[Jawlist] Weekly Science Report 12-20-24

[Steve Detwiler]

Weekly Science Report
December 20, 2024

“To furnish the means of acquiring knowledge is ... the greatest benefit
that can be conferred upon mankind. It prolongs life itself and enlarges
the sphere of existence.”
John Quincy Adams


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

Earliest evidence of deep-cave rituals in Southwest Asia discovered
https://phys.org/news/2024-12-earliest-evidence-deep-cave-rituals.html?fbclid=IwY2xjawHEM6hleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHVu2tc-m-esbTfyTwZ77tzvQazrrC_afwEY1zHjgCwEpdeNwSdQmQ9HjJg_aem_cRhNJnO9M2gYcIZ5ciZVjA#google_vignette

Traces of 10,000-year-old ancient rice beer discovered in Neolithic site in
Eastern China
https://phys.org/news/2024-12-year-ancient-rice-beer-neolithic.html?fbclid=IwY2xjawHEM9ZleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHb9_PY-hnDUwBDx5Czg5ixkBA7iKFzkkFUoXUuKBnzr0bBTD3GJpqAj3fA_aem_cHMxiUXSfFncmJA3zmmGuQ

Ancient genes pinpoint when humans and Neanderthals mixed and mingled
https://apnews.com/article/neanderthal-dna-gene-human-origins-africa-1c584991f8028979993315c6793048eb?utm_campaign=trueAnthem_manual&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwY2xjawHJES1leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHUxr5SqUUx14BH2Y_eSHw8Jd6uSOHP4hb-i3IidfChQUFdvNtyztG5qD_g_aem_uDjANM8uBStU1o5Yi6rzTQ

A Paleontologist Cracked Open a Rock and Discovered a Prehistoric Amphibian
with a Clever Survival Strategy
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-paleontologist-cracked-open-a-rock-and-discovered-a-prehistoric-amphibian-with-a-clever-survival-strategy-180985625/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&spMailingID=50513479&spUserID=MTczNzQ5ODU5NjUxOAS2&spJobID=2824872147&spReportId=MjgyNDg3MjE0NwS2

Were Neanderthals cold-adapted or were they just ready for anything?
Ribcage reconstruction may hold the answer
https://phys.org/news/2024-12-neanderthals-cold-ready-ribcage-reconstruction.html?fbclid=IwY2xjawHOWlNleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHf-r5xqgX0_dUnuNAjoLDaaL4WWALFoViaU4bbVZ-Ux1aGm3zHInhraKgw_aem_TVxU0RUeZPqGo8TQ2O3_yw

Massive volcanic eruptions did not cause the extinction of dinosaurs, say
climate scientists
https://phys.org/news/2024-12-massive-volcanic-eruptions-extinction-dinosaurs.html?fbclid=IwY2xjawHQOg1leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHWshyUuRwDs10fb4-q454xaR3iVqp1QlkC8yXtkocERmU3s2afv18FYHIw_aem_yWYp7xbnPoFFXDE6orjmnQ#google_vignette

Giant sloths and mastodons coexisted with humans for millennia in Americas,
new discoveries suggest
https://apnews.com/article/mastodon-giant-sloth-megafauna-americas-ancient-humans-3c21c77cd108c5bfcdd8d8c87195c4c8?utm_campaign=TrueAnthem&utm_medium=AP&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwY2xjawHSUuxleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHdy5bvJnMhqXUceYIVswLYHYBv3u3osJqVLasuN9G6oTPoYwGQuiegAvJw_aem_Zyn5aQgHj8-sELGRSoNOyA






Ancient saber-toothed predator found in Spain is the oldest of its kind
https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/19/science/gorgonopsian-fossil-mallorca-saber-tooth/index.html?Date=20241219&Profile=CNN+International&utm_content=1734639044&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwY2xjawHSU3ZleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHR_HSI4gBXDnukZqGDWI6LhuAzphNPIZJFIyGaQNjk0moIojRm5xD36f2w_aem_c3PqwtJ5HqKM9z99fwHuzA



History

Notre Dame hosts first Mass since reopening its doors after 2019 fire
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/notre-dame-first-mass-since-2019-fire/?linkId=682702132&fbclid=IwY2xjawHDyoJleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHSmJTHfksTHmHXXByXSKGuQIx3hocI9j4nvH9iPDJ_aF3eVlcCzXCKmmLg_aem_4lmhS7v05ski-BcgrD1Q5A

>From Kabul to the Carnegie Hall: How an orchestra defied the Taliban to
carry on playing
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/taliban-afghanistan-orchestra-music-ban-carnegie-hall-portugal-rcna181146?utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=trueanthem&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwY2xjawHJK5RleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHTcl3s56jYrauCBCjdb56RW7b4eY0rSPMo7E0w0mHOc2yS5ivckXBbFy-A_aem_j3YM-nNMZLA7FaSemMgPMg&_branch_match_id=1195686125552732090&_branch_referrer=H4sIAAAAAAAAAwXB0QqCMBQA0L%2FpzRRNhSBCJZnVyjQoe5Ft3XQ2p2zV7KVv75z29Rr10rYlZRKMnpNxnAsun7Y3Bag4ZJrndP2gTPD7KjOVO3XEoO3OLwSg4h25qaCnbMKnKEZnJjztB12lyDuJk%2B5O%2FaC4hHQBlaPKHA%2FhxjFOj47M%2FZY%2B%2F7DnNabp14pqAn3deRW25AHf9lGYkhJ63OS4mf0UPEApLpuaqsFoUKukVUMPfwCT4hG5AAAA

Stunning Artworks Seized From the Mafia Go On Display at a New Exhibition
in Milan
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/stunning-artworks-seized-from-the-mafia-go-on-display-at-a-new-exhibition-in-milan-180985609/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&spMailingID=50513479&spUserID=MTczNzQ5ODU5NjUxOAS2&spJobID=2824872147&spReportId=MjgyNDg3MjE0NwS2

Belgium Has Been Found Guilty of ‘Crimes Against Humanity’ for Kidnapping
Thousands of Children in Congo
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/belgium-has-been-found-guilty-of-crimes-against-humanity-for-kidnapping-thousands-of-children-in-congo-180985639/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&spMailingID=50513479&spUserID=MTczNzQ5ODU5NjUxOAS2&spJobID=2824872147&spReportId=MjgyNDg3MjE0NwS2

As ‘oldest Ten Commandments’ go up for auction, some scholars question
authenticity
https://www.timesofisrael.com/as-oldest-ten-commandments-go-up-for-auction-some-scholars-question-authenticity/

Four Decades After the Fall of Argentina’s Dictatorship, a Fight Over the
Country’s Darkest Chapter Is Reopening Grievous Wounds
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/four-decades-after-fall-argentina-dictatorship-fight-over-country-darkest-chapter-reopening-grievous-wounds-180985587/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&spMailingID=50517474&spUserID=MTczNzQ5ODU5NjUxOAS2&spJobID=2824992237&spReportId=MjgyNDk5MjIzNwS2

These Black Soldiers Fought for the British During the American Revolution
in Exchange for Freedom From Slavery
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/these-black-soldiers-fought-for-the-british-during-the-american-revolution-in-exchange-for-freedom-from-slavery-180985617/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&spMailingID=50517474&spUserID=MTczNzQ5ODU5NjUxOAS2&spJobID=2824992237&spReportId=MjgyNDk5MjIzNwS2



‘Book detectives’ step up hunt for Jewish-owned works looted by the Nazis
https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/11/style/hunt-nazi-looted-books-scli-intl/index.html?Date=20241211&Profile=CNN,CNN+International&utm_content=1733913164&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwY2xjawHKBS5leHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHT9JJjtVLA_vDVCBbS3KvLX-etDttMVloUgG4WCUCltjlGAuOanvtQJz7A_aem_brQDatXlBD0dWn5Pr0yfOg

Descendant of last native leader of Alaska island demands Japanese
reparations for 1942 invasion
https://apnews.com/article/alaska-japan-wwii-invasion-reparations-internment-attu-adaef3a637eb88e41a676292a1d3cc90

80 years later, Glenn Miller's sudden disappearance remains unsolved
https://www.npr.org/2024/12/13/nx-s1-5206680/glenn-miller-disappearance-unsolved-80-years-later

Armenia’s earliest church
https://the-past.com/news/armenias-earliest-church/

Echoes of ancient Dacia
https://the-past.com/review/museum/echoes-of-ancient-dacia/

Early cocaine use in Europe
https://the-past.com/news/early-cocaine-use-in-europe/

Butchered bones suggest violent ‘othering’ of enemies in Bronze Age Britain
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1067568

Why Union General Ulysses S. Grant Issued an Order to Expel Jews From
Certain Confederate States During the Civil War
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-union-general-ulysses-s-grant-issued-an-order-to-expel-jews-from-certain-confederate-states-during-civil-war-180985615/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=editorial&utm_term=12172024&utm_content=new&fbclid=IwY2xjawHOWqtleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHVwh6dDXmhRqiI6nlq6etQGqNmR30yE_j6zd8Wn82GdCZLsKTCFozvy1Pg_aem_yZCtNjVMmnjjG7pI4q6a0w

Meet the 100 Most Significant Americans of All Time
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonianmag/meet-100-most-significant-americans-all-time-180953341/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&spMailingID=50532624&spUserID=MTczNzQ5ODU5NjUxOAS2&spJobID=2825410133&spReportId=MjgyNTQxMDEzMwS2

Meet the Thirteen Yule Lads, Iceland’s Own Mischievous Santa Clauses
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/meet-the-thirteen-yule-lads-icelands-own-mischievous-santa-clauses-180948162/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053

Ancient inscription could rewrite history of Christianity north of Italy,
archaeologists say
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/inscription-amulet-history-christianity-italy-germany/






These 500-Year-Old Cannons May Help Unravel the Mysteries of the Coronado
Expedition
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/these-500-year-old-cannons-may-help-unravel-the-mysteries-of-the-coronado-expedition-180985688/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=editorial&utm_term=12202024&utm_content=new&fbclid=IwY2xjawHSa09leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHVHQ0cUfd49MRSXxnam3fe_z1DBmwh3nLNKe8OidNH8f_IF6Qs0_HCLUOw_aem_IOmZHLZEuTBzAhWqJL7BUQ

Who Was Frances Perkins? Meet the Trailblazing Workers’ Rights Advocate
Whose Homestead Just Became a National Monument
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/who-was-frances-perkins-meet-the-trailblazing-workers-rights-advocate-whose-homestead-just-became-a-national-monument-180985697/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&spMailingID=50540913&spUserID=MTczNzQ5ODU5NjUxOAS2&spJobID=2825810785&spReportId=MjgyNTgxMDc4NQS2






Archaeology

Ancient pyramid uncovered during highway construction
https://www.popsci.com/science/mexico-highway-pyramid/?fbclid=IwY2xjawHDyqdleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHSmJTHfksTHmHXXByXSKGuQIx3hocI9j4nvH9iPDJ_aF3eVlcCzXCKmmLg_aem_4lmhS7v05ski-BcgrD1Q5A

Uncovering a Celtic chamber tomb
https://the-past.com/news/uncovering-a-celtic-chamber-tomb/

Ocomtún: Discovering a Maya city
https://the-past.com/feature/ocomtun-discovering-a-maya-city/

Discovering a new Neolithic society in Morocco
https://the-past.com/news/discovering-a-new-neolithic-society-in-morocco/

Archaeologists Discover Lost Burial Site of Enslaved People on President
Andrew Jackson’s Tennessee Plantation
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-discover-lost-burial-site-of-enslaved-people-on-president-andrew-jacksons-tennessee-plantation-180985671/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&spMailingID=50532624&spUserID=MTczNzQ5ODU5NjUxOAS2&spJobID=2825410133&spReportId=MjgyNTQxMDEzMwS2

A Mysterious Boulder Carved to Look Like a Tortoise Shell May Offer
Evidence of Israel’s Earliest Ritual Ceremonies
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-mysterious-boulder-carved-look-like-tortoise-shell-may-offer-evidence-israels-earliest-ritual-ceremonies-180985691/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053




Egyptology

German Archaeologists Discovered the Iconic Bust of Nefertiti in an Ancient
Egyptian Sculptor’s Studio. Find Out Why Their Discovery Is Now One of
Archaeology’s Most Controversial
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/german-archaeologists-discovered-the-iconic-bust-of-nefertiti-in-an-ancient-egyptian-sculptors-studio-find-out-why-their-discovery-is-now-one-of-archaeologys-most-controversial-180985565/?utm_source=smithsonian-weekender&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial

Egyptologists find ancient sword possibly wielded against the mysterious
‘Sea Peoples’
https://www.popsci.com/science/egypt-pharaoh-sword/?fbclid=IwY2xjawHPIXRleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHTQPClu1qVIYP-ld5kqIbvMQDofaNHF7d7BmkTme3PM9IU9Xi-UvmUQFzw_aem_ST0a80GBlTDNceRwShuceA&sfnsn=mo






General Science

Google unveils 'mind-boggling' quantum computing chip
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c791ng0zvl3o?at_bbc_team=editorial&at_link_origin=BBC_News&at_campaign=Social_Flow&at_ptr_name=facebook_page&at_format=link&at_campaign_type=owned&at_link_id=E96A47A4-B64A-11EF-8C78-D532ACA2ACFD&at_link_type=web_link&at_medium=social&fbclid=IwY2xjawHEMkdleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHRTUJVxFu8xiSOOBlst84wGngpFeKNXBdecbYLX37LaQhqsRm37v0_A0kA_aem_BfTnIsKH6q1A7j1XS6QxlQ


Physics, Earth and Space Sciences

How to find a comet before it hits Earth
https://phys.org/news/2024-12-comet-earth.html?fbclid=IwY2xjawHJJk5leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHdAhQZt3DsH64sCyQO-eCLt2EImlXaaHtGh2zDShIoiytmrePCSlN2EMmw_aem_DpwG2lRIRQqiOe7LXfE01Q

Astronomers Detect the Smallest Main Belt Asteroids Ever Found by
Repurposing a Technique for Exoplanet Discovery
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/astronomers-detect-the-smallest-main-belt-asteroids-ever-found-by-repurposing-a-technique-for-exoplanet-discovery-180985659/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&spMailingID=50517474&spUserID=MTczNzQ5ODU5NjUxOAS2&spJobID=2824992237&spReportId=MjgyNDk5MjIzNwS2

NASA delays historic Artemis missions — yet again
https://www.livescience.com/space/space-exploration/nasa-delays-historic-artemis-missions-yet-again

MIT astronomers find the smallest asteroids ever detected in the main belt
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1067265

Magnetic tornado is stirring up the haze at Jupiter's poles
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1066126

There's a weird, disappearing dark spot on Saturn's moon Enceladus
https://www.space.com/space-exploration/search-for-life/theres-a-weird-disappearing-dark-spot-on-saturns-moon-enceladus?utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_content=space.com&utm_medium=social

NASA's Mars exploration plans need 'paradigm shifts' to succeed, report
finds
https://www.space.com/the-universe/mars/paradigm-shifts-needed-in-mars-exploration-new-nasa-report-finds?utm_medium=social&utm_content=space.com&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=socialflow

Extraterrestrial life may look nothing like life on Earth − so
astrobiologists are coming up with a framework to study how complex systems
evolve
https://www.space.com/space-exploration/search-for-life/extraterrestrial-life-may-look-nothing-like-life-on-earth-so-astrobiologists-are-coming-up-with-a-framework-to-study-how-complex-systems-evolve?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_content=space.com

'Tragedy of the commons' in space: We need to act now to prevent an orbital
debris crisis, scientists say
https://www.space.com/space-exploration/satellites/tragedy-of-the-commons-in-space-we-need-to-act-now-to-prevent-an-orbital-debris-crisis-scientists-say?utm_medium=social&utm_content=space.com&utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_source=twitter.com





Astronomers discover 7 new 'dark comets,' but what exactly are they?
https://www.space.com/the-universe/comets/astronomers-discover-7-new-dark-comets-but-what-exactly-are-they?utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_content=space.com&utm_medium=social

Panama, Austria sign Artemis Accords, bringing tally to 50 nations
https://www.space.com/the-universe/moon/panama-austria-sign-artemis-accords-bringing-tally-to-50-nations?utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_content=space.com&utm_medium=social

Violent superflares explode from sun-like stars every 100 years
https://www.space.com/superflares-sunlike-stars-100-years?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_content=space.com

What causes volcanic eruptions on Jupiter's moon Io? Scientists aren't so
sure anymore
https://www.space.com/space-exploration/juno/what-causes-volcanic-eruptions-on-jupiters-moon-io-scientists-arent-so-sure-anymore?utm_medium=social&utm_content=space.com&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=socialflow

Japanese company space plans to land helium-3 mining missions on the moon
https://www.space.com/the-universe/moon/japanese-company-ispace-plans-to-land-helium-3-mining-missions-on-the-moon?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_content=space.com

SpaceX launch of NASA's new 3D-sky-mapping satellite set for February 2025
https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/spacex-launch-of-nasas-new-3d-sky-mapping-satellite-set-for-february-2025?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_content=space.com&utm_medium=social

'We are preparing to make history': NASA's Parker Solar Probe gears up for
epic sun flyby on Christmas Eve
https://www.space.com/the-universe/sun/we-are-preparing-to-make-history-nasas-parker-solar-probe-gears-up-for-epic-sun-flyby-on-christmas-eve?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_content=space.com&utm_medium=social

After accident on Mars, NASA's Ingenuity helicopter could live on as a
weather station for 20 years
https://www.space.com/space-exploration/mars-rovers/after-crashing-on-mars-nasas-ingenuity-helicopter-could-live-on-as-a-weather-station-for-20-years?utm_medium=social&utm_content=space.com&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=socialflow

How the 'Great Filter' could explain why we haven't found intelligent aliens
https://www.space.com/space-exploration/search-for-life/how-the-great-filter-could-explain-why-we-havent-found-intelligent-aliens?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_content=space.com&utm_source=twitter.com


Seismometers track atmospheric shock waves from incoming space debris
https://www.space.com/space-exploration/seismometers-track-atmospheric-shock-waves-from-incoming-space-debris?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_content=space.com&utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_medium=social

Does the exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 b have an atmosphere after all?
https://phys.org/news/2024-12-exoplanet-trappist-atmosphere.html?fbclid=IwY2xjawHNHylleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHSJeOyXHNvyyeYiJF0SzTRwvclEz7_BCZTrHAkg_uvy610lN1pPTR4bP6g_aem_HIJASxVGwyeBbeDlqRHRtA

NASA’s new Webb telescope images support previously controversial findings
about how planets form
https://www.engadget.com/science/space/nasas-new-webb-telescope-images-support-previously-controversial-findings-about-how-planets-form-213312055.html

NASA’s Starliner Astronauts Face Another Delay in Their Return Home,
Drawing Out Their Unexpectedly Long Mission
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/nasas-starliner-astronauts-face-another-delay-in-their-return-home-drawing-out-their-unexpectedly-long-mission-180985690/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053

Dark energy 'doesn't exist' so can't be pushing 'lumpy' universe apart,
physicists say
https://phys.org/news/2024-12-dark-energy-doesnt-lumpy-universe.html?fbclid=IwY2xjawHSeLRleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHd4Z-ezH0HzL37GdJdxpFVqbXMHx-smrhk_Dahw838HAyecwhbvJAUYd-g_aem_U43z2tKcs3WgyMo2y4ck_Q

Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources

The World’s Largest Iceberg Is Free-Floating Again, and It Could Help Build
‘Thriving Ecosystems’
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-worlds-largest-iceberg-is-free-floating-again-and-it-could-help-build-thriving-ecosystems-180985685/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053

First-of-its-kind study uses remote sensing to monitor plastic debris in
rivers and lakes
https://phys.org/news/2024-12-kind-remote-plastic-debris-rivers.html?fbclid=IwY2xjawHRIHpleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHcG8t8PofoEYw-hzk0RCGX0NIuZXWxv8vVYICbSPEForEykXeviyXTnhNg_aem_SpkXWG4Pim6tnY6cJR3gIw

ESA and NASA satellites deliver first joint picture of Greenland Ice Sheet
melting
https://phys.org/news/2024-12-esa-nasa-satellites-joint-picture.html?fbclid=IwY2xjawHSWSFleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHVbn2lUKN1-x_k2w4gco3a6v7vVuaut0HGqFWvYTULWhhhyBEe0mfPt2QQ_aem_09GzgsveZq7vluzr0x8gUg#google_vignette

Climate change could overwhelm our sewers – here’s how green infrastructure
could help
https://theconversation.com/climate-change-could-overwhelm-our-sewers-heres-how-green-infrastructure-could-help-244460





Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences

Could This New Wearable Device Reduce Heat Stress in Construction Workers?
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/could-this-new-wearable-device-reduce-heat-stress-in-construction-workers-180985689/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053

Researchers discover new ocean predator in the Atacama Trench
https://phys.org/news/2024-12-ocean-predator-atacama-trench.html?fbclid=IwY2xjawHENCZleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHUclMPe08xpqPXnC31B4rXzQ_pKOyRxGQP1648lnD4_XJOuXeIaRW4zLDQ_aem_pnNkyjwipIQT33JqKIqj_Q

Whale stuns scientists with epic 8,000-mile migration across three oceans
https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/humpback-whale-record-migration-breeding-grounds-rcna183721

Animal life discovered UNDER the seabed
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/articles/cly5jg97w5qo?fbclid=IwY2xjawHJbcJleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHStU_Es8g64J21_5qjLmuQuGp3UYVBBHuskF3eyRgpYuaVMbGjbzQ7TSuA_aem_DmjchD6eFlrDwS0Uqcj9ZA

Sealed with a kiss – scientists study if mistletoe can be used as surgical
glue
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1067529?s=09

Study of crisis pregnancy centers reveals misleading and dangerous claims
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1066289

>From food crops to cancer clinics: Lessons in extermination resistance
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1065817

Manatees might be relatively recent arrivals to Florida, USF study finds
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1064917

Ancient clay remedy may have potential to boost modern gut health
https://phys.org/news/2024-12-ancient-clay-remedy-potential-boost.html?fbclid=IwY2xjawHP0rJleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHbN3UAMECm8yuOSHrzelrF9kvQDO_fV7LgsLe3TygYiY86IkvnOCEQI77g_aem_2NJVmxgLxGSmwQcAKqueYA

After the Death of Cassius, the World’s Largest Captive Crocodile,
Scientists Are Trying to Solve the Mystery of His Age
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/after-the-death-of-cassius-the-worlds-largest-captive-crocodile-scientists-are-trying-to-solve-the-mystery-of-his-age-180985422/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053

Scientists Just Dissected the World’s Rarest Whale in New Zealand. Here’s
What They Found
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-just-dissected-the-worlds-rarest-whale-in-new-zealand-heres-what-they-found-180985678/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053




An Alabama Woman Got a Gene-Edited Pig Kidney Transplant. Three Weeks
Later, She Has ‘Never Felt Better’
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/an-alabama-woman-got-a-gene-edited-pig-kidney-transplant-three-weeks-later-she-has-never-felt-better-180985692/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053

Creating ‘Mirror Life’ Could Be Disastrous, Scientists Warn
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/creating-mirror-life-could-be-disastrous-scientists-warn/?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwY2xjawHOcYVleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHe3bT5cme2Px9lqDJAOHpKm-zg0h5UITscgAO9-C4UZZaskRInedthvIMg_aem_jem0ff1ijQka8YEoXMU10w


Other

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Additional Informational

A World Parliament, Governance and Democracy in the 21st Century: Second
expanded and updated edition
https://www.democracywithoutborders.org/world-parliament-book/

Seven Long Centuries Ago, Dante Imagined the End of War and the Unity of
Humankind
https://www.wfm-igp.org/federalist-paper/seven-long-centuries-ago-dante-imagined-the-end-of-war-and-the-unity-of-humankind/

AI predicts Earth's peak warming
https://www.preventionweb.net/news/ai-predicts-earths-peak-warming?utm_source=PreventionWeb+Newsletter&utm_campaign=c8f0def44e-PreventionWeb+Newsletter%3A+Highlights+of+the+week&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b73053c1c6-c8f0def44e-363599758

Tech funded by Planetary Society launches to the Moon next month
https://www.planetary.org/articles/planetary-society-technology-about-to-launch-to-the-moon?fbclid=IwY2xjawHJbbhleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHU9Kjl9uvcVUQQ4Xqd7bgQvr_gBZZ_DMSrE0CVtVFc8eJjddbXnjlaYEOQ_aem_auuVsqEsgHeZokLHDro4IQ

AC’s Deborah Lehr: United Nations Takes Bold Step to Address Illicit Trade
in Antiquities
https://theantiquitiescoalition.org/acs-deborah-lehr-united-nations-takes-bold-step-to-address-illicit-trade-in-antiquities/

How to Protect Outstanding Cultural Heritage from the Ravages of War?
Utilize the System of Enhanced Protection under the 1999 Second Protocol to
the 1954 Hague Convention
https://thinktank.theantiquitiescoalition.org/how-to-protect-outstanding-cultural-heritage-from-the-ravages/

Natural world heritage sites are at risk from climate change globally
https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/natural-world-heritage-sites-are-risk-climate-change-globally?utm_source=PreventionWeb+Newsletter&utm_campaign=c8f0def44e-PreventionWeb+Newsletter%3A+Highlights+of+the+week&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b73053c1c6-c8f0def44e-363599758

BepiColombo reveals Mercury in a new light
https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/BepiColombo/BepiColombo_reveals_Mercury_in_a_new_light

Interior and Justice Departments Release Best Practices to Improve Media
Coverage of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Cases
https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/interior-and-justice-departments-release-best-practices-improve-media-coverage

XMM-Newton celebrates 25 years of breakthroughs
https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/XMM-Newton/XMM-Newton_celebrates_25_years_of_breakthroughs

Scientists Share Early Results from NASA’s Solar Eclipse Experiments
https://science.nasa.gov/science-research/heliophysics/scientists-share-early-results-from-nasas-solar-eclipse-experiments/

Biden-Harris Administration Releases 10-Year National Plan on Native
Language Revitalization
https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDOI/bulletins/3c61b3f

Interior Department Announces Partnerships to Memorialize Stories and
Impacts of Federal Indian Boarding School System
https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/interior-department-announces-partnerships-memorialize-stories-and-impacts-federal?utm_source=be4ebf35-259a-4a56-8f87-ab4f288c0d3c&utm_medium=organic_li&utm_campaign=OSM_hiring

6th Summit for Space Sustainability Wrap-Up Report
https://www.swfsummit.org/?utm_source=Master+List+%28Merged%29&utm_campaign=7c56afc926-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_04_05_01_32_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-2a016d2020-272560066&mc_cid=7c56afc926&mc_eid=1278109aa1#wrapup

Monuments Men and Women Foundation Newsletter
https://bos.etapestry.com/prod/viewEmailAsPage.do?erRef=1237.0.5911409&databaseId=MonumentsMenFoundationFortheP&mailingId=47021986&jobRef=1237.0.181035136&key=4e8412ad48562e3c9934f45c3e144d48&personaRef=1237.0.5911408&memberId=1638661242

Once upon a thing: stories, storytelling, and encounters with objects in
ancient Egypt
https://www.ees.ac.uk/whats-on/events/once-upon-a-thing-stories-storytelling-and-encounters-with-objects-in-ancient-egypt.html

2025 AIA Awards Spotlight – Pomerance Award for Scientific Contributions to
Archaeology
https://www.archaeological.org/2025-aia-awards-spotlight-pomerance-award-for-scientific-contributions-to-archaeology/

An Assessment of the Impacts of Climate Change on Cultural Heritage in
Illinois
https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/items/132234?fbclid=IwY2xjawHNGMtleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHe1BgwzZ7Xyh5Vlzu4tZccP29WGcDdSunflKeiwX7Wtq47PYKSIW2aCo8g_aem_hqmDjlC0ZG-QND1HwQTwjw

NASA Sees Progress on Starlab Commercial Space Station Development
https://www.nasa.gov/general/nasa-sees-progress-on-starlab-commercial-space-station-development/?fbclid=IwY2xjawHOcl9leHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHV43Jhmy6vTOzYT4hVsLMM4MLq2Han2e-TS9p_FvkxmkP5IYnl03QU8uLg_aem_mRuJhJ3ZcJC8uCmMwP2U6Q

Secure World Foundation Newsletter
https://mailchi.mp/swfound.org/october-2023-newsletter-6147183?e=1278109aa1

Aurelia Institute Newsletter
https://mailchi.mp/aureliainstitute/aurelia-in-2024?e=57e055f9a1

More NASA Science, Tech will Fly to Moon Aboard Future Firefly Flight
https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/more-nasa-science-tech-will-fly-to-moon-aboard-future-firefly-flight/?utm_source=FBPAGE&utm_medium=NASA+Artemis&utm_campaign=NASASocial&linkId=692455529&fbclid=IwY2xjawHQOqlleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHaRzNAelXhz3jxvIei4lMzrLgtIvQf1LUb0QIZS01pt6qzixuuMG2Pcwnw_aem_drYg4Lr_SQpg7HW-KgU-6g

These photos don’t show the mysterious, unidentified drones reported in New
Jersey since November
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/dec/13/threads-posts/these-photos-dont-show-the-mysterious-unidentified/?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1734523363



Fact-check: No, reported drones don’t have directed-energy weapons causing
‘pestilence’
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/dec/17/facebook-posts/fact-check-no-reported-drones-dont-have-directed-e/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1734529188-1

ALIPH Newsletter
https://mailchi.mp/aliph-foundation/lettre09

The Mars Future Plan
https://science.nasa.gov/resource/the-mars-future-plan/

Micrometeoroid infall onto Saturn’s rings constrains their age to no more
than a few hundred million years
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adf8537

NASA’s Juno Mission Uncovers Heart of Jovian Moon’s Volcanic Rage
https://www.nasa.gov/missions/juno/nasas-juno-mission-uncovers-heart-of-jovian-moons-volcanic-rage/

International Science Council Newsletter
https://us5.campaign-archive.com/?e=725b365f54&u=2e9b648776114e2888e7ea8c5&id=744c56d0b1
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