[Jawlist] Weekly Science Report 1-29-21

Sun Jan 31 20:53:31 PST 2021

*Weekly Science Report*

*January 29, 2021*

*“Propaganda does not deceive people, it merely helps them to deceive
themselves.”*

Eric Hoffer

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*

Scientists Find a Mysterious 'Ghost Lineage' In the DNA of West Africans

https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/genetic-traces-of-mysterious-human-lineage-detected-in-people-living-in?utm_source=dscfb&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=dscfb

Babies from famed carnivorous dinosaur group were 'born ready' to hunt

https://mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKBN29V2OG?s=09

Giant worms terrorized the ancient seafloor from hidden death traps

https://www.livescience.com/extinct-giant-sea-worm-fossils.html

World's oldest known cave painting found in Indonesia

https://phys.org/news/2021-01-world-oldest-cave-indonesia.html

Dire Wolves Were Not Really Wolves, New Genetic Clues Reveal

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/dire-wolves-were-not-really-wolves-new-genetic-clues-reveal/

Ancient proteins help track early milk drinking in Africa

https://phys.org/news/2021-01-ancient-proteins-track-early-africa.html

Pace of prehistoric human innovation could be revealed by ‘linguistic
thermometer’

https://www.manchester.ac.uk/discover/news/pace-of-prehistoric-human-innovation-could-be-revealed-by-linguistic-thermometer/

*Spitting cobras may have evolved unique venom to defend from
ancient humans*

https://theconversation.com/spitting-cobras-may-have-evolved-unique-venom-to-defend-from-ancient-humans-153570

First people to enter the Americas likely did so with their dogs

https://phys.org/news/2021-01-people-americas-dogs.html

Early humans used chopping tools to break animal bones and consume the bone
marrow

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-01/tu-ehu012021.php

*History*

‘A hack job,’ ‘outright lies’: Trump commission’s ‘1776 Report’ outrages
historians

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2021/01/19/1776-report-historians-trump/?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR37BDYqDXY-sefXT--0JZUG9xCp69QuHPEgJNYKU-0iE2p5hA0zab8TR7o

Documentary Exposes How The FBI Tried To Destroy MLK With Wiretaps,
Blackmail

https://www.npr.org/2021/01/18/956741992/documentary-exposes-how-the-fbi-tried-to-destroy-mlk-with-wiretaps-blackmail?sc=18&f=1001

When Radio Stations Stopped a Public Figure From Spreading Dangerous Lies

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/time-private-us-media-companies-stepped-silence-falsehoods-and-incitements-major-public-figure-1938-180976771/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia

Biden moving forward with placing Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/biden-moving-forward-placing-harriet-tubman-20-bill-n1255566

Why Just ‘Adding Context’ to Controversial Monuments May Not Change Minds

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/why-just-adding-context-controversial-monument-may-not-change-minds-180976583/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia

HOW NATIVE ARTISANS IN ALASKA BRING INNOVATION AND HUMOR TO THEIR CRAFT

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/native-artisans-alaska-innovation-humor-craft-180976519/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia

Why the Second Wave of the 1918 Flu Pandemic Was So Deadly

https://www.history.com/news/spanish-flu-second-wave-resurgence

Minoan Language Linear A Linked to Linear B in Groundbreaking New Research

https://greece.greekreporter.com/2021/01/28/minoan-language-linear-a-linked-to-linear-b-in-groundbreaking-new-research/

How One Writer Uncovered the Lost Histories of 999 Women and Girls Who Were
Sent to Auschwitz

https://time.com/5933653/women-auschwitz-holocaust-the-nine-hundred-book/

For one survivor, Holocaust memories live on only in faded photos

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-holocaust-memorial-israel-survivor/for-one-survivor-holocaust-memories-live-on-only-in-faded-photos-idUSKBN29W15P

History of the Champagne vineyards revealed

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-01/c-hot012721.php

Climate change in antiquity: mass emigration due to water scarcity

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-01/uob-cci012521.php

*Archaeology*

Trapped in Museums for Centuries, Maori Ancestors Are Coming Home

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/new-zealand-toi-moko-repatriation.amp?s=09

A Bitter Archaeological Feud Over an Ancient Vision of the Cosmos

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/19/science/nebra-sky-disk.html?referringSource=articleShare&fbclid=IwAR1NfceTapYnhhJf9NJrf8xi4yG-AOxq6PZrLgBWVUHOg3hPXwr9h7ajrpI

Bears Ears is just the beginning

https://www.hcn.org/issues/53.2/indigenous-affairs-bears-ears-national-monument-tribal-leaders-say-bears-ears-is-just-the-beginning

Aliph finances effort to shore up crumbling Taq Kasra in Iraq, the world’s
biggest brick vault

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/amp/news/aliph-finances-effort-to-shore-up-crumbling-taq-kasra-in-iraq-the-world-s-biggest-brick-vault?s=09

Secret bunker discovered beneath Warsaw Ghetto in Poland

https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/secret-bunker-discovered-beneath-warsaw-ghetto-in-poland-656597

Archaeologists identify ancient North American mounds using new image
analysis technique

https://eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-07/bu-aia072018.php
  A vanished empire: Major new discovery exposes long-lost medieval kingdom
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/china-archaeology-medieval-emperor-nanzhao-b1794173.html
  Stunning eagle sculpture uncovered at sacred Aztec temple in Mexico
https://www.livescience.com/aztec-eagle-sculpture-uncovered.html
Archaeologist
argues the Chumash Indians were using highly worked shell beads as currency
2,000 years ago
https://phys.org/news/2021-01-archaeologist-chumash-indians-highly-shell.html

Puppy prints and wall illusions found in 1,500-year-old house in Turkey
https://www.livescience.com/ancient-house-turkey-puppy-prints.html   A
glimpse into the wardrobe of King David and King Solomon, 3000 years ago
https://phys.org/news/2021-01-glimpse-wardrobe-king-david-solomon.html

Oldest city in the Americas under threat from squatters

https://phys.org/news/2021-01-oldest-city-americas-threat-squatters.html

Ancient urban water system found in central China

http://www.china.org.cn/china/2021-01/26/content_77157307.htm

1,500-year-old 'Christ, born of Mary' inscription discovered in Israel

https://www.livescience.com/christ-born-of-mary-church-artifact.html

Burial practices point to an interconnected early Medieval Europe

https://phys.org/news/2021-01-burial-interconnected-early-medieval-europe.html

*Egyptology*

Not all mummies and statues: meet the Egyptian archaeologist studying
ancient food

https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/mena/not-all-mummies-and-statues-meet-the-egyptian-archaeologist-studying-ancient-food-1.1145203?fbclid=IwAR2WgirQlrV3gkPXK3ZD7kL5TZQLyyTa_eSr8jS0jGuu2lBZE78wwsVFjM4

Archaeologists Unearth Egyptian Queen’s Tomb, 13-Foot ‘Book of the Dead’
Scroll

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-unearth-50-more-sarcophagi-saqqara-necropolis-180976794/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia

Uproar after scholar bans excavation of Egyptian mummies
https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2021/01/egypt-scholar-islam-ban-digging-mummies-pharaos-archeology.html

*General Science*

Nothing to report

*Physics, Earth and Space Sciences*

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

1st private space crew paying $55M each to fly to station

https://phys.org/news/2021-01-1st-private-space-crew-55m.html

Need a lift? SpaceX launches record spacecraft in cosmic rideshare program

https://mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKBN29T0OI?s=09

High schoolers discover four exoplanets through Harvard and Smithsonian
mentorship program

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-01/hcfa-hsd012721.php

Harnessing the power of AI to understand warm dense matter

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-01/hd-htp012821.php

Ancient rivers reveal multiple Sahara Desert greenings

https://phys.org/news/2021-01-ancient-rivers-reveal-multiple-sahara.html

Mineral often found on Mars discovered deep in Antarctic ice

https://phys.org/news/2021-01-mineral-mars-deep-antarctic-ice.html

Did a Supermassive Black Hole Influence the Evolution of Life on Earth?

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/did-a-supermassive-black-hole-influence-the-evolution-of-life-on-earth/

*Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources*

Food export restrictions by a few countries could skyrocket global food
crop prices

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-01/au-fer012821.php

Machine-learning to predict the performance of organic solar cells

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-01/uriv-mtp012821.php

Using AUVs to control the outbreak of crown-of-thorns starfish in
Australia's Great Barrier Reef

https://techxplore.com/news/2021-01-auvs-outbreak-crown-of-thorns-starfish-australia.html

Arctic warming and diminishing sea ice are influencing the atmosphere

https://phys.org/news/2021-01-arctic-diminishing-sea-ice-atmosphere.html

Xiaomi device will charge devices from across a room

https://techxplore.com/news/2021-01-xiaomi-device-devices-room.html

*Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences*

Researchers Take Another Look at Platypus DNA, and Yup, Still Weird

https://gizmodo.com/researchers-take-another-look-at-platypus-dna-and-yup-1846012364

The Chinese paddlefish, one of world's largest fish, has gone extinct

https://api.nationalgeographic.com/distribution/public/amp/animals/2020/01/chinese-paddlefish-one-of-largest-fish-extinct?__twitter_impression=true&s=09

There’s a new whale species in the Gulf. Unfortunately, it’s already
teetering on extinction

https://www.nola.com/news/environment/article_bd41077a-5f60-11eb-9384-27af02276e9f.amp.html?s=09

Oklahoma lawmaker proposes a bill that calls for creation of a Bigfoot
hunting season

https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/25/us/oklahoma-lawmaker-bigfoot-hunting-season-bill-trnd/index.html

Genetic screening before prescribing could benefit millions

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-01/uoea-gsb012821.php

Nanoparticle drug delivery technique shows promise for treating pancreatic
cancer

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-01/varc-ndd012821.php

*Other*

Regulating the Art Market Is Good Foreign Policy

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-states/2021-01-14/regulating-art-market-good-foreign-policy?s=09

Mira Furlan, ‘Babylon 5’ and ‘Lost’ Actress, Dies at 65

https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/mira-furlan-dead-babylon-5-lost-1234890117/

Aliens could be sucking energy from black holes. That may be how we'll find
them.

https://www.livescience.com/aliens-suck-black-hole-energy.html

Could game theory help discover intelligent alien life?

https://phys.org/news/2021-01-game-theory-intelligent-alien-life.html

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

Union of Concerned Scientists, President Biden and Vice President Harris
Really Will Listen to the Scientists!

https://blog.ucsusa.org/andrew-rosenberg/president-biden-and-vice-president-harris-really-will-listen-to-the-scientists?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fb&fbclid=IwAR39Ubydz0MKcRi5G3eHqaKc7XVqvgEnl2pWmpnytpyd1pDjjkPTnD0PrlI

READ: Transcript of Amanda Gorman's inaugural poem

https://thehill.com/homenews/news/535052-read-transcript-of-amanda-gormans-inaugural-poem?amp=&__twitter_impression=true&s=09

An American Journey: Minidoka National Historic Site

https://www.npca.org/articles/2286-an-american-journey?s=09

How legacies of the Holocaust should inform health care

https://www.ama-assn.org/delivering-care/ethics/how-legacies-holocaust-should-inform-health-care?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social_ama&utm_term=4408337762&utm_campaign=Ethics&utm_effort=FBB007&s=09

BINAH: A New ADL Online Course on Antisemitism and Hate

https://www.adl.org/education/antisemitism

#ProtectTheFacts: HONOURING THE PAST. SAFEGUARDING THE FUTURE Campaign

https://www.againstholocaustdistortion.org/

Anti-Defamation League, International Holocaust Remembrance Day

https://view.adlmail.org/?qs=111f5ce54d7a736bab81d173c4be726aad3eaf3c1f0b5e0a71ea03706a273b174cf9256c9e88d686813621262327c00e8652a66a1506227b8d9c00a875751e4e9f40e2c9cb4e3bc555ac1dcccb97f3d5

The Mysterious Fascination Of Asteroids: How Naomi Murdoch Became A
Planetary Scientist

https://asteroidday.org/people-partners/the-mysterious-fascination-of-asteroids-how-naomi-murdoch-became-a-planetary-scientist/

The FastKD Project: How To Deflect an Asteroid – And Do It Fast!

https://asteroidday.org/news-updates/the-fastkd-project-how-to-deflect-an-asteroid-and-do-it-fast/

THE YIDDISHISTS: THE LEGEND OF THE GOLEM

https://yivo.org/Jewish-Renaissance9?s=09
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