[Jawlist] Weekly Science Report 6-30-23

[Steve Detwiler]

*Weekly Science Report*

*June 30, 2023*



*“To the stars through hardship.”*

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*



New dinosaur species Vectipelta barretti discovered on Britain's Isle of
Wight

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-dinosaur-species-discovered-uk-isle-of-wight-vectipelta-barretti-ankylosaurus/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab6a&linkId=220305989&fbclid=IwAR0UVr61gUAdKE9bxN-Q8_PiOfNl6U03n0RkFNs4s_d23cI6VgkN3D4OL7I



Ancient pendant found in Mongolia may be oldest known carving of a penis

https://phys.org/news/2023-06-ancient-pendant-mongolia-oldest-penis.html?fbclid=IwAR1NuTTqib_LS_kdGebLF-OaQZg_FKx1sBkqXQQ8H9ngi7fAvFGHeX_hzM4



Neanderthals created Europe's oldest 'intentional' engravings up to 75,000
years ago, study suggests

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/neanderthals-created-europes-oldest-intentional-engravings-up-to-75000-years-ago-study-suggests?fbclid=IwAR2E9GwIZjfKznj1hL5i-mJ3a-DocoBOGZgfsAx4WMNVBP_h5ZSGlhx9oeI



The civilization myth: How new discoveries are rewriting human history

https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25834450-800-the-civilisation-myth-how-new-discoveries-are-rewriting-human-history/?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR0D74FazS_ludq0rq-JhSrGjgzWWsWWkacl2c3ugfZjbgq4DX7aIJ28WJI#Echobox=1687883263-1



The Fascinating World of Neanderthal Diet, Language and Other Behaviors

https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/the-fascinating-world-of-neanderthal-diet-language-and-other-behaviors?utm_campaign=organicsocial&utm_content=ever_wonder_about_the_uni&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR28DAagNoLuaT9NElIwyTEUrTx3OPyTlOXqXA0jAa3u44CKwlg2jY2MztE



Human Relatives Were Butchering and Eating Each Other 1.45 Million Years Ago

https://www.vice.com/en/article/4a3avp/human-relatives-were-butchering-and-eating-each-other-145-million-years-ago?utm_source=vice_facebook&utm_medium=social&fbclid=IwAR0jXn_XinQ0CpN2qdjFfc3G3oQbUFEHe6uX96aVfkEXfwuHlAzlv9m26ww



New analysis of tooth minerals confirms megalodon shark was warm-blooded

https://phys.org/news/2023-06-analysis-tooth-minerals-megalodon-shark.html?fbclid=IwAR0IC4r-MDQ-VhoKwhWn7rhf4FD0GiBZvlOYMcZ__XpXrydGe9ASlC9QLMI


Archaeologists Uncover Earliest Evidence of Modern Humans in Southeast Asia

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-uncover-earliest-evidence-of-modern-humans-found-in-southeast-asia-180982377/



Magnetic bacteria provide clues for the early diversification of bacteria

https://phys.org/news/2023-06-magnetic-bacteria-clues-early-diversification.html?fbclid=IwAR0-6u2lkNP2-zynWTChDBxBH1S5WS3nIxDqk7TGWCSNzOG8K3gZaunlHu8









Humans and Neanderthals could have lived together even earlier than we
thought

https://www.popsci.com/science/stone-tools-humans-europe-migration/?fbclid=IwAR2laFwbp63yTOwu3_qX4BRrMCBKGnUoLUojFBEZapYCHcZDl5M7Yp9DZQQ

*History*



Family suing San Diego cemetery after remains of Juneteenth trailblazer
missing from burial plot

https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/family-suing-san-diego-cemetery-after-remains-juneteenth-100181695



Federal government to preserve history of boarding schools

https://ictnews.org/news/federal-government-to-preserve-history-of-boarding-schools?fbclid=IwAR2Skui19indpUvozfOAzHcgan7zXnlhRy8nwnEScAhHkBBD0v0ExXxN3cw



This WWII battle wasn't against Nazis. It was between Black and white GIs
in England

https://www.npr.org/2023/06/21/1183045605/black-army-soldiers-england-wwii-battle?sc=18&f=1001



How ex-Confederates spread racist attitudes far and wide after the Civil War

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/ex-confederates-spread-racist-attitudes-far-wide-civil-war-rcna90419



Maine Legislature vote expands sovereignty for Native American tribes

https://apnews.com/article/maine-tribes-federal-law-sovereignty-f18ce758d9d8918ef0cd00f05ee741f5



Biblical Kingdom of Judah expanded into Israel earlier than previously
thought, study finds

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-748033



Greeks Are Descendants of the Mycenaeans, DNA Study Confirms

https://greekreporter.com/2023/06/25/new-evidence-supports-modern-greeks-having-dna-of-ancient-mycenaeans/



Quest to discover the lost actress of Vilnius who is full of mystery

https://www.thejc.com/life-and-culture/all/quest-to-discover-the-lost-actress-of-vilnius-who-is-full-of-mystery-6eMzupCxpd0QpeUAjN4H1Q?fbclid=IwAR2yvsIQfmWGjyJLQjF_zaBhNE5G-1wdwBJ9muCj8ytXWoMrFfEtFpBfYfw



Who is Oppenheimer? The controversial man behind the atomic bomb

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/julius-robert-oppenheimer-atomic-bomb-legacy?cmpid=org=ngp::mc=social::src=facebook::cmp=editorial::add=fb20230628hist-oppenheimer&linkId=222171587&fbclid=IwAR3SLA4BKLA7YaNuYuxMlrhW6vTMfphj-TZRd_VPL-TYycAayL5skUYGAZc





*Archaeology*



An archaeological first: A poem by Virgil appears on the remnants of a
Roman oil amphora

https://phys.org/news/2023-06-archaeological-poem-virgil-remnants-roman.html?fbclid=IwAR1ZTPA-mazSWpj2SOgfZqoVGShmxNutY6dWhuwbna3Y7aI0oVnDR0TmiwY



An ancient Mayan empire city was found in the Mexican jungle

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/ancient-mayan-empire-city-was-found-mexican-jungle-rcna90351



Archaeologists unearth 4,000-year-old ‘Stonehenge of the Netherlands’

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/21/archaeologists-unearth-stonehenge-netherlands



Ancient city razed by IS group yields new artifacts from the rubble

https://www.science.org/content/article/ancient-city-razed-group-yields-new-artifacts-rubble?utm_campaign=SciMag&utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=ownedSocial&fbclid=IwAR1A-sZw495KXGqvg97q_SfCoRNcHMP_wtq6pjhFhc7kWD-1HVK38ncDeVo&



Florida archaeologists uncover America's first free Black settlement- Video

https://www.nbcnews.com/now/video/florida-archaeologists-uncover-america-s-first-free-black-settlement-182630469519?fbclid=IwAR3Xo_7bageBLlmh35JZ6ikWR8dtWX0D1qqZ6OjRI3e-hqaj4RRhz71nCys



Silver medal featuring winged Medusa discovered at Roman fort near
Hadrian's Wall

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/romans/silver-medal-featuring-winged-medusa-discovered-at-roman-fort-near-hadrians-wall



Tourist filmed carving his girlfriend’s name into Rome’s Colosseum

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/tourist-inscribes-name-colosseum-rome-intl-scli/index.html?utm_medium=social&utm_term=link&utm_source=fbCNN&utm_content=2023-06-26T18%3A40%3A18&fbclid=IwAR0Tft62WUS941bcZEMl1gpnxt4p02cDGFVilRvqsJHjRVbTb8BAOefMTuo



This Ancient Maya City Was Hidden in the Jungle for More Than 1,000 Years

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-ancient-maya-city-was-hidden-in-the-jungle-for-over-1000-years-180982427/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=editorial&utm_term=6262023&utm_content=new&fbclid=IwAR1gu0eaNIvjhwF1gJln3jEh5MlU8lSz99IKOTpkNI_gUwdMqdU5FIZ8CGs



Did Indiana Jones help or hurt archaeology?

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/indiana-jones-harrison-ford-movie-impact-archeology?cmpid=org=ngp::mc=social::src=facebook::cmp=editorial::add=fb20230625hist-indianajonesarcheology&linkId=221470262&fbclid=IwAR3aySFNzBuvEWZxNeZqHC8BwbsjrA7bUNWhj8JIzK4BErcocwKcnCVER2o



*Egyptology*



Ancient Egyptian hydraulic engineering shown in walls along Nile – study

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-747047











*General Science*



Nothing to report



*Physics, Earth and Space Sciences*



Webb Telescope is powerful enough to see a variety of biosignatures in
exoplanets, argues new paper

https://phys.org/news/2023-06-webb-telescope-powerful-variety-biosignatures.html?fbclid=IwAR0bV6xRaqUgy2MTafl98sfmnwkeE6yTFlY1YilgXYqv3u_xrvLS5P7CKCs



A new satellite could help clean up the air in America's most polluted
neighborhoods

https://www.npr.org/2023/06/19/1179670466/air-pollution-satellite-baltimore-climate-change



Evidence of the amino acid tryptophan found in space

https://phys.org/news/2023-06-evidence-amino-acid-tryptophan-space.html?fbclid=IwAR3n6vqNLWdQY9YCHUjoQclV5lzVySaVj4P2z0l5jly29Lf62iH28ChT1e4



Deep sea rescues have a mixed track record. The Pisces III is one that
succeeded

https://www.npr.org/2023/06/20/1183249112/missing-titanic-submarine-rescue-pisces-iii?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_medium=social&fbclid=IwAR3_ksG6Y3gZ-F2MR0Zr1l-JNSaQ02XLRAd1GDFemUByiiogFY-GF7ENLxU



Hold onto your satellites: The sun is about to get a lot stormier

https://www.popsci.com/science/space-weather-forecast-2025/?fbclid=IwAR0fC_Ba-N089DDVD9LNFpKlJcV9ulEaqhBcH3p3UgsdmqTOQ6yrPQFi-fY



Lawsuit: Insufficient prototype testing could put Titanic sub passengers in
'extreme danger'

https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/lawsuit-companys-insufficient-testing-titanic-put-passengers-potential-100265275



‘Expedition Unknown’ Host Canceled OceanGate Trip Because of ‘Safety
Concerns': ‘Titan Did Not Perform Well on My Dive’

https://www.thewrap.com/expedition-unknown-oceangate-dive-safety-concerns/



A year after Yellowstone floods, fishing guides have to learn 'a whole new
river'

https://www.npr.org/2023/06/21/1182144444/a-year-after-yellowstone-floods-fishing-guides-have-to-learn-a-whole-new-river?sc=18&f=1001



How to get your name engraved on a NASA spacecraft bound for Europa

https://www.popsci.com/science/europa-clipper-name-signup/?fbclid=IwAR3S3VhApKyOqG653sgKyN8dtcMp46mZ71sx_fjg76TjfhLxHXNmjfJwoBI



Scientists have found signs of a new kind of gravitational wave. It's
really big

https://www.npr.org/2023/06/28/1183878163/new-gravitational-wave-supermassive-black-hole?sc=18&f=1001



Human remains likely recovered from wreckage of Titan submersible, Coast
Guard says

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/06/28/human-remains-found-titan-submersible-wreckage-coast-guard/70367000007/



Our own Milky Way is sending out neutrinos, the so-called 'ghost particles'

https://www.npr.org/2023/06/29/1185058476/milky-way-sending-neutrinos-ghost-particles?sc=18&f=1001











For amateur astronomers, 'star parties' are the antidote to light-polluted
skies

https://www.npr.org/2023/06/24/1183490359/astronomy-light-pollution-star-party-astrophotography?utm_campaign=npr&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_term=nprnews&fbclid=IwAR0P3-s-pdT2sGFz64MN4DTA8B7LGutFu92hN_7wdr4nzj42BUxARXbS0a4



NASA launches Mars mission simulation

https://kfor.com/news/nasa-launches-mars-mission-simulation/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=facebook.com+&utm_campaign=socialflow&fbclid=IwAR2bNfE-t9zGL3z3V5h0-6y2QqRho3X37rjRmEvrlPndRb6JtdQTKy56WJc



Why do some people get rashes in space? There's a clue in astronaut blood

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/06/26/1184026951/astronaut-immune-system-space-travel-health?sc=18&f=1001



The U.S. Navy heard the likely implosion of the missing Titan sub on Sunday

https://www.npr.org/2023/06/23/1183976726/titan-titanic-sub-implosion-navy?sc=18&f=1001



Artemis I’s solar panels harvested a lot more energy than expected

https://www.popsci.com/science/artemis-solar-panels/?fbclid=IwAR16yC6iKMHKXQPDEQ41nKnIsOVw0TWTzbyxjGgRZDP5fyO8Z1dlgcwmSD8



Time-lapse images show bus-sized asteroid zoom "very close" to Earth at
over 2,000 mph

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/time-lapse-asteroid-mu2-zoom-past-earth-2000-mph/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab6a&linkId=222200820&fbclid=IwAR22hb8rfRIUNovJTufgywcAzMi8XVriodE_KeVcDfKlGczweSnP4VBDzyM



Harvard professor’s search for remains of interstellar object that crashed
into ocean concludes — here’s what was found

https://nypost.com/2023/06/27/harvard-professor-avi-loebs-search-for-remains-of-interstellar-object-that-crashed-into-ocean-concludes-heres-what-was-found/?utm_source=url_sitebuttons&utm_medium=site%20buttons&utm_campaign=site%20buttons&fbclid=IwAR1ZhG8GT4KFksQsr2oBb8nWSWm1wg1ypKxdv7laSX_PaAQKX_gHXwW_BAI



Novel algorithm improves understanding of plasma shock waves in space

https://phys.org/news/2023-06-algorithm-plasma-space.html?fbclid=IwAR2T3hKaTbuF6wL693vW3ejR_8QG_GGCHE-C5neV7zOPmSxnci9QPl_jzzc

*Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources*



US Army Corps revokes permit for Minnesota mine, cites threat to downstream
tribe's water standards

https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/us-army-corps-revokes-permit-minnesota-mine-cites-99886642?fbclid=IwAR1XEJgO20HpeGwYSzlJ737TzYbo2gn7-4XInk3Tj6VNx6FLixhlSJsdco4_aem_th_AWJCZlj9DRkPcWL_QsSp0LHfronPgPP-KZnEiDRjuGiBbfb9rgz2FtSl-ZGkJG5xvibqpTBsOaVu2waG_xwMFm6U



A new adsorbent for removing radioactive cesium ions from nuclear wastewater

https://phys.org/news/2023-06-adsorbent-radioactive-cesium-ions-nuclear.html?fbclid=IwAR2B5A0efhP3abSkgCwpi2uYpc4TaWbsxXh8l1r1R5i3DeHPxf6Y16Q0QD0



This fishing gear can help save whales. What will it take for fishermen to
use it?

https://www.npr.org/2023/06/25/1183727733/this-fishing-gear-can-help-save-whales-what-will-it-take-for-fishermen-to-use-it?sc=18&f=1001



Western tribes' last-ditch effort to stall a large lithium mine in Nevada

https://www.npr.org/2023/06/28/1184812267/western-tribes-last-ditch-effort-to-stall-a-large-lithium-mine-in-nevada?sc=18&f=1001

*Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences*



Why can’t tourists stop messing with wild animals?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2023/06/16/yellowstone-bison-selfie-gored/



How scientists are hacking the genetic code to give proteins new powers

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01980-4



Killer whale boat attack videos might not be what they seem

https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-65949040?at_link_type=web_link&at_link_origin=BBC_News&at_campaign_type=owned&at_ptr_name=facebook_page&at_bbc_team=editorial&at_medium=social&at_format=link&at_link_id=F8EA5C58-1279-11EE-B46B-5596AD7C7D13&at_campaign=Social_Flow&fbclid=IwAR1M1nhoypG1xQWrwu_X_5KU4kwtQ-vHtq_DNp1Ihh-eDMuy7TyMIN7oXss



Octopuses have a REM-like sleep state where they appear to dream

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2380064-octopuses-have-a-rem-like-sleep-state-where-they-appear-to-dream/?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR112E2dMzXb387qexUAIen6KW1JdDuu_wELkCQS35qZ65cLdSxB-9WrHGE#Echobox=1687972042



Dolphin moms use baby talk to call to their young, recordings show

https://phys.org/news/2023-06-dolphin-moms-baby-young.html?fbclid=IwAR2gKd766BXYzllA03oYydDVeJRVC85b-5_ASFMo6oBI3zEkffXeJYXoYSc



Orcas disrupt boat race near Spain in latest display of dangerous, puzzling
behavior

https://apnews.com/article/orcas-attack-ocean-race-sailboat-killer-whales-c13e7e67f1c8f536e5be9258455eed70?utm_campaign=TrueAnthem&utm_medium=AP&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR09wL8uk-b7YbXTaEVVPZ7nWWuCVzFS9epj4TDP0neJXzCEqktWCWleNmI



A worm named after a comedian is impacting spiny lobster reproduction and
could threaten a lucrative fishing interest

https://phys.org/news/2023-06-worm-comedian-impacting-spiny-lobster.html?fbclid=IwAR2ctKnkIEf6KXeARs1NKhEB3siDSEXMWkizS19M3erllO7vvI9tW6JlR2Q



*Other*



Utopia: The ancient discoveries that point to the ideal human society

https://www.newscientist.com/article/0-utopia-the-ancient-discoveries-that-point-to-the-ideal-human-society/?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR1wnuc21unvQa86IN6jqYRgEsOD5p5_Lfm2d-H79UFziPrLuVXO5zFw938#Echobox=1688046733



Harvard professor who studies dishonesty is accused of falsifying data

https://www.npr.org/2023/06/26/1184289296/harvard-professor-dishonesty-francesca-gino?sc=18&f=1001



Step inside the world's only nuclear-powered passenger ship — built in 1959

https://www.npr.org/2023/06/23/1182973358/step-aboard-the-nuclear-powered-passenger-ship-of-tomorrow-from-1959?sc=18&f=1001























Additional Informational



Bringing Proximity and Perspective to the Emmett Till Story

https://www.facinghistory.org/ideas-week/bringing-proximity-perspective-emmett-till-story?utm_campaign=Post%3A%20%22%E2%80%9CThis%20unit%20offers%20an%20excellent%20opportunity%20to...%22&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=paid&hsa_acc=908457187361&hsa_cam=6356284337353&hsa_grp=6356284340153&hsa_ad=6356284342153&hsa_src=fb&hsa_net=facebook&hsa_ver=3&fbclid=IwAR2KYNqVMksX9KXwur5-hyuRqaigf-9KjQmrr-jyVSjxTfSGW5AbWarg1y8



Ten Ways to Unlock an Ocean of Opportunity

https://www.nature.org/en-us/what-we-do/our-insights/perspectives/ten-ways-to-unlock-ocean-of-opportunity/?en_txn1=s_two.gc.x.x.&sf178984083=1



Yellowstone National Park, Take the Yellowstone Pledge

https://www.nps.gov/yell/planyourvisit/yellowstonepledge.htm
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