From steveorange2011 at gmail.com Mon Feb 15 12:45:52 2021 From: steveorange2011 at gmail.com (Steve Detwiler) Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2021 15:45:52 -0500 Subject: [Jawlist] Weekly Science Report 2-12-21 Message-ID: *Weekly Science Report* *February 12, 2021* *?Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.?* Nelson Mandela 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* Ancient Jersey teeth find hints at Neanderthal mixing https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-55882130 Ancient human species made ?last stand? 100,000 years ago on Indonesian island https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/12/ancient-human-species-made-last-stand-100000-years-ago-indonesian-island?utm_campaign=SciMag&utm_source=JHubbard&utm_medium=Facebook Conch shell in French museum found to be 17,000-year-old wind instrument https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/10/conch-shell-in-french-museum-found-to-be-17000-year-old-wind-instrument?fbclid=IwAR3e0-H2gQyvtu8C1Ob3g_Tla0v_ni5H9N86aHc299QKygIReDK0jdKxpk0 'Minibrains' With A Neanderthal Gene Offer Hints About Human Evolution https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/02/12/966470891/minibrains-with-a-neanderthal-gene-offer-hints-about-human-evolution Neanderthals and Homo sapiens used identical Nubian technology https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-02/mpif-nah020921.php On the origin of our species https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-02/mpif-oto020821.php CO2 dip may have helped dinosaurs walk from South America to Greenland https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-02/eiac-cdm021021.php Enormous ancient fish fossil discovered in search of pterodactyl remains https://phys.org/news/2021-02-enormous-ancient-fish-fossil-pterodactyl.html Why Did Ancient Indigenous Groups in Brazil Hunt Sharks? https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/ancient-indigenous-groups-brazil-hunted-sharks-food-and-arm-weapons-180976941/ *History* Wilmington 1898: When white supremacists overthrew a US government https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55648011?fbclid=IwAR1Mh4C_1nMbc-IZnCbiVKnfKfTixWnnVjCUni24TXG-syVmh2wHsjiG4wI Stolen 500-year-old painting found in Naples cupboard https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-55719685 *How history textbooks will deal with the US Capitol attack* https://theconversation.com/how-history-textbooks-will-deal-with-the-us-capitol-attack-153112 'Where is our humanity?': A Minnesota man is on a mission to keep Native burial customs alive during the pandemic https://www.startribune.com/where-is-our-humanity-a-minnesota-man-is-on-a-mission-to-keep-native-burial-customs-alive-during-the/600017108/?refresh=true&utm_content=buffer80ee2&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer&s=09 Azerbaijan refuses to hand over 1,500 artworks after seizing 'cultural capital' in Nagorno-Karabakh https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/azerbaijan-refuses-to-hand-over-1-500-artworks-to-armenia-backed-artsakh-government Relatives of Manson 'family' murder victims outraged by DA's new policy https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/relatives-manson-family-murder-victims-outraged-da-s-new-policy-n1256183 'Misha and the Wolves' is a stranger-than-fiction documentary about a woman's Holocaust story https://amp.usatoday.com/amp/4332128001?__twitter_impression=true&s=09 Home Of Emmett Till Earns Landmark Designation In Chicago https://www.npr.org/2021/01/28/961915600/home-of-emmett-till-earns-landmark-designation-in-chicago?sc=18&f=1001 He Wants to Save Classics From Whiteness. Can the Field Survive? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/02/magazine/classics-greece-rome-whiteness.html?referringSource=articleShare Florida tribes ?deeply appalled? by wetlands deal https://indiancountrytoday.com/news/florida-tribes-deeply-appalled-by-wetlands-deal-np01VSm7e0y9dwQA3prcKQ 'Blackbird' Sung In Mi'kmaq Seeks To Raise Awareness Of Indigenous Language https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2019/05/22/blackbird-mikmaq-indigenous-language Dr. William Good, who battled Nazis in Poland, dies of COVID-19 https://www.latimes.com/obituaries/story/2020-12-26/dr-william-good-who-battled-nazis-in-poland-dies-of-covid-19 Nez Perce Tribe reclaims 148 acres of ancestral land in Eastern Oregon https://www.opb.org/article/2020/12/25/nez-perce-tribe-eastern-oregon-reclaims-ancestral-land/ Invaders nearly wiped out Caribbean?s first people long before Spanish came, DNA reveals https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/2020/12/invaders-nearly-wiped-out-caribbeans-first-people-long-before-spanish-came-dna-reveals/?cmpid=org=ngp::mc=social::src=facebook::cmp=editorial::add=fb20201223history-caribbeanmigrants::rid=&sf241410331=1 Woman, 95, Indicted on 10,000 Counts of Accessory to Murder in Nazi Camp https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/05/world/europe/germany-nazi-secretary-Irmgard.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur&fbclid=IwAR2KEdovKa-DtPoBRtoMGfev-CQsB4ngS2pA_ATYjs99P_nZJYVcpLd9LWk Christopher Plummer, actor of 'The Sound of Music' fame, dies at 91 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/celebrated-actor-christopher-plummer-dead-91-n1256883?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_ma&fbclid=IwAR3-Oy7zu8Gi8Fg9nNYpKXjv_gox6wfWjUCMRruwRqolBwtUccWyNZH7NhQ International Holocaust Remembrance Day is Wednesday. Why one Palm Beach County man is speaking out. https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/local/2021/01/26/holocaust-remembrance-day-wednesday-why-one-county-man-speaking-out/4254556001/?fbclid=IwAR3PA7zvSCldWJr1vR3wbRkTKhiXLO5EbBU3cjkHncCri1uI79i-ZmXrHAk How the ?Arduous March? created North Korea?s antique trade https://www.nknews.org/2017/01/how-the-arduous-march-created-north-koreas-antique-trade/?s=09 Pope Francis appoints first woman to the Synod of Bishops https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-europe-55966178?__twitter_impression=true&s=09 Armenian side expects UN?s support in preserving Artsakh's historical-culture heritage https://armenpress.am/eng/amp/1042843?__twitter_impression=true&s=09 Disease epidemic possibly caused population collapse in Central Africa 1600-1400 years ago https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-02/gu-dep020421.php Why Did Greenland's Norse Colonies Mysteriously Vanish? Walrus Bones Hold the Clues https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/why-did-greenlands-norse-colonies-mysteriously-vanish-walrus-bones-hold-the European beads found in Alaska predate Columbus, controversial study claims https://www.livescience.com/blue-glass-beads-predate-columbus-in-alaska.html King Richard III had the 'Princes in the Tower' murdered, historian finds https://www.livescience.com/richard-iii-nephew-murders.html *Archaeology* Treasure Hunter Pleads Guilty to Digging in Yellowstone https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/05/us/yellowstone-treasure-utah-man-guilty.html The stunning ? and sacred ? lands of Utah's Bears Ears could soon be protected again https://www.discovermagazine.com/environment/the-stunning-and-sacred-lands-of-utahs-bears-ears-could-soon-be-protected?utm_content=buffer46b98&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer&s=09 The Mesoamerican attraction to magnetism https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2019/07/harvard-study-reveals-ancient-mesoamericans-knowledge-about-earths-magnetism/ Archaeologists Have Uncovered an Ancient Church Built on the Site Believed to Have Hosted the Last Supper https://news.artnet.com/art-world/ancient-church-jerusalem-1933579 Cleaning Notre Dame 'With Light': Expert Says Lasers Will Help Restore Cathedral To Former Glory https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2020/12/21/notre-dame-cathedral-lasers?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_source=facebook.com Ancient snack stall uncovered in Pompeii, revealing bright frescoes and traces of 2,000-year-old street food https://edition.cnn.com/2020/12/26/europe/pompeii-shop-archaeology-intl/index.html?utm_source=fbCNN&utm_term=link&utm_content=2020-12-26T17%3A00%3A28&utm_medium=social In Mexico, amateur find of ancient 'goddess' stirs calls for more research https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mexico-archaeology-idUSKBN29Y0HN Stonehenge: Did the stone circle originally stand in Wales? https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-56029203 Beleagured Babylon: The battle to save a wonder of the ancient world https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/ancient-babylon-iraq-archaeology-b1799289.html Erosion Reveals Possible Neolithic Village Site in Scotland https://www.archaeology.org/news/9469-210212-orkney-neolithic-erosion Ancient Amazonian farmers fortified valuable land they had spent years making fertile to protect it https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-02/uoe-aaf020921.php Bones of St. James the Younger, one of the 12 apostles, belong to someone else https://www.livescience.com/st-james-relic-someone-else.html *Egyptology* Museum of Bible Returns 5,000 Artifacts With ?Insufficient? Provenance to Egypt https://hyperallergic.com/617929/museum-of-bible-returns-5000-artifacts-with-insufficient-provenance-to-egypt/ Who was Hatshepsut? https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/people/reference/hatshepsut/?cmpid=org=ngp::mc=social::src=facebook::cmp=editorial::add=fb20201228history-resurfhatshepsut::rid=&sf241389092=1 *General Science* Nothing to report *Physics, Earth and Space Sciences* Evidence for a massive paleo-tsunami at ancient Tel Dor, Israel https://phys.org/news/2020-12-evidence-massive-paleo-tsunami-ancient-tel.html Female physicist invents new fusion rocket that could take the first humans to Mars 10 TIMES faster than space-proven thrusters https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9202081/Female-physicist-invents-new-fusion-rocket-humans-Mars.html?ito=social-facebook Discovery of stars sheds new light on dark matter and galactic cannibalism https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/feb/01/discovery-of-outer-stars-of-dwarf-galaxy-sheds-new-light-on-dark-matter?fbclid=IwAR2CviG-Yevds8BEW2zZhiMj923pAnnbMDUU124TjLX-bWQo0FAkvvwgbbo NASA NG-15 Cygnus Cargo Ship Named After Mathematician Katherine Johnson?Launch Date, and MORE! https://www.techtimes.com/articles/256591/20210201/nasa-ng-15-cygnus-cargo-ship-named-mathematecian-katherine-johnson%E2%80%94launch.htm Astronomers Discover Mysterious Radio Signal From Proxima Centauri https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/astronomers-discover-mysterious-radio-signal-proxima-centauri-180976602/ First photo of a black hole supports Einstein's theory of relativity https://edition.cnn.com/2020/10/02/world/einstein-black-hole-shadow-scn-trnd/index.html?utm_content=2020-12-25T08%3A01%3A05&utm_term=link&utm_source=fbCNN&utm_medium=social Mars set for visits from UAE, China and U.S. spacecraft https://www.nbcnews.com/science/space/mars-set-visits-uae-china-u-s-spacecraft-n1257126 First humans in Tasmania must have seen spectacular auroras https://phys.org/news/2021-02-humans-tasmania-spectacular-auroras.html The comet that killed the dinosaurs https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-02/hu-tct021221.php Melting dusty ice may have carved Martian gullies https://phys.org/news/2021-02-dusty-ice-martian-gullies.html *Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources* Denmark to build 'first energy island' in North Sea https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-55931873?xtor=AL-72-%5Bpartner%5D-%5Bbbc.news.twitter%5D-%5Bheadline%5D-%5Bnews%5D-%5Bbizdev%5D-%5Bisapi%5D&at_custom3=%40BBCNews&at_custom2=twitter&at_custom4=35D56518-6769-11EB-92D5-1BC24744363C&at_custom1=%5Bpost+type%5D&at_medium=custom7&at_campaign=64 World's biggest battery with 1,200MW capacity set to be built in NSW Hunter Valley https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/feb/05/worlds-biggest-battery-with-1200mw-capacity-set-to-be-built-in-nsw-hunter-valley-australia?CMP=twt_a-environment_b-gdneco General Motors Aims To Be Carbon Neutral By 2040 https://www.npr.org/2021/01/28/961777665/general-motors-aims-to-be-carbon-neutral-by-2040?sc=18&f=1001 THESE CONSERVATION STORIES PROVE 2020 WAS NOT ALL BAD NEWS https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/these-conservation-storeis-prove-2020-was-not-all-bad-news-180976512/ Converting to Geothermal Energy May Help Save the Planet https://www.discovermagazine.com/environment/converting-to-geothermal-energy-may-help-save-the-planet Corn belt farmland has lost a third of its carbon-rich soil https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-02/uoma-cbf021221.php The keys to a major boost for hybrid wheat breeding https://phys.org/news/2021-02-keys-major-boost-hybrid-wheat.html *Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences* Infectious disease detectives: Researchers track and analyze smallpox epidemics over three centuries https://brighterworld.mcmaster.ca/articles/infectious-disease-detectives-researchers-track-and-analyze-smallpox-epidemics-over-three-centuries/ SpaceX flight gives St. Jude hospital a cosmic funding boost https://apnews.com/article/spacex-88ce8fb3a186304ed7eeb0e3c4d3a0c5 Scientists Accidentally Discover Strange Creatures Under a Half Mile of Ice https://www.wired.com/story/scientists-discover-strange-creatures-under-a-half-mile-of-ice/ Manatee spotted in Florida river with ?Trump? etched into its back https://www.wapt.com/article/trump-manatee-florida/35183373# Mass die-off of birds in south-western US 'caused by starvation' https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/dec/26/mass-die-off-of-birds-in-south-western-us-caused-by-starvation-aoe?CMP=fb_gu&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1608983730 Tuning the circadian clock, boosting rhythms may be key to future treatments and medicines https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-02/uoc--ttc021121.php New skin patch brings us closer to wearable, all-in-one health monitor https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-02/uoc--nsp021221.php A machine-learning approach to finding treatment options for Covid-19 https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-02/miot-ama021221.php New surgery may enable better control of prosthetic limbs https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-02/miot-nsm021221.php Whales? Long, Loud Calls Reveal Structure beneath Ocean Floor https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/whales-long-loud-calls-reveal-structure-beneath-ocean-floor/ *Other* Citizen science is booming during the pandemic https://www.vox.com/platform/amp/future-perfect/22177247/citizen-science-amateur-backyard-birding-astronomy-covid-pandemic?s=09 Leaked Government Photo Shows ?Motionless, Cube-Shaped? UFO https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/research/a34908126/leaked-ufo-photo-motionless-cube-shaped-object/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social-media&utm_campaign=socialflowFBPOP&fbclid=IwAR3mjeRzy0H1spuzH3QzhfbboRmtI-OAbMue5-IMqWXjqQx9UwKvmpU-rzU Gender gap: Women represent two-thirds of doctorates, only one-third of academic jobs https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-02/mu-ggw021121.php 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 Holocaust Encyclopedia, Martin Niem?ller? https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/martin-niemoeller-first-they-came-for-the-socialists?parent=en%2F10764&gclid=Cj0KCQiAx9mABhD0ARIsAEfpavTw4VuqkevHsE0ASCHrDMZBTR6_9FcUAwwzUbV-lBNmlXEbRBYB5TgaAobQEALw_wcB ?? Holocaust Encyclopedia, GENOCIDE OF EUROPEAN ROMA (GYPSIES), 1939?1945 https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/genocide-of-european-roma-gypsies-1939-1945?utm_medium=socialmedia&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=otd&utm_content=deportationofromatoauschwitzbegins20210129 NACCHO Book Review: Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present https://jphmpdirect.com/2021/01/07/naccho-book-review-medical-apartheid-the-dark-history/amp/?s=09 NASA Mars Perseverance Website https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/ Thriving on Our Changing Planet: A Decadal Strategy for Earth Observation from Space Report https://www.nap.edu/catalog/24938/thriving-on-our-changing-planet-a-decadal-strategy-for-earth?utm_source=hootsuite&utm_medium=twitter&utm_term=&utm_content=eb0b84fc-085c-476d-b3a7-7ae13610f2c7&utm_campaign=General Future of U.S. Science Policy, Legacy of Science: The Endless Frontier Discussed in New Publication https://www.nationalacademies.org/news/2020/12/future-of-us-science-policy-legacy-of-science-the-endless-frontier-discussed-in-new-publication?utm_source=Paid-Campaign&utm_medium=Facebook&utm_campaign=Frontiers&fbclid=IwAR1vO7RUNHpHOmxhcAnG7vDQVv-_iSVlBTLdpK3nQHtOTlMjxQt7Gedff8I Tribally-driven Bison Restoration Comes to the Glacier/Waterton World Heritage Site Webinar, Feb 25 https://usicomos.org/webinars/?s=09 Working through the Past: German Efforts to Face Their Nazi History Webinar, Feb 23 https://www.ushmm.org/online-calendar/event/vemeyerhoffdig0221?fbclid=IwAR0tliqRliKCRwFXsHc0btBtsV-CM-0gwFKoM4wdUx4SnzRKmvFM0q3QfnU Coalition Supports Rep. Haaland for Secretary of the Interior https://heritagecoalition.org/coalition-supports-rep-haaland-for-secretary-of-the-interior/?fbclid=IwAR0kvswq8zwkol3zvQzzm1ry1zrW_TOyBAQW7nKQrc_V2EWV-2G0QSOMPoQ Protecting Cliff Dwellings from Wildfire https://www.nps.gov/articles/protecting-cliff-dwellings-from-wildfire.htm?utm_source=article&utm_medium=website&utm_campaign=experience_more&utm_content=large TED Talks, a Concrete idea to reduce Carbon Emissions- Video https://www.ted.com/talks/karen_scrivener_a_concrete_idea_to_reduce_carbon_emissions?utm_campaign=social&utm_medium=social&utm_content=2021-2-08&utm_source=facebook.com&fbclid=IwAR3WoVHzSy97wSToK_0M_l-DOsVefnEIZs3Xg83foN00IUx-SuMpSmIGlrY Archives, Libraries and Museums, Cleaning and Disinfection Considerations Guide https://www.oclc.org/realm/resources/cleaning-considerations.html Online Holocaust Denial Report Card: An Investigation of Online Platforms' Policies and Enforcement https://www.adl.org/holocaust-denial-report-card SAA Foundation Awards Disaster Recovery Grant to York Theatre Company https://www2.archivists.org/news/2021/saa-foundation-awards-disaster-recovery-grant-to-york-theatre-company National Endowment for the Arts, New Grant Spotlight: The pARTners Project https://www.arts.gov/stories/blog/2021/new-grant-spotlight-partners-project?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=blog&utm_campaign=partnersproject_BLOG_TW&s=09 February 2021 AOM: Tayos: The Exploratory Saga Of The Most Fantastic Caves https://grahamhancock.com/chionettia1/ Protect the Facts Campaign https://www.againstholocaustdistortion.org/?fbclid=IwAR3cLB9UrIYc9JAQ79MSeWbYJpknJGjEAtc_sKRA-1N7wS0sRbZOk5YiHTo American Institute for Conservation, On Intentional Destruction of Cultural Heritage Sites Position Statement https://www.culturalheritage.org/docs/default-source/administration/governance/position-paper-on-intentional-destruction-of-cultural-heritage-sites.pdf UNESCO research shows women career scientists still face gender bias https://en.unesco.org/news/unesco-research-shows-women-career-scientists-still-face-gender-bias UNESCO: Protection of Cultural Property Introduction- Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dL4kxuIyo7c -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From steveorange2011 at gmail.com Mon Feb 15 12:45:52 2021 From: steveorange2011 at gmail.com (Steve Detwiler) Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2021 15:45:52 -0500 Subject: [Jawlist] Weekly Science Report 2-12-21 Message-ID: *Weekly Science Report* *February 12, 2021* *?Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.?* Nelson Mandela 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* Ancient Jersey teeth find hints at Neanderthal mixing https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-55882130 Ancient human species made ?last stand? 100,000 years ago on Indonesian island https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/12/ancient-human-species-made-last-stand-100000-years-ago-indonesian-island?utm_campaign=SciMag&utm_source=JHubbard&utm_medium=Facebook Conch shell in French museum found to be 17,000-year-old wind instrument https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/10/conch-shell-in-french-museum-found-to-be-17000-year-old-wind-instrument?fbclid=IwAR3e0-H2gQyvtu8C1Ob3g_Tla0v_ni5H9N86aHc299QKygIReDK0jdKxpk0 'Minibrains' With A Neanderthal Gene Offer Hints About Human Evolution https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/02/12/966470891/minibrains-with-a-neanderthal-gene-offer-hints-about-human-evolution Neanderthals and Homo sapiens used identical Nubian technology https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-02/mpif-nah020921.php On the origin of our species https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-02/mpif-oto020821.php CO2 dip may have helped dinosaurs walk from South America to Greenland https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-02/eiac-cdm021021.php Enormous ancient fish fossil discovered in search of pterodactyl remains https://phys.org/news/2021-02-enormous-ancient-fish-fossil-pterodactyl.html Why Did Ancient Indigenous Groups in Brazil Hunt Sharks? https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/ancient-indigenous-groups-brazil-hunted-sharks-food-and-arm-weapons-180976941/ *History* Wilmington 1898: When white supremacists overthrew a US government https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55648011?fbclid=IwAR1Mh4C_1nMbc-IZnCbiVKnfKfTixWnnVjCUni24TXG-syVmh2wHsjiG4wI Stolen 500-year-old painting found in Naples cupboard https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-55719685 *How history textbooks will deal with the US Capitol attack* https://theconversation.com/how-history-textbooks-will-deal-with-the-us-capitol-attack-153112 'Where is our humanity?': A Minnesota man is on a mission to keep Native burial customs alive during the pandemic https://www.startribune.com/where-is-our-humanity-a-minnesota-man-is-on-a-mission-to-keep-native-burial-customs-alive-during-the/600017108/?refresh=true&utm_content=buffer80ee2&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer&s=09 Azerbaijan refuses to hand over 1,500 artworks after seizing 'cultural capital' in Nagorno-Karabakh https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/azerbaijan-refuses-to-hand-over-1-500-artworks-to-armenia-backed-artsakh-government Relatives of Manson 'family' murder victims outraged by DA's new policy https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/relatives-manson-family-murder-victims-outraged-da-s-new-policy-n1256183 'Misha and the Wolves' is a stranger-than-fiction documentary about a woman's Holocaust story https://amp.usatoday.com/amp/4332128001?__twitter_impression=true&s=09 Home Of Emmett Till Earns Landmark Designation In Chicago https://www.npr.org/2021/01/28/961915600/home-of-emmett-till-earns-landmark-designation-in-chicago?sc=18&f=1001 He Wants to Save Classics From Whiteness. Can the Field Survive? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/02/magazine/classics-greece-rome-whiteness.html?referringSource=articleShare Florida tribes ?deeply appalled? by wetlands deal https://indiancountrytoday.com/news/florida-tribes-deeply-appalled-by-wetlands-deal-np01VSm7e0y9dwQA3prcKQ 'Blackbird' Sung In Mi'kmaq Seeks To Raise Awareness Of Indigenous Language https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2019/05/22/blackbird-mikmaq-indigenous-language Dr. William Good, who battled Nazis in Poland, dies of COVID-19 https://www.latimes.com/obituaries/story/2020-12-26/dr-william-good-who-battled-nazis-in-poland-dies-of-covid-19 Nez Perce Tribe reclaims 148 acres of ancestral land in Eastern Oregon https://www.opb.org/article/2020/12/25/nez-perce-tribe-eastern-oregon-reclaims-ancestral-land/ Invaders nearly wiped out Caribbean?s first people long before Spanish came, DNA reveals https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/2020/12/invaders-nearly-wiped-out-caribbeans-first-people-long-before-spanish-came-dna-reveals/?cmpid=org=ngp::mc=social::src=facebook::cmp=editorial::add=fb20201223history-caribbeanmigrants::rid=&sf241410331=1 Woman, 95, Indicted on 10,000 Counts of Accessory to Murder in Nazi Camp https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/05/world/europe/germany-nazi-secretary-Irmgard.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur&fbclid=IwAR2KEdovKa-DtPoBRtoMGfev-CQsB4ngS2pA_ATYjs99P_nZJYVcpLd9LWk Christopher Plummer, actor of 'The Sound of Music' fame, dies at 91 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/celebrated-actor-christopher-plummer-dead-91-n1256883?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_ma&fbclid=IwAR3-Oy7zu8Gi8Fg9nNYpKXjv_gox6wfWjUCMRruwRqolBwtUccWyNZH7NhQ International Holocaust Remembrance Day is Wednesday. Why one Palm Beach County man is speaking out. https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/local/2021/01/26/holocaust-remembrance-day-wednesday-why-one-county-man-speaking-out/4254556001/?fbclid=IwAR3PA7zvSCldWJr1vR3wbRkTKhiXLO5EbBU3cjkHncCri1uI79i-ZmXrHAk How the ?Arduous March? created North Korea?s antique trade https://www.nknews.org/2017/01/how-the-arduous-march-created-north-koreas-antique-trade/?s=09 Pope Francis appoints first woman to the Synod of Bishops https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-europe-55966178?__twitter_impression=true&s=09 Armenian side expects UN?s support in preserving Artsakh's historical-culture heritage https://armenpress.am/eng/amp/1042843?__twitter_impression=true&s=09 Disease epidemic possibly caused population collapse in Central Africa 1600-1400 years ago https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-02/gu-dep020421.php Why Did Greenland's Norse Colonies Mysteriously Vanish? Walrus Bones Hold the Clues https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/why-did-greenlands-norse-colonies-mysteriously-vanish-walrus-bones-hold-the European beads found in Alaska predate Columbus, controversial study claims https://www.livescience.com/blue-glass-beads-predate-columbus-in-alaska.html King Richard III had the 'Princes in the Tower' murdered, historian finds https://www.livescience.com/richard-iii-nephew-murders.html *Archaeology* Treasure Hunter Pleads Guilty to Digging in Yellowstone https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/05/us/yellowstone-treasure-utah-man-guilty.html The stunning ? and sacred ? lands of Utah's Bears Ears could soon be protected again https://www.discovermagazine.com/environment/the-stunning-and-sacred-lands-of-utahs-bears-ears-could-soon-be-protected?utm_content=buffer46b98&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer&s=09 The Mesoamerican attraction to magnetism https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2019/07/harvard-study-reveals-ancient-mesoamericans-knowledge-about-earths-magnetism/ Archaeologists Have Uncovered an Ancient Church Built on the Site Believed to Have Hosted the Last Supper https://news.artnet.com/art-world/ancient-church-jerusalem-1933579 Cleaning Notre Dame 'With Light': Expert Says Lasers Will Help Restore Cathedral To Former Glory https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2020/12/21/notre-dame-cathedral-lasers?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_source=facebook.com Ancient snack stall uncovered in Pompeii, revealing bright frescoes and traces of 2,000-year-old street food https://edition.cnn.com/2020/12/26/europe/pompeii-shop-archaeology-intl/index.html?utm_source=fbCNN&utm_term=link&utm_content=2020-12-26T17%3A00%3A28&utm_medium=social In Mexico, amateur find of ancient 'goddess' stirs calls for more research https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mexico-archaeology-idUSKBN29Y0HN Stonehenge: Did the stone circle originally stand in Wales? https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-56029203 Beleagured Babylon: The battle to save a wonder of the ancient world https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/ancient-babylon-iraq-archaeology-b1799289.html Erosion Reveals Possible Neolithic Village Site in Scotland https://www.archaeology.org/news/9469-210212-orkney-neolithic-erosion Ancient Amazonian farmers fortified valuable land they had spent years making fertile to protect it https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-02/uoe-aaf020921.php Bones of St. James the Younger, one of the 12 apostles, belong to someone else https://www.livescience.com/st-james-relic-someone-else.html *Egyptology* Museum of Bible Returns 5,000 Artifacts With ?Insufficient? Provenance to Egypt https://hyperallergic.com/617929/museum-of-bible-returns-5000-artifacts-with-insufficient-provenance-to-egypt/ Who was Hatshepsut? https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/people/reference/hatshepsut/?cmpid=org=ngp::mc=social::src=facebook::cmp=editorial::add=fb20201228history-resurfhatshepsut::rid=&sf241389092=1 *General Science* Nothing to report *Physics, Earth and Space Sciences* Evidence for a massive paleo-tsunami at ancient Tel Dor, Israel https://phys.org/news/2020-12-evidence-massive-paleo-tsunami-ancient-tel.html Female physicist invents new fusion rocket that could take the first humans to Mars 10 TIMES faster than space-proven thrusters https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9202081/Female-physicist-invents-new-fusion-rocket-humans-Mars.html?ito=social-facebook Discovery of stars sheds new light on dark matter and galactic cannibalism https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/feb/01/discovery-of-outer-stars-of-dwarf-galaxy-sheds-new-light-on-dark-matter?fbclid=IwAR2CviG-Yevds8BEW2zZhiMj923pAnnbMDUU124TjLX-bWQo0FAkvvwgbbo NASA NG-15 Cygnus Cargo Ship Named After Mathematician Katherine Johnson?Launch Date, and MORE! https://www.techtimes.com/articles/256591/20210201/nasa-ng-15-cygnus-cargo-ship-named-mathematecian-katherine-johnson%E2%80%94launch.htm Astronomers Discover Mysterious Radio Signal From Proxima Centauri https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/astronomers-discover-mysterious-radio-signal-proxima-centauri-180976602/ First photo of a black hole supports Einstein's theory of relativity https://edition.cnn.com/2020/10/02/world/einstein-black-hole-shadow-scn-trnd/index.html?utm_content=2020-12-25T08%3A01%3A05&utm_term=link&utm_source=fbCNN&utm_medium=social Mars set for visits from UAE, China and U.S. spacecraft https://www.nbcnews.com/science/space/mars-set-visits-uae-china-u-s-spacecraft-n1257126 First humans in Tasmania must have seen spectacular auroras https://phys.org/news/2021-02-humans-tasmania-spectacular-auroras.html The comet that killed the dinosaurs https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-02/hu-tct021221.php Melting dusty ice may have carved Martian gullies https://phys.org/news/2021-02-dusty-ice-martian-gullies.html *Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources* Denmark to build 'first energy island' in North Sea https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-55931873?xtor=AL-72-%5Bpartner%5D-%5Bbbc.news.twitter%5D-%5Bheadline%5D-%5Bnews%5D-%5Bbizdev%5D-%5Bisapi%5D&at_custom3=%40BBCNews&at_custom2=twitter&at_custom4=35D56518-6769-11EB-92D5-1BC24744363C&at_custom1=%5Bpost+type%5D&at_medium=custom7&at_campaign=64 World's biggest battery with 1,200MW capacity set to be built in NSW Hunter Valley https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/feb/05/worlds-biggest-battery-with-1200mw-capacity-set-to-be-built-in-nsw-hunter-valley-australia?CMP=twt_a-environment_b-gdneco General Motors Aims To Be Carbon Neutral By 2040 https://www.npr.org/2021/01/28/961777665/general-motors-aims-to-be-carbon-neutral-by-2040?sc=18&f=1001 THESE CONSERVATION STORIES PROVE 2020 WAS NOT ALL BAD NEWS https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/these-conservation-storeis-prove-2020-was-not-all-bad-news-180976512/ Converting to Geothermal Energy May Help Save the Planet https://www.discovermagazine.com/environment/converting-to-geothermal-energy-may-help-save-the-planet Corn belt farmland has lost a third of its carbon-rich soil https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-02/uoma-cbf021221.php The keys to a major boost for hybrid wheat breeding https://phys.org/news/2021-02-keys-major-boost-hybrid-wheat.html *Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences* Infectious disease detectives: Researchers track and analyze smallpox epidemics over three centuries https://brighterworld.mcmaster.ca/articles/infectious-disease-detectives-researchers-track-and-analyze-smallpox-epidemics-over-three-centuries/ SpaceX flight gives St. Jude hospital a cosmic funding boost https://apnews.com/article/spacex-88ce8fb3a186304ed7eeb0e3c4d3a0c5 Scientists Accidentally Discover Strange Creatures Under a Half Mile of Ice https://www.wired.com/story/scientists-discover-strange-creatures-under-a-half-mile-of-ice/ Manatee spotted in Florida river with ?Trump? etched into its back https://www.wapt.com/article/trump-manatee-florida/35183373# Mass die-off of birds in south-western US 'caused by starvation' https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/dec/26/mass-die-off-of-birds-in-south-western-us-caused-by-starvation-aoe?CMP=fb_gu&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1608983730 Tuning the circadian clock, boosting rhythms may be key to future treatments and medicines https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-02/uoc--ttc021121.php New skin patch brings us closer to wearable, all-in-one health monitor https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-02/uoc--nsp021221.php A machine-learning approach to finding treatment options for Covid-19 https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-02/miot-ama021221.php New surgery may enable better control of prosthetic limbs https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-02/miot-nsm021221.php Whales? Long, Loud Calls Reveal Structure beneath Ocean Floor https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/whales-long-loud-calls-reveal-structure-beneath-ocean-floor/ *Other* Citizen science is booming during the pandemic https://www.vox.com/platform/amp/future-perfect/22177247/citizen-science-amateur-backyard-birding-astronomy-covid-pandemic?s=09 Leaked Government Photo Shows ?Motionless, Cube-Shaped? UFO https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/research/a34908126/leaked-ufo-photo-motionless-cube-shaped-object/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social-media&utm_campaign=socialflowFBPOP&fbclid=IwAR3mjeRzy0H1spuzH3QzhfbboRmtI-OAbMue5-IMqWXjqQx9UwKvmpU-rzU Gender gap: Women represent two-thirds of doctorates, only one-third of academic jobs https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-02/mu-ggw021121.php 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 Holocaust Encyclopedia, Martin Niem?ller? https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/martin-niemoeller-first-they-came-for-the-socialists?parent=en%2F10764&gclid=Cj0KCQiAx9mABhD0ARIsAEfpavTw4VuqkevHsE0ASCHrDMZBTR6_9FcUAwwzUbV-lBNmlXEbRBYB5TgaAobQEALw_wcB ?? Holocaust Encyclopedia, GENOCIDE OF EUROPEAN ROMA (GYPSIES), 1939?1945 https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/genocide-of-european-roma-gypsies-1939-1945?utm_medium=socialmedia&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=otd&utm_content=deportationofromatoauschwitzbegins20210129 NACCHO Book Review: Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present https://jphmpdirect.com/2021/01/07/naccho-book-review-medical-apartheid-the-dark-history/amp/?s=09 NASA Mars Perseverance Website https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/ Thriving on Our Changing Planet: A Decadal Strategy for Earth Observation from Space Report https://www.nap.edu/catalog/24938/thriving-on-our-changing-planet-a-decadal-strategy-for-earth?utm_source=hootsuite&utm_medium=twitter&utm_term=&utm_content=eb0b84fc-085c-476d-b3a7-7ae13610f2c7&utm_campaign=General Future of U.S. Science Policy, Legacy of Science: The Endless Frontier Discussed in New Publication https://www.nationalacademies.org/news/2020/12/future-of-us-science-policy-legacy-of-science-the-endless-frontier-discussed-in-new-publication?utm_source=Paid-Campaign&utm_medium=Facebook&utm_campaign=Frontiers&fbclid=IwAR1vO7RUNHpHOmxhcAnG7vDQVv-_iSVlBTLdpK3nQHtOTlMjxQt7Gedff8I Tribally-driven Bison Restoration Comes to the Glacier/Waterton World Heritage Site Webinar, Feb 25 https://usicomos.org/webinars/?s=09 Working through the Past: German Efforts to Face Their Nazi History Webinar, Feb 23 https://www.ushmm.org/online-calendar/event/vemeyerhoffdig0221?fbclid=IwAR0tliqRliKCRwFXsHc0btBtsV-CM-0gwFKoM4wdUx4SnzRKmvFM0q3QfnU Coalition Supports Rep. Haaland for Secretary of the Interior https://heritagecoalition.org/coalition-supports-rep-haaland-for-secretary-of-the-interior/?fbclid=IwAR0kvswq8zwkol3zvQzzm1ry1zrW_TOyBAQW7nKQrc_V2EWV-2G0QSOMPoQ Protecting Cliff Dwellings from Wildfire https://www.nps.gov/articles/protecting-cliff-dwellings-from-wildfire.htm?utm_source=article&utm_medium=website&utm_campaign=experience_more&utm_content=large TED Talks, a Concrete idea to reduce Carbon Emissions- Video https://www.ted.com/talks/karen_scrivener_a_concrete_idea_to_reduce_carbon_emissions?utm_campaign=social&utm_medium=social&utm_content=2021-2-08&utm_source=facebook.com&fbclid=IwAR3WoVHzSy97wSToK_0M_l-DOsVefnEIZs3Xg83foN00IUx-SuMpSmIGlrY Archives, Libraries and Museums, Cleaning and Disinfection Considerations Guide https://www.oclc.org/realm/resources/cleaning-considerations.html Online Holocaust Denial Report Card: An Investigation of Online Platforms' Policies and Enforcement https://www.adl.org/holocaust-denial-report-card SAA Foundation Awards Disaster Recovery Grant to York Theatre Company https://www2.archivists.org/news/2021/saa-foundation-awards-disaster-recovery-grant-to-york-theatre-company National Endowment for the Arts, New Grant Spotlight: The pARTners Project https://www.arts.gov/stories/blog/2021/new-grant-spotlight-partners-project?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=blog&utm_campaign=partnersproject_BLOG_TW&s=09 February 2021 AOM: Tayos: The Exploratory Saga Of The Most Fantastic Caves https://grahamhancock.com/chionettia1/ Protect the Facts Campaign https://www.againstholocaustdistortion.org/?fbclid=IwAR3cLB9UrIYc9JAQ79MSeWbYJpknJGjEAtc_sKRA-1N7wS0sRbZOk5YiHTo American Institute for Conservation, On Intentional Destruction of Cultural Heritage Sites Position Statement https://www.culturalheritage.org/docs/default-source/administration/governance/position-paper-on-intentional-destruction-of-cultural-heritage-sites.pdf UNESCO research shows women career scientists still face gender bias https://en.unesco.org/news/unesco-research-shows-women-career-scientists-still-face-gender-bias UNESCO: Protection of Cultural Property Introduction- Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dL4kxuIyo7c -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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