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Update on Ozone Hole
25 November 2023 Electromagnetism, EnvironmentalismAt https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/11/231120170922.htm ... It seems the Hunga Tonga Ha'apai submarine volcano played a role in the loss of ozone over the Antarctic. It changed the
Neanderthal artists and Homo Erectus woodworking
24 November 2023 Archaeology, EvolutionAt https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/11/231121224642.htm ... now we have Neanderthal artists - making geometric shapes on cave walls. The cave in question is at La Roche-Cotard in France,
Ice Age Climate SE Asia
24 November 2023 Catastrophism, Climate change, GeologyA tentative piece of evidence that might suggest the geoid of the earth was different during the last Ice Age - particularly during the Late
Tutankhamun's Yellow Glass Pendant
24 November 2023 Archaeology, Catastrophism, GeologyGary sent in the link https://www.sciencealert.com/strange-yellow-glass-in-african-desert-traced-back-to-extraterrestrial-impact ... meteor impacts are becoming as common as kippers on a breakfast plate. In the desert zone that straddles
Heart of the Milky Way
24 November 2023 Astronomy, cosmologyAt https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/11/231121175511.htm ... the James Webb Space Telescope is at it again - after peering at the heart of the Milky Way. Nothing to do
Ozone Hole
24 November 2023 Electromagnetism, EnvironmentalismAt https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/11/231121175239.htm ... University of Otago - research published in Nature Communications at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-42637-0 ... we are told that over the last 4 year period
Cosmic Vine
22 November 2023 AstronomyUsing red shift to date a chain of 20 galaxies resulted in an early universe timing - between 11 and 12 billion years ago. Red
Shadow Comet
20 November 2023 Astronomy, Climate change, ElectromagnetismAt https://spaceweather.com ... archive November 19th, 2023. A big new sun spot group is emerging on the rotating face of the Sun. It is crackling
Weird Geology of Mercury
19 November 2023 Astronomy, Electromagnetism, GeologyGary sent in the link to https://phys.org/news/2023-11-unveiling-mercury-geological-mysteries-salt.html ... It was the salt that captured his attention. Glaciers of salt. How did it get there. This
Luminous Fast Blue Optical Transients
19 November 2023 Astronomy, cosmologyAt https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-03569-3 ... we have the headline, 'mysterious tasmanian devil space explosion' - baffles astronomers. The menagerie link is later expanded to 'the Cow' and
Volcanic Megabeds
18 November 2023 Catastrophism, Dating, GeologyThis is a cracker as they say. At https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/volcanos/supervolcano-megabeds-discovered-at-bottom-of-sea-point-to-catastrophic-events-in-europe-every-10000-to-15000-years ... notice the word 'catastrophes' in the headline - in fact, it is the crunch line.
Einstein Must be Wrong
18 November 2023 cosmology, PhysicsIn one of those astounding moments of hubris we have at https://www.livescience.com/physics-mathematics/einstein-must-be-wrong-how-general-relativity-fails-to-explain-the-universe ... that might lead readers to think Einstein could well be wrong on
Norway Tomb
18 November 2023Another lost megalithic tomb unearthed. This time in western Norway. See https://www.archaeology.org/11903-231117-norway-neolithic-burial ... a stone lined tomb was discovered in Norway during construction work. It
Neolithic Engineering
17 November 2023 ArchaeologyThe ruins of a 5000 years old tomb have been unearthed in Orkney - see https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/oct/21/a-neolithic-feat-of-engineering-orkney-dig-reveals-ruins-of-huge-tombs ... In fact, all the archaeological action appears to
Sun Spot Aurora
17 November 2023 Astronomy, EnvironmentalismThis is an interesting one. At https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/11/231113192112.htm ... in a study published in Nature Astronomy scientists have outlined their discovery of an aurora like display
Iceland Volcano
16 November 2023 Electromagnetism, GeologyAt https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/volcanos/times-finally-up-impending-iceland-eruption-is-part-of-centuries-long-volcanic-pulse ... which is basically saying they don't know why voilcanoes erupt when they do. What on earth could they be ignoring? The immanent
Chicxulub and Gas on Mars
16 November 2023 Astronomy, CatastrophismRobert sent in 3 links. At https://phys.org/news/2023-11-visible-range-martian-night.html ... we learn that night time glow was discovered by 'The Trace Gas Orbiter' satellite of the ESA.
Bright Nights
16 November 2023 Astronomy, EnvironmentalismAt https://spaceweather.com ... archive, November 14th 2023. What are bright lights? A phenomenon that has not been seen for some time may have made a
Comet 12P outburst, 4th time
16 November 2023 Astronomy, Electric UniverseAt https://spaceweather.com ... archive, Novermber 16th 2023. Like other sources we are told its down to a cryovolcano - or ice volcano. It abruptly brightened,
Neanderthal Portrait
14 November 2023 Anthropology, Archaeology, GeneticsNeanderthals as you have never seen them before. As handsome as the everyday bloke you might come across in your travels in a big city.