[Jawlist] Weekly Science Report 1-31-25

Sat Feb 1 09:20:14 PST 2025

*Weekly Science Report*

*January 31, 2025*

''*There is one thing that is stronger than all the armies in the world,
and that is an idea whose time has come*.”

Victor Hugo

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*

Ape-Like Human Ancestors Were Largely Vegetarian 3.3 Million Years Ago in
South Africa, Fossil Teeth Reveal

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ape-like-human-ancestors-were-largely-vegetarian-33-million-years-ago-in-south-africa-fossil-teeth-reveal-180985873/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&spMailingID=50628043&spUserID=MTczNzQ5ODU5NjUxOAS2&spJobID=2862303702&spReportId=Mjg2MjMwMzcwMgS2

How a Mass Extinction Driven by Ancient Volcanoes Led to the Age of the
Dinosaurs

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-a-mass-extinction-driven-by-ancient-volcanoes-led-to-the-age-of-the-dinosaurs-180985737/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&spMailingID=50628043&spUserID=MTczNzQ5ODU5NjUxOAS2&spJobID=2862303702&spReportId=Mjg2MjMwMzcwMgS2

A Quarry Worker Felt Strange Bumps While Digging. They Turned Out to Be the
Largest Dinosaur Trackway in the U.K.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-quarry-worker-felt-strange-bumps-while-digging-they-turned-out-to-be-the-largest-dinosaur-trackway-in-the-uk-180985774/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053

Giant, Mysterious Spires Ruled the Earth Long Before Trees Did. What
Exactly Are These Odd-Looking Fossils?

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/giant-mysterious-spires-ruled-the-earth-long-before-trees-did-what-exactly-are-these-odd-looking-fossils-13709647/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053

Discovery in South Africa holds oldest evidence of mixing ingredients to
make arrow poison

https://phys.org/news/2025-01-discovery-south-africa-oldest-evidence.html?fbclid=IwY2xjawH_aztleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHYy7Jq1aeTmf4jRuABUqJDqWdDgrBtfKNVfg1_KcmNbsh96hgyr_5x2uiA_aem_exZ--4wMabRbWGzE3nqwig#google_vignette

Puzzling fossils unearthed in China may rewrite the human story

https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/24/science/china-fossils-ancient-humans-homo-juluensis-denisovans/index.html?Date=20250124&Profile=CNN+International&utm_content=1737735679&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwY2xjawIB52JleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHdwggo-4XORB3rdbnoPO6CDMJGkJqsabWDVhp3XROcsRbMwcCHVgFilN1w_aem_h3ToiGu4cecnPJwtbP3fDA&sfnsn=mo

Rare fossil of flying dinosaur reveals 76-million-year-old crocodile-like
bite

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/flying-dinosaur-bite-fossil-crocodile-canada-b2686012.html#

DNA and radiocarbon analysis provide new insights into prehistoric mammoth
bone complex

https://phys.org/news/2025-01-dna-radiocarbon-analysis-insights-prehistoric.html

Hand axes discovered in Iraqi desert may go back 1.5 million years

https://phys.org/news/2025-01-axes-iraqi-million-years.html

Discovery of a unique drainage and irrigation system that gave way to the
'Neolithic Revolution' in the Amazon

https://phys.org/news/2025-01-discovery-unique-drainage-irrigation-gave.html

Largest single-burial assemblage of beads confirmed at ancient Montelirio
grave site

https://phys.org/news/2025-01-largest-burial-assemblage-beads-ancient.html

Ancient DNA analyses bring to life the 11,000-year intertwined genomic
history of sheep and humans

https://phys.org/news/2025-01-ancient-dna-analyses-life-year.html

New evidence confirms Indigenous languages have a common source, but how
they spread remains a mystery

https://phys.org/news/2025-01-evidence-indigenous-languages-common-source.html

How Neandertal DNA May Affect the Way We Think

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-neandertal-dna-may-affect-the-way-we-think/

*History*

A Native American tribe is closer to acquiring more land in Arizona after
decades of delay

https://apnews.com/article/hopi-arizona-land-transfer-7c3b6ddb6276463a5b2920483d23be81?taid=67683e9cae6b4b00011f4194&utm_campaign=TrueAnthem&utm_medium=AP&utm_source=Twitter

Trump vexes New Zealanders by claiming one of their proudest historical
moments for America

https://apnews.com/article/trump-split-atom-ernest-rutherford-zealand-inauguration-ffca9ef3aeeb77475b8db85a0d14c94e

This Rare Printing of the Declaration of Independence Could Sell for $4
Million

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-rare-printing-of-the-declaration-of-independence-could-sell-for-4-million-180985851/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&spMailingID=50628043&spUserID=MTczNzQ5ODU5NjUxOAS2&spJobID=2862303702&spReportId=Mjg2MjMwMzcwMgS2

‘Unsolvable’ Code Hidden in Antique Dress Pocket Is Finally Cracked

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/unsolvable-code-hidden-in-antique-dress-pocket-is-finally-cracked-180983550/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&spMailingID=50628043&spUserID=MTczNzQ5ODU5NjUxOAS2&spJobID=2862303702&spReportId=Mjg2MjMwMzcwMgS2

The Enduring Mystery of a Plane That Vanished in the Icy Canadian
Wilderness With 44 People On Board

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-enduring-mystery-of-a-plane-that-vanished-in-the-icy-canadian-wilderness-with-44-people-on-board-180985878/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053

How the Nation’s First ‘Madam Secretary’ Fought to Save Jewish Refugees
Fleeing From Nazi Germany

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-the-nations-first-madam-secretary-fought-to-save-jewish-refugees-fleeing-from-nazi-germany-180985850/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=editorial&utm_term=1212025&utm_content=new&fbclid=IwY2xjawH8qlRleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHaZGn8JoIOnHdnt3hBHfGIE5eD7k2NToBKUQ8fRrgVQ48-SVJcZ5wENIBg_aem_ATqLcRaLP-Nqft5T7mmYSA

The Top Ten Most Important Ancient Documents Lost to History

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/top-ten-most-important-ancient-documents-lost-history-180967495/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=editorial&utm_term=1182025&utm_content=archival&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2wsPyzN2LkU34R64WHEXxfRl4szYiz1xn1yxZXez8MjXJuMKQC4VtiWvk_aem_5D_ceR_vAYwAKe4ZNcopDg&sfnsn=mo

Ten Must-See Museums Opening Around the World in 2025

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/ten-must-see-museums-opening-around-the-world-in-2025-180985814/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=editorial&utm_term=1202025&utm_content=recent&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2lmGjgS-LGPhW_TuVVOZ-RJAs7n0GzDu4pPpSy_-10FDhNvl2aIgTvKdc_aem_Gd59J-dQbxuNnqhn3UMhMg&sfnsn=mo

Erasing Mount Denali

https://ictnews.org/news/erasing-mount-denali?fbclid=IwY2xjawIDcYZleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHSOQeueZ9eUZD72Nu9ttJ7B3ff3ioe3_Lkp2yBRjRR9xK0kTacsTppHz3A_aem_TSU2RSBN7kSUlmES1JvhUg

Artist marks 80th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation by donating works to
Unesco

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/01/27/-80th-anniversary-auschwitz-liberation-art-unesco

Montgomery County commissioners terminate library director, put county
judge in charge

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/education/books-libraries/2025/01/31/512667/montgomery-county-commissioners-terminate-library-director/?fbclid=IwY2xjawIKMjVleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHRB-Cap0B1SgHECfZZD155Fq2fBGw-NPuTffoO5Sxn-RlAz6N4rPuWi3JA_aem_ZaRoVSYpR_xye6Kqq_WgOw

Paraguay’s disappeared: A dictator’s shadow is a roadblock for justice, but
a few keep up the fight

https://apnews.com/article/paraguay-disappeared-churches-committee-dictatorship-stroessner-e05ea3172d4611887d083d62bad9106e?utm_campaign=TrueAnthem&utm_medium=AP&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwY2xjawIEprpleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHevTKu1XEoOgjleJrDsfuMl5TSSVbVCxiDCU-hP_Axh4Y0svljzZpR8t2Q_aem_Ob9ziY9JRyz3k84mYnh1Gg

Auschwitz memorial holds observances on the 80th anniversary of the death
camp’s liberation

https://apnews.com/article/auschwitz-birkenau-80th-anniversary-bd9004cf75e6799394e6f74d14b4a742?utm_campaign=TrueAnthem&utm_medium=AP&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwY2xjawIEYVVleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHVAXcrd4BBwh0EVeHqzC6fSn-JzY5HMcL8Y4sbJMMk1N0XQ6EL3T-GedMg_aem_P7YhtWdg4hiHuCcWgeEkEw

Auschwitz: 80 years after its liberation, three survivors tell their stories

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/26/auschwitz-80-years-after-its-liberation-three-survivors-tell-their-stories?utm_source=linkedin&utm_campaign=auschwitz

Fire damages a 19th century district town hall in Paris, leaving the bell
tower at risk of collapse

https://apnews.com/article/paris-town-hall-fire-bell-tower-c6ff46a0f000b28d2a4cffb30ae82f08?utm_campaign=TrueAnthem&utm_medium=AP&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwY2xjawIFt7NleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHflectxv3MFC_gSrSBvv4Lk92ga4nwdfG6rRQ-M3gJlhrB8xgBrVfQx18A_aem_6Uxbl_0_Dzokyw31PdfCug

A $1 Million Reward Awaits Anyone Who Can Crack the Ancient Indus Script

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/ancient-indus-valley-civilization-script-1-million-reward-2602431?fbclid=IwY2xjawIF1PFleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHXl3h2SNqIxX9Ce1q6PMM6tNQGNDcA_y4-TGr7XxhYFa8Y2wIQ3buCOmbw_aem_jPfPmzb-maSddux0zmerHw

Details finally emerge over 50 years after U.S. woman accused of 3 murders
vanished from Mexican prison

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/sharon-kinne-murders-vanished-mexican-prison-1969/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab6a&linkId=731870849&fbclid=IwY2xjawIIZnFleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHVD79cJFfgLCr6R6M5cRLAC7miLQG-jroQrGUk3Qv2xbuBvOxJZUtmZHEg_aem_7A3HDowTBl7ZC-JM4RXJ2Q

Art Thieves Blew Up a Dutch Museum’s Door to Steal an Ancient Golden Helmet
>From Romania

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/art-thieves-blew-up-a-dutch-museums-door-to-steal-an-ancient-golden-helmet-from-romania-180985915/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053

This Heroic Dog Raced Across the Frozen Alaskan Wilderness to Deliver
Life-Saving Medicine—but His Contributions Were Long Overlooked

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/this-heroic-dog-raced-across-the-frozen-alaskan-wilderness-to-deliver-life-saving-medicine-but-his-contributions-were-long-overlooked-180985905/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&spMailingID=50643851&spUserID=MTczNzQ5ODU5NjUxOAS2&spJobID=2862924163&spReportId=Mjg2MjkyNDE2MwS2

British Museum partly closed after fired employee broke in and shut down IT
systems

https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/25/style/british-museum-closed-fired-employee-intl/index.html?Date=20250126&Profile=CNN&utm_content=1737849606&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0mnYhe-XT_rrVEuWgZcfz9Zk5aAf2ITpP39imVLKCYVDU6g-AbOMCyuLo_aem_zyIPD_7jrcqsYR3dD1SvEw&sfnsn=mo

'My family was murdered at Auschwitz. Her grandfather drove trains to the
camp'

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c863g9d6vyeo?at_campaign=Social_Flow&at_medium=social&at_link_type=web_link&at_ptr_name=facebook_page&at_link_id=3BB65A2C-DB29-11EF-8A9F-BACE91DD212F&at_link_origin=BBC_News&at_format=link&at_bbc_team=editorial&at_campaign_type=owned&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2diQerCOX6eDS0pOahMsLWxG_G7y4wsMuiTnN75yvckUf39YHPaTDgxnA_aem_406IPFU8cpKW_95BLcbG8w&sfnsn=mo

German president condemns Russia’s ‘war against Ukraine’s culture’ as
evacuated works go on show in Berlin

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/01/24/german-president-condemns-russias-war-against-ukraines-culture-as-evacuated-works-go-on-show-in-berlin

The Globe-Trotting Scholar Who Unlocked the Secrets of the Aztecs

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/zelia-nuttall-globe-trotting-scholar-unlocked-secrets-aztecs-180983049/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053

One of the Oldest Surviving Operas by a Black American Composer Will Be
Performed for the First Time—138 Years After It Was Written

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/one-of-the-oldest-surviving-operas-by-a-black-american-composer-will-be-performed-for-the-first-time-138-years-after-it-was-written-180985943/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053

Historian reveals emotional impact of White Ship disaster near Normandy in
1120

https://phys.org/news/2025-01-historian-reveals-emotional-impact-white.html

Nearly 100 Washingtonians Died When a Theater Collapsed in One of the
Largest Snowfalls Ever to Hit D.C.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/nearly-100-washingtonians-died-when-theater-collapsed-one-largest-snowfalls-ever-hit-dc-180985871/

Hundreds Died When This Steamship Sank in the Pacific Northwest in 1875
With Gold Worth Millions On Board

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/hundreds-died-when-this-steamship-sank-in-the-pacific-northwest-in-1875-with-gold-worth-millions-on-board-180985928/

*Archaeology*

Experts Are Unraveling the Mysteries of This Breathtaking 2,000-Year-Old
Mosaic Depicting Alexander the Great in Battle

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/experts-are-unraveling-the-mysteries-of-this-breathtaking-2000-year-old-mosaic-depicting-alexander-the-great-in-battle-180985861/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&spMailingID=50628043&spUserID=MTczNzQ5ODU5NjUxOAS2&spJobID=2862303702&spReportId=Mjg2MjMwMzcwMgS2

Archaeologists Stumble Upon Marble Statue of Greek God in Ancient Sewer

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-stumble-upon-marble-statue-of-greek-god-in-ancient-sewer-180984678/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053

‘Things are really changing for them’: Why explorer known as ‘Indiana Jones
for girls’ is walking across Saudi Arabia

https://www.cnn.com/travel/female-explorer-alice-morrison-walking-across-saudi-arabia/index.html?Date=20250128&Profile=CNN,CNN+International&utm_content=1738064339&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwY2xjawIFv4JleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHfjAckaI1JUqw1foryCMTvvchRqKEhlmiQz-ocu4qO8vXVEiJXuN-lNTXA_aem_jNaQB5laGPkKBU1VnO9w7A

Outcry from Native American tribes after Florida company tries to give
artefacts away

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/29/native-american-artifacts-relics-florida?fbclid=IwY2xjawIInxNleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHWHocit_kM28-rJeaL_3977J_KKkp8Y-4sKVYPljC3gdBLKkJaQll6uAVw_aem_va_sTjiKzsrQ-jrGKhQeoA

Trove of Rare Artifacts Unearthed Beneath an Ancient Roman Well

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/artifacts-found-in-ancient-roman-well-reveal-details-about-imperial-life-and-rituals-180984519/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053

Researchers Have Deciphered a Nearly 2,000-Year-Old True Crime Papyrus

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/researchers-have-deciphered-a-nearly-2000-year-old-true-crime-papyrus-180985948/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053

Archaeologists discover 5,400-year-old neolithic stone house in Provence

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-838888

Researchers puzzled by mysterious 'Water Goddess' statuette discovered in
Germany

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-839036

15th-century hoard of gold and silver coins discovered in Israel near Sea
of Galilee

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/15th-century-hoard-of-gold-and-silver-coins-discovered-in-israel-near-sea-of-galilee

Archaeologists Discover Bizarre Ancient Burials

https://www.newsweek.com/archaeologists-discover-bizarre-ancient-burials-2022995

Remote sensing tools yield insights into abandoned pre-Columbian Mexican
city

https://phys.org/news/2025-01-remote-tools-yield-insights-abandoned.html

Sprawling Lost City From 600 Years Ago Revealed

https://www.newsweek.com/lost-city-mexico-guiengola-zapotec-forest-lidar-archaeology-2023494

*Egyptology*

See the Haunting Stone Face of a Ptolemaic Statue Unearthed Near the
Ancient Egyptian City of Alexandria

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/see-the-haunting-stone-face-of-a-ptolemaic-statue-unearthed-near-the-ancient-egyptian-city-of-alexandria-180985894/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&spMailingID=50643851&spUserID=MTczNzQ5ODU5NjUxOAS2&spJobID=2862924163&spReportId=Mjg2MjkyNDE2MwS2

*General Science*

National Science Foundation freezes grant review in response to Trump
executive orders

https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/01/27/nx-s1-5276342/nsf-freezes-grant-review-trump-executive-orders-dei-science

*Physics, Earth and Space Sciences*   Check Out the Hubble Space
Telescope’s Stunning New View of the Andromeda Galaxy
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/check-out-the-hubble-space-telescopes-stunning-new-view-of-the-andromeda-galaxy-180985882/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&spMailingID=50628043&spUserID=MTczNzQ5ODU5NjUxOAS2&spJobID=2862303702&spReportId=Mjg2MjMwMzcwMgS2

Astronomers Discover Supersonic Winds on a ‘Puffy’ Exoplanet, Forming a
Record-Breaking Jet Stream
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/astronomers-discover-supersonic-winds-on-a-puffy-exoplanet-forming-a-record-breaking-jet-stream-180985891/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053

Hubble budget cuts could impact science and mission operations

https://spacenews.com/hubble-budget-cuts-could-impact-science-and-mission-operations/

FAA Requiring Mishap Investigations for Both Blue Origin and SpaceX

https://spacepolicyonline.com/news/faa-requiring-mishap-investigations-for-both-blue-origin-and-spacex/

Newly discovered super-Earth orbits in and out of its star's habitable
zone. Could life survive its extreme climate?

https://www.space.com/the-universe/exoplanets/newly-discovered-super-earth-orbits-in-and-out-of-its-stars-habitable-zone-could-life-survive-its-extreme-climate

Mass Retirement? SpaceX Spotted Deorbiting Dozens of Starlink Satellites

https://www.pcmag.com/news/mass-retirement-spacex-spotted-deorbiting-dozens-of-starlink-satellites?fbclid=IwY2xjawIKJvBleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHZjoVn6czl4MyJSWD-1vxfnxdpKhtB5iDNkla1-GYIrF4HCsjH_VwYL7NA_aem_ytxh8QylwEowhg-3QTZDKg

Astronaut Suni Williams, stuck in space, says she's "trying to remember
what it's like to walk"

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/massachusetts-astronaut-suni-williams-space/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab6a&linkId=730043424&fbclid=IwY2xjawIHC6VleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHY-e5oGgcNi1xJvgHsOf2_NquWlP1iV852Z6jZY0JXy_NN-RwebsxrhszA_aem_01kl7sy5Wp7uta1Jg-nAUw

How the Largest Volcanic Eruption in Human History Changed the World

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/smithsonian-books/2025/01/24/how-the-largest-volcanic-eruption-in-human-history-changed-the-world/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053

Otago scientists discover Antarctic fast ice secrets

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1072124

Scientists test space device to detect elusive dark matter

https://phys.org/news/2025-01-scientists-space-device-elusive-dark.html

*Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources*

Future of UK peatlands under threat due to climate change

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1071792

First major chunk breaks off world's biggest iceberg

https://phys.org/news/2025-01-major-chunk-world-biggest-iceberg.html

Grasshoppers' size shifts reveal climate change winners and losers

https://phys.org/news/2025-01-grasshoppers-size-shifts-reveal-climate.html

Hydrogen annealing approach sets new efficiency record for kesterite solar
cells

https://techxplore.com/news/2025-01-hydrogen-annealing-approach-efficiency-kesterite.html#google_vignette

Greenhouse gas emissions grow in latest data, throwing Minnesota off target
for climate goals

https://phys.org/news/2025-01-greenhouse-gas-emissions-latest-minnesota.html

Ancient agricultural strategies revealed: How pre-industrial communities
adapted to climate changes

https://phys.org/news/2025-01-ancient-agricultural-strategies-revealed-pre.html

*Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences*   How Are Tardigrades So
‘Indestructible?’ Scientists Finally Have an Explanation
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/how-are-tardigrades-so-indestructible-scientists-finally-have-explanation-180983613/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&spMailingID=50628043&spUserID=MTczNzQ5ODU5NjUxOAS2&spJobID=2862303702&spReportId=Mjg2MjMwMzcwMgS2

Spotted hyena found in Egypt for 1st time in 5,000 years — then trackers
killed it with a pickup truck

https://www.livescience.com/animals/land-mammals/spotted-hyena-found-in-egypt-for-1st-time-in-5-000-years-then-trackers-killed-it-with-a-pickup-truck?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=dhfacebook&utm_content=null

Why Is Every Human Being Riddled With Genetic Errors?

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/why-is-every-human-being-riddled-with-genetic-errors-180985825/?utm_source=smithsonian-weekender&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&spMailingID=50634229&spUserID=MTczNzQ5ODU5NjUxOAS2&spJobID=2862521721&spReportId=Mjg2MjUyMTcyMQS2

Researchers leverage large-scale data to uncover new insights into rare
diseases and COVID-19

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1071873

*Other*

UFO is "moving at hundreds of miles an hour underwater," Republican
congressman says

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ufo-moving-underwater-republican-rep-tim-burchet/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab6a&linkId=725037932&fbclid=IwY2xjawIActxleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHYoMW8ebWrGCo7YI6KmlD1aBivOe7Xrh_8o20uXd_PFcpo04sEUUhE2zXw_aem_MvDuPxFUB86k3_oc5kAP_w

Doomsday clock ticks closer to catastrophe in dire global warning

https://thehill.com/policy/international/5110546-doomsday-clock-ticks-closer-to-catastrophe-in-dire-global-warning/

One of the largest searches for alien life started 30 years ago—its legacy
lives on today

https://phys.org/news/2025-01-largest-alien-life-years-legacy.html

U.S. government wants to move conversation around UFOs from speculation to
science

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/10/17/-us-changing-conversation-around-ufos-from-speculation-to-science.html?utm_content=Main&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=twitter%7Cmain

Additional Informational

Earth’s quasi-moons, minimoons, and ghost moons

https://www.planetary.org/articles/the-quasi-moons-of-earth?utm_campaign=downlink&utm_medium=email&utm_source=20250124&s_src=downlink&s_subsrc=20250124

Space Recommendations for the Second Trump Administration

https://www.planetary.org/articles/space-policy-recommendations-for-the-second-trump-administration?utm_campaign=downlink&utm_medium=email&utm_source=20250124&s_src=downlink&s_subsrc=20250124

NASA Sets Sights on Mars Terrain with Revolutionary Tire Tech

https://www.nasa.gov/technology/nasa-sets-sights-on-mars-terrain-with-revolutionary-tire-tech/

The Birdman: Our Connection to the Stars, Expressed in Art, Understood (and
affirmed) through Science

https://robertschoch.com/birdman.html?fbclid=IwY2xjawIDbxBleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHfI7Nuk5CO8SOSGIIgVNHw6rqTr1WhK1-EBoEJkTYvrt4htr8f1AZXva-Q_aem_Vwh-rN-vlK3uxEH2h6iBNA

ESA’s Planetary Defence Office is keeping a very close eye on 2024 YR4

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

The Planetary Society’s role in real space missions

https://www.planetary.org/articles/the-planetary-societys-role-in-real-space-missions?utm_campaign=downlink&utm_medium=email&utm_source=20250131&s_src=downlink&s_subsrc=20250131

NASA Juno Mission Spots Most Powerful Volcanic Activity on Io to Date

https://www.nasa.gov/solar-system/nasa-juno-mission-spots-most-powerful-volcanic-activity-on-io-to-date/

The sounds of BepiColombo's sixth flight past Mercury

https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos/2025/01/The_sounds_of_BepiColombo_s_sixth_flight_past_Mercury

NASA’s Asteroid Bennu Sample Reveals Mix of Life’s Ingredients

https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasas-asteroid-bennu-sample-reveals-mix-of-lifes-ingredients/

WHOI Ocean Insights Newsletter

https://explore.whoi.edu/ocean-insights-january-30-2025?ecid=ACsprvsmpJumM3v4_RDgGLS_-oUoIgD80jUbuOaAt0bc9ebc6K8b4AILcgTHKlsQ9_OPTTQYvtTl&utm_campaign=6570037-Ocean%20Insights%202025&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9GQ6ljkGbbr6gJnEjThHekkQAwTZRhYJregrKxGeK0NiX4zFpOsM9g3DKAFc3AdG9UpoG_mELUQ0pZH7qUMDCSg_UUO6SSrkA2jqcv_8gc_jf9UpA&_hsmi=345007845&utm_content=345007845&utm_source=hs_email

NASA, Asthros Mission

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/asthros/?fbclid=IwY2xjawIHJR5leHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHSCYvR2XsGUo-OdnYQYyO8xUclmjYRgbkXvs2-rtX-3ZEFu4sVlnHfqtUg_aem_iW3IImV55gMLqX45-Ns2TQ
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