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I have been out of town and away from the Internet by design for a couple of weeks.
Although Doug was in hospice care, it is still hard to hear. Doug was a friend and
comrade in keyboard and social media against pseudoscience since the early days
of the Usenet in the late 1990s. His irreplaceable expertise, good humor, and friendship
is missed.
Yours,
Paul H.
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A tiny object preserved in dinosaur poop may unlock one of
palaeontology’s biggest mysteries. The fossilised dinosaur poop
was discovered in the USA’s Hell Creek Formation, a known
hotspot for prehistoric remains, BBC, Discover wildlife, Sept. 2026
A fossil feather from the age of dinosaurs may explain why only
some birds survived. Ari Daniel, All Things Consider, NPR, Sept. 2026
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This NASA Color Trick Was Meant for Mars
Now It’s Unveiling Rock Art on Earth
Rather than simply raising the contrast between
colors, the decorrelation method maps the
original colors to an expanded range.
Passant Rabie, Gizmodo, September 10, 2026
NASA Technique for Manipulating Satellite
Photos Now Reveals Ancient Images
Mike DiCicco, NASA, Septetmebr 8, 2026
Technique for Ma
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Ancient History
'I was not looking for this': Scientist accidentally finds shortcut to Mars
that could slash travel time in half
by Sharmila Kuthunur, Live Science May 5, 2026
The paywalledopen access paper is:
de Oliveira Souza, M., 2026. Using Asteroid Early Orbital Data
for Rapid Mars Missions. Acta Astronautica.246, Pp. 354-366,
ISSN 0094-5765, .
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Paul H.
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What we can learn from 'untranslatable' illnesses
From an enigmatic rage disorder to a sickness of
overthinking, there are some mental illnesses you
only get in certain cultures.
Why? And what can they teach us?
By Zaria Gorvett, BBC News, Future, June 7 2020
From The Straits Times Archives:
Past 'mass hysteria' cases in Singapore
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Paul H.
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Humanities
How to spot a psychopath: ‘It’s like the difference between a domestic cat and a wild cat’
People with persistent predatory personalities cause an inordinate amount of pain. Recently,
our shared understanding of them has grown – and it could help protect us.
Zoe Williams, The Guardian, August 27, 2026
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Paul H.
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OpenAI says it cracked 90-year-old maths problem in 88 hours
Kali Hays, BBC News, September 9, 2026
Drama swirls around OpenAI’s legendary mathematical milestone
OpenAI’s breakthrough with a 90-year-old problem is challenged
by researchers who solved a related problem the day before.
by Emma Roth, The Verge, September 8, 2026
Below is what Open AI released,
On the Navier–Stokes
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Judge Jeanine Seizes Illegal Space Rock
NASA Watch, Keith Cowing September 8, 2026
Mars rock found in Niger sells for millions in New York
- now the country wants answers, BBC News, September 9, 2026
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Paul H.
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For the nostalgia buffs, who remember, Ted Holden, "Bones as Old as Coal" Ed Conrad, and other
anti-science netloons of the past, there is a way to relive the endless Usenet Newsgroup discussions
and rants. It is the "Usenet Rewind". Allows a person to search Usenet newsgroup text posts from
1981 to present. It is alot more convienent than Google and can access complete
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Interstellar solar sails hit a strange problem at 75% of light speed
Universe Today, PhysOrg, September 2, 2026
The Hidden Physics Complicating Interstellar Lightsails
By Andy Tomaswick, Universe Today, June 08, 2026
Chao Shen, Jiaze Li. Relativistic Lightsail Propulsion Dynamics.
arXiv, 2 Jun 2026 DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2606.04052
Another paper is:
Lin, J.Y., de Sterke, C.M.,
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El Niño climate patterns supercharged by burning of fossil fuels, study finds
‘Godzilla’ event currently brewing could push 50 million people into acute
hunger before the end of next year, The Guardian, August 26, 2026
Could ‘Godzilla’ El Niño bring the hottest year on record? Guardian News
The paywalled paper is:
Cole, J.E., Thompson, D.M., Dyez, K.A., Tripp, C.J., Tudhope, A.W.,
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A 2,200 Year Old Error Changed What We Know
About Ashoka's Empire Jay Vardhan Singh
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Paul H.
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Ancient History
The highly reccomended discussion is: What Triggered Nepal’s Massive Debris Flow?
Dr. Jeff Kargel Explains The Details, Youtube, Shawn Willsey: Geology Explained
A smaller verson of the proposed massive rock and ice avalanche that turned into
a catastrophic massive mudslide is:
Shugar, D.H., Jacquemart, M., Shean, D., Bhushan, S., Upadhyay, K., Sattar, A.,
Schwanghart, W., McBride
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>There were probably worse flood when the glaciers retreated at the end of the Ice Age.
Definitely Yes, go see "Lahars and Debris Flows at Mount Rainier", USGS, 2003
Mount Rainier Lahars: Hazards for the Puyallup and Nisqually River Drainages
It is just that Youtube and cell phones weren't around to document it.
Another, historic example, the 1970 Huascarán land
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AI is flooding the online book market with poor translations
– here’s how to spot them. The Conversation, August 7, 2026
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HSI seizes over 22,000 ancient artifacts in Florida
The seizure, part of a larger antiquities smuggling
investigation, is among the largest in the agency’s history
"Tampa, Fla. — ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations
Tampa, in coordination with HSI's Cultural Property, Art
and Antiquities division and U.S. Customs and Border
Protection, has seized more than 22,000 artifac
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Ancient History
Gestohlene Fossilien: Universität Bonn bittet um Hinweise
(Stolen Fossils: University of Bonn Appeals for Information)
"Fossils and other exhibits have been stolen from the
University of Bonn’s Goldfuß Museum during renovation work.
The police are investigating. The university is asking for
assistance from anyone who may have witnessed suspicious
activity or can provide inform
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<< I discovered a couple of things about this glacial disaster in Nepal. (Update below in description) >>
Professor Travis, Youtube, August 27, 2026
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Paul H.
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Hi,
Below aare some detailed discussions of the Nepal/Tibet flood that are not too grisley.
Analysis of the Nepal/Tibet flood: interview with geomorphologist Dan Shugar
Callan Bentley, Aug 27, 2026 (Dan Shugar, University of Calgary Geomorphologist )
Nepal Flood Update: What We’ve Learned About How It Happened
Shawn Willsey: Geology Explained
How a glacier collapse triggered a
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Peterson, R.E., 2026. Optimized Hot Spot Analysis:
Native Copper Production in the Northern Lake Superior
Basin. American Antiquity, pp.1-18.
Yours,
Paul H.
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Paul H.
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Ancient History
The below open access publication provides a detailed overview of the Middle Pleistocene
Cumberland Bone Cave Local Fauna, which includes history of site investigations, Systematic
Paleontology, site taphonomy, and paleontological interpretations.
It also discusses the misidentification of a tip of an unerupted enamel cap of the canine of a
black bear (Ursus americanus (USNM V 8084) as a t
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Megalodon’s legendary life revealed by fossil rediscovery
David Hone, The Conversation, July 1, 2026
The open access paper is:
Shimada, K., Elstrup, M., Lauridsen, H., Sørensen, T. and
Siversson, M., 2026. Rediscovery of the associated gigantic
vertebrae of the extinct megatooth shark, Otodus megalodon,
from the Upper Miocene Gram Formation in Denmark, and
comments on its paleobi
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The sneaky economics of healthwashing
Greg Rosalsky, Planet Money, NPR, August 4, 2026
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Paul H.
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Humanities
How the Amish Let Technology in Without Letting It Take Over
After three years studying the community, I came to see that the
real question isn't what technology can do, but what it asks us to give up.
Lindsay Ems, The MIT Reader, July 27, 2026
The open access book is:
Lindsey Elms, 2022, Virtually Amish: Preserving Community Margins
MIT Press,
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Paul H.
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How Shipping Container Disasters Became a Scientific Goldmine
Oceanographers have quietly used lost cargo to build the most
precise maps of ocean currents ever created.
By: Alexander Klose, MIT Press Reader, July 16, 2026
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Paul H.
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This is an interesting PBS Video.
What alcohol does to our bodies – and why many overlook the risks
PBS Newshour, July 17, 2026
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Paul H.
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Humanities
Anthropic's Claude AI escapes to hack into three organisations
Osmond Chia, BBC News, July 31, 2026
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Paul H.
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Cracking the code: can AI help us decipherancient languages?
Jane Adkins, The Conversation, July 27, 2026
Translating lostlanguages using machine learning
System developed at MIT CSAIL aims to help linguists
decipher languages that have been lost to history.
Adam Conner-Simons, MIT News, October 21, 2020
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Paul H.
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Odd shapes hidden in dense Amazon rainforest reveal sprawling ancient civilization
Newly found earthworks suggest about 3 million people might have lived in just
about 3% of the forest’s entire area by Julia Vaz, AAAS, July 29, 2026
Scientists Uncover Hundreds of Hidden Structures Beneath The Amazon
by Michelle Starr, ScienceAlert, July 30, 2026
The open access paper ssi:
Pärssin
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Ancient History
An Uncomplicated Man by Emily Wilson in the
London Review of Books Vol. 48 No. 14, 13 August 2026
Emily Wilson has translated "The Odyssey" and "The Iliad"
that have been published and well recieved.
Also, there is:
Among the Ancients: The ‘Iliad’. A sample from the first
episode of the Close Readings series from Emily Wilson
and Thomas Jones, London review o
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