Article Archive for February 2008
White Dwarf Acts Like A Pulsar
Observers had believed white dwarfs were inert stellar corpses that slowly cool and fade away…At least one white dwarf, known as AE Aquarii, emits pulses of high-energy (hard) X-rays as it whirls around on its …
Mica Paint on Mayan Temple
Ancient Mayan temple builders discovered and used lustrous pigments to make their buildings dazzle in the daylight, a Queensland University of Technology researcher has discovered.
Studying tiny shards of paint from the Mayan city of Copan, …
The Black Death – Caused by Comets
It’s a wacky idea, and I don’t quite get it myself – read here for a long article explaining it. In part it says:
Mike Baillie …is saying that the Black Death, one of the most …
The Calendar Ends Because It Has To?
I just read this blog post that was submitted here as a comment:http://shanmadham.blogspot.com/2008_02_01_archive.html
I’m not a fan of his main theory:As Solar Sun aligns with the galatical center in 2012, the electro magnetic gravitational forces balances …
Settlers Took a 20,000 Year Rest in Beringia?
According to the new theory, humans heading east after leaving Asia about 40,000 years ago were blocked by two huge glaciers that met at present-day Alaska.
With no way forward, the humans settled on the land …
Giza Pyramids Mimic Cygnus, Not Orion?
Dr. Greg Little sums things up nicely:
…in a 2006 and 2007 book, The Cygnus Mystery, science writer Andrew Collins showed how the three crossbar stars of the northern constellation of Cygnus actually fit the three …
Doom 2012: When Will YOU Flee?
It’s a stand-up comedy show, which gives us a great insight into how popular this topic has become:
…McKeag isn’t just kidding when he tells us the end of the world is nigh, our days are …
20th Century Mathematics in Ancient Islamic Tiles
Medieval Islamic artists produced intricate decorative patterns using geometrical techniques that were not understood by Western mathematics until the 20th century, scientists have discovered.
The combinations of ornate stars and polygons that have adorned mosques and …
Planet X coming in 2012: Norwegian Politician
I’m not buying it, but I’m a cynic by nature. Enjoy!
I am a Norwegian politician. I would like to say that difficult things will happen from the year 2008 till the year 2012.
The Norwegian government …
Time Travel Begins in 2008
It’s a great headline, based on two facts:
1) The Large Hadron Collider that will be switched on this year (fingers crossed it doesn’t wipe us all out – but if it does, you probably wouldn’t …
Human Sacrifice Occured Worldwide – Independently?
The practice of human sacrifice is recorded in China’s earliest writings, dating back as far as the Shang dynasty 4,000 years ago, experts say.
Warrior-kings at the time relied on diviners to communicate with ancestors and …
Rollback your DNA
Found this at The Scientist. Seems even after DNA has been changed, planst can revert back to the DNA of their ancestors:
She had found that a mutant Arabidopsis plant could “fix itself” back to the …
“Death Star” Galaxy has Violent Energy Jet!
The supermassive black hole at the center of a distant galaxy is blasting a smaller neighbor with a violent energy jet—earning it the moniker the “Death Star” galaxy—scientists announced today.
The jet has probably fried …
Tonga: Megaliths in the Birthplace of Polynesia
Simon Fraser University’s David Burley says his latest finds from the Nukuleka archeological site on one of Tonga’s southern islands shows it was the principal “founding settlement” of Polynesia about 2,800 years ago, and endured …
Thanks Cataclysm, for Blue Eyes
Further (minor) evidence for my evolution circa 10,000 BC theories:
A team of scientists has tracked down a genetic mutation that leads to blue eyes. The mutation occurred between 6,000 and 10,000 years ago. Before then, …
