We’re in the middle of a drought, and I can’t do any yardwork because it keeps raining. Go figure…
- Stephen Oppenheimer, author of the controversial Eden in the East (Amazon US and UK), says that peoples of the British Isles arrived from Spain some 16,000 years ago. His new book The Origins of the British is available from Amazon US and UK.
- The ancient Romans and Greeks had their own type of Guinness Book of Records, with selections such as the longest sex marathon and the most expensive slave (unrelated entries…I think).
- Forget the Battle of the Black Gate of Mordor…this hobbit war just keeps getting bigger and bigger.
- Signs of water on Mars? Not so fast.
- Or…Mars water traces left by springs, not seas. You ever get the feeling that all these Mars scientists have absolutely no idea?
- NASA says they can’t afford to hunt for killer asteroids.
- Meanwhile, new paper suggests laser deflection of Near Earth objects. I think I played that game 25 years ago.
- China confirms Moon probe this year. Does the Moon know about this?
- Could we soon be using antimatter to kill cancer?
- Forget lizards growing back new tails – our closest invertebrate relative, the sea squirt, can regrow its entire body from one blood vessel.
- Images stitched together from eight of the world’s best space observatories give a stunning panorama of thousands of galaxies.
- When cows go bad. Calf caught in the act of hunting and eating chickens.
- Who’s yo mummy? Jet Li of course. The Mummy 3 set to abandon Egypt and go all Terracotta Armyish.
- Edgar Cayce tours now available in his hometown.
- According to Tim the Yowie Man, our very own cryptid likes to hang around the Gold Coast. I think I’ve seen him surfing at D-bah.
- Revisiting one of my first ever Bigfoot encounters – Steve Austin, the 6 million dollar man, fights Sasquatch (video). Gotta love those sound effects.
Quote of the Day:
Belief is the death of intelligence.
Robert Anton Wilson
