[Jawlist] Weekly Science Report 12-30-22

Mon Jan 2 10:39:31 PST 2023

*Weekly Science Report*

*December 30, 2022*

*“Right up to the very end, life must be worn gloriously, because until our
last moment the future is what we make it.”*

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

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*

The Mystery of Nevada’s Ancient Reptilian Boneyard

https://www.wired.com/story/the-mystery-of-nevadas-ancient-reptilian-boneyard/?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_121922&utm_mailing=WIR_Daily_121922&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nl&utm_term=P1

Archaeologists uncover oldest known projectile points in the Americas

https://phys.org/news/2022-12-archaeologists-uncover-oldest-projectile-americas.html

The earliest humans swam 100,000 years ago, but swimming remains a
privileged pastime

https://phys.org/news/2022-12-earliest-humans-swam-years-privileged.html

Six recent discoveries that have changed how we think about human origins

https://theconversation.com/six-recent-discoveries-that-have-changed-how-we-think-about-human-origins-190274?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter&s=09#Echobox=1671035954

First evidence found of a dinosaur eating a mammal

https://phys.org/news/2022-12-evidence-dinosaur-mammal.html

11,000-year-old carving may be earliest narrative scene

https://phys.org/news/2022-12-year-old-earliest-narrative-scene.html

Hunter-gatherer social ties spread pottery-making far and wide

https://phys.org/news/2022-12-hunter-gatherer-social-pottery-making-wide.html

Humans have been using bear skins for at least 300,000 years, suggests study

https://phys.org/news/2022-12-humans-skins-years.html

Human ancestors may have sailed across the Aegean Sea

https://phys.org/news/2022-12-human-ancestors-aegean-sea.html

*History*

Dutch leader apologizes for the Netherlands' role in slave trade

https://www.npr.org/2022/12/20/1144311201/the-dutch-leader-apologizes-for-the-netherlands-role-in-slave-trade?sc=18&f=1001

Germany: Former Nazi camp secretary, 97, appeals conviction

https://apnews.com/article/crime-legal-proceedings-gdansk-germany-ee5c2f07c36915eb9064dc89f4ae080f

Salmon People: A Native Fishing Family’s Fight to Preserve a Way of Life

https://www.propublica.org/article/salmon-people-a-native-fishing-familys-fight-to-preserve-a-way-of-life?fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=a7039fddc9f64d37&start_with_session_counter=3&application_server_address=isolation1-us-east-1.wss.prod.fire.glass

To share Native American culture and history the right way, artifacts
should always be returned to tribes

https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/columnists/story/2022-11-27/to-share-native-american-culture-and-history-the-right-way-artifacts-should-always-be-returned-to-tribes?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter&fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=a64db2beda0e83ff&start_with_session_counter=3&application_server_address=isolation1-us-east-1.wss.prod.fire.glass

Amna Nawaz is stepping into history at PBS, and she hopes to make room for
others like her

https://19thnews.org/2022/12/amna-nawaz-making-history-pbs-newshour/?s=09

The story of the nativity: Who were the three wise men?

https://www.middleeasteye.net/discover/christmas-nativity-story-three-wise-men-who-were?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=Social_Traffic&utm_content=ap_7au7vukuqv

Emmett Till and his mother honored with congressional medal

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/emmett-mother-mamie-honored-congressional-medal-rcna62934

UNESCO highlighting importance of Indigenous languages in 10-year plan

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/unesco-decade-of-indigenous-languages-1.6696136

West Point will remove Confederate symbols from its campus

https://www.npr.org/2022/12/22/1145107950/west-point-confederate-symbols-robert-e-lee?sc=18&f=1001

The Most Inspiring Immigration Stories Of 2022

https://www.forbes.com/sites/stuartanderson/2022/12/20/the-most-inspiring-immigration-stories-of-2022/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=ForbesMainTwitter&utm_campaign=socialflowForbesMainTwitter&s=09&sh=4f2eef733312

Tribes Intervene in Lawsuit Restoring Two Utah National Monuments

https://nativenewsonline.net/environment/tribes-intervene-in-lawsuit-restoring-two-utah-national-monuments?utm_content=buffer8fb51&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer&fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=a2bb50ab4494ba41&start_with_session_counter=3&application_server_address=isolation2-us-east-1.wss.prod.fire.glass

Descendants of executed Dakota 38+2 ride to Mankato to honor ancestors

https://www.mprnews.org/story/2022/12/23/descendants-of-executed-dakota-382-ride-to-mankato-to-honor-ancestors?utm_term=nprnews&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=npr

The Federal Government Has a Long History of Stealing Land from Tribes. But
Comanagement Is a Step in the Right Direction.

https://www.outsideonline.com/adventure-travel/news-analysis/government-tribes-co-management/?utm_content=buffer92e2e&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Native victims of mass execution remembered in Minnesota

https://indiancountrytoday.com/news/native-victims-of-mass-execution-remembered-in-minnesota

How the secrets of ancient cuneiform texts are being revealed by AI

https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25533981-400-how-the-secrets-of-ancient-cuneiform-texts-are-being-revealed-by-ai/?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR282DViZ_P-NCntTuY4LMQBFc0-A9a2xx_gUGmT-HU4NM2yyrCOz9aTb2E#Echobox=1671731100

Inside the Nisga’a Nation’s Fight to Get a 36-Foot Totem Pole Back From
Scotland

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/inside-the-nisgaa-nations-fight-for-the-return-of-a-36-foot-totem-pole-180981342/

U.S. Restores J. Robert Oppenheimer’s Security Clearance After 68 Years
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/us-restores-j-robert-oppenheimers-security-clearance-after-68-years-180981329/

Attila the Hun raided Rome due to starvation, not bloodlust, study suggests

https://www.livescience.com/attila-the-hun-raided-to-escape-drought

*Archaeology*

‘A second front’: fight to save 1,000-year-old caves from developers in
Ukraine

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/25/a-second-front-fight-to-save-cave-complexes-from-developers-in-ukraine

Researchers discover over 100 new ancient designs in Peru's Nazca lines

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/researchers-discover-over-100-new-ancient-designs-perus-nazca-lines-2022-12-19/

Britain’s Stone Age Building Boom

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/graphics/stonehenge-was-one-triumph-amid-a-prehistoric-building-boom-feature?cmpid=org=ngp::mc=social::src=facebook::cmp=editorial::add=fb20221221ngm-resurfstonehengeprehistoricbuildings&linkId=194537348&fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=aaa40402cd9ead17&start_with_session_counter=2&application_server_address=isolation1-us-east-1.wss.prod.fire.glass

Burial cave dedicated to Jesus midwife Salome reveals treasures; will open
to public

https://www.timesofisrael.com/burial-cave-dedicated-to-jesus-midwife-salome-reveals-treasures-ahead-of-opening/

Huge 2,000-year-old Mayan civilization discovered in northern Guatemala

https://phys.org/news/2022-12-huge-year-old-mayan-civilization-northern.html

Israel, right-wing group to fully excavate biblical Siloam Pool in East
Jerusalem

https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-right-wing-group-to-fully-excavate-biblical-siloam-pool-in-east-jerusalem/

Heritage protection foundation Aliph expands with office in Saudi Arabia

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/12/22/heritage-protection-foundation-opens-office-in-saudi-arabia?fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=ac788bfae64119a7&start_with_session_counter=3&application_server_address=isolation2-us-east-1.wss.prod.fire.glass

Researchers offer new interpretation of a 4,000-year-old cemetery

https://phys.org/news/2022-12-year-old-cemetery.html

Why the mysterious Scottish broch is making a return

https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0cpl9nf/why-the-mysterious-scottish-broch-is-making-a-return?at_link_type=web_link&at_link_origin=BBC_News&at_format=link&at_bbc_team=editorial&at_medium=social&at_ptr_name=facebook_page&at_campaign=Social_Flow&at_link_id=284B502C-8456-11ED-9024-1DCE96E8478F&at_campaign_type=owned&fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=a9e1c6128ced5ff7&start_with_session_counter=2&application_server_address=isolation2-us-east-1.wss.prod.fire.glass

List of foreign buyers of Korean cultural assets in 1930s-50s unveiled

https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20221219003600315?input=tw&fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=a742ab5dce3c7449&start_with_session_counter=3&application_server_address=isolation2-us-east-1.wss.prod.fire.glass

Indigenous Australians fight to protect sacred art from industry and
pollution

https://www.todayonline.com/world/indigenous-australians-fight-protect-sacred-art-industry-and-pollution-2069331?s=09

Vandals Destroy 30,000-Year-Old Indigenous Cave Drawings in Australia

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/30000-year-old-indigenous-cave-drawings-in-australia-have-been-destroyed-180981363/

Divers recover 275 artifacts, including ‘remarkable’ book, from Arctic
shipwreck

https://www.heraldonline.com/news/nation-world/world/article270506482.html

30 incredible sunken wrecks from WWI and WWII

https://www.livescience.com/world-war-i-ii-sunken-wrecks-

(Un)following the Recipe

https://www.archaeology.org/issues/496-2301/digs/11043-digs-china-bronze-recipe

Neolithic Tombs Discovered in Central China

https://www.archaeology.org/news/11102-221230-china-suyang-tombs

*Egyptology*

Researchers identify bird species depicted in ancient, finely detailed
Egyptian painting

https://phys.org/news/2022-12-bird-species-depicted-ancient-finely.html

Additional Mummies Uncovered Near Vizier’s Tomb in Luxor

https://www.archaeology.org/news/11103-221230-egypt-luxor-tombs

*General Science*

Hotels say goodbye to daily room cleanings and hello to robots as workers
stay scarce

https://www.npr.org/2022/12/21/1143475374/hotels-labor-worker-shortage-robots-automation?sc=18&f=1001

*Physics, Earth and Space Sciences*

Inside-out asteroids: A practical method for creating space habitats

https://newatlas.com/space/space-habitat-ring-plan/

Goodnight, sweet spacecraft: NASA's InSight lander may have just signed off
from Mars

https://www.npr.org/2022/12/20/1144402999/nasa-insight-mars-lander?sc=18&f=1001

Decades of Jupiter Observations Have Revealed Something Strange

https://www.vice.com/en/article/5d38bz/decades-of-jupiter-observations-have-revealed-something-strange?utm_source=vice_facebook&utm_medium=social

Nuclear fusion breakthrough: What does it mean for space exploration?

https://www.space.com/nuclear-fusion-breakthrough-spacetravel?fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=acf8ae61176ace80&start_with_session_counter=3&application_server_address=isolation1-us-east-1.wss.prod.fire.glass

NASA’s Pluto Spacecraft Begins New Mission at the Solar System’s Edge

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/nasas-pluto-spacecraft-begins-new-mission-at-the-solar-systems-edge/?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1671629577

Russian space debris forces space station to dodge, delays US spacewalk

https://www.space.com/russian-space-debris-cancels-nasa-spacewalk

Early results from NASA's DART mission

https://phys.org/news/2022-12-early-results-nasa-dart-mission.html

Five space exploration missions to look out for in 2023

https://phys.org/news/2022-12-space-exploration-missions.amp

Scientists investigate potential regolith origin on Uranus' moon Miranda

https://phys.org/news/2022-12-scientists-potential-regolith-uranus-moon.html

Moon rivers? UK scientists at heart of mission to extract water from lunar
rock

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/dec/26/moon-rivers-uk-scientists-at-heart-of-mission-to-extract-water-from-lunar-rock?CMP=fb_gu&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1672065012

Rescue Soyuz spacecraft can't reach International Space Station until
February

https://www.space.com/international-space-station-rescue-soyuz-february
  New measurements of galaxy rotation lean toward modified gravity as an
explanation for dark matter

https://phys.org/news/2022-12-galaxy-rotation-gravity-explanation-dark.html

Venus may have Earth-like lithospheric thickness and heat flow

https://phys.org/news/2022-12-venus-earth-like-lithospheric-thickness.html

Chinese astronomers detect over 100 new open clusters

https://phys.org/news/2022-12-chinese-astronomers-clusters.html

Action of two protostars appears to be making conditions right for planet
formation

https://phys.org/news/2022-12-action-protostars-conditions-planet-formation.html

*Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources*

The world has a new plan to save nature. Here’s how it works — and how it
could fail.

https://www.vox.com/down-to-earth/2022/12/19/23515099/cop15-montreal-biodiversity-climate?fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=a45982d87885cc80&start_with_session_counter=3&application_server_address=isolation1-us-east-1.wss.prod.fire.glass

EU agrees to the world’s largest carbon border tax

https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/19/energy/eu-carbon-border-tax?fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=a8c1181360f4305b&start_with_session_counter=3&application_server_address=isolation1-us-east-1.wss.prod.fire.glass

This little-known bottleneck is blocking clean energy for millions

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/12/20/clean-energy-bottleneck-transmission-lines/?fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=ad76993aecda78ad&start_with_session_counter=3&application_server_address=isolation1-us-east-1.wss.prod.fire.glass

Ancient farming practice makes a comeback as climate change puts pressure
on crops

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2022/12/28/cover-crops-can-help-fight-climate-change-effects-us-farms/10798179002/?gnt-cfr=1

Study identifies new cause of melting Antarctic ice shelves

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/975229

Uneven wetting under climate change is causing diverse variations in the
thawing of frozen ground on the Tibetan Plateau

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/975240

Researchers develop eco-friendly materials capable of purifying water
https://phys.org/news/2022-12-eco-friendly-materials-capable-purifying.html

*Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences*

A new kind of blood test can screen for many cancers — as some pregnant
people learn

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/12/23/1141679898/a-new-kind-of-blood-test-can-screen-for-many-cancers-as-some-pregnant-people-lea?sc=18&f=1001

Gene editing could revive a nearly lost tree. Not everyone is on board

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2022/08/30/american-chestnut-blight-gene-editing/?utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_medium=social&fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=a0eca09551e74fd5&start_with_session_counter=3&application_server_address=isolation2-us-east-1.wss.prod.fire.glass

New method precisely locates gene activity and proteins across tissues

https://phys.org/news/2023-01-method-precisely-gene-proteins-tissues.html

Solar-powered cells: Light-activated proton pumps generate cellular energy,
extend life

https://phys.org/news/2022-12-solar-powered-cells-light-activated-proton-generate.html

Duping antibodies with a decoy, researchers aim to prevent rejection of
transplanted cells

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-01-duping-antibodies-decoy-aim-transplanted.html

*Other*

Nothing to report

Additional Informational

Powering the moon: Sandia researchers design microgrid for future lunar base

https://www.sandia.gov/labnews/2022/05/05/powering-the-moon-sandia-researchers-design-microgrid-for-future-lunar-base/

Aurelia Institute Newsletter

https://mailchi.mp/aureliainstitute/aurelia-in-2022-on-earth-and-in-orbit?e=57e055f9a1

World Monuments Fund, Chankillo Archaeoastronomical Complex

https://www.wmf.org/project/chankillo-archaeoastronomical-complex

NOAA Research's top accomplishments from 2022

https://research.noaa.gov/article/ArtMID/587/ArticleID/2920/NOAA-Researchs-top-accomplishments-from-2022?fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=a93869bc1a36d82e&start_with_session_counter=3&application_server_address=isolation1-us-east-1.wss.prod.fire.glass

Next up to Continue NASA/USGS’s Landsat Legacy

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2022/next-up-to-continue-nasa-usgs-landsat-legacy

B612 on Asteroid Day LIVE 2022- Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-kk0TuM1cs

Construction Begins on NASA’s Next-Generation Asteroid Hunter

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/construction-begins-on-nasas-next-generation-asteroid-hunter

Magnetic Fusion Confinement with Tokamaks and Stellarators

https://www.iaea.org/bulletin/magnetic-fusion-confinement-with-tokamaks-and-stellarators?fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=aa5c27bc6f9db440&start_with_session_counter=3&application_server_address=isolation1-us-east-1.wss.prod.fire.glass

TED Talk, How Indigenous guardians protect the planet and humanity

https://www.ted.com/talks/valerie_courtois_how_indigenous_guardians_protect_the_planet_and_humanity?fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=a720c6b80d5cd0aa&start_with_session_counter=3&application_server_address=isolation2-us-west-2.wss.prod.fire.glass

Asteroid Day, Simulate Asteroid Impact Anywhere on Earth

https://asteroidday.org/news-updates/simulate-asteroid-impact-anywhere-on-earth/

Criminality in Africa’s Fishing Industry: A Threat to Human Security

https://africacenter.org/publication/criminality-africa-fishing-industry-threat-human-security/?s=09

NASA, Exoplanet Travel Bureau

https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/alien-worlds/exoplanet-travel-bureau/

New Theory on Timing for Human Settlement of Parts of Tropical Pacific

https://now.tufts.edu/2022/12/19/new-theory-timing-human-settlement-parts-tropical-pacific

Ancient Great Wall building materials reveal environmental changes
associated with oases in northwestern China

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-27071-4

Three-dimensional muon imaging of cavities inside the Temperino mine (Italy)

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-26393-7
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