From steveorange2011 at gmail.com Sat Jul 12 21:00:32 2025 From: steveorange2011 at gmail.com (Steven Detwiler) Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2025 00:00:32 -0400 Subject: [Jawlist] Weekly Science Report 7-11-25 Message-ID: *Weekly Science Report* *July 11, 2025* *?Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.?* Nelson Mandela 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: - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/weeklysciencerpt/ - Twitter: https://twitter.com/wklysciencerpt News Articles *Paleontology, Evolution and Prehistoric Studies* The ?Great Dying? wiped out 90% of life, then came 5 million years of lethal heat. New fossils explain why https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/02/climate/great-dying-extinction-tipping-point-tropical-forests Early humans used ochre for advanced toolmaking at Blombos Cave, study finds https://archaeologymag.com/2025/07/early-humans-used-ochre-for-advanced-toolmaking/ 125,000-year-old 'fat factory' run by Neanderthals discovered in Germany https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/human-evolution/125-000-year-old-fat-factory-run-by-neanderthals-discovered-in-germany Study reveals the surprising and twisty path our ancestors took to develop an upright stance https://phys.org/news/2025-06-reveals-twisty-path-ancestors-upright.html#google_vignette New Species of Permian Pareiasaur Found in China Unlocks Secrets of Ancient Earth?s Herbivores! https://indiandefencereview.com/new-species-of-permian-pareiasaur-in-china/ Human Fishing Reshaped Caribbean Reef Food Webs, 7,000-Year-Old Exposed Fossilized Reefs Reveal https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/smithsonian-tropical-research-institute/2025/07/01/human-fishing-reshaped-caribbean-reef-food-webs-7000-year-old-exposed-fossilized-reefs-reveal/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053 Scientists Built a Canoe Using Only Prehistoric Tools. Then They Sailed the Dangerous 140-Mile Route Early Humans Traveled 30,000 Years Ago https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-built-a-canoe-using-only-prehistoric-tools-then-they-sailed-the-dangerous-140-mile-route-early-humans-traveled-30000-years-ago-180986900/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053 200 million year-old flying reptile species found https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqx2zzn53pqo Giant Sloths and Many Other Massive Creatures Were Once Common on Our Planet. With Environmental Changes, Such Giants Could Thrive Again https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/giant-sloths-and-many-other-massive-creatures-were-once-common-on-our-planet-with-environmental-changes-such-giants-could-thrive-again-180986941/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053 They paved paradise and found dinosaur bones in the parking lot https://www.rmpbs.org/blogs/science-environment/dmns-dinosaur-bones-parking-lot A Massive Underwater Fossil Find Includes Remains From Ancient Human Ancestors https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-massive-underwater-fossil-find-includes-remains-from-ancient-human-ancestors-180986957/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053 Genomic study reveals deep roots of human survival and adaptation in Himalayas https://phys.org/news/2025-07-genomic-reveals-deep-roots-human.html ?People can change their minds?: the evolutionary biologist with a dramatic story of her own https://observer.co.uk/news/science-technology/article/people-can-change-their-minds-the-evolutionary-biologist-with-a-dramatic-story-of-her-own?fbclid=IwY2xjawLXcB1leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHmZhnFu1917iQHQVF-H0MTmXmXd-bvzlmgtCwk1nSs2dtGq_mztXsZ3b7wex_aem_GFoFoqo1c3iyqH2pCdytyA&sfnsn=mo The Cambrian Explosion Happened 15 Million Years Earlier Than We Thought https://dailygalaxy.com/2025/07/cambrian-explosion-15-million-years-earlier/#google_vignette INGENIOUS NEANDERTHAL BONE TOOL FOUND IN BELGIAN CAVE https://archaeology.org/news/2025/07/11/ingenious-neanderthal-bone-tool-found-in-belgian-cave/ Neanderthal DNA may refute 65,000-year-old date for human occupation in Australia, but not all experts are convinced https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/human-evolution/neanderthal-dna-may-refute-65-000-year-old-date-for-human-occupation-in-australia-but-not-all-experts-are-convinced Oldest wooden tools unearthed in East Asia show that ancient humans made planned trips to dig up edible plants https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/human-evolution/oldest-wooden-tools-unearthed-in-east-asia-show-that-ancient-humans-made-planned-trips-to-dig-up-edible-plants Sonar survey confirms mastodon carving at 9,000-year-old Lake Michigan?s ?Underwater Stonehenge? https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-860220 New analysis of the Skh?l I skull: One of the oldest human burials in the world https://phys.org/news/2025-07-analysis-skhl-skull-oldest-human.html Stone Age hunter?gatherers traveled long distances to get the right color stone for their tools https://phys.org/news/2025-07-stone-age-huntergatherers-distances-tools.html *History* How a Deadly Circus Fire on the ?Day the Clowns Cried? Traumatized a Community?and Led to Lasting Safety Reforms https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-a-deadly-circus-fire-on-the-day-the-clowns-cried-traumatized-a-community-and-led-to-lasting-safety-reforms-180986888/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053 A Rare Copy of the 13th Amendment Signed by Abraham Lincoln Sells for a Record $13.7 Million https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-rare-copy-of-the-13th-amendment-signed-by-abraham-lincoln-sells-for-a-record-13-7-million-180986917/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053 Why the Ancient Craft of Dry Stone Walling Still Holds So Much Appeal in the 21st Century https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/ancient-craft-dry-stone-walling-still-holds-appeal-21st-century-180986807/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053 Do American Indians Celebrate the Fourth of July? https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-museum-american-indian/2020/07/01/do-american-indians-celebrate-4th-july/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053 80 years later, a Holocaust survivor meets an American soldier who helped free him https://www.npr.org/2025/06/30/nx-s1-5423692/world-war-ii-reunion-holocaust-liberation-buchenwald-nazis How Women in New Jersey Gained?and Lost?the Right to Vote More Than a Century Before the 19th Amendment Granted Suffrage Nationwide https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-women-in-new-jersey-gained-and-lostthe-right-to-vote-more-than-a-century-before-the-19th-amendment-granted-suffrage-nationwide-180986930/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053 Stolen Historic Documents Surface in Attic?Ten Years After an Employee Used Them as Collateral to Borrow Money https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/stolen-historic-documents-surface-in-attic-ten-years-after-an-employee-used-them-as-collateral-to-borrow-money-180986965/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053 Seven Mysteries You Can Explore in America?s National Parks https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/seven-mysteries-you-can-explore-in-americas-national-parks-180986963/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053 The 230-Foot-Long Bayeux Tapestry Is Returning Home to England for the First Time in Nearly 1,000 Years https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-230-foot-long-bayeux-tapestry-is-returning-home-to-england-for-the-first-time-in-nearly-1000-years-180986961/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053 These Medieval Monks Scribbled Notes in the Margins of Their Books More Than 1,000 Years Ago https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/these-medieval-monks-scribbled-notes-in-the-margins-of-their-books-more-than-1000-years-ago-180986877/?utm_source=smithsonian-weekender&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053 Radiocarbon dating reveals Rapa Nui not as isolated as previously thought https://phys.org/news/2025-06-radiocarbon-dating-reveals-rapa-nui.html#google_vignette DNA study: Modern Jews and Arabs retain more than half their ancestry from Bronze Age ?Canaanites? https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-860458#google_vignette *Archaeology* Four Bewildering Bronze Lions? Heads with Slightly Different Facial Expressions Found in Ancient Roman Grave in Israel https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/four-bewildering-bronze-lions-heads-with-slightly-different-facial-expressions-found-in-ancient-roman-grave-in-israel-180986922/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053 Fishermen in the Brazilian Amazon Discover Enormous Funerary Urns Beneath a Toppled Tree https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/fishermen-in-the-brazilian-amazon-discover-enormous-funerary-urns-beneath-a-toppled-tree-180986926/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053 Megalithic Stone Monuments in France May Be Europe's Oldest https://archaeology.org/news/2025/07/01/megalithic-stone-monuments-in-france-may-be-europes-oldest/ This Young Woman With a Cone-Shaped Skull Died After Suffering a Severe Head Wound 6,000 Years Ago https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-young-woman-with-a-cone-shaped-skull-died-after-suffering-a-severe-head-wound-6000-years-ago-180986894/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053 Archaeologists Unearth Ancient Clay Puppets With Open Mouths and Detachable Heads That ?Resemble Modern Toy Dolls? https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-unearth-ancient-clay-puppets-with-open-mouths-and-detachable-heads-that-resemble-modern-toy-dolls-180986173/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053 Archaeologists unveil 3,500-year-old city in Peru https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c07dmx38kyeo Archaeologists Discover Roman Army Camp in the Netherlands?15 Miles Beyond the Empire?s Northern Border https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-discover-roman-army-camp-in-the-netherlands-15-miles-beyond-the-empires-northern-border-180986910/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053 Archaeologists Unearth Treasure-Filled Tomb Belonging to the First Known Ruler of a Maya City in Belize https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-unearth-treasure-filled-tomb-belonging-to-the-first-known-ruler-of-a-maya-city-in-belize-180986972/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053 How Underwater Archaeology Brings Secrets to the Surface, From Lost Shipwrecks to Submerged Cities https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-underwater-archaeology-brings-secrets-to-the-surface-from-lost-shipwrecks-to-submerged-cities-180986950/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053 Archaeologists Unearth Traces of an Iron Age Settlement and Roman Villa in England https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-unearth-traces-of-an-iron-age-settlement-and-roman-villa-in-england-180986943/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053 Long-Lost Treasures Emerge From Lake During Hurricane Helene Recovery Efforts in North Carolina https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/long-lost-treasures-emerge-from-lake-during-hurricane-helene-recovery-efforts-in-north-carolina-180986870/?utm_source=smithsonian-weekender&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053 Gas Workers Digging Beneath the Streets of Lima Stumble Upon 1,000-Year-Old Mummy With Dark Brown Hair https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/gas-workers-digging-beneath-the-streets-of-lima-stumble-upon-1000-year-old-mummy-with-dark-brown-hair-180986924/?utm_source=smithsonian-weekender&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053 Ancient Babylonian Hymn, Overflowing With Praise, Resurfaces After Millennia https://news.artnet.com/art-world/babylonian-hymn-resurfaces-ai-2664269?utm_campaign=artnet-news&utm_content=1751910905&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwY2xjawLZXZ5leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHloE_uzxutMCyaIWTHpfZ_SCSrnmyUJhdYM05In7VCX6KkYylBYL1jVHQoal_aem_YlbojivLQJ3UKuJ8P-YkaQ&sfnsn=mo NEW DISCOVERIES FROM FAMED ANTIKYTHERA SHIPWRECK https://archaeology.org/news/2025/07/11/new-discoveries-from-famed-antikythera-shipwreck/ Cypro-Minoan script on Tel Dor lagoon anchor reveals 11th-century trade routes https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-859581#google_vignette New sonar scans reignite legend of ?Krishna?s sunken kingdom? off Dwarka https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-860211 Sirius Rising: The mystery of Canary Island churches pointing to the Dog Star https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-860456 *Egyptology* Archaeologists Discover Tomb of Unknown Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-discover-tomb-unknown-ancient-egyptian-pharaoh-180986292/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053 The first genome sequenced from ancient Egypt reveals surprising ancestry, scientists say https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/02/science/ancient-egyptian-genome-sequenced?Date=20250703&Profile=CNN,CNN+International&utm_content=1751549168&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwY2xjawLUQKxleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHhU8w3BBgwuCuf4wHXaWHoYRSutVokzc_uxQ2ERQEixjqxzobFs5pEb-Vw-Y_aem_3FCqnePRn4tSG2m1TWInQw&sfnsn=mo This Museum Is Asking Visitors Whether It Should Continue to Display Mummified Human Remains https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-museum-is-asking-visitors-whether-it-should-continue-to-display-mummified-human-remains-180986942/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053 Rock art hints at the origins of Egyptian kings https://phys.org/news/2025-07-art-hints-egyptian-kings.html Lighthouse of Alexandria 80-ton blocks lifted from seabed in massive undertaking https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-859718 Ancient inscriptions reveal identity of Great Pyramid builders https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-860097#google_vignette *General Science* ?Science Fair? of Lost Research Protests Trump Cuts https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/science-fair-of-lost-research-protests-trump-cuts/?utm_campaign=sprinklr&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook Animal-inspired AI robot learns to navigate unfamiliar terrain https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1090595 *Physics, Earth and Space Sciences* NASA detects new planet with temperatures that suggest habitable conditions https://abcnews.go.com/International/nasa-detects-new-planet-temperatures-suggest-habitable-conditions/story?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=dhfacebook&utm_content=app.dashsocial.com/abcnews/library/media/549815790&id=123409675 Astronomers spot 'interstellar object' speeding through solar system https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/astronomers-spot-interstellar-object-speeding-solar-system/story?id=123448499 Scientists Shed Light on the Mysterious ?Cold Blob? in the North Atlantic Amid a Search for Its Cause https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-shed-light-on-the-mysterious-cold-blob-in-the-north-atlantic-amid-a-search-for-its-cause-180986923/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053 With Space Junk on the Rise, Is a Catastrophic Event Inevitable? https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/with-space-junk-on-the-rise-is-a-catastrophic-event-inevitable-180986907/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053 NASA Looking at Organizational Change Amid Workforce and Budget Cutbacks https://spacepolicyonline.com/news/nasa-looking-at-organizational-change-amid-workforce-and-budget-cutbacks/ Rare daytime fireball bright enough to be seen from orbit may have punched a hole in a house in Georgia https://www.space.com/stargazing/rare-daytime-fireball-bright-enough-to-be-seen-from-orbit-may-have-punched-a-hole-in-a-house-in-georgia SpaceX launches advanced European weather satellite, lands rocket at sea https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/spacex-launches-advanced-european-weather-satellite-mtg-s1-lands-rocket-at-sea-photos See Dual Naked-Eye Novae, a Rare Cosmic Coincidence https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/observing-news/see-dual-naked-eye-novae-a-rare-cosmic-coincidence/#google_vignette 'This is the holy grail of theoretical physics.' Is the key to quantum gravity hiding in this new way to make black holes? https://www.space.com/astronomy/black-holes/this-is-the-holy-grail-of-theoretical-physics-is-the-key-to-quantum-gravity-hiding-in-this-new-way-to-make-black-holes As light pollution increases, West Texas works to protect the world's largest 'dark sky reserve' https://www.npr.org/2025/07/01/nx-s1-5398493/light-pollution-west-texas-dark-sky-reserve-observatory-stars-galaxies-constelations The Oceans on Enceladus Are Highly Alkaline https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-oceans-on-enceladus-are-highly-alkaline Was ancient Mars habitable? NASA's Perseverance rover is grinding into a 'weird, uncooperative' rock to find out https://www.space.com/space-exploration/mars-rovers/was-ancient-mars-habitable-nasas-perseverance-rover-is-grinding-into-a-weird-uncooperative-rock-to-find-out Dark dwarfs lurking at the center of our galaxy might hint at the nature of dark matter https://phys.org/news/2025-07-dark-dwarfs-lurking-center-galaxy.html Robert Goddard Was All Business in Launching His Rocket Career https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/air-space-museum/2025/07/07/a-rocketeers-simple-but-effective-tools/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053 Astronomers find a star that exploded twice https://www.astronomy.com/science/astronomers-find-a-star-that-exploded-twice/ Echoes from the Big Bang suggest Earth is trapped inside a giant cosmic void, scientists claim https://www.livescience.com/space/cosmology/echoes-from-the-big-bang-suggest-earth-is-trapped-inside-a-giant-cosmic-void-scientists-claim Did you feel it? Earth just had one of its shortest days ever and 2 more are coming https://www.space.com/astronomy/earth/did-you-feel-it-earth-just-had-one-of-its-shortest-days-ever-and-2-more-are-coming Private Ax-4 astronauts aboard ISS are filling their time with science, views of Earth and pierogis https://www.space.com/space-exploration/private-spaceflight/private-ax-4-astronauts-aboard-iss-are-filling-their-time-with-science-views-of-earth-and-pierogis-video NASA's asteroid-crash Earth defense tactic has a complication ? DART ejected large boulders into space https://www.space.com/astronomy/asteroids/nasas-asteroid-crash-earth-defense-tactic-has-a-complication-dart-ejected-large-boulders-into-space Could NASA's Mars Sample Return be saved? Lockheed Martin proposes $3 billion plan to haul home Red Planet rocks https://www.space.com/astronomy/mars/could-nasas-mars-sample-return-be-saved-new-usd3-billion-private-plan-would-haul-home-red-planet-rocks-video A 3-D printed, plastic beaker could help algae grow on Mars https://www.sciencenews.org/article/bioplastic-algae-plastic-mars-space Over 2,000 senior staff set to leave NASA under agency push https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/09/nasa-staff-departures-00444674?fbclid=IwY2xjawLfUGpleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHqSemYEoEC6BrTPo5ko2LvEfGs18Q8olEus3-tw7w7l1_iaHCOHYfWg54AXp_aem_4GbV4RS7Yyc4ghAtROxzSA The James Webb Space Telescope Reveals Its First Direct Image Discovery of an Exoplanet https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/james-webb-space-telescope-reveals-its-first-direct-image-discovery-of-an-exoplanet-180986886/?utm_source=smithsonian-weekender&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053 Rare snowfall in Atacama Desert forces the world's most powerful radio telescope into 'survival mode' https://www.space.com/astronomy/rare-snowfall-in-atacama-desert-forces-the-worlds-most-powerful-radio-telescope-into-survival-mode NASA Plans To Leave The ISS After 2030 - Here's What Will Come Next https://www.jalopnik.com/1899780/nasa-abandon-internation-space-station-2030-transition-plan-explained/ NASA's Psyche 16 Mission: A Galactic Gold Rush Awaits! https://opentools.ai/news/nasas-psyche-16-mission-a-galactic-gold-rush-awaits Parker Solar Probe captures closest-ever photos of the sun during record-breaking flight https://www.livescience.com/space/the-sun/parker-solar-probe-captures-closest-ever-photos-of-the-sun-during-record-breaking-flight *Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources* These Large, Snake-Like Fish Are Invading the United States?and Authorities Want You to Kill Them https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/these-large-snake-like-fish-are-invading-the-united-states-and-authorities-want-you-to-kill-them-180986464/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053 $88m pollution-tracking satellite missing in space https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clynre7leyjo This company wants to be the first to mine the ocean floor, with Trump's help https://www.npr.org/2025/06/30/nx-s1-5450336/trump-nickel-cobalt-pacific-ocean-deep-sea-mining-environmental-concerns Melting glaciers and ice caps could unleash wave of volcanic eruptions, study says https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jul/08/climate-crisis-melting-glaciers-ice-caps-volcanic-eruptions-chile-antartica-volcanoes Wisconsin researchers are working to stop the collapse of the ?doomsday glacier? https://www.wpr.org/news/wisconsin-researchers-working-stop-collapse-doomsday-glacier-arete-initiative Environmental impact of common pesticides seriously underestimated https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1090394 *Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences* These Cod Have Been Shrinking Dramatically for Decades. Now, Scientists Say They?ve Solved the Mystery https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/these-cod-have-been-shrinking-dramatically-for-decades-now-scientists-say-theyve-solved-the-mystery-180986920/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053 Work begins to create artificial human DNA from scratch https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c6256wpn97ro Orcas Appear to Be Sharing Their Prey With Humans?but What Does It Mean? https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/orcas-appear-to-be-sharing-their-prey-with-humans-but-what-does-it-mean-180986913/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053 How an Ancestral Peruvian Ceremony Is Saving the Once-Endangered Vicu?a https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/how-an-ancestral-peruvian-ceremony-is-saving-the-once-endangered-vicuna-180986933/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053 These ?Weird? Sea Spiders Don?t Have Abdomens?and Instead Store Organs in Their Legs. 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