[Jawlist] Weekly Science Report 3-17-23

Sun Mar 19 10:06:27 PDT 2023

*Weekly Science Report*

*March 17, 2023*

*“Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify
the hunters.”*

African Proverb

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*

*What were Neanderthals really like—and why did they go extinct?*

https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/history-and-civilisation/2023/03/what-were-neanderthals-really-like-and-why-did-they-go-extinct

*New study discovers eight new prehistoric human groups*

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-733442

The archaeologists recreating the secrets of prehistoric technology

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2364153-the-archaeologists-recreating-the-secrets-of-prehistoric-technology/#Echobox=1678826078

Neolithic ceramics reveal dairy processing from milk of multiple species

https://phys.org/news/2023-03-neolithic-ceramics-reveal-dairy-multiple.html

Stone flakes made by modern monkeys trigger big questions about early humans

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/03/10/1161652099/monkey-stone-flakes-early-humans-tools?sc=18&f=1001

Ancient DNA Sheds Light on Europe’s Hunter-Gatherers

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ancient-dna-sheds-light-on-europes-hunter-gatherers-180981730/

7,000-year-old cult site in Saudi Arabia was filled with human remains and
animal bones

https://www.livescience.com/7000-year-old-cult-site-in-saudi-arabia-was-filled-with-human-remains-and-animal-bones

Genomic study of ancient humans sheds light on human evolution on the
Tibetan Plateau

https://phys.org/news/2023-03-genomic-ancient-humans-human-evolution.html

Fossil site is 'Rosetta Stone' for understanding early life

https://phys.org/news/2023-03-fossil-site-rosetta-stone-early.html

*History*

3,000 languages may go extinct by end of 21st century: UNESCO

https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/3000-languages-may-go-extinct-by-end-of-21st-century-unesco/news?gallery_image=undefined#big

Toronto museum returns objects to family of famous Cree leader

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/02/24/royal-ontario-museum-repatriates-poundmaker-saddlebag-pipe-cree-leader

*These were the most visited national parks and memorials in 2022*

https://www.npr.org/2023/03/06/1161246636/national-parks-momuments-attendance-visits?sc=18&f=1001

*The Latest UNESCO World Heritage Site Nominee Is a U.S. Destination You
Might Not Expect*

https://www.travelandleisure.com/moravian-church-bethlehem-pennsylvania-unesco-world-heritage-nominee-7153195

Denver donates 35 bison to Native American tribes

https://www.npr.org/2023/03/16/1164015750/native-american-bison-buffalo-denver-donate?sc=18&f=1001

He was with Emmett Till the night he was murdered. The horror haunts him
still

https://www.npr.org/2023/03/12/1162677900/emmett-till-wheeler-parker?sc=18&f=1001

Chance cross-cultural unicorn concepts lost in translation

https://phys.org/news/2023-03-chance-cross-cultural-unicorn-concepts-lost.html

Cyprus's copper deposits created one of the most important trade hubs in
the Bronze Age

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/03/230316114041.htm

1,400-year-old mural of 2-faced men unearthed in Peru may allude to 'cosmic
realms'

https://www.livescience.com/1400-year-old-mural-of-2-faced-men-unearthed-in-peru-may-allude-to-cosmic-realms

Traute Lafrenz, Last Surviving Member of Anti-Nazi Resistance Group the
White Rose, Dies at 103

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/traute-lafrenz-last-surviving-member-of-anti-nazi-resistance-group-the-white-rose-dies-at-103-180981780/

The Tenacious Women Reporters Who Helped Expose the Boston Strangler

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-tenacious-women-reporters-who-helped-expose-the-boston-strangler-180981786/

Adventurer Elise Wortley Recreates the Journeys of Famous Female Explorers

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/adventurer-elise-wortley-recreates-the-journeys-of-famous-female-explorers-180981763/

Japanese American Artists Recall the Trauma of Wartime Incarceration

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/japanese-american-artists-recall-the-trauma-of-wartime-incarceration-180981746/

Da Vinci's mother was an enslaved teenager trafficked to Italy, new
documents suggest

https://www.livescience.com/da-vincis-mother-was-an-enslaved-teenager-trafficked-to-italy-new-documents-suggest

*Archaeology*

Iraq rebuilding ancient sites destroyed by ISIS, Abu Dhabi conference hears

https://www.thenationalnews.com/uae/2023/03/07/iraq-rebuilding-ancient-sites-destroyed-by-isis-abu-dhabi-conference-hears/?utm_source=iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=6336387_

*Israel Antiquities Authority must rein in enthusiasm before its next find
– editorial*

https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-733447?fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=a9b141f6820bfa3f&start_with_session_counter=3&application_server_address=isolation2-us-west-2.wss.prod.fire.glass

*How a UC Berkeley professor taught with remains suspected to be Native
American*

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/uc-berkeley-native-american-remains-rcna72748

*Folktale becomes reality as Roman altar unearthed at Leicester Cathedral*

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/mar/07/amazing-roman-altar-stone-unearthed-at-leicester-cathedral?CMP=fb_gu&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1678226963

U.S. returns 2,700-year-old artifact believed looted during the fall of
Baghdad in 2003

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/03/13/us-returns-ancient-artifact-iraq/11466799002/

"Amazing" inscription found on 1,600-year-old gold treasure unearthed in
Denmark

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/gold-treasure-unearthed-denmark-odin-norse-god-inscription/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab6a&linkId=204588670

Dutch historian finds medieval treasure using metal detector

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/dutch-historian-discovers-medieval-treasure-using-metal-detector-rcna74304

Viking treasure reveals oldest reference to Norse god Odin

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/norse-god-odin-oldest-reference-found-viking-treasure-rcna73939

Ancient artifacts reveal the 'roots of Casas Grandes'
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-ancient-artifacts-reveal-roots-casas.html

Roman archaeological site in Gloucester closed after flooding
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-64918104

Lasers and chemistry reveal how ancient pottery was made, and how an empire
functioned

https://phys.org/news/2023-03-lasers-chemistry-reveal-ancient-pottery.html

Roman era gravesites with unusual funerary rites

https://phys.org/news/2023-03-roman-era-gravesites-unusual-funerary.html

Notre Dame is held together by a first-of-its-kind 'iron skeleton,'
catastrophic fire revealed

https://www.livescience.com/notre-dame-is-held-together-by-a-first-of-its-kind-iron-skeleton-catastrophic-fire-revealed

Bronze Age craftspeople tempered steel more than 1,000 years before the
Romans did it

https://www.livescience.com/bronze-age-craftspeople-tempered-steel-more-than-1000-years-before-the-romans-did-it

*Egyptology*

*Archaeologists in Egypt unearth Sphinx-like Roman-era statue*

https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/archaeologists-egypt-unearth-sphinx-roman-era-statue-97654907#:~:text=A%20secret%20corridor%20was%20discovered,Egypt%2C%20antiquities%20authorities%20said%20Monday
*.*

*Archaeologists dug for evidence of the Rosetta Stone's ancient Egyptian
rebellion—here's what they found*

https://phys.org/news/2023-03-archaeologists-dug-evidence-rosetta-stone.html

*General Science*

*This small prototype submarine could fly through the water for covert
missions*

https://www.popsci.com/technology/kronos-submarine-prototype/

*Viable superconducting material created at low temperature and low
pressure*

https://phys.org/news/2023-03-viable-superconducting-material-temperature-pressure.html

*A soft polymer-based tactile sensor for robotics applications*

*https://techxplore.com/news/2023-03-soft-polymer-based-tactile-sensor-robotics.html
<https://techxplore.com/news/2023-03-soft-polymer-based-tactile-sensor-robotics.html>*

*Lacking health workers, Germany taps robots for elder care*
https://techxplore.com/news/2023-03-lacking-health-workers-germany-robots.html
*Physics, Earth and Space Sciences*

The World’s First 3D-Printed Rocket Is About to Launch

https://www.wired.com/story/the-worlds-first-3d-printed-rocket-is-about-to-launch-relativity-space/?bxid=5bd6790424c17c1048020acb&cndid=41291302&esrc=twitter-newsletter-c&mbid=mbid%3DCRMWIR012019%0A%0A&source=Email_0_EDT_WIR_NEWSLETTER_0_DAILY_ZZ&utm_brand=wired&utm_campaign=aud-dev&utm_content=WIR_Daily_031023&utm_mailing=WIR_Daily_031023&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nl&utm_term=P2

*NASA's Curiosity views first 'sun rays' on Mars*

https://phys.org/news/2023-03-nasa-curiosity-views-sun-rays.html

*A guide to the solar system’s biggest secrets*

https://www.popsci.com/story/space/solar-system-mysterious-parts/

What's the maximum gravity we could survive?

https://astronomy.com/news/2018/09/gravity-to-the-max?fbclid=IwAR1KmkhuaA7HOJCXTn8OwFnXOPFtyhVwACX48iiLjv5XXAm-8l8CA75oVA0&fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=aeb258adefd39c1e&start_with_session_counter=2&application_server_address=isolation1-us-east-1.wss.prod.fire.glass

What Earth Would Have Really Looked Like in Adam Driver’s ‘65’

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/what-earth-would-have-really-looked-like-in-the-sci-fi-movie-65-180981772/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=editorial&utm_term=3/13/2023&utm_content=recent

DART left an asteroid crime scene. This mission is on deck to investigate
it.

https://www.popsci.com/science/hera-asteroid-deflection-space-mission/

Virgin Orbit, Richard Branson's satellite launch company, to pause
operations

https://www.nbcnews.com/science/space/virgin-orbit-richard-bransons-satellite-launch-company-pause-operation-rcna75256

Future NASA moonwalkers will sport sleeker spacesuits

https://www.nbcnews.com/science/space/future-nasa-moonwalkers-sport-sleeker-spacesuits-rcna75142

Volcanic activity on Venus spotted in radar images, scientists say

https://www.npr.org/2023/03/17/1164053464/volcanic-activity-on-venus-spotted-in-radar-images-scientists-say?sc=18&f=1001

Boom! Japanese astronomer catches meteorite smashing into the moon (video)

https://www.space.com/meteorite-impacts-moon-february-2023-video?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_content=space.com&utm_source=facebook.com

Four astronauts fly SpaceX back home to end 5-month mission

https://www.npr.org/2023/03/11/1162906273/spacex-astronaut-mission?sc=18&f=1001

Newly found asteroid has a 'very small chance' of hitting Earth, NASA says

https://www.npr.org/2023/03/10/1162659328/asteroid-2023-dw-nasa-earth-impact?sc=18&f=1001

Space startup forced to call off launch of world's first 3D-printed rocket

https://www.nbcnews.com/science/space/worlds-first-3d-printed-rocket-set-make-inaugural-flight-rcna73868

This new space probe will go farther and faster than any before, gathering
data for generations

https://www.popsci.com/story/science/deep-space-probe-faster-farther/

Meet the sargassum belt, a 5,000-mile-long snake of seaweed circling Florida

https://www.npr.org/2023/03/15/1163385168/sargassum-seaweed-florida-mexico-beaches?sc=18&f=1001

NASA instrument bound for Titan could reveal chemistry leading to life

https://phys.org/news/2023-03-nasa-instrument-bound-titan-reveal.html

Scientists identify heat wave at bottom of ocean

https://phys.org/news/2023-03-scientists-bottom-ocean.html

‘Unstable’ Moons May Be Obliterating Alien Life across the Universe

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/unstable-moons-may-be-obliterating-alien-life-across-the-universe/

*Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources*

Arizona county approves solar-powered cobalt sulfate production facility

https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2023/03/08/arizona-county-approves-solar-powered-cobalt-sulfate-production-facility/?fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=ae6d8ef4dfb2bf71&start_with_session_counter=3&application_server_address=isolation2-us-west-2.wss.prod.fire.glass

Researchers develop biodegradable, biorecyclable glass

https://phys.org/news/2023-03-biodegradable-biorecyclable-glass.html

Rivers and streams in the Andean Cordillera are hot spots for greenhouse
gases emissions, shows study

https://phys.org/news/2023-03-rivers-streams-andean-cordillera-hot.html

*Newly discovered enzyme that turns air into electricity, providing a new
clean source of energy*

https://phys.org/news/2023-03-newly-enzyme-air-electricity-source.html

*Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences*

*Orca female observed caring for baby pilot whale*

https://phys.org/news/2023-03-orca-female-baby-whale.html

Experts weigh medical advances in gene-editing with ethical dilemmas

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/03/06/1158705095/genome-summit-gene-editing-ethics-crspr?sc=18&f=1001

Neurotech could connect our brains to computers. What could go wrong, right?

https://www.npr.org/2023/03/14/1163494707/neurotechnology-privacy-data-tracking-nita-farahany-battle-for-brain-book?sc=18&f=1001

Kiska, 'the loneliest whale in the world,' dies at Canada amusement park

https://www.npr.org/2023/03/11/1162863883/kiska-the-loneliest-whale-in-the-world-dies-at-canada-amusement-park?sc=18&f=1001

Mysterious new behavior seen in whales may be recorded in ancient
manuscripts

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/02/230228154458.htm

An extra X chromosome-linked gene may explain decreased viral infection
severity in females

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/983103

New study provides first comprehensive look at oxygen loss on coral reefs

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/982920

Genetic causes of three previously unexplained rare diseases identified

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/982614

Protein engineers navigate toward more targeted therapeutics

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/983054

Researchers highlight nucleolar DNA damage response in fight against cancer

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/982996

*Other*

*David Byrne on Talking Heads and following his own beat*

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/david-byrne-60-minutes-2023-03-05/

*With Florida ranking high in UFO sightings, astronomers ask what's up
there?*

https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/with-florida-ranking-high-in-ufo-sightings-astronomers-ask-whats-up-there/

Additional Informational

NASA’s Magellan Data Reveals Volcanic Activity on Venus

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-magellan-data-reveals-volcanic-activity-on-venus?fbclid=IwAR3uutE23KYhrpm9wfBdSgimDwZkrF41hpYRlhGsOrLLW7j5DpSVyvA7PUk

Engineers Keep an Eye on Fuel Supply of NASA’s Oldest Mars Orbiter

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/engineers-keep-an-eye-on-fuel-supply-of-nasas-oldest-mars-orbiter?fbclid=IwAR2GzttDTKxEn60-0ycKaNSyC27Xeikaec_fU2JpQh9OewUMFlkLUmtQrQY

The Push to Conserve 30 Percent of the Planet: What’s at Stake?

https://www.cfr.org/article/goal-conserve-30-percent-planet-2030-biodiversity-climate?utm_source=tw&utm_medium=social_owned&fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=aecbc8766b241243&start_with_session_counter=3&application_server_address=isolation2-us-east-1.wss.prod.fire.glass
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