[Jawlist] Weekly Science Report 1-14-22

Mon Jan 17 09:26:00 PST 2022

*Weekly Science Report*

*January 14, 2022*

*“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*

Earth's first-known giant was as big as a sperm whale

https://phys.org/news/2021-12-earth-first-known-giant-big-sperm.html

Ancient mass migration transformed Britons' DNA

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-59741723?xtor=AL-72-%5Bpartner%5D-%5Bbbc.news.twitter%5D-%5Bheadline%5D-%5Bnews%5D-%5Bbizdev%5D-%5Bisapi%5D&at_custom1=%5Bpost+type%5D&at_custom4=057308A0-6414-11EC-87F0-F9EDBDCD475E&at_campaign=64&at_custom2=facebook_page&at_custom3=BBC+News&at_medium=custom7&fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=a8bafe80c7f51d13&start_with_session_counter=2&application_server_address=isolation1-us-east-1.wss.prod.fire.glass

World-renowned Kenyan conservationist Richard Leakey dies at 77

https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/02/world/richard-leakey-death/index.html?utm_medium=social&utm_term=link&utm_content=2022-01-03T01%3A29%3A06&utm_source=fbCNN

Who Were the Ancestors of the Neanderthals?

https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/who-were-the-ancestors-of-the-neanderthals?utm_source=dscfb&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=dscfb

Debunking the Myth of Homo Sapiens Superiority

https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/debunking-the-myth-of-homo-sapiens-superiority?utm_source=dscfb&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=dscfb&fbclid=IwAR3kxeFzvIgEk8W9Yn7Qk5bBHpDB80vxxlVlD_h5wl1F07GS8-yppBJBqIs

Solving the disappearance of bears and lions with ancient DNA

https://phys.org/news/2022-01-lions-ancient-dna.html?fbclid=IwAR3PdFcn2LL3kAhowvxfoaWPWQelNWlRXO2Ke1QUeygajnGXHkuLlIE77rU

Other Mammals, Not Dinosaurs, Kept Our Ancestors Down

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/other-mammals-not-dinosaurs-kept-our-ancestors-down-180978040/

Ichthyosaur: Huge fossilised ‘sea dragon’ found in Rutland reservoir

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-59915689?at_custom2=facebook_page&at_custom1=%5Bpost+type%5D&at_medium=custom7&at_campaign=64&at_custom3=BBC+News&at_custom4=9A984C40-71DB-11EC-A7BF-40660EDC252D&fbclid=IwAR1AsufG44m5famsm5puQq5hZzO0DqEk4hkJgXOqgyZp0ik1Qg9ja9yUXhQ&fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=a73ba0f498ef3818&start_with_session_counter=2&application_server_address=isolation1-us-east-1.wss.prod.fire.glass

New study pinpoints twin triggers of Triassic era extinction event

https://phys.org/news/2022-01-twin-triggers-triassic-era-extinction.html?fbclid=IwAR33x6DIISQ06OSPsxs93m2C98g2r9daV4mFAllaIDK4waHxvPPiAVxZFD8

Archeological digs in CT shed light on humans who lived over 10,000 years
ago

https://www.ctinsider.com/living/article/Archeological-digs-ct-Paleoindians-16757928.php

Ancient Mesopotamian discovery transforms knowledge of early farming

https://phys.org/news/2022-01-ancient-mesopotamian-discovery-knowledge-early.html

Neolithic cattle site could change understanding of what beef meant to
people of Ireland

https://phys.org/news/2022-01-neolithic-cattle-site-beef-meant.html

Ancient humans may have started hunting 2 million years ago
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2303888-ancient-humans-may-have-started-hunting-2-million-years-ago/#Echobox=1641947969

Earliest human remains in eastern Africa dated to more than 230,000 years
ago

https://phys.org/news/2022-01-earliest-human-eastern-africa-dated.html

Rare African script offers clues to the evolution of writing

https://phys.org/news/2022-01-rare-african-script-clues-evolution.html?fbclid=IwAR3t5_IqKL8BlUPQMiijwPCoSisRV3QuHpxbjTFWDtFaIsMOprs8z7evCA8

Our earliest, ‘half-alive’ ancestor needed little boost from heat

https://www.science.org/content/article/our-earliest-half-alive-ancestor-needed-little-boost-heat?utm_campaign=SciMag&utm_source=Social&utm_medium=Facebook&fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=a7d0519718443d59&start_with_session_counter=2&application_server_address=isolation1-us-east-1.wss.prod.fire.glass

Clovis hunters’ reputation as mammoth killers takes a hit

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/clovis-hunter-stone-points-mammoth-kill-north-america?fbclid=IwAR1YvDg3Cdd74AghNZIl85wsjYNxRPL7xRYWc0xIsBCNslLplNqLWjBkTuY

10 fascinating findings about our human ancestors from 2021

https://www.livescience.com/10-discoveries-human-evolution-2021?fbclid=IwAR3h0YSLpCgCdRcgCZ63Y06tPebx_kDHb4KR_x0pnRCmTCKdXboSdd2La8Q&utm_campaign=socialflow&fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=ab9699c604064f13&start_with_session_counter=2&application_server_address=isolation1-us-east-1.wss.prod.fire.glass

Africa’s Earliest Human Burial Comes to Light

https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/africas-earliest-human-burial-comes-to-light?utm_source=dscfb&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=dscfb

Researchers combine paleontology and fluid physics to uncover Ediacaran
nurseries

https://phys.org/news/2022-01-combine-paleontology-fluid-physics-uncover.html

New archaeological findings in Tibet shed light on prehistoric human
activities

https://news.cgtn.com/news/2022-01-13/New-findings-in-Tibet-shed-light-on-prehistoric-human-activities-16N0p6oN1za/index.html

New study sheds light on origins of life on Earth

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/939921

*History*

It Doesn’t Belong in a Museum

https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/12/05/nepal-art-theft-sacred-yakshi/?fbclid=IwAR2Fka7NV3HE8HvECOdYcnbLt9_a2IDPivqvDm20ZhI0ZTls2SpPLB-wJ3s

Alexandria plans pilgrimage to Montgomery, Ala., to honor its lynching
victims

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2022/01/02/alexandria-montgomery-lynching-victims/?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR1y8xHdRmJeJsE8DvEPUCfVBvT1zxtcf8kFUSxBEacpOUszeu3FMHnsAhU

The Once-Classified Tale of Juanita Moody

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/juanita-moody-woman-helped-avert-nuclear-war-180976993/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia&fbclid=IwAR3EMJJx5iQsvve5afEAatP1hd28V0LTBcCBKG0ykLgSyTsRCYVIinZpq84

Why the Smithsonian is changing its approach to collecting, starting with
the removal of looted Benin treasures

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/smithsonian-collecting-policy-overhaul/2022/01/05/36998dd8-6819-11ec-b0a7-13dd3af4f70f_story.html

Is That a Burning Bush? Is This Mt. Sinai? Solstice Bolsters a Claim

https://dnyuz.com/2021/12/31/is-that-a-burning-bush-is-this-mt-sinai-solstice-bolsters-a-claim/

Investigating who betrayed Anne Frank and her family to the Nazis

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/anne-frank-betrayal-investigation-60-minutes-2022-01-16/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab6a&linkId=148373214&fbclid=IwAR2qKcXclutUm_NVLFFlU3Q25cRVpDRK4FvRtg1tJYg_ZUemI8sRi_hh7gI

How American Indian Storytelling Differs From the Western Narrative
Structure

https://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/?detailStory=american-indian-storytelling

South Africans line up to pay their last respects to Desmond Tutu

https://www.npr.org/2021/12/31/1069489082/desmond-tutu-funeral?sc=18&f=1001

Betty White, beloved and trailblazing actress, dies at 99

https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/31/entertainment/betty-white-obituary/index.html?utm_medium=social&utm_term=link&utm_source=fbCNNi&utm_content=2021-12-31T19%3A53%3A40Sent

In the footsteps of the women who escaped a Nazi death march

https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-59566983

12 fascinating facts about Galileo Galilei

https://astronomy.com/news/2021/11/12-fascinating-facts-about-galileo-galilei?utm_source=asyfb&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=asyfb&fbclid=IwAR3kxeFzvIgEk8W9Yn7Qk5bBHpDB80vxxlVlD_h5wl1F07GS8-yppBJBqIs

Ancient Native Americans were among the world's first coppersmiths

https://www.science.org/content/article/ancient-native-americans-were-among-world-s-first-coppersmiths?utm_campaign=SciMag&utm_source=Social&utm_medium=Facebook&fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=af75af3548548da9&start_with_session_counter=2&application_server_address=isolation1-us-east-1.wss.prod.fire.glass

Emmy Noether faced sexism and Nazism – 100 years later her contributions to
ring theory still influence modern math

https://theconversation.com/emmy-noether-faced-sexism-and-nazism-100-years-later-her-contributions-to-ring-theory-still-influence-modern-math-163245?fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=ab850cb2b0ec026b&start_with_session_counter=3&application_server_address=isolation1-us-east-1.wss.prod.fire.glass

Forgotten 20th-Century Photography Studio Found in New York Attic

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/man-finds-century-old-photos-attic-including-portrait-susan-b-anthony-180976922/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia&fbclid=IwAR2_ILqsyQPtIMHQ2_ZAsonIbY-wbpv6K8spTMnn7vJAn2XZJR1TnzTXUxg

Antarctic ice cores help pinpoint timing of human arrival in New Zealand

https://antarcticsun.usap.gov/science/4700

Governor to pardon Plessy, of ‘separate but equal’ ruling

https://apnews.com/article/us-supreme-court-business-arrests-new-orleans-race-and-ethnicity-6e9456e6c4517afe9e041fc9d0359179?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_medium=AP&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR3LLQ4TcgVGd4Rg8n82MNwWtiP1nrSokO6Wa0Ozim4QD_sQ0sNfuqX274Y&fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=a2516aeb23acfc25&start_with_session_counter=2&application_server_address=isolation1-us-east-1.wss.prod.fire.glass

Scientists Settled a Century-Old Family Drama Using DNA From Postcards

https://www.wired.com/story/dna-artifact-testing/?bxid=5bd6790424c17c1048020acb&cndid=41291302&esrc=twitter-newsletter-c&mbid=mbid%3DCRMWIR012019%0A%0A&source=EDT_WIR_NEWSLETTER_0_DAILY_ZZ&utm_brand=wired&utm_campaign=aud-dev&utm_content=WIR_Daily_010322&utm_mailing=WIR_Daily_010322&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nl&utm_term=list1_p4

Meet the Black Men Who Changed Lincoln’s Mind About Equal Rights

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/men-changed-changing-lincolns-mind-180979230/

Preet Chandi is the first woman of color to complete a solo expedition in
Antarctica

https://www.npr.org/2022/01/04/1070204859/preet-chandi-first-woman-of-color-solo-antarctica-expedition?sc=18&f=1001

Western Wall prayer site's future is in doubt under Israel's fragile
government

https://www.npr.org/2022/01/04/1070110830/western-wall-prayer-sites-future-is-in-doubt-under-israels-fragile-government?sc=18&f=1001

The Lewis and Clark expedition from an Indigenous perspective

https://indiancountrytoday.com/news/the-lewis-and-clark-expedition-from-an-indigenous-perspective

Sidney Poitier, first Black man to win Oscar for best actor, dies at 94

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/sidney-poitier-dies/2022/01/07/01ba4ea0-c189-11ea-9fdd-b7ac6b051dc8_story.html?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR0Mw4T5Oy0-DrLVXyWTaXsliO2F0HTFZe1OF0sQJj7T10wxnF5tnW1G0pw

Trinity College Dublin begins €90m project to relocate vulnerable books

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/07/trinity-college-dublin-begins-90m-project-to-relocate-vulnerable-books

What It Means to Curate for My Native American Community

https://hyperallergic.com/702775/what-it-means-to-curate-for-my-native-american-community/

DNA Evidence Identifies Headless Corpse in Cave as 1916 Axe Murderer

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/dna-evidence-reveals-headless-corpse-cave-1916-axe-murderer-180973911/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia

The Rubin Museum of Art Will Return Two Centuries-Old Artifacts to Nepal
After an Activist Group Raised the Alarm on Twitter

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/rubin-museum-art-will-repatriate-two-centuries-old-artifacts-nepal-2058753?utm_content=buffer57918&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=news&fbclid=IwAR0_ul40kFtr84LjB0WoOPYuGgqxLJN1TkDDvs0ZcZyYKwBigXJYPzjZTJQ&fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=a0389e4ff5c3f90a&start_with_session_counter=2&application_server_address=isolation1-us-east-1.wss.prod.fire.glass

Clyde Bellecourt, co-founder of the American Indian Movement, dies of
cancer at 85

https://www.npr.org/2022/01/12/1072435745/clyde-bellecourt-american-indian-movement-dies-obituary?sc=18&f=1001

Tracing the origins of plants in West African cuisine

https://phys.org/news/2022-01-west-african-cuisine.html

*Archaeology*

The Incas Believed They Controlled the Water. New Evidence Uncovered by
Archaeologists Shows How They Wielded It in Ceremonies

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/archaeologists-uncover-ceremonial-water-structures-machu-picchu-2053699?utm_content=buffer72133&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=news&fbclid=IwAR1ybSUIzc3NXXz_y2hTf-BINb1ebT6iKVQVUGp5t9z-nM5w6On3mhjx1uk

Neolithic Monument Linked to King Arthur Is Older Than Stonehenge

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/an-ancient-monument-associated-with-King-Arthur-is-Older-than-Stonehenge-180978541/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia&fbclid=IwAR0tV8sNb5KaG9jt6VAxtyGE2OvqMYeCvbYo5ML2AE_cQrJxVYaeD0gUW0k

Iniskim Umaapi: Is this Canada's 'Stonehenge'?
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20220109-iniskim-umaapi-is-this-canadas-stonehenge

Conservative Backlash Erupts Over Notre Dame’s Restoration

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-12-16/notre-dame-restoration-draws-fire-from-conservative-critics?utm_content=citylab&utm_campaign=socialflow-organic&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=ac7834cf980484ea&start_with_session_counter=3&application_server_address=isolation1-us-east-1.wss.prod.fire.glass

Possible relics of lost WWII US bomber, crew found in Italy

https://apnews.com/article/science-business-sicily-north-america-world-war-ii-2ae398b7978e4e819500ec2f344e7ba2?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_medium=AP&utm_source=Facebook&fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=aa24b614037e8c1c&start_with_session_counter=2&application_server_address=isolation1-us-east-1.wss.prod.fire.glass

New head of Unesco world heritage centre wants to put Africa on the map

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/dec/20/new-head-of-unesco-world-heritage-centre-wants-to-put-africa-on-the-map?CMP=twt_a-culture_b-gdnculture&s=09

Tiny Snails Help Solve a Giant Mystery

https://www.sapiens.org/archaeology/cerne-abbas-giant/

Skeleton of young man killed by ancient tsunami found on Turkish coast

https://phys.org/news/2021-12-skeleton-young-ancient-tsunami-turkish.html

Inscription Leads Archaeologists to Tomb of One of the Last Han Emperors

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/mausoleum-identified-resting-place-second-century-chinese-emperor-liu-zhi-180976668/

Experts find books, a coin and an envelope in Robert E. Lee statue's base

https://www.npr.org/2021/12/22/1067064001/experts-find-books-a-coin-and-an-envelope-in-robert-e-lee-statues-base?sc=18&f=1001

Researchers say the wreckage of last known slave ship to the U.S. is mostly
intact

https://www.npr.org/2021/12/22/1067078342/wreckage-of-last-slave-ship-clotilda-alabama?sc=18&f=1001

Archaeologists Identify Possible Location of Lost Temple of Hercules

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/researchers-find-possible-location-of-temple-of-hercules-180979307/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia&fbclid=IwAR19weYqOMMHKky-p9EOEq95pdD-CMYFfhJXYqqmt1Tfr_2stypje2iV0dc

Scientists hope to unearth secrets of Sicily's child mummies

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/child-mummies-capuchin-catacombs-palermo-researched-rcna10991?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_nw&fbclid=IwAR0vDjZY8PZb4rL2mV-rSZhMWeU5_qNDxdD4r8uhKCaxOAjJXGs8gsRcjwc&fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=a248dee25e0e5e21&start_with_session_counter=2&application_server_address=isolation1-us-east-1.wss.prod.fire.glass

Deep in the Swamps, Archaeologists Are Finding How Fugitive Slaves Kept
Their Freedom

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/deep-swamps-archaeologists-fugitive-slaves-kept-freedom-180960122/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia&fbclid=IwAR258Zjg7Awg-EaOo5uXXUdFYKyboIsq8zyKrNwYwzKYYiCIZP4F8uHjtEA

Research reveals ancient Maya lessons on surviving drought

https://phys.org/news/2022-01-reveals-ancient-maya-lessons-surviving.html?fbclid=IwAR2SH9xqKMMY6nu7l2C-CgPNDtF8TJR67I1i5nGJYKWjhovqzt5QZS5z5Kc

Iraqi museum restores treasures destroyed by jihadists

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20211220-iraqi-museum-restores-treasures-destroyed-by-jihadists?fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=aaed68bba35c2f3a&start_with_session_counter=3&application_server_address=isolation1-us-east-1.wss.prod.fire.glass

At the Iraqi Site of Assur, Ancient History Stands at Risk of Destruction

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/iraqi-site-assur-ancient-history-stands-risk-disappearing-180979241/

The Secret Excavation of Jerusalem

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-secret-excavation-of-jerusalem-180978888/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia

Total collapse: Mesa Verde faces big task to save prized cliff dwelling

https://www.durangotelegraph.com/news/top-stories/total-collapse/

How the Smithsonian Protects Cultural Heritage Around the World

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/smithsonian-protect-cultural-heritage-around-world-180979234/

Vandals permanently damage ancient rock art at Big Bend National Park

https://www.kxan.com/news/texas/vandals-permanently-damage-ancient-rock-art-at-big-bend-national-park/

Treasure hunters sue for records on FBI’s Civil War gold dig

https://apnews.com/article/technology-oddities-pennsylvania-lawsuits-2ed5379dc0391c970d6d39f6e994fd70?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_medium=AP&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR0cpPEGp8CqBdvR4b5TxEvpkSUxL3--a7b26DYaTZ8nLznzDxrmHLamYbs&fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=abbd14f2346cb02a&start_with_session_counter=2&application_server_address=isolation1-us-east-1.wss.prod.fire.glass

3,200-Year-Old Mural of Knife-Wielding Spider God Found in Peru

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/mural-knife-wielding-spider-god-found-peru-180977360/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmediaI

Beer Flowed Freely at Gatherings in the Jordan Valley 7,000 Years Ago

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/beer-flowed-freely-at-gatherings-in-jordan-valley-7000-years-ago-180979323/

Jamestown Island up against wall as rising waters imperil artifacts

https://www.bayjournal.com/news/climate_change/jamestown-island-up-against-wall-as-rising-waters-imperil-artifacts/article_bda9bf44-577c-11ec-803e-8bc62b1ae347.html?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Climate+news%3A&utm_campaign=TDC+Daily

4,000-Year-Old Game Board Discovered in Oman

https://www.archaeology.org/news/10284-220114-oman-game-board

2,000-year-old Celtic hoard of gold 'rainbow cups' discovered in Germany

https://www.livescience.com/celtic-gold-hoard-discovered-germany

*Egyptology*

Perfectly wrapped Egyptian mummy's layers 'peeled off' for first time with
scanning technology

https://news.sky.com/story/perfectly-wrapped-egyptian-mummys-layers-peeled-off-for-first-time-with-scanning-technology-12504585?s=09

*General Science*

Science fiction revisited: Ramjet propulsion

https://phys.org/news/2021-12-science-fiction-revisited-ramjet-propulsion.html

*Physics, Earth and Space Sciences*

Matter and antimatter seem to respond equally to gravity

https://phys.org/news/2022-01-antimatter-equally-gravity.html?fbclid=IwAR3AhB6ygjUMOmOlIpkIVuxuUm3b5ahbvwPeetasClC4TeT4iWamxqBe0CM

What would really happen if we mined a $27 quintillion asteroid?

https://www.slashgear.com/what-would-really-happen-if-we-mined-a-27-quintillion-asteroid-21703635/?fbclid=IwAR3JITiv0S6eUI97XMeXHcD6QlVppMcT3evAXpwdNiiho8CU0XSCJPHcUls&fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=a619be701aa5dcf2&start_with_session_counter=2&application_server_address=isolation1-us-east-1.wss.prod.fire.glass

The Great Filter: a possible solution to the Fermi Paradox

https://astronomy.com/news/2020/11/the-great-filter-a-possible-solution-to-the-fermi-paradox?utm_source=asyfb&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=asyfb&fbclid=IwAR3qUW3I9cHm68TGIBoRA7H0BiAl7dW_yap7oZfoeYf82R6u-yqb8nuKnr4

Liquid-metal experiment provides insight into the heating mechanism of the
sun's corona

https://phys.org/news/2022-01-liquid-metal-insight-mechanism-sun-corona.html?fbclid=IwAR3yrNPiYVLbQoDdo3iDJPpBvAFG5_aKDqQaS4DMGWqfPIF8zqh7HTZdGyw

Ancient Mars tsunami hints at surprisingly wet world

https://astronomy.com/news/2019/07/ancient-mars-tsunami-hints-at-surprisingly-wet-world?utm_source=asyfb&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=asyfb&fbclid=IwAR3KwR5QuE5y8eRYfw47KxTxmPcyiCPlBrI1UJ5zPmes32tuN1jZFC5FXF4

NASA’s asteroid-smashing spacecraft sends back first photo from 2 million
miles away

https://nypost.com/2021/12/30/nasas-asteroid-smashing-spacecraft-sends-back-first-photo-from-2-million-miles-away/?fbclid=IwAR2gGQzbd8lwMLiv2rDmMgBSSqGWJEolm9q1JDK8GchUjVaOQlO3Lx3r5-8&fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=aef69cc6ea69d1ec&start_with_session_counter=2&application_server_address=isolation1-us-east-1.wss.prod.fire.glass

How Prepared Is Earth for a Potential Asteroid Collision?

https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/how-prepared-is-earth-for-a-potential-asteroid-collision?utm_source=dscfb&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=dscfb

Coherent interstellar magnetic field detected

https://phys.org/news/2022-01-coherent-interstellar-magnetic-field.html?fbclid=IwAR3GIkqL9Q8hYZw-iJxZ1k-CyRq9r427tnHCTIbLWaDk3gPJnIowKuKVZ_U

This asteroid sample could reveal our solar system's origin story

https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/20/world/ryugu-asteroid-sample-study-scn/index.html?utm_source=fbCNN&utm_medium=social&utm_content=2021-12-21T05%3A01%3A06&utm_term=link

China says it plans to finish space station by end of year, make more than
40 launches

https://thehill.com/policy/international/588538-china-says-it-plans-to-finish-space-station-by-end-of-year-make-more?s=09

Should Pluto be a planet again? The debate rages on

https://www.nbcnews.com/science/space/pluto-planet-debate-rages-rcna8848

Who gets to use NASA's James Webb Space Telescope? Astronomers work to
fight bias

https://www.npr.org/2022/01/11/1071752559/who-gets-to-use-nasas-james-webb-space-telescope-astronomers-work-to-fight-bias?sc=18&f=1001

Saturn’s small moon Mimas may be hiding an impossible ocean
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2304065-saturns-small-moon-mimas-may-be-hiding-an-impossible-ocean/?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR20iP-TH3WzfVwAmQJLkxJJtMg48yCM-LNhf3zIdK1tPaGWhtVhoYvE95M&fireglass_rsn=true#Echobox=1641912377&fireglass_params&tabid=a79de980b007c189&start_with_session_counter=2&application_server_address=isolation1-us-east-1.wss.prod.fire.glass

Astronomers just mapped the ‘bubble’ that traps our planet

https://www.popsci.com/space/bubble-earth-young-star-formation/

Oxygen-rich exoplanets may be geologically active

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/exoplanets-oxygen-rocks-melt-geological-active?fbclid=IwAR2oQk9BmzjlKxQ_bnMZ_P_UF-dPhnn8OQoCnt5kZ0b0NhJuj_kL9mBqm_A

Earth’s interior is cooling faster than expected

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/940180

Almost 800 subglacial lakes cataloged for first time in new global inventory

https://phys.org/news/2022-01-subglacial-lakes-global.html

The quantum field theory on which the everyday world supervenes

https://phys.org/news/2022-01-quantum-field-theory-everyday-world.html

Arase satellite uncovers coupling between plasma waves and charged
particles in Geospace

https://phys.org/news/2022-01-arase-satellite-uncovers-coupling-plasma.html

*Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources*

This innovative wind turbine can withstand hurricane-force winds
https://mashable.com/video/reinvent-wind-turbine?fbclid=IwAR1dFG06cKxOe408hTGrvfQpcLdWoGW818B_7yKNsDRH6F1eLnH_Q3FBxHk

CHINA SWITCHES ON ‘ARTIFICIAL SUN’ THAT IS FIVE TIMES HOTTER THAN THE REAL
THING

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/china-artificial-sun-nuclear-fusion-renewable-b1985795.html

Melting Glaciers May Create 3,800 Miles of New Salmon Habitat by 2100

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/melting-glaciers-may-create-3800-miles-of-new-salmon-habitat-by-2100-180979290/

This ingenious wall could harness enough wind power to cover your electric
bill
<https://www.fastcompany.com/90687369/this-ingenious-wall-could-harness-enough-wind-power-to-cover-your-electric-bill>

https://www.fastcompany.com/90687369/this-ingenious-wall-could-harness-enough-wind-power-to-cover-your-electric-bill?partner=rss&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=rss%20fastcompany&utm_content=rss&s=09

UMD researchers unlock the potential of trees for managing environmental
impacts in cities

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/935421?s=09

What is aquamation? The green alternative to cremation chosen by Desmond
Tutu

https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/02/africa/desmond-tutu-aquamation-intl/index.html?utm_term=link&utm_medium=social&utm_content=2022-01-02T17%3A00%3A43&utm_source=fbCNN&fbclid=IwAR1H4vDoC7EJ1ApXjNsLyQmbHYMmPDqkYEwq6wgKlR8fqnHsxLNGSrZ_6A4&fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=a30e6d8837a15e35&start_with_session_counter=2&application_server_address=isolation1-us-east-1.wss.prod.fire.glass

Florida’s largest electric utility conspired against solar power, documents
show

https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2021/12/20/floridas-largest-electric-utility-conspired-against-solar-power-documents-show/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=comms&utm_content=leg&fbclid=IwAR3gFPghSehhGGeS0ieLqJ9a0U661JeJrRCf9ON2JUVnAqhE5R8UZZCepko

How a centuries-old tradition in the Maldives could safeguard tuna for the
future

http://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/maldives-pole-line-fishing-tuna-spc-intl/index.html?utm_source=fbCNNi&utm_content=2022-01-10T14%3A01%3A06&utm_medium=social&utm_term=link&fbclid=IwAR2rG0-5PN8gkTgyoMUv_d_XiJNgVSFU2dgf9Pw0POU73PYwpyLD4XoSCfs&fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=a04f55dc0d7bf753&start_with_session_counter=2&application_server_address=isolation1-us-east-1.wss.prod.fire.glass

Which Car Will Better Survive Total Infrastructure Collapse: Gas or
Electric?

https://www.vice.com/en/article/epxp7p/which-car-will-better-survive-total-infrastructure-collapse-gas-or-electric?utm_source=vice_facebook&utm_medium=social&fbclid=IwAR0jIJ7KqThCj_qcagdN8aeDCHyubRpY4VmuElJaqxkfAaUW8f_J1aaCRww&fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=ab19115c663c6fc3&start_with_session_counter=2&application_server_address=isolation1-us-east-1.wss.prod.fire.glass

Common household cleaner can boost effort to harvest fusion energy on Earth

https://phys.org/news/2022-01-common-household-cleaner-boost-effort.html

NASA welcomes chief scientist, senior climate adviser in new dual role

https://thehill.com/policy/equilibrium-sustainability/589190-nasa-welcomes-chief-scientist-senior-climate-advisor-in-new?s=09&rl=1

Looming mass extinction could be biggest 'since the dinosaurs,' says WWF

https://www.dw.com/en/looming-mass-extinction-could-be-biggest-since-the-dinosaurs-says-wwf/fireglass_params&tabid=ace60b28967a8e9e&start_with_session_counter=3&application_server_address=isolation1-us-east-1.wss.prod.fire.glass

A sweet breakthrough: Scientists develop recyclable plastics based on sugars

https://phys.org/news/2022-01-sweet-breakthrough-scientists-recyclable-plastics.html

Superabsorption unlocks key to next-generation quantum batteries

https://phys.org/news/2022-01-superabsorption-key-next-generation-quantum-batteries.html

New method uses waste to clean arsenic from lake contaminated by gold mine

https://phys.org/news/2022-01-method-arsenic-lake-contaminated-gold.html

*Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences*   Giant bite photographed on
huge 15-foot great white shark
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/giant-bite-photographed-on-huge-15-foot-great-white-shark/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab6a&linkId=146456395&fbclid=IwAR2V4vWDcuuiPPRc2WIQVSEjR08t1cgvpjA0vMmZg1DP58kXoPcgh8Q6grE

Endangered Hawaiian monk seal is found shot in the head on Molokai

https://www.npr.org/2021/12/21/1066616984/endangered-hawaiian-monk-seal-is-found-shot-in-the-head-on-molokai?sc=18&f=1001

E.O. Wilson, famed entomologist and pioneer in the field of sociobiology,
dies at 92

https://www.npr.org/2021/12/27/1068238333/e-o-wilson-dead-sociobiology-entomology-ant-man?sc=18&f=1001

First sickle cell patient treated with CRISPR gene-editing still thriving

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/12/31/1067400512/first-sickle-cell-patient-treated-with-crispr-gene-editing-still-thriving?sc=18&f=1001

The miracle molecule that could treat brain injuries and boost your fading
memory

https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/08/25/1031783/isrib-molecule-treat-brain-injuries-memory?utm_source=Twitter&utm_campaign=site_visitor.unpaid.engagement&utm_medium=tr_social&s=09

Genetic Therapies for Brain Diseases

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/genetic-therapies-for-brain-diseases/?fbclid=IwAR0HteDvdrfqHHjz3MwgCCr-mU5xiX7-zacCw8zL0dzaxK9U0GE28N4qwFE

Unimaginable diversity of life discovered beneath Antarctic ice shelf

https://www.livescience.com/antarctic-ice-shelf-lifeforms-found?fbclid=IwAR0ziFRNQoUtrKmKkyeL30in0q3NgRt2REm4Qgv1pe1avn_J2W6uFfiJsbA&utm_campaign=socialflow&fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=aef5f2c2f9d0ea3e&start_with_session_counter=2&application_server_address=isolation1-us-east-1.wss.prod.fire.glass

Is artificial intelligence about to transform the mammogram?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/12/21/mammogram-artificial-intelligence-cancer-prediction/?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook

FDA approves first injectable HIV prevention drug

https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-health-and-wellness/fda-approves-first-injectable-hiv-prevention-drug-rcna9426

Microbes produce oxygen in the dark

https://phys.org/news/2022-01-microbes-oxygen-dark.html

A New Whale Species Is Fighting for Survival

https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/a-new-whale-species-is-fighting-for-survival?utm_source=dscfb&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=dscfb&fbclid=IwAR1RPQKh9hF6BepBZtKNdPxXWanGpX-TDmi0RXR6NYRs3MdfiNtD3jxXH_s

Study: More evidence links a virus to multiple sclerosis

https://apnews.com/article/multiple-sclerosis-epstein-barr-study-b325dceb5612e4ec7f22c8f25901e5eb?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=AP&utm_campaign=SocialFlow&fbclid=IwAR0R5l0PRZGBkYBveAA71UXDnFWvWTexkAwOG-Bg4BhweUOQa1nU0bUtbI4&fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=af43008a5a5d9c19&start_with_session_counter=2&application_server_address=isolation1-us-east-1.wss.prod.fire.glass

Being in space destroys more red blood cells

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/939794

Nanotherapy offers new hope for the treatment of Type 1 diabetes

https://phys.org/news/2022-01-nanotherapy-treatment-diabetes.html

Important new findings about how to test cancer-fighting drugs

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-01-important-cancer-fighting-drugs.html

Bone growth inspired 'microrobots' that can create their own bone

https://phys.org/news/2022-01-bone-growth-microrobots.html

Researchers unlock breakthrough approach to repair peripheral nerve damage

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-01-breakthrough-approach-peripheral-nerve.html

*Other*

How to Escape the Confines of Time and Space According to the CIA

https://www.vice.com/en/article/7k9qag/how-to-escape-the-confines-of-time-and-space-according-to-the-cia?utm_medium=social&utm_source=vice_facebook&fbclid=IwAR0sYGxj4-bYNTyrrSKN2-rByHreaQbkpR1u4UZt6sRxOjVlPIYFyjmJkao

What is the Fibonacci sequence?

https://www.livescience.com/37470-fibonacci-sequence.html?fbclid=IwAR0jxUyrGh4dOIQ8K6sRmS36g3P69TCqpWjPdGxfGrDB0EJzL1Ux8SNFn_o&utm_campaign=socialflow&fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=a0037cf74c5d29ea&start_with_session_counter=2&application_server_address=isolation1-us-east-1.wss.prod.fire.glass

Interview: Chase Masterson On Bringing Star Trek Ideals To School
Curriculum And Why DS9 Still Resonates

https://trekmovie.com/2021/12/30/interview-chase-masterson-on-bringing-star-trek-ideals-to-school-curriculum-and-why-ds9-still-resonates/

Why your local library might be hiring a social worker

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/01/03/1063985757/why-your-local-library-might-be-hiring-a-social-worker

The Veterinarian Brings His Healing Presence to Pets of the Unhoused

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science/a-healing-presence-pets-unhoused-180979240/

Additional Informational

Biden-Harris Administration Extends Space Station Operations Through 2030

https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2021/12/31/biden-harris-administration-extends-space-station-operations-through-2030/?fbclid=IwAR3o2aMXhdt3RlnVtIpuH4R-GxBEgw6BTpd6oXsG5TPV1oDYXYByCYFUKes

TED Talk, This ancient rock is changing our theory on the origin of life

https://www.ted.com/talks/tara_djokic_this_ancient_rock_is_changing_our_theory_on_the_origin_of_life?utm_campaign=social&utm_content=2021-12-30&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&fbclid=IwAR3MAEu6lrI1gW3wQgeV1iMhwF6Rxht4jgBcLAYK-Unzc4oe2bnUGa6iRPQ

These are the top 10 emerging technologies of 2021

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/11/these-are-the-top-10-emerging-technologies-of-2021?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social_scheduler&utm_term=Emerging+Technologies&utm_content=30/12/2021+09:30&fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=a1889c326cf85a2f&start_with_session_counter=3&application_server_address=isolation1-us-east-1.wss.prod.fire.glass

This sea star was almost killed off. Now scientists are breeding it to help
fight climate change

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/05/sea-star-climate-change-ocean?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social_video&utm_term=1_1&utm_content=22533_starfish_fight_climate_change&utm_campaign=social_video_2021&s=09

This Japanese start-up has designed a wind turbine that can work in typhoons

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/11/japan-start-up-wind-turbine-typhoons-energy?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social_video&utm_term=1_1&utm_content=24269_Japanese_typhoon_energy&utm_campaign=social_video_2021&s=09

How AI will solve agriculture's water efficiency problems

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/01/ai-agriculture-water-irrigation-farming?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social_scheduler&utm_term=Artificial%20Intelligence&utm_content=29%2F12%2F2021%2001%3A00&s=09

Hollywood Finally Listened to Scientists

https://asteroidday.org/news-updates/hollywood-finally-listened-to-scientists/

National Academies of Sciences, Is it possible to achieve net-zero
emissions?

https://www.nationalacademies.org/based-on-science/is-it-possible-to-achieve-net-zero-emissions?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_term=thenasem&utm_content=fdb3695b-880d-4c3a-8549-8a75a67cb78e&utm_campaign=hootsuite&s=09

Space Nuclear Propulsion for Human Mars Exploration

https://www.nap.edu/catalog/25977/space-nuclear-propulsion-for-human-mars-exploration?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_term=thenasem&utm_content=b1d75bb7-fdcc-4ee4-a00e-6d81c6dad533&utm_campaign=EDOY2021&fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=aad9e43a595dd32d&start_with_session_counter=3&application_server_address=isolation1-us-east-1.wss.prod.fire.glass

TED Talk, How to Be More Powerful Than You Can Possibly Imagine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8paoN7wvOkY

Ghosts of Atlantis: How the Echoes of Lost Civilizations Influence Our
Modern World

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1591433916?ref_=pvz_spv01_a43d1f260dd4b16dee5831fa7a3b21fa&tag=vzcmapper-us-20&ascsubtag=pgi-P01-V01-05-X92-LO-T1R3AT

Aftershock: The Ancient Cataclysm That Erased Human History

https://www.amazon.com/Aftershock-Ancient-Cataclysm-Erased-History-ebook/dp/B01HIII2BK/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

December 2021 AOM: Beyond Machine Man: Who we really are and why
Transhumanism is just an empty promise!

https://grahamhancock.com/klingenberga1/?fbclid=IwAR3-jR5ogXvrc49hWi5ksq0UMOq92D1DukLUz8xbAxsYl4KcnqZPRg2LT38

Premature rejection in science: The case of the Younger Dryas Impact
Hypothesis

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00368504211064272?fbclid=IwAR3-jR5ogXvrc49hWi5ksq0UMOq92D1DukLUz8xbAxsYl4KcnqZPRg2LT38

January 2022 AOM: Scotland’s Hidden Sacred Past

https://grahamhancock.com/silvaf5/?fbclid=IwAR2YHPn1SGqngOO_dwX0c-F1slj67NYMJtdPwi0WptqVvUD-7Y5LDVXd4I8

January 2022 AOM: Lost Stones Of The Anunnaki

https://grahamhancock.com/dainesm8/?fbclid=IwAR2-vJ5mdwrXil934kzoPmI6i3_8oL7EiG9GW8jOKUlyIlP6_asC8hxP5yQ

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

National Park Service announces entrance fee-free days for 2022

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

TED Talk, The danger of science denial

https://www.ted.com/talks/michael_specter_the_danger_of_science_denial?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_content=2022-1-10&utm_campaign=social&fbclid=IwAR3CZDXlsIZumpx6T0svReFfEoTs51L_W4UIQnEuuwUH8YiuQ9NHgab073I&fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=a6412646c932336c&start_with_session_counter=2&application_server_address=isolation1-us-east-1.wss.prod.fire.glass

The Great Narrative (The Great Reset Book 2)

https://www.amazon.com/Great-Narrative-Reset-Book-ebook/dp/B09PC4FQRZ/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0

Story Corps, One Small Step

https://storycorps.org/discover/onesmallstep/

NASA Selects 8 Early Stage Tech Innovations from US Universities

https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/strg/early-stage-innovations-esi/NASA_Selects_8_Early_Stage_Tech_Innovations_from_US_Universities

Collapse of the mammoth-steppe in central Yukon as revealed by ancient
environmental DNA

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-27439-6?utm_medium=affiliate&utm_source=commission_junction&utm_campaign=3_nsn6445_deeplink_PID100052172&utm_content=deeplink

Blue Shield Africa, Protecting Heritage in Crisis

https://theblueshield.org/blueshield-in-africa-publication-launch/?fbclid=IwAR2IjEZ3N3A6sj5TYEe5c1rN29BAFcuoxIGuevqZ4p7jM4kvhWMORTMJ1eI&fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=a62c8d7daa2822b8&start_with_session_counter=2&application_server_address=isolation1-us-east-1.wss.prod.fire.glass

Humans reached remote North Atlantic islands centuries earlier than thought

https://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?WT.mc_id=USNSF_1&cntn_id=304202

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