[Jawlist] Weekly Science Report 4-2-21

Mon Apr 5 14:32:08 PDT 2021

*Weekly Science Report*

*April 2, 2021*

*“We must work together to build a climate-resilient future, not only for
the vulnerable communities that will pay the highest price if we do not
act, but for our future generations. We must act boldly, and we must act
now.”*

John Kerry

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*

Neanderthals helped create early human art, researcher says
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/mar/15/neanderthals-helped-create-early-human-art-researcher-says?fbclid=IwAR3qa6n1qO5B9KoBgRE6HZzFev27GlAulbHTzSJV8y8wKKmQpCU3IDLKHuY

Neanderthals disappeared from Europe earlier than thought, says study

https://phys.org/news/2021-03-neanderthals-europe-earlier-thought.html#
<https://phys.org/news/2021-03-neanderthals-europe-earlier-thought.html>

World's first dinosaur preserved sitting on nest of eggs with fossilized
babies

https://phys.org/news/2021-03-world-dinosaur-eggs-fossilized-babies.html

Oldest woven basket in the world found in Israel, dates back 10,000 years

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/oldest-woven-basket-in-the-world-found-in-israel-dates-back-10000-years-662183

Shivering in the Pleistocene: New analyses of prehistoric climate
conditions map human adaptations to cold

https://phys.org/news/2021-03-pleistocene-analyses-prehistoric-climate-conditions.html

Decolonizing the Hunt for Dinosaurs and Other Fossils

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/22/science/dinosaurs-fossils-colonialism.html?smtyp=cur&smid=fb-nytimes&fbclid=IwAR1lSpVenaPLLQiaLgGYFriGsji0Rny8yslg8zeqXJItuzKC-AE3Bim2Q6M

How the World’s Oldest Wooden Sculpture Is Reshaping Prehistory

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/22/science/archaeology-shigir-idol-.html?smtyp=cur&smid=fb-nytimes&fbclid=IwAR0w-zmZvsULgM4g1cfi1j7SYNjbBK6WMlSplY8QiTw-jd-kkFwz4yFs2VQ

Dogs (not) gone wild: DNA tests show most 'wild dogs' in Australia are pure
dingoes

https://phys.org/news/2021-03-dogs-wild-dna-australia-pure.html?fbclid=IwAR108TYc_0j6IQvFMwIrBz4_bWVPp5FoTeJVnL0L_2Pu3BqGQKVckCDvAeU

Australasian genetic influence spread wider in South America than
previously though

https://phys.org/news/2021-03-australasian-genetic-wider-south-america.html

A dinosaur tail vertebra leads researchers on the right track

https://phys.org/news/2021-04-dinosaur-tail-vertebra-track.html?fbclid=IwAR10NXREVtNBv4QfiYUYc8cQATYTGiHKS8BOJyycHeLqfK92vB1I1yfI_bA

People living 100,000 years ago spent time collecting crystals
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2273020-people-living-100000-years-ago-spent-time-collecting-crystals/?fbclid=IwAR2Jr4hkeXBWw8CaKJyFWtGMFVJW7oNGBGDFn5LGXxzzYRIymMhSd6Pn1gA

*History*

Interview: The life and martyrdom of Jesuit Rutilio Grande

https://www.americamagazine.org/arts-culture/2021/03/12/jesuit-rutilio-grande-salvador-martyr-biography-240210?fbclid=IwAR0J45Af_heQdc9VotBAVXxQgS7QGs1iPKxT7WYynZIa3g91BngzoNKGQ6w

Remembering Wounded Knee: ‘I know our fight was worth it’

https://indiancountrytoday.com/opinion/remembering-wounded-knee-i-know-our-fight-was-worth-it?fbclid=IwAR3eLG9IpdoXQb3CDHAiRqkxvrWF8KW0abG3kKbvMCTQSTs7YKAVuhog8FU

A 300-Year-Old Tale Of One Woman's Quest To Stop A Deadly Virus

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/03/08/972978143/a-300-year-old-tale-of-one-womans-quest-to-stop-a-deadly-virus?utm_campaign=npr&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_term=nprnews&fbclid=IwAR3bc1TvIEWcapri6aHlpuJeDegywoIQ6ATKn5y0aGfLR4Ke4Kef5CUDWXk

Sacred Apache land 'on death row' in standoff with foreign mining titans

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/sacred-apache-land-death-row-standoff-foreign-mining-titans-n1259331

Six Years Ago, ISIS Brutally Attacked an Iraqi Museum. See Inside the
Effort to Bring It Back to Life Today

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/iraq-mosul-museum-destruction-restoration-efforts-1948306

A Harvard professor’s claim about ‘comfort women’ is false and dangerous,
critics say. They’re fighting back.

https://www.thelily.com/a-harvard-professors-claim-about-comfort-women-is-false-and-dangerous-critics-say-theyre-fighting-back/

Stutthof Camp: Holocaust guard Harry S found unfit to stand trial at 96

https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-europe-56353913?s=09

Dutch Jews died in 'secret Nazi gas chamber' in 1941

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-56096686

'Amityville Horror' killer dies in prison at 69

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/amityville-horror-killer-dies-prison-69-n1261137

Hundreds of Holocaust Testimonies Translated, Digitized for the First Time

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/testimonies-holocaust-survivors-now-online-180976883/

‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ announces Indigenous cast

https://indiancountrytoday.com/news/killers-of-the-flower-moon-announces-indigenous-cast

Is a Long-dismissed forgery actually the oldest known Biblical chapter?

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/10/arts/bible-deuteronomy-discovery.html?smtyp=cur&smid=fb-nytimes

*Wise women: 6 ancient female philosophers you should know about*

https://theconversation.com/wise-women-6-ancient-female-philosophers-you-should-know-about-156033

Best friends separated in the Holocaust just reunited. They were ‘laughing
like they were still 9 years old,’ family said.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2021/03/09/holocaust-best-friends-reunion/

This little-known Native American society was once as powerful as the
Aztecs and Incas

https://api.nationalgeographic.com/distribution/public/amp/travel/article/spiro-and-the-art-of-the-mississippian-world-in-oklahoma

Pope Francis and Islam: three cornerstones of a magisterium

https://www.vaticannews.va/en/church/news/2021-03/pope-francis-islam-iraq-magisterium-cairo-baku-ur.html

Lonnie Bunch And The 'Museum Of No'

https://www.npr.org/2021/03/16/977947084/lonnie-bunch-and-the-museum-of-no?utm_campaign=npr&utm_medium=social&utm_term=nprnews&utm_source=facebook.com&fbclid=IwAR2bqRbBdthP8zyUEU956J3SDEJBVnUgV04wE9lDsnf5L0Fys3yqBSisHfw

Worth one's salt

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-03/lsu-wos032221.php

Native Americans tried to help the starving Donner Party, research shows.
They faced gunshots.

https://www.californiasun.co/stories/native-americans-tried-to-help-the-starving-donner-party-research-shows-they-faced-gunshots/

Photographs taken by Nazi camp prisoners remind us of the horrors of the
Holocaust in new documentary at Berlin Film Festival

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/review/photographs-taken-by-nazi-camp-prisoners-are-shown-in-new-documentary-at-berlin-film-festival

800-year-old moccasin connects Dene migrants to the American southwest

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/dene-migration-moccasin-1.5957499

In French woods, rivals take aim at senator’s WWI research

https://apnews.com/article/doug-mastriano-research-alvin-york-backlash-96db4958d0caeb992347d9b83198084f

France to return Nazi-looted Gustav Klimt painting to heirs of Holocaust
victim

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-03-16/france-to-return-nazi-looted-klimt-to-jewish-heirs-dorsay/100013838

We Don’t Know How Much Art Has Gone Missing From Museums

https://ifcpp.org/news/10253723

THE HISTORY OF LADY LOOKOUTS

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/female-fire-lookouts-have-been-saving-wilderness-over-century-180977352/

Charlottesville can remove Confederate statues, Virginia Supreme Court rules

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/charlottesville-can-remove-confederate-statues-virginia-supreme-court-rules-n1262750?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_ma&fbclid=IwAR1SYZ84RgxCER3WAlS34eySyoP3BNbx6cHPG382OCUvXmA8q_exqoyuW1k

Student journalist finds photo of the Harvard KKK — and documents school’s
overlooked racist past

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2021/03/30/harvard-klan-photo/

Aretha Franklin's family 'do not support' new 'Genius' biopic and say
series is 'extremely disrespectful'

https://www.smoothradio.com/artists/aretha-franklin/son-family-genius-biopic-film/

After criticism, Harvard's Peabody Museum will revise its policies on
repatriating Native American objects

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/the-peabody-essex-museum-will-revise-its-repatriation-policies-after-receiving-backlash-from-indigenous-organisations?utm_content=buffer85b91&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer&fbclid=IwAR3qQq2RKuHQdMmtnnEbBcx9omh5fKzDHndO1KupGRFn8iGYWsFTE0VU4kM

*Archaeology*

Britain is legitimate owner of Parthenon marbles, UK's Johnson tells Greece

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-greece-britain-marbles-idUSKBN2B41RF?utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A%20Trending%20Content&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR1PdIJpako5rBF4ctRuS0I8v0KoSNWIXa6uPI83hdLySQv1xdPOQB7JcOM

Bill would further protect prehistoric Indian burial sites

https://sierranevadaally.org/2021/03/08/bill-would-further-protect-prehistoric-indian-burial-sites/?utm_content=buffer8998d&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Nearly 6000-year-old chewing gum reveals life of ancient girl

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/12/nearly-6000-year-old-chewing-gum-reveals-life-ancient-girl?utm_campaign=ScienceNow&utm_source=Contractor&utm_medium=Facebook

Bronze age burial site in Spain suggests women were among rulers

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/11/bronze-age-burial-site-in-spain-suggests-women-were-among-rulers?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Israeli archaeologists discover new Dead Sea Scrolls for first time in 60
years

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/deadsea-scrolls-israel-archeology/2021/03/16/b74bf654-862f-11eb-be4a-24b89f616f2c_story.html?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook

Dramatic discovery links Stonehenge to its original site – in Wales

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/feb/12/dramatic-discovery-links-stonehenge-to-its-original-site-in-wales?utm_source=pdscl&CMP_TU=usmsp&utm_medium=sfbk&CMP_BUNIT=mem&utm_campaign=USgrowthmarketingcampaign_FBpromotion_launch&kwp_0=1884382&kwp_4=5468832&kwp_1=2345973&fbclid=IwAR27PZ5HE4LXTiZFykbcU_7lqADL4ywyLyW4jFWq9M-rDOc4734hg0addEA

An ancient Maya ambassador's bones show a life of privilege and hardship

https://phys.org/news/2021-03-ancient-maya-ambassador-bones-life.html

Scientists may have solved ancient mystery of 'first computer'

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/mar/12/scientists-move-closer-to-solving-mystery-of-antikythera-mechanism

Volcanic Ash Threatens Pompeii’s Buried Murals

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/volcanic-ash-threatens-pompeiis-buried-murals/

New interior Secretary to visit Utah before decisions on Bears Ears, Grand
Staircase

https://kjzz.com/news/local/interior-secretary-to-visit-utah-before-decisions-on-bears-ears-grand-staircase?utm_content=buffer72e18&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Construction at Israeli Safari Park Unearths 1,800-Year-Old Sarcophagi

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/two-1800-year-old-sarcophagi-may-have-held-husband-and-wife-180977068/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia

Archaeologists have recorded 233 ancient art sites along Texas’ border with
Mexico. Now they want to discover the meanings behind the murals

https://sanantonioreport.org/archaeologists-have-recorded-233-ancient-art-sites-along-texas-border-with-mexico-now-they-want-to-discover-the-meanings-behind-the-murals/

Stone anchors found in River Wear could reveal Roman port

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-tyne-56468718

Ancient Native Americans were among the world’s first coppersmiths

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/03/ancient-native-americans-were-among-world-s-first-coppersmiths

Ancient coins found in Rhode Island may solve mystery of murderous 1600s
pirate

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ancient-coins-found-rhode-island-may-solve-mystery-murderous-1600s-n1262823?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_ma&fbclid=IwAR2XAHRnd3K-TZtiBzjDYUIHQPWWzFKA9LRJChEml4fhT8AR7NC0YKV3aGk

Archaeologists find earliest colonial site in Maryland after nearly 90-year
search

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2021/03/22/maryland-colonial-site-discovered/?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR3kPBO_ZNI84rOUrwyvqsWB8vRkLarTLeoCg3Xb5PbYPoEj8wxf5rOgMn0

Archaeologists Find Prehistoric Communities Lost to Sea-level Rise in
Denmark and Florida

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium-archaeologists-find-prehistoric-sites-lost-to-sea-level-rise-1.9646759?fbclid=IwAR07M4-vS7pbO9l2wZPVHapi-Hz6q1tVyu6zVKAFuzqopv2DJwSWxU_8JVI

3,000-Year-Old Gold Mask, Silk Linked to Enigmatic Civilization Found in
China

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-uncover-3000-year-old-chinese-artifacts-180977294/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia

Modern analysis of rock art: Machine learning opens new doors in archaeology

https://phys.org/news/2021-03-modern-analysis-art-machine-doors.html?fbclid=IwAR0jXEAglzwqVvNStWFKtQLIk1RwRfjcTWRfzMToMDW6ry6CGIZhUBTS2IY

Qatari foundation rescues Islamic artefacts and returns them to Jerusalem
Museum

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20210310-qatari-foundation-rescues-islamic-artefacts-and-returns-them-to-jerusalem-museum/

Archaeologists Have Discovered a 3,200-Year-Old Mural of a Knife-Wielding
Spider God in Peru

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/peru-temple-mural-spider-god-1955029

*Egyptology*

Discovery of an Industrial Brewery in Ancient Egypt Rewrites the History of
Beer

https://hyperallergic.com/629493/discovery-of-an-industrial-brewery-in-ancient-egypt-rewrites-the-history-of-beer/?fbclid=IwAR0c08xeOiH1ZYZ7GjVGqAQWQrj7jkDxFpTaFKx3d3hcfxRr2ziMA4_EUlk

Volcanic eruption may have forced ancient Egyptians to abandon a city
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2271871-volcanic-eruption-may-have-forced-ancient-egyptians-to-abandon-a-city/

*General Science*

The Navy Wants to Put Lasers on Zumwalt Destroyers

https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/navy-ships/a35700470/us-navy-may-put-lasers-hypersonic-missiles-on-zumwalt-destroyers/?utm_campaign=socialflowFBPOP&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social-media

Skunk Works Reveals Its Secret 'Speed Racer' Aircraft

https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/weapons/a35685041/skunk-works-reveals-secret-speed-racer-aircraft/?utm_medium=social-media&utm_campaign=socialflowFBPOP&utm_source=facebook

The Army Might Put a Baby Chain Gun on Its New Choppers

https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/aviation/a35811610/army-sky-viper-chain-gun-new-helicopters/?utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=socialflowFBPOP&utm_medium=social-media

*Physics, Earth and Space Sciences*

Are strange space signals in Antarctica evidence of a parallel universe?

https://astronomy.com/news/2020/12/are-strange-space-signals-in-antarctica-evidence-of-a-parallel-universe?utm_source=asyfb&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=asyfb&fbclid=IwAR3sGMj79aWFQzYWci86Qiw7ztAUHdlKYiNQA-NBo4xlNh7lEKLTK2U2QjE

The enigma of Enceladus

https://astronomy.com/magazine/2019/08/the-enigma-of-enceladus?utm_source=asyfb&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=asyfb&fbclid=IwAR1Yku-yXLDTtenJKxKz8k9gJeax2BGNSr35BRsunY6EAlnXmhLZdnj7ibo

Space station tosses 2.9-ton hunk of space junk overboard. It will stay in
orbit for years.

https://www.space.com/space-station-jettisons-huge-space-junk-pallet?fbclid=IwAR36ODtRFLTgI0jJ6n0e36X6Xo-emzJ_x0xlFyOVlcuuY1heuIx8D7akkgk

Serendipitous Juno detections shatter ideas about origin of zodiacal light

https://phys.org/news/2021-03-serendipitous-juno-shatter-ideas-zodiacal.html

Breaking the warp barrier for faster-than-light travel

https://phys.org/news/2021-03-warp-barrier-faster-than-light.html

Earth's deep mantle may have proton rivers made of superionic phases

https://phys.org/news/2021-03-earth-deep-mantle-proton-rivers.html

Volcanic eruptions had large and persistent impacts on global hydroclimate
over the last millennium

https://phys.org/news/2021-03-volcanic-eruptions-large-persistent-impacts.html

NASAs New Race to put a Woman on the Moon

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/moon-nasa-efforts-return-60-minutes-2021-03-07/

Scientists want to build a doomsday vault on the moon

https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/16/world/lunar-ark-intl-scli-scn/index.html?utm_term=link&utm_content=2021-03-16T21%3A29%3A04&utm_medium=social&utm_source=fbCNNi

Three bacterial strains discovered on space station may help grow plants on
Mars

https://phys.org/news/2021-03-bacterial-strains-space-station-mars.html

Wandering star shook up the prehistoric solar system

https://astronomy.com/news/2018/03/wandering-star-shook-up-the-prehistoric-solar-system?utm_source=asyfb&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=asyfb

Making air from Moon dust: Scientists create a prototype oxygen plant

https://astronomy.com/news/2020/01/how-to-make-air-from-moondust?utm_source=asyfb&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=asyfb

Will We Ever Send Humans to Venus?

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/will-we-ever-send-humans-venus-180977003/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia

Human-Safe Wormholes Could Exist in the Real World, Study Finds

https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/deep-space/a35795047/traversable-wormholes-could-exist-in-real-world/

China, Russia Announce Plan To Build Moon Research Station

https://www.npr.org/2021/03/10/975579975/china-russia-announce-plan-to-build-moon-research-station?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_term=nprnews

Russian Scientists Sink Giant Deepwater Neutrino Telescope Into World’s
Largest Freshwater Lake

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews-science/spherical-neutrino-observatory-submerged-underwater-worlds-largest-freshwater-lake-180977252/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia

Satellite that can clean up space junk with a magnet about to launch
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2271533-satellite-that-can-clean-up-space-junk-with-a-magnet-about-to-launch/?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR3ixgeGUDHavoGyr90MkwHbMnureuh0wycudIEw60dxvdRUPWeW5e7FWw0#Echobox=1616090195

Biden picks former senator who flew in space to lead NASA

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/biden-picks-former-senator-who-flew-space-lead-nasa-n1261556?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_ma&fbclid=IwAR2U_IMSvbg8fdpM_X0XHDGDqo-EJ9Gt592ZQ8rvmA5oIHhXy7OdocnCA38

NASA's InSight detects two sizable quakes on Mars

https://phys.org/news/2021-04-nasa-insight-sizable-quakes-mars.html?fbclid=IwAR2ROnJQ3PBPx7bob_yUwchU_kcw7ycEpRjEuKrtRSA848iJD6xrd29Ut-k

Melting ice sheets caused sea levels to rise up to 18 meters

https://phys.org/news/2021-04-ice-sheets-sea-metres.html?fbclid=IwAR1LLVFQWs5V-80Nnbul7Ps9n8xzT3qHpxRrtCYT0PeGCwwD8kA8PRaO-zM

Glynn Lunney, NASA Flight Director With A Key Role In Saving Apollo 13,
Dies At 84

https://www.npr.org/2021/03/20/979539758/glynn-lunney-nasa-flight-director-with-a-key-role-in-saving-apollo-13-dies-at-84?sc=18&f=1001

Likely rocket debris lights up skies over the Pacific Northwest

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/likely-rocket-debris-lights-skies-over-pacific-northwest-n1262128

Is there an ancient black hole at the edge of the solar system?
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24933280-100-is-there-an-ancient-black-hole-at-the-edge-of-the-solar-system/?utm_source=nsnew&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NSNEW_010421_test

Antarctica asteroid impact from 430,000 years ago discovered by scientists

https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/218693/antarctica-asteroid-impact-from-430000-years/?fbclid=IwAR2OjPcRoecS3GH0wrWBw6z-lMQqp7D81dFyo0gYyty5a8iJTaavXarc21g

*Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources*

Feeding cattle seaweed reduces their greenhouse gas emissions 82 percent

https://phys.org/news/2021-03-seaweed-supplements-livestock-methane-emissions.html?fbclid=IwAR2-LjXsaL3O0tr36GuaYgX3w5s_mF0NyAo5ruNycz9zED3yo9pyiT5QfFo

Biden administration revives EPA Web page on climate change deleted by Trump

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/03/18/epa-website-climate/?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR2IDJynqFod71yUjPV5tvpF2JFEN3SlVYbvg3C-lQ5TnkUMQTLAna8lIxU

The Celebration Over, Deb Haaland Now Faces a Long To-Do List at Interior

https://www.npr.org/2021/03/20/978936494/the-celebration-over-deb-haaland-now-faces-a-long-to-do-list-at-interior?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_term=nprnews&fbclid=IwAR2U7fWVdOVv5W_9WJ8Jg9dBWjbP3HxxCllrv6EJQxwCrcCoW11mgFCWcLo

Antarctic Peninsula warming up due to heat in Tasman Sea

https://phys.org/news/2021-03-antarctic-peninsula-due-tasman-sea.html

Food drives a third of global emissions: report

https://phys.org/news/2021-03-food-global-emissions.html

America Finally Makes Plans for Its Own Nuclear Fusion Power Plant

https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/energy/a34933512/us-scientists-plan-nuclear-fusion-power-plant/?utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=socialflowFBPOP&utm_medium=social-media

First study of all Amazon greenhouse gases suggests the damaged forest is
now worsening climate change

https://api.nationalgeographic.com/distribution/public/amp/environment/article/amazon-rainforest-now-appears-to-be-contributing-to-climate-change

Once called crazy, Indonesian eco-warrior turns arid hills green

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-water-day-indonesia-trees/once-called-crazy-indonesian-eco-warrior-turns-arid-hills-green-idUSKBN2BB0IO

The Radioactive Diamond Battery That Will Run For 28,000 Years

https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/green-tech/a35970222/radioactive-diamond-battery-will-run-for-28000-years/?utm_campaign=socialflowFBPOP&utm_medium=social-media&utm_source=facebook

Low-cost solar-powered water filter removes lead, other contaminants

https://phys.org/news/2021-03-low-cost-solar-powered-filter-contaminants.html

Scientists design 'smart' device to harvest daylight

https://techxplore.com/news/2021-03-scientists-smart-device-harvest-daylight.html

Controversial test flight aimed at cooling the planet cancelled

https://phys.org/news/2021-04-controversial-flight-aimed-cooling-planet.html

*Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences*

New study highlights first infection of human cells during spaceflight

https://phys.org/news/2021-03-highlights-infection-human-cells-spaceflight.html

Sperm whales in 19th century shared ship attack information

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/mar/17/sperm-whales-in-19th-century-shared-ship-attack-information?CMP=fb_gu&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1615968229Sent

Scientists Create Living Entities In The Lab That Closely Resemble Human
Embryos

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/03/17/977573846/scientists-create-living-entities-that-closely-resemble-human-embryos?sc=18&f=1001

Five stranded dolphins rescued in Wellfleet

https://www.capecodtimes.com/story/news/2021/03/22/volunteers-rescue-five-dolphins-stranded-duck-creek-wellfleet-sunday/4792922001/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=gh-capecodtimes-main&fbclid=IwAR1G-b_o09ERdEOecF5AMfTPrBWat2N3ot63vyscxS_Yt5-zvaq2XzkUDGU

*Other*

ENVISIONING THE FUTURE AT THE SMITHSONIAN

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/floating-cities-biodegradable-burial-pods-and-flying-cars-smithsonian-envisions-multitude-futures-180977085/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmediaI

Hidden in plain sight: Scouring the notebooks of the Harvard's 'human
computers'

https://astronomy.com/news/2021/02/hidden-in-plain-sight-scouring-the-notebooks-of-the-harvards-human-computers?utm_source=asyfb&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=asyfb

The ancient fabric that no one knows how to make
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https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210316-the-legendary-fabric-that-no-one-knows-how-to-make?ocid=fbcul

Tic Tac-Shaped Drones Swarmed Navy Destroyers. No One Knows Where They Came
From.

https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/weapons/a35926949/mystery-drones-swarmed-navy-destroyers/

Additional Informational

Unearthing History: 2021 Virtual History Series, March 4 to October 7

https://www.avonctlibrary.info/2021/01/23/unearthing-history-2021-virtual-history-series/?fbclid=IwAR275BNSStfLVt1Bv-Xvz3FtMjad47FFG_k_9nvadH9TwR1UoMYr5vpzBH8

NASA's Female Space Engineers Tell Girls to ‘Reach for the Stars’ After
Mars Landing Mission

https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/nasa-girls-space-engineer-mars-stem-equality/?utm_source=social_facebook&utm_medium=Global%20Citizen%20(Default)&utm_campaign=general&utm_content=traffic&fbclid=IwAR3qRL6b3vT3i4ii0paQTnYQl0rLreAUTKmR5mzjdrIVSIS3zbAH8LH3frU

NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover Mission Honors Navajo Language

https://mars.nasa.gov/news/8886/nasas-perseverance-mars-rover-mission-honors-navajo-language/

NATIVE ARTS AND CULTURE: RESILIENCE, RECLAMATION, AND RELEVANCE Report

https://www.nativeartsandcultures.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Native-Arts-Culture-Conference-Full-Report_FINAL.pdf

South to Freedom: The Underground Railroad also led to Mexico.

https://www.neh.gov/humanities/2013/marchapril/statement/south-freedom?s=09

Commemorating 20 years since the destruction of two Buddhas of Bamiyan,
Afghanistan

http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/2253?s=09

Before She Became The Ardelia Hall of the Department of State, Part I: Miss
Hall and the Office of Strategic Services

https://text-message.blogs.archives.gov/2014/07/15/ardelia-hall-part-i/

Preserving the Past: Archaeological Heritage, the Art Market and Conflict
in the Middle East Webcast, Apr 7

https://www.archaeological.org/event/preserving-the-past-archaeological-heritage-the-art-market-and-conflict-in-the-middle-east-2/

Eviction and Resettlement Issues in World Heritage Sites: Perspectives from
India and Jordan Webinar, Apr 19

https://www.ourworldheritage.org/hr_webinar_2/

The Protection of Heritage in Situations of Protracted Conflict:
Perspectives from Turkey Webinar, Apr 30

https://www.ourworldheritage.org/hr_webinar_3/

The Protection of Heritage in Situations of Protracted Conflict:
Perspectives from Palestine and Syria Webinar, May 17

https://www.ourworldheritage.org/hr_webinar_4/

Holocaust Encyclopedia, the Enabling Act

https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/the-enabling-act?utm_medium=socialmedia&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=otd&utm_content=enablingactpassed20210324&fbclid=IwAR0em9mJRG-e3HFu9gtK_-JAmDDeh5rI9MfVkB3g2YAWui2FmoV_oFN_mpA

Graham Hancock Explains the Mystery of the Olmecs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qP0veW9gBxI

The Menu for Mars: Designing a Deep Space Food System

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/the-menu-for-mars-designing-a-deep-space-food-system

NASA, Industry to Mature Vertical Solar Array Technologies for Lunar Surface

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-industry-to-mature-vertical-solar-array-technologies-for-lunar-surface

Sesame Workshop Is Expanding Racial Justice Content With the Help of 2 New
Black Muppets

https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/sesame-workshop-racial-justice-black-muppets/?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=US_Mar_26_2021_content_digest

A Conversation with Schindler’s List Survivor Rena Finder and Rachel
Shankman Webinar, Apr 7

https://www.facinghistory.org/calendar/c2021tn5-conversation-schindler-s-list-survivor-rena-finder-and-rachel-shankman

Blood antiquities: the devil is in the demand

https://www.global-amlcft.eu/blood-antiquities-the-devil-is-in-the-demand/

Submit Names of Holocaust Victims to be Read in the Hall of Remembrance or
the Hall of Names

https://forms.yadvashem.org/read-names

NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover Mission Honors Navajo Language

https://mars.nasa.gov/news/8886/nasas-perseverance-mars-rover-mission-honors-navajo-language/?utm_source=iContact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nasa-mars&utm_content=20210401-MarsNewsletter

NASA Science Mars: Helicopter Tech Demo

https://mars.nasa.gov/technology/helicopter/?utm_source=iContact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nasa-mars&utm_content=20210401-MarsNewsletter#
<https://mars.nasa.gov/technology/helicopter/?utm_source=iContact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nasa-mars&utm_content=20210401-MarsNewsletter>

Month of Ingenuity: Helicopter Flight Preview Webinars, Apr 8, 15, 22 & 29

https://mars.nasa.gov/technology/helicopter/?utm_source=iContact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nasa-mars&utm_content=20210401-MarsNewsletter#Watch-Online

Month of Ingenuity: Helicopter Flight Preview Webinars, Apr 8

https://mars.nasa.gov/technology/helicopter/?utm_source=iContact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nasa-mars&utm_content=20210401-MarsNewsletter#Watch-Online

NOAA signs data-sharing agreement with offshore wind Energy Company

https://www.noaa.gov/media-release/noaa-signs-data-share-agreement-with-offshore-wind-energy-company

World Jewish Congress urges historical accuracy in Holocaust portrayal

https://www.worldjewishcongress.org/en/news/world-jewish-congress-urges-historical-accuracy-in-holocaust-portrayal?fbclid=IwAR2u3utuKm64BF-t1OgT_m8lA9QgLd-sCK_hBd3FsOfgic8kH4zQmBr3RRE
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