[Jawlist] Weekly Science Report 12-11-20
Steve Detwiler
steveorange2011 at gmail.com
Sun Dec 13 12:21:42 PST 2020
*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!
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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
<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
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