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At https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2019/05/researcher-connects-... ... about 400 million years ago vertebrates are said to have begun to crawl out of the sea on to the land. Last

Were the megaliths at Baalbek erected under King Herod? Go to https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2019/05/baalbek-were-megalit... ... The temple of Jupiter at Baalbek dominates Baalbek, in the Lebanon -

At https://phys.org/news/2019-05-potential-taurid-meteor-swarm.html .... a study by the University of Western Ontario has investigated the potential risk from Taurid meteor swarms. Do they pose an existential

Yesterday we had a post on the idea a collision with a proto planet led to the formation of the Moon and provided the Earth

An 'old bat' has opened an interesting counter resolution - dinosaur bat. Robert provided the links to https://crev.info/2019/05/dinosaur-bat-wings/ and https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-science-dinosaur/-bat-winged-dinosaur-... ... a Jurassic dinosaur flew

William sent in this link - https://phys.org/news/2019-05-formation-moon-brought-earth.html ... the formation of the Moon brought water to Earth, the latest idea on why there is so

At https://phys.org/news/2019-05-extraterrestrial-mud-ball-years.html ... which is actually a meteor the size of a washing machine that broke apart over a small town in Costa Rica a

Also sent in by William - https://www.yahoo.com/news/earths-magnetic-north-pole-shifting-101845338... ... the magnetic north pole is shifting. Scientists asked themselves, could this mean the northern lights will move

Sent in by William - go to https://phys.org/news/2019-05-giant-impact-difference-moon-hemispheres.html ... a giant impact caused the differences between the two hemispheres of the Moon. The topographic evidence,

At jplnewsroom [at] jpl [dot] nasa [dot] gov we are told NASAs Juno mission has found changes in Jupiter's magnetic field. The discovery, it is

There are a couple of interesting posts at Thunderbolts - go to www.thunderbolts.info/wp/2019/05/05/the-eye-of-the-storm-part-2/ ... Jupiter is our largest neighbour and generates the largest electro-magnetic field

At https://notrickszone.com/2019/05/18/royal-meteorological-society-confirm... k/ .... the Royal Meteorological Society has confirmed the urban heat island effect has significantly increased daily minimum temperature in the UK by

This is an interesting post at http://blog.drwile.com/what-is-the-function-of-a narwhal-tusk/ .... what is the function of a narwhal's tusk. He doesn't reach a conclusion as such but

William sent in a link to www.charlotteobserver.com/news/state/north-carolina/article230191724.html ... which has a nice video of bald cypress trees in a remote swamp. One of these has

In the same week Thunderbolts had a post on Ultima Thule we now have a story at https://sciscomedia.co.uk/new-horizons-ultima-thule/ ... in January, NASAs New Horizons spacecraft

At https://phys.org/news/2019-05-reveals-menu-medieval-peasants.html ... scientists from Bristol University have used chemical analysis of pottery fragments and animals bones to shed some light on what ordinary people

William sent in this link - https://phys.org/news/2019-05-newly-fossil-footprints-paleontologists-re... ... newly discovered fossil footprints force paleontologists to rethink ancient desert inhabitants. The footprints were discovered in a

It is calculated the asteroid/comet that struck the Earth at the K/T boundary was about 14 km across. The Chicxulub crater has a diameter of

At https://q-mag.org/sodom-annilhilated-by-meteorite-blast.html ... in 1908 a massive blast in Siberia flattened 2000 square kilometres of uninhabited taiga forestry. Curiously, no crater was found. Scientists explained

At https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2019/05/dna-study-jomon-woma... ... a Japanese DNA study on the bones of a Jomon woman on an island north of Hokkaido has found a genetic signature