[Jawlist] Weekly Science Report 12-22-23

Fri Dec 22 14:19:16 PST 2023

*Weekly Science Report*

*December 22, 2023*

*“We believe in the systematic understanding of the physical world through
observation and experimentation through argument and debate.  But most of
all freedom of will.”*

Stargate

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*

Scientists have found the mostly intact skull of a giant, deadly sea reptile

https://www.npr.org/2023/12/11/1218499369/scientists-have-found-the-mostly-intact-skull-of-a-giant-deadly-sea-reptile?sc=18&f=1001

First discovery of carbon-based cave art in France's Dordogne region could
pave way for precise radiocarbon dating

https://phys.org/news/2023-12-discovery-carbon-based-cave-art-france.html?fbclid=IwAR3WhtUX8XTI1j9q2uUjX5uOTFg-6YaxmzaI8dOPRgrmA3GokocHDWijHkE

Early Neolithic high mountain settlers were already carrying out complex
livestock and farming activities, finds study

https://phys.org/news/2023-12-early-neolithic-high-mountain-settlers.html

Study suggests climate played a crucial role in human migration from Africa

https://phys.org/news/2023-12-climate-played-crucial-role-human.html

*History*

The Children Who Went Up In Smoke

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-children-who-went-up-in-smoke-172429802/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=editorial&utm_term=12102023&utm_content=archival&fbclid=IwAR1wOwRX_CFAlzmVHwhsjIWZvRtdGGGPkOGA7EcHYLCybCmPsl5Oi7P3X9k

Archaeologists' 'Exciting' Pre-Viking Discovery Rewrites History

https://www.newsweek.com/archaeologists-exciting-pre-viking-discovery-rewrite-history-1850146

The Napoléon that Ridley Scott and Hollywood won’t let you see

https://theconversation.com/the-napoleon-that-ridley-scott-and-hollywood-wont-let-you-see-218878#:~:text=A%20missed%20opportunity&text=After%20all%2C%20Napol%C3%A9on's%20history%20of,depicted%20on%20a%20Hollywood%20screen
.

How ‘Schindler’s List’ Transformed Americans’ Understanding of the Holocaust

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-schindlers-list-transformed-americans-understanding-of-the-holocaust-180983408/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=editorial&utm_term=12142023&utm_content=new&fbclid=IwAR0alz8Q-We_h_zihKGoCfz5n2g6N2thUVu66uV5gR2GOM7oYn7RMkYwwbQ

This monument stood for hundreds of years before vandals smashed it.
Historians say it must never happen again

https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/13/india/india-delhi-zafar-mahal-mughal-vandalism-intl-hnk/index.html#:~:text=India's%20Zafar%20Mahal%20Mughal%20palace,years%20before%20vandals%20smashed%20monument

To fight so-called book bans, some states are threatening to withhold
funding

https://www.npr.org/2023/12/14/1219428691/librarians-will-be-watching-when-illinois-anti-book-ban-law-goes-into-effect?sc=18&f=1001

Judge allows the removal of a Confederate memorial at Arlington Cemetery

https://www.npr.org/2023/12/20/1220573980/confederate-memorial-arlington-cemetery-removal

A cardinal is convicted of embezzlement and sentenced to 5 1/2 years in
Vatican trial

https://www.npr.org/2023/12/16/1219839096/cardinal-vatican-embezzlement-trial-guilty?sc=18&f=1001

Pope Francis allows blessing same-sex relationships

https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2023/12/18/pope-francis-blessing-lgbt-gay-same-sex-relationships-246749?fbclid=IwAR2GuNFO-YZj1xvB88ywJGmiVWyRWVrxIGtl9efZzqr9xeKxSnt25opeicg

Timbuktu: Mali's ancient city defies jihadist siege to stage a festival

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-67732586?xtor=AL-72-%5Bpartner%5D-%5Bbbc.news.twitter%5D-%5Bheadline%5D-%5Bnews%5D-%5Bbizdev%5D-%5Bisapi%5D&at_ptr_name=twitter&at_campaign_type=owned&at_medium=social&at_link_origin=BBCWorld&at_format=link&at_link_type=web_link&at_bbc_team=editorial&at_campaign=Social_Flow&at_link_id=72E3FD08-9E10-11EE-9C85-B0F8E03B214A

Taino language returns to its people

https://ictnews.org/opinion/taino-language-returns-to-its-people?fbclid=IwAR09T1tKS_QkEHvcNGN351wWMnM1YZsaaAgL45gCn4a0BX1h_c8RTEK5RSM

Ancient DNA analysis reveals how the rise and fall of the Roman Empire
shifted populations in the Balkans

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/12/231207161343.htm

How the Women of the North Platte Canteen Fed Six Million Soldiers During
World War II

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-the-women-of-the-north-platte-canteen-fed-six-million-soldiers-during-world-war-ii-180983441/

The Many Myths of the Boston Tea Party

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-many-myths-of-the-boston-tea-party-180983399/

Descendants of Black Civil War Heroes Wear Their Heritage With Pride

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/descendants-black-civil-war-heroes-wear-heritage-pride-180983397/

*Archaeology*

Study of remains uncovered in Argentina's Patagonian region shows locals
raised and ate horses

https://phys.org/news/2023-12-uncovered-argentina-patagonian-region-locals.html?fbclid=IwAR3xXTDktcov44rBlpEpUNQhS76BDeiDwo_YikNyUlbAl8QTxCmLm0rAyQE

Her quest was to excavate not the soil, but the record

https://www.csmonitor.com/Books/2023/1214/Her-quest-was-to-excavate-not-the-soil-but-the-record?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&cmpid=FB&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR30mfg3COD668iopkuNomz_46Rq46ZaZ5coTz7VAYqWmnQkD4-APUysK78#Echobox=1702586555

A father and his 6-year-old daughter were fishing on Lake Michigan. Then
they stumbled upon a century-old shipwreck

https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/16/us/lake-michigan-shipwreck-discovery-trnd/index.html

Archaeologists Find Ancient Native American Calendar on Colorado Border

https://www.newsweek.com/archaeologists-find-ancient-native-american-calendar-colorado-border-1852956

Ancient Inscribed Bricks Contain Evidence of Mysterious Magnetic 'Anomaly,'
Scientists Find

https://www.vice.com/en/article/4a3pam/ancient-inscribed-bricks-contain-evidence-of-mysterious-magnetic-anomaly-scientists-find

'Fake' Seal Impression of Biblical King Jeroboam Is Authentic, New Study
Says

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-12-18/ty-article/fake-seal-impression-of-biblical-king-jeroboam-is-authentic-new-study-says/0000018c-7853-d98c-abef-fed7f4370000

Tracking Ancient Animals
https://www.archaeology.org/issues/538-2401/digs/11952-namibia-animal-track-way-rock-art

2,000-Year-Old Skeleton of Sarmatian Man Identified in England

https://www.archaeology.org/news/12012-231221-england-sarmatian-skeleton

How 'listening' to archaeological sites could shed light on the past

https://phys.org/news/2023-12-archaeological-sites.html

*Egyptology*

Nothing to report

*General Science*

Norwegian company unveils a vessel concept with a thorium molten salt
reactor

https://interestingengineering.com/transportation/norwegian-thorium-molten-salt-reactor?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=organic&utm_content=Dec06&fbclid=IwAR2rxXZeK-FKapxupOIzqFrdHDVmaMjb620QOvEVtsvoESMYOz6fPzqdktE

Robo dogs and AI inspectors might be coming to the border

https://www.axios.com/2023/12/12/border-patrol-us-mexico-ai-robo-dogs-drones-inspectors?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

Swift 4-D printing with shape-memory polymers

https://phys.org/news/2023-12-swift-d-shape-memory-polymers.html

*Physics, Earth and Space Sciences*   Starlink loses out on $886 million in
rural broadband subsidies
https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/12/23999070/spacex-starlink-fcc-rural-digital-opportunity-fund-fcc-rejected

Hackers prove it doesn’t take much to hijack a dead satellite

https://www.popsci.com/technology/hackers-dead-satellite/?fbclid=IwAR0PsB7ZnTw3TkJNTfTXDLMqyU4UvVwkMGZEt3_bXrQgHlFDr5xIrl328oE

Voyager 1 stops communicating with Earth

https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/13/world/voyager-1-computer-issue-scn/index.html

China launches experimental spacecraft into orbit for third time since 2020

https://www.reuters.com/technology/space/china-launches-experimental-spacecraft-into-orbit-third-time-since-2020-2023-12-15/?taid=657bd8a554058e00016dc75e&utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter

Wild new NASA plasma tech reduces drag during hypersonic flight

https://www.space.com/nasa-hypersonic-magnetohydrodynamic-control?utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_content=space.com&fbclid=IwAR0RQl3FC0D4oIkUY5HSFqdFXoKPzTNLIlM81OsURl2becP59XEZvTycqYE

A volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island is sacred to spiritual practitioners and
treasured by astronomers
https://apnews.com/article/hawaii-mauna-kea-volcano-spiritual-astronomy-7ae1c1d446b199f0b6f8709a77220dfe

Could we defend Earth against a 'rubble pile' asteroid?

https://www.space.com/asteroids-rubble-piles-earth-planetary-defense?utm_medium=social&utm_content=space.com&utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_source=facebook.com&fbclid=IwAR2vUAq8RGUEAnkzlmvJ45UI0kxeI3q1SN6iXDqnUqFE8IGsl9HLfHdexMw

NASA releases new images of Uranus and its moons

https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/4366352-nasa-new-images-uranus/

NASA’s Hubble watches ‘spoke season’ on Saturn
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1029790

Mapping magma chambers under the Hunga volcano before and after the 2022
eruption

https://phys.org/news/2023-12-magma-chambers-hunga-volcano-eruption.html

What happens if you put a black hole into the sun?

https://phys.org/news/2023-12-black-hole-sun-1.html

Researchers study a million galaxies to find out how the universe began

https://phys.org/news/2023-12-million-galaxies-universe-began.html

*Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources*

Tribes celebrate historic deal with White House that could save Pacific
Northwest salmon

https://www.npr.org/2023/12/14/1219431385/tribes-are-celebrating-a-white-house-deal-that-could-save-northwest-salmon?sc=18&f=1001

A volunteer effort is hoping to save California's Joshua trees

https://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/volunteer-effort-hoping-californias-joshua-trees-rcna121891

Brazilian lawmakers pass bill to pave highway through Amazon rainforest

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/brazil-amazon-rainforest-highway-paving-lawmakers-vote-rcna130637

New material allows for better hydrogen-based batteries and fuel cells

https://techxplore.com/news/2023-12-material-hydrogen-based-batteries-fuel-cells.html

Polymer-air battery research investigates advanced energy storage solutions

https://techxplore.com/news/2023-12-polymer-air-battery-advanced-energy-storage.html

*Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences*

Eels Can Genetically Modify Nearby Fish With Their Electrical Pulses

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/eels-can-genetically-modify-nearby-fish-with-their-electrical-pulses-180983422/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=editorial&utm_term=12132023&utm_content=new&fbclid=IwAR380xw23JvkG7whh0F-NU2zY09x4lU8zw6lpXZl_jrqtDU7VQRqKkddzTs

Native health program celebrates first four graduates

https://ictnews.org/news/native-health-program-celebrates-first-four-graduates?fbclid=IwAR25Yrinc9h-Ii6Q16k6pB-BiiX0yxxv8YrHsHGHey2WyXlDKz4HXhLHwwI

Two men charged with killing approximately 3,600 birds, including bald
eagles

https://www.npr.org/2023/12/14/1219424322/montana-men-bald-eagle-killing-case?sc=18&f=1001

World's 1st 'conversation' between humans and whales could help us talk to
aliens someday, scientists claim

https://www.livescience.com/space/extraterrestrial-life/worlds-1st-conversation-between-humans-and-whales-could-help-us-talk-to-aliens-someday-scientists-claim

The future of canine stem cell therapy: unprecedented, painless, and
feeder-free

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1011174

Engineers develop a vibrating, ingestible capsule that might help treat
obesity
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-12-vibrating-ingestible-capsule-obesity.html

*Other*

Inside Mathematicians’ Search for the Mysterious ‘Einstein Tile’

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/inside-mathematicians-search-for-the-mysterious-einstein-tile/

Additional Informational

Interactive bioacoustic playback as a tool for detecting and exploring
nonhuman intelligence: “conversing” with an Alaskan humpback whale

https://peerj.com/articles/16349/

Monuments Men and Women Foundation Newsletter

https://bos.etapestry.com/prod/viewEmailAsPage.do?erRef=1237.0.5911409&databaseId=MonumentsMenFoundationFortheP&mailingId=45613970&jobRef=1237.0.118915182&key=4e8412ad48562e3c9934f45c3e144d48&personaRef=1237.0.5911408&memberId=1638661242

NASA's MAVEN Observes the Disappearing Solar Wind

https://mars.nasa.gov/news/9519/nasas-maven-observes-the-disappearing-solar-wind/

Aurelia Institute Newsletter

https://mailchi.mp/aureliainstitute/december2023?e=57e055f9a1

NASA Uses Two Worlds to Test Future Mars Helicopter Designs

https://mars.nasa.gov/news/9513/nasa-uses-two-worlds-to-test-future-mars-helicopter-designs/

ALIPH Foundation Newsletter

https://issuu.com/aliphfoundation/docs/en_newsletter_number_6_aliph_active_on_all_front?fr=sNzQ4YzYzMDEyMTE

International Science Council Newsletter

https://us5.campaign-archive.com/?e=725b365f54&u=2e9b648776114e2888e7ea8c5&id=9dfdc1b6a4

NASA Orbiter Snaps Stunning Views of Mars Horizon

https://mars.nasa.gov/news/9514/nasa-orbiter-snaps-stunning-views-of-mars-horizon/
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