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End of the World Denial

Denial is word usually applied to a minority of the population. We have holocaust deniers, AIDS deniers, global warming deniers and so on. When it comes to SHTF and End of the World notions, most...

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Ancient Destructions – Previews

An Australian archaeologist, Peter ‘Mungo’ Jupp,  is creating a series of films called Ancient Destructions and I cannot wait to watch them. The 26 films will all be about ancient cataclysms, and four...

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Reduce the Chances of a Global Catastrophe

Alexei Turchin has posted 20 ideas that could save our species, and it has nothing to do with “global warming”. Here are some of his ideas: 1. Create a book titled “Guide to the restoration of...

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70 American Ancestors / Exploding Transformers

By using nine different genes, and real genetic data (instead of estimates) new research suggests that just 70 people crossed the Bering Strait 12-14K years ago. This means that the wiping out of...

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My 2012 Bucket List

Image via Wikipedia The popular Bucket List meme is wholly appropriate to 2012 and achieving goals within your limited (perceived) remaining time. Just as 2012 is a great excuse to prepare for the...

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Catastrophe: Guaranteed

Usually I’m telling people that nobody knows for sure what will happen in 2012 – but it’s best to prepare for the worst, just in case. Today I am guaranteeing that certain disasters will occur – just...

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Elaine Morgan on Aquatic Apes

Ever wondered why we are hairless compared to other apes? Or why our tears are salty? Or even why we have breasts? Elaine Morgan has devoted decades to the topic of Aquatic Apes, and I’ve been keenly...

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More Evidence for Younger Dryas Boundary Hypothesis

One of the best alternative science books of recent years is The Cycles of Cosmic Catastrophes by Firestone, West and Warwick-Smith. Published in 2006 it presented powerful evidence for a comet causing...

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Mass Grave of Giant Wombats

So big were these marsupials that an adult human could fit in their pouch. The Diprotodon (giant wombat) is a great example of megafaunal extinction, and Australian scientists have uncovered the...

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SuperVolcanoes, Evolution and You!

Last night I watched yet another cable TV doco on supervolcanoes – this one focused on the Toba eruption 70,000 years ago. I didn’t learn anything new, but a new thought crossed my mind: Could global...

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