On March 10, 2003 Uranus entered Pisces,  beginning its seven-year journey through this ultra-sensitive sign, bringing with it many far-reaching, sudden, and unexpected changes.  Long-held views and beliefs will evolve more quickly than could have ever been imagined. Group consciousness loses some of the self-serving opinionation and one-sidedness of the past, with a pervasive sense of increased compassion, tolerance, and understanding.  A real chance for dramatic, positive steps toward a higher global consciousness.  

Awareness on a metaphysical level makes mind-numbing, quantum-leap progress in popularity and a has measurable, wide-ranging significance. Technological breakthroughs may finally be capable of confirming the validity of specific areas of the metaphysical, including astrology.

Space exploration yields unanticipated benefits and disproves some previously undisputed scientific beliefs.  Discovery of several large, previously unknown or assumed extinct underwater species will take place.  Discovery of significant archaeological records (such as voluminous records found in an underwater cave) will shed light on some of the major mysteries of ancient times and will force extensive rewriting of history.

Ancient Hebrew papers found

MADRID - Spanish archivists say they have discovered a treasure trove of Hebrew manuscript fragments hidden for centuries inside medieval book covers...

''It's too early to say just yet as we're not sure how many there are, but it could be the most important in Europe,'' Josep Matas, director of the Provincial Historic Archive in Girona, said yesterday.

Archaeology from Space.

Discover how archaeology is being explored using remote sensing from space through a Space Act Agreement between the Discovery Center and NASA Stennis Space Center. How can archaeological clues be found through exploration from space? 

Vatican Discovery Proves to be Apostle Peter's Burial Ground (?)

An important archaeological discovery was made in the Vatican when a site for construction of car parking was being cleared.

Archaeologists discovered an ancient necropolis of the times of St. Apostle Peter, the same that is mentioned in the Gospel. Now this version is studied by historians; if it proves true, this in its turn will confirm another hypothesis suggested by historian Magrherita Guarducci. She supposes that an entombment of St. Apostle Peter was found under the altar that is situated under the St.Peter's basilica dome.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/883361/posts 

A 161 million-year-old Chinese fossil not only reveals a new species of salamanders, but also provides proof that much of the evolution of salamanders occurred in Asia, according to Neil Shubin and his colleagues.

http://chronicle.uchicago.edu/ 

Six more moons spotted orbiting Jupiter

HONOLULU, Hawaii (AP) -- Six more moons have been found orbiting Jupiter, pushing to 58 the total number of known natural satellites of the solar system's largest planet.

Roman ship from 180 A.D. found intact

(AP) De Meern, Netherlands -- Archaeologists unveiled the oldest shipwreck ever recovered in the Netherlands on Thursday, an astonishingly well-preserved Roman military transport that sank along the banks of the Rhine 18 centuries ago.

(AP) Remains of what may be a rare giant octopus was found dead near Los Muermos, Chile, about 700 miles south of Santiago.  No similar species has been found in Chile for more than a century.

The discovery of a series of mysterious rock carvings by Newcastle University archaeologists has sparked a quest among experts to find out exactly what they are.

The Newcastle University team, who were alerted to the carvings by a local farm-hand, are baffled as to what they mean or who created them.

Stone Age sites found under North Sea

Experts have discovered the first ever evidence of Stone Age settlements in the British North Sea, dating back as far as 10,000 years. Subject to further investigation, one of them could be the earliest underwater archaeological site in the UK.

The exciting find, discovered by accident by a team from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, could lead to a rewriting of the history books and revolutionise our understanding of the way our ancestors lived.

An extremely rare limbless lizard was sighted in the eastern Indian state of 
Orissa for the first time in 87 years.  
The Barkudia Skink...was found in a brackish lagoon... according to the 
United News of India ... lizard is said to look like a giant earthworm 
but is still considered a reptile.  
Scientists had long thought it had become extinct...

Novel life forms could number up to 2 million

Researchers showed otherworldly film of those and other creatures Thursday, demonstrating an unprecedented marine census that is discovering more than 30 new species of animal and plant life every week.

Eagen, Minn. (AP) - A smoke alarm summoned firefighters to a school in the middle of the night, but when they arrived the flames already had been put our.  Dory took care of it.

Dory is a fish, a Betta kept in a vase on a desk in a third-grade classroom at Trinity Lone Oak Lutheran School.

A forgotten candle started a small fire on the desk on Jan. 25, setting off the smoke alarm and shattering the fish bowl, spilling enough water to put out the flames.

Firefighters found a few embers still glowing on the desk - and Dory still alive in a puddle.

Firefighters put Dory in a new container...

KIBBUTZ TZUBA, Israel - Archaeologists said Monday they have found a cave where they believe John the Baptist anointed many of his disciples - a huge cistern with 28 steps leading to an underground pool of water.

Hawking Loses Bet; Changes Mind on Black Holes

LONDON (AP) -- After almost 30 years of arguing that a black hole swallows up everything that falls into it, astrophysicist Stephen Hawking backpedaled Thursday. In doing so, he lost one of the most famous bets in recent scientific history.

The world-famous author of a "Brief History of Time" said he and other scientists had gotten it wrong _ the galactic traps may in fact allow information to escape...

But now, according to his latest revision, Hawking argues that eventually some of the information about the black hole can be determined from what it emits.

WASHINGTON (AP) - Marine scientists say they have discovered 178 new species of fish and hundreds more new species of plants and other animals in the past year, raising the number of life-forms found in the world's oceans to about 230,000...

Scientists uncover possible new species of human

Dwarf skeleton is 18,000 years old

(AP) -- In a breathtaking discovery, scientists working on a remote Indonesian island say they have uncovered the bones of a human dwarf species marooned for eons while modern man rapidly colonized the rest of the planet.

10/1/2004

Blackbeard's ship Discovered!!

RALEIGH, N.C. (From Reuter News Service)

Researchers believe they have found the remnants of Blackbeard's flagship Queen Anne's Revenge, used by the infamous English pirate during his reign of terror along the U.S. southeast coast in the early 18th century, state officials said Monday.

The wreck was found last fall on the ocean floor within ``a couple of miles'' of the beach -- 279 years after it foundered on a sandbar off Beaufort Inlet.

Officials said they were 80 percent certain the wreck was that of Blackbeard's flagship.

``We're calling it the most important underwater archeological discovery since the USS Monitor was found off Cape Hatteras in 1973,'' Dr. Jeffrey Crow, director of the North Carolina Division of Archives and History, said...

(AP) JERUSALEM - Archaeologists in Jerusalem have identified the remains of the Siloam Pool, where the Bible says Jesus miraculously cured a man's blindness, researchers said Thursday - underlining a stirring link between the works of Jesus and ancient Jewish rituals.

5/2/2005

Reuters -- The galaxy is not actually expanding. But new measurements suggest that the nearest galaxy to our own Milky Way is three times broader than astronomers had thought.

http://www.dailystar.com/dailystar/news/77580.php 

Mosaic May Mark Early Christian Worship Site

PARIS, France (AP) -- Divers have discovered a new crustacean in the South Pacific that resembles a lobster and is covered with what looks like silky, blond fur...Scientists said the animal, which they named Kiwa hirsuta, was so distinct from other species that they created a new family and genus for it.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/03/08/furry.lobster.ap/ 

Once-wet Mars has long been the primary focus of the search for life on other planets. But Saturn's moon Enceladus could be an even more promising place to start the search for extraterrestrials.

Startling new images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft indicate that Enceladus may contain pockets of liquid water below its icy crust...

..."What these findings tell us is that we may have a warm, water-based environment reasonably close to the surface—one that could be conducive to living organisms," Porco said.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/03/0310_060310_saturn_2.html 

(NPR) Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John make up the four accepted Gospels of the Christian New Testament. Now a new gospel has been unveiled by the National Geographic Society -- one that focuses on the story of Judas Iscariot.

To most Christians, Judas is seen as a traitor, the disciple who betrayed Jesus to the Romans for 30 pieces of silver. But a newly restored papyrus document dating to the 2nd century AD portrays a very different man. Judas is shown as Jesus' best friend, asked by Jesus himself to betray his identity to fulfill the prophecy and liberate his soul to ascend to heaven.

Earliest Known Snake Fossil Found

By MALCOLM RITTER The Associated Press

NEW YORK - A fossil find in Argentina has revealed a two-legged creature that's the most primitive snake known, a discovery that promises to fire up the scientific debate about whether snakes evolved on land or in the sea.

Snakes are thought to have evolved from four-legged lizards, losing their legs over time. Scientists long have debated whether those ancestral lizards were land-based or marine creatures.

http://www.tbo.com/news/nationworld/MGB68W1H8ME.html 

6/1/2006

http://www.boston.com/news/science/articles/2006/06/01/8_new_species_found_in_a_cave/ 

6/28/06

Huge 'Terror Bird' Fossil Discovered in Patagonia

 by Christopher Joyce 

All Things Considered, Scientists have discovered a skull belonging to a hook-beaked bird that ruled the grasslands of South America. Scientists are calling the bird a "terror bird."

The bird didn't fly because it didn't have to. Instead, it put its biological resources into growing bigger and faster than anything else on the continent. It was the largest bird ever and the top predator in South America millions of years ago.

Paleontologist Luis Chiappe identified the skull –- the largest on record -– in Argentina. He says this carnivorous bird was ferocious.

An Ancient Computer Surprises Scientists 

12/1/2006

ROME - Anthropologists said they have pieced together Leonardo da Vinci's left index fingerprint — a discovery that could help provide information on such matters as the food the artist ate and whether his mother was of Arabic origin.