Archive for the 'Life as we know it?' Category

US boffin patents flying saucer

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

An inventor has requested a patent on a ‘flying saucer’ powered by ionised plasma and helium.
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Photos of Hiroshima

Sunday, May 4th, 2008

 The Robert L. Capp collection at the Hoover Institution Archives contains ten never-before-published photographs illustrating the immediate aftermath of the Hiroshima bombing. These photographs, taken by an unknown Japanese photographer, were found in 1945 among rolls of undeveloped film in a cave outside Hiroshima by U.S. serviceman Robert L. Capp, who was attached to [...]

The Maasai warriors’ guide to England

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

Six Maasai warriors, who are so fierce they kill male lions with their bare hands, have been warned that surviving the perils of the African bush will be child’s play compared to what they can expect on their first trip to England. Link…

“Seed Vault” in the Arctic

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

…No project is more interesting at the moment than a curious project in one of the world’s most remote spots, Svalbard. Bill Gates is investing millions in a seed bank on the Barents Sea near the Arctic Ocean, some 1,100 kilometers from the North Pole. Svalbard is a barren piece of rock claimed by Norway [...]

Neanderthal man was red-haired

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008

Neanderthal man created a civilisation tens of thousands of years ago. This was not a civilisation of industry and high technology, but a complex society of the mind and spirit that survives today – in the myths and beliefs, the values and behaviour of every man, woman, and child alive.
Its echoes are still to be [...]

Pre-historic Nuclear War and ancient Flying Aircraft uncovered

Sunday, March 23rd, 2008

Here’s the link to this fascinating article…
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If you want to see what these flying aircraft might have looked like then follow this link…
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The year 2012?

Sunday, March 23rd, 2008

If you did a search on the internet on the year 2012 you would get more results than you could read in weeks. What is it with the year 2012?
Well, for one thing that was the end of the Mayans  great count calendar.  Modern predictions for the year range from earthquakes, floods etc. Horror scenarios. [...]