[Jawlist] Weekly Science Report 1-26-24

Sat Jan 27 20:31:08 PST 2024

*Weekly Science Report*

*January 26, 2024*

*“To the stars through hardship.  Which could also mean that the stars
could deliver us from anything.  That in the mysteries and vastness of
space, we might not just satisfy our curiosity, our need for exploration.
But in it we might each find salvation.”*

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!

The Weekly Science Report is also on social media at:

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News Articles   *Paleontology, Evolution and Prehistoric Studies*

'Hell chicken' species suggests dinosaurs weren't sliding toward extinction
before the fateful asteroid hit

https://phys.org/news/2024-01-hell-chicken-species-dinosaurs-werent.html?fbclid=IwAR11W_wiTQOc1LO3bQqNuT36HuhuSUuzf_Uv4anqAIPeP1U5wWAe_6WydX0#google_vignette

Shiyu discovery reveals East Asia's advanced material culture dating to
45,000 years ago

https://phys.org/news/2024-01-shiyu-discovery-reveals-east-asia.html

New fossils suggest kelp forests have swayed in the seas for at least 32
million years

https://www.npr.org/2024/01/23/1226146217/new-fossils-suggest-kelp-forests-have-swayed-in-the-seas-for-at-least-32-million?sc=18&f=1001

Prehistoric carvings depict showdowns between humans and beasts

https://www.science.org/content/article/prehistoric-carvings-depict-showdowns-between-humans-and-beasts?utm_campaign=SciMag&utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=ownedSocial&fbclid=IwAR1fR6eociHhaqE2tSN7179W_QGBIZPTr7l1PhokUc-NehWs8y9IL-k3gPo

Who Are Western Europeans? New Study Reveals True Origins

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2024-01-16/ty-article/who-are-western-europeans-new-study-reveals-true-origins/0000018d-0dfa-de9c-a3df-6ffb44030000

Analysis of chewed birch tar reveals poor Mesolithic oral health

https://phys.org/news/2024-01-analysis-birch-tar-reveals-poor.html

Peru’s High-Altitude Hunter-Gatherers Ate Mostly Plants

https://www.archaeology.org/news/12083-240126-peru-tuber-diet

*History*

After 87 years at the Smithsonian museum, ancestors reburied on Aleutian
Islands

https://ictnews.org/news/after-87-years-at-the-smithsonian-museum-ancestors-reburied-on-aleutian-islands?fbclid=IwAR0pZmCGQIswIEUTCi4ozHLQmC1-sznj7ZldTYRF6S3Uy1uS-kOzzx0KX7s

So far it's a grand decade for billionaires, says new report. As for the
masses ...

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2024/01/14/1224507582/davos-oxfam-rich-poor-inequality?sc=18&f=1001

What a bereaved father, a historian of Israel, believes after 100 days of
war

https://www.npr.org/2024/01/14/1224592155/israel-hamas-gaza-war-100-days-bereaved-father?sc=18&f=1001

Picasso, Rembrandt, M. C. Escher Works Feared Lost in Seattle Gallery Fire

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/picasso-rembrandt-m-c-escher-works-lost-seattle-gallery-fire-1234693056/

Dexter Scott King, son of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., has died of
cancer at 62

https://www.npr.org/2024/01/22/1226136610/dexter-scott-king-death

World's oldest cheese may have been discovered in Croatian pottery

https://www.science.org/content/article/world-s-oldest-cheese-may-have-been-discovered-croatian-pottery?utm_campaign=SciMag&utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=ownedSocial&fbclid=IwAR27Y7HLVA4YwWNawZK4mMWbp3BbYop_gcH8jH_sf0rCgv4q_7iGlLFxOpk

A long, nasty history of uranium mining on Native lands

https://ictnews.org/news/a-long-nasty-history-of-uranium-mining-on-native-lands?fbclid=IwAR37Ccj2z8y5_D8d7DU0vbN0ByuALgP5MuFF6qD4IsPAjWFI_6JPfuHbYbw

Almost 80 years after the Holocaust, 245,000 Jewish survivors are still
alive

https://apnews.com/article/holocaust-survivors-numbers-report-claims-conference-890c9ad6aa7bc1cf99e1cbe40e61c013

Medieval DNA suggests Columbus didn't trigger syphilis epidemic in Europe

https://www.science.org/content/article/medieval-dna-suggests-columbus-didn-t-trigger-syphilis-epidemic-europe

DNA Analysis Reveals Minoan and Mycenaean Genetic Origins

https://greekreporter.com/2024/01/19/minoan-mycenaean-dna/

India's Modi to inaugurate Hindu temple in Ayodhya, where rioters destroyed
a mosque

https://www.npr.org/2024/01/21/1225395353/india-ayodhya-temple-modi-hinduism?sc=18&f=1001

First prehistoric person with Turner syndrome identified from ancient DNA

https://phys.org/news/2024-01-prehistoric-person-turner-syndrome-ancient.html

How to Save Indigenous Languages

https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/how-to-save-indigenous-languages/

The Roman Empire’s Worst Plagues Were Linked to Climate Change

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-roman-empires-worst-plagues-were-linked-to-climate-change/

*Archaeology*

University of Reading finds ancient traps and footprints in the Severn
Estuary

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-berkshire-67901154?at_medium=social&at_campaign_type=owned&at_link_origin=BBC_Radio_5_live&at_link_type=web_link&at_link_id=DE8FF64C-B620-11EE-BAAE-7E4387A28522&at_bbc_team=editorial&at_format=link&at_ptr_name=facebook_page&at_campaign=Social_Flow&fbclid=IwAR2_L44KVNyL1N0aMc5tx8li3bg4GYwQBm8kVM1DDYdNIHS5qk1kKzqPhTw

Amateur archaeologists uncover a mysterious ancient Roman artifact in
England

https://www.npr.org/2024/01/24/1226575715/archaeologists-roman-empire-dodecahedron-england?sc=18&f=1001

Archaeologists Redate Babylon's Ishtar Gate Using Earth's Magnetic Field

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2024-01-23/ty-article/archaeologists-redate-babylons-ishtar-gate-using-earths-magnetic-field/0000018d-362c-d81e-abdf-3e2c1cc20000

How Archaeologists Are Unearthing the Secrets of the Bahamas’ First
Inhabitants

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-archaeologists-are-unearthing-the-secrets-of-the-bahamas-first-inhabitants-180983548/

Treasure trove of ancient artifacts and skeletons found in Brazil could
rewrite country's history, archaeologists say

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ancient-artifacts-skeletons-found-brazil-could-rewrite-history-archaeologists-say/

Valley of lost cities found in the Amazon. Technological advances in
archaeology are just the beginning

https://phys.org/news/2024-01-valley-lost-cities-amazon-technological.html

Rare 2,550-year-old silver coin from Persian era uncovered in Jerusalem area

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-782504#google_vignette

3D scanning: Researchers recreate a sacred South African site in a way that
captures its spirit

https://phys.org/news/2024-01-3d-scanning-recreate-sacred-south.html

Archaeologists Discover 4,000-Year-Old Wall Built Around Oasis in Saudi
Arabia

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-arabian-walled-oasis-was-built-4000-years-ago-to-protect-from-raiders-180983607/

*Egyptology*

Nothing to report

*General Science*

The worst technology failures of 2023

https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/12/22/1085829/the-worst-technology-failures-of-2023/?utm_source=linkedin&utm_medium=mid&utm_campaign=trending2024&li_fat_id=8dbcf1bf-9bee-475d-8d06-53af3fdb1c71

*Physics, Earth and Space Sciences*   Newly discovered cosmic megastructure
challenges theories of the universe
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/jan/11/newly-discovered-cosmic-megastructure-challenges-theories-of-the-universe?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook&fbclid=IwAR0irqlph23I7bQ1DXdh0xlTUnRRvJJOSD5xYTA0-9iE8du7AFDPqYr7T5U

Japan moon landing features a transforming robot

https://www.npr.org/2024/01/18/1225328376/japan-moon-landing-robot-transformers-jaxa?sc=18&f=1001

SpaceX launches 4 people for a private mission to the International Space
Station

https://www.npr.org/2024/01/18/1225191541/spacex-nasa-axiom-space-ax-3-international-space-station-iss?sc=18&f=1001

Peregrine moon lander heads back toward Earth and should burn up in the
atmosphere

https://www.npr.org/2024/01/14/1224723508/peregrine-moon-lander-heads-back-toward-earth-and-should-burn-up-in-the-atmosphe?sc=18&f=1001

Scientists discover core deep inside Earth — a solid ball of iron and nickel

https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/scientists-discover-new-core-deep-earth-solid-ball-iron-nickel-rcna72194?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_ma&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=NBC%20News&utm_medium=social&fbclid=IwAR3yxLvtxdUZMk2NHlX43gbCte-rrdZfRJJh4p5BO-94TqUxX_FyODbSdNQ&_branch_match_id=1275905117778962712&_branch_referrer=H4sIAAAAAAAAA8soKSkottLXz0tKzkstL9ZLLCjQy8nMy9avsPBLya9I9i9wT7JPS0rOyUyx9Sx3DDKurPApK6lICY3yzTby88iJMDFOT3IuSdUtKkqJSgvy8sowKTB18te1NAkpDK2IiHer9HdJCk7xCwQASky4PWkAAAA%3D

If life exists on Mars, don't count on sample-return missions to find it,
scientists say

https://www.space.com/mars-search-for-life-sample-return-tension?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_content=space.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialflow&fbclid=IwAR1XXd5nBJsiSgOrjoMvsTUY993owVhud9i9_1TKd8TfjDFKFdghnpvxbWc

Japan shuts down its SLIM moon lander in hopes it will restart someday

https://www.npr.org/2024/01/22/1226036239/japan-slim-moon-lander-battery-power?sc=18&f=1001

Mystery of Siberia's giant exploding craters may finally be solved

https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/geology/mystery-of-siberias-giant-exploding-craters-may-finally-be-solved?utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_content=livescience&fbclid=IwAR0M_SS7Ry6GgAXbd6kp1p027ibnb--m_IEmjkYgRBB49QEzGFKE0FD0loY

Arno Penzias, co-discoverer of the Big Bang's afterglow, dies at age 90

https://www.npr.org/2024/01/24/1226572843/arno-penzias-obituary-big-bang-theory?sc=18&f=1001

Scientists discover near-Earth asteroid hours before it exploded over Berlin

https://www.space.com/scientists-discover-near-earth-asteroid-hours-before-it-exploded-over-berlin?utm_content=space.com&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=socialflow&fbclid=IwAR0HAIOcvKPo9dGPmX-PirBV75H66wscU0fBRt6SEOiXUELK-QR7gKVHcEY

How NASA predicted the Jan. 21 asteroid crash over Germany

https://www.space.com/how-nasa-predicted-asteroid-2024-bx1-strike?utm_content=space.com&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_medium=social&fbclid=IwAR2sfiPjsyO3LAwrGNe7vvbf9UVA0uKJaW61_WTciVew2Rpy1fy7WJLtDiU

NASA finds Ingenuity after losing contact with the Mars helicopter

https://www.npr.org/2024/01/20/1225845938/nasa-mars-ingenuity-helicopter-lost?sc=18&f=1001

'Old smokers' and 'squalling newborns' among hidden stars spotted for first
time

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1032323

Underwater Santorini volcano eruption 520,000 years ago was 15 times bigger
than record-breaking Tonga eruption

https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/volcanos/underwater-santorini-volcano-eruption-520000-years-ago-was-15-times-bigger-than-record-breaking-tonga-eruption

Stars travel more slowly at Milky Way's edge: Galaxy's core may contain
less dark matter than previously estimated

https://phys.org/news/2024-01-stars-slowly-milky-edge-galaxy.html

*Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources*

No turning back: The largest dam removal in U.S. history begins

https://www.npr.org/2024/01/12/1224494403/klamath-river-begins-to-flow-again-with-dam-removal-project?sc=18&f=1001

Seaweed 'could survive nuclear war, avert famine,' says new study

https://phys.org/news/2024-01-seaweed-survive-nuclear-war-avert.html

Cultivated meat production costs could fall significantly: Bovine muscle
engineered to produce their own growth signals

https://phys.org/news/2024-01-cultivated-meat-production-fall-significantly.html

*Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences*

Gene therapy shows promise for an inherited form of deafness

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2024/01/24/1226595039/gene-therapy-shows-promise-for-an-inherited-form-of-deafness?sc=18&f=1001

Team develops bioengineered material to rapidly stop bleeding in patients
on blood thinners

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-01-team-bioengineered-material-rapidly-patients.html?fbclid=IwAR1DrBCfBp2dxMj8QOAnrhOSDMKtU6mNSLWwnzIJdiC7Df46qP4AJBB9y8c

3D printed electronic skin provides promise for human-machine interaction
https://techxplore.com/news/2024-01-3d-electronic-skin-human-machine.html
*Other*

Nothing to report

Additional Informational

Doing History in Polarized Times: Virtual Summit, Feb 8-9

https://aaslh.org/annualconference/doing-history-summit/?fbclid=IwAR2uf8HVjbTytZZFZO2tSsofPImMxS0WBZdGF2DN5w1oJtWkq3zp5lAnFwo_aem_AQFDt5BLFKU-2y6afSsGnGCH9tgoU1G0LwihfyeLwXMK6EaXETPKMC2x8BPTvZZOBSFEgp0gmr0nX9i1UtN3r-e1

NEOWISE: the announced farewell

https://asteroidday.org/news-updates/neowise-the-announced-farewell/?fbclid=IwAR058adK3MOFfwLpG9jNG_N-O0-mQ65uqjXVWl9MK6yn7F3-HA4fuxr7CzQ

Library of Congress Launches New Website for Americans to Share COVID-19
Stories

https://newsroom.loc.gov/news/library-of-congress-launches-new-website-for-americans-to-share-covid-19-stories/s/d5739534-fec6-4e13-9f16-68d6117ee94b

TED Talk, Why AI is incredibly smart and shockingly stupid

https://www.ted.com/talks/yejin_choi_why_ai_is_incredibly_smart_and_shockingly_stupid?fbclid=IwAR2TJBORxK8S_s7I-ye5Hi3Q4tRDnRwXf-vvPGu6Q6MpcHmhovVIYF3wy-Y

New Research Shows Impacts of Drought on National Park Visitation

https://www.drought.gov/news/new-research-shows-impacts-drought-national-park-visitation-2024-01-24

A new tiny impactor observed until shadow entrance

https://neo.ssa.esa.int/-/latest-news

PBS, the Broken Promise- Video

https://video.wned.org/video/the-broken-promise-GkvIKN/
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