[Jawlist] Weekly Science Report 2-28-25
Steve Detwiler
steveorange2011 at gmail.com
Mon Mar 3 16:29:06 PST 2025
*Weekly Science Report*
*February 28, 2025*
*“Mankind must put an end to war, or war will put an end to mankind.“*
John F. Kennedy
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*
The Truth About the Sex Lives of Dinosaurs
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/the-truth-about-the-sex-lives-of-dinosaurs-180986088/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053
Neanderthal 'population bottleneck' around 110,000 years ago may have
contributed to their extinction
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/neanderthal-population-bottleneck-around-110-000-years-ago-may-have-contributed-to-their-extinction
Time and life cycles reflected in the grinding stones of Europe's earliest
Neolithic communities
https://phys.org/news/2025-02-life-stones-europe-earliest-neolithic.html
New Göbekli Tepe Discoveries Disprove Earlier Theories About Its Purpose
https://greekreporter.com/2025/02/27/new-gobekli-tepe-discovery-disprove-earlier-theories/
Discovery Reveals 7,000-Year-Old Evidence of Human Presence in the Adriatic
https://greekreporter.com/2025/03/01/human-presence-adriatic/
*History*
'Devastated and heartbroken': Federal layoffs could force Haskell, SIPI to
close
https://ictnews.org/news/devastated-and-heartbroken-federal-layoffs-could-force-haskell-sipi-to-close?fbclid=IwY2xjawIgxQ5leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHQKMvZjKtYXegsuiYtP0tprD312B8qwfYLvn77OQrpXLxfDvnethm2plrg_aem_Qn-8gOq2p206ZrXQdd6k1g
The New Explosive Theory About What Doomed the Crew of the ‘Hunley’
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/new-explosive-theory-what-doomed-crew-hunley-180974159/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053
This 1,600-Year-Old Filter Helped Ancient Drinkers Sip Beverages Through a
Straw
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-1600-year-old-filter-helped-ancient-drinkers-sip-beverages-through-a-straw-180986073/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053
Inside the Shadowy World of a Notorious Art Looter Who Eluded Justice
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/nazi-art-loot-bruno-lohse-pbs-plunderer-2610279?fbclid=IwY2xjawIlWtpleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHbrzm1ncghP9XyzEWW65i00r_kFUUrzllbSq5s_2qCOvKi6fne7Ps77JDQ_aem_UtG9cQvj1HQNctxOxPtZLw
An encroaching desert threatens to swallow Mauritania’s homes and history
https://apnews.com/article/mauritania-desert-chinguetti-desertification-fddd80d31620355b06afca4cc9f94d99?utm_campaign=TrueAnthem&utm_medium=AP&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwY2xjawIlbKRleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHbdXw3VHn8ahZmSogN3goRRcx7fAh9gODg_VvmZ42tL_ni2_6l9q5K9Psg_aem_Od0AmuhsID-AFve1c_8GwQ
DNA From Beethoven’s Hair Reveals Clues About His Death
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/dna-from-beethovens-hair-reveals-clues-about-his-death-180981870/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053
Sparta Was Much More Than an Army of Super Warriors
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/sparta-much-more-army-warriors-180978583/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053
The Enduring Mystery of the Somerton Man, One of Australia’s Most Puzzling
Cold Cases
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-enduring-mystery-somerton-man-one-of-australias-most-puzzling-cold-cases-50795611/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053
Abraham Lincoln Is the Only President Ever to Have a Patent
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/abraham-lincoln-only-president-have-patent-131184751/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053
World's oldest runestone may have been signed by a woman, researchers say
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/worlds-oldest-runestone-norway-woman-signature-rcna193400?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_ma
Tamil Nadu’s discoveries rewrite the Iron Age timeline and South India’s
past
https://frontline.thehindu.com/arts-and-culture/heritage/iron-age-ancient-tamil-nadu-archaeology-history/article69210433.ece?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1gZrr48-zp8NfRxrvitG17ri4QccmDRRBpocHf5gtff5OrQRQvII8C21w_aem_DM5B2sWxVFZwSgk_4RHI7A&sfnsn=mo
The Secret World War II History of Koh Samui, the New Setting for ‘The
White Lotus’
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/the-secret-world-war-ii-history-of-koh-samui-the-new-setting-for-the-white-lotus-180986137/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053
The Great Wall of China Might Be Older Than We Thought
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-great-wall-of-china-might-be-older-than-we-thought-180986112/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053
Reclusive Surrealist Painter Is Searching for His Lost Masterpieces
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/reclusive-surrealist-painter-is-searching-for-his-lost-masterpieces-180986142/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053
This 18th-Century Sketch by a Renowned English Portraitist Was Hiding in a
Dumpster in New York
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-18th-century-sketch-by-a-renowned-english-portraitist-was-hiding-in-a-dumpster-in-new-york-180986114/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053
A Meditation on the Legacy of Frederick Douglass by Artist and Filmmaker
Isaac Julien
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/smithsonian-american-art-museum/2025/02/28/a-meditation-on-the-legacy-of-frederick-douglass-by-artist-and-filmmaker-isaac-julien/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053
These 15 Photos Capture What Makes America’s National Historic Landmarks So
Iconic
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/these-15-photos-capture-what-makes-americas-national-historic-landmarks-so-iconic-180985866/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053
Shared Experiences Through the Ongoing Virtual Mother Tongue Film Festival
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/smithsonian-center-folklife-cultural-heritage/2025/02/27/shared-experiences-at-home-and-around-the-world-through-the-mother-tongue-film-festival/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053
ON THE ORIGIN OF THE PORK TABOO
https://archaeology.org/issues/march-april-2025/letters-from/on-the-origin-of-the-pork-taboo/
Was This Little-Known Standoff Between British Soldiers and Colonists the
Real Start of the American Revolution?
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/was-this-little-known-standoff-between-british-soldiers-and-colonists-the-real-start-of-the-american-revolution-180986105/
The Real Story Behind ‘Nickel Boys’ and the Brutal Florida Reform School
That Inspired the Film
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-real-story-behind-nickel-boys-and-the-brutal-florida-reform-school-that-inspired-the-film-180986098/
How Roman society integrated people who altered their bodies and defied
gender norms
https://phys.org/news/2025-02-roman-society-people-bodies-defied.html
Ancient DNA reveals mysterious origins of the Huns who sacked Rome
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/ancient-dna-reveals-mysterious-origins-of-the-huns-who-sacked-rome
New study reveals harsh realities of childhood in the pre-Columbian Andes
https://phys.org/news/2025-02-reveals-harsh-realities-childhood-pre.html
*Archaeology*
Laser mapping reveals massive ancient Zapotec city in Mexican forest
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/02/18/laser-analysis-reveals-zapotec-city-guiengola-mexico
Vivid Wall Paintings Unearthed at a 2,500-Year-Old Etruscan Necropolis in
Italy
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/vivid-wall-paintings-unearthed-at-a-2500-year-old-etruscan-necropolis-in-italy-180986067/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053
Archaeologists discover oldest evidence of stone blade production on the
Arabian Peninsula
https://phys.org/news/2025-02-archaeologists-oldest-evidence-stone-blade.html?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1dl_GL7COIMdqTtpnQp7FfT6VLpHUhEmqKf4R5traval6PTMXuMTOWFbc_aem_0xTHZxLgAhJtpzTnSGKa1w&sfnsn=mo
Man Vandalizes Famed 12-Angled Stone, an Inca Engineering Marvel in Peru
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/man-vandalizes-famed-12-angled-stone-an-inca-engineering-marvel-in-peru-180986092/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053
100-Year-Old Shipwreck Discovered 800 Feet Below Lake Superior
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/100-year-old-shipwreck-discovered-in-lake-superior-180983083/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053
Archaeologists Discover 1,700-Year-Old Jade Mask Inside the Tomb of a Maya
King
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-discover-a-1700-year-old-jade-mask-inside-tomb-ancient-maya-king-180983719/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053
See the Stunning Frescoes of a Mysterious Dionysian Cult Discovered in
Ancient Pompeii
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/see-the-stunning-frescoes-of-a-mysterious-dionysian-cult-discovered-in-ancient-pompeii-180986133/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053
Archaeologists reveal the enigmatic burial practices of the Southern Jê
https://phys.org/news/2025-02-archaeologists-reveal-enigmatic-burial-southern.html
Excavation reveals advanced porcelain tech predating Yuan Dynasty in China
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-843805#google_vignette
Hellenistic cult site found near underground river in Italy
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-843991
Vesuvian ash cloud suspected of turning brain to glass
https://phys.org/news/2025-02-vesuvian-ash-cloud-brain-glass.html
*Egyptology*
Egypt announces first discovery of a royal tomb since King Tutankhamun's
was found over a century ago
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/egypt-discovery-king-thutmose-ii-ancient-royal-tomb/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab6a&linkId=751109029&fbclid=IwY2xjawIhrqdleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHR9LYkLXU8NSLdOQXXxQ0594aaK0BRpEcFvIBzkhJY12UXyi_gof1FHO4Q_aem_TOnlKSP20HwY43pW0HtaGQ
AN EGYPTIAN TEMPLE REBORN
https://archaeology.org/issues/march-april-2025/features/an-egyptian-temple-reborn/
*General Science*
Mass firings decimate U.S. science agencies
https://www.science.org/content/article/mass-firings-decimate-u-s-science-agencies
National Science Foundation Mass Firings Go Beyond Trump's Orders, Sparking
Outrage
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/national-science-foundation-mass-firings-go-beyond-trumps-orders-sparking/?utm_campaign=sprinklr&utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkedin
USDA suspends scholarship program at historically Black colleges, website
shows
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/usda-suspends-scholarship-program-historically-black-colleges-website-shows-2025-02-20/?utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+Trending+Content&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwY2xjawIljtBleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHabfKjMtDYdvJRISIaBD0N8vf6M1hfo3be6Vp81VJ2uKTLyFNJw18VHpfA_aem_jeMLukbQYcnj5_WUaxEJnQ
*Physics, Earth and Space Sciences*
Chance of Asteroid Strike in 2032 Drops Sharply After Record-Setting Rise.
Here’s Why It Keeps Changing
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/chance-of-asteroid-strike-in-2032-drops-sharply-after-record-setting-rise-heres-why-it-keeps-changing-180986096/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053
James Webb Telescope Reveals a Dazzling Light Show From the Milky Way’s
Black Hole
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/james-webb-telescope-reveals-a-dazzling-light-show-from-the-milky-ways-black-hole-180986091/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053
Why Auroras Are Suddenly Everywhere All at Once
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/why-auroras-are-suddenly-everywhere-all-at-once-180986006/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053
Athena Spacecraft Launches to the Moon, as Intuitive Machines Aims for
Historic Second Lunar Landing
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/athena-spacecraft-launches-to-the-moon-as-intuitive-machines-aims-for-historic-second-lunar-landing-180986131/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053
Is the ISS Too Clean for Astronauts’ Health? New Study Finds the Space
Station Lacks Microbial Diversity
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/is-the-iss-too-clean-for-astronauts-health-new-study-finds-the-space-station-lacks-microbial-diversity-180986141/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053
The Asteroid Hit by NASA Seems to Be Moving Strangely, High School Students
Find
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-asteroid-hit-by-nasa-seems-to-be-moving-strangely-high-school-students-find-180982874/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053
SpaceX Rocket Stage Burns Up Over Europe and Crashes in Poland, While Blue
Origin Debris Washes Ashore in the Bahamas
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/spacex-rocket-stage-burns-up-over-europe-and-crashes-in-poland-while-blue-origin-debris-washes-ashore-in-the-bahamas-180986108/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053
New limits found for dark matter properties from latest search
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1074969 Mysterious interstellar
icy objects https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1075295 Blue Ghost,
a Private U.S. Spacecraft, Lands on the Moon
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/blue-ghost-a-private-u-s-spacecraft-successfully-lands-on-the-moon/
Einstein’s General Relativity with a Twist: Teleparallelism
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/this-twist-on-einsteins-greatest-theory-deserves-more-attention/
*Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources*
Nothing to report
*Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences*
Pod of 157 False Killer Whales Stranded on a Tasmania Beach Could Not Be
Rescued, Wildlife Officials Say
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/pod-of-157-false-killer-whales-stranded-on-a-tasmania-beach-could-not-be-rescued-wildlife-officials-say-180986093/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053
Will the Traditional Chinese Medicine Industry End the Pangolin?
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/will-traditional-chinese-medicine-industry-end-the-pangolin-180985938/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053
The quest to extend human life is both fascinating and fraught with moral
peril
https://theconversation.com/the-quest-to-extend-human-life-is-both-fascinating-and-fraught-with-moral-peril-249430?utm_content=buffer82cb5&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_campaign=buffer
Scientists Identify a Gene Linked to Spoken Language, and It Makes Lab Mice
Squeak Differently
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-identify-a-gene-linked-to-spoken-language-and-it-makes-lab-mice-squeak-differently-180986083/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053
How a crucial DNA repair protein works—and what it means for cancer
treatment
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-03-crucial-dna-protein-cancer-treatment.html#google_vignette
*Other*
Nothing to report
Additional Informational
U.S. education system doesn’t rank worst in the world, and cost isn’t
highest
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2025/feb/13/donald-trump/us-education-system-doesnt-rank-worst-in-the-world/
NEMO Barometer on political influence on museums in Europe
https://www.ne-mo.org/news-events/article/nemo-barometer-on-political-influence-on-museums-in-europe/?fbclid=IwY2xjawIlVuhleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHYwjgs0orlUK2wWMmaNThh5Mi3IOZkBGQvbpi7B1oLPcX-qoror1QqnicQ_aem_7sub8OdH4xYhIW1J0FgH7g
NEMO and OBMIN launch cooperation to support Ukrainian museums
https://www.ne-mo.org/news-events/article/nemo-and-obmin-launch-cooperation-to-support-ukrainian-museums/?fbclid=IwY2xjawIlXbFleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHbBwS-un97Aja_AWqQR0nUNxTJK7QOfNszRwzhhleolNKfSJZW1dqtPmsA_aem_CvFu_7jb7HcBqJ3t7d_SuA
NASA, Mars Report
https://science.nasa.gov/mars/the-mars-report/2025-february/
Space tech: Experts name 12 transformative technologies reshaping our
cosmic future
https://www.weforum.org/stories/2025/02/space-12-transformative-technologies/
A bold new chapter for TED
https://www.ted.com/talks/chris_anderson_a_bold_new_chapter_for_ted
Urge Congress to Institute Scientific Integrity Protections for Federal
Scientists
https://secure.ucsusa.org/a/2025-scientific-integrity-federal-protections?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=bs&ms=bluesky
An Agenda to Strengthen U.S. Democracy in the Age of AI
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/policy-solutions/agenda-strengthen-us-democracy-age-ai
How the Trump administration could end a century of American scientific
dominance
https://thebulletin.org/2025/02/how-the-trump-administration-could-end-a-century-of-american-scientific-dominance/?utm_source=Bluesky&utm_medium=SocialMedia&utm_campaign=BLueskyPost022025&utm_content=ClimateChange_CenturyAmericanScience_02112025
Where are the rangers? The sad tale of your national parks this summer
https://www.anpr.org/release/2025/0218?fbclid=IwY2xjawIhx_dleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHesXFTbPXYCMFfyChNAddroGlH17i2hon0TrhEIpcRZ5W5gZbYF5_rqVRQ_aem_rdb43PSLKNOtebMe_37Otw&sfnsn=mo
Fusion Power: Enabling 21st Century American Dominance
https://www.scsp.ai/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Final-Fusion-Power_-Enabling-21st-Century-American-Dominance.pdf
Finding Forgotten Cities - How the Indus Civilization was Discovered
https://www.amazon.com/Finding-Forgotten-Cities-Civilization-Discovered-ebook/dp/B09R2148RN/ref=sr_1_1?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.veK7pu2FeHin9Tc8KfqdHg.vZWmNJBlbkxxWueti2RDBZ2DQGPbP_BL11Bwvzx8DAA&dib_tag=se&keywords=Finding+Forgotten+Cities+How+the+Indus+Civilization+Was+Discovered+by+Nayanjot+Lahiri&qid=1740441617&sr=8-1
Maryland State Arts Council, Tribal Land Acknowledgements
https://msac.org/resources/land-acknowledgements?fbclid=IwY2xjawIqvjZleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHSxrVLCre8ul1pFB_146M7wLJx-KZkOrL2s78rKAP9wo1so-m1s_Gy9c9Q_aem_V-VjJ_JAiVsTimaLXHiUdw
International Science Council Newsletter
https://us5.campaign-archive.com/?e=725b365f54&u=2e9b648776114e2888e7ea8c5&id=d9563bb028
The Planetary Society welcomes the reconsideration of mass probationary
employee layoffs at NASA
https://www.planetary.org/press-releases/the-planetary-society-welcomes-the-reconsideration-of-mass-probationary-employee-layoffs?utm_campaign=downlink&utm_medium=email&utm_source=20250228&s_src=downlink&s_subsrc=20250228
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