[Jawlist] Weekly Science Report 8-11-23

Steve Detwiler steveorange2011 at gmail.com
Sat Aug 12 16:43:10 PDT 2023


*Weekly Science Report*

*August 11, 2023*



*“The basis of this knowledge Gnosis, the fundamental principles on which
all the teachings rested, was the essential inherent divine nature of man,
and the consequent possibility of becoming by self-knowledge a god-like
being”.*

*William Kingsland*






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*



Seven generations of a prehistoric family mapped with ancient DNA

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02402-1?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=nature&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR2pD1Kli-zj7GoIbOKDXhb83gZBM9BEKJEulUHyD6dAW1W6qxZ-KIjo_m8#Echobox=1691050353



The heaviest animal ever? Massive whale that lived 40 million years ago
found in desert

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/heaviest-animal-ever-whale-peru-desert-rcna97912



Genetic study finds evidence for early contact between farmers and
pastoralists in Black Sea region

https://phys.org/news/2023-07-genetic-evidence-early-contact-farmers.html



Archaeologists refute claims that a comet destroyed Hopewell culture

https://phys.org/news/2023-08-archaeologists-refute-comet-destroyed-hopewell.html



Fossil of Tiny, Extinct Whale Discovered in Egypt, Named for King Tut

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/fossil-of-tiny-extinct-whale-discovered-in-egypt-named-for-king-tut-180982709/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=editorial&utm_term=8112023&utm_content=new&fbclid=IwAR2gsd-TrFtD4wtGne7s7c_oqGKYX1gnJGZQiDkwLWZ1n-SmwAZHXlNdL2o



It’s been called ‘the greatest museum of prehistoric art’—but few tourists
know it exists

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/algeria-rock-art-prehistoric-sahara-petroglyphs?cmpid=org=ngp::mc=social::src=facebook::cmp=editorial::add=fb20230808travel-tassilinajjer&linkId=229030992&fbclid=IwAR1JlrhmifLLOM_spPbkZPTvUxQgwGcQ6x_59ZfgBscrQJtXBHni0tQ52dk



300,000-year-old skull found in China unlike any early human seen before

https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/10/asia/ancient-skull-china-human-evolution-intl-scli-scn/index.html



Ancient DNA reveals an early African origin of cattle in the Americas

https://phys.org/news/2023-08-ancient-dna-reveals-early-african.html



Extreme cooling ended the first human occupation of Europe

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/997982











*History*



Tourists search for Mount Sinai in Saudi Arabia – but does a geographical
location for pivotal Bible event even exist?

https://theconversation.com/tourists-search-for-mount-sinai-in-saudi-arabia-but-does-a-geographical-location-for-pivotal-bible-event-even-exist-210238



Spain identifies 212 German, Austrian and Dutch fighters who went missing
during Spanish Civil War

https://apnews.com/article/spain-civil-war-international-brigades-catalonia-identified-5edeeac5a9155cab143b75e4cfc560ce



A museum’s historic human remains are now the center of an ethics clash

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2023/07/26/mutter-museum-controversy-philadelphia/?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_source=twitter



Eyeing the future, DoD leaders reflect on 75 years of desegregation

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2023/07/28/eyeing-the-future-dod-leaders-reflect-on-75-years-of-desegregation/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=tw_mt



An Arkansas judge has blocked a law targeting librarians over 'harmful'
books

https://www.npr.org/2023/07/30/1190966505/an-arkansas-judge-has-blocked-a-law-targetting-librarians-over-harmful-books?sc=18&f=1001



Babylonians Used Applied Geometry 1,000 Years Before Pythagoras

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ancient-tablet-shows-babylonians-used-pythagorean-geometry-1000-years-pythagoras-180978376/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=editorial&utm_term=822023&utm_content=archival&fbclid=IwAR2ajGS8L0ebmdX1UbmmNlQhdKOzgT30QE5C7FyovDIYJs3dhR-_DBozRyk



Traditional elm bark lodges return to Minnesota

https://ictnews.org/news/traditional-elm-bark-lodges-return-to-minnesota?fbclid=IwAR2K8M_73St2A7Vg0jwqV4LfqN2as_Lkfu6KYQXa4y9fEdH6Chvuzk3Z1CM



Florida county to teach Shakespeare in excerpts-only under new state rules

https://thehill.com/homenews/education/4144479-florida-county-to-teach-shakespeare-in-excerpts-only-under-new-state-rules/



Brazil has 1.7 million Indigenous people, near double the count from prior
census, government says

https://apnews.com/article/brazil-amazon-summit-indigenous-belem-deforestation-41405ae42bb3b9661e0d27244983b9f5



Biden is creating a new national monument near the Grand Canyon

https://www.npr.org/2023/08/08/1192622716/biden-national-monument-grand-canyon-arizona



Ancient DNA reveals the living descendants of enslaved people through
23andMe

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02478-9



Newly unearthed footage shows US soldiers saving Jews from Holocaust train

https://www.thejc.com/news/news/newly-unearthed-footage-shows-us-soldiers-saving-jews-from-holocaust-train-1XuOyCWAl7MOKtX8GoGg6m





*Archaeology*



How scientists lasered in on a 'monumental' Maya city — with actual lasers

https://www.npr.org/2023/08/01/1191071151/maya-city-ocomtun-lasers?sc=18&f=1001



In Peru, discovery of ancient ruins outpaces authorities' ability to care
for them

https://www.npr.org/2023/07/29/1190062559/peru-archaeology-lima-inca-cultural-heritage?sc=18&f=1001



Archaeologists uncover Europe's oldest lakeside village underwater, find
"treasure trove"

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/oldest-lakeside-village-europe-lake-ohrid-albania-treasure-trove/



Sacred place and astronomical observatory: New research on the Middle
Neolithic circular enclosure of Goseck
https://phys.org/news/2023-08-sacred-astronomical-observatory-middle-neolithic.html



Archaeologists Discover Entrance to the Zapotec Underworld Beneath a Church
in Mexico

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/zapotec-underworld-entrance-mexico-180982552/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=editorial&utm_term=862023&utm_content=recent&fbclid=IwAR1Rs7q5sqjZVjAHvXSURs7nCSyLq0JUm7ihzfuzKzgomr6p6MrUGc4yhoo



Roman road network identified in Devon and Cornwall

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c16ey7ryd38o?at_campaign=Social_Flow&at_campaign_type=owned&at_link_origin=BBC_Radio_Devon&at_link_id=E65D7CA6-3523-11EE-AE00-6C68AD7C7D13&at_ptr_name=facebook_page&at_medium=social&at_bbc_team=editorial&at_link_type=web_link&at_format=link&fbclid=IwAR0WKgpDGlnxBL9CPWZyYED-DsOfzoyDW-Q9Er_Xgjw0X2fQwYKrpOX7mSg


'Lost' 1,500-year-old Teotihuacan village discovered in the heart of Mexico
City

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/lost-1500-year-old-teotihuacan-village-discovered-in-the-heart-of-mexico-city


Bronze Age Pyramid Discovered in Kazakhstan
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11678-230811-kazakhstan-stone-pyramid



Off the Grid: The Ancient City of Cuicuilco, Mexico

https://www.archaeology.org/issues/516-2307/digs/11503-off-the-grid-mexico-cuicuilco





*Egyptology*



Nothing to report









*General Science*



Claims of revolutionary superconductor LK-99 are meeting resistance. Here's
what you need to know

*https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/lk99-superconductor-resistance-explainer-1.6929966
<https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/lk99-superconductor-resistance-explainer-1.6929966>*



An origami-inspired universally deformable module for robotics applications

*https://techxplore.com/news/2023-08-origami-inspired-universally-deformable-module-robotics.html
<https://techxplore.com/news/2023-08-origami-inspired-universally-deformable-module-robotics.html>*


Scientists pioneer new machine learning model for corrosion-resistant alloy
design
https://phys.org/news/2023-08-scientists-machine-corrosion-resistant-alloy.html

*Physics, Earth and Space Sciences*



Scientists Shot Lasers at a Lunar Orbiter for a Decade. Then, One Bounced
Back

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-shot-lasers-moon-decade-then-one-bounced-back-180975585/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=editorial&utm_term=812023&utm_content=archival&fbclid=IwAR1L_oKVEpJVFDjksmsJpA7VoJcS_Tg6wKRloMbYWQ7Fp8_4Ia_db-Jn8Ww



NASA lab hopes to find life's building blocks in asteroid sample

https://phys.org/news/2023-07-nasa-lab-life-blocks-asteroid.html?fbclid=IwAR3wKVpic1sGXF_kc7qD8T3eEK5_0BAs9hd1kU_uFPH1l5v9-IlI-FNn710#google_vignette



Earth to Voyager: NASA detects signal from spacecraft, 2 weeks after losing
contact

https://www.npr.org/2023/08/02/1191341035/nasa-voyager-2-spacecraft-contact?sc=18&f=1001



The Most Precious Human Relics Left in Space

https://gizmodo.com/space-history-most-important-human-objects-1849950095?utm_campaign=Gizmodo&utm_content=Giz-+Space&utm_medium=SocialMarketing&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR3VVDtc1rs_YbTCqCZzvL9PSWQItZf7sRGpoMTSDrRu_iHsDEOo9Y1z08k



Scientists at Fermilab close in on fifth force of nature

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-66407099?at_medium=social&at_campaign_type=owned&at_bbc_team=editorial&at_format=link&at_link_id=385D62B4-37B3-11EE-B086-A6D0ECABB293&at_link_origin=BBC_News&at_campaign=Social_Flow&at_link_type=web_link&at_ptr_name=facebook_page&fbclid=IwAR0SCTN8oS6Swdvf-_tOcxH_szz8geTUVohCDJOVvR0g5_w0J_y_fBtPwMc



AI algorithm discovers 'potentially hazardous' asteroid 600 feet wide in a
1st for astronomy

https://www.space.com/ai-finds-first-potentially-dangerous-asteroid



Space Energy: Will Space-Based Solar Power Be the Wave of the Future?

https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/space-energy-will-space-based-solar-power-be-the-wave-of-the-future



Hundred-year storms? That's how long they last on Saturn

https://phys.org/news/2023-08-hundred-year-storms-saturn.html



After 17 years, NASA's STEREO-A spacecraft makes its first Earth flyby

https://phys.org/news/2023-08-years-nasa-stereo-a-spacecraft-earth.html



Muon Mystery Deepens with Latest Measurements

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/muon-mystery-deepens-with-latest-measurements/



Russia Launches First Moon Mission after Half-Century Hiatus

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/russia-launches-first-moon-mission-after-half-century-hiatus/

*Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources*



Unesco recommends against Great Barrier Reef ‘in danger’ listing but
Australia warned more action needed

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/01/climate-crisis-great-barrier-reef-unesco-australia



Brazil’s Lula pushes end to deforestation, stumbles on fossil fuels

https://www.politico.eu/article/brazil-president-luiz-inacio-lula-da-silva-amazon-countries-deforestation-fossil-fuel/



Even frozen Antarctica is being walloped by climate extremes, scientists
find

https://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/even-frozen-antarctica-walloped-climate-extremes-scientists-find-rcna98739



How climate change will affect your pet – and how to help them cope

https://theconversation.com/how-climate-change-will-affect-your-pet-and-how-to-help-them-cope-210724



*Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences*   Henrietta Lacks' descendants
reach a settlement over the use of her 'stolen' cells
https://www.npr.org/2023/08/01/1191283359/henrietta-lacks-descendants-settlement-stolen-cells?sc=18&f=1001



Smithsonian Expedition Yields a New Species of Deep-Sea Coral

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-museum-of-natural-history/2023/08/03/smithsonian-expedition-yields-a-new-species-of-deep-sea-coral/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=editorial&utm_term=832023&utm_content=new&fbclid=IwAR0iOAiDGhTX7Km0-r6C37UW71dQXdniR9F_nSdBF5Izl_ZXoBzmoc6tcfo



Researchers build a DNA structure and coat it with glass, creating a very
low density, very strong material

https://phys.org/news/2023-07-dna-coat-glass-density-strong.html



What we know — and don't know — about the FDA-approved postpartum
depression pill

https://www.npr.org/2023/08/08/1192665598/postpartum-depression-pill-zurzuvae



When a brain injury impairs memory, a pulse of electricity may help

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/08/09/1192273583/when-a-brain-injury-impairs-memory-a-pulse-of-electricity-may-help?sc=18&f=1001



A worm that survived 46,000 years in permafrost wows scientists

https://www.npr.org/2023/07/30/1190950660/nematode-worm-permafrost-discovery-frozen

*Other*



Loch Ness Centre wants "new generation of monster hunters" for biggest
search in 50 years

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/loch-ness-centre-monster-nessie-search-new-generation-hunters-scotland/

























Additional Informational



Forgotten Victims: The Nazi Genocide of the Roma and the Sinti

https://www.un.org/en/exhibits/forgotten-victims



The Bears Ears: A Human History of America's Most Endangered Wilderness

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08BWC8ZD1?pd_rd_i=B08BWC8ZD1&pd_rd_w=YfNLx&content-id=amzn1.sym.52c99dd4-1d82-4150-93a8-fce02ba6b3c2&pf_rd_p=52c99dd4-1d82-4150-93a8-fce02ba6b3c2&pd_rd_wg=k0UeP&pd_rd_r=ab0d49ed-e39b-4710-b8c6-764609fd96fe&ref_=pe_26987910_739226740_ssub



Aurelia Institute Newsletter

https://mailchi.mp/aureliainstitute/aurelia-academy-launches-with-microgravity-project-design?e=57e055f9a1



The Role of Institutional Leaders in Driving Lasting Change in the STEM
Ecosystem

https://issues.org/institutional-leaders-stem-ecosystem-payton-gates/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_term=thenasem&utm_content=9bae7195-5115-4aa1-9cf9-2630970a70b3&utm_campaign=hootsuite



A Brief History of Black Holes: And why nearly everything you know about
them is wrong

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B1DTJSH9?pd_rd_i=B0B1DTJSH9&pd_rd_w=a5KDC&content-id=amzn1.sym.e87276dc-ecb8-4d8d-8a65-389f2526c357&pf_rd_p=e87276dc-ecb8-4d8d-8a65-389f2526c357&pd_rd_wg=k0UeP&pd_rd_r=ab0d49ed-e39b-4710-b8c6-764609fd96fe&ref_=pe_26987910_739226740_ssub



A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and
the Woman Who Stopped Them

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B5SP91VY?pd_rd_i=B0B5SP91VY&pd_rd_w=doxPl&content-id=amzn1.sym.55cc3ed3-d6f3-4604-842a-8c8e41b06b06&pf_rd_p=55cc3ed3-d6f3-4604-842a-8c8e41b06b06&pd_rd_wg=k0UeP&pd_rd_r=ab0d49ed-e39b-4710-b8c6-764609fd96fe&ref_=pe_26987910_739226740_ssub



A 36,200-year-old carving from Grotte des Gorges, Amange, Jura, France

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-39897-7



Secretaries Haaland and Vilsack Applaud President Biden’s Designation of
the Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni - Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon
National Monument

https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/secretaries-haaland-and-vilsack-applaud-president-bidens-designation-baaj-nwaavjo-itah



American Institute for Conservation and the Foundation for Advancement in
Conservation, CLIMATE RESILIENCE RESOURCES FOR CULTURAL HERITAGE

https://www.culturalheritage.org/about-us/foundation/programs/climate-resilience-resources?fbclid=IwAR3zVv3kkHs8ag1JRipWTmTafp75Nh1W9g43ly22wPqBHK3PYPlcew-EjKA



World Monuments Fund, Heritage Buildings of Beirut

https://www.wmf.org/project/heritage-buildings-beirut



World Monuments Fund, Mam Rashan Shrine

https://www.wmf.org/project/mam-rashan-shrine



PBS NOVA, Ancient Pyramids Uncovered in the Amazon- Video

https://www.pbs.org/video/ancient-pyramids-uncovered-amazon-4kpofa/
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