When proponents of neo-Darwinism “speculate” about the “luck” and “chance” needed to explain this “amazing” phenomenon and “challenging” biegeographical data, it’s clear that they are lacking reasonable explanations. Yet rafting or other means of “oceanic dispersal” have been suggested to solve a number of other biogeographical conundrums that challenge neo-Darwinism. See it on Scoop.it, via [...]

Driven reportedly more by the effort of entertainment companies to police their content and punish those who infringe copyrights than by the increasing number of countries adding further restrictions on what their people can or can’t do online, a group of German hackers is trying to start a movement to build a communications satellite that [...]

Over the decades, a few documents relating to the Roswell UFO crash (or the Roswell events if you wish to remove UFO from the discussion) have been found. One of those developed after Army Brigadier General George F. Schulgen asked for FBI help “…in locating and questioning individuals who first sighted the so-called flying discs…” [...]

Westerners have a fascination with certain numbers and November 11th, 2011 or 11-11-11 is a prime example of Western numerological mystique. The number seven is thought to be lucky and the number 13 unlucky, but what about the number 11 or more precisely 11:11 and now 11-11-11. See it on Scoop.it, via Mindscape

I don’t socialise or correspond exclusively with people who share my fascination with the distant past. In my experience, everyone’s heard of Stonehenge, the Druids, the Roman invasion(s) and King Arthur, but far fewer have heard of Avebury, Silbury Hill or Vortigern, while that number dwindles further at the mention of the Cursus, Vespasian’s Camp [...]