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Coal and petroleum created throughout the universe, study finds
New discovery validates my theories. “Carbon Rain.” That’s the title of chapter 12 in Magnetic Reversals and Evolutionary Leaps, wherein I propose that carbon rains from the sky at extinctions.
Is woolly mammoth video a hoax?
The huge beast was supposedly filmed wading through icy waters in the wilds of Siberia. The footage, claimed to have been caught by a government-employed engineer last summer
Burgess Shale provides evidence of evolutionary leaps
“The Burgess Shale adds to evidence that evolution proceeded with bouts of rapid diversification interspersed with extinctions,” says this article in the Smithsonian, thus bolstering my contention that evolution does take leaps.
Raining methane on Titan
Astronomers are now able to forecast rain – methane rain – on Saturn’s biggest moon Titan.
Solar wind weakens Mercury’s magnetic field
More proof of an electromagnetic universe
Methane on Mars produced and destroyed far faster than on Earth
The origin of methane on Mars “could either be life or geological activity – including volcanism,”
Hoping to clone a woolly mammoth within five years
After finding well-preserved bone marrow in a thigh bone of a woolly mammoth found in Siberia, scientists believe it may be possible to clone the giant mammal within five years.
Hydrocarbons rain from Titan’s sky
Did South Atlantic Magnetic Anomaly cause Air France disaster?
Reader Jane Lawson wonders if the South Atlantic Magnetic Anomaly could have had anything to do with the recent Air France disaster.
‘I felt like I’d been electrocuted,’ says sole survivor of Airbus crash
3 Jul 09 – Bahai Bakari, the child survivor of the Yemenia jet crash that killed 152, spoke of her ordeal as she flew back to France. ‘She says instructions were given to passengers and that then she felt something … Continue reading
NASA – The Truth about 2012 Solar Storms – Video
Should we be concerned about solar storms in 2012?
Far side activity on the sun
22 Jun 09 – “Late near midnight on June 21st, something behind the sun’s eastern limb exploded and hurled a coronal mass ejection into space.
Creation of oil linked to mass extinction
5 Jun 09 – “Undersea volcanic activity triggered a mass extinction of marine life and buried a thick mat of organic matter on the sea floor about 93 million years ago, which became a major source of oil,” says a … Continue reading
Matt Ridley: When ideas have sex
Burt Rutan sent this video to me last night, along with the following note:
Huge Breach in Earth’s Magnetic Field – four times wider than Earth itself
NASA’s five THEMIS spacecraft have discovered a breach in Earth’s magnetic field ten times larger than anything previously thought to exist.
You deserve a Nobel prize
Indonesian supervolcano caused genetic bottleneck in human evolution
When it erupted about 74,000 years ago, Indonesia’s Toba supervolcano may have triggered a 1,000-year episode of ice sheet advance, and a short-lived “volcanic winter” that drastically reduced the human population at the time.
Fist of an angry God?
9 Aug 09 – Something – no one knows what – has punched through Saturn’s narrow F ring.
Explosions in the sky – magnetic reconnection
“They laughed when I sat down to play the piano.” Remember that old ad? And they laughed when I wrote that explosions wracked the skies above the mammoth’s heads during the Gothenburg magnetic reversal
No magnetic reconnection?
“This Magnetic Reconnection confusion has gone far enough,” says reader Dennis Cowdrick, who steered me to a paper by electrical engineer Donald E. Scott.
Geomagnetic super-storm sets telegraph papers on fire
On September 2, a billion-ton coronal mass ejection slammed into the earth’s magnetic field. The glow awoke campers in the Rockies in the middle of the night, who thought the sun was rising. But no, it was the Northern Lights.
Giant Ribbon Discovered at Edge of Solar System
NASA’s IBEX (Interstellar Boundary Explorer) spacecraft has made the first all-sky maps of the heliosphere and the results have taken researchers by surprise. The maps are bisected by a bright, winding ribbon of unknown origin.
Human baby born with a tail?
Don’t laugh. At birth some human babies have a short “tail-like” growth called a “caudal appendage;’ located near the inferior end of the spinal column.
Magnetic fields trigger solar wind
Solar wind generated by the sun is probably driven by a process involving powerful magnetic fields, says this article in Science Daily.
Cosmic Rays Hit Space Age High
28 Sep 09 – Planning a trip to Mars? Take plenty of shielding. According to sensors on NASA’s ACE (Advanced Composition Explorer) spacecraft, galactic cosmic rays have just hit a Space Age high.
More akin to the Biblical sense of Creation
21 Jul 09 – Reader J.T. Tregidga wonders what I think of Dr. Paul LaViolette’s Galactic Core Explosion theory.
Surprise method of transferring energy from solar wind to Earth’s magnetosphere
Perhaps Toba super-eruption didn’t create genetic bottleneck
This interpretation is contrary to other research suggesting significant animal extinctions and genetic bottlenecks.
Strongest Geomagnetic Storm in 18 Months Hits Earth
13 Apr 10 – A sudden geomagnetic storm from the Sun increased from geomagnetic K-index 4 to a number 7 (out of a possible 10) in just three hours – the strongest such storm in the past 18 months.
Our planet is corkscrewing through space – Video
Well, it’s not exactly corkscrewing, but if I had used the word “torus,” most people would have had no idea what I meant. This video will blow your mind.
“Hobbits” existed 120,000 years earlier than we thought
The first skeletal remains of “hobbits” – tiny hominids that stood only one meter (3.25 feet) tall and weighed 65 pounds – were discovered in 2003 on the Indonesian island of Flores.
Moon created by nuclear explosion on Earth?
The Moon is virtually identical in composition to the Earth, leading these researchers to believe it was blasted out of the Earth by a nuclear explosion,
Magnetic Fields Breakthrough
20 Aug 10 – (Excerpts) – Researchers at the University of Dundee have made a breakthrough in the study of magnetic fields, which enhances our understanding of how stars, including the Sun, work.
Lakes of oil on Saturn’s moon Titan
“It’s enough to make a Texas oil man drool.” “Saturn’s moon Titan has rain, lakes, and weather that shapes the moon’s surface as those same processes shape Earth’s,” says this article in the National Journal. “The main differences are that … Continue reading
Massive asphalt domes found on sea floor
Mysterious mounds as tall as a six-story building – The asphalt formed when petroleum flowed from the seafloor some 30,000 to 40,000 years ago.
Neutron Repulsion in the Sun’s Core
26 Aug 10 – Here’s a paper for your Evolution site, it is a gem of info! It could also go on your ice-age site, because it says that “Changes in Earth’s climate are linked with highly variable solar magnetic … Continue reading
US scientists find potentially habitable planet near Earth
Lena Delta – Magnetic lines of force?
This article claims these, or at least many of them, are caused by methane emissions resulting from warming 40,000 years ago.”
Ancient City in India Irradiated by Atomic Blast
Scientists have unearthed an ancient city where evidence shows an atomic blast dating from 8,000 to 12,000 years ago,” says this article by Phillip Coppens. The blast “destroyed most of the buildings and probably a half-million people.”
No magnetic reconnection?
10 Sep 09 – “This Magnetic Reconnection confusion has gone far enough,” says reader Dennis Cowdrick, who steered me to a paper by electrical engineer Donald E. Scott. (See my article Explosions in the sky – magnetic reconnection) “It is … Continue reading
