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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

At https://phys.org/news/2021-03-evidence-neolithic-people-salt-seawater.html ... discovery by Stephen Sherlock. At Loftus, on the Yorkshire Moors, there is a neolithic site going back 5800 years ago [early 4th

Sediments from a cave in NE Greenland tell a story. It was warm and wetter in the past. However, this is dated half a million

Sent in by Robert [withg a hat tip to Louis]. At https://humansarefree.com/2021/03/scientists-biosphere-miles-below-earth... ... scientists discover a massive biosphere miles below eath's surface. It has long

At https://phys.org/news/2021-03-strange-planets-neptune-uranus-mysterious.... ... two strange planets, Neptune and Uranus. Both have skewed magnetic fields and both are tilted. The reason for this has been a

At www.smithsonianmag.com/history/did-black-death-rampage-across-world-more... ... which is a thesis by Monica Green published as 'The Four Black Deaths' in the American Historical Review in December of 2020.

Mount Pleasant was a popular street and place name once upon a time. There is also a Neolithic henge known as Mount Pleasant. In British

Another historical solar storm - this one from 1582. According to a Portuguese scribe a great fire appeared in the sky, to the north. It

Sent in by William who makes the point, mainstream have no problem with catastrophism nowadays - as long as it happened a very long time

Comet 21/Borisov, an interstellar object it is thought, is uniquely pristine we are told - see https://phys.org/news/2021-03-interstellar-comet-pristine.html ... Discovered by amateur comet searcher Gennady Borisov,

At https://phys.org/news/2021-03-australasian-genetic-wider-south-america.html ... Australasian genetic influence was widespread in South America, much more than previously thought. That is the claim. Not only is it apparent

At https://phys.org/news/2021-03-fearnew-meat-eating-predator.html ... a new dinosaur discovered in Patagonia. Akin to tyrannosaurus with some significant differences in structure, Llukulkan roamed what is now Argentian in

William sent in this rendition of Psalm 29, with the comment, an example of Biblical catastrophism. Reads like a Tunguska like explosion ... 4. The