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As a result of changes in the jet stream there have been continuous downpours across Britain and Ireland - as well as Germany and Denmark

At https://phys.org/news/2020-03-molecules-curiosity-rover-early-life.html ... (see Astrobiology journal - https://doi.org/10.1089/ast.2019.2139 ) ... organic compounds known as thiophenes are found on earth resident in coal and crude oil,

Here we have several link sent in by Gary. At www.newscientist.com/article/2235312-chinas-rover-has-discovered-what-li... ... China's rover vehicle has been peering into the far side of the Moon

Who is making use of who. A fascinating post at https://cosmosmagazine.com/biology/the-co-evolution-of-plants-and-humans .... the co-evolution of plants and humans as an extension of co-evolution of plants

At https://www.gaia.com/article/turkish-archaeologists-find-site-much-older... ... excavations at Boncuklu Tarla (also in SE Turkey) have yielded 11,300 year old mini Gobekli Tepe like structures. It has three well

I was expecting the Thunderbolts site to cover this by the weekend - but may be next week. The story is one that has hit

At https://phys.org/news/2020-02-ghostly-massive-ancient-river-revealed.html ... which relates to an article in the journal Geology (https://doi.org/10.1130/G45915.1 ) and concerns traces of a massive river and delta that existed

William also sent in a link to a video ofa fireball streaking across the sky captured by a home surveillance camera in Phoenix Arizona -

One for the album, as they say. At https://phys.org/news/2020-02-cartilage-cells-chromosomes-dna-million-ye... ... and just after I had written this up Robert came up with the same link.

This story comes from https://spaceweather.com (February 28th 2020) ... the surprising way solar storms beach grey whales. They strand themselves on beaches for no apparent

Sent in by William. At https://eos.org/articles/submarine-canyons- breed-megawaves-in-japan/ ... submarine canyons on the continental shelf system offshore of Toyama Bay in Japan seem to be involved

At https://climatechangedispatch.com/geologic-heat-ocean-warming/ ... one of the favourite alarmist memes is that of ocean warming - and ocean warming off the east coast of the US

At www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-00510-w .... archaeology at Megiddo - Biblical Armageddon. The last battle - the last conflagration etc. The mound of the city is SE of

At www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8038783/ .... massive shellls of extinct Pleistocene armadillos have been found in Argentina. In fact, a graveyard of giant armadillos - found in a

From Earth to Mars - and now we have Jupiter. Link sent in by Robert - beginning with www.centauri-dreams.org/2020/02/21/juno-looking-deep-into-jupiters-atmos... ... which amounts to more results

   ... Denmark has been enjoying the huge amounts of rainfall we have been experiencing in the UK. The image shown was taken by photographer

At https://phys.org/news/2020-02-human-populations-survived-toba-volcanic.html .... human populations survived with little effect, the so called Toba life ending super volcano that erupted 74,000 years ago. Another study on

We've had a rash of fireball reports recently, in different parts of the world. We begin with one that ocurred  in September last year above

At https://wattsupwiththat.com/2020/02/21/start-of-dog-ocene-dated-to-at-le... .... the title of this piece, the start of the dogocene is dated 'at least' 28,500 years ago. The dogocene = the emergence

At www.sciencenews.org/article/ancient-urban-megasites-may-reshape-history-... ... ancient 'megasites' may reshape what we think is the history of urban life - and how towns and cities evolved. The spotlight