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Why Is China Drilling a 33,000-Feet Hole in Xinjiang? by Yihui Xie, Time, June 1, 2023 China begins drilling one of world’s deepest holes in hunt for discoveries deep inside the Earth Rachel Chung, The Guardian, June 6, 2023 China is drilling some of the world’s deepest holes in hunt for natural resources By Chris Lau, CNN Yours, Paul H.by Paul H. - Laboratory
On Gunung Padang, the New York Times Turns to ... Graham Hancock? 1/3/2024 by Jason Colativo The New Times article being written about is: ‘World’s Oldest Pyramid’ in Indonesia? A Study Draws Skepticism By Mike Ives and Rin HindryatiPhotographs by Ulet Ifansasti Reporting from Seoul and from Cianjur, Indonesia By Mike Ives and Rin HindryatiPhotographs by Ulet Ifansasti Reporting froby Paul H. - Ancient History
Below is short but interesting compilation of videos from the latest Japanese Earthquake. The first segment should be in a horror film. Japan now! Disastrous Earthquakes and Tsunamis are engulfing Japan now Take care, Paulby Paul H. - Coffee Shop
1.75-Billion-Year-Old Fossils Are Oldest Record of Oxygenic Photosynthesis The preserved structures show a process that gave rise to life as we know it. By Isaac Schultz, GIZMODO, January 3, 2023 Photosynthesis Evolved as Early as 1.75 Billion Years Ago, Microfossils Suggest Jan 3, 2024 by Enrico de Lazaro. SciNews The paywalled paper is: Demoulin, C.F., Lara, Y.J., Lambion, A. etby Paul H. - Laboratory
'Giant' predator worms more than half a billion years old discovered in North Greenland by University of Bristol, SciNews, January 2, 2023 The open access paper is: Tae-Yoon Park et al, A giant stem-group chaetognath, Science Advances (2024). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adi6678. Yours, Paul H.by Paul H. - Laboratory
An interesting recently published open access summary of Holocene Impact Craters. Losiak, A., 2023. Holocene impact craters on Earth. Miscellanea Geographica. Vol. 27 • No. 4 Yours, Paul H.by Paul H. - Laboratory
A new open access paper on the effects of sea level rise on Australia Norman, K., Bradshaw, C.J., Saltré, F., Clarkson, C., Cohen, T.J., Hiscock, P., Jones, T. and Boesl, F., 2024. Sea level rise drowned a vast habitable area of north-western Australia driving long-term cultural change. Quaternary Science Reviews, 324, no.108418. "Highlights • MIS4 lowstand exposed a vast arby Paul H. - Ancient History
Mammoth Specimen Discovered North Dakota Geological Survey ‘One of the most complete mammoth skeletons found in ND ever’: Paleontologist explains discovery in Beulah Bella Kraft, KFYR, North Dakota, December 19, 2023 Rare Mammoth specimen discovered by miners near Beulah, ND Valley News Live, Fargo, North Dakota Miners saw a flash of white in the rock. It was an Ice Age mammotby Paul H. - Laboratory
Beloved Beach Arch in Newport Crumbles, Leaving Oregon Coast With Bit of Geologic Mystery Published 12/29/23 at 6:25 p.m. By Oregon Coast Beach Connection Yours, Paul H.by Paul H. - Laboratory
How Henrico man discovered a creek bed that could produce Virginia's first dinosaur bones WTVR, Richmond, Virginia Yours, Paul H.by Paul H. - Laboratory
Podcast 118: The Mystique of Florida's Key Marco Cat National Park Service The Key Marco Cat and the Smithsonian’s Cushing Collections: A Digitization Collaboration University of Southern Florida libraries Statuette Of Mountain Lion Or Panther Man God "Key Marco Cat" Smithsonian Yours, Paul H.by Paul H. - Ancient History
Balanced boulders on San Andreas fault suggest the 'Big One' won't be as destructive as once thought Kiley Price, LIveScience, December 26, 2023 The 2023 American Geophysical Union talk abstract is: Rood, A., Stafford, P., and Rood, D. L., 2023, S33B-01 San Andreas fault earthquake hazard model overturned by precariously balanced rocks (Invited) S33B - Seismology Generaby Paul H. - Laboratory
Scientists thought they understood maize’s origins. They were missing something big Genes from a long-lost wild relative may have sparked the invention of agriculture in the Americas BU Lizzie Wade, Science, November 2023 Yours, Paul H.by Paul H. - Ancient History
'Curse tablet' with oldest Hebrew name of god is actually a Fishing weight, experts argue News By Tom Metcalfe, Live Science Researchers say they see no sign of an inscription on a tablet previously thought to contain the Hebrew name for the god Yahweh. Yours, Paul H.by Paul H. - Ancient History
Cats' dazzling eye colors may come from 1 unusual ancestor News By Patrick Pester, Live Science, November, 2023 The open access preprint is: Tabin, J.A. and Chiasson, K.A., 2023. Evolutionary Insights Into Felidae Iris Color Through Ancestral State Reconstruction. bioRxiv, pp.2023-03. Also, there is: Cats have nearly 300 facial expressions, including a 'play faceby Paul H. - Laboratory
The oldest known fossils of the Frankincense and Myrrh family come from India Cosmos Magazine, December 24, 2023 The paper is: Manchester, S.R., Kapgate, D.K. and Judd, W.S., 2023. Burseraceae in Cretaceous of India, Manchester, Kapgate, Judd. International journal of Plant Sciences Yours, Paul H.by Paul H. - Laboratory
Guinness Book of Records names ancient Paratethys as 'largest lake ever' Around 9.75 to 7.65 million years ago, the lake dried up, causing a drop in water levels by about 250 meters (820 feet), a study noted. Shubhangi Dua, Interesting Engineering, December 22, 2023 Daily Mail article Open access paper Palcu, D.V., Patina, I.S., Sandric, I., Lazarev, S., Vasiliev, I.,by Paul H. - Laboratory
The main page is: Eldgos við Sundhnúkagíga Bein streymi frá eldgosi við Sundhnúk Hér er hægt að fylgjast með beinu streymi af eldgosinu á Reykjanesskaga á vefmyndavélum RÚV. (Direct stream from volcanic eruption at Sundhnúk Here you can monitor the direct flow of the volcanic eruption in the Reykjanes peninsula on the RÚV webcams.) Vefritstjórn 18. desember 2023 kl. 16:57, uby Paul H. - Laboratory
The volcano in Iceland finally started erupting 30 minutes ago. Shawn Willsey's Iceland Eruption Livestream Without the commentary Someone asked: "when will stop erupting? This answer was: WHen it decides to stop. Yours, Paulby Paul H. - Laboratory
Long dormant volcanoes can erupt rapidly and explosively, The open access paper is: Cserép, B., Szemerédi, M., Harangi, S., Erdmann, S., Bachmann, O., Dunkl, I., Seghedi, I., Mészáros, K., Kovács, Z., Virág, A. and Ntaflos, T., 2023. Constraints on the pre-eruptive magma storage conditions and magma evolution of the 56–30 ka explosive volcanism of Ciomadul (East Carpathians, Romanby Paul H. - Laboratory
People have been searching for this song from 'The X-Files' for 25 years. Until now All things Considered, Decemeber 13, 2023 Staring At The Stars - Dan Marfisi and Glenn Jordan (The X-Files) Jones House Yours, Paul H.by Paul H. - Paper Lens
Charles Hazelius Sternberg Sternberg, C.H., 1909. The life of a fossil hunter. H. Holt. Google Books - The Life of a Fossil Hunter Internet Archive 1 - The Life of a Fossil Hunter Internet Archive 2 - The Life of a Fossil Hunter Sternberg, C.H., 1917. Hunting dinosaurs in the bad lands of the Red Deer River, Alberta, Canada; a sequel to The life of a fossil hunter. Publby Paul H. - Paper Lens
The World's Biggest Nuclear Fusion Reactor Just Came Online TECH 04 December 2023 By AFP Yours, Paul H.by Paul H. - Laboratory
Gigantic Wave in Pacific Ocean Was Most Extreme 'Rogue Wave' on Record Carly Cassella, Nature, December 11, 2023 January 1, 1995: Confirmation of the Existence of Rogue Waves This Month in Physics History APS News January 2018 The open access paper is: Gemmrich, J. and Cicon, L., 2022. Generation mechanism and prediction of an observed extreme rogue wave. Scientific repby Paul H. - Laboratory
A decade-old article that the Art News quotes is: Digging for the truth at controversial megalithic site Proving the authenticity of these ruins has taken on the aura of a nationalistic quest. Michael Bachelard and Karuni Rompies, Sydney Morning Herald, 2013 It is well worth taking another look at. Yours, Paul H,by Paul H. - Ancient History
Archaeologists Call Foul on the Purported Discovery of a 27,000-Year-Old Pyramid Does Indonesia's Gunung Padang site house an "prehistoric pyramid"? Nope, say experts. Artnet News, December 7, 2023 Yours, Paul H.by Paul H. - Ancient History
There is a new paper that illustrates the deglaciation of the north American ice sheet complex in calendar years. It provides a basis for evaluating pseudoscience, e.g. Saginaw Bay craterwrong, involving the Laurentide Ice Sheet. It is an open access paper. Dalton, A.S., Dulfer, H.E., Margold, M., Heyman, J., Clague, J.J., Froese, D.G., Gauthier, M.S., Hughes, A.L., Jennings, C.E., Norrby Paul H. - Laboratory
Cats have nearly 300 facial expressions, including a 'play face' they share with humans By Jennifer Nalewicki, Live Science, October 30, 2023 The paywalled paper is: Scott, L. and Florkiewicz, B.N., 2023. Feline faces: Unraveling the social function of domestic cat facial signals. Behavioural Processes, p.104959. Yours, Paul H.by Paul H. - Laboratory
Dinosaurs Might Be The Reason We're Not Living to 200 Years Old David Nield, ScienceAlert, December 1, 2023 The open access essay is at Yours, Paul H.by Paul H. - Laboratory
Kerry Sieh, Dayana Schonwalder Angel, Jason Herrin, and Jia Yong Quah, 2023. Proximal ejecta of the Bolaven extraterrestrial impact, southern Laos Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120 (50) e2310351120 Yours, Paul H.by Paul H. - Laboratory