[Jawlist] Weekly Science Report 1-13-23

Sun Jan 15 10:02:22 PST 2023

*Weekly Science Report*

*January 13, 2023*

*“People come here penniless but not cultureless.  They bring us gifts.  We
can synthesize the best of our traditions with the best of theirs.  We can
teach and learn from each other to produce a better America.”*

Mary Pipher

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 Mysterious Origin of Dragons

https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/the-mysterious-origin-of-dragons?utm_campaign=organicsocial&utm_content=How%2C%20exactly%2C%20did%20the%20ide&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR1aoWwmFv67TujQy8EfDF83o1q3gpAVwzKeRFiv6nDiiPX_RNI9h6gNtrQ

Below Madagascar, cave divers surface secrets of the past

https://www.popsci.com/science/cave-divers-paleontologists-madagascar/

Mysterious symbols in cave paintings may be earliest form of writing

https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25634202-800-mysterious-symbols-in-cave-paintings-may-be-earliest-form-of-writing/?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR0QDBU8vyN9lm6QOv_xUUJZxrJ17bAz5yPsfWNZkFu-FpYHhVV9k-Vk_xo#Echobox=1672929111

Stone Age humans stepped out in cave bear fur 300,000 years ago

https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/05/europe/bear-skins-prehistoric-clothing-scn/index.html?utm_medium=social&utm_content=2023-01-05T13%3A20%3A06&utm_source=fbCNNi&utm_term=link&fbclid=IwAR20OPkBW-bKEPOqt_HqeX2hykSLAcfajaUxgUqIXgyR8Wky36OFLk9lZ60&fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=aa392d26d01a15d7&start_with_session_counter=2&application_server_address=isolation1-us-east-1.wss.prod.fire.glass

High-altitude living has changed more than just the genes of some Peruvians

https://www.science.org/content/article/high-altitude-living-has-changed-more-just-genes-some-peruvians?utm_label=AAAS%23ScienceMagArchives&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=social&utm_campaign=AAAS&fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=af5e071823924a8f&start_with_session_counter=3&application_server_address=isolation1-us-west-2.wss.prod.fire.glass

Mass production of stone bladelets shows cultural shift in Paleolithic
Levant

https://phys.org/news/2023-01-mass-production-stone-bladelets-cultural.html

Human and Neanderthal brains have a surprising 'youthful' quality in
common, new research finds

https://www.livescience.com/youthful-human-and-neanderthal-brains

Look at the face of the 'Jericho Skull,' buried 9,000 years ago with shells
for eyes

https://www.livescience.com/jericho-skull-facial-approximation

Fossils reveal dinosaurs of prehistoric Patagonia

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/976525

Evolution of uniquely human DNA was a balancing act, study concludes

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/976613

Prehistoric population once lived in Siberia, but mysteriously vanished,
genetic study finds

https://www.livescience.com/previously-unknown-hunter-gatherers-siberia

Phylogenetic bracketing suggests some dinosaurs' neuron density was equal
to that of modern primates

https://phys.org/news/2023-01-phylogenetic-bracketing-dinosaurs-neuron-density.html?fbclid=IwAR0Ztko1-z2iHeYW-nTg2NS-lme17idU0WJbPZS3hRhh85qkqTwPK2m75Q8

*History*

NASA Apollo astronaut Walt Cunningham has died at age 90

https://www.npr.org/2023/01/03/517135016/nasa-apollo-astronaut-walt-cunningham-died?utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&fbclid=IwAR0cM1YCAh6mUnPEmZA0h-x_03VVuqE_EytDsf1PFLtqQpK1paa62TkkU5Q&fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=a7dbdd4880eb2e96&start_with_session_counter=2&application_server_address=isolation1-us-east-1.wss.prod.fire.glass

Thousands queue to pay tribute as the body of retired pope Benedict XVI
lies in state

https://www.npr.org/2023/01/02/1146544377/thousands-queue-to-pay-tribute-as-the-body-of-retired-pope-benedict-xvi-lies-in-?sc=18&f=1001

Study suggests Mayas utilized market-based economics

https://phys.org/news/2023-01-mayas-market-based-economics.html?fbclid=IwAR0FyB-vlA11tFeozFksyuG0El-NcOGrcRWYLR7NgTNT-oiZ_9s-5pWfp_Q

Germany refuses WWII reparations talks, Poland turns to UN

https://apnews.com/article/politics-poland-warsaw-government-berlin-5aab10aa2e69bee76762bf76a1573b94

Biden signs law to help preserve Japanese American WWII incarceration camps

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/biden-signs-law-help-preserve-japanese-american-wwii-incarceration-cam-rcna64502

This ancient language puzzle was impossible to solve—until a PhD student
cracked the code

https://www.popsci.com/science/sanskrit-puzzle-2500-years-old/?fbclid=IwAR14GQuhrgthvif1AUYoleR7yzkjSMfyou3QOj9iTXJXUaMDjrHRJRk78Nc&fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=a03318693837b0a8&start_with_session_counter=2&application_server_address=isolation2-us-west-2.wss.prod.fire.glass

U.N. exhibit remembers when the world turned its back on stateless Jewish
refugees

https://www.jta.org/2023/01/10/ny/u-n-exhibit-remembers-when-the-world-turned-its-back-on-stateless-jewish-refugees?utm_campaign=sprout&utm_medium=social&utm_source=NYJW_Twitter&fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=a69a789c5a79d648&start_with_session_counter=3&application_server_address=isolation2-us-east-1.wss.prod.fire.glass

'Lost in limbo': Taliban’s application for Unesco protection of historic
Kabul garden still unanswered after a year

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/01/10/talibans-world-heritage-application-for-historic-kabul-garden-in-limbo?fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=a1d210e25eb661c1&start_with_session_counter=3&application_server_address=isolation2-us-east-1.wss.prod.fire.glass

Long before Silicon Valley, scholars in ancient Iraq created an
intellectual hub that revolutionised science

https://phys.org/news/2023-01-silicon-valley-scholars-ancient-iraq.html

Ancient DNA Reveals a Genetic History of the Viking Age

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ancient-dna-reveals-a-genetic-history-of-the-viking-age-180981404/

Native Americans—and their genes—traveled back to Siberia, new genomes
reveal

https://www.science.org/content/article/native-americans-and-their-genes-traveled-back-siberia-new-genomes-reveal

Exploring a Forgotten Jewish Land

https://www.archaeology.org/issues/498-2301/letter-from/11057-ethiopia-beta-israel

Who Was Yasuke, Japan’s First Black Samurai?

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/who-was-yasuke-japans-first-black-samurai-180981416/

A New Discovery Puts Panama as the Site of the First Successful Slave
Rebellion

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/new-discovery-puts-panama-site-first-successful-slave-rebellion-180981312/

The Misunderstood Roman Empress Who Willed Her Way to the Top

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/misunderstood-roman-empress-willed-way-to-top-180981294/

You Can Retrace the Footsteps Jewish Refugees Took on a Hike Through the
Alps

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/you-can-retrace-footsteps-jewish-refugees-took-hike-through-alps-180981298/

*Archaeology*

Collapse, contamination: Mexican scientists sound alarm at Mayan Train

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/collapse-contamination-mexican-scientists-sound-alarm-mayan-train-2023-01-04/?taid=63b57f60540f7d0001e0df52&utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter&fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=a2c38d1a7e4f46f6&start_with_session_counter=3&application_server_address=isolation1-us-west-2.wss.prod.fire.glass

Mystery of why Roman buildings have survived so long has been unraveled,
scientists say

https://www.cnn.com/style/article/roman-concrete-mystery-ingredient-scn/index.html?utm_medium=social&utm_term=link&utm_source=fbCNNi&utm_content=2023-01-07T01%3A01%3A08

LIDAR reveals ancient Mesoamerican structures aligned for use as a 260-day
calendar

https://phys.org/news/2023-01-lidar-reveals-ancient-mesoamerican-aligned.html?fbclid=IwAR0x-MGv68Oo_0_sXd1sWy-v0E9q2500xPAow_oVv-4rXEwgXdrItah36cg

Remains of ancient, indigenous dogs found at Jamestown, as well as proof
people ate them

https://phys.org/news/2023-01-ancient-indigenous-dogs-jamestown-proof.html

Police Discover Hundreds of Stolen Artifacts at Two Spanish Residences

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/police-discover-hundreds-of-stolen-artifacts-at-spanish-residences-180981401/

Discovery of the temple of Poseidon located at the Kleidi site near Samikon
in Greece

https://phys.org/news/2023-01-discovery-temple-poseidon-kleidi-site.html

Remains of Ohio fighter pilot shot down in WWII identified

https://phys.org/news/2023-01-ohio-fighter-shot-wwii.html

Europe's famous bog bodies may be part of a tradition that spanned millennia

https://phys.org/news/2023-01-europe-famous-bog-bodies-tradition.html

Headless skeletons in a settlement trench: A 7,000-year-old mass grave?

https://phys.org/news/2023-01-headless-skeletons-settlement-trench-year-old.html

'Princely' tomb of Hun warrior unearthed in Romania

https://www.livescience.com/princely-tomb-hun-warrior-romania

*Egyptology*

US museum returns looted ancient sarcophagus to Egypt

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/03/us-museum-returns-looted-ancient-sarcophagus-to-egypt?CMP=fb_gu&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1672753437

Inside a Pharaoh's Coffin

https://www.archaeology.org/issues/494-2301/features/11027-egypt-amenhotep-i-mummy-scans

Ancient Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses II's 'handsome' face revealed in striking
reconstruction

https://www.livescience.com/ramesses-ii-facial-reconstruction

*General Science*

Artificial intelligence discovers new nanostructures

*https://phys.org/news/2023-01-ai-nanostructures.html
<https://phys.org/news/2023-01-ai-nanostructures.html>*

Feathered robotic wing paves way for flapping drones

*https://techxplore.com/news/2023-01-feathered-robotic-wing-paves-drones.html
<https://techxplore.com/news/2023-01-feathered-robotic-wing-paves-drones.html>*

*Physics, Earth and Space Sciences*

Newly Discovered Asteroid Is a Weird 'Mini Moon' on a 200-Year Visit to
Earth

https://www.cnet.com/science/space/newly-discovered-asteroid-is-a-weird-mini-moon-on-a-200-year-visit-to-earth/?fbclid=IwAR3XeG3SUHHt3vhmnrPTdu2hk7iEcWWN_YhmJZ16S_r7d6JcIj-us-ICI0Y

ISS astronauts are building objects that couldn’t exist on Earth

https://www.popsci.com/science/iss-resin-manufacture-new-shapes/?fbclid=IwAR0RhXPCn11i4xab-Legz0ghgezT1FfBvPIboDuKTqjyxjNdi1G5b_gAWJo&fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=aacc8f541440ccfe&start_with_session_counter=2&application_server_address=isolation1-us-east-1.wss.prod.fire.glass

A potentially revolutionary solar harvester just left the planet

https://www.popsci.com/technology/caltech-solar-energy-power-satellite-prototype-launch/

Scientists just tried to see inside an asteroid with radio waves from this
HAARP array

https://www.space.com/haarp-peers-inside-asteroid

Caltech to launch space solar power technology demo into orbit in January

https://techxplore.com/news/2023-01-caltech-space-solar-power-technology.html

A bright green comet may be visible with the naked eye starting later this
month

https://www.npr.org/2023/01/08/1147685424/comet-green-january-e3-ztf-nasa?sc=18&f=1001

The moon beckons once again, and this time NASA wants to stay

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/interactive/2023/nasa-moon-artemis-launch/?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR2GbfoNUb890ln7aJCU1_kBYe2XQz90NBhA8EP-beu-roRZrSGdrdvhR9E

Building blocks of life found in meteorite that crash landed in
Gloucestershire

https://phys.org/news/2023-01-blocks-life-meteorite-gloucestershire.html

An astronaut crew is stuck waiting in space after their Russian spacecraft
suffered damage

https://www.floridatoday.com/story/tech/science/space/2023/01/11/a-replacement-russia-soyuz-astronaut-capsule-damaged-international-space-station-nasa/69797934007/

NASA's moon-orbiting space station will be claustrophobic, architect says

https://www.space.com/lunar-gateway-station-claustrophobic-architect-says

The Propulsion System That Could Get Us From Earth to Neptune in 1 Year

https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/deep-space/a42467338/propulsion-system-interstellar-travel-earth-neptune/?utm_medium=social-media&utm_campaign=socialflowFBPOP&utm_source=facebook

Colorado Springs defense firm using gaming to train Space Force personnel

https://gazette.com/business/colorado-springs-defense-firm-using-gaming-to-train-space-force-personnel/article_3c90a18a-3e54-11eb-b8a9-d7745769d3ba.html?fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=a52ff0cd0a651ba7&start_with_session_counter=3&application_server_address=isolation1-us-west-2.wss.prod.fire.glass

The ozone layer is on track to recover in the coming decades, the United
Nations says

https://www.npr.org/2023/01/10/1147977166/ozone-layer-recovery-united-nations-report?fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=a2c273ee0e221c55&start_with_session_counter=3&application_server_address=isolation1-us-west-2.wss.prod.fire.glass

James Webb Telescope Confirms the Existence of Its First Exoplanet

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/james-webb-confirms-the-existence-of-its-first-exoplanet-180981436/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=editorial&utm_term=1/12/2023&utm_content=new

Virgin Orbit's LauncherOne rocket suffers in-flight failure in Britain's
first orbital flight

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/virgin-orbit-failure-launcherone-richard-branson/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab6a&linkId=196628357

Hubble finds hungry black hole twisting captured star into donut shape

https://phys.org/news/2023-01-hubble-hungry-black-hole-captured.html

Scientists See Quantum Interference between Different Kinds of Particles
for First Time

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/scientists-see-quantum-interference-between-different-kinds-of-particles-for-first-time/

*Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources*

Race to Develop Carbon Removal Technology Begins with Record Funding

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/race-to-develop-carbon-removal-technology-begins-with-record-funding/?fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=abb987c4b4c03736&start_with_session_counter=3&application_server_address=isolation1-us-west-2.wss.prod.fire.glass

Norway says fund to reduce Amazon deforestation in Brazil back in business

https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/norway-says-fund-reduce-amazon-deforestation-brazil-back-business-2023-01-04/?taid=63b51397fe01750001724eec&utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter&fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=af6f80a14bba6158&start_with_session_counter=3&application_server_address=isolation1-us-west-2.wss.prod.fire.glass

Renewable Companies Strive for 24-Hour Power

https://www.wsj.com/articles/renewable-companies-strive-for-24-hour-power-11672781955?mod=e2tw&fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=a486a538078d8a40&start_with_session_counter=3&application_server_address=isolation1-us-west-2.wss.prod.fire.glass

Offshore wind farms threaten New Jersey's shellfish industry. Should
fishing communities be compensated?

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/01/03/offshore-wind-farms-threaten-new-jerseys-shellfish-industry/10980892002/?gnt-cfr=1#fireglass_params&tabid=a5a6d73869f3c73d&start_with_session_counter=3&application_server_address=isolation1-us-west-2.wss.prod.fire.glass

Climate change is forcing cities to rethink their tree mix

https://phys.org/news/2022-12-climate-cities-rethink-tree.html?fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=afdb5700c4742d8c&start_with_session_counter=3&application_server_address=isolation2-us-east-1.wss.prod.fire.glass

North Kesteven solar farm could power 180,000 homes, say firms

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-64225179?xtor=AL-72-%5Bpartner%5D-%5Bbbc.news.twitter%5D-%5Bheadline%5D-%5Bnews%5D-%5Bbizdev%5D-%5Bisapi%5D&at_medium=social&at_format=link&at_ptr_name=twitter&at_bbc_team=editorial&at_link_origin=BBCNews&at_link_id=1331A43E-9108-11ED-9AC9-BFAB4744363C&at_campaign=Social_Flow&at_link_type=web_link&at_campaign_type=owned&fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=a56e038dd627aa44&start_with_session_counter=3&application_server_address=isolation1-us-west-2.wss.prod.fire.glass

‘I am an optimistic person’: the scientist who studies climate catastrophes

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/dec/29/i-am-an-optimistic-person-the-scientist-who-studies-climate-catastrophes?utm_campaign=Carbon%20Brief%20Daily%20Briefing&utm_content=20230103&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue%20Daily&s=09

Hydrogen storage material's key restriction identified

https://phys.org/news/2023-01-hydrogen-storage-material-key-restriction.html

Researchers create smaller, cheaper flow batteries for clean energy

https://techxplore.com/news/2023-01-smaller-cheaper-batteries-energy.html

Oceans Break Heat Record for Fourth Year in a Row

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/oceans-break-heat-record-for-fourth-year-in-a-row/

*Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences*

Why scientists dug up the father of genetics, Gregor Mendel, and analyzed
his DNA

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/12/30/1142202365/gregor-mendel-genetics-dna-analyzed?utm_medium=social&utm_term=nprnews&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=npr

FDA approves new Alzheimer’s drug that appears to slow progression of
disease

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/fda-approves-alzheimers-drug-appears-slow-disease-rcna62928

Study identifies potential new approach for treating lupus

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-01-potential-approach-lupus.html

Scientists identify how a biological pathway leads stem cells to die or
regenerate

https://phys.org/news/2023-01-scientists-biological-pathway-stem-cells.html

*Other*

Pentagon receives more than 350 new reports of UFO sightings

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/pentagon-receives-350-new-reports-ufo-sightings-rcna65631

3D printing reaches new heights with two-story home

https://www.reuters.com/technology/3d-printing-reaches-new-heights-with-two-story-home-2023-01-12/?fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=a59ec0c78f44ec7a&start_with_session_counter=3&application_server_address=isolation1-us-west-2.wss.prod.fire.glass

Additional Informational

Archaeologists awarded NSF grant to survey Florida cultural heritage sites
damaged by Hurricane Ian

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/archaeologists-awarded-nsf-grant-to-survey-florida-cultural-heritage-sites-damaged-by-hurricane-ian/

Ancient DNA from Protohistoric Period Cambodia indicates that South Asians
admixed with local populations as early as 1st–3rd centuries CE’

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-26799-3

The Preservation of Art and Culture in Times of War (Ethics, National
Security, and the Rule of Law)

https://www.amazon.com/Preservation-Culture-Ethics-National-Security/dp/0197610560

Space Policy Edition: JPL Director wants "every brain" to have the chance
to work in space exploration

https://www.planetary.org/planetary-radio/jpl-director-work-in-space-exploration?fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=a71e97b22fa5cc6d&start_with_session_counter=3&application_server_address=isolation1-us-west-2.wss.prod.fire.glass
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