Some of these images are as, or more, mind-blowing as/than the Webb and Hubble pics, hard as that may seem to believe.  Just the scale of them........

That said...................as I understand it................this telescope *could* have been pointed downward, and would have been capable of seeing thru earth to see what's underneath - turtles and/or whatever.  But because it's on top of the Andes, the amount of rock intervening is just too much.  Now...........if they could just build another one in Death Valley, or one of those similar places in the Middle East or Africa................

[Any dear readers who need to, go back to Apr. 10-11, 2019 (and thereabouts) - in this thread - for background on this discovery.]

Further evidence of homo floresiensis confirmed on Flores:

Newly discovered fossils shed light on origins of curious ‘hobbit’ humans | CNN

While these bits were uncovered way back in 2014-2016 (The normally reliable Katie Hunt takes too long to point this out, imo.), only now has a full analysis been published.  While this isn't as important as the original discovery, it adds context and veracity to the earlier knowledge.  And keep in mind the nearby (relatively-speaking) homo luzonensis artifacts.  Mind-bending the larger puzzle these pieces are fitting into.

New, exciting CRISPR target.  Very small study, but "proof of concept" seems like a success:

https://www.npr.org/2025/11/08/nx-s1-5587748/crispr-gene-editing-cholesterol-heart-disease?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us

Actual published article.  Quite a few adverse incidents, but likely not associated:

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2511778

The mysterious black fungus from Chernobyl that may eat radiation..."Could we use it to shield space travellers from cosmic rays?"...

That's pretty interesting stuff (both the 'stuff', and the science).  I think the article could be misinterpreted by a casual reader to mean that the molds actually stop the radiation, which is not the case.  If you've got radioactive cesium, or iodine, or plutonium or whatever, those nuclides are gonna always radiate, just due to the physics of their nuclei.  What the molds may do is absorb some of that radiation - thus the possibility of being a partial 'shield'.  Long way from full proof, however.

The Max Planck guys score yet again - altho this time using paleomagnetism rather than DNA:

Early human fossils found in Moroccan cave | CNN

It's hard to say *how* big a deal this is, as we continue to 'bracket' primitive hominids, and track down all those branches and nuances.  (And if you choose not to read the article, it's *not* concerning the Jebel Irhoud site, as one might expect.)

It's a bit harder to trust the paleomagnetism science (than the DNA), but its acceptance seems pretty broad these days.  Not to mention DNA degradation is normally pretty complete at that age, with the recent partial results of proteins from dental calculus, etc.  An ongoing story/search, to be sure.

In Dick Tracy's world............fusion (discussed multiple times earlier in this thread) was already viable and working as of Jan. 1982......

Lots of strange stuff in the Epstein files, there is even mention of cold fusion in

https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%2011/EFTA02437624.pdf 

in which Epstein says "regarding cold fusion. i killed pons years ago" 

According to his wiki page Stanley Pons is still alive and well at age 82 so he must have been talking metaphorically.

I see this is like six years old, and of course I knew stuff as large as Buckyballs can do it, but holy-moley! 25 kDa molecules exhibiting wave behavior?

Quantum superposition of molecules beyond 25 kDa

...but what if the molecules were engineered folded over and and over...into unseen naked-eye wavelengths?

Oumuamua just shows how little we really know about space. They once predicted an asteroid was going to "just miss" earth. Woke-up next day to check how it all went. It struck Chelyabinsk! A bit closer than predicted. Scary but didnt actually "hit" at least. 

To be clear..............the meteor that exploded over Chelyabinsk was *not* expected.  It was unknown beforehand.  There is confusion about this because there *was* a close pass of *another* meteor that very same day - many hours later.  Here's the story on that predicted one:

367943 Duende - Wikipedia

The Hiroshima bomb created a strange alloy...

Oh,didnt see your response,TNmountainman. Meteor Chelyabinskii mustve been a coincidence.

Correct.  Totally "out of nowhere" - which is a fairly apt description.

Update to the CRISPR success story up above from Nov. 8, 2025 (spoiler:  YES - the benefit continues!):

Gene editing may lower bad cholesterol for life | CNN

Great discovery. They keep improving.

Big Denisovan news.......  We knew this kind of thing would be coming - and there will be more.  Fascinating stuff:

Denisovans from southwestern China and their subsistence strategies | Nature

Lay version:

Cave fossils found in China offer glimpse at how Denisovans lived | CNN

I keep expecting more 'discoveries' from museums and collections from mis-attributed specimens, but none have shown up yet.