The flood believed to be behind the Noah's Ark myth kick-started European agriculture, according to new research by the Universities of Exeter, UK and Wollongong, Australia.  New research assesses the impact of the collapse of the North American (Laurentide) Ice Sheet, 8000 years ago. The results indicate a catastrophic rise in global sea level led to the flooding of the Black Sea and drove dramatic social change across Europe. 

Saturday is "black cat day", in Italy, an initiative by an animal rights group to try to stop the killing of thousands of the cats by superstitious citizens convinced they bring bad luck.

Black cats have a bad name in many countries, but nowhere more so than Italy, where a papal edict in the middle ages declared they were instruments of the devil. Black cats were thrown into the fires to join witches burned at the stake.

The Daily Grail is reporting that Anomalist Books will be re-issuing a few books by Jacques Vallee. "Jacques Vallee has signed with them to reissue his classic "Alien Contact" trilogy (Dimensions, Confrontations, and Revelations) " We've cultivated great admiration for Anomalist Books, but this is simply fantastic. 

Read our review of The Anomalist 12 - The Universe Wants To Play .