[Jawlist] Weekly Science Report 4-7-23

[Steve Detwiler]

*Weekly Science Report*

*April 7, 2023*





*“At the end of your life, this world will either be a more or less
compassionate, loving caring place because of your presence.  Your move!”*

Author Unknown





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*



Cave paintings of mutilated hands could be a Stone Age sign language

https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25734300-900-cave-paintings-of-mutilated-hands-could-be-a-stone-age-sign-language/?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1679671219



Prehistoric sabertooth skull found in Iowa likely last of species to walk
Earth, researchers say

https://www.fox7austin.com/news/prehistoric-sabertooth-skull-found-iowa-likely-last-of-species-to-walk-earth?utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=trueanthem&utm_source=facebook



Clues to the Lives of North America’s First Inhabitants Are Hidden
Underwater

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/biggest-clues-lives-early-americans-hidden-underwater-submerged-prehistory-180981891/



Supernatural beliefs have featured in every society throughout history: New
research helps explain why

https://phys.org/news/2023-04-supernatural-beliefs-featured-society-history.html

*History*



Italian art experts astonished by David statue uproar in Florida

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-65087218



‘The Lost King’: One sleuth’s quest for the truth about Richard III

https://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Movies/2023/0323/The-Lost-King-One-sleuth-s-quest-for-the-truth-about-Richard-III?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&cmpid=FB&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1679596068


After nearly 200 years, the Yuchi Tribe of Oklahoma reconnects with bison

https://www.npr.org/2023/03/26/1166099625/after-nearly-200-years-the-yuchi-tribe-of-oklahoma-reconnects-with-bison?sc=18&f=1001



Martin Scorsese’s ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ With Leonardo DiCaprio Gets
October Release Date

https://variety.com/2023/film/news/killers-of-the-flower-moon-release-date-martin-scorsese-leonardo-dicaprio-1235565330/



Mickey Mouse celebrates Persian New Year. Iranians are thrilled by the
representation.

https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/mickey-mouse-celebrates-nowruz-persian-new-year-rcna75468?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_ma&fbclid=IwAR1qRAGxKdAtQzfdsVItD0Wik5C7quLSwfvQPm52FBq0oddtNgbHHny9ylE



Portland Art Museum changes policy after Karuk mother speaks out

https://www.opb.org/article/2023/03/21/portland-oregon-art-museum-policy-karuk-native-basket/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_term=nprnews&utm_campaign=npr&fbclid=IwAR3caTdy-y_NCuWVSb4t7eYhBo0oyGINACos5Mhuw57OIjuVycgycUc0nS0&fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=ab3205cb3baab757&start_with_session_counter=2&application_server_address=isolation2-us-east-1.wss.prod.fire.glass



The Supreme Court wrestles with questions over the Navajo Nation's water
rights

https://www.npr.org/2023/03/20/1164852475/supreme-court-navajo-nation-water-rights?utm_term=nprnews&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=npr&fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=aef4b4ef9e0891df&start_with_session_counter=3&application_server_address=isolation2-us-east-1.wss.prod.fire.glass



The start of the Iraq War 20 years later in photos

https://www.npr.org/sections/pictureshow/2023/03/20/1164272335/iraq-war-20th-anniversay-photos-american-invasion?utm_campaign=npr&utm_medium=social&utm_term=nprnews&utm_source=twitter.com&fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=a56b59a49720063d&start_with_session_counter=3&application_server_address=isolation2-us-east-1.wss.prod.fire.glass



A landscape that generations of Latinos fought to preserve is now a
national monument

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/texas-landscape-sacred-latinos-now-national-monument-rcna76008



Swiss Art Foundation Launches Probe to Discover if Items Were Stolen by
Nazis From Jews

https://www.algemeiner.com/2023/03/09/swiss-art-foundation-launches-probe-to-discover-if-items-were-stolen-by-nazis-from-jews/?fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=a286fe074cca27d8&start_with_session_counter=3&application_server_address=isolation1-us-west-2.wss.prod.fire.glass



UP CLOSE: With Chuck Sams, First Native American to Lead the National Park
Service

https://nativenewsonline.net/currents/up-close-with-chuck-sams-first-native-american-to-lead-the-national-park-service



Nepal Wants a Sacred Necklace Returned. But a Major Museum Still Keeps It
on Display.

https://www.propublica.org/article/art-institute-chicago-nepal-artifacts-repatriation?fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=abdd1bbf26784bc7&start_with_session_counter=3&application_server_address=isolation1-us-west-2.wss.prod.fire.glass



How these art sleuths reunited a family after centuries apart

https://www.npr.org/2023/03/22/1165011263/painting-history-cornelis-de-vos-mystery-rkd-netherlands?sc=18&f=1001



DNA: Woman was on famed 17th century Swedish warship

https://apnews.com/article/sweden-vasa-warship-woman-8e5d15c5acf623e0115368be61084152?utm_source=homepage&utm_medium=TopNews&utm_campaign=position_08



Virginia Norwood, a pioneer in satellite land imaging, dies at age 96

https://www.npr.org/2023/03/31/1167375710/virginia-norwood-satellite-land-imaging-nasa-died?sc=18&f=1001



Māori May Have Reached Antarctica 1,000 Years Before Europeans

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/maori-reached-antarctica-1000-years-europeans-180977987/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=editorial&utm_term=412023&utm_content=archival



Mauritania’s ancient libraries could be lost to the expanding desert

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2023/mauritania-libraries-desert/



Horses came to American West by early 1600s, study finds

https://apnews.com/article/horses-arrive-north-america-indian-indigenous-archaeology-ae077bba7a456cf6de7d655314fb8a0a

*Archaeology*



Artificial intelligence is helping researchers identify and analyse some of
the world’s oldest art

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/03/21/artificial-intelligence-ancient-rock-art-australia-andrea-jalandoni



More than 1,000 objects in the Met’s collection linked to alleged
traffickers and looters, investigation finds

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/03/21/metropolitan-museum-1000-objects-provenance-problems



Greek Farmer Stumbles Onto 3,400-Year-Old Tomb Hidden Below His Olive Grove

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/greek-farmer-stumbles-3400-year-old-tomb-hidden-below-his-olive-grove-180970197/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=editorial&utm_term=3232023&utm_content=archival



The Mystery of This Petroglyph-Covered Alaskan Beach

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/the-mystery-of-this-petroglyph-covered-alaskan-beach-180981858/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=editorial&utm_term=3222023&utm_content=new



Archaeologists discover oldest pearl city in the Gulf in the UAE

https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/middle-east/culture/1679309897-archaeologists-discover-oldest-pearl-city-in-the-gulf-in-the-united-arab-emirates?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR15_9xxgZHeQZfC_wtwFB5X4D3X0pjqgYt7G_i5jCXWVQ-7utKpfoY3pGc#Echobox=1679315092



Scotland's 'oldest' tartan found in Highlands bog

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/scotlands-oldest-tartan-found-highlands-peat-bog-rcna76765?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_ma&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR0RmtTh0GYIQQyHPL13mX1-67fEdjh9QnWmITaED71nsRgpoTMRopPnH-g



The Largest Manmade Block Ever Was Just Discovered in Lebanon

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/largest-manmade-block-ever-carved-was-just-discovered-lebanon-180953518/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=editorial&utm_term=422023&utm_content=archival



New exhibit explores significance of Mexica’s lunar goddess

https://apnews.com/article/mexico-lunar-goddess-coyolxauhqui-mexica-museum-exhibit-bf1136a0d8c89c2541ad6ac67412e515?utm_campaign=TrueAnthem&utm_medium=AP&utm_source=Facebook

*Egyptology*



Have we got Ancient Egypt's mummies all wrong?

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20230320-the-great-debate-about-mummies-should-we-unwrap-them



See the oldest human ever found in Egypt in stunning new facial
approximation

https://www.livescience.com/see-the-oldest-human-ever-found-in-egypt-in-stunning-new-facial-approximation













*General Science*



Nothing to report



*Physics, Earth and Space Sciences*   New source of water found in moon
samples from China mission
https://apnews.com/article/water-moon-glass-beats-china-sample-return-28447e31610ad93a78c140ef518086ac
  No atmosphere found at faraway Earth-sized world, study says
https://apnews.com/article/webb-telescope-earthsized-trappist-c963f4a0647d88dea37f85fa4bdbb642


Mysterious 'Difficulties' Prevent Secretive Nuclear Lab From Releasing
Records on First Known Interstellar Object to Land on Earth

https://www.vice.com/en/article/wxjewz/mysterious-difficulties-prevent-secretive-nuclear-lab-from-releasing-records-on-first-known-interstellar-object-to-land-on-earth?utm_medium=social&utm_source=motherboardtv_facebook



Are strange space signals in Antarctica evidence of a parallel universe?

https://astronomy.com/news/2020/12/are-strange-space-signals-in-antarctica-evidence-of-a-parallel-universe



Living on the moon? Rolls-Royce secures funding to develop nuclear reactor
on the moon

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2023/03/20/rolls-royce-nuclear-reactor-moon/11509148002/?fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=a0b9431129d47bb9&start_with_session_counter=3&application_server_address=isolation2-us-east-1.wss.prod.fire.glass



Scientists think they know why interstellar object 'Oumuamua moved so
strangely

https://www.npr.org/2023/03/22/1164814086/scientists-think-they-know-why-interstellar-object-oumuamua-moved-so-strangely?sc=18&f=1001



World's first 3D-printed rocket launches but fails to reach orbit in key
test flight

https://www.nbcnews.com/science/space/worlds-first-3d-printed-rocket-launches-fails-reach-orbit-key-test-fli-rcna76244



Africa’s aquifers hold more than 20 times the water stored in the
continent’s lakes, but they aren’t the answer to water scarcity

https://theconversation.com/africas-aquifers-hold-more-than-20-times-the-water-stored-in-the-continents-lakes-but-they-arent-the-answer-to-water-scarcity-201704



Meet the next four people headed to the Moon – how the diverse crew of
Artemis II shows NASA’s plan for the future of space exploration

https://theconversation.com/meet-the-next-four-people-headed-to-the-moon-how-the-diverse-crew-of-artemis-ii-shows-nasas-plan-for-the-future-of-space-exploration-203214



Virgin Orbit fails to secure funding and will cease operations

https://www.nbcnews.com/science/space/virgin-orbit-fails-secure-funding-will-cease-operations-rcna77507



Repeating radio signal leads astronomers to an Earth-size exoplanet

https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/04/world/exoplanet-radio-signal-scn/index.html?utm_source=fbCNN&utm_content=2023-04-04T21%3A00%3A16&utm_medium=social&utm_term=link&fbclid=IwAR0gzMdCbFQzf_jD8WHq-G527laWvjH78dKs53vlwqJNnkLHKn9dRFY7ycE&fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=aa39554c14c6ff46&start_with_session_counter=2&application_server_address=isolation2-us-east-1.wss.prod.fire.glass





Astronomers just mapped the ‘bubble’ that envelopes our planet

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



Earth at higher risk of big asteroid strike, satellite data suggest

https://www.science.org/content/article/earth-higher-risk-big-asteroid-strike-satellite-data-suggest?fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=a8446dfff0e44bbe&start_with_session_counter=3&application_server_address=isolation1-us-west-2.wss.prod.fire.glass



Updated space safety document outlines rules of the road for avoiding
collisions

https://spacenews.com/updated-space-safety-document-outlines-rules-of-the-road-for-avoiding-collisions/?fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=a2562aa3892c8cc4&start_with_session_counter=3&application_server_address=isolation1-us-west-2.wss.prod.fire.glass

*Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources*



Millions of dead fish have been found in an Australian river due to low
oxygen levels

https://www.npr.org/2023/03/20/1164640415/millions-of-dead-fish-have-been-found-in-an-australian-river-due-to-low-oxygen-l?utm_term=nprnews&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=npr&utm_medium=social&fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=a0b26915edd42a1e&start_with_session_counter=3&application_server_address=isolation2-us-east-1.wss.prod.fire.glass



Take a Virtual Tour of the ‘Doomsday’ Seed Vault

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/take-a-virtual-tour-of-the-doomsday-seed-vault-180981815/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=editorial&utm_term=3%2F16%2F2023&utm_content=new



Antarctic ice age survival story: life seeking ice-free refuges imitates
art in Ice Age, the movie

https://theconversation.com/antarctic-ice-age-survival-story-life-seeking-ice-free-refuges-imitates-art-in-ice-age-the-movie-201231?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter&fireglass_rsn=true#Echobox=1679451250-1&fireglass_params&tabid=a749df9e3ebd16c7&start_with_session_counter=3&application_server_address=isolation1-us-west-2.wss.prod.fire.glass



Which States Generated the Most Renewable Energy in 2022?

https://www.governing.com/now/which-states-generated-the-most-renewable-energy-in-2022?fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=a63025e235a18760&start_with_session_counter=3&application_server_address=isolation2-us-east-1.wss.prod.fire.glass



New research reveals how forests reduce their own bushfire risk, if they’re
left alone

https://theconversation.com/new-research-reveals-how-forests-reduce-their-own-bushfire-risk-if-theyre-left-alone-201868



Insecticide use against desert locust in the Horn of Africa 2019–2021
reveals a pressing need for change

https://phys.org/news/2023-03-insecticide-locust-horn-africa-reveals.html



Climate change: farmers in Ghana can’t predict rainfall anymore, changing
how they work

https://theconversation.com/climate-change-farmers-in-ghana-cant-predict-rainfall-anymore-changing-how-they-work-201493



Alaska’s Fisheries Are Collapsing. This Congresswoman Is Taking on the
Industry She Says Is to Blame

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/03/03/alaskas-fisheries-collapsing-peltola-industry-blame-00066843?fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=af427cbeaacc6d9c&start_with_session_counter=3&application_server_address=isolation2-us-east-1.wss.prod.fire.glass


A ship for windpower takes shape in Louisiana oil country

https://apnews.com/article/offshore-wind-power-ship-vessel-orsted-houma-940abd08f97b1f245c98e58ff259a21e



The Biden administration sells oil and gas leases in the Gulf of Mexico

https://www.npr.org/2023/03/29/1166802809/gulf-of-mexico-oil-gas-leases-drilling?sc=18&f=1001

*Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences*



Umbilical blood stem cell transplant puts woman in HIV remission

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2364804-umbilical-blood-stem-cell-transplant-puts-woman-in-hiv-remission/?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR3R1_2yWxlkqOEvsFpRSY17wPk3FPwGrErduoNWKg0Cio20PDDTc-D5pbo#Echobox=1679318924



The CDC is investigating recalled eyedrops after infections cause death and
blindness

https://www.npr.org/2023/03/22/1165268600/eyedrop-recall-bacteria-infection-cdc?sc=18&f=1001



Scientists sequence Beethoven's genome for clues into his painful past

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/03/22/1165308267/scientists-sequence-beethovens-genome-for-clues-into-his-painful-past?sc=18&f=1001



Uh-oh. A new tropical mosquito has come to Florida. The buzz it's creating
isn't good

https://www.npr.org/2023/03/22/1164937874/uh-oh-a-new-tropical-mosquito-has-come-to-florida-the-buzz-its-creating-isnt-goo?sc=18&f=1001



Feel again: Advancements in prosthetics limb technology allow feeling,
control

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/advancements-in-prosthetics-limb-technology-allow-feeling-control-60-minutes-transcript-2023-03-26/?fbclid=IwAR2shLCmLm3c1ItJuI-K4D0gW8cyfKv2K6LW7IlUWPwHkShA716g-PsQMoc



A deadly disease so neglected it's not even on the list of neglected
tropical diseases

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2023/04/01/1165485844/a-deadly-disease-so-neglected-its-not-even-on-the-list-of-neglected-tropical-dis?sc=18&f=1001



Up to 70 North Atlantic right whales were spotted in Cape Cod Bay

https://www.npr.org/2023/04/02/1167631441/north-atlantic-right-whale-cape-cod-tangled?sc=18&f=1001



Plan to return Lolita the orca to 'home waters' over 50 years after capture
announced

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/lolita-orca-returned-home-waters-50-years-capture-held-miami-seaquariu-rcna77351



Authorities are investigating 33 swimmers for allegedly harassing dolphins
in Hawaii

https://www.npr.org/2023/03/31/1167295322/33-swimmers-dolphins-hawaii?sc=18&f=1001

*Other*



Sailboat crew rescued in Pacific after abandoning ship sunk by whale

https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2023/03/20/sailboat-hits-whale-pacific-rescue/?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR1ZWWxnyauGoOFyowqIzgKlZ-uNWILVBri6NtNwJQp5Y6Gd1hSfd6p0Nek



Navajo Tech is the first tribal university to offer a PhD program

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/navajo-tech-first-tribal-university-offer-phd-program-rcna76717



























Additional Informational



U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia, Jan Karski

https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/jan-karski



PBS Great Performances, Remember This- Video

https://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/remember-this/14518/



National Education Association, Support the Freedom to Read

https://www.nea.org/advocating-for-change/action-center/take-action/support-freedom-read



AFTER THE FIRES ON RAPA NUI (CHILE) UNESCO LAUNCHES AN EVALUATION AND
MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR THE ISLAND'S WORLD HERITAGE SITE

https://www.preventionweb.net/news/after-fires-rapa-nui-chile-unesco-launches-evaluation-and-management-plan-islands-world?utm_source=PreventionWeb&utm_campaign=b8df538e8a-PreventionWeb+Newsletter%3A+Highlights+of+the+week&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b73053c1c6-b8df538e8a-363599758



Report on the Implementation of International Humanitarian Law with regards
to the Protection of Cultural Heritage in the Occupied Tskhinvali Region,
Georgia

https://t.co/FW475QQrjs



Cultural heritage predation in Iraq: The sectarian appropriation of Iraq’s
past

https://t.co/FHBXSIewJB



Are We Ready for First Contact?

https://www.startrek.com/news/are-we-ready-for-first-contact?fbclid=IwAR3Ns8wS7m0-fcLYvGLMR4jzLQ7UHiQUllY7yl_Z0RA_DI2rEssLNKT8k3s



New Planetary Defense Strategy Outlines Key US Government Goals

https://www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/news-updates/2023/04/03/new-planetary-defense-strategy-outlines-key-us-government-goals/?fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=a0659abc4ba09fbb&start_with_session_counter=3&application_server_address=isolation1-us-west-2.wss.prod.fire.glass



Space ISAC Stands Up Operational Watch Center to Keep Pace with
Proliferating Threats to Space Systems

https://s-isac.org/space-isac-stands-up-operational-watch-center-to-keep-pace-with-proliferating-threats-to-space-systems/?fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=a76ead59193f56d7&start_with_session_counter=3&application_server_address=isolation1-us-west-2.wss.prod.fire.glass



Engineers Keep an Eye on Fuel Supply of NASA's Oldest Mars Orbiter

https://mars.nasa.gov/news/9365/engineers-keep-an-eye-on-fuel-supply-of-nasas-oldest-mars-orbiter/?utm_source=iContact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nasas-mars-public-engagement-team&utm_content=20230405-MarsNewsletter



Meridians, measures and mystery: Sacred geography in the south of France

https://grahamhancock.com/miless1/
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