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Giant Ribbon Discovered at Edge of Solar System

Posted on November 6, 2011 by Robert

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.

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Human baby born with a tail?

Posted on November 6, 2011 by Robert

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.

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A monkey’s uncle? Nope – Ida only a distant relative

Posted on November 6, 2011 by Robert

“Remember Ida, the fossil discovery announced last May with its own book and TV documentary?”

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Magnetic fields trigger solar wind

Posted on November 6, 2011 by Robert

Solar wind generated by the sun is probably driven by a process involving powerful magnetic fields, says this article in Science Daily.

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North Magnetic Pole Racing Toward Russia

Posted on November 6, 2011 by Robert

“Earth’s north magnetic pole is racing toward Russia at almost 40 miles (64 kilometers) a year,” says this article in National Geographic News.

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Cosmic Rays Hit Space Age High

Posted on November 5, 2011 by Robert

The heliospheric current sheet is shaped like a ballerina's skirt. Credit: J. R. Jokipii, University of Arizona

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.

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More akin to the Biblical sense of Creation

Posted on November 5, 2011 by Robert

21 Jul 09 – Reader J.T. Tregidga wonders what I think of Dr. Paul LaViolette’s Galactic Core Explosion theory.

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Surprise method of transferring energy from solar wind to Earth’s magnetosphere

Posted on November 5, 2011 by Robert

What would happen during a magnetic reversal?

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Perhaps Toba super-eruption didn’t create genetic bottleneck

Posted on November 5, 2011 by Robert

This interpretation is contrary to other research suggesting significant animal extinctions and genetic bottlenecks.

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How exactly do ‘fossils’ create ‘fuel’?

Posted on November 5, 2011 by Robert

“Methane is also commonly found on planets such as Saturn (and its moon Titan) where science has never recorded the presence of living plants or animals. How exactly do ‘fossils’ create ‘fuel’? By Jerome R. Corsi 17 Nov 05 – … Continue reading →

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“X-woman” identified as new ancient human

Posted on November 1, 2011 by Robert

25 Mar 10 – Scientists have identified a previously unknown type of ancient human – distinct from Neanderthals and modern humans – through DNA analysis from a finger bone unearthed in a Siberian cave.

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Strongest Geomagnetic Storm in 18 Months Hits Earth

Posted on October 31, 2011 by Robert

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.

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Of Magnetic Reversals and Ice

Posted on October 30, 2011 by Robert

“A magnetic reversal would likely have a devastating effect on planet Earth and, frankly, I don’t want to be around when it occurs.” – Alan Caruba

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Our planet is corkscrewing through space – Video

Posted on October 29, 2011 by Robert

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.

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Do cosmic rays trigger evolutionary leaps?

Posted on October 28, 2011 by Robert

“It’s completely accepted in science that cosmic rays can – and do – alter DNA,” says Andrew Collins in this short video.

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Tiny mutation led to our ability to speak

Posted on October 28, 2011 by Robert

11 Nov 09 – “Two minute changes in a gene that is otherwise identical in humans and chimps could explain why we have full-fledged power of speech while other primates can only grunt or screech,” says this article on Yahoo. … Continue reading →

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“Hobbits” existed 120,000 years earlier than we thought

Posted on October 23, 2011 by Robert

Handout photo released by the University of Wollongong with artist's impression of a "Hobbit," a tiny hominid measuring only one meter (3.25 feet) tall and weighing 65 pounds.

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.

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Moon created by nuclear explosion on Earth?

Posted on October 21, 2011 by Robert

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,

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Kimberlite pipes carved by electromagnetic forces

Posted on October 16, 2011 by Robert

23 Jun 10 – Although kimberlite eruptions at the Earth’s surface have never been witnessed, we know they erupt catastrophically over a very short time, taking half-a-day from the initial melting in the mantle to eruption and solidification at the … Continue reading →

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Magnetic Fields Breakthrough

Posted on October 15, 2011 by Robert

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.

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Utterly brilliant – Explains what’s behind Velikovsky’s work

Posted on October 14, 2011 by Robert

I just want to add my voice to those of your many other admiring readers.

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Lakes of oil on Saturn’s moon Titan

Posted on October 13, 2011 by Robert

“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 →

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Massive asphalt domes found on sea floor

Posted on October 13, 2011 by Robert

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.

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Neutron Repulsion in the Sun’s Core

Posted on October 13, 2011 by Robert

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 →

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US scientists find potentially habitable planet near Earth

Posted on October 12, 2011 by Robert

29 Sep 10 – An Earth-sized planet, astronomers believe there could be many more like it in space.

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No evidence for Clovis comet catastrophe, say archaeologists – Are they blind?

Posted on October 12, 2011 by Robert

30 Sep 10 – Archaeologists Vance Holliday and David Meltzer argue that there is nothing in the archaeological record to suggest an abrupt collapse of the Clovis people, one of the earliest known cultures to inhabit North America.

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Radiation event confirmed at Clovis disappearance

Posted on October 12, 2011 by Robert

Radioactive carbon-14 levels 3 to 4 times higher than normal

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Lena Delta – Magnetic lines of force?

Posted on October 12, 2011 by Robert

This article claims these, or at least many of them, are caused by methane emissions resulting from warming 40,000 years ago.”

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Ancient City in India Irradiated by Atomic Blast

Posted on October 11, 2011 by Robert

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.”

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No magnetic reconnection?

Posted on October 11, 2011 by Robert

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 →

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Explosions in the sky – magnetic reconnection

Posted on October 11, 2011 by Robert

“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 (in Magnetic Reversals and Evolutionary Leaps).

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Magnetic tornadoes gouge Mercury’s surface

Posted on October 11, 2011 by Robert

Could this explain what created the Carolina Bays?

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Could magnetic twisters have created the Carolina Bays?

Posted on October 11, 2011 by Robert

A MESSENGER flyby in 2008 revealed magnetic “tornadoes” – corkscrew-shaped twisted bundles of magnetic fields and plasma – forming in Mercury’s magnetic field.

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Plasma Bullets Trigger Northern Lights

Posted on October 11, 2011 by Robert

Duck! Plasma bullets are zinging past Earth. That’s the conclusion of researchers studying data from NASA’s five THEMIS spacecraft.

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Carolina Bays in Russia! Hundreds, if not thousands!

Posted on October 10, 2011 by Robert

“The area is riddled with what look to be water-filled ellipsoidal depressions oriented on a NNE aspect,” says reader David Foley.

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Carolina Bays in Alaska!

Posted on October 10, 2011 by Robert

23 Oct 10 – Reader Robert Bixler found these oval depressions in the ground just south of the city of Barrow, Alaska, and realized that they look very similar to the Carolina Bays.

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Nanodiamonds in Greenland Ice – Evidence of Explosions in the Sky at a Magnetic Reversal

Posted on October 10, 2011 by Robert

Nanodiamonds from Greenland Ice Sheet. (Credit: James C. Weaver UCSB)

15 Sep 10 — A layer of trillions of nanosize diamonds discovered in the Greenland ice sheet “adds credence to the hypothesis that fragments of a comet struck across North America and Europe about 12,900 years ago,”

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Carolina Bays in Australia?

Posted on October 7, 2011 by Robert

28 Sep 10 – A couple of days ago, one of my readers, Phil Peterson, was looking at a satellite photo of southwestern Australia when he saw a bunch of huge elliptical shapes punched into the landscape.

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Unicorn Cow Discovered in China

Posted on October 6, 2011 by Robert

"Unicorn" cow - Photo by Quirky China News / Rex Features ( 1221531a )

2 Dec 10 – “A farmer in China’s Hebei province is the proud owner of a unicorn cow.”

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Spacequakes Rumble Near Earth

Posted on October 6, 2011 by Robert

Researchers using NASA’s fleet of five THEMIS spacecraft have discovered a form of space weather that packs the punch of an earthquake and plays a key role in sparking bright Northern Lights.

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Carolina Bays carved out by ball lightning?

Posted on October 5, 2011 by Robert

I was wondering if these electrical explosions could be somehow related to the phenomenon called “Ball Lightning.” I know that the end result of ball lightning is a pop or small explosion.

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Carbon rain – Stars reveal carbon ‘spaceballs’

Posted on October 5, 2011 by Robert

22 Jul 10 – Scientists have detected carbon molecules known as buckyballs in a cloud of cosmic dust surrounding a distant star.

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Electrostatic fields may trigger evolution

Posted on October 4, 2011 by Robert

Ionic transport structure in a typical cell membrane. Credit: Geoffrey M. Cooper.

Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging, researchers from the University of Pennsylvania have found that the calmodulin protein molecule possesses an internal “jitter” that shakes it billions of times per second.”

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Shifting magnetic north pole closes Tampa runway

Posted on October 3, 2011 by Robert

Scientists say the Earth’s magnetic pole has been moving nearly 40 miles a year toward Russia because of magnetic changes in the core of the planet.

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Humans! Get Over Yourself!

Posted on October 3, 2011 by Robert

You do not control the biosphere of life on Earth. You do not control its natural calamities. Your attempts at governance are fought with conflict, conquest, and oppression.

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Carolina Bays – Reader thinks lightning created them

Posted on October 3, 2011 by Robert

Reference your discussion with Jeff Rense on Carolina Bays. I think you’re on the right track with your “explosions in the sky”. However it is lightning that created the bays; also observed in Australia.

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Full Moon Electrified by Earth’s Magnetic Tail

Posted on October 3, 2011 by Robert

“When the moon is full, it develops a strong electric field near the surface as it swings through Earth’s magnetic tail,”

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Did a Giant Comet Kill the Mammoths?

Posted on October 3, 2011 by Robert

Layer of nanodiamonds suggests that a huge impact killed the mammoths, says NOVA program. Photo credit: Royal BC Museum, Victoria, British Columbia

1 Apr 10 — “Some 13,000 years ago the Earth was struck by thousands of Tunguska-sized cometary fragments over the course of an hour, leading to a dramatic cooling,”

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Thunderstorms Create Antimatter – Videos

Posted on October 2, 2011 by Robert

10 Jan 11 – Scientists using NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope have detected beams of antimatter produced above thunderstorms on Earth, a phenomenon never seen before.

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Life probable on any wet rocky planet

Posted on October 2, 2011 by Robert

The emergence of life is probable on any wet, rocky planet, says Nick Lane, Ph.D., of University College in London. More specifically, a wet rocky planet with hydrothermal vents.

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