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It's a bit cold this spring. Lots of heavy clouds in the sky. At https://phys.org/news/2021-03-iceland-volcanic-eruption-hauler.html ... the long haul we are told. The volcanic eruption

This piece is sort of accusatory, critical of the reader, shall we say. If you thought the bang in the big bang was a bang

This story appeared in the News a few years ago. It may still be out there somewhere. It has now been regurgitated by the Daily

David was the  first to bring it to our attention - the discovery of a Jewish text of Deuteronomy that differs from the Biblical version.

At https://phys.org/news/2021-03-long-accepted-theory-vertebrate-upended-fo... ... the long accepted theory of mainstream vertebrate origins is taking a bashing by some paleontologists it would seem. This comes after the

William sent in this fascinating linke - www.yahoo.com/news/man-discovered-worlds-only-prehistoric-170923922.html ... a French diver, back in 1991, found a submerged entrance into a cave near Marseille. He

Hunter gatherers living beside Eagle Lake in Wisconsin manufactured 10cm long projectile points [otherwise known as arrow heads] out of pure copper. They were probably

Robert sent in the link ... www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Mars_Express/Mars_Express_... ... and the full paper is at https://arxiv.org/abs/2103.03919 [which is the abstract but when there click on the

At https://phys.org/news/2021-03-world-oldest-crater-meteorite-isnt.html ... in 2012 University of Waterloo scientists claimed to have discovered an impact crater. Zircon crystals in rocks are thought to preserve ancient

Scientists stunned to discover plants beneath a mile deep of ice on Greenland - the big story of last week. Sent in by William and

Sent in by Gary - www.naturettl.com/nasa-makes-their-entire-image-library-copyright-free-f... ... NASA make their entire image library copyright free for public use, a marvellous resource. Meanwhile, Russia is also

Robert sent in the link to https://phys.org/news/2021-03-antarctica-magnetic-link-ancient-neighbors... ... researchers have magnetically linked Antarctica to its former status as part of Gondwanaland. The eivdence is derived,

Another big story this past week, picked up by Robert, William, and Gary. See for example www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2021/serendipitous-juno-spacecraft-detectio... ...which led both Robert and Gary to think

At https://phys.org/news/2021-03-shift-scientific-consensus-demise-neandert... ... which is once again about Neanderthals dying out - an apparent mystery that no one has really solved as yet. It has,

Robert sent in some interesting links to this story, and William also. They provide different links to the big story of last week - a

At https://phys.org/news/2021-03-astrophysicist-theory-sun-composition-vari... ... a 2004 theory by astrophysicist J Martin Laming of the US Naval Research Laboratory has recently come up trumps it would seem.

This was forwarded by Petra Larsson of Sweden and is reprinted as written. It conerns a story a couple of weeks ago regarding the bones

This one is good. Sent in by Gary who provided the link to www.nytimes.com/2021/03/04/science/moon-tail-beam.html ... it seems the moon has a comet like tail, is

Apophis, the space rock at the heart of Nicholas Costa's book, 'Adam to Apophis' is in the news at https://spaceweather.com ... [March 8th 2021]. On

Dark age saints are mainly found in the Celtic west of Britain and in Ireland, from Cornwall to the western isles. There is an interesting