From steveorange2011 at gmail.com Sun Dec 13 12:21:42 2020 From: steveorange2011 at gmail.com (Steve Detwiler) Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2020 15:21:42 -0500 Subject: [Jawlist] Weekly Science Report 12-11-20 Message-ID: *Weekly Science Report* *December 11, 2020* *?We were hunters and foragers. The frontier was everywhere. We were bounded only by the earth, and the ocean, and the sky. The open road still softly calls. Our little terraqueous globe as the madhouse of those hundred thousand millions of worlds. We, who cannot even put our own planetary home in order, riven with rivalries and hatreds; are we to venture out into space?* *By the time we are ready to settle even the nearest other planetary systems, we will have changed. The simple passage of so many generations will have changed us; necessity will have changed us. We are... an adaptable species. It will not be we who reach Alpha Centauri and the other nearby stars. It will be a species very like us, but with more of our strengths, and fewer of our weaknesses; more confident, farseeing, capable and prudent.* *For all our failings, despite our limitations and fallibilities, we humans are capable of greatness. What new wonders undreamt of in our time, will we have wrought in another generation, and another? How far will our nomadic species have wandered, by the end of the next century, and the next millennium?* *Our remote descendants, safely arrayed on many worlds through the solar system, and beyond, will be unified, by their common heritage, by their regard for their home planet, and by the knowledge that, whatever other life may be, the only humans in all the universe, come from Earth. They will gaze up and strain to find the blue dot in their skies. They will marvel at how vulnerable the repository of all our potential once was, how perilous our infancy, how humble our beginnings, how many rivers we had to cross, before we found our way.?* Carl Sagan Introduction Steve Detwiler created this publication with the support of Graham Hancock and the late John Anthony West to share news and information on various disciplines to include but not limited to paleontology, space sciences, genetics and archaeology. His goal behind sharing this publication has always been very simple, by sharing knowledge we can make our world a better place. This publication is Mr. Detwiler?s contribution to bring people together and share ideas and discoveries with his fellow humans. I hope you enjoy this publication and that the content challenges and inspires you! The Weekly Science Report is also on social media at: - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/weeklysciencerpt/ - Twitter: https://twitter.com/wklysciencerpt News Articles *Paleontology, Evolution and Prehistoric Studies* These 480-million-year-old conga lines preserve early signs of group behavior https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/article/ampyx-priscus-conga-line/?utm_campaign=nova&utm_content=1607191081&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook Scientists clarify origins of pterosaurs, the dinosaur era's flying reptiles https://mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKBN28J2IW?s=09 Neanderthals buried their dead: New evidence https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/12/201209140358.htm Two stones fuel debate over when America?s first settlers arrived https://www.sciencenews.org/article/stones-mastodon-bones-debate-america-first-settlers A well-preserved ichthyosaur species discovered in Dorset https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-12/p-awi120320.php Mass extinctions of land-dwelling animals occur in 27-million-year cycle https://phys.org/news/2020-12-mass-extinctions-land-dwelling-animals-million-year.html How Dinosaurs Thrived in the Snow https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-dinosaurs-thrived-snow-180976435/ Earth?s Harshest Ecosystems May Birth New Species Fastest https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/new-species-may-arise-more-frequently-earths-barren-ecosystems-180976517/ *History* AIM Co-founder Eddie Benton-Banai Remembered for His Contributions to Native Culture https://nativenewsonline.net/currents/aim-co-founder-eddie-benton-banai-remembered-for-his-contributions-to-native-culture?idU=2&utm_content=buffer7ee21&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer 'God ... Let Us Survive': Remembering Korean War's Chosin Battle And Evacuation https://www.npr.org/2020/12/04/941237449/god-let-us-survive-remembering-korean-wars-chosin-battle-and-evacuation?sc=18&f=1001 The Memorial to Crazy Horse Has Been Under Construction For Almost 70 Years https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/memorial-crazy-horse-has-been-under-construction-almost-70-years-180967377/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia *Will there be a monument to the *COVID-19* pandemic?* https://theconversation.com/will-there-be-a-monument-to-the-covid-19-pandemic-146827 Where no one can hear him Scream?Norway buries digital copies of Munch and other treasures in Arctic shelter https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/munch-s-the-scream-put-on-arctic-ice Why us? European museums cry foul over second lockdown https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/why-us-european-museums-cry-foul-over-second-lockdown ?From bad to worse?: over half of US museums have laid off or furloughed staff, survey shows https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/from-bad-to-worse-over-half-of-us-museums-have-laid-off-or-furloughed-staff-survey-shows Reckoning with slavery: What a revolt?s archives tell us about who owns the past https://theconversation.com/reckoning-with-slavery-what-a-revolts-archives-tell-us-about-who-owns-the-past-150588 After 51 years, the Zodiac Killer's cipher has been solved by amateur codebreakers https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/11/us/zodiac-killer-cypher-340-code-trnd/index.html?utm_medium=social&utm_content=2020-12-12T03%3A29%3A19&utm_source=fbCNN&utm_term=link He Escaped Death as a Kamikaze Pilot. 70 Years Later, He Told His Story. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/03/world/asia/japan-kamikaze.html?smtyp=cur&smid=fb-nytimes 'Date which will live in infamy': What to remember about Pearl Harbor, 79 years later https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/12/07/what-to-know-national-pearl-harbor-remembrance-day/3839353001/?fbclid=IwAR05SBKWQ9eN-JOHqtinnCQLobUjcXTY6TZH112ue5hEjVJnYyysEmfcDpA PHOTOS: Why These World War II Sex Slaves Are Still Demanding Justice https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/12/04/940819094/photos-there-still-is-no-comfort-for-the-comfort-women-of-the-philippines?utm_term=nprnews&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=npr These are the countries with the most UNESCO World Heritage sites https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/12/unesco-world-heritage-countries-history-archaeology-landmarks-italy-china?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social_scheduler&utm_term=Arts%20and%20Culture&utm_content=05%2F12%2F2020%2020%3A00&s=09 At Pearl Harbor, This Aircraft Risked It All to Find the Japanese Fleet https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/pearl-harbor-day-aircraft-risked-it-all-to-find-japanese-180961331/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia&fbclid=IwAR1PlEk-IEsl1GavhE92x2JHxcbtJfkPEBhQUfgtK8mdwiFJs6E054eNUto Revealed: Isaac Newton?s attempts to unlock secret code of pyramids https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/dec/06/revealed-isaac-newtons-attempts-to-unlock-secret-code-of-pyramids 'America's greatest Pilot' Chuck Yeager, first person to break sound barrier, dies at 97 https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/12/07/chuck-yeager-us-test-pilot-break-sound-barrier-dies-97/6486730002/ The Hupa People Have Endured for Over 150 Years. Today, Trump Threatens Our River. https://nativenewsonline.net/opinion/the-hupa-people-have-endured-for-over-150-years-today-trump-threatens-our-river?idU=2&utm_content=buffer842e3&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer&fbclid=IwAR24uquBgwIS6YNd7B91R3i8ZAfgoByFYO-xz_8nOgEv73OM0sloT3VIjyc Fatty residues on ancient pottery reveal meat-heavy diets of Indus Civilization https://phys.org/news/2020-12-fatty-residues-ancient-pottery-reveal.html Mummy GI tracts yield evidence of early hospice care https://phys.org/news/2020-12-mummy-gi-tracts-yield-evidence.html Desert Wine https://www.archaeology.org/issues/400-features/alcohol/9105-alcohol-israel-negev-gaza-wine *Archaeology* Bronze Age Monument Found in Southern England https://www.archaeology.org/news/9225-201120-new-forest-prehistory?fbclid=IwAR2Ht92qqfiOLUGfb66PEmEq5YeIxECfpXHOQ44ryw34yKvEzCCVLZK-X1c Divers discover Nazi WW2 enigma machine in Baltic Sea https://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-war-enigma-idUSKBN28D25F?utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+Trending+Content&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=facebook Rebuilding Notre Dame will be incredibly hard https://www.livescience.com/documentary-rebuilding-notre-dame-cathedral.html *How do archaeologists know where to dig?* https://theconversation.com/how-do-archaeologists-know-where-to-dig-147176 Ancient bones reveal Irish are not Celts after all https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/ancient-bones-irish-celts Archaeologists in Golan Heights Unearth Fort Dated to Time of Biblical King David https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/fort-king-davids-time-found-golan-heights-180976279/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia It?s a Christmas Miracle! An Archaeologist May Have Just Found Jesus?s Childhood Home in Nazareth https://news.artnet.com/art-world/childhood-home-jesus-christ-1928892?utm_content=bufferfd9c0&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=news&fbclid=IwAR24RMea-vIDFTMQlpy2dyyvV2-znKJ1h1AA2mNGMKmhYO2GjfqfIYLpgyk Archaeologists find vast network of Amazon villages laid out like the cosmos https://www.livescience.com/clock-face-shaped-villages-amazon-rainforest.html?fbclid=IwAR39_emKYX6WJK4dypPDhlZeceZ4OUlQaP_LU1rJsqtVnZVe3o4UF9gELME Stunning dark ages mosaic found at Roman villa in Cotswolds https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/dec/10/stunning-dark-ages-mosaic-found-at-roman-villa-in-cotswolds?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook&fbclid=IwAR0542pcot5gAoATflJ5q0svN6E1QtAzUh-UCOUZTNe5wmLV-PxN7wZ30os Archaeologists in Spain find 400 tombs in ancient Islamic necropolis https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/necropolis-muslim-intl-scli-scn/index.html Archaeologists Just Discovered Tens of Thousands of Ultra-Realistic Ancient Rock Paintings in the Colombian Amazon https://news.artnet.com/art-world/colombian-amazon-ice-age-rock-paintings-1927407 World unites to help save Iraq?s archaeological treasures https://www.ft.com/content/56289a8e-5f68-4163-9bb2-c457000dd263?FT=&s=09 Tudor coins dedicated to three of Henry VIII's wives found in family garden https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/dec/09/tudor-coins-dedicated-to-three-of-henry-viiis-wives-found-in-family-garden PHOTOS: Archeologists unravel 6000 years of reindeer hunting in Norway through arrows https://norwaytoday.info/news/photos-archeologists-unravel-6000-years-of-reindeer-hunting-in-norway-through-arrows/ Newly discovered ancient villages laid out like a clock face are further proof of human impact on the Amazon http://www.exeter.ac.uk/news/research/title_829836_en.html Stonehenge's Continental Cousin https://www.archaeology.org/issues/411-2101/letter-from/9295-germany-woodhenge Top 10 Discoveries of 2020 https://www.archaeology.org/issues/406-2101/features/9263-top-10-discoveries-of-2020 *Egyptology* In the Reign of the Sun Kings https://www.archaeology.org/issues/399-2011/features/9098-egypt-abusir-sun-kings *General Science* Artificial visual system of record-low energy consumption for the next generation of AI *https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-12/cuoh-avs121020.php * *Physics, Earth and Space Sciences* Chinese Chang'e-5 Is Returning From Moon With Rocks, Left A Flag To Celebrate https://www.npr.org/2020/12/04/943292359/chinese-change-5-is-returning-from-moon-with-rocks-left-a-flag-to-celebrate?sc=18&f=1001 'A huge loss': Giant Puerto Rico radio telescope collapses, following damage https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/huge-loss-huge-puerto-rico-radio-telescope-arecibo-collapses-following-n1249515?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_ma&fbclid=IwAR3ELkq2OdE3fLIZe8kH83W8CnCxUOqqtTX3-qvOpNML_ei1-8W-rjk_rTU Experts Call for Government to Designate Commercial Space Sector as Critical Infrastructure https://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2020/12/experts-call-government-designate-commercial-space-sector-critical-infrastructure/170439/ NASA grows first radishes on board the International Space Station https://www.abc15.com/news/science-tech/nasa-grows-first-radishes-on-board-the-international-space-station Everest Gets A Growth Spurt As China, Nepal Revise Official Elevation Upward https://www.npr.org/2020/12/08/944152693/everest-gets-a-growth-spurt-as-china-nepal-revise-official-elevation-upward?sc=18&f=1001 NASA names 18 astronauts to train for Artemis moon landings https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nasa-astronauts-artemis-moon-mission/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab6i&linkId=106748830 Water on Mars not as widespread as previously thought, study finds https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-12/uoa-wom121020.php 'Lost connection' hampers Virgin Galactic's test flight https://phys.org/news/2020-12-virgin-galactic-flight-mexico-site.html Chinese capsule with moon rocks begins return to Earth https://phys.org/news/2020-12-chinese-capsule-moon-earth.html *Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources* 200 years ago, people discovered Antarctica ? and promptly began profiting by slaughtering some of its animals to near extinction https://theconversation.com/200-years-ago-people-discovered-antarctica-and-promptly-began-profiting-by-slaughtering-some-of-its-animals-to-near-extinction-147069 The Race To Crack Battery Recycling?Before It?s Too Late https://www.wired.com/story/the-race-to-crack-battery-recycling-before-its-too-late/?bxid=5bd6790424c17c1048020acb&cndid=41291302&esrc=twitter-newsletter-c&mbid=mbid%3DCRMWIR012019%0A%0A&source=EDT_WIR_NEWSLETTER_0_DAILY_ZZ&utm_brand=wired&utm_campaign=aud-dev&utm_content=Final&utm_mailing=WIR_Daily_113020&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nl&utm_term=list1_p4 China turns on nuclear-powered 'artificial sun' https://phys.org/news/2020-12-china-nuclear-powered-artificial-sun.html?fbclid=IwAR03xD4I0RWYsEZehfQi9r5NuitRHTL3kJ0e_XrdGgmR0cWyWfYP-VposB8 This scientist uses data from space to map clean water across the Americas https://www.popsci.com/story/science/clean-water-map-scientist/?s=09 Great Barrier Reef has deteriorated to 'critical' level due to climate change https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/world/great-barrier-reef-has-deteriorated-to-critical-level-due-to-climate-change Trash tracking satellites help Indonesia tackle marine waste https://phys.org/news/2020-12-trash-tracking-satellites-indonesia-tackle.amp?__twitter_impression=true&s=09 This giant South African 'vacuum cleaner' leaves beaches microplastic-free https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/11/south-africa-microplastic-vacuum-cleaner?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social_scheduler&utm_term=Plastics%20and%20the%20Environment&utm_content=06%2F12%2F2020%2012%3A00&s=09 Planting trees can be one tool to fight climate change - if we do it right https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/12/tree-planting-outcomes-climate-change-environment?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social_scheduler&utm_term=Forests&utm_content=06%2F12%2F2020%2011%3A30&s=09 Trump admin set to approve Arizona land swap for mine opposed by Native Americans https://kfgo.com/2020/12/07/trump-admin-set-to-approve-arizona-land-swap-for-mine-opposed-by-native-americans/?utm_content=buffer4d238&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer&fbclid=IwAR1VSd87ESzbum2LmbhktyamXdpvBDlUlR2ilicbUeY2DCzy5oNC405SvNI Report: Climate change damaging more World Heritage sites https://apnews.com/article/climate-climate-change-united-nations-glaciers-coral-reefs-8310f958a3ac7d12b67addf3aa466f9c?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_medium=AP_Europe&utm_source=Twitter&s=09 Low oxygen levels in lakes and reservoirs may accelerate global change https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-12/vt-lol121020.php Effective planning ahead protects fish and fisheries https://phys.org/news/2020-12-effective-fish-fisheries.html New 2-D Ruddlesden-Popper (RP) layered perovskite-based solar cells https://techxplore.com/news/2020-12-d-ruddlesden-popper-rp-layered-perovskite-based.html Scientists publish open resource to help design 'greener' energy systems https://techxplore.com/news/2020-12-scientists-publish-resource-greener-energy.html *Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences* *Genetic engineering transformed stem cells into working *mini-livers* that extended the life of mice with liver disease* https://theconversation.com/genetic-engineering-transformed-stem-cells-into-working-mini-livers-that-extended-the-life-of-mice-with-liver-disease-151089 Experimental brain implants in monkeys offer hope for restoring vision in blind people https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/03/europe/brain-implant-blind-intl-scli-scn/index.html?utm_content=2020-12-04T04%3A59%3A24&utm_source=fbCNN&utm_term=link&utm_medium=social&fbclid=IwAR34JldfFirwzdoNftYd7_WPI4bvgMUkPYQF3fq3emLW9Waf1PX4zOo2Onk Scientists Discover the First Animal That Doesn?t Breathe Oxygen to Live https://www.vice.com/en/article/epg58k/scientists-discover-the-first-animal-that-doesnt-breathe-oxygen-to-live How a flu virus shut down the US economy in 1872 ? by infecting horses https://theconversation.com/amp/how-a-flu-virus-shut-down-the-us-economy-in-1872-by-infecting-horses-150052?s=09 Universal flu vaccine shows promise in phase 1 study https://thehill.com/homenews/news/529103-universal-flu-vaccine-shows-promise-in-phase-1-study?amp=&s=09 Humpback whale spotted in New York Harbor near Statue of Liberty https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/humpback-whale-spotted-hudson-river-near-statue-liberty-n1250601?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_ma&fbclid=IwAR2dshJ2m9pi8mr-9ov0A1uUQk4vn4XHT-ucAre6SVcpBZqJwXmGNBlK5KU Progress Toward A Safer Psychedelic Drug To Treat Depression And Addiction https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/12/09/944572325/progress-toward-a-safer-psychedelic-drug-to-treat-depression-and-addiction?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_term=nprnews&fbclid=IwAR15cx1QxpXz9VT0dIIGGbpVSjW4ZDwSiynuHlvpDQCXBAqhOs7pe_849xY Electricity-Carrying Bacteria Lead to New Applications?and New Questions https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/electricity-carrying-bacteria-lead-to-new-applications-and-new-questions/ New whale species discovered in Mexico https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/09/americas/new-whale-species-mexico-scli-intl-scn/index.html?utm_term=link&utm_medium=social&utm_content=2020-12-10T01%3A28%3A07&utm_source=fbCNN US panel endorses widespread use of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-12-panel-endorses-widespread-pfizer-covid-.html These Non-Lethal Methods Encouraged by Science Can Keep Wolves From Killing Livestock https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/these-non-lethal-methods-encouraged-science-can-keep-wolves-killing-livestock-180976505/ *Other* Second monolith mysteriously appears in Romania?one day after another vanishes from the Utah desert https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/second-monolith-mysteriously-appears-in-romania Former Israeli space security chief says aliens exist, humanity not ready https://www.jpost.com/omg/former-israeli-space-security-chief-says-aliens-exist-humanity-not-ready-651405 It's official: Harrison Ford will return in a fifth 'Indiana Jones' movie https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/11/entertainment/indiana-jones-scli-intl/index.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=fbCNN&utm_content=2020-12-11T16%3A00%3A41&utm_term=link Google Employees Say Scientist's Ouster Was 'Unprecedented Research Censorship' https://www.npr.org/2020/12/03/942417780/google-employees-say-scientists-ouster-was-unprecedented-research-censorship?sc=18&f=1001 These countries spend the most on research and development https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/11/countries-spending-research-development-gdp?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social_scheduler&utm_term=Pioneers2020&utm_content=05%2F12%2F2020%2016%3A45&s=09 Metallic Monolith In Utah Vanishes Just As Mysteriously As It Appeared https://www.npr.org/2020/11/29/939882228/metallic-monolith-in-utah-vanishes-just-as-mysteriously-as-it-appeared?sc=18&f=1001 Additional Informational THEBAN Mapping Project, Valley of the Kings https://live-t-mapping.pantheonsite.io/valley-kings TED Talks, The Amazon belongs to Humanity, let?s Protect it Together- Video https://www.ted.com/talks/tashka_and_laura_yawanawa_the_amazon_belongs_to_humanity_let_s_protect_it_together?utm_campaign=countdown&utm_content=2020-11-26&utm_medium=social&s=09 Forgotten Civilization: New Discoveries on the Solar-Induced Dark Age 2nd Edition, Revised and Expanded https://www.amazon.com/Forgotten-Civilization-Discoveries-Solar-Induced-Dark/dp/1644112922 Raman and optical microscopy of bone micro-residues on cobbles from the Cerutti mastodon site https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2352409X20304478?fbclid=IwAR3pwcFAEiqxdnBKEUUnn5q7xhCjoURifQ9wvdLdXB97NomTO9vk-CZtOoM TED Talks, the Standing Rock Resistance and our fight for Indigenous Rights-Video https://www.ted.com/talks/tara_houska_the_standing_rock_resistance_and_our_fight_for_indigenous_rights?utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social&utm_content=2020-11-26-cutdown&s=09 Early Kenyan Herders Relied on Consistency and Connections in Unpredictable Conditions https://www.shh.mpg.de/1923087/pastoralist-strategies-early-kenya TED Talks, Why is 1.5 Degrees such a Big Deal?-Video https://www.ted.com/talks/kristen_bell_giant_ant_why_is_1_5_degrees_such_a_big_deal?utm_campaign=countdown&utm_content=2020-11-23&utm_medium=social&s=09 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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