs, in a hidie hole, being overwhelmed, buried, and preserved as a stone fossil.  ...  It

This was also sent in by Venus. William may also have sent in a link. At https://news.sky.com/story/signs-of-alien-life-detected-on-venus-12071625 ... signs of alien life detected on Venus.

One to make you think. Gary sent in this link - www.newscientist.com/article/mg24732940-800-a-radical-new-theory-rewrite... ... a radical  new theory rewrits the story of how life on earth

Robert sent in two links. the first one is at https://siberiantimes.com/other/others/news/first-ever-preserved-grown-u... ... the first ever preserved adult cave bear has been found on an island

This story  has surface once again as a result of further studies - see https://phys.org/news/2020-09-widespread-literacy-biblical-period-kingdo... ... a new study concerns widespread literacy in the Biblical

At https://phys.org/news/2020-09-reveal-richer-picture-dna-recovery.html ... a new technique has led to the extraction of DNA from soil for analysis, pulling the genomes of hundreds of animals and

At https://phys.org/news/2020-09-giant-particle-sky.html ... the earth's magnetic field traps high energy particles in order to thwart their entry into the atmosphere. When the first satellites were

The sponge is the interior of a comet and the cavities are on the sun. At https://phys.org/news/2020-09-presence-resonating-cavities-sunspots.html ... sun spots are darker regions that appear

Link sent in by Kevin - www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk/news/local-news/remains-grantham-road-archaeo... ... the remains of humans and ancient buildings have been unearthed during the construction of a by pass

Robert sent in this link - www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8718291/ ... Storm Francis, or Frankie, has exposed parts of a petrified Welsh forest  that has been submerged for

At https://wattsupwiththat.com/2020/05/26/dinosaur-dooming-asteroid-struck-... ... the asteroid that struck earth at the K/T boundary came in at an angle of 60 degrees according to a new study.

At first I thought from the headline they were talking about petrified forests, but no. The stone forests (a sea of trees) are the pointy

At https://phys.org/news/2020-09-blast-black-hole.html ... more properly, how to have a blast like a black hole. Researchers at Osaka University have successfully used short but powerful laser

At www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8705719/ ... a hillfort on Arthur's Seat, soaring above Edinburgh but commanding a view of the Firth of Forth. The ramparts are in the

This is a good one. Sent in by Gary. We have two links, https://www.space.com/37654-exoplanet-55-cranci-e-facts.html ... www.planetary.org/articles/the-different-kinds-of-exoplanets-you-meet-in... ... and here we have the different kind of

At https://phys.org/news/2020-09-japan-geologic-history-discovery-metamorph... ... Japan's geological history is now in question after the discovery of metamorphic rock with microdiamonds in it. Researchers in Japan have discovered

William sent in the link to www.yahoo.com/news/mammoth-central-found-mexico-airport-222432079.html ... and Robert sent in https://phys.org/news/2020-09-mammoth-central-mexico-airport-site.html ... which is a story that hit the media a couple of

At www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/jerusalem/magnificent-remains-of-judaean... ... the remains of a first temple period palace has been discovered under Jerusalem's promenade. These include carved stone which seem to have

William has compiled some futher information on the 1859 Carrington Event. In 'The Sun Kings: the unexpected tragedy of Richard Carrington and the Tale of

At https://phys.org/news/2020-09-decades-evolution-spiral-galaxies.html ... a new study questions decades of research on the evolution of spiral galaxies. This might be a game changer, as they say.