[Jawlist] Weekly Science Report 3-11-22

[Steve Detwiler]

*Weekly Science Report*

*March 11, 2022*



*“All great things are simple, and many can be expressed in single words:
freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.”*
Sir Winston Churchill



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*



Three critical factors in the end-Permian mass extinction

https://phys.org/news/2022-03-critical-factors-end-permian-mass-extinction.html?fbclid=IwAR2TAHwjVLkMtoX5cSUMLaGWxpXdarE0o4zKdCTuBMnqV7jGADvPJDR7Lqc



Mummification in Europe may be older than previously known

https://phys.org/news/2022-03-mummification-europe-older-previously.html


Collectors in the prehistoric world recycled old stone tools to preserve
memory of ancestors

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-700535



A rare discovery in Connecticut offers a glimpse at the first ancient
people in the Americas

https://www.wshu.org/connecticut-news/2022-03-07/a-rare-discovery-in-connecticut-offers-a-glimpse-at-the-first-ancient-people-in-the-americas



Evidence found of goose domestication in China 7,000 years ago

https://phys.org/news/2022-03-evidence-goose-domestication-china-years.html



Newly identified softshell turtle lived alongside T. rex and Triceratops

https://phys.org/news/2022-03-newly-softshell-turtle-rex-triceratops.html



Miners Left a Pollution Trail in the Great Lakes 6000 Years Ago

https://eos.org/articles/miners-left-pollution-trail-great-lakes-6000-years-ago



Archaeologists discover innovative 40,000-year-old culture in China

https://phys.org/news/2022-03-archaeologists-year-old-culture-china.html?fbclid=IwAR2ScnJL5HzFbRNcOMCKgU5q2X0OXiMl4yYTof-EQ6MYnCiRxCXCrWsAqNI



Origin of the 30,000-year-old Venus of Willendorf discovered

https://phys.org/news/2022-02-year-old-venus-willendorf.html



Earliest evidence of ear surgery 5,300 years ago

https://phys.org/news/2022-02-earliest-evidence-ear-surgery-years.html



What Drove Homo Erectus Out of Africa?

https://www.sapiens.org/archaeology/ubeidiya-homo-erectus/



Millions of years of animal migration hold clues to the mystery of ‘lost
continent’

https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/millions-years-animal-migration-hold-clues-mystery-lost-continent-rcna17336



Controversial rock art may depict extinct giants of the ice age

https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/07/americas/rock-art-colombia-scn/index.html?utm_medium=social&utm_term=link&utm_source=fbCNNi&utm_content=2022-03-07T18%3A28%3A00&fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=acd2781687ebd486&start_with_session_counter=2&application_server_address=isolation1-us-east-1.wss.prod.fire.glass



Researcher: Early killer whales ate fish—not other marine mammals

https://phys.org/news/2022-03-early-killer-whales-ate-fishnot.html

*History*



Exploring ancient tuberculosis transmission chains

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/946022



Archaeology: Restoring ancient texts using artificial intelligence

http://www.natureasia.com/en/research/highlight/14005



Harriet Tubman Is Famous for Being an Abolitionist and Political Activist,
but She Was Also a Naturalist

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/harriet-tubman-is-famous-for-being-an-abolitionist-and-political-activist-but-she-was-also-a-naturalist-180979689/



What Happened at Babi Yar, the Ukrainian Holocaust Site Reportedly Struck
by a Russian Missile?

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/babi-yar-ukraine-massacre-holocaust-180979687/



Grand Canyon National Park launches new associated tribe’s website

https://www.nhonews.com/news/2022/feb/15/grand-canyon-national-park-launches-new-associated/



A Tantalizing Clue Emerges in the Unsolved Gardner Museum Art Heist

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-new-clue-emerges-in-the-gardner-museum-art-heist-saga-180979651/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia&fbclid=IwAR3wNlA-NFJSELChpfFZzz4p95Qxs7Qyvlx8qvwUbecXtagQfSReeL5WqWY



Researchers Decipher the Glyphs on a 1,300-Year-Old Frieze in Mexico

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/researchers-decipher-the-glyphs-on-a-1300-year-old-frieze-in-mexico-180979691/



Emilio Delgado, Luis on ‘Sesame Street’ for 45 years, dies

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/emilio-delgado-luis-on-sesame-street-for-45-years-dies?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=pbsofficial&utm_campaign=newshour&utm_content=1647011415



A Polish hotel recovering from its own tragic past has become a refuge for
Ukrainians

https://www.npr.org/2022/03/10/1085353926/russia-ukraine-invasions-refugees-jewish-poland?sc=18&f=1001



*Archaeology*



Crop finds hint at geopolitical influence on ancient agriculture

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-700486



Thousands of priceless artefacts seized in police operation across 28
countries

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/09/thousands-of-priceless-artefacts-seized-in-police-operation-across-28-countries



Roman boat that sank in Mediterranean 1,700 years ago gives up its treasures

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/mar/08/roman-boat-that-sank-in-mediterranean-1700-years-ago-gives-up-its-treasures?fbclid=IwAR2rwkKWicwtAQzVdvPnar4UPIk4QEb4SJ4eqccjOk33q5GHUVvVcVKHKgU



Rare Pictish stone found close to 'site of ancient battle' that led to
creation of Scotland

https://www.scotsman.com/heritage-and-retro/heritage/pictish-stone-found-near-ancient-battle-site-in-truly-remarkable-discovery-3600094?fbclid=IwAR2LqTFuxu7SWq7Lf5mUJ3jaFK2TrNvyyC6ECiBpjZYixUgRldXMYJuyvFQ



Lost in 1915, Ernest Shackleton’s ship Endurance found off coast of
Antarctica

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/ernest-shackletons-ship-endurance-antarctica-sea-106-years-1915-rcna19264?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_nw



Three Years Ago, I Had Dinner with Vladimir Putin. What He Told Me Makes Me
Fearful for Ukraine’s Cultural Heritage

https://news.artnet.com/opinion/putin-meeting-ukraine-war-2082708?utm_content=buffer3871a&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=news&fbclid=IwAR3Zlh-9bKfDj78_Ai0pOwW-kHKfa4nO4y96vrgxKoAruitr6DKPhEHQe7I&fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=aceb97bf50d567e8&start_with_session_counter=2&application_server_address=isolation1-us-east-1.wss.prod.fire.glass



Devastating Floods in Eastern Australia Have Cost Galleries and Artists
‘Incomprehensible’ Losses of Artwork and Property

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/floods-eastern-australia-galleries-artists-2082704?utm_content=buffer990be&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=news&fbclid=IwAR1ZGOOD3EZ--FxQwt8OS1ixJYl2U7EWzbdVosChjX5Jk4_k7m8_1OJRSU0&fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=a333dfbc40b687eb&start_with_session_counter=2&application_server_address=isolation1-us-east-1.wss.prod.fire.glass

*Egyptology*



Roman Emerald Mines in Egypt Investigated

https://www.archaeology.org/news/10393-220304-egypt-emerald-mines?fbclid=IwAR11UsUgCt2anQe31oh61sHE9rvmQWrf3xtjVO-1VBrx3cNseDBBmDm-vlg











*General Science*



The next generation of robots will be shape-shifters

*https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/946150
<https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/946150>*



Robotic cubes shapeshift in outer space

https://news.mit.edu/2022/robotic-cubes-electrovoxels-shapeshift-outer-space-0223?fbclid=IwAR1Yzhy4U3Q7uJVMlYY9zMkUJ9F4my-VV9C-RgSh0EN5v4yW9Ccvs1iwJww



AI is learning how to create itself

https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/05/27/1025453/artificial-intelligence-learning-create-itself-agi/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_campaign=site_visitor.unpaid.engagement&utm_medium=tr_social&fbclid=IwAR07PEr4EEMdrq3HEn27ZDYfgjesSZdHrsNhDg8iB1mIGKatuTqYraLDCMw&fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=acca3d22e9e4537a&start_with_session_counter=2&application_server_address=isolation1-us-east-1.wss.prod.fire.glass



*Physics, Earth and Space Sciences*   Researcher makes magnetic
reconnection breakthrough that may help predict space weather

https://phys.org/news/2022-03-magnetic-reconnection-breakthrough-space-weather.html



The First Rocket Launch from Mars Will Start in Midair

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-first-rocket-launch-from-mars-will-start-in-midair/



What It Would Take to Bring the ISS Back to Earth in One Piece

https://www.wired.com/story/what-it-would-take-to-bring-the-iss-back-to-earth-in-one-piece/?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_022822&utm_mailing=WIR_Daily_022822&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nl&utm_term=P3



Space junk on 5,800-mph collision course with moon

https://phys.org/news/2022-03-space-junk-mph-collision-moon.html



Ice holds evidence of ancient, massive solar storm

https://astronomy.com/news/2022/03/ice-holds-evidence-of-ancient-massive-solar-storm?utm_source=asyfb&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=asyfb&fbclid=IwAR0YS48_eVuAkpxO1t1lRP8ABYLSTxkoiHncXw_Oy5hZE7sScR9QQjgSnJY



Meet the project manager working to develop the rocket that will bring Mars
samples to Earth

https://phys.org/news/2022-03-rocket-mars-samples-earth.html?fbclid=IwAR0DyBNrh6BmDGOhp8_XByzA8Dp2Y1RaqaKyWchHpiv5N8An8chuC-tN7qM



Oceanographers in demand as US Navy expands throughout Pacific

https://www.defensenews.com/naval/2022/03/07/oceanographers-in-demand-as-us-navy-expands-throughout-pacific/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook_Defense_News&fbclid=IwAR0KdK9550m_eEL1H_P8ahlkGNHtUNHjN4SrAK5ATjDsxffbyaX69r4nuSk



CERN halts future collaboration with Russia

https://www.livescience.com/cern-suspends-russia?fbclid=IwAR18uuq-PRo1-EGyxXjsbgRMO-1-0MkLg1mW8zW9jWjzLj07Ml9qYp-VwR4&utm_campaign=socialflow&fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=afa2c8043f4d2c42&start_with_session_counter=2&application_server_address=isolation1-us-east-1.wss.prod.fire.glass



The Eternal Quest for Aether, the Cosmic Stuff That Never Was

https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/energy/a23895030/aether/?utm_medium=social-media&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=socialflowFBPOP&fbclid=IwAR0bIj-eSsaXSqJIbjjy1nJp8jA6SPQq5TM_jX9vbGQrWIgIVxt44yseZfI&fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=a9eac4f44d474321&start_with_session_counter=2&application_server_address=isolation1-us-east-1.wss.prod.fire.glass



Astronomers take 'heartbeat' of black hole

https://phys.org/news/2022-03-astronomers-heartbeat-black-hole.html?fbclid=IwAR07PEr4EEMdrq3HEn27ZDYfgjesSZdHrsNhDg8iB1mIGKatuTqYraLDCMw









Astronomers detect largest organic molecule ever found in a stellar 'dust
trap'

https://www.livescience.com/largest-organic-molecule-plant-forming-disk?fbclid=IwAR0KdK9550m_eEL1H_P8ahlkGNHtUNHjN4SrAK5ATjDsxffbyaX69r4nuSk&utm_campaign=socialflow&fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=a5d2fffb2eebf9f2&start_with_session_counter=2&application_server_address=isolation1-us-east-1.wss.prod.fire.glass



Stardust: The mission that forever changed our understanding of comets

https://astronomy.com/news/2022/01/stardust-the-mission-that-forever-changed-our-understanding-of-comets?utm_source=asyfb&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=asyfb&fbclid=IwAR1EtG0GiWydnpSB8QSo7RW1NWtAE0nxDVYfKk2kAaQL9r74nQG8cIyXOhY



NASA is just now opening a vacuum-sealed sample it took from the moon 50
years ago

https://www.npr.org/2022/03/08/1085241811/nasa-moon-samples-apollo-artemis?sc=18&f=1001



NASA funds experimental radiation shield and Mars climbing robot
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2310632-nasa-funds-experimental-radiation-shield-and-mars-climbing-robot/#Echobox=1646675336-1



Scientists discover Antarctica's hidden geological past

https://phys.org/news/2022-03-scientists-antarctica-hidden-geological.html



Data from Mars rover Zhurong shows evidence of wind, and possibly water,
erosion

https://phys.org/news/2022-03-mars-rover-zhurong-evidence-possibly.html



Giant impact crater in Greenland occurred a few million years after
dinosaurs went extinct

https://phys.org/news/2022-03-giant-impact-crater-greenland-million.html



New model of a fundamental process behind the movement of Earth's tectonic
plates

https://phys.org/news/2022-03-fundamental-movement-earth-tectonic-plates.html?fbclid=IwAR3QAJ7w0lUnuiZzLOI6coYGIZO0ILTpkMlFa35Zj6nOQqD0p9TNWngdkw0



Jacques Cousteau’s grandson is building a network of ocean floor research
stations

https://www.popsci.com/technology/fabien-cousteau-proteus-underwater-international-space-station/



Space Force plans to send a patrol probe out past the moon

https://www.space.com/us-space-force-military-afrl-chps-moon-satellite?fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=a2f1983966119ca7&start_with_session_counter=3&application_server_address=isolation1-us-east-1.wss.prod.fire.glass



How will Ukraine keep SpaceX's Starlink internet service online?

https://www.livescience.com/ukraine-spacex-starlink-service-staying-online?fbclid=IwAR3_OyxSH9vCVSjKQBJObPshk2xgKO83XOyM8zGllQ1HlZse0hwtExun1PQ&utm_campaign=socialflow&fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=a562a4f8044c585f&start_with_session_counter=2&application_server_address=isolation1-us-east-1.wss.prod.fire.glass

*Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources*



Clark to study human behavior within the context of long-term environmental
change

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/945065



A new cleaning method could remove dust on solar installations in
water-limited regions, improving overall efficiency

https://techxplore.com/news/2022-03-method-solar-water-limited-regions-efficiency.html



Researchers re-engineer red blood cells to trigger immune system against
COVID-19

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-03-re-engineer-red-blood-cells-trigger.html



Sewer treasure: Engineers reveal how to optimize processes for transforming
wastewater sulfur to valuable materials

https://phys.org/news/2022-03-sewer-treasure-reveal-optimize-wastewater.html



California Is About to Test Its First Solar Canals

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/california-is-about-to-test-its-first-solar-canals-180979637/



Artificial intelligence predicts algae potential as alternative energy
source

https://techxplore.com/news/2022-03-artificial-intelligence-algae-potential-alternative.html?fbclid=IwAR2yc66JPPOTQJLbnyXgebbSt0DtqnRbegI1kGH4WMiGi3KXZWPiu4WAhxI



Nuclear fusion is one step closer with new AI breakthrough

https://www.livescience.com/ai-controls-hydrogen-plasmas-nuclear-fusion?fbclid=IwAR0H24iOVIKkiQwcFRMaSDxHLG0VYL3GtVbl3iG62yf5xUNKMIB_HoiqbW8&utm_campaign=socialflow&fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=a9d70987978411e4&start_with_session_counter=2&application_server_address=isolation1-us-east-1.wss.prod.fire.glass



County by county, solar panels face pushback

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/county-county-solar-panels-face-pushback-rcna16233



GM plans to test using electric vehicles as a power backup for homes

https://www.npr.org/2022/03/08/1085233003/gm-electric-vehicles-home-power?sc=18&f=1001



Bioenergy scientists discover genetic pathway for better biofuel processing

https://phys.org/news/2022-03-bioenergy-scientists-genetic-pathway-biofuel.html



Unesco to visit Great Barrier Reef as coral bleaching risk rises

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/mar/10/unesco-to-visit-great-barrier-reef-as-bleaching-risk-rises







*Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences*

Advanced imaging reveals new cellular and molecular details of coral-algae
relationship
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/945769



How do blind cavefish survive their low-oxygen environment?

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/946232



Scientists make leap forward for genetic sequencing

https://phys.org/news/2022-03-scientists-genetic-sequencing.html



How to make the tuberculosis vaccine more effective

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-03-tuberculosis-vaccine-effective.html



The Future of Mental Health Diagnosis Goes Beyond the Manual

https://www.wired.com/story/mental-health-psychiatry-diagnosis-dsm/?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_022822&utm_mailing=WIR_Daily_022822&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nl&utm_term=P1



Orcas take down a blue whale, proving they're the apex predators of the
ocean

https://www.npr.org/2022/02/19/1081931774/orcas-take-down-a-blue-whale-proving-theyre-the-apex-predators-of-the-ocean



*Other*



Nano-engineered sealer leads to more durable concrete

https://techxplore.com/news/2022-02-nano-engineered-sealer-durable-concrete.html



Experts Say ‘Pseudoarchaelogists’ Are Threatening the Field With Pet
Theories About the Ancient World Engineered to Go Viral

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/pseudoarchaelogists-are-threatening-the-field-2081725



























Additional Informational



Eating to Extinction: The World's Rarest Foods and Why We Need to Save Them

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/ref=pe_827610_623295960_pe_b7_reftag/?ASIN=B093FBM74X



7,000-year-old grains hints at origin of Swiss pile dwellings

https://www.unibas.ch/en/News-Events/News/Uni-Research/7000-year-old-grains-hints-at-origin-of-Swiss-pile-dwellings.html



The Hidden Engineering Protecting Getty Art from Earthquakes

https://www.getty.edu/news/the-hidden-engineering-protecting-getty-art-from-earthquakes/?fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=a580b8a1c737158d&start_with_session_counter=3&application_server_address=isolation1-us-east-1.wss.prod.fire.glass



ICCROM Cultural Heritage in Post-War Recovery

https://www.iccrom.org/sites/default/files/publications/2019-11/iccrom_ics06_culturalheritagepostwar_en_0_0.pdf?fbclid=IwAR2zcxVZbRJNNBPsrfxQqKPHCWRf84OBsRnHF4LWJ_tMGGn2VyXl0FLXKWk



Top 10 Books Written by Dr. Paul Farmer

https://www.pih.org/article/top-10-books-written-by-dr.-paul-farmer?utm_campaign=enewsletter&ms=EM100&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Mar22&utm_source=ea&emci=d127681f-f49e-ec11-a22a-281878b85110&emdi=2984ab78-7aa0-ec11-a22a-281878b85110&ceid=550629



Partners in Health, Reflections of Dr. Paul Farmer

https://www.pih.org/reflections?utm_campaign=enewsletter&ms=EM100&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Mar22&utm_source=ea&emci=d127681f-f49e-ec11-a22a-281878b85110&emdi=2984ab78-7aa0-ec11-a22a-281878b85110&ceid=550629



PROTECTING CULTURAL HERITAGE IN THE EVENT OF ARMED CONFLICT: Matrix of
UNESCO’s Culture of Peace

https://en.unesco.org/protecting-heritage?fbclid=IwAR2kaEaQoxg9JRXA60JD_TiUucTSDB4dOtaWIIPmd7rYGqCSgfZunHWFWmw
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