Beyond Egypt to Peruvian Plains of Nazca, Cats Mummified for Eternal Life.
“The ancient Egyptians were not obsessed with death. They were obsessed with life! So mummification was anticipating life after death with the goal to perpetuate living forever.”
— Melinda Zeder, Curator, Smithsonian Museum, Washington, D. C., 2011Click for report.
Success! NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Sampled Asteroid Bennu Today! Never Tried Before.
“Everything went perfect! And we’ve never done this before!”
– Dante Lauretta, OSIRIS-REx Principal Investigator, Univ. of Arizona – Tucson, a few minutes after 6:12 PM Eastern, October 20, 2020, when the spacecraft touched down, gathered a sample and rose again
Lawton, Oklahoma Rancher Reports Still-Warm Newborn Calves Bloodlessly Mutilated Sunday, October 11, 2020.
Utah Reports Nearly 10,000 Minks Have Died of COVID-19 Since Late September.
“Minks show open mouth breathing, discharge from their eyes and nose … and typically die the next day.”
— Dean Taylor, D.V.M., State Veterinarian, Utah Dept. of Agriculture and FoodClick for report.
UPDATE — Cat 2 Hurricane Delta Made Land Fall October 9 in Creole, Louisiana.
“Global temperatures are increasing.”
— Ahira Sanchez-Lugo, Ph.D., Physical Scientist, NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information
Part 1: Bloodless Animal Mutilations in Kenya, Sweden, France, England, United States.
“… To my surprise, there were no signs of blood in the immediate area or around its wound … and we failed to hear any sounds coming from the cow pen during the night where I keep my seven animals.”
— Mzee Paul Kigen, Farmer, Chebagal village, Bureti Sub-County, Kericho, Kenya, Africa, reported September 25, 2020, by Kenya News AgencyClick for report.
Today Is the 2020 Autumnal Equinox.
Why Are Migratory and Songbirds Dropping Dead Out of the Skies in New Mexico and Southwestern Colorado?
“We’ve never seen anything like this before.”
— Joe Lewandowski, Spokesperson, Colorado Parks and Wildlife, Denver, Colorado
“Many of the Valarde birds have little to no fat, many are underweight, and there’s not a lot of external signs that they have been inhaling a lot of smoke.”
— Jenna McCullough, Ornithology Ph.D. student, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Today NOAA and NASA Announced Solar Cycle 25 Has Begun; Sunspots Will Increase to 2025 Maximum.
“As we emerge from Cycle 24 solar minimum and approach Cycle 25’s maximum in 2025, it is important to remember solar activity never stops; it changes form as the pendulum swings.”
— Lika Guhathakurta, Solar Physicist, Heliophysics Division, NASA, Washington, D. C.Click for report.
What Is Creating Phosphine — A Biosignature on Earth — in the Atmosphere of Venus?
“I thought we’d just be able to rule out extreme scenarios, like the Venus clouds being stuffed full of organisms. When we got the first hints of phosphine in Venus’ spectrum, it was a shock!”
— Jane Greaves, Ph.D., Astronomy Group, Cardiff University School of Physics and Astronomy
“Either this Venus phosphine discovery is a mistaken identity, that we don’t know what the chemical is? Or some strange chemistry that we are not aware of? Or biology.”
— Sanjay Limaye, Ph.D., Sr. Scientist, Solar System Planet Atmospheres, Space Science and Engineering Center, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison Click for report.