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Beautifully crafted Roman dodecahedron discovered
in Lincoln – but what were they for?
Samantha Tipper, The Conversation, May 2, 2024
Roman dodecahedron uncovered by amateur
archaeologists in the UK
Tom Metcalfe, LiveScience, January 19, 2024
Another Mysterious Roman Dodecahedron Has Been
Unearthed in England. More than 100 such ancient artifacts
have been found throughout Eur
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Severe Geomagnetic Storm Likely
Space Weather Prediction Center, NASA,
Oregon could see northern lights this weekend thanks to strong
solar storm. An unusually strong solar storm headed toward Earth
could produce northern lights in the U.S. and potentially disrupt
power and communications this weekend
By Marcia Dunn, Oregon Daily News, May 10, 2024
Severe geomagnetic storm watch i
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A hidden danger lurks beneath Yellowstone
Catastrophic hydrothermal explosions rocked
the park in the past and could again in the future
Douglas Fox, Science News, May 8. 2024
One of many papers cited in the above article is:
L.A. Morgan et al. The dynamic floor of Yellowstone Lake,
Wyoming, USA: The last 14 k.y. of hydrothermal explosions,
venting, doming, and faulting. GSA Bulle
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How a Faint Magnetic.Pulse May Have Jumpstarted
Evolution 600 Million Years Ago
University Of Rochester, SciTechDaily, May 6, 2024
How Earth’s Faint Magnetic Field Fostered the Rise of Complex Life
Scientific Reports, SciTechDaily, May 2, 2024
The open access paper is:
Huang, W., Tarduno, J.A., Zhou, T., Ibañez-Mejia, M.,
Dal Olmo-Barbosa, L., Koester, E., Blackman, E.G.,
Sm
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Deepest blue hole in the world
discovered, with hidden caves and
tunnels believed to be inside
Sascha Pare, Live Science, April 29, 2024
Deepest Blue Hole in the World Discovered. Scientists
Still Haven’t Found the Bottom
The recently discovered marine sinkhole, the Taam Ja'
blue hole, likely contains caves and tunnels, according to new research.
Isaac Schultz, Gizmodo
The
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Goodman, R., Giosan, L., Shen, Z., Lang, A., Zimmerman, P., Constantinescu,
S., Pizzimenti, S., Alrawi, Z. and Pittman, H., 2024. The Flooding of Lagash:
Evidence for Urban Destruction under Lugalzagesi, the King of Uruk.
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Paul H.
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Exhibitions, Conferences, Lectures, Journals
In Japan, there is the Chinsekikan (Hall of Curious Rocks)
exhibits over 1700 rocks that resemble human faces.
The Japanese Museum of Rocks That Look Like Faces
Johnny Waldman, Colossal, November 14, 2016
Chichibu Chinsekikan (Hall of Curious Rocks), Chichibu, Japan
This quirky little private museum is home to more than a thousand
stones, carved by nature, that resemble human faces.
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Exhibitions, Conferences, Lectures, Journals
Hi,
How is this for a soap opera?
Kyoto Aquarium - Kyoto Penguins Relationship Chart
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Paul H.
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Coffee Shop
It was asked:
"I seem to recall reading that the the southern part
of the T-E plain has acidic soil which has caused
bones to decay faster than other areas. Is that deemed
correct or was that just a speculation?"
Soil alkalinity - acidity is a major factor in bone preservation
in soils as discussed by Baxter (2004), Behrensmeyer (1978),
and Kibblewhite et al. (2015).
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Hi,
I noticed that another geologist has been looking
at the weathering and age of the Shpinx and coming
to different conclusions than Robert Schoch,
Hancocok, and fellow travelers. He has also wrote
on Gobekli Tepe and other sites analyzing fringe
claims and arguements.
His web pages include:
A couple of Youtube videos are:
Geologist Reveals the True Age of the Sphinx
Ro
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Plato’s final hours recounted in scroll found in Vesuvius ash
Newly deciphered passages outline Greek philosopher’s burial
place and describe critique of slave musician
By Lorenzo Tondo, The Guardian, April 29, 2024
Plato's final hours 'revealed': Ancient scroll buried by Mount Vesuvius
claims the Greek philosopher spent his last night listening to music -
and blasting
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Hi,
Cat owners need t0 watch your boxes when packing.
Cats and boxes! How 6-year-old house cat,
Galena, ended up in an Amazon warehouse
Utah cat with a fondness for cardboard takes
surprise trip to California in an Amazon box
Baltimore Channel 2
How did a missing cat turn up 650 miles from home?
By Kathryn Fink and Mallory Yu
All Things Considered, NPR, Aprril 29, 2024
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Geologists discover rocks with the oldest evidence yet
of Earth’s magnetic field. The 3.7 billion-year-old rocks
may extend the magnetic field’s age by 200 million years.
Jennifer Chu | MIT News, April 24, 2024
Ancient Rocks Reveal Earth's Magnetic Field Existed
3.7 Billion Years Ago, Science Alert, April 27, 2024
The open access paper is:
Nichols, C.I., Weiss, B.P., Eyster,
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Hundreds of black 'spiders' spotted in mysterious 'Inca City' on Mars in new
satellite photos, Stephanie Pappas, Live Science, April 25, 2024
Signs of spiders from Mars, European Space Agency
Inca City" is Part of a Circular Feature, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA
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Paul H.
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I suspect that this specimen came from the travertines of the Denizli Basin, Turkey.
Some revelent papers are:
Vialet, A., Prat, S., Wils, P. and Alcicek, M.C., 2018. The Kocabas hominin (Denizli
Basin, Turkey) at the crossroads of Eurasia: New insights from morphometric and
cladistic analyses. Comptes Rendus Palevol, 17(1-2), pp.17-32.
Rausch, L., Alcicek, H., Vialet, A., Boulbe
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Copyright Infringement Email From "Thomas Wolf" Over Image From Wikipedia
A Bug in Early Creative Commons Licenses Has Enabled a New Breed of
Superpredator - Copyleft trolls, Robosigning, and Pixie
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Paul H.
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Renovation relic: Man finds hominin jawbone in parents’
travertine kitchen tile. Yes, travertine often has embedded
fossils. But not usually hominin ones.
Jennifer Ouelette, Ars Technica, April 18, 2024
Jawdropping discovery: Remains of extinct human species
that died thousands of years ago found in kitchen floor tiles
Peter hess, Daily Mail, April 19, 2024
A dentist found a hu
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Scientists may have pinpointed the true origin of the
Hope Diamond and other pristine gemstones
Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience, April 21, 2024
The paywalled paper is:
Kalra, H., Dongre, A. and Vyas, S., 2024. On the possible
primary sources of Koh-i-Noor and other Golkonda diamonds.
Journal of Earth System Science, 133(2), p.51.
PDF file at
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Paul H.
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The journal, Archaeological Prospection, which published the
now retracted Gunung Padang paper, just published a paper
about "pseudoarchaeological colonialism". It is:
Wadsworth, W.T., Halmhofer, S. and Supernant, K., 2023.
Saying what we mean, meaning what we say: Managing
miscommunication in archaeological prospection.
Archaeological Prospection. open access paper
Abstra
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Exhibitions, Conferences, Lectures, Journals
I found the below update on the Francis Scott Key Bridge Disaster quite informative
and well worth listening to. The section on General Average & Limited Liability is
interesting on why shippers need General Avergae insurance.
Baltimore Bridge disaster Update | Next Steps in Salvage & Clearing | General Average &
Limited Liability | Worldwide Fuel Contamination | Impact on Balt
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Why is a volcano in Antarctica spewing out gold dust?
Noora Mykkanen, MetroComUK News, April12, 2024
The paywalled paper is:
Meeker, K.A., Chuan, R.L., Kyle, P.R. and Palais, J.M., 1991.
Emission of elemental gold particles from Mount Erebus,
Ross Island, Antarctica. Geophysical Research Letters,
18(8), pp.1405-1408.
Abstract -
PDF file -
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Microsoft’s VASA-1 can deepfake a person with one photo and one audio track
YouTube videos of 6K celebrities helped train AI model to animate photos in real time.
Benj edwards, Ars Technika, April 19, 2024
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Paul H.
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A Rare Nova Explosion Will Soon Bring a ‘New Star’ to the Night Sky—How to Catch a Glimpse
In an event that occurs only once every 80 years, a distant remnant of a star will grow much
brighter, briefly becoming visible to Earth, Will Sullivan Smithsonian Magazine
A 'new' star will light up the sky soon and you can see it for yourself
Recurrent nova last brightened in 1946 and h
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Almeida, L.C.R., Vargas Jr, E.D.A. and De Figueiredo, R.P., 2006.
Mechanical characterization of rock splitting planes in granitic rocks.
International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, 43(7), pp.1139-1145.
The above paper is pertinent to pseudoarchaeological sites such as
the Montana Megaliths and Gornaya Shoria, Russia, megaliths
because it discusses the tendency of gra
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‘Space junk’ crashes into Florida home from
International Space Station, NASA says
ALcom, Apr. 16, 2024
Object that slammed into Florida home was
indeed space junk from ISS, NASA confirms
By Mike Wall, SpaceCom, , Apr. 15, 2024
Kessler Syndrome and the space debris problem
By Mike< SpaceCom, July 14, 2022
This feared space-junk cascade called Kessler Syndrome may have alrea
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Some Triassic ‘Dinosaur Bones’ Belonged to Giant Ichthyosaurs, Paleontologists Say
SciNews, April 9, 2024
Perillo, M. and Sander, P.M., 2024. The dinosaurs that weren’t: osteohistology
supports giant ichthyosaur affinity of enigmatic large bone segments from the
European Rhaetian. PeerJ, 12, p.e17060.
Yours,
Paul H.
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Multiviewer for Sundhnúksgígaröð Volcano Eruption in Reykjanes, Iceland
Reykjanes multiview - Live from Iceland
Sundhnúksgígaröð Volcano Eruption in Iceland - seen from Hagafell - Close up
Val Troll's Volcano Channel
Icelandic Met Office - Volcano Eruption in Reykjanes
Slow decrease in the flow of lava from the eruption
Ground deformation continues, with a steady inflow
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N.J. earthquake aftershock tally climbs to 34 after Friday’s big tremor. More expected.
NJcom, April 07, 2024
More earthquake aftershocks in N.J. region are very likely in next 7 days, experts predict
NJcom, April 07, 2024
Aftershocks from Northeast earthquake could continue for a week, seismologists say
CBS News, April 6, 2024
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Paul H.
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What’s wrong with the Manitou Cliff Dwellings Museum and Preserve?
Archival documents reveal the true origins of a popular Colorado tourist attraction.
Miles W. Griffis, High Country News, April 1, 2022
Manitou Cliff Dwellings, Manitou Springs, Colorado
A paywalled paper is:
Lovata, Troy R. (2011-04-19). "Archaeology as Built for the Tourists:
The Anasazi Cliff Dwellings o
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From Fear to Survival: Knowledge Is Key
Tilly Smith used schoolwork to save her
family and others from the 2004 tsunami.
ABC News January 20, 2009
Shaky Ground: Tilly Smith, Child Hero
KHSU, February 27, 2018
Tilly Smith -
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