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Hallan un extraño esqueleto con cráneo alargado en Rusia

En excavaciones realizadas en Arkaim, en la región de Cheliábinsk conocida como el ‘Stonehenge ruso’, arqueólogos hallaron un esqueleto femenino con el cráneo muy alargado y deformado, informa el servicio de prensa del sitio arqueológico. (more…)

When I had coffee this morning with a fellow journalist who was born in Ukraine and had just returned from a reporting trip to Moscow, she told me that the one thing I should keep in mind about public reaction to the meteor that streamed over central Russia today is that superstition runs deep in that country. The predicted Mayan “apocalypse” in December, for example, was widely reported in Russian media as a seriously plausible event, she said.

It turns out that she may have been on to something. The site RussiaSlam, which monitors Russian social media, is gathering Web commentary from within the country. So far, theories include the biblical apocalypse and an alien invasion.

A poll on the Web site for the Ridus news agency shows that 51 percent of respondents believe the meteor is the start of an alien invasion, according to RussiaSlam.

To be clear, judging by the Web commentary that RussiaSlam has gathered so far, the majority of Internet users seem to be treating the meteor incident as only that, with some rolling their eyes at the stranger theories. Every country, including the United States, has its fair share of fringe conspiracy theories. Moments like this can provide an interesting glimpse of those theories.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/02/15/conspiracy-theories-already-flourishing-in-russia-about-meteor-explosion/

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Fire in the Sky: Comets and Meteors, the Decisive Centuries, in British Art and Science ( Hardcover ) by Olson, Roberta J. M.; Pasachoff, Jay M. published by Cambridge University Press

Hundreds of injuries were reported after debris from a meteor streaked through the sky over the Russian city of Chelyabinsk on Friday, along with a thunderous shock wave that damaged buildings.

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Meteorite Hits Russia! [HD] Feb 15th 2013 (by Odalis Sanchez)

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Fire in the Sky: Comets and Meteors, the Decisive Centuries, in British Art and Science ( Hardcover ) by Olson, Roberta J. M.; Pasachoff, Jay M. published by Cambridge University Press

Giant Fireballs Strike Russia July 2012 (by Robert Hauck)

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Fire in the Sky: Comets and Meteors, the Decisive Centuries, in British Art and Science ( Hardcover ) by Olson, Roberta J. M.; Pasachoff, Jay M. published by Cambridge University Press

Russian Meteor Shower looks like UFO | Russia meteorite may be part of Giant Asteroid to Hit Earth (by InsaneMrBrain3)

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Fire in the Sky: Comets and Meteors, the Decisive Centuries, in British Art and Science ( Hardcover ) by Olson, Roberta J. M.; Pasachoff, Jay M. published by Cambridge University Press