[Jawlist] Weekly Science Report 5-3-24

Mon May 6 16:02:31 PDT 2024

*Weekly Science Report*

*May 3, 2024*

*“We must work together to build a climate-resilient future, not only for
the vulnerable communities that will pay the highest price if we do not
act, but for our future generations. We must act boldly, and we must act
now.”*

John Kerry

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*

Mississippi man finds fossilized remains of saber-toothed tiger dating back
10,000 years

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/04/23/saber-toothed-tiger-fossil-mississippi/73431387007/

Did Ancient Humans Ever Go to War With Neanderthals?

https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/did-ancient-humans-ever-go-to-war-with-neanderthals?utm_campaign=organicsocial&utm_content=the_age-old_question%3A_did&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3IEK68WoedbCESIgWNhOpb2gWipC5_UWF2LlM9agL-bZB1HRhzwv_iI9Y_aem_ARAqZvOEUK3WypNtvB2VJu2HzUy4nqTTmE5Gwlz9s5oZnLan5dgSunv3h7o2JStnpjQz4BrByNOC2ebCtt9XFLNm

Archaeologists unveil face of Neanderthal woman 75,000 years after she
died: "High stakes 3D jigsaw puzzle"

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/neanderthal-woman-face-unveiled-shanidar-z-75000-years-old/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab6a&linkId=416870478&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR1BoAwIIXHo3j90SuE9H4qK5SHQHFcLWlKpOKytePLOVxacoyLEc5ZJ27w_aem_AURo3NO1ii80_oJgjOWgsG-XbhMI8ywGBYvxKAK_jD1-V89RGe7udj242P6kD7GIZZ9kpEODP6Y6UMbeoTOozoBX

Massive Mosasaurs May Have Evolved More Than Once

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/massive-mosasaurs-may-have-evolved-more-than-once-180984156/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=editorial&utm_term=522024&utm_content=new&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2pLUEk7d8C-30mobX9PMr_HjLQPPYJDOEmhgeJpU2GvMxmMj0ovW2jOVQ_aem_AUTbO1Vgi179KDzXUsT1d7dje1qnjAZk1_cqZHA7OwEtpQ537JEi2771dxR4TJO-7jZgVRIj6_Pe5_0J0YsMw2As

One of the largest eruptions in Earth’s history could have wiped out
humans. Here’s how scientists say some survived

https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/21/africa/toba-supervolcano-early-human-migration-africa-scn/index.html

Researchers reconstruct landscapes that greeted the first humans in
Australia around 65,000 years ago

https://phys.org/news/2024-04-reconstruct-landscapes-humans-australia-years.html?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR26nlGVnQF5iyFsZw036d9C4bv9abKDaBeGlr6y0Vp_DNIeaoLhS8Mbl5A_aem_AUkDPlbpS5lfDABjTfgPfuwGSfapLQpl3qedCbldE1G__McYw7hVvrHjs7eoXzwSvBfzbt76PCS0ADEn1RfNY4Sc

Tibetan plateau had broader social dimensions than previously thought,
suggests study

https://phys.org/news/2024-04-tibetan-plateau-broader-social-dimensions.html?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2gkjz4YJI64h3iCCHmsnm74VJ-i0Lk6y7e6Fs96c7QBvGZdL4K-EMGGgI_aem_AYYyeLKxYXPwHyUfvVzcmBgiND8yeNWN7io2U84EwcFdSYvjbkz1UMPanJQDLjZ2Du9TjyyvFpG0u-tHqYTfz30w

Prehistoric Burial Site Reveals Surprising Secrets of Hunter–Gatherer Diet

https://www.newsweek.com/prehistoric-burial-site-reveals-surprising-secrets-hunter-gatherer-diet-1895184

*History*

A Costa Rican Museum Receives 395 Pre-Columbian Artifacts Repatriated From
the U.S.

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/pre-columbian-artifacts-returned-to-costa-rica-2473028?utm_campaign=artnet-news&utm_content=1713837604&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR05CLtONfZv4a0QT8zH3lvzvLm0P7KsJGlZE8GIOSHOEvMu25BYwv-hbH4_aem_AbD_IjylMwLi5Aou1mjNmDSPmIeRqJI_QsN7en3YlhA5uqiIDgLob5m_vDuRVZozbGrkGiUAmhfsjBIuJSWWOGQ5

Sculpture designed to honor boarding school victims

https://ictnews.org/news/sculpture-designed-to-honor-boarding-school-victims?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0aIeEczUzdOaiJoTelhserNq9oBiAFvcqjGLOamv2AMQ_DEhErpmpladA_aem_AWf456Jnlo-ejP6JFX2z3_O7AaPzPY4OcWoGUCh2Y9fC7j-uSF2mmMXnJ3RHyvBTTt2e_rfOQ-n1muIOoysNBKCn

Eleven more students will go home from Carlisle

https://ictnews.org/news/eleven-more-students-will-go-home-from-carlisle?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR32r661ouCgqQgrVg_Ljsv1bPE2eD5G-lDmITwq5paOftK6FlayGU8ZV6M_aem_AcVFPZsOJeXQsMkXoKqRcnvUrn40wXFo-4UVCIxcw1wtqwwYhjrkpadAO80k-2ev4So6W05_G3TuGq_La0KWhKSV

President Biden signs law to ban TikTok nationwide unless it is sold

https://www.npr.org/2024/04/24/1246663779/biden-ban-tiktok-us?sc=18&f=1001

Freedom Monument Park tells honest story of enslaved people

https://www.npr.org/2024/04/21/1245895505/freedom-monument-park-tells-honest-story-of-enslaved-people?sc=18&f=1001

Historical markers are everywhere in America. Some get history wrong

https://www.npr.org/2024/04/21/1244899635/civil-war-confederate-statue-markers-sign-history?sc=18&f=1001

What World War II taught us about how to help starving people today

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2024/04/19/1245553753/starvation-malnutrition-holocaust?sc=18&f=1001

Portugal’s debate over colonial and slavery reparations resurfaces

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68916320

Deb Haaland Confronts the History of the Federal Agency She Leads

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/05/06/deb-haaland-confronts-the-history-of-the-federal-agency-she-leads

U.S. pilot accounted for 57 years after vanishing during Vietnam War spy
mission

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-pilot-vietnam-war-disappearance-spy-mission-accounted-for-john-c-g-kerr/

Skeletons missing hands and feet found in Hitler's Wolf's Lair

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/skeletons-missing-hands-feet-found-hitlers-wolfs-lair-2024-05-03/

Scot who refused to abandon schoolgirls to the Nazis honoured with new
plaques

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/budapest-church-of-scotland-nazis-auschwitzbirkenau-scottish-b2537536.html

A German soldier looted postcards from doomed Jews in Poland. 80 years
later, his granddaughter brought them back.

https://www.jta.org/2024/04/30/global/a-german-soldier-looted-postcards-from-doomed-jews-in-poland-80-years-later-his-granddaughter-brought-them-back

Scientists show that ancient village adapted to drought, rising seas

https://phys.org/news/2024-04-scientists-ancient-village-drought-seas.html?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2hQwHqDg2Ro62SNl9sXFIfMDN6bYjoWX0mlurIjsvLCqP5_asWPRfTBG0_aem_AZxth1i0I3fiS_DBDn02Iv61j6qUJM_hnXSyvGcWJ0jz9PClaCkkfqdpjYIugvPUqNAWFv54A3UOyR9OSBL1ZcK3

Australian Museum Removes Mummified Body Parts From Display

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/australian-museum-removes-mummified-body-parts-from-display-180984259/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1tlnaViCRJx-k229MFrotIGA5Dk5dVZPJCOVzUce2g7PtUZ8mUP7goJ0w_aem_AZwA6MVGCgkHyIId1yfPXB36e7ADeRNsqeHB1FUkkixteK4-lpR9gMBvPxAggyqYTxsp48LkKq78T3J6VNjkDPWE#google_vignette

Historic Borax Wagon Destroyed in Blaze at Death Valley National Park

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/historic-twenty-mule-team-borax-wagon-destroyed-in-blaze-at-death-valley-national-park-180984216/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=editorial&utm_term=4282024&utm_content=recent&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR39BeDv3ma-u5MdGd-1QnDC04gafbTSVC6EEwTs8NrQNO-94Hl7ms8ixPk_aem_Aadhb5Mv2Lot6MfCYgoGDVqPM3yQPjGofhtW4Xx-USE-RARTy4x3qTvzBLIHzaUqMrPwYloJ_uG5riovko4ML9eB

Titanic gold pocket watch sells for £900,000

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clw01vxnpyzo?at_medium=social&at_link_id=246F670E-05D8-11EF-8619-DA56C71393B4&at_campaign=Social_Flow&at_bbc_team=editorial&at_link_origin=BBC_News&at_format=link&at_link_type=web_link&at_ptr_name=facebook_page&at_campaign_type=owned&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3moDlgRiA-RFvJRMYwZxkEMlDmHPR69wazXEgH9VT2NJeazmRs8-he-7g_aem_AacA0xoksbvbgnYoWjE4zWucC4mgt-pA3FMv5qEBz1HMHRv_CxLeKgQkRgimeMqJp9boNK5EXMPXS8egJA-YoBkC

Ancient DNA pulls back curtain on mysterious empire

https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/27/world/avars-ancient-dna-science-newsletter-wt-scn/index.html#:~:text=A%20gold%20earring%20found%20in,of%20the%20warrior%20people's%20burials.&text=Editor's%20note%3A%20A%20version%20of,CNN's%20Wonder%20Theory%20science%20newsletter
.

Ancient Europeans Took Hallucinogenic Drugs 3,000 Years Ago

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ancient-european-hallucinogenic-drugs-hair-strands-180981956/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=editorial&utm_term=4272024&utm_content=archival&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1-ZfNjU3YtzucgV4JVMy7A_eaD4Fb-3O6aMghhXFV-ezGyxnp2YzK2YaE_aem_AT0miHG5pEUxSp8vaFs1gyGAlRi_uHFRmMT06YcXpQgdU3ZihG2GQiDywvklBbivivt9UYgZCuht3azk1odHOjyv

The Public Finally Has Access to an Accurate List of Japanese Americans
Detained During World War II

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/public-finally-access-accurate-list-japanese-americans-detained-during-world-war-ii-180984241/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=editorial&utm_term=4292024&utm_content=new&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0JLFjUJKCwy2Qtt3GIgBaop7thtiNCGe5RbcfbBTT-6x4l9IMX599itUQ_aem_AbTs4DuQ-RA-ADYoOS3NRLH7C96bF_rZTb8dX5XsZlgC5kfUUdplyDZwf_gWPdL0oGPwysa6RN-_Tydv7rcq8F1b

How climate change is altering Sami language

https://www.bbc.co.uk/future/article/20240228-climate-change-is-altering-this-arctic-language

*Archaeology*

A ‘bionic eye’ scan of an ancient, scorched scroll points to Plato’s long
lost gravesite

https://www.popsci.com/technology/vesuvius-scroll-plato/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0oXgicrvmyZoMgoeWm1UilWnZN90w9iT_qeeuEZB2lJBbIjv_EQhSQB_M_aem_AZNuOVW7f327yBCi9rnm8FneEre_sa2kAPABy2VeJc_gxasIqB2xh_CikYE6cDELcT_9suEZuShambAaVrP0t4z7

Archaeologists May Have Found the Villa Where the Roman Emperor Augustus
Died

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/covered-in-ash-by-the-same-eruption-that-buried-pompeii-this-villa-may-have-belonged-to-emperor-augustus-180984212/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=editorial&utm_term=4252024&utm_content=new&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0G5IMlx40Md60xXqn5W7P2HHdd9duBA8LNjoD4ythSyBiQTc0-5oddmFM_aem_AcVq-akHIR2su9708nPYoii6nyxmoHQ3vTnlQJ2fqvFkRJBV2GydtcGoI5C2e2KTBgY1GaKEJ2_4OfKCfOsGBTB2

‘Great enigma’: Amateur archaeologists unearth mysterious Roman object

https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/29/style/dodecahedron-roman-object-mystery-scn-scli-intl/index.html?Date=20240429&Profile=CNN&utm_content=1714417214&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR19xkFTb-mNYxzbloZ3aPO7mDVRuDtn07tGUC03XhBp3_nKHNjmeRKIOWI_aem_AYa21hZ6jqlKa1eZqAVlGw-zOhIums718K69AfeEZIGk6ul5rM7WykGWb1qfADHp-YPp52j0UY3Rfr8k2HBfOsTU

This Neolithic Monument Found in France Has No Equal

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-neolithic-monument-found-in-france-has-no-equal-180984254/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=editorial&utm_term=4302024&utm_content=new&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR12uVdT8FecHvaR735jBe3i_rcQdCynVMPAgp62YrEkk1yaOB-fm19c-oc_aem_ATzW36vm9wGerT-CFMgZu8gWpA1OAFxQrz_4RykUsZnrBWSz1KmKZ9Gp5-C_8h64S2sqx5uxM51nlXhX476CskgD

Archaeology team discovers a 7,000-year-old settlement in Serbia

https://phys.org/news/2024-04-archaeology-team-year-settlement-serbia.html

Archaeologists Find Cemetery Possibly Linked to the Ancient Israelites

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2024-04-28/ty-article-magazine/archaeologists-find-cemetery-possibly-linked-to-the-ancient-israelites/0000018f-2344-dacd-a7ef-37c510fb0000?fbclid=IwAR10GEbjA94WUzW9gvTkj79JRoV2v1z0W9sKe4v6GcEz5kFhwwmnZluVXxk_aem_AZwIV2zOlZ-pREHk7MpdNEStutuGWO4MR4b6mLYyKhcgA_F4c80xtP7NlMASki4vSW2Gt4D90_iI32JB5NrVjGWy&utm_medium=paid&utm_source=fb&utm_id=120204727393730071&utm_content=120209016521150071&utm_term=120204727393720071&utm_campaign=120204727393730071

*Egyptology*

Nothing to Report

*General Science*

Giant military manta ray drone passes first ocean test

https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2024/05/giant-military-manta-ray-drone-passes-first-ocean-test/396244/

Tractor-trailers with no one aboard? The future is near for self-driving
trucks on US roads

https://apnews.com/article/trucks-selfdriving-highways-automation-driver-083409631158f54d806d75309c4764e2?utm_campaign=TrueAnthem&utm_medium=AP&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3AJ-sLYJsTZrOIaDsfVEsuX3axsoyhsXfk5uVTRjvGvhjynhiBpsYyxl0_aem_AbTjgCnA-zaEQArm5N-EFfSatXoNzklAxSJobnkrDRIMYuwMj6uICWMtvVuifNH2QvRMtfCeijcEpGK0waYuZkIv

*Physics, Earth and Space Sciences*

NASA's Voyager 1 resumes sending engineering updates to Earth

https://phys.org/news/2024-04-nasa-voyager-resumes-earth.html?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0nFk7opgk7WPUT7eaR6z8evbkOUGC9-d2BUWvuYJ3VODkIkaSnhSPz-oQ_aem_AWVY6R_MgQbdc6cXwTMz5oPr6DkC8fQnOPTX0vPvasaXhxEgXmmsa0nsjm8jSppEgLrHyDgjmAG2e8-RA3LkxNOW#google_vignette

New evidence found for Planet 9

https://phys.org/news/2024-04-evidence-planet.html?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3nLKLZsYbKREN8lbCa9YXepvDf89I-r5TsAgGhX5zCFS2bdWP7o8G1Yow_aem_AXzOkkj8uE3P0VZCS_cJvmVPG5FsyqChzrijfAzRob0IEn9OhSaMvG-muFiieJidO30dVJ9T6SgodhVsk8H-VjDG

Hunting for the elusive: IceCube observes seven potential tau neutrinos

https://phys.org/news/2024-04-elusive-icecube-potential-tau-neutrinos.html?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3R9XKvmRjszWH5FTr9JDOoec6d96EKB4uUAjJ40fkZvLdxxuZnC84wKD4_aem_AXzP_tPOXFzNIJWVC4Bpz3B7MUczYIu3FwwiPtYP7xzSRg0g0jSkjU0yqtSSuw7bnsHdeOs6UePV2wO0FL9ILl9c

Skies over Athens turn 'apocalyptic' orange from Sahara dust storm - while
Libya has red haze

https://news.sky.com/story/skies-over-athens-turn-apocalyptic-orange-from-sahara-dust-storm-while-libya-has-red-haze-13121936

Boeing and NASA decide to move forward with historic crewed launch of new
spacecraft

https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/25/world/boeing-starliner-launch-spacex-delays-scn/index.html#:~:text=Boeing%20and%20NASA%20decide%20to,crewed%20launch%20of%20new%20spacecraft&text=Boeing%20developed%20the%20Starliner%20capsule,it%20would%20appear%20in%20orbit
.

He missed a chance to be the first Black astronaut. Now, at 90, he's going
into space

https://www.npr.org/2024/04/25/1246820206/ed-dwight-blue-origin-astronaut-new-shepard?sc=18&f=1001

A million years without a megaslide: Study goes deep into the Gulf of
Alaska to investigate why

https://phys.org/news/2024-04-million-years-megaslide-deep-gulf.html?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0KDfVsED8rI6QVz73fdTRtjF_p3Qf7wEmOLb3pOS18jkEMEz2l8gsXTbk_aem_AWWUA5kZ6oLdDrkJf_UFf7r0vSX6zksMNsTnE3xZZQHm7df1Td7bUrP8RbRiixN6LP9v2iYeXtSjL6sy4NAXC7an

China has big plans for its space program

https://www.npr.org/2024/04/28/1247725920/china-has-big-plans-for-its-space-program

Citizen scientists help discover record-breaking exoplanet in binary star
system

https://phys.org/news/2024-04-citizen-scientists-exoplanet-binary-star.html?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0j9ebeiHtH2WC3t5_VDKhLSgVCFI90kIhwXJ7Gs1RCIE-7tYpzoJ6rhOs_aem_AfmTPGoJVGPXav89KcSOdgZQpI9nGth5zCwQUdH8uZe-1QKPgR9aezpbPsS7P8B9ILvxlLirWewiV1UzaCq0A2hE

Wow! Private space-junk probe snaps historic photo of discarded rocket in
orbit

https://www.space.com/astroscale-adras-j-space-junk-rendezvous-mission-photo

EARTH’S MINI-MOON LINKED TO FARSIDE LUNAR CRATER

https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/earths-mini-moon-linked-to-farside-lunar-crater/

New observatory in Chile—the highest in the world—aims to reveal origins of
planets, galaxies and more

https://phys.org/news/2024-04-observatory-chile-highest-world-aims.html?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0ORVzg7rd8Gm0Z5qdUk8CYqQwLSF42HyJ3vjMjSgAwZyVqa-jisNpg8n8_aem_Acj5szJVwtBCmEc5R0cema2BegE8G0Av89zMLLE-_zl3PblLlEJL_Q91g6qT3ZCCSQjQSdY-_cy9mwn6kdjWCfIW

Inside NASA's 5-month fight to save the Voyager 1 mission in interstellar
space

https://www.nbcnews.com/science/space/nasa-rescue-voyager-1-mission-rcna149514

The Threat of a Solar Superstorm Is Growing—And We’re Not Ready

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-threat-of-a-solar-superstorm-is-growing-and-were-not-ready/?utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_medium=social&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0QsNIJSMWcvrTBzxi-FZZksetVm-N3z-zA-fy87NUWzQ2jj-JNJbN5qfU_aem_ASaNBGIz41OeZl0kXmKGGTNTomx4cCOWKis7dRXtFVbfyXgVCZGV6jOVcbBaRNSqekLWAmp7lF9yvyRD2tMk_OnG

*Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources*

California announces first new state park in a decade and sets climate
goals for natural lands

https://apnews.com/article/california-state-park-climate-newsom-forest-earth-day-central-valley-9e985e633a5fe6fd7e3ee739cc7b16e9?utm_campaign=TrueAnthem&utm_medium=AP&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3zypfZpADxvrTzDUyj-8OfhjoQ9pbBjmkuY1BfPEi1OkkuX-iHRyfTw_I_aem_AXz0ftREvMXPdcJypVrBQyRb3jTdTsciofa5d5l4UOd4Wkd2U6n12vwJlK4H-lzs83sqIZp5A9_JkKMBg778hZ_T

Biden is marking Earth Day by announcing $7 billion in federal solar power
grants

https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/biden-marking-earth-day-announcing-7-billion-federal-109486665

Is Geothermal Power Heating Up as an Energy Source?

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/is-geothermal-power-heating-up-as-an-energy-source-180984202/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=editorial&utm_term=4232024&utm_content=new&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0ybXEhHn_PtfsL32aANtlzxCS4XE6fqp9_qbQ7-Eenc5bgzWaJs8Was08_aem_Ac2JhRodxXUZIccUzd6xj_4RYluE6GaCQW3IiOe-ku0HdMQssa2C9cf3TyZ5-Xy92BIuhUCgx-yVUgJzKHIsHVYH

Battling climate change, Japan looks to seagrass for carbon capture

https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/battling-climate-change-japan-looks-seagrass-carbon-capture-2024-04-25/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=twitter

West Antarctica’s ice sheet was smaller thousands of years ago – here’s why
this matters today

https://theconversation.com/west-antarcticas-ice-sheet-was-smaller-thousands-of-years-ago-heres-why-this-matters-today-225670

Coal and new gas power plants will have to meet climate pollution targets

https://www.npr.org/2024/04/25/1236609039/epa-power-plant-climate?sc=18&f=1001

African farmers look to the past and the future to address climate change

https://apnews.com/article/africa-farming-technologies-climate-change-e0edfba75053cad02097f2e5bfe528fd

Undamming the Klamath

https://ictnews.org/news/undamming-the-klamath-?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2nim033U0SMjtVBtWzPabFiZqqfSGRUpY4GeGltGj1ajud619FcIAGvCM_aem_AURkxjxRLkaROXXEEd2OLjTsbMg9gbQjYPMi3rYwmMgamLb9bpZzYkDpQD1053nsIlL-3sjX2wZSanfazLWxhhDG

Oil drilling has endured in the Everglades for decades. Now, Miccosukee
Tribe has a plan to stop it

https://www.wlrn.org/environment/2024-04-29/oil-drilling-has-endured-in-the-everglades-for-decades-now-miccosukee-tribe-has-a-plan-to-stop-it

Solar panels are spreading over Midwest farms – and edging out the crops

https://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2024/0430/midwest-solar-farmland-expansion-renewables-agriculture?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&cmpid=FB&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2ULV6FseRbYvv9zMjdml8fUhV12EFmR2inp83F3uRcggZ8ThPpsFSyrz8_aem_AZyNaR2LT-Ke88FcyPLyxpiRq8go1Ngwz3PJAO8K5AJ8ZzHSV2PivfRlMbvDmZOpbYlL7kMnNO_e_3AUydTkMD0i#Echobox=1714493526

*Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences*   Blue whales: first discovery
near Seychelles in decades – what our study found
https://theconversation.com/blue-whales-first-discovery-near-seychelles-in-decades-what-our-study-found-224558

Scientists push new paradigm of animal consciousness, saying even insects
may be sentient

https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/animal-consciousness-scientists-push-new-paradigm-rcna148213

Dolphin found dead on beach with ‘multiple’ gunshot wounds

https://kfor.com/news/dolphin-found-dead-on-beach-with-multiple-gunshot-wounds/?utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_source=facebook.com+&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3v1L6n3et5B7C6Nu3NEuCPWyfq8Rh9Z_AylVzNo0Boofd2MXXY9aL_GYw_aem_AWcIzT9Y3HoPyrCwGubNhtA1x4EbBCOx64BWVtrt3I1OhRnHQ5WrK-z7kCePENbAuqjyHC8KKimF0Ajp0_8RwOdH

First experimental proof for brain-like computer with water and salt

https://phys.org/news/2024-04-experimental-proof-brain-salt.html?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0rM9XXs7EhmRQCaGtAHDa3upNsItSv8o3m_b_0oSNmonud8YvKoRI03MQ_aem_ATkzzwyTZw2gjBEaENoew85PrwzpU8inXM1LB-JveaxMMNZC9R2omp43z0hRr6oCp-IvBZMgVadi3vWlOvfdOq36

Emperor penguins perish as ice melts to new lows: Study

https://phys.org/news/2024-04-emperor-penguins-perish-ice-lows.html?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3-KPTrBtR1Sowl_wjgW9CX9ZntZviU6xfJGLMA9g1IwHCbj36dzSDllhY_aem_AeCXl74cqTq15Bhu8TxzbNuIVi5VvM0TM9MOnbpFXBKrvpko960W538TFnyuop8m5SLHHiB400cLzGAxgNV5ArQt

‘Real hope’ for cancer cure as personal mRNA vaccine for melanoma trialled

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/apr/26/cancer-mrna-vaccine-melanoma-trial

CDC describes first known cases of HIV transmitted via 'vampire facial'
injections

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/cdc-first-known-cases-hiv-cosmetic-injections-rcna149357

Man accused of kicking bison at Yellowstone National Park is injured by
animal and then arrested on alcohol charge

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/man-arrested-kicking-bison-yellowstone-injured-by-animal-alcohol-charge-clarence-yoder/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab6a&linkId=415092803&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR03miAHYZHGsvRqAi47A_qRP6sC6ikI7Cz7C3FD40cPnzsYjeOsKGq_90Y_aem_AfkjiuqEM-8kkGaRJwYEvmOUg1RHV4nDY_z1Q-Ds1NlCs3tV1Thc2jkS3h-xyRfBspWAJf6Yb5Mu5a6CWTmSBbnP

Personalized Melanoma Vaccine Could Be a ‘Game Changer’ by Teaching the
Body to Fight Cancer Cells

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/personalized-melanoma-vaccine-could-be-a-game-changer-by-teaching-the-body-to-fight-cancer-cells-180984242/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=editorial&utm_term=4302024&utm_content=new&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0nu2J7Fkz47yX9YNjcltkddYV7J0GFBRSLQw8ku4tdTZbSH7snG7cVUuA_aem_AbzCX9SllTqciOJSAXzfWV2vNnFXc1186REzy6Ve_Aw0C5-VqPA1fHa8FRdgvolDp7tSdc8ofBL9mUz3bRFAioaw

Orangutan observed using a plant to treat an open wound

https://www.popsci.com/environment/ape-treat-wound-plant/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1naLBEWMhkb_0cwYvusxXGLVaeeGnptmvnF_JRhjXPuyPTRiXPkr3oHdY_aem_AUT0gKelJ92vVrgzYcuRXZ2QYBvo3DDZdLkd5RQiLF0FjG4lAm3CBav1C1BTmNexK-vxj2gYNXrUd2UoG1zwoYsV

Scientists restore brain cells impaired by a rare genetic disorder

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2024/04/30/1247900797/timothy-syndrome-genetic-disorder-brain-cells-restored?sc=18&f=1001

Gene linked to epilepsy and autism decoded in new study

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-04-gene-linked-epilepsy-autism-decoded.html?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3D8LOnINs5OkKGMnbJ9XgHgZHLROim68C58rEzW5ach7RQmxGotAFuVHo_aem_AUmETKGftp03x-4SomPfWQ_0blqSsCP-177oNPxqM2tQmXyOrGvx2XCgHGEz0rywZVCEeInsS4nAIa0fgZfVkOaV

Florida dolphin found with highly pathogenic avian flu: Report

https://phys.org/news/2024-04-florida-dolphin-highly-pathogenic-avian.html?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2A7S_MoXDwda0Dm1dr-jHVx2ipfOjUGx91Ysz8a2o4Ncc7H9_v1P8o_MQ_aem_ARje5gBlJfSiKMVVyMFOarQCGXe3FYKXDBRbZ25oIUMl11s1lIvin2Y4bwgZ_45-gWQSd4mubhhuxuqb_EyZKimB

*Other*

THE PEOPLE CHEERING FOR HUMANITY’S END

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2023/01/anthropocene-anti-humanism-transhumanism-apocalypse-predictions/672230/?utm_campaign=the-atlantic&utm_content=true-anthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0u_U2rRq33Bykg8zmnHObQTVzv6JHyf9BtQI-Jp7Z7VHSSqs4giAeSEhg_aem_AeAeVsvxzUFxfHqcNf7rPHRzgVIRCaWaBmmmiC2Ti25keuhy3OfrrowvNoRUxXab3AwX8uvfo91onKSdIag0McJu

Beautiful (and less crowded) alternatives to the 10 most popular US
national parks

https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/experience/national-parks/2024/04/20/less-crowded-alternatives-to-the-10-most-visited-national-parks/73331008007/

As theaters scramble to reach new audiences, three get $1 million each

https://www.npr.org/2024/03/27/1240917004/one-million-dollars-to-three-theaters-new-haven-louisville-portland?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR08bEjr1pmbvUSv-DjSELUnOy92BKrY67pKYY7IMWkb30NA8GXajYd3yEI_aem_AcWQZehQOH4Tqs3gGalYv6JP5cYdNxIl1meOTgC5dSvFJQXsTBJq81oCOm8VtPRM7saERXKy13UIDL7jK9cty7-I

Net neutrality restored as FCC votes to regulate internet providers

https://apnews.com/article/net-neutrality-fcc-broadband-regulation-cc8421bc4f11a3e0f6ffc22c358fbfd0?utm_campaign=TrueAnthem&utm_medium=AP&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR17tx3z-Yr18LCC7eutdwJadeg7nD48K7ygoMukq2F0UVcw4bRhU4OV7J4_aem_AcUtwbEqfUPaXR7cmHYdUBXvHeeEsULDapnqGTdWuK3PrziNCj86Gn1EUvYZQ7kmteSQMFU7TIjCuKc7SohrMcio

Tesla recalls Cybertruck over sticky problem. Blame it on — yes — soap

https://www.npr.org/2024/04/19/1245849907/tesla-cybertruck-recall-accelerator-soap?sc=18&f=1001

Amsterdam was flooded with tourists in 2023, so it won't allow any more
hotels

https://www.npr.org/2024/04/19/1245809974/amsterdam-hotel-ban?sc=18&f=1001

New research reports on buckling: When structures suddenly collapse

https://techxplore.com/news/2024-04-buckling-suddenly-collapse.html?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2otzC2QqCHY3x3-loxvtDmZ1NgM4-Vz-BU7Ue-gw4zBxTZCvovVnTW-rE_aem_Afmm-G7lPEASNJIC2WjexkAOt0VUBNp_M2LJTaEjqMtzMkw2kmL6etw2B9OrnPXphRiGue76PkYWCQEmp1045jc8

Possible UFO over NYC baffles passenger flying into LaGuardia

https://nypost.com/2024/04/25/us-news/possible-ufo-reported-over-nycs-laguardia-airport/

AI Hunt For Extraterrestrial Intelligence Finds 8 Promising Signals

https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/ai-hunt-for-extraterrestrial-intelligence-finds-8-promising-signals?utm_campaign=organicsocial&utm_content=%F0%9F%97%84%EF%B8%8F_from_the_archive%3A_%F0%9F%9A%80_se&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0L4L4yoK5SxRtdhtpB-1QEeEpO4OVpdXEgMStBGYF9UzbRT7TbCiDH_ak_aem_Aaecg-NEQBq1vMgmX06brn2RoaVQzLVMd_4p8E2hyVdxoYvtIgMRiQXogd625k3L4Byho1R2x_L4-g6wYSsK3Unh

Where Is Everybody in Our Universe?

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/smithsonian-books/2024/04/25/where-is-everybody-in-our-universe/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=editorial&utm_term=4252024&utm_content=new&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR14en1LevciJqxSOaPQAMPzM-V9aFG5PzZl_9hjk3IfkFNvYfTtvB5Xsqg_aem_Afdr1l2JimzkaJfjF7l3OgzcU2YOm4-WDsG_Jajwu6q1OjpK9aI3ydldcd3xfbEzSpv963u6bsUJnszRgFDFony1

Additional Informational

Was Joe Biden’s uncle eaten by cannibals after World War II crash? Experts
say it’s highly unlikely

https://www.politifact.com/article/2024/apr/18/was-joe-bidens-uncle-eaten-by-cannibals-after-worl/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1713550498-1

Solar Sail CubeSat Has Deployed from Rocket

https://blogs.nasa.gov/smallsatellites/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR2ZAv4YkGhQSZ65MsmgpO1T4WGeyLvrDmRwpjW7jh3GVJXKPfNZ8sCd86s_aem_AWc8pN5UiUwT9yj5kwm9kJ2tJdGHl5Y5NsRzr78dPCq1erEahyrlfiqrSJBIIV5tfi-BA432uDK_FQFJ-MUAQ2BF

Biden-Harris Administration Announces New Interagency Effort to Support
Tribal Water and Sanitation Infrastructure

https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDOI/bulletins/3983628

NASA Finds New Homes for Artemis Generation of ‘Moon Trees’ Across US

https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-finds-new-homes-for-artemis-generation-of-moon-trees-across-us/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR0785AxN6JxWNEhPavnbHIFB3O1ZDOJdybVQgiCJactteFwbpCmzwMHNnA_aem_AcVcL2R5eFlToyqSy-42tgsCUe9KohsNEYeKLVHSwhZwJ9nDInuh9T7e6YylFo1UHXLFOKksXepmFDUnFRN-jpl4

NASA’s Optical Comms Demo Transmits Data Over 140 Million Miles

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-optical-comms-demo-transmits-data-over-140-million-miles?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR1g8y-wsfv3rnUuxCS1l-f502vlx4WsrpFu7wG5YRck6eGdwHVmImiavDk_aem_Aff-DlGFDN4RYa-xg3A7rLHaZa2DRjF6coEWJ7qfLj8P96hRYfNjHtmTSzkmyVx5JBcNt-XH7hWzpXbAbFAi1Jru

Public perceptions on carbon removal from focus groups in 22 countries

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-47853-w

Investment needed in African climate science

https://www.leeds.ac.uk/news-global/news/article/5543/investment-needed-in-african-climate-science

Secretary Haaland, Department Leaders Highlight Biden-Harris
Administration’s Clean Energy Progress, Commitment to Indian Country in
Arizona

https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDOI/bulletins/398e521

International Science Council Newsletter

https://us5.campaign-archive.com/?e=725b365f54&u=2e9b648776114e2888e7ea8c5&id=bce3fd84d0

The Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis: A Guide For The Perplexed

https://grahamhancock.com/youngm2/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0m_gyi00TCe5bZMmagI_NJMh2TFUVdQwe4O682o9liN7k1u6Z06sLbl2w_aem_AWq6mLDiVIixKmOX1uDIAD_J-A_HgeF4BgBnVJ57tLoJwIE7tYuKfRCUsYT2O5Hb58QhjvQcK3mVtI7_bjszLTmV

Asteroid Institute and Google Cloud Identify 27,500 New Asteroids

https://b612foundation.org/asteroid-institute-and-google-cloud-identify-27500-new-asteroids/

Announcing New Leadership Roles at the Secure World Foundation World
Foundation

https://mailchi.mp/swfound.org/swf-announces-dr-brian-weedens-transition-to-new-role-at-aerospace-1807315?e=1278109aa1

Manta Ray UUV Prototype Completes In-Water Testing

https://www.darpa.mil/news-events/2024-05-01

NASA Doubles Down, Advances 6 Innovative Tech Concepts to New Phase

https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/stmd/nasa-doubles-down-advances-six-innovative-tech-concepts-to-new-phase/

Yazidis in Iraq facing an uncertain future

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(24)00805-5/abstract

Crackdown on criminal network that stole 170 historical books worth EUR 2.5
million across Europe

https://www.eurojust.europa.eu/news/crackdown-criminal-network-stole-170-historical-books-worth-eur-25-million-across-europe

Man approached bison too closely in Yellowstone National Park and was
injured

https://www.nps.gov/yell/learn/news/240429.htm
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