In the News

Trilobite Graveyard

14 November 2023 Biology, Catastrophism, Geology
At https://www.sci.news/paleontology/bohemoliches-incola-diet-12313.html ... we have fossilised specimens of trilobites, dating from the Ordovician, containing the contents of its guts. Stomach I assume. This was sent

Mars Surpise

14 November 2023 Astronomy
At https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-03271-4 ... we are told Mars has a surprise layer of molten rock in its interior. This conclusion came about after a meteor struck

Rocks from Space

14 November 2023 Astronomy, Catastrophism
William sent in the link https://finance.yahoo.com/news/martian-rocks-keep-hitting-earth-160200735.html  ....Martian rocks, meteorites, have been flying through space and bombarding earth for thousands of years, we are told. They

Pliosaur Alarmism

12 November 2023 Biology, Geology
At https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/fossils/jurassic-pliosaur-megapredator-was-a-giant-sea-murderer/ ... sometimes the press releases are more comedy than serious science. This one is edgy perhaps - as it is alarmist. Here we

Asteroids and Petrified Forest

12 November 2023 Catastrophism, Geology
Gary sent in this one - https://cowboystatedaily.com/2023/11/04/wyoming-couple-finds-forest-of-gigantic-60-million-year-old-petrified-trees ... a couple in the US, building an RV park, have dug up a massive 35 feet section

Chunk of the Moon

11 November 2023 Astronomy, Catastrophism
At https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/10/231023185445.htm ... back in 2021, two short years ago, it was suggested by University of Arizona astronomers that a recently discovered Near Earth Object,

Geomagnetic Storms

9 November 2023 Astronomy, Climate change, Electric Universe, Electromagnetism
At https://spaceweather.com ... archive November 6th 2023. Here we have a large purple tube of light - but it wasn't an aurora. It was caused

Nancy Grace

9 November 2023
Seems like the James Webb Space Telescope is not alone. We now have the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope due to come online soon. It

The Sphinx

9 November 2023 Archaeology, Geology
At https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/ancient-egyptians/sphinx-may-have-been-built-from-a-natural-rock-feature-eroded-by-wind-study-claims ... It is possible that wind erosion made a rock feaure in Egypt resemble a lion laying down is the basic premise. Asuming

Oxygen on Venus

9 November 2023 Astronomy
At https://phys.org/news/2023-11-presence-atomic-oxygen-day-night.html ... there are oxygen atoms on Venus, on both sides of the planet, during night and day time. It exists in the atmosphere.

Sharks and Tuna in the Deep

9 November 2023 Biology, Geology
At https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/11/231107131931.htm ... microfossils of algae have been found in rocks in western Australia. These seem to push back the beginning of life forms on

Dinkinesh and Bennu and Lucy

9 November 2023 Astronomy
At https://www.livescience.com/space/nasa-reveals-1st-sample-collected-from-potentially-hazardous-asteroid-bennu-to-public-and-it-may-contain-the-seeds-of-life ... a sample collected from the near earth object Bennu, which is currently in orbit a long way away, may contain the seeds

Neanderthals in the news again

8 November 2023 Anthropology, Archaeology, Genetics
At https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/humans-and-neanderthals-mated-250000-years-ago-much-earlier-than-thought ... a comparison of the genomes of Neanderthals who lived in Siberia around 120,000 yeara ago. with those of Modern humans in sub-Sahara

Chellah

8 November 2023 Archaeology
At https://phys.org/news/2023-11-moroccan-archaeologists-unearth-chellah-tourism-friendly.html ... a former port close the modern capital of Morocco, Rabat, has been unearthed by archaeologists. It is at Chellah and seems to

Light and Water

8 November 2023 Electromagnetism, Physics
At https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/11/231101180644.htm ... evaporation takes place all the time but scientists have been experimenting and they noticed something unusual about the rates water evaporates. They

Canyon of Fire

8 November 2023 Astronomy, Electromagnetism
At https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-03301-1 .... we have a story concerning a big CME that engulfed NASAs Parker Solar Probe last year, 2022. The Probe was able to

Rogue Cosmic Objects

8 November 2023 Astronomy
The James Webb Space Telescope is proving an eye opener for astronomers. It has spotted a lot of objects beyond our solar system that do

Mahabharata and Piora

6 November 2023 Archaeology, Catastrophism, Mythology
Did the cosmic impact described in the Hindu epic, the Mahabharata, cause the Piora Oscillation - formerly the 3200-3000BC event. See https://www.academia.edu/50033927/Did_the_Cosmic_impact_described_in_the_Hindu_epic_Mahabarata_cause_the_Piora-Oscillation ... an increase

6000BC and all that

6 November 2023 Archaeology, Catastrophism
The 6200-600BC event was pivotal moment in history as it prompted some significance migrations around the world. Afterwards, early farmers arrived in the Balkans and

Tassili and Tadrart Acacu

28 October 2023 Archaeology
At https://phys.org/news/2023-10-ancient-society-sahara-rose-fell.html ... the Garamantes lived in southern Libya at the same time as the Romans ruled most of the Mediterranean basin. Why this story