[Jawlist] Weekly Science Report 7-25-25

Mon Jul 28 20:05:50 PDT 2025

*Weekly Science Report*

*July 25, 2025*

*“Human history becomes more and more a race between education and
catastrophe.”*
H.G. Wells

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*

Scientists Recover Ancient Proteins from Animal Teeth Up to 24 Million
Years Old, Opening Doors to Learning About the Past

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-recover-ancient-proteins-from-animal-teeth-up-to-24-million-years-old-opening-doors-to-learning-about-the-past-180986966/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053

Princeton study maps 200,000 years of Human–Neanderthal interbreeding

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/07/250713032519.htm

Scientists Discovered a New Human Species That Defies Conventional Wisdom

https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a65454050/hominid-species-homo-juluensis-discovery/?fbclid=IwY2xjawLrqBJleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETAwWGFTeEFYeVVqamtDV2dZAR6C3mrtVGdjlGFDiiQ3gygCtKSZGTb3J70wypApOVXDW5GXBLsXzfn0WAYaew_aem_ROb_zHyV0wTDlL74TPfkLA

Paleontologists Discover a ‘Marvelous’ Triassic Reptile That Sported a Sail
of Feather-Like Structures on its Back

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-museum-of-natural-history/2025/07/23/paleontologists-discover-a-marvelous-triassic-reptile-that-sported-a-sail-of-feather-like-structures-on-its-back/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053

A 100,000-year-old burial site in Israel is changing what we know about
early humans

https://apnews.com/article/israel-archaeology-paleolithic-burial-skeletons-6813bf418566721409f2c3c94b5d627c?utm_campaign=TrueAnthem&utm_medium=AP&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR7r6NKC4ZJbFKUnqcPMnxS3iLCE-ZwILVIlfXeaBq34pF0U0Pqym7zGK4v-GA_aem_hne-rxzFTX13VMDlkYk0lw&sfnsn=mo

Neither Scales Nor Feathers: Bizarre Appendage Discovered on Reptile Fossil

https://www.sciencealert.com/neither-scales-nor-feathers-bizarre-appendage-discovered-on-reptile-fossil

Half a billion years ago, the Grand Canyon teemed with life

https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/072325_grand_canyon_life/half-billion-years-ago-grand-canyon-teemed-with-life/

Now-submerged migration routes redraw map of how humans settled beyond
Africa

https://phys.org/news/2025-07-submerged-migration-routes-redraw-humans.html#google_vignette

Dinosaur hunters make “chilling” discovery deep in Canadian badlands

https://www.discoverwildlife.com/dinosaurs/skyline-tracksite-dinosaur-provincial-park-canada

Homo naledi's burial practices could change what it means to be human

https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26735532-600-homo-naledis-burial-practices-could-change-what-it-means-to-be-human/?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR4PNdRI5d4sb75gqrdr9AmFvbxjp-bzx8_jVJ7w4mrs32Ua3Pv74Fnzf-3iVw_aem_NzuKIEjniUSZrCeCbbyOKA&sfnsn=mo#Echobox=1753521123

Bite marks reveal giant terror birds were potentially prey for another apex
predator — humongous caiman

https://www.livescience.com/animals/extinct-species/bite-marks-reveal-giant-terror-birds-were-potentially-prey-for-another-apex-predator-humongous-caiman

'Backward' brain of ancient sea creature hints spider ancestors evolved in
the ocean

https://www.livescience.com/animals/arachnids/backward-brain-of-ancient-sea-creature-hints-spider-ancestors-evolved-in-the-ocean

100 years after evolution went on trial, the Scopes case still reverberates

https://www.npr.org/2025/07/08/nx-s1-5430760/evolution-scopes-creationism-monkey-trial

Neanderthals at two neighboring caves butchered same prey in different
ways, suggesting local food traditions

https://phys.org/news/2025-07-neanderthals-neighboring-caves-butchered-prey.html#google_vignette

Europe's oldest lake settlement uncovered in Albania

https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/land-use-biodiversity/europes-oldest-lake-settlement-uncovered-albania-2025-07-17/

Ötzi the Iceman and his neighbors had totally different ancestries, ancient
DNA study finds

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/otzi-the-iceman-and-his-neighbors-had-totally-different-ancestries-ancient-dna-study-finds

Neanderthal genes may explain disorder where brain bulges out of the skull

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/human-evolution/neanderthal-genes-may-explain-disorder-where-brain-bulges-out-of-the-skull

*History*

Mysterious deaths of English princes solved more than 500 years after they
disappeared, author says

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mysterious-deaths-princes-solved-king-richard-iii-author/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab6a&linkId=842609319&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR48d2yYzuQs0eKyw4SUh5qp4__F21GuM5o3dP3MDC8AExobKN-slKGtFwbz9Q_aem_JjXFYTj8RzJt3F3QM1K7ug&sfnsn=mo

Man accused of hammer attack on Stone of Destiny case

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cyvj2m603qmo

When an American Town Massacred Its Chinese Immigrants

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/03/10/when-an-american-town-massacred-its-chinese-immigrants?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=dhfacebook&utm_content=app.dashsocial.com/newyorkermag/library/media/553004516&sfnsn=mo

80 years later, victims of ‘first atom bomb’ will soon be eligible for
reparations

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/07/16/trinity-test-radiation-nuclear-bomb-compensation-cancer/84608252007/

Erotic ancient mosaic stolen by Nazi German captain during WWII is returned
to Pompeii

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/erotic-ancient-mosaic-returned-pompeii-rome/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab6a&linkId=841387731&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR5ZDGDL7E11Nz2gphetnkVsOkuABOh7hMW7fM-KNCzZfc6kaTOrGKYqWgk1rA_aem_roxnksIxuh8G5fuwQ0QOSA&sfnsn=mo

Hungary's oldest library is fighting to save 100,000 books from a beetle
infestation

https://www.npr.org/2025/07/14/nx-s1-5467062/hungary-library-books-beetles

This World War I Plane Has Two Claims to Fame: It Was One of the Deadliest
Fighter Aircraft of Its Time, and It Was Flown by Snoopy

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/this-world-war-i-plane-has-two-claims-to-fame-it-was-one-of-the-deadliest-fighter-aircraft-of-its-time-and-it-was-flown-by-snoopy-180987050/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053

Los Angeles’ 1936 ‘Bum Blockade’ Targeted American Migrants Fleeing Poverty
and Drought During the Great Depression

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/los-angeles-1936-bum-blockade-targeted-american-migrants-fleeing-poverty-and-drought-during-the-great-depression-180987022/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053

Beyond polo shirts and presidents, Martha's Vineyard has an indigenous past
and present

https://www.npr.org/2025/07/21/nx-s1-5474952/marthas-vineyard-indigenous-joseph-lee-nothing-more-of-this-land

New book 'Together in Manzanar' reveals life inside WWII Japanese detention
camp

https://www.npr.org/2025/07/22/nx-s1-5444029/ww2-family-history-book-together-in-manzanar-tracy-slater

How a Relentless, 484-Mile March From Virginia to Massachusetts Fueled the
Legend of the Dashing Frontier Rifleman

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-a-relentless-484-mile-march-from-virginia-to-massachusetts-fueled-the-legend-of-the-dashing-frontier-rifleman-180986953/?utm_source=smithsonian-weekender&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053

Trump administration released FBI records on MLK Jr. despite his family’s
opposition

https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/21/politics/released-fbi-records-mlk-jr

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=smithsonian-weekender&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053

Ancient DNA suggests ancestors of Estonians, Finns and Hungarians lived in
Siberia 4,500 years ago

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/ancient-dna-suggests-ancestors-of-estonians-finns-and-hungarians-lived-in-siberia-4-500-years-ago

What happened to Rome after the empire fell?

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/romans/what-happened-to-rome-after-the-empire-fell

*Archaeology*

Japanese WWII destroyer torpedoed by U.S. boats discovered on Pacific
seafloor — still armed with munitions

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/japan-wwii-destroyer-shipwreck-teruzuki-sunk-us-found-pacific-ocean/

Underwater Archaeologists Were Looking for a Lost Shipwreck in Wisconsin.
They Stumbled Upon a Different Vessel Instead

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/underwater-archaeologists-were-looking-for-a-lost-shipwreck-in-wisconsin-they-stumbled-upon-a-different-vessel-instead-180986990/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053

Roman dodecahedron: A mysterious 12-sided object that has baffled
archaeologists for centuries

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/romans/roman-dodecahedron-a-mysterious-12-sided-object-that-has-baffled-archaeologists-for-centuries

Archaeologists Opened a 2,600-Year-Old Tomb—and Found 4 People Who Time
Forgot

https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/archaeology/a65477828/etruscan-tomb/

The First Major Excavation at the Tower of London in Three Decades Is
Shedding New Light on the Iconic Landmark’s History

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-first-major-excavation-at-the-tower-of-london-in-three-decades-is-shedding-new-light-on-the-iconic-landmarks-history-180987057/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053

Google Just Released an A.I. Tool That Helps Historians Fill in Missing
Words in Ancient Roman Inscriptions

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/google-just-released-an-ai-tool-that-helps-historians-fill-in-missing-words-in-ancient-roman-inscriptions-180987046/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053

Scientists Think a Skeleton Found in a Well Is the Same Man Described in an
800-Year-Old Norse Text

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-think-a-skeleton-found-in-a-well-is-the-same-man-described-in-an-800-year-old-norse-text-180985343/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053

Archaeologists Discover Mysterious Medieval Knight Buried Beneath an Ice
Cream Parlor in Poland

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-discover-mysterious-medieval-knight-buried-beneath-an-ice-cream-parlor-in-poland-180987021/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053

Underwater Archaeologists Capture Photos of Japanese Warship That Hasn’t
Been Seen Since It Sank During World War II

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/underwater-archaeologists-capture-photos-of-japanese-warship-that-hasnt-been-seen-since-it-sank-during-world-war-ii-180987026/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053

An Archer Shot This Bronze Age Human in the Back. 4,000 Years Later, the
Arrow Is Still Embedded in the Victim’s Rib Bone

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/an-archer-shot-this-bronze-age-human-in-the-back-4000-years-later-the-arrow-is-still-embedded-in-the-victims-rib-bone-180987036/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053

250-year-old shipwreck discovered on Scottish island

https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/science-local-sleuthing-identify-250-year-shipwreck-scottish-123980196

Archaeologists Discover Site Where George Washington Stopped a Friendly
Fire Incident by Blocking Muskets With His Sword

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-discover-site-where-george-washington-stopped-a-friendly-fire-incident-by-blocking-muskets-with-his-sword-180987008/?utm_source=smithsonian-weekender&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053

Ancient Tombs Older Than Egypt’s Pyramids Emerge in Poland

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/poland-neolithic-pyramid-tombs-2669155?utm_campaign=artnet-news&utm_content=1753121233&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwY2xjawLriF5leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHhDJn6g4hL5sxDDVcWUe2Z_BoYFugxvD1kL9ispVQtUzr3vf6WcIz5_CU_gD_aem_1vCg3l-wZLZa3P6VlXntzw&sfnsn=mo

2,200-year-old Celtic settlement discovered in Czech Republic — and it's
awash in gold and silver coins

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/2-200-year-old-celtic-settlement-discovered-in-czech-republic-and-its-awash-in-gold-and-silver-coins

Archaeologists uncover 3,800-year-old kurgan tomb in Azerbaijan

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-861575

Pristine Etruscan tomb discovered in Italy contains more than 100 untouched
artifacts

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/pristine-etruscan-tomb-discovered-in-italy-contains-more-than-100-untouched-artifacts

Early Byzantine chapel and complex discovered at Konuralp Ancient Theatre

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-861702#google_vignette

'Extremely rare' bronze armor found in Czech Republic dates to Trojan War
era

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/extremely-rare-bronze-armor-found-in-czech-republic-dates-to-trojan-war-era

3,800-year-old burial of tall warrior buried with 4-pronged spearhead
unearthed in Azerbaijan

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/3-800-year-old-burial-of-tall-warrior-buried-with-4-pronged-spearhead-unearthed-in-azerbaijan

PRE-INCA TEMPLE WALL UNCOVERED IN PERU

https://archaeology.org/news/2025/07/24/pre-inca-temple-wall-uncovered-in-peru/

An English Church Wants to Exhume the Skull of Thomas More, Tudor Statesman
Beheaded by Henry VIII Nearly 500 Years Ago

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/english-church-wants-to-exhume-the-skull-thomas-more-tudor-statesman-beheaded-by-henry-viii-nearly-500-years-ago-180987030/

*Egyptology*

Archaeologists Found the Lost ‘Book of the Dead’ Buried in an Egyptian
Cemetery

https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/archaeology/a65477115/archaeologists-find-lost-book-of-the-dead-in-egyptian-cemetery/

Ancient Egyptian rock art discovered near Aswan may be from the dawn of the
first dynasty

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/ancient-egyptians/ancient-egyptian-rock-art-discovered-near-aswan-may-be-from-the-dawn-of-the-first-dynasty

*General Science*

New approach allows drone swarms to autonomously navigate complex
environments at high speed

https://techxplore.com/news/2025-07-approach-drone-swarms-autonomously-complex.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

*Physics, Earth and Space Sciences*

Physicists Detect the Most Massive Black Hole Merger Ever Observed by
Studying Gravitational Waves

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/physicists-detect-the-most-massive-black-hole-merger-ever-observed-by-studying-gravitational-waves-180986988/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053

Enormous blobs deep beneath Earth's surface appear to drive giant volcanic
eruptions

https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/volcanos/enormous-blobs-deep-beneath-earths-surface-appear-to-drive-giant-volcanic-eruptions

Scientists extracted water and oxygen from moon dust using sunlight. Could
it work on the lunar surface?

https://www.space.com/astronomy/moon/scientists-extracted-water-and-oxygen-from-moon-dust-using-sunlight-could-it-work-on-the-lunar-surface

Scientists discover long-lost giant rivers that flowed across Antarctica up
to 80 million years ago

https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/antarctica/scientists-discover-long-lost-giant-rivers-that-flowed-across-antarctica-up-to-80-million-years-ago

China's Tianwen 2 asteroid-sampling probe snaps gorgeous shots of Earth and
the moon

https://www.space.com/space-exploration/missions/chinas-tianwen-2-asteroid-sampling-probe-snaps-gorgeous-shots-of-earth-and-the-moon-video-photos

Boeing’s Starliner Won’t Get to Fly This Year, but the Wonky Spacecraft Is
Far From Dead

https://gizmodo.com/boeings-starliner-wont-get-to-fly-this-year-but-the-wonky-spacecraft-isnt-dead-yet-2000630694

Telescope spies rare interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS zooming through our solar
system

https://www.space.com/astronomy/comets/telescope-spies-rare-interstellar-comet-3i-atlas-zooming-through-our-solar-system-photos

Astronomers witness dawn of new solar system for 1st time

https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/astronomers-witness-dawn-new-solar-system-1st-time/story?id=123832751

Giant meteor impact may have triggered massive Grand Canyon landslide
56,000 years ago

https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/geology/giant-meteor-impact-may-have-triggered-massive-grand-canyon-landslide-56-000-years-ago

Unique 1.5m year-old ice to be melted to unlock mystery

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5ygwd6yj28o

Private Ax-4 astronauts depart ISS after unexpected extended stay

https://www.space.com/space-exploration/private-spaceflight/private-ax-4-astronauts-depart-iss-after-unexpected-extended-stay-video

Earth may have at least 6 'minimoons' at any given time. Where do they come
from?

https://www.space.com/astronomy/earth-may-have-at-least-6-minimoons-at-any-given-time-where-do-they-come-from

Astronomers Discover a Mysterious New Plasma Wave Orbiting Jupiter

https://dailygalaxy.com/2025/07/astronomers-mysterious-new-plasma-jupiter/#google_vignette

'Chaos' reigns beneath the ice of Jupiter moon Europa, James Webb Space
Telescope reveals

https://www.space.com/astronomy/jupiter/chaos-reigns-beneath-the-ice-of-jupiter-moon-europa-james-webb-space-telescope-reveals

Makenzie Lystrup stepping down as director of NASA's Goddard Space Flight
Center

https://www.space.com/space-exploration/makenzie-lystrup-stepping-down-as-director-of-nasas-goddard-space-flight-center

Hubble spots interstellar invader Comet 3I/ATLAS for the first time

https://www.space.com/astronomy/asteroids/hubble-spots-interstellar-invader-comet-3i-atlas-for-the-first-time

Scientists Find the Mysterious Source of the Massive 1831 Volcanic Eruption
That Cooled Earth and Made the Sun Appear Blue

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-find-the-mysterious-source-of-the-massive-1831-volcanic-eruption-that-cooled-earth-and-made-the-sun-appear-blue-180985784/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053

Rare interstellar object the size of Manhattan could be an alien probe:
Harvard scientists

https://nypost.com/2025/07/23/science/rare-interstellar-object-the-size-of-manhattan-could-be-an-alien-probe-harvard-scientists/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=nypost

SpaceX launches NASA's TRACERS mission to protect Earth from space weather

https://www.space.com/science/nasa-launching-tracers-mission-to-protect-earth-from-space-weather-today-how-to-watch-live

Interstellar invader Comet 3I/ATLAS is packed with water ice that could be
older than Earth

https://www.space.com/astronomy/asteroids/interstellar-invader-comet-3i-atlas-is-packed-with-water-ice-that-could-be-older-than-earth

NASA says a plane-sized asteroid will pass Earth next week. Here's what to
know.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/nasa-plane-sized-asteroid-pass-earthnext-week-hereswhat/story?id=123957613

Astronomers crack 1,000-year-old Betelgeuse mystery with 1st-ever sighting
of secret companion

https://www.space.com/astronomy/astronomers-crack-1-000-year-old-betelgeuse-mystery-with-1st-ever-sighting-of-secret-companion-photo-video

Astronomers discover strange solar system body dancing in sync with
Neptune: 'Like finding a hidden rhythm in a song'

https://www.space.com/astronomy/solar-system/astronomers-discover-strange-solar-system-body-dancing-in-sync-with-neptune-like-finding-a-hidden-rhythm-in-a-song

'Chaos' reigns beneath the ice of Jupiter moon Europa, James Webb Space
Telescope reveals

https://www.space.com/astronomy/jupiter/chaos-reigns-beneath-the-ice-of-jupiter-moon-europa-james-webb-space-telescope-reveals

South Korea wants to build a moon base by 2045

https://www.space.com/astronomy/moon/south-korea-wants-to-build-a-moon-base-by-2045

'Fossil' object dubbed 'Ammonite' discovered on the outskirts of the solar
system

https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/fossil-object-dubbed-ammonite-discovered-outskirts-solar-system/story?id=123865134

Planet K2-18b may not host alien life, but it is home to a water-rich
interior

https://phys.org/news/2025-07-planet-k2-18b-host-alien.html

*Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources*

As NASA's budget shrinks, Europe doubles down on Earth science: 'Climate
change is the defining challenge of our generation'

https://www.space.com/science/climate-change/as-nasas-budget-shrinks-europe-doubles-down-on-earth-science-climate-change-is-the-defining-challenge-of-our-generation

Scientists Create New Supermaterial That Could Replace Plastic

https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-create-new-supermaterial-that-could-replace-plastic/

*Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences*

How Cancer Research for Dogs Is Helping Improve Treatment for Pets and
Humans Alike

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-research-on-dogs-is-helping-to-improve-cancer-treatment-180986949/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053

New bionic knee connects directly with muscles and bone to feel more like
the user's body

https://www.livescience.com/health/new-bionic-knee-connects-directly-with-muscles-and-bone-to-feel-more-like-the-users-body

Open-source exoskeleton aims to close disability divide

https://www.scidev.net/global/news/open-source-exoskeleton-aims-to-close-disability-divide/

Giant, flightless bird is next target for de-extinction company Colossal
Biosciences

https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/09/science/giant-moa-colossal-biosciences

With Ancient DNA, Scientists Have Mapped 37,000 Years of Disease Across
Europe and Asia

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/with-ancient-dna-scientists-have-mapped-37000-years-of-disease-across-europe-and-asia-180986964/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053

Humpback Whales Can’t See as Well as Scientists Thought, and It Might
Explain Why They Keep Getting Tangled in Fishing Gear

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/humpback-whales-cant-see-as-well-as-scientists-thought-and-it-might-explain-why-they-keep-getting-tangled-in-fishing-gear-180986666/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053

Scientists Are Using Drones to Unleash Thousands of Mosquitoes in Hawaii in
a Bid to Save Native Birds. Here’s How It Works

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-are-using-drones-to-unleash-thousands-of-mosquitoes-in-hawaii-in-a-bid-to-save-native-birds-heres-how-it-works-180986821/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053

Scientists Just Found a Coral Species They Thought Had Gone Extinct,
Marking the First Record of It in 24 Years

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-just-found-a-coral-species-they-thought-had-gone-extinct-marking-the-first-record-of-it-in-24-years-180987054/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053

New species of ancient shark discovered at Mammoth Cave National Park

https://abcnews.go.com/US/new-species-ancient-shark-discovered-mammoth-cave-national/story?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=dhfacebook&utm_content=app.dashsocial.com/abcnews/library/media/559403146&id=124060546

Best-ever map of the human genome sheds light on 'jumping genes,' 'junk
DNA' and more

https://www.livescience.com/health/genetics/best-ever-map-of-the-human-genome-sheds-light-on-jumping-genes-junk-dna-and-more

Scientists just discovered a secret code hidden in your DNA

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/07/250720034029.htm

A creek with atomic waste from WWII is linked to increased cancer risk

https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/07/21/nx-s1-5474883/nuclear-waste-manhattan-project-missouri-reca-jama

New study peers beneath the skin of iconic lizards to find ‘chainmail’ bone
plates – and lots of them

https://theconversation.com/new-study-peers-beneath-the-skin-of-iconic-lizards-to-find-chainmail-bone-plates-and-lots-of-them-260700

Research reveals genetic weak spot in hard-to-treat cancers

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1092187

Dementia takes 3.5 years to diagnose after symptoms begin

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1092392

Ancient shark discovered deep inside world's longest cave system

https://www.livescience.com/animals/extinct-species/ancient-shark-discovered-deep-inside-worlds-longest-cave-system

*Other*

Venice Breaks Ground on Controversial Banksy Mural Restoration

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/venice-breaks-ground-on-controversial-banksy-mural-restoration-180987049/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053

Additional Informational

IMLS Announces 158 Native American Library Services Basic Grants Awards

https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USIMLS/bulletins/3ea1375

For the first time, astronomers witness the dawn of a new solar system

https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2512/

NASA’s Roman Space Telescope Team Installs Observatory’s Solar Panels

https://www.nasa.gov/missions/roman-space-telescope/nasas-roman-space-telescope-team-installs-observatorys-solar-panels/

The Planetary Society commends Congress for rejecting extinction-level cuts
to to space science

https://www.planetary.org/press-releases/the-planetary-society-commends-congress-for-rejecting-extinction-level-cuts-to-to-space-science?utm_campaign=downlink&utm_medium=email&utm_source=20250718&s_src=downlink&s_subsrc=20250718

Ten years after Pluto, New Horizons faces a new threat

https://www.planetary.org/articles/ten-years-after-pluto-new-horizons-faces-a-new-threat?utm_campaign=downlink&utm_medium=email&utm_source=20250718&s_src=downlink&s_subsrc=20250718

Discovery and dynamics of a Sedna-like object with a perihelion of 66 au

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-025-02595-7

INVICTUS – Europe’s new hypersonic test platform

https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Space_Engineering_Technology/Shaping_the_Future/INVICTUS_Europe_s_new_hypersonic_test_platform

Exclusive: NIH to dismiss dozens of grant reviewers to align with Trump
priorities

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-02221-6?utm_source=x&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=nature&linkId=15729957

Secure World Foundation Newsletter

https://us11.campaign-archive.com/?e=1278109aa1&u=97127ee5541e7f48cb32577fe&id=23a02e1ac7

UNESCO Sites Navigator

https://whc.unesco.org/en/wh-gis/

>From robotic dogs to magnetic slime: 9 ways robots are helping humans

https://www.weforum.org/stories/2025/07/robots-ai-help-humans-at-work/?utm_source=x&utm_medium=social

Ranking Member Foushee Sounds the Alarm Over NASA Science Cuts Threatening
U.S. Leadership in Space

https://foushee.house.gov/media/press-releases/ranking-member-foushee-sounds-the-alarm-over-nasa-science-cuts-threatening-us-leadership-in-space

Why send people back to the Moon?

https://www.planetary.org/articles/why-send-people-back-to-the-moon

Growing water risks threaten world’s most cherished heritage sites

https://www.preventionweb.net/news/growing-water-risks-threaten-worlds-most-cherished-heritage-sites?utm_source=PreventionWeb+Newsletter&utm_campaign=0cf5ae1e7a-PreventionWeb+Newsletter%3A+Highlights+of+the+week&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b73053c1c6-0cf5ae1e7a-363599758

WHOI Ocean Insights Newsletter

https://explore.whoi.edu/ocean-insights-july-24-2025?ecid=ACsprvuG4PMR7NWAvxwzlGqyCPNrKvia7LLWW__dwAapZP5uK4eEULnJsK7P2vUdcOJ7y-Wh-AzD&utm_campaign=6570037-Ocean%20Insights%202025&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_M1iM1kUhG5KgrCgxV_gZ2YBx0r5PwnX7LhAhYChkgys80pNMCh1nT4UaNhaaSgIOhuYq7YoW1Kb8hOLYmjRrRVXwAPdgC1wqSwJY75jtbAZORZNM&_hsmi=372893351&utm_content=372893351&utm_source=hs_email

NASA Shares How to Save Camera 370-Million-Miles Away Near Jupiter

https://www.nasa.gov/missions/juno/nasa-shares-how-to-save-camera-370-million-miles-away-near-jupiter/

DARPA Program Sets Distance Record for Power Beaming

https://hdiac.dtic.mil/articles/darpa-program-sets-distance-record-for-power-beaming/

Pulses of ocean acidification at the Triassic–Jurassic boundary

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-61344-6

Sustainability in ancient island societies: an archaeology of human
resilience

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/abs/scott-m-fitzpatrick-jon-m-erlandson-kristina-m-gill-ed-2024-sustainability-in-ancient-island-societies-an-archaeology-of-human-resilience-gainesville-university-of-florida-press-9780813069975-hardback-100/15CE21ECD6D38556BF8176B3E3B88B9A

‘We dissent’: NASA staff declare opposition to Trump cuts

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-02296-1?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=nature&linkId=15842264&fbclid=IwY2xjawLriLxleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHtt-75nivOhnFaJDlvwwVHZRw-RCB9TSTMQpZdSBglUuoIuznmzH0YzDR2o2_aem_BISQN0FDl4QKdLB5KMkQCg&sfnsn=mo
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