Major Sci News Blog

[Lloyd]

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TECH:

Materials 'sandwich' breaks barrier for solar cell efficiency
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-03-materials-sandwich-barrier-solar-cell.html

Two-wheel transporter will transform into smart sidekick
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-03-two-wheel-smart-sidekick.html

New insights could pave the way for self-powered low energy devices
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-03-insights-pave-self-powered-energy-devices.html

Eco-friendly smart glass panels that switch from transparent to opaque
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-03-eco-friendly-smart-glass-panels-transparent.html

Proton battery breakthrough
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-03-power-proton-battery-breakthrough.html

Manure could heat your home
https://phys.org/news/2018-03-manure-home.html

Novel semiconductor-superconductor
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-03-semiconductor-superconductor-features-versatile-gallium-nitride.html

Scientists develop new tool for imprinting biochips
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-02-scientists-tool-imprinting-biochips.html

Electrically charging planes have reduced risk of being struck by lightning
https://phys.org/news/2018-03-electrically-planes-struck-lightning.html

*New technique for creating lightweight materials that are stiffer and stronger
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-03-technique-lightweight-materials-stiffer-stronger.html

*New Beehive allows honey to be harvested on demand directly from the hive without harming bees
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-03-hive-sweet-success-features-honey.html

New hybrid panel can harvest energy from sunlight and raindrops
https://www.sott.net/article/379558-New-hybrid-panel-can-harvest-energy-from-sunlight-and-raindrops

Russian Mig-31 Test-Firing the Hypersonic Missile
https://www.sott.net/article/379656-Russian-MoD-Russian-Mig-31-Test-Firing-the-Hypersonic-Missile

World-first firing of air-breathing electric thruster for spaceflight
https://phys.org/news/2018-03-world-first-air-breathing-electric-thruster.html


SCIENCE:

*Evidence to Believe Giants Existed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFMXDRyzOEA

127 million-year-old baby bird rewrites dinosaur story
[I'll rewrite that: make that 5 thousand year old baby bird fossil]
https://www.sott.net/article/379127-127-million-year-old-baby-bird-rewrites-dinosaur-story

Comet Chury: Younger than originally thought
https://www.sott.net/article/379215-Comet-Chury-Younger-than-originally-thought

Scientists unravel mysterious ball lightning puzzle
https://www.sott.net/article/379222-Knot-the-plan-Scientists-unravel-mysterious-ball-lightning-puzzle-by-accident

South Atlantic Anomaly: The 'Bermuda Triangle' of space
https://www.sott.net/article/379223-South-Atlantic-Anomaly-The-Bermuda-Triangle-of-space-and-whats-going-on-there

*Galactic cosmic rays hitting Earth are 'bad and getting worse'
https://www.sott.net/article/379252-Galactic-cosmic-rays-hitting-Earth-are-bad-and-getting-worse

The discovery that some animals thrive despite hugely mutated DNA hidden in their genome is forcing us to rethink some basics of evolution
https://www.sott.net/article/379453-Dark-DNA-The-missing-matter-at-the-heart-of-nature

NASA's sun-observing satellites recreate solar eruption in 3-D
https://www.sott.net/article/379517-NASAs-sun-observing-satellites-recreate-solar-eruption-in-3-D

Scientists find type of ice [from heavy water] not known on Earth trapped in diamond
https://www.sott.net/article/379521-Scientists-find-type-of-ice-not-known-on-Earth-trapped-in-diamond

*Unique diamond impurities indicate water deep in Earth's mantle
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180309170700.htm

NASA preparing spacecraft to nuke dangerous asteroids
https://www.sott.net/article/379633-Report-says-NASA-preparing-spacecraft-to-nuke-dangerous-asteroids

*Experiments shed new light on composition of prehistoric oceans
https://www.sott.net/article/379703-Experiments-shed-new-light-on-composition-of-prehistoric-oceans

How we discovered the strange physics of [plasma?] jets
https://phys.org/news/2018-03-strange-physics-jets-supermassive-black.html

"Warm Saturn" exoplanet discovered by astronomers
https://phys.org/news/2018-03-saturn-exoplanet-astronomers.html

Chemical sleuthing unravels possible path to forming life's building blocks in space
https://phys.org/news/2018-03-chemical-sleuthing-unravels-path-life.html

Hubble finds huge system of dusty material enveloping the young star HR 4796A
https://phys.org/news/2018-03-hubble-huge-dusty-material-enveloping.html

Geometric clusters of cyclones churn over Jupiter's poles
https://phys.org/news/2018-03-geometric-clusters-cyclones-churn-jupiter.html

Imaging a galaxy's molecular outflow
https://phys.org/news/2018-03-imaging-galaxy-molecular-outflow.html

Filaments of Orion Nebula a star formation region
https://phys.org/news/2018-03-alma-reveals-web-stellar-nursery.html

*Harappans of India over 3,700 years ago had knowledge of hydraulic engineering
http://www.firstpost.com/tech/news-analysis/harappans-had-knowledge-of-hydraulic-engineering-dholavira-reveals-4377399.html

[Lloyd]

35816

TECH:

Tokyo Tech's six-legged robots get closer to nature
https://phys.org/news/2018-03-tokyo-tech-six-legged-robots-closer.html

Drone tracks moving subjects for videos while freely navigating any environment
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-03-video-capturing-drone-tracks-subjects-freely.html

Research team develops clinically-validated 3-D printed stethoscope
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-03-team-clinically-validated-d-stethoscope.html

Origami-inspired self-locking foldable robotic arm
https://phys.org/news/2018-03-origami-inspired-self-locking-foldable-robotic-arm.html

Lunavity device to allow wearer to defy gravity
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-03-lunavity-device-wearer-defy-gravity.html

Silicon breakthrough could lead to new high-performance bendable electronics
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-03-silicon-breakthrough-high-performance-bendable-electronics.html

Alcatel’s first Android Go phone is coming to the US for under $100
https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2018/3/16/17130610/alcatel-1x-android-go-us-release-price

Navy launches USS Colorado submarine with Xbox controllers
https://www.cnet.com/news/us-navy-launches-submarine-maneuvered-by-xbox-controller/

Cracking new ways to fight plastic waste
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-43390938

Printing matter from the air? Nanotube membrane start-up thinks big
https://www.sott.net/article/379739-Printing-matter-from-the-air-Nanotube-membrane-start-up-thinks-big

Researchers able to sew atomic lattices together seamlessly
https://www.sott.net/article/379791-Researchers-able-to-sew-atomic-lattices-together-seamlessly


SCIENCE:

Ask Randall: Climate Change – Who Are The Real Deniers?
http://sacredgeometryinternational.com/randall-carlson-climate-change-real-deniers

Electrostatics Simulator
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzUWMpP99DY
- https://github.com/Zulban/coulombic

Metagenomic clustering powered by supercomputers for making sense of big science data
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-03-game-changer-metagenomic-clustering-powered.html

Spectacular dance of two galaxies' merger gives birth to new stars
https://www.sott.net/article/379731-Hubble-telescopes-latest-Spectacular-dance-of-two-galaxies-merger-gives-birth-to-new-stars

Fastest burst of radio waves detected by astronomers
https://www.sott.net/article/379876-Fastest-burst-of-radio-waves-detected-by-astronomers

Astronomers suspect the Milky Way's excess gamma rays are emitted from dying stars [more likely from star formation]
https://www.sott.net/article/379934-Astronomers-suspect-the-Milky-Ways-excess-gamma-rays-are-emitted-from-dying-stars

Stephen Hawking Died Long Ago
http://milesmathis.com/hawk3.pdf

Red alert: Jupiter's 'spot' turning orange and changing shape
https://www.sott.net/article/380089-Red-alert-Jupiters-spot-turning-orange-and-changing-shape

Scientists in Russia testing lasers to blow up deadly asteroids
https://www.sott.net/article/380158-Scientists-in-Russia-testing-lasers-to-blow-up-deadly-asteroids

Ancient humans learned to be social more than 320,000 years ago
https://www.sott.net/article/380261-Evolve-or-die-Ancient-humans-learned-to-be-social-more-than-320000-years-ago

15 new planets confirmed around cool dwarf stars
https://phys.org/news/2018-03-planets-cool-dwarf-stars.html

Astronomers discover two bright high-redshift quasars
https://phys.org/news/2018-03-astronomers-bright-high-redshift-quasars.html

New study suggests galactic bulge emissions not due to dark matter
https://phys.org/news/2018-03-galactic-bulge-emissions-due-dark.html

Astronomers rethink quasar environment
https://phys.org/news/2018-03-nothingastronomers-rethink-quasar-environment.html

Recent changes in Ceres' surface
https://phys.org/news/2018-03-dawn-reveals-ceres-surface.html

New technique uses AI to locate and count craters on the moon
https://phys.org/news/2018-03-technique-ai-craters-moon.html

Rare metals on Mars and Earth implicate colossal impacts
https://phys.org/news/2018-03-rare-metals-mars-earth-implicate.html

These Early Indonesians Prospered During What Should Have Been a Devastating Volcanic Winter
https://gizmodo.com/these-early-humans-prospered-during-what-should-have-be-1823697164

The origins of Pama-Nyungan, Australia’s largest family of Aboriginal languages
https://theconversation.com/the-origins-of-pama-nyungan-australias-largest-family-of-aboriginal-languages-92997

Asteroids and comets shower Mars with organics
https://www.astrobio.net/alien-life/asteroids-comets-shower-mars-organics/

Ash from dinosaur-era volcanoes linked with shale oil, gas
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180313101729.htm

Australia’s Jurassic Park leaves lasting impressions [dinosaur tracks]
https://cosmosmagazine.com/palaeontology/australia-s-jurassic-park-leaves-lasting-impressions

Unexplained Underwater Craters Found Off Coast of Iceland
http://mysteriousuniverse.org/2018/03/unexplained-underwater-craters-found-off-coast-of-iceland/

Solar alignments in Ancient Egypt
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/151/292945/Egypt/Features/Solar-alignments-in-Ancient-Egypt.aspx

Humans bred with mysterious Denisovan species more than once
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/humans-bred-denisovan-species-evolution-neanderthals-homo-sapiens-dna-harvard-university-study-a8258586.html

[Lloyd]

36655

TECH:

Implantable sensor relays real-time personal health data to a cell phone
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-03-implantable-sensor-relays-real-time-personal.html

New valve technology promises cheaper, greener engines
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-03-valve-technology-cheaper-greener.html

Make way for the mini flying machines
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-03-mini-machines.html

New 4-D printer could reshape the world we live in
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-03-d-printer-reshape-world.html

Depth-sensing imaging system can peer through fog
https://phys.org/news/2018-03-depth-sensing-imaging-peer-fog.html

New design produces true lithium-air battery
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-03-true-lithium-air-battery.html

New artificial intelligence technique dramatically improves the quality of medical imaging
https://phys.org/news/2018-03-artificial-intelligence-technique-quality-medical.html

World's smallest computer smaller than grain of salt
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-03-ibm-world-smallest-smaller-grain.html

Flexible ultrasound patch could make it easier to inspect damage in odd-shaped structures
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-03-flexible-ultrasound-patch-easier-odd-shaped.html

3-D printing for automobiles
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-03-lsev-d-automobiles-bolder-scale.html

Understanding of liquid-to-glass transition process improves creation of metallic glass
https://www.sott.net/article/380466-Understanding-of-liquid-to-glass-transition-process-improves-creation-of-metallic-glass


SCIENCE:

New Comet: C/2018 E1 (ATLAS)
https://www.sott.net/article/380432-New-Comet-C-2018-E1-ATLAS

Scholz's star disturbed prehistory solar system comets
https://www.sott.net/article/380637-Scholzs-star-disturbed-prehistory-solar-system-comets

Math proves there is a something hiding beyond Pluto at the edge of our Solar System
https://www.sott.net/article/380705-Math-proves-there-is-a-something-hiding-beyond-Pluto-at-the-edge-of-our-Solar-System-say-astronomers

Magma plume stretching all the way from Mexico found beneath Yellowstone supervolcano
https://www.sott.net/article/380822-Magma-plume-stretching-all-the-way-from-Mexico-found-beneath-Yellowstone-supervolcano

Possible Nova in constellation Carina
https://www.sott.net/article/380833-Possible-Nova-in-constellation-Carina

Mount Etna: Europe's biggest volcano 'sliding towards the sea'
https://www.sott.net/article/380934-Mount-Etna-Europes-biggest-volcano-sliding-towards-the-sea

Measuring white dwarf masses with gravitational lensing
https://phys.org/news/2018-03-white-dwarf-masses-gravitational-lensing.html

'Oumuamua likely came from a binary star system
https://phys.org/news/2018-03-oumuamua-binary-star.html

Mars' oceans formed early, possibly aided by massive volcanic eruptions
https://phys.org/news/2018-03-mars-oceans-early-possibly-aided.html

Radio nebula discovered around the pulsar PSR J0855–4644
https://phys.org/news/2018-03-radio-nebula-pulsar-psr-j08554644.html

New theory to explain why planets in our solar system have different compositions
https://phys.org/news/2018-03-theory-planets-solar-compositions.html

The absence of ants — entomologist confirms first Saharan farming 10,000 years ago
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2018/03/the-absence-of-ants-entomologist-confirms-first-saharan-farming-10000-years-ago/118615

Agriculture initiated by indigenous peoples, not Fertile Crescent migration
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-03/uol-aib031918.php

New Understanding Of Kenyan Paleoenvironments Opens Window On Human Evolution In The Area
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.co.uk/2018/03/new-understanding-of-kenyan.html#B0HY7trRvVGF5BZL.97

Oldest DNA from Africa offers clues to ancient cultures
http://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2018-03-21-oldest-dna-africa-offers-clues-ancient-cultures

New linguistic analysis finds Dravidian language family is approximately 4,500 years old [time of the Great Flood, eh?]
https://phys.org/news/2018-03-linguistic-analysis-dravidian-language-family.html

Skilled female potters travelled around the Baltic nearly 5000 years ago
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-03/uoh-sfp032218.php

Germany was covered by glaciers 450,000 years ago
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180323104824.htm

See: Evidence of Ancient Global Cataclysm
From: http://www.thunderbolts.info/forum/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=16025&start=780#p123665
To: http://www.thunderbolts.info/forum/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=16025&p=124269#p124269
Some of it is copies from this thread, but a lot is not.

[Lloyd]

37388

TECH:

Future electric cars could recharge wirelessly while you drive
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-03-future-electric-cars-recharge-wirelessly.html

Self-powered wireless sensors embedded in roads could spot potholes and other hazards
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-03-self-powered-wireless-sensors-embedded-roads.html

Research hints at double the driving range for electric vehicles
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-03-hints-range-electric-vehicles.html

3-DIY: Printing your own bioprinter that you can build for under $500
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-03-diy-bioprinter.html

Knitting electronics with yarn batteries
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-03-electronics-yarn-batteries.html

Robot takes cues from spider that can walk and roll
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-03-robot-cues-spider.html

Ski-worthy exoskeleton set to enhance experience
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-03-ski-worthy-exoskeleton.html

Researchers in Japan focus on a way to mix rocket fuel ingredients
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-04-japan-focus-rocket-fuel-ingredients.html

Russian camo goes invisible in infrared emission
https://www.sott.net/article/381159-Russian-camo-goes-invisible-in-infrared-remission

First biocomputer made from living human cells
https://www.sott.net/article/381208-First-biocomputer-made-from-living-human-cells-created-by-scientist

Paper-like LCD - thin, flexible, tough and cheap
https://www.sott.net/article/381557-Paper-like-LCD-thin-flexible-tough-and-cheap

Amazing Homemade Inventions
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnfjXHq6Epjv6yimoTHlG1g/videos


SCIENCE:

Discourses on an Alien Sky #35 | The Ram and the Golden Fleece
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XtoFuUsm9A

5 Reasons Going To Mars is a TERRIBLE Idea (Lots of problems need solving first; send robots for now)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESQ1bKd7Los

A Case for Mistaken Identity re Ra
https://www.thunderbolts.info/wp/2018/03/30/a-case-for-mistaken-identity/

'Alien megastar' darkens again
https://www.sott.net/article/381049-Alien-megastar-darkens-again

Scientists observed one of the fastest, brightest supernovas on record
https://www.sott.net/article/381105-Scientists-observed-one-of-the-fastest-brightest-supernovas-on-record

"Cosmic signatures" of the Younger Dryas impact found in Antarctica
https://www.sott.net/article/381255-Cosmic-signatures-of-the-Younger-Dryas-impact-found-in-Antarctica

The bigger the earthquake, the longer it takes to issue an alert
https://www.sott.net/article/381298-Scientists-The-bigger-the-earthquake-the-longer-it-takes-to-issue-an-alert

Powerful 18th century New England earthquake recorded in pond mud
https://www.sott.net/article/381456-Powerful-18th-century-New-England-earthquake-recorded-in-pond-mud

First 3-D thermal image of volcano using drone technology
https://www.sott.net/article/381508-Scientists-create-worlds-first-3-D-thermal-image-of-volcano-using-drone-technology

What the first American astronauts taught us about living in space
https://phys.org/news/2018-03-american-astronauts-taught-space.html

A runaway star in the Small Magellanic Cloud
https://phys.org/news/2018-03-runaway-star-small-magellanic-cloud.html

Dark matter 'missing' in a galaxy far, far away
https://phys.org/news/2018-03-dark-galaxy.html

'Marsquakes' could shake up planetary science
https://phys.org/news/2018-03-marsquakes-planetary-science.html

Study suggests Earth's water was present before impact that caused creation of the moon
https://phys.org/news/2018-03-earth-impact-creation-moon.html

NASA ready to study heart of Mars
https://phys.org/news/2018-03-nasa-ready-heart-mars.html

Comet provides rare chance to study solar system's origins
https://phys.org/news/2018-03-comet-rare-chance-solar.html

Is there life adrift in the clouds of Venus?
https://phys.org/news/2018-03-life-adrift-clouds-venus.html

A 3,500 year-old stone carving has been found by accident at a Welsh university
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/education/3500-year-old-stone-carving-14448618

Some Prehistoric Anatolians Learned to Farm 10,000 Years Ago, Others Thought It for the Birds
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/some-anatolians-learned-to-farm-10-000-years-ago-others-shunned-it-1.5933949

The Native American story in S.A. is 15,000 years old, and counting
https://www.expressnews.com/sa300/article/The-Native-American-story-in-S-A-is-15-000-years-12777871.php

How ancient knowledge inspires African tech to flourish
https://edition.cnn.com/2018/03/26/africa/ubuntu---the-african-concept-of-community-/index.html

Iron Age People in Scotland Really Knew How to Party, Ancient Trash Heap Reveals
https://www.livescience.com/62138-iron-age-meat-feast-with-jewelry.html

Oldest Human DNA from Africa Reveals Clues About a Mysterious Ancient Culture
https://www.livescience.com/62131-oldest-human-dna-mysterious-ancient-culture.html

Australia’s indigenous languages have one source, study says
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-43564134

Oldest Human Footprints in North America Discovered [ignoring the ones in Texas next to dinosaur tracks]
https://www.livescience.com/62153-oldest-human-footprints-in-north-america.html

The oldest footprints in North America are right where native historians said they should be
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2018/03/30/the-oldest-footprints-in-north-america-are-right-where-native-historians-said-they-should-be/?utm_term=.8f42d647be9f

Laser technology uncovers a lost city in South Africa
https://www.lonelyplanet.com/news/2018/03/29/laser-technology-lost-city-south-africa/

Cosmic Black Mat found on 5th continent
https://cosmictusk.com/cosmic-black-mat ... continent/

Prehistoric Megastorms - Comet Swarms (2015)
https://cosmictusk.com/9678-2/

Black Mat in Turkey
https://cosmictusk.com/9675-2/

An Astronomical Hypothesis for the Younger Dryas Impact Event
https://cosmictusk.com/9558-2/

Randall Carlson interview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOYL65pxQ3k

[Lloyd]

37881

TECH:

Tractor Hacking: The Farmers Breaking Big Tech's Repair Monopoly
https://video.vice.com/en_us/video/motherboard-farmers-fighting-big-tech-right-to-repair-tractors/59a04cd18950d06e318a1c53

Biobot made of heart cells and gel
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-04-biobot-heart-cells-gel-fluttering.html

Robot designed to defend factories against cyberthreats
https://phys.org/news/2018-04-robot-defend-factories-cyberthreats.html

Magnesium-metal batteries
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-04-major-technical-obstacles-magnesium-metal-batteries.html

Novel ultrafast laser beam steering for autonomous cars that is less complex, uses less power
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-04-ultrafast-laser-autonomous-cars-complex.html

What lies beneath: 'Cognitive' GPR could vastly speed urban construction
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-04-lies-beneath-cognitive-gpr-vastly.html

Shrimp-inspired camera may enable underwater navigation
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-04-shrimp-inspired-camera-enable-underwater.html

Zipline's delivery drone system redesign boosts capabilities
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-04-zipline-delivery-drone-redesign-boosts.html

Faced with global warming alarmism, aviation aims to turn green
https://phys.org/news/2018-04-global-aviation-aims-green.html

Diamond batteries made of nuclear waste can generate power for thousands of years
https://www.sott.net/article/381938-Diamond-batteries-made-of-nuclear-waste-can-generate-power-for-thousands-of-years

Some Amazon Key features, including keyless entry, remote lock and unlock, go nationwide
https://www.sott.net/article/382020-Some-Amazon-Key-features-including-keyless-entry-remote-lock-and-unlock-go-nationwide

Future of Tech: machine of considerable power and intricacy, with green lasers and ions instead of oil and pistons
https://www.sott.net/article/382039-Building-a-machine-that-breaks-the-laws-of-thermodynamics

Amazing Homemade Inventions
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnfjXHq6Epjv6yimoTHlG1g/videos

Latest Greatest
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh66TZEQnS3-HBZWnWlGlig/videos


SCIENCE:

The origin of magnetic fields
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlpyXhSb78s&feature=youtu.be
The motion of electrons is not the cause of the magnetic field of electric currents. The own magnetic field of electrons has a rotational structure and is the one and only cause of the magnetic field of electric currents.

Scholarly snowball: Deep learning paper generates big online collaboration
https://phys.org/news/2018-04-scholarly-snowball-deep-paper-big.html

NOAA's 'adjustments': The stunning statistical fraud behind the 'Global Warming' scare
https://www.sott.net/article/381722-NOAAs-adjustments-The-stunning-statistical-fraud-behind-the-Global-Warming-scare

Did Earth collide with a fragmented comet 12,800 years ago?
https://www.sott.net/article/381841-Did-Earth-collide-with-a-fragmented-comet-12800-years-ago

Mystery of how birds navigate is solved: Researchers discover eye proteins that allow them to SEE the Earth's magnetic field over their normal vision
https://www.sott.net/article/381933-Mystery-of-how-birds-navigate-is-solved-Researchers-discover-eye-proteins-that-allow-them-to-SEE-the-Earths-magnetic-field-over-their-normal-vision

Human viruses can be traced to first-ever animals
https://www.sott.net/article/381970-Study-finds-modern-human-viruses-millions-of-yrs-old-can-be-traced-to-first-ever-animals

Team of astronomers find 72 bright and fast explosions in space
https://www.sott.net/article/381971-Team-of-astronomers-find-72-bright-and-fast-explosions

A dozen new black holes [imposters] at centre of Milky Way
https://www.sott.net/article/382043-Scientists-discover-a-dozen-new-black-holes-at-centre-of-Milky-Way

Mississippi floods are the biggest in 500 years - and human intervention may be partly to blame
https://www.sott.net/article/382046-Mississippi-floods-are-the-biggest-in-500-years-and-human-intervention-may-be-partly-to-blame

Ancient cold front sweeping 'relentlessly' across Perseus galaxy cluster
https://www.sott.net/article/382096-Ancient-cold-front-sweeping-relentlessly-across-Perseus-galaxy-cluster

South Korean University may start a killer-robot apocalypse
https://www.sott.net/article/382140-South-Korean-University-may-start-a-killer-robot-apocalypse

The mission to decode the DNA of all life on Earth
https://www.sott.net/article/382150-The-mission-to-decode-the-DNA-of-all-life-on-Earth

Massive hole in Sun's atmosphere, magnetic storms possible
https://www.sott.net/article/382193-Massive-hole-in-Suns-atmosphere-magnetic-storms-possible-NASA

A surprising meteorite discovery points to early solar system chaos
https://www.sott.net/article/382209-A-surprising-meteorite-discovery-points-to-early-solar-system-chaos

NASA survey seen as steppingstone for astronomy
https://phys.org/news/2018-04-nasa-survey-steppingstone-astronomy.html

First age-map of the heart of the Milky Way
https://phys.org/news/2018-04-age-map-heart-milky.html

Is the Milky Way getting bigger?
https://phys.org/news/2018-04-milky-bigger.html

Gravitational waves created by black holes in the centre of most galaxies
https://phys.org/news/2018-04-gravitational-black-holes-centre-galaxies.html

Magnetic hot spots on so-called neutron stars survive for millions of years
https://phys.org/news/2018-04-magnetic-hot-neutron-stars-survive.html

Supercomputer simulations shed light on the heliospheric interface
https://phys.org/news/2018-04-supercomputer-simulations-heliospheric-interface.html

New study suggests tens of thousands of black holes [Charles calls them quasars] exist in Milky Way's center
https://phys.org/news/2018-04-tens-thousands-black-holes-milky.html

Hubble makes the first precise distance measurement to an ancient globular star cluster
https://phys.org/news/2018-04-hubble-precise-distance-ancient-globular.html

What's happening in Orion's Horsehead Nebula?
https://phys.org/news/2018-04-orion-horsehead-nebula.html

Dead star circled by light
https://phys.org/news/2018-04-dead-star-circled.html

Giant solar tornadoes
https://phys.org/news/2018-04-giant-solar-tornadoes.html

Dark matter might not be interactive after all
https://phys.org/news/2018-04-dark-interactive.html

Hunting for dark matter in the smallest galaxies in the Universe
https://phys.org/news/2018-04-dark-smallest-galaxies-universe.html

Aryan/Indian genetics
https://scroll.in/article/874102/aryan-migration-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-new-study-on-indian-genetics

Spear point study offers new explanation of how early humans settled North America
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/04/180402160610.htm

Oldest Neanderthal wooden tools found in Spain
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/04/180403090050.htm

Laser Tech Reveals Lost Bronze Age Island Civilization
http://www.iflscience.com/technology/laser-tech-reveals-lost-bronze-age-island-civilization/

Still believe an asteroid killed the dinosaurs? Think again
https://phys.org/news/2018-04-asteroid-dinosaurs-againnew-theory.html

Space Metal Has Captivated Humanity for Ages
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2018/04/04/meteorites-ancient-cultures/#.WspnEUxFzIU

Deciphering the DNA of the Bell Beaker Complex of Britain
https://www.archaeology.co.uk/articles/prehistoric-pop-culture-deciphering-the-dna-of-the-bell-beaker-complex.htm

Randall Carlson on Comets, floods, Ice Age and extinctions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7Aioafh_dM

[Lloyd]

38708

Perovskite solar technology is scalable, but questions remain about the best methods
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-04-perovskite-technology-scalable-methods.html

Gecko-inspired adhesives help soft robotic fingers get a better grip
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-04-gecko-inspired-adhesives-soft-robotic-fingers.html

This imaging sensor is powered by sunlight
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-04-imaging-sensor-powered-sunlight.html

Researchers propose a blockchain data network to boost manufacturing
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-04-blockchain-network-boost.html

New sodium-ion electrolyte may find use in solid-state batteries
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-04-sodium-ion-electrolyte-solid-state-batteries.html

New technology could wean the battery world off cobalt
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-04-technology-wean-battery-world-cobalt.html

Offshore wind farm: First of 11 turbines goes up in Scotland initiative
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-04-offshore-farm-turbines-scotland.html

3-D printed active metamaterials for sound and vibration control
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-04-d-metamaterials-vibration.html

Sweden installs section of electrified road
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-04-sweden-section-electrified-road.html

Researchers conduct first-ever combustion experiment with X-rays
https://phys.org/news/2018-04-first-ever-combustion-x-rays.html

France unveils world's first 3D-printed house
https://www.sott.net/article/382547-France-unveils-worlds-first-3D-printed-house

Between a defunct satellite & nuclear space towboat: Russia negotiates its way to profiting in space
https://www.sott.net/article/382620-Between-a-defunct-satellite-nuclear-space-towboat-Russia-negotiates-its-way-to-profiting-in-space

Amazing Homemade Inventions
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnfjXHq6Epjv6yimoTHlG1g/videos

Latest Greatest
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh66TZEQnS3-HBZWnWlGlig/videos


SCIENCE:

Sputtering Canyons [on Thunderbolts]
- https://www.thunderbolts.info/wp/2018/02/12/sputtering-canyons-part-1/
- https://www.thunderbolts.info/wp/2018/02/12/sputtering-canyons-part-2/
- https://www.thunderbolts.info/wp/2018/03/31/sputtering-canyons-part-3/

Electric Universe News
http://electric-universe-news.michaelzfreeman.org/

Supernovae and a new storm on Saturn
https://www.sott.net/article/382375-Supernovae-and-a-new-storm-on-Saturn

Ichthyosaur: Paleontologists discover gigantic marine reptile
https://www.sott.net/article/382474-Ichthyosaur-Paleontologists-discover-gigantic-marine-reptile

X chromosomes do more than determine sex
https://www.sott.net/article/382479-X-chromosomes-do-more-than-determine-sex

Subtle second magnetic field surrounding Earth discovered
https://www.sott.net/article/382548-Subtle-second-magnetic-field-surrounding-Earth-discovered

Hyper-saline lakes discovered in Canadian Arctic
https://www.sott.net/article/382632-Hyper-saline-lakes-discovered-in-Canadian-Arctic-could-provide-window-into-life-beyond-Earth

Scientists discover a role for 'junk' DNA holding the genome together
https://www.sott.net/article/382677-Not-junk-after-all-Scientists-discover-a-role-for-junk-DNA

Scientists look at genetic markers to see if memories can be unlocked after death
https://www.sott.net/article/382686-Scientists-look-at-genetic-markers-to-see-if-memories-can-be-unlocked-after-death

NASA's infrared 3D video reveals Jupiter's menacing cyclones
https://www.sott.net/article/382692-NASAs-infrared-3D-video-reveals-Jupiters-menacing-cyclones

Has solar cycle 25 begun? Solar cycle 24 was one of the shortest and weakest ever
https://www.sott.net/article/382709-Has-solar-cycle-25-begun-Solar-cycle-24-was-one-of-the-shortest-and-weakest-ever

New geological evidence suggests Nile River is at least 31 million years old
https://www.sott.net/article/382733-New-geological-evidence-suggests-Nile-River-is-at-least-31-million-years-old

Researchers find huge solar 'tornadoes' don't spin after all
https://www.sott.net/article/382737-Researchers-find-huge-solar-tornadoes-dont-spin-after-all

Cells use light to communicate
https://www.sott.net/article/382806-Cells-use-light-to-communicate

China plans to grow flowers and silkworms in 'mini biosphere' on the dark side of the moon
https://www.sott.net/article/382866-China-plans-to-grow-flowers-and-silkworms-in-mini-biosphere-on-the-dark-side-of-the-moon

Hubble telescope captures amazing photo of Einstein Ring phenomenon
https://www.sott.net/article/382873-Hubble-telescope-captures-amazing-photo-of-Einstein-Ring-phenomenon

Exotic binary stars
https://phys.org/news/2018-04-exotic-binary-stars.html

Astronomers use cosmic lens to find new substellar system
https://phys.org/news/2018-04-planet-orbiting-brown-dwarf-binary.html

Swarm tracks elusive ocean magnetism
https://phys.org/news/2018-04-swarm-tracks-elusive-ocean-magnetism.html

Tiny distortions in universe's oldest light reveal clearer picture of strands in cosmic web
https://phys.org/news/2018-04-tiny-distortions-universe-oldest-reveal.html

SPHERE reveals fascinating zoo of discs around young stars
https://phys.org/news/2018-04-sphere-reveals-fascinating-zoo-discs.html

Radio telescope records a rare 'glitch' in a pulsar's regular pulsing beat
https://phys.org/news/2018-04-radio-telescope-rare-glitch-pulsar.html

Short-period binary systems can eject orbiting worlds [planets etc]
https://phys.org/news/2018-04-circumbinary-castaways-short-period-binary-eject.html

Once upon a time in a thunderstorm
https://phys.org/news/2018-04-thunderstorm.html

Origin of Mysterious 2,700-Year-Old Gold Treasure Revealed
https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/04/carambolo-treasure-tartessos-gold-atlantis-spain-archaeology/

Parts of Stonehenge Were There Long Before Any Humans [I'm so shur]
https://www.sciencealert.com/stonehenge-stones-may-have-been-there-already-solstice-british-archaeology

First human migration out of Africa much more geographically widespread than previously thought
http://www.shh.mpg.de/891823/wusta

Nubian Stone Tablets Unearthed in African ‘City of the Dead’
https://www.livescience.com/62272-oldest-meroe-inscriptions-sudan-africa.html

Humans may have occupied Indonesian site Leang Burung 2 earlier than previously thought
https://phys.org/news/2018-04-humans-occupied-indonesian-site-leang.html

Cretan Cave Art Includes an Animal Extinct for 11,000 Years
http://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/greek-art-goes-palaeolithic-cretan-cave-art-includes-animal-extinct-11000-021873

[Lloyd]

39279

TECH:

Putting the 'smart' in manufacturing
https://phys.org/news/2018-04-smart.html

Robot designed to defend factories against cyberthreats
https://phys.org/news/2018-04-robot-defend-factories-cyberthreats.html

New tool helps minimize impact of solar activity
https://phys.org/news/2018-04-tool-minimize-impact-solar.html

Researchers develop smart sensors to prevent power outages
https://phys.org/news/2018-04-smart-sensors-power-outages.html

Smart home dashboard to better visualize energy usage
https://phys.org/news/2018-04-smart-home-dashboard-visualize-energy.html

Could holey silicon be the holy grail of electronics?
https://phys.org/news/2018-04-holey-silicon-holy-grail-electronics.html

Video: Double your RAM – This Method Actually Works!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CHDoAsX1yo

Renewables break the 100 mark in Portugal
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-04-madness-renewables-portugal.html

Higher-energy, safer, longer-lasting zinc battery
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-04-higher-energy-safer-longer-lasting-zinc-battery.html

Researchers design 'soft' robots that can move on their own
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-04-soft-robots.html

New robot assembles IKEA chairs
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-04-toolbox-awaynew-robot-ikea-chairs.html

Advanced 3-D printed parts for NASA's Orion designed to hold up to extreme temperatures
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-04-advanced-d-nasa-orion-extreme.html

Upper-body exoskeleton turns focus on drones
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-04-flyjacket-upper-body-exoskeleton-focus-drones.html

Robot designed for faster, safer uranium plant pipe cleanup
https://phys.org/news/2018-04-robot-faster-safer-uranium-pipe.html

Researchers accidentally improve plastic-eating enzyme
https://www.sott.net/article/383109-Researchers-accidentally-improve-plastic-eating-enzyme

Scientists develop method to bend diamonds in surprising breakthrough for ultra-strong nanomaterials
https://www.sott.net/article/383417-Scientists-develop-method-to-bend-diamonds-in-surprising-breakthrough-for-ultra-strong-nanomaterials

Amazing Homemade Inventions
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnfjXHq6Epjv6yimoTHlG1g/videos

Latest Greatest
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh66TZEQnS3-HBZWnWlGlig/videos


SCIENCE:

Video: 5 Clues Humans Actually COEXISTED With Dinosaurs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHFI_xLvzi0

Video: Why are these 32 symbols found in caves all over Europe | Genevieve von Petzinger (Lang'orig'd 4-5kya)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJnEQCMA5Sg

Video: Ice Age and Clovis Culture
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxYm1ej0-qw

Video: Younger Dryas Impact Quantification
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BG1Y1kOoxjk&t=752s

Dinosaurs appeared much earlier, then their numbers exploded during planetary upheaval and mass extinction event
https://www.sott.net/article/383154-Dinosaurs-appeared-much-earlier-then-their-numbers-exploded-during-planetary-upheaval-and-mass-extinction-event

Space diamonds found in meteorite came from an ancient destroyed planet
https://www.sott.net/article/383171-Space-diamonds-found-in-meteorite-came-from-an-ancient-destroyed-planet

Desperate global warming 'scientists' theorize Earth's cyclical climate fluctuations due to ancient unknown civilisations
https://www.sott.net/article/383183-Desperate-global-warming-scientists-theorize-Earths-cyclical-climate-fluctuations-due-to-ancient-unknown-civilisations

Pre-human civilizations existed suggest new study
https://www.sott.net/article/383241-Pre-human-civilizations-existed-suggest-new-study

NASA's asteroid hunter charted scariest, Earth-bound objects
https://www.sott.net/article/383513-Threat-assessment-NASAs-asteroid-hunter-charted-scariest-Earth-bound-objects

Amateur mathematician makes 'first progress' on decades-old graph problem
https://www.sott.net/article/383597-Amateur-mathematician-makes-first-progress-on-decades-old-graph-problem

The gamma ray burst – supernova connection [Charles said they're both involved in star birth, not death]
https://phys.org/news/2018-04-gamma-ray-supernova.html

Ramp compression of iron provides insight into core conditions of large rocky exoplanets
https://phys.org/news/2018-04-ramp-compression-iron-insight-core.html

Researchers study extended X-ray emission in the PKS 1718−649 radio source
https://phys.org/news/2018-04-x-ray-emission-pks-radio-source.html

350,000 stars' DNA interrogated in search for sun's lost siblings
https://phys.org/news/2018-04-stars-dna-interrogated-sun-lost.html

Black hole and stellar winds form giant butterfly, shut down star formation in galaxy
https://phys.org/news/2018-04-black-hole-stellar-giant-butterfly.html

Simulations suggest Saturn may have helped create Jupiter's big moons
https://phys.org/news/2018-04-simulations-saturn-jupiter-big-moons.html

Human populations have split, reformed and remixed over millennia
https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2018/04/16/trellises-not-trees-human-populations-have-split-reformed-and-remixed-over-millennia/

First Europeans survived climate change following ‘super-eruption’ by working together
https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change-first-europeans-survived-volcano-eruption-work-together-italy-liguria-a8306911.html

Meteorite’s diamonds tell of Earth’s baby sister, which died young
https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/04/meteorites-diamonds-tell-of-earths-baby-sister-which-died-young/

Archaeologists discover Cornish barrow site in UK
https://phys.org/news/2018-04-archaeologists-cornish-barrow-site.html

Unprecedented wave of large-mammal extinctions linked to prehistoric humans
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/04/180419141536.htm

GREAT LISBON 1755 ANTIPODAL IMPACT QUAKE - The great Lisbon earthquake Nov. 1, 1755 devastated the city and Portuguese coastlines down to Morocco [Nov 1 = Taurid meteor stream]
https://abruptearthchanges.com/2018/04/15/great-lisbon-1755-antipodal-impact-quake-guest-paper-by-herman-burchard-appl-maths-prof-emer/

[Lloyd]

40051

TECH:

Amazon begins delivery to vehicles
https://phys.org/news/2018-04-car-amazon-delivery-vehicles.html

Cheap 3-D printer can produce self-folding materials
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-04-cheap-d-printer-self-folding-materials.html

Electrode shape improves neurostimulation for small targets
https://phys.org/news/2018-04-electrode-neurostimulation-small.html

A new technique for making paper touch sensitive inexpensively
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-04-technique-paper-sensitive-inexpensively.html

Researchers 3-D print electronics and cells directly on skin
https://phys.org/news/2018-04-d-electronics-cells-skin.html

Transparent eel-like soft robot can swim silently underwater
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-04-transparent-eel-like-soft-robot-silently.html

Balancing nuclear and renewable energy
https://phys.org/news/2018-04-nuclear-renewable-energy.html

How small creatures generate world's fastest snaps, jumps and punches
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-04-small-creatures-world-fastest-snaps.html

Bosch engineers focus on brightening the future of diesel
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-04-bosch-focus-brightening-future-diesel.html

Amazing Homemade Inventions
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnfjXHq6Epjv6yimoTHlG1g/videos

Latest Greatest
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh66TZEQnS3-HBZWnWlGlig/videos


SCIENCE:

Giant group of octopus moms discovered in the deep sea
https://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?org=NSF&cntn_id=245123

Scientists denounce Pruitt’s effort to block ‘secret science’ at EPA
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2018/04/25/scientists-denounce-pruitts-effort-to-block-secret-science-at-epa

Alcubierre Drive Initiative faster than the speed of light
https://www.sott.net/article/383595-NASA-Alcubierre-Drive-Initiative-faster-than-the-speed-of-light

Researchers find a new DNA shape
https://www.sott.net/article/383696-Researchers-find-a-new-DNA-shape

7 important questions about Mars - and what we currently know
https://www.sott.net/article/383707-7-important-questions-about-Mars-and-what-we-currently-know

Nunatsiavut wildlife manager says polar bear numbers "very, very healthy" - Inuit hunters agree
https://www.sott.net/article/383820-Nunatsiavut-wildlife-manager-says-polar-bear-numbers-very-very-healthy-Inuit-hunters-agree

Strange behavior coming from the sun's gamma rays
https://www.sott.net/article/383829-Strange-behavior-coming-from-the-suns-gamma-rays-cause-unknown

3D renderings of real weather data prove just how complex and captivating clouds are
https://www.sott.net/article/383918-3D-renderings-of-real-weather-data-prove-just-how-complex-and-captivating-clouds-are

Billions of gallons of water will be saved by thinning down forests in California
https://www.sott.net/article/383951-Study-Billions-of-gallons-of-water-will-be-saved-by-thinning-down-forests-in-California

Astronomers witness galaxy megamerger that raises questions about current galaxy cluster formation theories
https://www.sott.net/article/383971-Astronomers-witness-galaxy-megamerger-that-raises-questions-about-current-galaxy-cluster-formation-theories

'Perfectoid geometry' may be the secret that links numbers and shapes
https://www.sott.net/article/384114-Perfectoid-geometry-may-be-the-secret-that-links-numbers-and-shapes

Acidification: A new threat to lakes and rivers
https://www.sott.net/article/384129-Acidification-A-new-threat-to-lakes-and-rivers

Humans to be Genetically Modified for the first time in Europe
https://www.sott.net/article/384139-Humans-to-be-Genetically-Modified-for-the-first-time-in-Europe

Discovery of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9
https://www.sott.net/article/384209-Discovery-of-Comet-Shoemaker-Levy-9-and-Its-Impact-Into-Jupiter-25-Years-Later

5 'close' asteroid flybys will take place today
https://www.sott.net/article/384212-Incoming-close-calls-NASA-says-5-close-asteroid-flybys-will-take-place-today

Studying dwarf galaxies to get the big picture
https://phys.org/news/2018-04-dwarf-galaxies-big-picture.html

Galaxies grow bigger and puffier as they age
https://phys.org/news/2018-04-galaxies-bigger-puffier-age.html

Uranus's cloud tops
https://phys.org/news/2018-04-uranus-cloud-tops-common-rotten.html

Face recognition for galaxies using Artificial intelligence
https://phys.org/news/2018-04-recognition-galaxies-artificial-intelligence-tools.html

Milky Way's supermassive black hole [likely quasars] may have 'unseen' siblings
https://phys.org/news/2018-04-milky-supermassive-black-hole-unseen.html

Gaia creates richest star map of our Galaxy
https://phys.org/news/2018-04-gaia-richest-star-galaxyand.html

Powerful flare detected on an M-dwarf star
https://phys.org/news/2018-04-powerful-flare-m-dwarf-star.html

How impacts by water-rich asteroids can deliver surprising amounts of water
https://phys.org/news/2018-04-projectile-cannon-asteroids.html

New estimates of Mercury's thin, dense crust
https://phys.org/news/2018-04-mercury-thin-dense-crust.html

Finding galaxies with active nuclei
https://phys.org/news/2018-04-galaxies-nuclei.html

Earliest Bone Arrowhead, 61,700 Years Old, Found in South Africa
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/MAGAZINE-earliest-bone-arrowhead-61-700-years-old-found-in-south-africa-1.6029711

This Eerie, Human-Like Figure Is Twice As Old As Egypt's Pyramids
https://www.livescience.com/62404-shigir-idol-age-and-new-face.html

Ancient Mass Child Sacrifice May Be World's Largest
https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/04/mass-child-human-animal-sacrifice-peru-chimu-science/

Michael crichton the lost world pdf download
http://downloadfreepdffromqatar.ml/productivity/michael-crichton-the-lost-world-pdf-download.php

Mars's Two Tiny Moons Were Formed After an Asteroid Hit the Planet, New Theory Suggests
http://uk.pressfrom.com/news/world/us-news/-252603-marss-two-tiny-moons-were-formed-after-an-asteroid-hit-the-planet-new-theory-suggests/

Why did mammoths and mastodons really disappear?
http://islanddwarfism.blogspot.com/2018/04/why-did-mammoths-and-mastodons-really.html

Atlantis existed
https://medium.com/@jonathanroseland/atlantis-existed-40eb06c95207

Cosmography101-15.1 Ice Dam Viability / Mayan Gods Symbolize Geocosmic Events
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sAMOcNg3SY

[Lloyd]

40795

(a little late)
TECH:

Analysis shows when and where advanced photovoltaics would be economic to install
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-04-analysis-advanced-photovoltaics-economic.html

Researchers develop water-based battery to store solar and wind energy
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-04-water-based-battery-solar-energy.html

Robot transitions from soft to rigid
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-05-robot-transitions-soft-rigid.html

Natural gas prices, not 'war on coal,' were key to coal power decline
https://phys.org/news/2018-05-natural-gas-prices-war-coal.html

3-D batteries pack power into tiny footprints
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-05-d-batteries-power-tiny-footprints.html

Engineers upgrade ancient, sun-powered tech to purify water with near-perfect efficiency
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-05-ancient-sun-powered-tech-purify-near-perfect.html

Engineers invent smart microchip that can self-start and operate when battery runs out
https://phys.org/news/2018-05-smart-microchip-self-start-battery.html

When little robot will go through your rooms to find the orange purse
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-05-robot-rooms-orange-purse.html

MapLite enables navigation with just GPS and sensors
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-05-autonomous-vehicles-require-intricate-hand-labeled.html

SureFly keeps focus on new day in safe, two-seater flight
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-05-surefly-focus-day-safe-two-seater.html

Russia upgrades Su-25SM3 attack aircraft with modern electronic warfare system in Syria
https://www.sott.net/article/384337-Russia-upgrades-Su-25SM3-attack-aircraft-with-modern-electronic-warfare-system-in-Syria

Amazing Homemade Inventions
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnfjXHq6Epjv6yimoTHlG1g/videos

Latest Greatest
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh66TZEQnS3-HBZWnWlGlig/videos


SCIENCE:

Moon Mission Canceled - AGAIN...Hmm, Anyone else Notice a Pattern here?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_5-nbldPqA

Discourses on an Alien Sky #36 | Atlantis -- The Disappearing Homeland
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUWEK2eVIBs

The Younger Dryas Event and the Birth of the Gods | Ancient Architects
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTJYmIcJk6A

Pole reversal apocalypse downgraded for now
https://www.sott.net/article/384334-Pole-reversal-apocalypse-downgraded-for-now

Dwarf V392 Persei undergoes a rare nova outburst
https://www.sott.net/article/384453-Dwarf-V392-Persei-undergoes-a-rare-nova-outburst

Marine experts hatching scheme to tow icebergs from Antarctica to Cape Town in efforts to aid South Africa's drought crisis
https://www.sott.net/article/384494-Marine-experts-hatching-scheme-to-tow-icebergs-from-Antarctica-to-Cape-Town-in-efforts-to-aid-South-Africas-drought-crisis

Last year's solar eclipse set off a wave in the upper atmosphere that was detected as far away as Brazil
https://www.sott.net/article/384617-Last-years-solar-eclipse-set-off-a-wave-in-the-upper-atmosphere-that-was-detected-as-far-away-as-Brazil

DNA sequences indicate 250 people made up original Native American founding population
https://www.sott.net/article/384627-DNA-sequences-indicate-250-people-made-up-original-Native-American-founding-population

Latest epigenetic and 'junk' DNA research shows genes don't hold all the answers
https://www.sott.net/article/384708-Latest-epigenetic-and-junk-DNA-research-shows-genes-dont-hold-all-the-answers

How a backyard pendulum saw may solve a Bronze Age mystery
https://www.sott.net/article/384713-How-a-backyard-pendulum-saw-may-solve-a-Bronze-Age-mystery

Astronomers now coming to the conclusion that our understanding of the universe's expansion is wrong
https://www.sott.net/article/384714-Astronomers-now-coming-to-the-conclusion-that-our-understanding-of-the-universes-expansion-is-wrong

How the moon affects volcanoes
https://www.sott.net/article/384749-How-the-moon-affects-volcanoes

Reviving extinct mammoths will save the planet say global warmists [fat chance]
https://www.sott.net/article/384751-Reviving-extinct-mammoths-will-save-the-planet-say-global-warmists

Earth hit by G2 geomagnetic storm
https://www.sott.net/article/384822-Earth-hit-by-G2-geomagnetic-storm

Fresh results from NASA's Galileo spacecraft 20 years on
https://phys.org/news/2018-04-fresh-results-nasa-galileo-spacecraft.html

Przybylski's star is an extremely slow rotator, study finds
https://phys.org/news/2018-05-przybylski-star-extremely-rotator.html

NASA sending robotic geologist to Mars to dig super deep
https://phys.org/news/2018-05-nasa-robotic-geologist-mars-super.html

Recent work challenges view of early Mars, picturing a warm desert with occasional rain
https://phys.org/news/2018-05-view-early-mars-picturing-occasional.html

Stellar family portrait in X-rays
https://phys.org/news/2018-05-stellar-family-portrait-x-rays.html

Mineral in lunar meteorite suggests water was once on the moon
https://phys.org/news/2018-05-mineral-lunar-meteorite-moon.html

NASA spacecraft will have company all the way to Mars
https://phys.org/news/2018-05-nasa-spacecraft-company-mars.html

SpaceX's Dragon cargo ship returns to Earth
https://phys.org/news/2018-05-spacex-dragon-cargo-ship-earth.html

Did another advanced species exist on Earth before humans?
https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/did-another-advanced-species-exist-earth-humans-ncna869856

What Ancient Civilization KNEW about The Universe & Cosmos Will SHOCK You
http://thephaser.com/2018/04/what-ancient-civilization-knew-about-the-universe-cosmos-will-shock-you/

(See more at) http://www.thunderbolts.info/forum/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=16025&p=124700#p124700

[Lloyd]

41305

TECH:

500-year-old Leaning Tower of Pisa mystery unveiled by engineers
https://phys.org/news/2018-05-year-old-tower-pisa-mystery-unveiled.html

How even one automated, connected vehicle can improve safety and save energy in traffic
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-05-automated-vehicle-safety-energy-traffic.html

Battery-free 'smart' toys
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-05-battery-free-smart-toys-closer-commercial.html

Tackling global energy savings through efficiency improvements
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-05-tackling-global-energy-efficiency.html

Italian researchers develop lighter, cheaper robotic hand
https://phys.org/news/2018-05-italian-lighter-cheaper-robotic.html

At end of grocery rainbow could be swarm robots taking your order
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-05-grocery-rainbow-swarm-robots.html

Safer and more powerful lithium-ion batteries
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-05-safer-powerful-lithium-ion-batteries-requires.html

Walking robots, a YouTube sensation
https://phys.org/news/2018-05-robots-youtube-sensation-ready.html

Musk says LA-area test tunnel almost complete
https://phys.org/news/2018-05-elon-musk-la-area-tunnel.html

ASML perfecting 'microchip shrink'
https://phys.org/news/2018-05-dutch-firm-asml-microchip-tech.html

New Russian aircraft carrier to challenge US naval supremacy
https://www.sott.net/article/385042-New-Russian-aircraft-carrier-to-challenge-US-naval-supremacy

Robot helicopter for Mars
https://www.sott.net/article/385353-Meet-NASAs-robot-helicopter-for-Mars

China's first home-built aircraft carrier heads out for sea trials
https://www.sott.net/article/385465-Chinas-first-home-built-aircraft-carrier-heads-out-for-sea-trials

Amazing Homemade Inventions
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnfjXHq6Epjv6yimoTHlG1g/videos

Latest Greatest
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh66TZEQnS3-HBZWnWlGlig/videos


SCIENCE:

The orbits of Venus and Jupiter are found to have effects on earth climate change over very long periods of time
http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2018/05/01/1800891115

Pyramid's True Purpose FINALLY DISCOVERED: Advanced Ancient Technology
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ko-ZboCzR64

The 'duck curve' is solar energy's greatest challenge
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYLzss58CLs

Emergent plate tectonics caused "snowball Earth" [NOPE]
https://www.sott.net/article/385090-Hypothesis-Emergent-plate-tectonics-caused-snowball-Earth

Research uncovers 405 thousand year climate cycle discovered related to variations in Earth's orbit around the sun [also inaccurate]
https://www.sott.net/article/385117-Research-uncovers-405-thousand-year-climate-cycle-discovered-related-to-variations-in-Earths-orbit-around-the-sun

Google's massive carbon footprint revealed by new online tool [Good for Google; plants need more CO2]
https://www.sott.net/article/385211-Googles-massive-carbon-footprint-revealed-by-new-online-tool

Bioluminescence takes hold causing San Diego's night-time surf to glow
https://www.sott.net/article/385283-Bioluminescence-takes-hold-causing-San-Diegos-night-time-surf-to-glow

What's been eating the first starlight?
https://www.sott.net/article/385326-A-mystery-in-the-cosmic-dawn-Whats-been-eating-the-first-starlight

Earth was warmer 500 million years ago [more like 10,000] and led to an explosion of life
https://www.sott.net/article/385344-Earth-was-warmer-500-million-years-ago-and-led-to-an-explosion-of-life

Rogue star Gilese 710 hurtling towards our solar system will arrive sooner than we thought
https://www.sott.net/article/385348-Rogue-star-Gilese-710-hurtling-towards-our-solar-system-will-arrive-sooner-than-we-thought

Researchers find that conspiracy theorists are not necessarily paranoid
https://www.sott.net/article/385428-Researchers-find-that-conspiracy-theorists-are-not-necessarily-paranoid

The effect of volcanoes on climate and climate on volcanoes
https://www.sott.net/article/385445-The-effect-of-volcanoes-on-climate-and-climate-on-volcanoes

What will happen when our sun dies?
https://phys.org/news/2018-05-sun-dies.html

Waves similar to those controlling weather on Earth have now been found on the Sun
https://phys.org/news/2018-05-similar-weather-earth-sun.html

Why does the Sun's corona sizzle at one million degrees F?
https://phys.org/news/2018-05-sun-corona-sizzle-million-team.html

Exiled asteroid discovered in outer reaches of solar system
https://phys.org/news/2018-05-exiled-asteroid-outer-solar.html

Bursting pulsar found to 'hiccup' during crucial stage of its lifecycle
https://phys.org/news/2018-05-pulsar-hiccup-crucial-stage-lifecycle.html

First early-type magnetic star in an eclipsing binary detected
https://phys.org/news/2018-05-early-type-magnetic-star-eclipsing-binary.html

A giant 'singing' cloud in space will help us to understand how star systems form
https://phys.org/news/2018-05-giant-cloud-space-star-systemsform.html

NICER mission finds an X-ray pulsar in a record-fast orbit
https://phys.org/news/2018-05-nicer-mission-x-ray-pulsar-record-fast.html

Sprawling 3,300-Year-Old Egyptian Tomb Hides Secrets of Ancient War
https://www.livescience.com/62514-ancient-general-tomb-saqqara.html

Cuneiform tablets from Bassetki reveal location of ancient royal city of Mardaman
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2018/05/cuneiform-tablets-from-bassetki-reveal-location-of-ancient-royal-city-of-mardaman/119529

78,000 year cave record from East Africa shows early cultural innovations
https://phys.org/news/2018-05-year-cave-east-africa-early.html

[Lloyd]

42002

TECH:

Robot teaches itself how to dress people
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-05-robot-people.html

Toward smaller, more efficient radio frequency transformers
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-05-smaller-efficient-radio-frequency.html

High-sensitivity microsensors on the horizon
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-05-high-sensitivity-microsensors-horizon.html

Wearable ring, wristband allow users to control smart tech with hand gestures
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-05-wearable-wristband-users-smart-tech.html

Eco-friendly hut in Australia
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-05-eco-friendly-hut-australia-a-frame-tent.html

New robot concept uses responsive materials to swim through water
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-05-robot-concept-responsive-materials.html

The first wireless flying robotic insect
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-05-wireless-robotic-insect.html

Autonomous glider can fly like an albatross, cruise like a sailboat
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-05-autonomous-glider-albatross-cruise-sailboat.html

Self-assembling 3-D battery would charge in seconds
https://phys.org/news/2018-05-self-assembling-d-battery-seconds.html

BMW to ease charging anxiety via wireless mat system
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-05-bmw-ease-anxiety-wireless-mat.html

Broad adoption of electric cars will increase air pollution
https://www.sott.net/article/385654-Green-paradox-New-report-finds-broad-adoption-of-electric-cars-will-increase-air-pollution

AI is summoning demons [making flawed products]
https://www.sott.net/article/385664-Tech-genius-says-AI-is-summoning-demons-no-one-is-paying-attention

X-Ray laser heats water to 180,000 degrees in a fraction of a second
https://www.sott.net/article/385701-X-Ray-laser-heats-water-to-180000-degrees-in-a-fraction-of-a-second

Russia's new hypersonic glider weapon
https://www.sott.net/article/385823-US-intelligence-in-panic-mode-over-Russias-new-hypersonic-glider-weapon

Amazing Homemade Inventions
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnfjXHq6Epjv6yimoTHlG1g/videos

Latest Greatest
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh66TZEQnS3-HBZWnWlGlig/videos


SCIENCE:

The BIG Bell Test—Global physics experiment challenges Einstein with the help of 100,000 volunteers
https://phys.org/news/2018-05-big-bell-testglobal-physics-einstein.html

So I had a Conversation in a Pub with a Government Scientist...about Space & Weather
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFNyEyU7AKE

Cells speak in a language similar to viruses
https://www.sott.net/article/385535-Cells-speak-in-a-language-similar-to-viruses

Sea levels are rising, but not because of climate change
https://www.sott.net/article/385876-Sea-levels-are-rising-but-not-because-of-climate-change

We just had two years of record-breaking cooling world-wide
https://www.sott.net/article/385900-We-just-had-two-years-of-record-breaking-cooling-world-wide-dont-try-and-tell-the-global-warming-people

The inside of a proton endures more pressure than previously seen elsewhere
https://www.sott.net/article/385910-The-inside-of-a-proton-endures-more-pressure-than-previously-seen-elsewhere

Are octopuses aliens?
https://www.sott.net/article/386003-Are-octopuses-aliens

Did recent supernovae affect life on Earth?
https://www.sott.net/article/386005-Did-recent-supernovae-affect-life-on-Earth

Observations reveal complex environment of HD 50138
https://phys.org/news/2018-05-reveal-complex-environment-hd.html

Old NASA spacecraft points to new evidence of watery plumes over Europa
https://phys.org/news/2018-05-evidence-plumes-jupiter-moon-europa.html

Chinese volunteers emerge from virtual moon base
https://phys.org/news/2018-05-chinese-volunteers-emerge-virtual-moon.html

Orbital variations can trigger 'snowball' states in habitable zones around sunlike stars
https://phys.org/news/2018-05-orbital-variations-trigger-snowball-states.html

Researchers determine chemical composition of two extremely metal-poor stars
https://phys.org/news/2018-05-chemical-composition-extremely-metal-poor-stars.html

Unusual laser emission in the Ant Nebula suggests hidden double star system
https://phys.org/news/2018-05-unusual-laser-emission-ant-nebula.html

A new map for a birthplace of stars
https://phys.org/news/2018-05-birthplace-stars.html

Astronomers find vast ionized hydrogen cloud in 'Whirlpool Galaxy'
https://phys.org/news/2018-05-astronomers-vast-ionized-hydrogen-cloud.html

Breakthrough in understanding rare lightning-triggered gamma-rays
https://phys.org/news/2018-05-team-breakthrough-rare-lightning-triggered-gamma-rays.html

Astronomers release most complete ultraviolet-light survey of nearby galaxies
https://phys.org/news/2018-05-astronomers-ultraviolet-light-survey-nearby-galaxies.html

Could recent supernovae be responsible for mass extinctions?
https://phys.org/news/2018-05-supernovae-responsible-mass-extinctions.html

85,000-Year-Old Footprints Show Stepping Stone in Human Migration
https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/05/ancient-saudi-arabia-footprint-human-migration-science-spd/

What Sculpted the Earth’s Surface?
https://principia-scientific.org/what-sculpted-the-earths-surface/

How our ancestors with autistic traits led a revolution in Ice Age art
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/05/180514095522.htm

Mysterious ancient humans with brains like modern people prompt rethink of early evolution
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/ancient-humans-homo-naledi-brains-intelligence-evolution-behaviour-a8351451.html

Newly Discovered Species –“Maybe We’ve Had the Story of Human Evolution Wrong the Whole Time”
http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2018/05/homo-naledi-newly-discovered-species-maybe-weve-had-the-story-of-human-evolution-wrong-the-whole-tim.html

Fossil record reveals changes in Earth’s movement and rotation
https://phys.org/news/2018-05-fossil-reveals-earth-movement-rotation.html

Earliest Version of Our Alphabet Possibly Discovered
https://www.livescience.com/62580-earliest-alphabet-discovered.html

Arctic ice brings an understanding of ancient Europe’s economy
https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2018/05/19/arctic-ice-brings-an-understanding-of-ancient-europes-economy

[Lloyd]

42657

TECH:

Fast, low-voltage actuator for soft and wearable robotics
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-05-fast-low-voltage-actuator-soft-wearable.html

Flexible, highly efficient multimodal energy harvesting
https://phys.org/news/2018-05-flexible-highly-efficient-multimodal-energy.html

Electric vehicles could save billions on energy storage
https://phys.org/news/2018-05-electric-vehicles-billions-energy-storage.html

New dispatching approach could cut the number of taxis on the road while meeting rider demand
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-05-dispatching-approach-taxis-road-rider.html

Fleet of autonomous boats could service cities to reduce road traffic
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-05-fleet-autonomous-boats-cities-road.html

3-D printed sugar scaffolds offer sweet solution for tissue engineering, device manufacturing
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-05-d-sugar-scaffolds-sweet-solution.html

A 'self-eating' rocket engine which could place small satellites in orbit more easily
https://phys.org/news/2018-05-aim-stars-rocket.html

How greener grids can stay lit
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-05-greener-grids-lit.html

Traffic light tech will be tested in UK, allows cars to leverage signal change [so you don't have to wait when there's no traffic?]
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-05-traffic-tech-uk-cars-leverage.html

Russian security forces unveil 'Taser shield' to use in raids against crime
https://www.sott.net/article/386565-Literally-shocking-Russian-security-forces-unveil-Taser-shield-to-use-in-raids-against-crime

Amazing Homemade Inventions
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnfjXHq6Epjv6yimoTHlG1g/videos

Latest Greatest
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh66TZEQnS3-HBZWnWlGlig/videos


SCIENCE:

"Floating Crane" Found Beneath The Great Pyramid?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0475nNf5tSs

Astronomers [think they] discover fastest growing monster black hole the size of 20 billion suns
https://www.sott.net/article/386175-Astronomers-discover-fastest-growing-monster-black-hole-the-size-of-20-billion-suns

Worldwide ocean anoxia driven by global cooling was possible factor in previous mass extinctions
https://www.sott.net/article/386186-Worldwide-ocean-anoxia-driven-by-global-cooling-was-possible-factor-in-previous-mass-extinctions

Weird asteroid in Jupiter's orbit is 1st interstellar immigrant
https://www.sott.net/article/386287-Weird-asteroid-in-Jupiters-orbit-is-1st-interstellar-immigrant

Podcast: Riddle of the Younger Dryas, "one of the most unusual periods of great climate change in the ancient world"
https://www.sott.net/article/386383-Podcast-Riddle-of-the-Younger-Dryas-one-of-the-most-unusual-periods-of-great-climate-change-in-the-ancient-world

Scientists think [wrongly] they've found a million-year-old ice core lurking under Antarctica
https://www.sott.net/article/386501-Scientists-think-they-ve-found-a-million-year-old-ice-core-lurking-under-Antarctica

Jams in the jet stream blamed for abnormal weather patterns
https://www.sott.net/article/386542-Jams-in-the-jet-stream-blamed-for-abnormal-weather-patterns-baffle-forecasters

What you can expect from consumer DNA testing
https://www.sott.net/article/386588-Promising-more-than-it-delivers-What-you-can-expect-from-consumer-DNA-testing

Solar minimum for 2018 - 2020 could be unprecedented in modern astronomy
https://www.sott.net/article/386621-Solar-minimum-for-2018-2020-could-be-unprecedented-in-modern-astronomy

Study reveals atmospheric rivers to double in size
https://www.sott.net/article/386622-Study-reveals-atmospheric-rivers-to-double-in-size

Oldest tree in Europe found
https://www.sott.net/article/386624-Oldest-tree-in-Europe-found-And-even-though-its-climate-is-cooling-its-having-a-growth-spurt

New evidence for existence of Planet Nine
https://phys.org/news/2018-05-evidence-planet.html

Two bright high-redshift quasars discovered
https://phys.org/news/2018-05-bright-high-redshift-quasars.html

Lightening up dark galaxies
https://phys.org/news/2018-05-dark-galaxies.html

Multiple gamma-ray emission regions detected in the blazar 3C 279
https://phys.org/news/2018-05-multiple-gamma-ray-emission-regions-blazar.html

New study details geological process behind Titan's dunes
https://phys.org/news/2018-05-geological-titan-dunes.html

Astronomers observe unprecedented detail in pulsar 6,500 light-years from Earth
https://phys.org/news/2018-05-astronomers-unprecedented-pulsar-light-years-earth.html

Curiosity is collecting Mars rocks
https://phys.org/news/2018-05-drilling-success-curiosity-mars.html

InSight steers toward Mars
https://phys.org/news/2018-05-insight-mars.html

Ancient meteorite tells tales of Mars topography
https://phys.org/news/2018-05-ancient-meteorite-tales-mars-topography.html

Study of ancient fish suggests Chicxulub asteroid strike warmed planet for 100,000 years
https://phys.org/news/2018-05-ancient-fish-chicxulub-asteroid-planet.html

How stratospheric life is teaching us about the possibility of extreme life on other worlds
https://phys.org/news/2018-05-stratospheric-life-possibility-extreme-worlds.html

Poking a Hole in the Latest Younger Dryas Impact Paper
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2018/05/14/poking-a-hole-in-the-latest-younger-dryas-impact-paper-uniformitarian-impact-craters-part-trois

[Lloyd]

43245

TECH:

Building batteries that don't go boom
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-05-faster-stronger-batteries-dont-boom.html

Global electric car sales up over 50 percent in 2017: IEA
- https://techxplore.com/news/2018-05-global-electric-car-sales-percent.html
- https://phys.org/news/2018-05-global-pulse-electric-vehicles.html

Activity simulator could teach robots tasks
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-05-simulator-robots-tasks-coffee-table.html

Researchers develop one-step, 3-D printing for multimaterial projects
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-05-one-step-d-multimaterial.html

A multimaterial, voxel-printing method turns imaging datasets into physical objects
- https://techxplore.com/news/2018-05-multimaterial-voxel-printing-method-imaging-datasets.html
- https://phys.org/news/2018-06-d-printer-physical.html

Combining experts and automation in 3-D printing
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-05-combining-experts-automation-d.html

Aerial robot that can morph in flight
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-06-aerial-robot-morph-flight.html

Prototype nuclear battery packs 10 times more power
https://phys.org/news/2018-06-prototype-nuclear-battery-power.html

G Plus driverless delivery vehicle to feature solid-state LiDAR tech
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-06-driverless-delivery-vehicle-feature-solid-state.html

Amazing Homemade Inventions
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnfjXHq6Epjv6yimoTHlG1g/videos

Latest Greatest
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh66TZEQnS3-HBZWnWlGlig/videos


SCIENCE:

Nuclear physicists leap into quantum computing with first simulations of atomic nucleus
https://phys.org/news/2018-05-nuclear-physicists-quantum-simulations-atomic.html

Archaeologists Discover Old Artificial Underground Complex in Israel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQsezl8amug

Is a catastrophic event 200,000 years ago responsible for most of the life on our planet today?
https://www.sott.net/article/386765-Is-a-catastrophic-event-200000-years-ago-responsible-for-most-of-the-life-on-our-planet-today

Permian extinction occurred during low CO2, cooler climate, increasing ice sheets and sea level drop
https://www.sott.net/article/386785-Permian-extinction-occurred-during-low-CO2-cooler-climate-increasing-ice-sheets-and-sea-level-drop

Great Barrier Reef has recovered from five "death events" in the last 30,000 years
https://www.sott.net/article/386787-Great-Barrier-Reef-has-recovered-from-five-death-events-in-the-last-30000-years

Illusion of scientific consensus: Demotion of Pluto ignores astronomical history
https://www.sott.net/article/386952-Illusion-of-scientific-consensus-Demotion-of-Pluto-ignores-astronomical-history

Milky Way galaxy is larger than original estimates
https://www.sott.net/article/386954-New-research-says-our-Milky-Way-galaxy-is-larger-than-original-estimates

Mother of all lizards found in the Italian Alps
https://www.sott.net/article/387049-Mother-of-all-lizards-found-in-the-Italian-Alps

Geologists discover London sitting on two serious fault lines, capital at risk of dangerous earthquake
https://www.sott.net/article/387128-Geologists-discover-London-sitting-on-two-serious-fault-lines-capital-at-risk-of-dangerous-earthquake

Broccoli in space—how probiotics could help grow veggies in microgravity
https://phys.org/news/2018-05-broccoli-spacehow-probiotics-veggies-microgravity.html

Spanish astronomer discovers new binary star of EW type
https://phys.org/news/2018-05-spanish-astronomer-binary-star-ew.html

The case of the relativistic particles solved with NASA missions
https://phys.org/news/2018-05-case-relativistic-particles-nasa-missions.html

Tarantula Nebula: A crowded neighborhood
https://phys.org/news/2018-05-tarantula-nebula-crowded-neighborhood.html

Comet C/2016 R2 (Pan-STARRS) is rich in carbon monoxide and depleted in hydrogen cyanide
https://phys.org/news/2018-05-comet-c2016-r2-pan-starrs-rich.html

Does some dark matter carry an electric charge? [or is DM electric charge?]
https://phys.org/news/2018-05-dark-electric.html

Cosmic collision lights up the darkness NGC 3256
https://phys.org/news/2018-05-cosmic-collision-darkness.html

Secrets behind Pluto's dunes
https://phys.org/news/2018-05-scientists-reveal-secrets-pluto-dunes.html

Gravitational wave event likely signaled creation of a black hole [or something did something]
https://phys.org/news/2018-05-gravitational-event-creation-black-hole.html

Multiple metals – and possible signs of water – found in unique exoplanet
https://phys.org/news/2018-06-multiple-metals-unique-exoplanet.html

Peruvian scientists use DNA to trace origins of Inca emperors
https://phys.org/news/2018-05-peruvian-scientists-dna-inca-emperors.html

Sweeping gene survey reveals new facets of evolution
https://phys.org/news/2018-05-gene-survey-reveals-facets-evolution.html

New Stonehenge Theory Says Humans Didn’t Move Stones After All
http://mysteriousuniverse.org/2018/05/new-stonehenge-theory-says-humans-didnt-move-stones-after-all/

Prehistoric Teeth Reveal Details On Ancient Africa’s Climate
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2018/05/prehistoric-teeth-reveal-details-on.html#HTYiQx2lGjPJoT5w.97

Stonehenge is found in Chile
https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2018/05/26/a-southern-hemisphere-stonehenge-is-found-in-chile

First direct dating of Homo antecessor
https://phys.org/news/2018-05-dating-homo-antecessor.html

Lost City of Irisagrig Comes to Life in Ancient Stolen Tablets
https://www.livescience.com/62688-lost-city-of-irisagrig-ancient-tablets.html

Wars and clan structure may explain a strange biological event 7,000 years ago
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2018/05/wars-and-clan-structure-may-explain-a-strange-biological-event-7000-years-ago/119903

Life recovered rapidly at impact site of dino-killing asteroid
https://phys.org/news/2018-05-life-recovered-rapidly-impact-site.html

The making of a human population uncovered through ancient Icelandic genomes
https://phys.org/news/2018-05-human-population-uncovered-ancient-icelandic.html

Recovering the lost world
https://willingness-to-listen.blogspot.com/2018/05/recovering-lost-world.html

New Dating of The Great Sphinx of Egypt
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j517lzH6fVI

DISCOVERY: Is THIS the Oldest Portrayal of The Sphinx?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gpgiHAmA_E

Catastrophism Resource
http://www.thunderbolts.info/forum/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=17076&p=124782#p124782

Comet 134340 Pluto?
https://www.thunderbolts.info/wp/2018/05/28/comet-134340-pluto/

Cosmography101-16.1 Recent Climate Cycles / Ice Sheets & Ocean / YDB Extinctions w/Randall Carlson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qigMq3Q475U

Black Budget Bonus Release [Climate Change BS] - Randall Carlson Unplugged
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPB9R5ttngk

[Lloyd]

43771

TECH:

Pharmaceutical material shows promise for better grid-scale batteries
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-06-pharmaceutical-material-grid-scale-batteries.html

Team uses biomimicry of bats to help drones navigate in the dark, dust or smoke
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-06-team-biomimicry-drones-dark.html

Japan 'drone-brella' promises hands-free sun cover
https://phys.org/news/2018-06-japan-drone-brella-hands-free-sun.html

Nozzle-rich firefighter is a robot
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-06-nozzle-rich-firefighter-robot-resembles-dragon.html

Sodium-based batteries could make your smartphone cheaper and cleaner
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-06-sodium-based-batteries-smartphone-cheaper-cleaner.html

Novel transmitter uses ultrafast 'frequency hopping' and data encryption to protect signals from being intercepted
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-06-transmitter-wireless-devices-hackers.html

Visual semantics enable high-performance place recognition
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-06-visual-semantics-enable-high-performance-recognition.html

Intel claims it can cut display battery use in half with its new tech
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-06-intel-power-diet-battery-life.html

New way for designing electronic systems that incorporates the best from analogue and digital
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-06-electronics.html

System for drone surveillance to recognize violence
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-06-drone-surveillance-violence.html

New system recovers fresh water from power plants
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-06-recovers-fresh-power.html

MIT creates 'psychopath' AI named Norman [AI is just computer programming]
https://www.sott.net/article/387395-MIT-creates-psychopath-AI-named-Norman

Amazing Homemade Inventions
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnfjXHq6Epjv6yimoTHlG1g/videos

Latest Greatest
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh66TZEQnS3-HBZWnWlGlig/videos


SCIENCE:

Ancient Giza: A Pre-Dynastic Settlement
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-LdAJybIlI

Thought to be seismically silent, East Antarctica is actually active
https://www.sott.net/article/387316-Thought-to-be-seismically-silent-East-Antarctica-is-actually-active

Oldest footprints discovered on ancient seafloor
https://www.sott.net/article/387554-Oldest-footprints-discovered-on-ancient-seafloor

NASA's Curiosity rover uncovers organic material in ancient lakebed
https://www.sott.net/article/387619-Life-on-Mars-NASAs-Curiosity-rover-uncovers-organic-material-in-ancient-lakebed-offering-strongest-evidence-yet-of-potential-life

Chemical traces from star formation cast light on cosmic history
https://phys.org/news/2018-06-chemical-star-formation-cosmic-history.html

Astronomers detect a doubly eclipsing quadruple star system
https://phys.org/news/2018-06-astronomers-doubly-eclipsing-quadruple-star.html

Saturn found to have noontime auroras
https://phys.org/news/2018-06-saturn-noontime-auroras.html

Data discrepancies may affect understanding of the universe
https://phys.org/news/2018-06-discrepancies-affect-universe.html

Collisions of dead stars spray heavy elements throughout small galaxies
https://phys.org/news/2018-06-collisions-dead-stars-heavy-elements.html

Astronomers observe huge flares on a young brown dwarf
https://phys.org/news/2018-06-astronomers-huge-flares-young-brown.html

New Horizons wakes for historic Kuiper Belt flyby
https://phys.org/news/2018-06-horizons-historic-kuiper-belt-flyby.html

As solar wind blows, our heliosphere balloons
https://phys.org/news/2018-06-solar-heliosphere-balloons.html

New data-mining technique offers most-vivid picture of Martian mineralogy
https://phys.org/news/2018-06-data-mining-technique-most-vivid-picture-martian.html

Tumultuous galaxy mergers
https://phys.org/news/2018-06-tumultuous-galaxy-mergers-black-holes.html

How do you weigh a galaxy?
https://phys.org/news/2018-06-galaxy-youre.html

Juno solves 39-year old mystery of Jupiter lightning
https://phys.org/news/2018-06-juno-year-mystery-jupiter-lightning.html

Chandra scouts nearest star system for possible hazards
https://phys.org/news/2018-06-chandra-scouts-nearest-star-hazards.html

More mystery objects detected near Milky Way's supermassive ...
https://phys.org/news/2018-06-mystery-milky-supermassive-black-hole.html

Scientists solve lunar mystery with aid of missing moon tapes
https://phys.org/news/2018-06-scientists-lunar-mystery-aid-moon.html

Mineralogy on Mars points to a cold and icy ancient climate
https://phys.org/news/2018-06-minerology-mars-cold-icy-ancient.html

How solar prominences vibrate
https://phys.org/news/2018-06-solar-prominences-vibrate.html

Neutron stars cast light on ...
https://phys.org/news/2018-06-neutron-stars-quark.html

Magnetic fields could hold the key to star formation [Make that electric]
https://phys.org/news/2018-06-magnetic-fields-key-star-formation.html

Space Pioneering: the passion and dream continue!
http://davidbrin.blogspot.com/2018/06/space-pioneering-passion-and-dream.html#1528004208625

DECODING GÖBEKLI TEPE WITH ARCHAEOASTRONOMY: WHAT DOES THE FOX SAY?
http://maajournal.com/Issues/2017/Vol17-1/Sweatman%20and%20Tsikritsis%2017%281%29.pdf

Redating the Sphinx: Robert Schoch Talks to Joe Rogan about a Lost Civilization
https://www.dailygrail.com/2018/06/redating-the-sphinx-robert-schoch-talks-to-joe-rogan-about-a-lost-civilization/

Hats on for Easter Island statues
http://www.sciencecodex.com/hats-easter-island-statues-621188

The Art of Creating Replicas of Ice Age Cave Paintings
https://hyperallergic.com/445675/the-art-of-creating-replicas-of-ice-age-cave-paintings/

Late Pleistocene human mandibles from the Niah Caves
https://phys.org/news/2018-06-late-pleistocene-human-mandibles-niah.html

A Crucial Archaeological Dating Tool [C14] Is Wrong, And It Could Change History as We Know It
https://www.sciencealert.com/radiocarbon-dating-ancient-levant-region-calibration-inaccuracies

Big data little help in megafauna mysteries
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-05330-7

Ancient paintings found in Krabi cave
https://thethaiger.com/news/ancient-paintings-found-in-krabi-cave

[Lloyd]

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TECH:

Vermont start-up's small packets a big deal for energy industry
https://phys.org/news/2018-06-vermont-start-up-small-packets-big.html

Large-scale and sustainable 3-D printing with the most ubiquitous natural material
https://phys.org/news/2018-06-large-scale-sustainable-d-ubiquitous-natural.html

Startup uses artificial intelligence to analyze vehicle driver behavior
https://phys.org/news/2018-06-startup-artificial-intelligence-vehicle-driver.html

New aircraft-scheduling models may ease air travel frustrations
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-06-aircraft-scheduling-ease-air-frustrations.html

Orange peels may hold secret to safer bridges
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-06-orange-secret-airborne-medicine-safer.html

AI senses people's pose through walls
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-06-ai-people-pose-walls.html

Solar cells combining silicon with perovskite have achieved record efficiency of 25.2 percent
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-06-solar-cells-combining-silicon-perovskite.html

Now, you can 3-D print clay, cookie dough – or solid rocket fuel
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-06-d-clay-cookie-dough-solid.html

Cobalt-free batteries
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-06-cobalt-free-batteries-goodbye.html

Could studying swarm behaviors teach us how to help drones fly safely?
https://phys.org/news/2018-06-swarm-behaviors-drones-safely.html

Magnetic 3-D-printed structures crawl, roll, and jump
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-06-magnetic-d-printed.html

Engineers configure RFID tags to work as sensors
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-06-configure-rfid-tags-sensors.html

Amazing Homemade Inventions
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnfjXHq6Epjv6yimoTHlG1g/videos

Latest Greatest
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh66TZEQnS3-HBZWnWlGlig/videos


SCIENCE:

Ancient Egyptians in Ancient Ireland?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3kcoDSBRXU&t=25s

The Dendera Zodiac of Egypt: An Ancient Babylonian Copy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mt_R9TV2xkA

Archaeologists find ancient rock art in Egypt
https://phys.org/news/2018-06-archaeologists-ancient-art-egypt.html

What happens when researchers make mistakes
https://phys.org/news/2018-06-science.html

What caused the rapid de-glaciation?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gL6gyS6aBN4

Cosmic history comes into question after new giant stars discovery
https://www.sott.net/article/387885-Cosmic-history-comes-into-question-after-new-giant-stars-discovery

Asteroid LV3 will be 35th asteroid this year to flyby Earth at 1 lunar distance
https://www.sott.net/article/387982-Target-practise-Asteroid-LV3-will-be-35th-asteroid-this-year-to-flyby-Earth-at-1-lunar-distance

Volcanic eruptions can lead to 'mass extinction' of life on Earth as it saps oxygen from oceans
https://www.sott.net/article/388060-Volcanic-eruptions-can-lead-to-mass-extinction-of-life-on-Earth-as-it-saps-oxygen-from-oceans

Oceans' magnetic field mapped in stunning detail by Swarm satellite group
https://www.sott.net/article/388072-Oceans-magnetic-field-mapped-in-stunning-detail-by-Swarm-satellite-group

West Antarctic ice sheet made a 'surprising comeback' 10,000 years ago - And it's been growing ever since
https://www.sott.net/article/388104-West-Antarctic-ice-sheet-made-a-surprising-comeback-10000-years-ago-And-its-been-growing-ever-since

Astronomers suggest nanodiamonds are responsible for the microwave light emanating from distant stars
https://www.sott.net/article/388118-Astronomers-suggest-nanodiamonds-are-responsible-for-the-microwave-light-emanating-from-distant-stars

Huge, possibly planet-wide dust storm affecting Mars
https://www.sott.net/article/388124-Huge-possibly-planet-wide-dust-storm-affecting-Mars

Astronauts' movement increased subsurface temperatures on the moon
https://www.sott.net/article/388157-Desperate-facts-call-for-desperate-theories-Astronauts-movement-increased-subsurface-temperatures-on-the-moon-study-finds

The sun changes size according to its level of activity
https://www.sott.net/article/388171-Researchers-discover-the-sun-changes-size-according-to-its-level-of-activity

The shape code: Even more information found in DNA
https://www.sott.net/article/388271-The-shape-code-Even-more-information-found-in-DNA

Discovery: New type of photosynthesis
https://www.sott.net/article/388304-Discovery-New-type-of-photosynthesis

What happened when a scientist filed a public records request for NASA code? Two years of stonewalling
https://www.sott.net/article/388322-What-happened-when-a-scientist-filed-a-public-records-request-for-NASA-code-Two-years-of-stonewalling

Dangerous, golden 'Pele's hair' spun by Kilauea volcano & raining gemstones
- https://www.sott.net/article/388327-Dangerous-golden-Peles-hair-spun-by-Kilauea-volcano
- https://www.sott.net/article/388417-Hawaiis-Kilauea-Volcano-is-raining-Olivine-gemstones

Exploring the dusty prehistory of the solar system
https://phys.org/news/2018-06-exploring-dusty-prehistory-solar.html

New GAIA data reveals mergers in Milky Way
https://phys.org/news/2018-06-gaia-reveals-mergers-milky.html

The most distant radio galaxy discovered
https://phys.org/news/2018-06-distant-radio-galaxy.html

Dust clouds can explain puzzling features of active galactic nuclei
https://phys.org/news/2018-06-black-hole-clouds-puzzling-features.html

Exploring planetary plasma environments from your laptop
https://phys.org/news/2018-06-exploring-planetary-plasma-environments-laptop.html

‘Shocking’ die-off of Africa’s oldest baobabs
https://phys.org/news/2018-06-die-off-africa-oldest-baobabs.html

New research unveils true origin of ancient turquoise
https://eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-06/dc-nru060818.php

Archaeologists excavate a prehistoric settlement in Northern Scotland
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2018/06/archaeologists-excavate-a-prehistoric-settlement-in-northern-scotland/120108

ANCIENT EGYPT: 3,500 YEAR OLD ROCK ART WITH EARLY FORM OF HIEROGLYPHS DISCOVERED IN DESERT
http://www.newsweek.com/ancient-egypt-3000-year-old-rock-art-early-form-hieroglyphs-discovered-desert-976735

Indicator of YD Impact event in southwestern France
https://asecher.wordpress.com/2018/06/07/royer-et-al-2018/

What if the impact was severe enough that more than one civilization was wiped out?
https://bryanwilton.wordpress.com/2018/06/11/from-this-simple-chapter-a-great-book-is-emerging/

In the Voluspa we are told of how the world will end
https://bryanwilton.wordpress.com/2018/06/11/let-me-change-a-little-the-foundation-you-think-you-have-about-asatru/