[Jawlist] Weekly Science Report 12-31-21

Sat Jan 1 10:03:38 PST 2022

*Weekly Science Report*

*December 31, 2021*

*“The American, by nature, is optimistic. He is experimental, an inventor
and a builder who builds best when called upon to build greatly.”*

President John F. Kennedy

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*

Out of Africa: The path of Homo sapiens

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/938884

200,000-year-old 'mammoth graveyard' found in UK

https://www.livescience.com/ice-age-mammoth-graveyard-uk

Earliest adorned female infant burial in Europe significant in
understanding evolution of personhood

https://phys.org/news/2021-12-earliest-adorned-female-infant-burial.html?fbclid=IwAR3XM-g_IBFJ5S0be2pY9V0O1uIcp3MWSb3Eca4QVz6Eudn4TX22N5WU2ow

Warm-bodied ties between mammals and birds more ancient than previously
recognized

https://phys.org/news/2021-12-warm-bodied-ties-mammals-birds-ancient.html

Fossil find reveals giant prehistoric 'thunder birds' were riddled with
bone disease

https://phys.org/news/2021-12-fossil-reveals-giant-prehistoric-thunder.html

Paleontologists Find Possible Dinosaur DNA

https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/paleontologists-find-possible-dinosaur-dna-69346?utm_content=191235451&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&hss_channel=fbp-212009668822281&fbclid=IwAR0WgQTRbs4umHFWzMa0X6TjbuoMgY2nMvtqeSLjmWynoh-wAHU2SamYtMI&fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=aebd2dc64e96301b&start_with_session_counter=2&application_server_address=isolation1-us-east-1.wss.prod.fire.glass

Neandertals were the first hominids to turn forest into grassland 125,000
years ago

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/neandertals-first-hominid-modify-environment-forest-grassland?fbclid=IwAR2QpLs3iaxp4Xu8ku6fNAMMguur086751L_9nSl8ZkDDrAEBVLJpssI4jY

Earliest female human infant burial found in cave in Europe

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/earliest-female-human-infant-burial-found-europe-rcna8677

Who Invented the Alphabet?

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/inventing-alphabet-180976520/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia&fbclid=IwAR14JrAqW-V3SVHWBtGAWaDoxL5NSYRDSUr0Xc7HVO1vpGURiLKyJFELN9U

The Discovery of an Ancient Canine Tooth Reveals Dogs Were Domesticated in
the Americas at Least 13,100 Years Ago

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/americas-first-domesticated-dogs-2049165

Meet the Scientist Studying How Humans Started Eating Meat

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-museum-of-natural-history/2021/12/09/meet-the-scientist-studying-how-humans-started-eating-meat/

Fossil discovery of 5 mammoths along with Neanderthal tools reveals life in
ice age

https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/29/world/mammoth-fossils-neanderthal-tools-scn/index.html?utm_content=2021-12-30T00%3A00%3A16&utm_source=fbCNNi&utm_term=link&utm_medium=social&fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=af4857f30751daa8&start_with_session_counter=2&application_server_address=isolation1-us-east-1.wss.prod.fire.glass

Early humans gained energy budget by increasing rate of energy acquisition,
not energy-saving adaptation

https://phys.org/news/2021-12-early-humans-gained-energy-acquisition.html?fbclid=IwAR08yuTEsNKUfu6NjLeyF7yOoqjv7aOqhX8m3rsw8W-iVJu9iDaeSMRZT0o

Venoms in snakes and salivary protein in mammals share a common origin

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/938536

*History*

‘The carved trees have a spirit’: Kamilaroi fight to repatriate sacred
800-year-old trunks

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/dec/12/the-carved-trees-have-a-spirit-kamilaroi-fight-to-repatriate-sacred-800-year-old-trunks?fbclid=IwAR3yrkSbvlQA31Or--KgSU6C-a3MUG747nNw5-bMdz-S-PjE7a7idjIJJJ4

Wright brothers vs. Smithsonian: the bitter feud over who invented the
airplane

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2021/12/11/wright-brothers-smithsonian-airplane/?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR0GlMFOYhs5cR_rPdpyjg8w5BNE3vwLqhpsX0oJPUvxpOTOpBzhJ2jw6vY

Thomas Gavin might be America's most prolific artifact thief — but the jig
is up

https://www.npr.org/2021/12/05/1061008298/thomas-gavin-might-be-americas-most-prolific-artifact-thief-but-the-jig-is-up?t=1639483284279

Newly published research examines Mimbres immigration

https://phys.org/news/2021-12-newly-published-mimbres-immigration.html

Sea level fall led to the decline of pre-Columbian societies 2,000 years ago

https://phys.org/news/2021-12-sea-fall-decline-pre-columbian-societies.html

Discovering Dr. Wu

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2021/12/13/chien-shiung-wu-biography-physics-grandmother/?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook

Auschwitz's forbidden love: The disturbing real-life story of Jewish death
camp inmate who saved her family from the gas chamber by falling in love
with SS guard

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3193520/Read-real-life-story-Auschwitz-prisoner-Helena-Citronova-falling-love-SS-guard-Franz-Wunsch-amid-controversy-Kate-Breslin-novel-Time.html

Ethiopia war: World heritage site Lalibela back in rebel hands

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-59628178

This 19th-century short story might help combat racism against refugees
today

https://www.npr.org/2021/12/10/1055752471/refugees-migrants-afghanistan-india-tagore?sc=18&f=1001

Burying Leni Riefenstahl: one woman’s lifelong crusade against Hitler’s
favorite film-maker

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2021/dec/09/burying-leni-riefenstahl-nina-gladitz-lifelong-crusade-hitler-film-maker?CMP=fb_gu&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1639045237

Before Barbie: Why Girls Played With Dolls in the Roman Empire

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/before-barbie-why-girls-played-with-dolls-in-the-roman-empire-1.10459455?fbclid=IwAR1bD1ltvPqyJzseEeTiexoMjerBLMS4HJfps866Zv0pdILu-azRsI3GGGY

Scientists discover ‘surprising’ cause of Europe’s little ice age in late
medieval era

https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/little-ice-age-ocean-currents-b1976776.html?fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=a8f0d5bade1b4316&start_with_session_counter=3&application_server_address=isolation1-us-east-1.wss.prod.fire.glass

British or Irish reached remote Faroe Islands before Vikings

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-59683287

Desmond Tutu, an icon who helped end apartheid in South Africa, dies at 90

https://www.npr.org/2021/12/26/494373491/desmond-tutu-dies

‘Chamberlain was a great man’: why has the PM fooled by Hitler been recast
as a hero in new film Munich?

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/dec/15/hitler-chamberlain-munich-edge-reason-robert-harris-jeremy-irons?CMP=fb_gu&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1639566239

The Flying Tigers: How a group of Americans ended up fighting for China in
WW II

https://www.npr.org/2021/12/19/1062091832/flying-tigers-americans-china-world-war-ii-history-japan?sc=18&f=1001

Second time capsule found under Lee monument in Richmond

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/12/27/time-capsule-copper-richmond-lee/?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR0twhmMNp52eOdatNsV608IN4yuAbV5E2HvvpH6ZhxzCBLHVcIhkNhi-vE

>From museums to TV, far-right gives Dreyfus affair new meaning in France

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/dreyfus-affair-france-far-right-zemmour-macron-antisemitism-rcna8869

Penobscots don’t want ancestors’ scalping to be whitewashed

https://apnews.com/article/penobscots-indigenous-history-scalping-colonial-america-adf590d261599302207b8c377b711169?fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=a2337e26436b5267&start_with_session_counter=2&application_server_address=isolation1-us-east-1.wss.prod.fire.glass

Did the Black Death Rampage Across the World a Century Earlier Than
Previously Thought?

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/did-black-death-rampage-across-world-more-century-previously-thought-180977331/

India blocks foreign funding for Mother Teresa's charity

https://www.npr.org/2021/12/28/1068500102/india-blocks-foreign-funding-for-mother-teresas-charity

The Modern History of Ornithology Starts With This Inquisitive Medieval
Emperor

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/modern-history-ornithology-starts-inquisitive-medieval-emperor-180967623/

A truly 'patriotic education' requires critical analysis of US history

https://thehill.com/opinion/education/587598-a-true-patriotic-education-requires-critical-analysis-of-us-history?fbclid=IwAR0eUg1BEO7STL_RmkhvyJtkjD00ilKhi-69ACc0R3u3smcoIsoxfr1lyFU&fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=aeee8e7f8374f23f&start_with_session_counter=2&application_server_address=isolation1-us-east-1.wss.prod.fire.glass

Religious gatekeeping in red-rock country

https://www.hcn.org/issues/54.1/indigenous-affairs-communities-religious-gatekeeping-in-red-rock-country?fbclid=IwAR1Yb6b-7LN-KPd21ljy_Cl8ApE1zQl8DXoyPnxZAxxARlJaSic4sxykdSk

Travel routes and landing places of Vikings in Scotland to be mapped like
never before

https://www.scotsman.com/heritage-and-retro/heritage/travel-routes-and-landing-places-of-vikings-in-scotland-to-be-mapped-like-never-before-3501820?fbclid=IwAR22vLS7C5XgkePpih2qDvNkQCLgInKel0ST-TB0S-NTsubD6_1Qe_YEl6g

Austrian Holocaust survivor “Mrs. Gertrude” dies at 94

https://apnews.com/article/europe-campaigns-germany-austria-vienna-7ea435e92d8f12beb2a46628fc6976c3?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=AP&utm_campaign=SocialFlow&fbclid=IwAR2gYMln7HgT7ZIdeA5ea503QFfPYR7iZNu4yBD6m6CapSGYYA5-PN5HH28

Transforming the Enchanted Isles; Archaeologists uncover the remote
archipelago’s forgotten human history

https://www.archaeology.org/issues/455-2201/letter-from/10194-galapagos-islands-history

Did Benjamin Franklin really discover electricity with a kite and key?

https://www.livescience.com/benjamin-franklin-kite-key

*Archaeology*

Looted Artifacts Recovered from Car Trunk May Be Spoils of War Seized by
Jewish Rebels Against Rome

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/looted-artifacts-recovered-from-trunk-may-be-roman-spoils-of-war-seized-by-jewish-rebels-180979243/

4,500-year-old rope remains found in Turkey’s Seyitömer mound

https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/4500-year-old-rope-remains-found-in-turkeys-seyitomer-mound/news

Elamite clay tablet unearthed in mysterious Burnt City

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/468385/Elamite-clay-tablet-unearthed-in-mysterious-Burnt-City

Sutton Hoo: Anglo-Saxon burial ground has record visitor figures

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-suffolk-59149937

10th century Mahavir statue discovered in Tamil Nadu's Pudukkottai village

https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2021/dec/29/10th-century-mahavir-statue-discovered-in-tamil-nadus-pudukkottai-village-2401007.html

Archaeologists tell of efforts to conserve ancient culture near developing
dam

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/468314/Archaeologists-tell-of-efforts-to-conserve-ancient-culture-near

Tribal partnerships help Air Force archaeologists understand surprising
discovery

https://www.edwards.af.mil/News/AFMC-News/Article/2880714/tribal-partnerships-help-air-force-archaeologists-understand-surprising-discove/

The Dead’s Right to Remain Buried: New York Tribal Members Advocate for
Bill to Protect Unmarked Graves

https://nativenewsonline.net/sovereignty/the-dead-s-right-to-remain-buried-new-york-tribal-members-advocate-for-bill-to-protect-unmarked-graves

One of the largest-known Norse longhouses discovered near Viking ship burial

https://www.livescience.com/norse-longhouse-discovered-viking-ship-burial

'Thank God you found me': Florida officials unearth a fourth forgotten
Black cemetery

https://www.npr.org/2021/12/20/1065178753/florida-fourth-black-cemetery-discovered

Exploring Vardzia, Georgia's mysterious rock-hewed cave city

https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/vardzia-georgia-cave-city-cmd/index.html?utm_source=twCNN&utm_medium=social&utm_term=link&utm_content=2021-12-14T05%3A36%3A04&fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=aea3406e7c4cc6d4&start_with_session_counter=3&application_server_address=isolation1-us-east-1.wss.prod.fire.glass

Balkan-based looters share tips on Facebook about vulnerable sites,
potential buyers and how to escape the law

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2021/12/15/balkan-based-looters-share-tips-on-facebook?fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=a270b14f976ff05a&start_with_session_counter=3&application_server_address=isolation1-us-east-1.wss.prod.fire.glass

Unraveling the Mysterious Traditions Within Chavín de Huántar

https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/unraveling-the-mysterious-traditions-within-chavin-de-huantar?utm_source=dscfb&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=dscfb

4 of the biggest archeological advancements of 2021 — including one 'game
changer'

https://www.npr.org/2021/12/24/1063057224/archeology-science-discovery-2021-dna-mammoth?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_source=facebook.com&fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=a562d42d59e6bf47&start_with_session_counter=2&application_server_address=isolation1-us-east-1.wss.prod.fire.glass

Huge fort of notorious Roman Emperor Caligula discovered

https://thehill.com/changing-america/enrichment/education/587370-huge-fort-of-notorious-roman-emperor-caligula?fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=a0216491b861f8c7&start_with_session_counter=3&application_server_address=isolation1-us-east-1.wss.prod.fire.glass

Florida study documents condition, existence of endangered coastal
archaeological sites

https://www.wuwf.org/2021-12-29/florida-study-documents-condition-existence-of-endangered-coastal-archaeological-sites

An Extraordinary 500-Year-Old Shipwreck Is Rewriting the History of the Age
of Discovery

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/extraordinary-500-year-old-shipwreck-rewriting-history-age-discovery-180978825/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia&fbclid=IwAR2NZxTVHm-RBUg4LRZqyW87eLE1mf-fCSYGAEIBC4y9pW6Uc0GMIXMEu4Y

1,000-year-old garden unearthed in medieval town of Soba

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/12/1000-year-old-garden-unearthed-in-medieval-town-of-soba/142358?fbclid=IwAR2EyOz3DxEITBYPN7AJ-PNIfCxxy9JXIZbC6_uZ85lVcST-u8UVAfMmIHA

How DNA is preserved in archaeological sediments for thousands of years

https://phys.org/news/2021-12-dna-archaeological-sediments-thousands-years.html?fbclid=IwAR0ahbEKQ0CMCp7dt0UwLZAnRWX6YyfBtpPCM3ZK-NKeKzvbNo8dIHC1kME

The 'Amber Elites' in Ancient Kaliningrad Went to Eternity with Their Horses

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/the-amber-elites-in-ancient-kaliningrad-went-to-eternity-with-their-horses-1.10494946?fbclid=IwAR1Cru-dcA6gQVIQzQ1v99ExqmW60z4mRDx_RfmfXCvd054S5eph-StC-ZA

DNA Preserved in Lice Glue Reveals South American Mummies’ Secrets

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/mummies-secrets-revealed-by-ancient-dna-preserved-in-lice-cement-180979300/?fbclid=IwAR1giTOG0dZ3-tq3d1FpOxw6L7g-yv1WEUtHwY0sIDgkLULFs48wi02ZxNY

*Egyptology*

Cache of 13,000 ostraca unearthed in Upper Egypt's Sohag

https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/446523/Antiquities/Ancient-Egypt/Cache-of-,-ostraca-unearthed-in-Upper-Egypt;s-Soha.aspx

'Garbage dump' discovered in ancient Egyptian tomb dedicated to fertility
goddess

https://www.livescience.com/ancient-egyptian-garbage-dump-discovered-in-temple

Scientists digitally ‘unwrap’ mummy of pharaoh Amenhotep I for the first
time in 3,000 years

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/938573

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/

*General Science*

Nothing to report

*Physics, Earth and Space Sciences*

Meteorite impact 2 billion years ago may have ended an ice age
https://astronomy.com/news/2020/01/meteorite-impact-two-billion-years-ago-may-have-ended-an-ice-age?utm_source=asyfb&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=asyfb&fbclid=IwAR2GWqkjk48Dgirzm-fw081LXfPTEGPV_NPx_fl8j0dPWgHMPpVSAERMZQc

The Rocket Engine That Proves Solar Thermal Propulsion Isn't Just a Crazy
Theory

https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/rockets/a34757028/rocket-engine-solar-thermal-propulsion-interstellar-travel/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social-media&utm_campaign=socialflowFBPOP&fbclid=IwAR1TOy-bZC0LEx0wAEEKiPXpUmwuoHEEYoNWHuYMwPp3LFzmfbO53Arwst0

If Planet Nine exists, why has no one seen it?
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210216-the-massive-planet-scientists-cant-find?at_custom3=BBC+News&at_medium=custom7&at_custom1=%5Bpost+type%5D&at_custom4=631CAF86-689E-11EC-995C-D7053A982C1E&at_campaign=64&at_custom2=facebook_page

Einstein's theory passes rigorous 16-year tests (Update)

https://phys.org/news/2021-12-einstein-theory-rigorous-year.html?fbclid=IwAR3jRDFd5MvlU67BF9W-PjK_jb6FD8JVxoxknsHcllRdNhMrWNyZctdC8YY

The Very Real Effort to Track Killer Asteroids and Comets

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/the-very-real-effort-to-track-killer-asteroids-and-comets-180979206/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia&fbclid=IwAR0yRuk-87D9f9_P6Ex8ehKzrqMgcPHpbMP_2QiuvuW8DwMllteAhlnY9us

NASA craft ‘touches’ sun for 1st time, dives into atmosphere

https://apnews.com/article/science-business-sun-cdb6e773cbe6fea2c7225bea213701c2

"Newer, nimbler, faster:" Venus probe will search for signs of life in
clouds of sulfuric acid

https://phys.org/news/2021-12-nimbler-faster-venus-probe-life.html

NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter reaches a total of 30 minutes aloft

https://phys.org/news/2021-12-nasa-ingenuity-mars-helicopter-total.html?fbclid=IwAR33JRrvCKFL2wggE9O04wu6KfynYav3C0F_b41MIzhaaxtG_SWXVUNXidk

Spacecraft discovers 'hidden water' in Mars Grand Canyon

https://www.cnet.com/news/spacecraft-discovers-hidden-water-in-mars-grand-canyon/?ftag=COS-05-10aaa0a&ServiceType=facebook_page&UniqueID=F3435C46-5DEE-11EC-AA02-1B0116F31EAE&PostType=link&TheTime=2021-12-15T21%3A35%3A40&fbclid=IwAR1uPCxUWiA4W78f2vcDynGGkq9XiipMyw37gtYRyoiEcaTtgkC6Lb-RyRs&fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=ad4ea678b8aa634a&start_with_session_counter=2&application_server_address=isolation1-us-east-1.wss.prod.fire.glass

New type of earthquake discovered

https://phys.org/news/2021-12-earthquake.html

Hubble finds evidence of persistent water vapor in one hemisphere of Europa

https://phys.org/news/2021-10-hubble-evidence-persistent-vapor-hemisphere.html?fbclid=IwAR1n27q2VfOh3dNmNrrZfD2lYwG9YEmWDLdR3RXnvY4YXyGRzhfaRk_g4Nk&fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=a1219b3faeabddb6&application_server_address=isolation1-us-east-1.wss.prod.fire.glass&popup=true&is_right_side_popup=false&start_with_session_counter=2&fireglass_params

The First 'Space Hotel' Plans to Open in 2027

https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/the-first-space-hotel-plans-to-open-in-2027?utm_source=dscfb&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=dscfb&fbclid=IwAR1ApN-pjrhk8SzTOHgmMHtD0VU2d2LVHoZhYzP8j6y6oir-sXFoK0nGnw8

NASA is tracking two explorers across Antarctica to prepare humans for Mars

https://www.livescience.com/explorers-trek-antarctica-test-human-mars-survival?utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_content=livescience&fbclid=IwAR2Lr0_X-dMufN-tY8bFKC1AbPMl37K9m_0VfY--Vv48a7wluNSrx8VWeaA&fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=a9ba42e4b4cda979&start_with_session_counter=2&application_server_address=isolation1-us-east-1.wss.prod.fire.glass

NASA releases new photos of Jupiter — and a recording of its moon that
sounds like R2-D2

https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2021/12/19/juno-mission-ganymede/?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook

NASA just launched the most powerful space telescope ever

https://www.npr.org/2021/12/25/1065805684/james-webb-space-telescope-livestream-launch?sc=18&f=1001

'29 days on the edge:' What's next for NASA's newly launched James Webb
Space Telescope

https://www.livescience.com/nasa-james-webb-space-telescope-next-steps?fbclid=IwAR2JTchmLTWwgyHvTE1F6GvzYA3EHtueUS8lvZ5uwCor91dHBxHZGd3fCuU&utm_campaign=socialflow&fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=ad891e50d7aff66e&start_with_session_counter=2&application_server_address=isolation1-us-east-1.wss.prod.fire.glass

China's Tianhe space station module dodged SpaceX Starlink satellites twice
this year

https://www.space.com/china-tianhe-space-station-maneuvers-spacex-starlink

10 times volcanoes blew our minds in 2021

https://www.livescience.com/best-volcanoes-stories-2021?fbclid=IwAR3y6lPJminHjfOUVwZLxLmk6JHbsPUAi0yyFFVtkzBFYPBLrU_JppTzqHE&utm_campaign=socialflow&fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=a3c5ee725ea99aa9&start_with_session_counter=2&application_server_address=isolation1-us-east-1.wss.prod.fire.glass

The only known pulsar duo sheds new light on general relativity and more

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/pulsar-dead-stars-general-relativity-einstein?fbclid=IwAR28mlbTeGZzbY3TbrVgG71zJov0RrbKviVc4HSk4S3iW_7Xah04IBmNigw

Could Martian dust storms help astronauts keep the lights on?

https://astronomy.com/news/2021/12/could-martian-dust-storms-help-astronauts-keep-the-lights-on?utm_source=asyfb&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=asyfb&fbclid=IwAR2tNsQQOIx0SR50JszMvM-l73dH58wD_In0DTI6FMpIANG7lT3QIBXOEnI

The Milky Way's supermassive black hole erupted with a violent flare just a
few million years ago

https://astronomy.com/news/2019/10/the-milky-ways-supermassive-black-hole-erupted-with-a-violent-flare-a-few-million-years-ago?utm_source=asyfb&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=asyfb&fbclid=IwAR0ahbEKQ0CMCp7dt0UwLZAnRWX6YyfBtpPCM3ZK-NKeKzvbNo8dIHC1kME

The missing continent it took 375 years to find

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210205-the-last-secrets-of-the-worlds-lost-continent?at_custom3=BBC+News&at_medium=custom7&at_custom2=facebook_page&at_campaign=64&at_custom1=%5Bpost+type%5D&at_custom4=859AE0F4-66F1-11EC-B017-A8D6923C408C&fireglass_rsn=true

Possible chemical leftovers from early Earth sit near the core

https://phys.org/news/2021-12-chemical-leftovers-early-earth-core.html?fbclid=IwAR1yllW5IUWYa7L4APE7UXaymlxN-MHtHDCc2BH_XJTeR1BuQPSZ50mQQDw

Giant comet found hidden in dark energy data

https://astronomy.com/news/2021/07/giant-comet-found?utm_source=asyfb&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=asyfb&fbclid=IwAR0ULSPd1vcB1TsPAw0cPBcS1WamDC3oLUBuhNvyoNOJo6Vjlo1ffE3Vj2o

The 10 strangest space structures discovered in 2021

https://www.livescience.com/10-awesome-space-structures-2021?fbclid=IwAR2ImoRASPAGG2wMScoTOYkmEHO75OVZIxEWb6zTaDuqz6Gf65xq8ePzNME&utm_campaign=socialflow&fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=a01452e120c78c43&start_with_session_counter=2&application_server_address=isolation1-us-east-1.wss.prod.fire.glass

Explore Earth's history with help from the cosmos

https://astronomy.com/magazine/news/2020/10/explore-earths-history-with-the-help-from-the-cosmos?utm_source=asyfb&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=asyfb&fbclid=IwAR0eUg1BEO7STL_RmkhvyJtkjD00ilKhi-69ACc0R3u3smcoIsoxfr1lyFU

Are We Ready for the Next Big Solar Storm?

https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/are-we-ready-for-the-next-big-solar-storm?utm_source=dscfb&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=dscfb&fbclid=IwAR0sl2PGlHj_gsxLAey4si89JrQ4MMOD9hz18FfUqNpSO5RxAp-mDGhfXCE

Say hello to a record-setting isotope

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/938913

Australian icebreaker maps deepsea mountain

https://phys.org/news/2021-12-australian-icebreaker-deepsea-mountain.html

*Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources*

China’s Solar Giants Make a Bid to Dominate Hydrogen Power

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-12-12/china-s-solar-giants-make-a-bid-to-dominate-hydrogen-power?utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=socialflow-organic&cmpid=socialflow-facebook-business&utm_medium=social&utm_content=business&fbclid=IwAR2KkFqcEQp3xUEK6Dx_1MSTIbLIgrZjZiCnepg--fEsUwGIGe20uAaHrPo

Most nations are promising to end deforestation, but skeptics want proof

https://www.npr.org/2021/12/14/1061302961/most-nations-are-promising-to-end-deforestation-but-skeptics-want-proof?sc=18&f=1001

Researchers develop advanced catalysts for clean hydrogen production

https://phys.org/news/2021-12-advanced-catalysts-hydrogen-production.html

Controlled indoor cultivation without daylight comes of age

https://phys.org/news/2021-12-indoor-cultivation-daylight-age.html

Toward fusion energy, team models plasma turbulence on the nation's fastest
supercomputer

https://phys.org/news/2021-12-fusion-energy-team-plasma-turbulence.html?fbclid=IwAR3NvHyOf6109Evot7XVvBn78UQ2Wvugn2ZETBJIPm8Uq7NNlEHvKSrzvRg

Scientists watch giant ‘doomsday’ glacier in Antarctica with concern

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/dec/18/scientists-watch-giant-doomsday-glacier-in-antarctica-with-concern?s=09

After thousands of years, an iconic whale confronts a new enemy

https://phys.org/news/2021-12-thousands-years-iconic-whale-enemy.html

Scientists create stable materials for more efficient solar cells

https://techxplore.com/news/2021-12-scientists-stable-materials-efficient-solar.html

Sensor detects toxins in drinking water sources

https://phys.org/news/2021-12-sensor-toxins-sources.html

The White House wants a robust electric vehicle charging network. Here's
the plan

https://www.npr.org/2021/12/18/1065331379/electric-cars-charging-network-white-house-harris?sc=18&f=1001

Scientists build new atlas of ocean's oxygen-starved waters

https://phys.org/news/2021-12-scientists-atlas-ocean-oxygen-starved.html?fbclid=IwAR2KWbJ9EeYFWU62PAy914IdpjX2MOepZ5EF_o7UapVzodGV6gemR1gKUNA

A shellfish company gets into the weeds

https://www.hcn.org/issues/54.1/north-food-a-shellfish-company-gets-into-the-weeds?fbclid=IwAR20x9V_3K1qlXtYovNKQ6oKR8l1JmFLUXX6dN-bP-t-epzbJHu-odliTXo

Iodine in desert dust destroys ozone

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/938836

Alaska faces 'Icemageddon' as temperatures swing wildly

https://phys.org/news/2021-12-alaska-icemageddon-temperatures-wildly.html
*Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences*

This Bioartificial Organ Could One Day Save ‘Millions’ Living With Kidney
Disorders

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-bioartificial-organ-could-one-day-save-millions-suffering-kidney-disorders-180978721/

Gene therapy advance could reverse a common genetic cause of hearing loss

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2021-12-gene-therapy-advance-reverse-common.html?fbclid=IwAR2V8z9jDEMmBNf4EUqBYZgHivQUWO62G-SKl63k7l3DPayO8CGHdOQK0Z8

Rare pink handfish spotted in Australia for first time in decades

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-59778215?xtor=AL-72-%5Bpartner%5D-%5Bbbc.news.twitter%5D-%5Bheadline%5D-%5Bnews%5D-%5Bbizdev%5D-%5Bisapi%5D&at_custom2=facebook_page&at_custom3=BBC+News&at_medium=custom7&at_custom1=%5Bpost+type%5D&at_custom4=22EA5C4E-646E-11EC-A18D-18C196E8478F&at_campaign=64Sent

What makes an mRNA vaccine so effective against severe COVID-19?
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/938890

HIV patients 'cured' by their own unique biology may harbor secrets to end
the global scourge

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2021-12-hiv-patients-unique-biology-harbor.html

High-resolution lab experiments show how cells 'eat'

https://phys.org/news/2021-12-high-resolution-lab-cells.html

New study brings us one step closer to growing human organs for
transplantation

https://phys.org/news/2021-12-closer-human-transplantation.html

Leveraging outer space to advance stem cell science and medicine

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2021-12-leveraging-outer-space-advance-stem.html

*Other*

Stanford Professor Garry Nolan Is Analyzing Anomalous Materials from UFO
Crashes

https://www.vice.com/en/article/n7nzkq/stanford-professor-garry-nolan-analyzing-anomalous-materials-from-ufo-crashes?utm_source=vice_facebook&utm_medium=social

9 things we learned about aliens in 2021

https://www.livescience.com/alien-discoveries-2021?utm_content=livescience&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=socialflow&fbclid=IwAR2E8hQQyXhhBbJ5gT4Io24Yrsk8eS58bIJnOSOsWPGoEIvt4DXMA5m5Xm4&fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=ae6dac18d3cd7a67&start_with_session_counter=2&application_server_address=isolation1-us-east-1.wss.prod.fire.glass

Additional Informational

Digital unwrapping of the mummy of King Amenhotep I (1525-1504 BC) using
Computed Tomography (CT)

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmed.2021.778498/full?fbclid=IwAR3tJEjWGsUALOtigiCRV_3I9UA07bFIkvb2l1M02FMfnjwAGLtzMLyF8Ts

Ancient DNA reveals the world’s oldest family tree

https://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2021/research/dna-tree-neolithic/

When rocks were tools: Research offers insights into the deep past

https://www.binghamton.edu/news/story/3438/when-rocks-were-tools-research-offers-insights-into-the-deep-past

Ostrich eggshell beads reveal 50,000-year-old social network in Africa

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-04227-2

TED Talk, Super speed, Magnetic levitation, and the vision behind the
Hyperloop

https://www.ted.com/talks/josh_giegel_super_speed_magnetic_levitation_and_the_vision_behind_the_hyperloop?utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social&utm_content=2021-12-06-cutdown&fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=a4ce802b6c91099c&start_with_session_counter=3&application_server_address=isolation1-us-east-1.wss.prod.fire.glass

Mengele and the Need for Holocaust Education

https://medium.com/memory-action/mengele-and-the-need-for-holocaust-education-67f09be1f447

Billions in Tree Funds Could Help Cities Prep for Climate Change

https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/blogs/stateline/2021/12/03/billions-in-tree-funds-could-help-cities-prep-for-climate-change?fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=adf0c0d15bcb8812&start_with_session_counter=3&application_server_address=isolation1-us-east-1.wss.prod.fire.glass

‘Museums in Crisis: Helping Our Colleagues and Their Museums in Need’

https://icom.museum/en/news/icom-kyoto-2019-reads-museums-in-crisis-helping-our-colleagues-and-their-museums-in-need/?fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=ad022acd3ac0a54d&start_with_session_counter=3&application_server_address=isolation1-us-east-1.wss.prod.fire.glass

An Inca suspension bridge is restored in Peru

https://en.unesco.org/courier/2019-4/inca-suspension-bridge-restored-peru

American Alliance of Museums Announces New Strategic Framework

https://www.aam-us.org/2021/12/14/american-alliance-of-museums-announces-new-strategic-framework/?fbclid=IwAR2ey7BI-5QDglQdUr2E6bOhgNEngaLmGBd2wpoj_aTAmSJ6_-2FCE5jzaI

Year One Report America the Beautiful

https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/AtB-Year-One-Report_.pdf

International Science Council Newsletter

https://mailchi.mp/council.science/unleashing-science-8613494?e=725b365f54

Billions in Tree Funds Could Help Cities Prep for Climate Change

https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/blogs/stateline/2021/12/03/billions-in-tree-funds-could-help-cities-prep-for-climate-change?fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=aa6f348bd5a8f5d8&start_with_session_counter=3&application_server_address=isolation1-us-east-1.wss.prod.fire.glass

A Boy with a Piercing Gaze: What Was His Fate during the Holocaust?

https://medium.com/memory-action/a-boy-with-a-piercing-gaze-what-was-his-fate-d5c85076bb84

Photos: Whirling dervish ritual honors Rumi, the Sufi mystic poet

https://www.npr.org/2021/12/25/1068016227/whirling-dervishes-rumi?sc=18&f=1001

TED Talk, Could Human Civilization spread across the Whole Galaxy?

https://www.ted.com/talks/roey_tzezana_could_human_civilization_spread_across_the_whole_galaxy#t-2845

TED Talk, Yes scientists are building an Elevator to Space

https://www.ted.com/talks/fabio_pacucci_yes_scientists_are_actually_building_an_elevator_to_space?utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social&utm_term=2021-12-23&utm_content=2021-12-23&fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=af64a8c4206a14a0&start_with_session_counter=3&application_server_address=isolation1-us-east-1.wss.prod.fire.glass

8 inspiring resolutions to help you be a better human — and create a better
world

https://ideas.ted.com/8-inspiring-resolutions-to-help-you-be-a-better-human-new-years/?utm_source=t.co&fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=ae6f9887a177d7fc&start_with_session_counter=3&application_server_address=isolation1-us-east-1.wss.prod.fire.glass

IRENA and World Economic Forum Launch Green Hydrogen Toolbox at COP26

https://www.irena.org/newsroom/pressreleases/2021/Nov/IRENA-and-World-Economic-Forum-Launch-Green-Hydrogen-Toolbox-at-COP26?fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=ae261a52859ffa80&start_with_session_counter=3&application_server_address=isolation1-us-east-1.wss.prod.fire.glass

SolarCity Web-based Simulator Application

https://irena.org/solarcity?fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=a4a4ea45b6da3574&start_with_session_counter=3&application_server_address=isolation1-us-east-1.wss.prod.fire.glass

Heritage of the Euphrates: Recording the oral lore, stories and traditions
of the Valley

https://english.alaraby.co.uk/features/capturing-oral-heritage-euphrates-river-valley?s=09

Kindred: Neanderthal Life, Love, Death and Art

https://www.amazon.com//dp/B07YLYHBVF?ref_=pe_6006310_617798830
<https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07YLYHBVF?ref_=pe_6006310_617798830>

National Park Service announces entrance fee-free days for 2022

https://www.nps.gov/orgs/1207/fee-free-days-2022.htm

MAGNETIC-CONFINEMENT FUSION WITHOUT THE MAGNETS

https://spectrum.ieee.org/zap-energy-fusion-reactor

*NASA Solar System Exploration*

Did you recently unwrap a new device? Put it through its paces on a virtual
voyage to Jupiter with our Juno mission.

·         Explore Jupiter in 3D: solarsystem.nasa.gov/jupiter
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·         Download 3D models: go.nasa.gov/2SD1qW6
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·         Bring Juno into your room with augmented reality (AR):
eyes.nasa.gov/mobile-apps.html
<https://eyes.nasa.gov/mobile-apps.html?fbclid=IwAR3hd5wR2XI59dcB7j4C2ui_ruj1eiIarlMETNrlicD8ILzgDiXKaBZfv80>
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