[Jawlist] Weekly Science Report 10-10-25

Sun Oct 12 14:13:15 PDT 2025

*Weekly Science Report*

*October 10, 2025*

*“The true meaning of Islam will not only focus on how Muslims worship but
also on who we are: mothers, fathers, spouses, students, neighbors,
friends.  People who smile with pride at their child’s first step; laugh
with friends over the old times; worry about exam results; cry at the sight
of our children in pain.  People just like you!”*

Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah of the Kingdom of Jordan on being Muslim

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*

95 million-year-old 'tiny, tiny skull' from never-before-seen
crocodile-like creature discovered in Montana

https://www.livescience.com/animals/extinct-species/95-million-year-old-tiny-tiny-skull-from-never-before-seen-crocodile-like-creature-discovered-in-montana

Hybrid mammoths roamed North America following interspecies breeding,
fossil teeth show

https://phys.org/news/2025-09-hybrid-mammoths-roamed-north-america.html

A skull unearthed in China challenges the timeline of human evolution,
scientists say

https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/25/science/skull-denisovans-dragon-man-human-evolution

Leopards may have feasted on our earliest ancestors

https://www.popsci.com/science/leopards-ate-early-humans/

New dinosaur from Argentina discovered with a crocodile bone in its mouth

https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/dinosaur-argentina-crocodile-rcna233309

30,000-year-old 'personal toolkit' found in the Czech Republic provides
'very rare' glimpse into the life of a Stone Age hunter-gatherer

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/30-000-year-old-personal-toolkit-found-in-the-czech-republic-provides-very-rare-glimpse-into-the-life-of-a-stone-age-hunter-gatherer?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pushly&utm_campaign=All%20Push%20Subscribers

Scientists find ancient life-size animal rock carvings in the Saudi Arabian
desert

https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/scientists-find-ancient-life-size-animal-rock-carvings-126082287?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=dhfacebook&utm_content=null&fbclid=IwY2xjawNJYPdleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHoDdjVZe7LM1TxSGrKo9ii2MjKr6ngjFWYrWCcGkpln6Fnkm_mx2J0zs8T6w_aem_zNHRQRwicp8L_xdg-_roZg

A compelling book about the end of the Neanderthals is a rare treat

https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26735620-500-a-compelling-book-about-the-end-of-the-neanderthals-is-a-rare-treat/?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwY2xjawNKxFZleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHjS9-prqkgHCKCcxtWGZiAhUXcs5d2fReMQbjoRdAsIejETx1VpqxRMIZf_g_aem_SWZMUT-mKiHrENvqiQ4pSA#Echobox=1759365878

Researchers Discover 12,000-Year-Old Life-Size Animal Engravings in Saudi
Arabia

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/researchers-discover-12000-year-old-life-size-animal-engravings-in-saudi-arabia-180987432/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053

Fossil found on Skye is new species of fanged Jurassic reptile

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn82p1jy3eeo

Groundbreaking discovery: Karahan Tepe reveals 12,000-year-old human face

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-869745

Ancient Patagonian hunter-gatherers took care of their injured and
disabled, study finds

https://phys.org/news/2025-10-ancient-patagonian-hunter-disabled.html

Ancient teeth provide new insight into the lives of the world's first
farming villagers

https://phys.org/news/2025-10-ancient-teeth-insight-world-farming.html

Early humans butchered elephants using small tools then made big tools from
their bones, research finds

https://phys.org/news/2025-10-early-humans-butchered-elephants-small.html

Ancient DNA reveals prehistoric connections and a patrilineal society in
early China

https://phys.org/news/2025-10-ancient-dna-reveals-prehistoric-patrilineal.html

*History*

Trump says he’s ordered the declassification and release of all government
records on Amelia Earhart

https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/article/trump-orders-release-of-records-related-to-amelia-earhart/?fbclid=IwdGRzaANEFS5jbGNrA0QVX2V4dG4DYWVtAjExAAEexEeV36POlFAilEEUY4UiIS1b2iZGrI0n5MfR6V6TtBf3qsn_0SAd2IwUExE_aem_X1QCwjpIRClmTRxkvqVVZg&sfnsn=mo

George Hardy, last of the Tuskegee Airmen's World War II combat pilots,
dies at 100

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/lt-col-george-hardy-tuskegee-airmen-world-war-ii-pilots-dies-100-rcna234028?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma&taid=68d76f5468de4c00016b8920&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

In 1909, Theodore Roosevelt Embarked on an Ambitious Expedition to East
Africa. Here’s Why His Trip Still Matters Today

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/in-1909-theodore-roosevelt-embarked-on-an-ambitious-expedition-to-east-africa-heres-why-his-trip-still-matters-today-180987389/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053

Wounded Knee Massacre Medals will not be revoked

https://ictnews.org/news/mountain-bureau/wounded-knee-massacre-medals-will-not-be-revoked/?fbclid=IwdGRzaANCunlleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHmQbVJQWTEhrd_qCl4jKYrIbEKWZsJSzVfANuOYreYbvifmJb7PfbGMm9BmA_aem_1m0wGzdIIoEMSut7s5ox0Q&sfnsn=mo

Woman in Spanish cold case identified after 20 years

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj4yqwnl1q7o

Osage Nation reacquires Sugarloaf Mound, St. Louis' oldest Native American
structure

https://www.newson6.com/story/68d25d40e7d44741b9489650/osage-nation-sugarloaf-mound-st-louis?fbclid=IwdGRzaANAPWtjbGNrA0A9nmV4dG4DYWVtAjExAAEe6l-XkAzEtDM995lmnVdFUir_szanr7sdIihPqpYzeMquMXqkkMNm79XZQVo_aem_9QyvIICSgMN-65JYptca1A&sfnsn=mo

Tribal history and new evidence tell a different, fuller story of Sacagawea

https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2025/09/26/sacagawea-life-history?utm_medium=social&utm_term=nprnews&utm_campaign=npr&utm_source=facebook.com&fbclid=IwdGRzaANFYxhleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHhldc9nrvrxZMfLm9m1Fh6F2xD-3Bjd6V73XURjKW1WBUphSrSoZvUjgLsN0_aem_Bokn2Z3unmyqXWe-in6S1w&sfnsn=mo

Swiss Guards, protectors of the pope, don new uniforms

https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/266947/swiss-guards-protectors-of-the-pope-don-new-uniforms

A more than 1,000-year-old Viking ship goes on a very short, final voyage

https://www.npr.org/2025/10/02/nx-s1-5550149/viking-age-oseberg-longship-oslo

Take a look! 'Reading Rainbow' is back

https://www.npr.org/2025/10/03/nx-s1-5560181/reading-rainbow-youtube-mychal-threets

Woman appointed Archbishop of Canterbury in a historic first for the Church
of England

https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/03/uk/sarah-mullally-female-archbishop-of-canterbury-intl

Two Years After Cormac McCarthy’s Death, Rare Access to His Personal
Library Reveals the Man Behind the Myth

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/two-years-cormac-mccarthys-death-rare-access-to-personal-library-reveals-man-behind-myth-180987150/?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=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053

Historian uses AI to help identify Nazi in notorious Holocaust murder image

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/02/historian-uses-ai-to-help-identify-nazi-in-notorious-holocaust-image?CMP=fb_gu&utm_medium=Social_img&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwdGRzaANLhtJjbGNrA0uG-GV4dG4DYWVtAjExAAEeEgnf6uRBhImq9NKHdyJBdCBLdis5BmZMrPvI5tr6BOlT-vuOGfMS5Hsyjnw_aem_QIyydWBVyiIYkxDiOVJlwg&sfnsn=mo#Echobox=1759397732

A 3,000-Year-Old Furnace May Have Accidentally Started the Iron Age,
Scientists Say

https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/archaeology/a68136057/3000-year-old-furnace-iron-age/

Smithsonian directed to prepare Space Shuttle Discovery for relocation

https://www.ffxnow.com/2025/10/02/new-smithsonian-directed-to-prepare-space-shuttle-discovery-for-relocation/

Jane Goodall, renowned chimpanzee researcher and animal advocate, dies at 91

*https://www.nbcnews.com/news/obituaries/dr-jane-goodall-legendary-animal-rights-advocate-dies-91-rcna235001?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_ma&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwdGRzaANKUCJleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHrMgKlRwGssJ33mOy1dmhRHe5fKVQYf1jP3fabrK-gBd1you1N1vmYrggABt_aem_RzgoyfNuWqOnfmlwF6bREA&_branch_match_id=1497229079685442278&_branch_referrer=H4sIAAAAAAAAAwXBbw9CQBwA4G%2FTSyzRtFm7jLKkZYy8Mb9z%2FrvjkHjRZ%2B95ymnqx5MoUsCULKOQ9r3QVrQR5y%2BNFerUxxDOOeC2ynR7iaNSgsIt41AyHr6JkKduttEH%2BMIdI9OUepyimAWePEdrG1xv2nvT5H2nrh%2BGogwPzuRnoHT3g40QvJKUdIm3FWzN3TkcnjTv2sVSwTPR7sdJTjivaJEAZ8tIuG6lmABjzR%2F8k90ZswAAAA%3D%3D&sfnsn=mo
<https://www.nbcnews.com/news/obituaries/dr-jane-goodall-legendary-animal-rights-advocate-dies-91-rcna235001?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_ma&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwdGRzaANKUCJleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHrMgKlRwGssJ33mOy1dmhRHe5fKVQYf1jP3fabrK-gBd1you1N1vmYrggABt_aem_RzgoyfNuWqOnfmlwF6bREA&_branch_match_id=1497229079685442278&_branch_referrer=H4sIAAAAAAAAAwXBbw9CQBwA4G%2FTSyzRtFm7jLKkZYy8Mb9z%2FrvjkHjRZ%2B95ymnqx5MoUsCULKOQ9r3QVrQR5y%2BNFerUxxDOOeC2ynR7iaNSgsIt41AyHr6JkKduttEH%2BMIdI9OUepyimAWePEdrG1xv2nvT5H2nrh%2BGogwPzuRnoHT3g40QvJKUdIm3FWzN3TkcnjTv2sVSwTPR7sdJTjivaJEAZ8tIuG6lmABjzR%2F8k90ZswAAAA%3D%3D&sfnsn=mo>*

For Centuries, Indigenous People Lived in These Desert Canyons. Now, New
Technology Reveals Extraordinary Details About This Sacred Site

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/canyon-of-the-ancestors-180985955/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053

'We survived, we are resilient': Remembering U.S. Indian boarding schools

https://www.npr.org/2025/09/30/nx-s1-5552527/remembering-u-s-indian-boarding-schools

The Dionne Quintuplets Captivated the World During the Great Depression.
But Their Fame Came at a Cost

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-dionne-quintuplets-captivated-the-world-during-the-great-depression-but-their-fame-came-at-a-cost-180987411/?utm_source=smithsonian-weekender&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053

Ken Burns Loves America—and You Can, Too

https://www.gq.com/story/ken-burns-loves-america-and-you-can-too?utm_campaign=dhfacebook&utm_content=%3Cmedia_url%3E&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwY2xjawNSru9leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHuesxMS8qN8L_ZZn_820cslEmO7Wz36fqZdVp3dVltYXxSAWTxwB9CeFRYPc_aem_6n_6P-RcgZ1MwCJKTjXpPg

Despite federal shutdown, local and state funds keep Great Smoky Mountains
National Park open

https://www.wuot.org/2025-10-09/despite-federal-shutdown-local-and-state-funds-keep-great-smoky-mountains-national-park-open

This museum immerses students in U.S. history: 'You can smell it, touch it,
see it'

https://www.npr.org/2025/10/10/nx-s1-5547106/tenement-museum-american-history-high-school

A Chance for Healing, 170 Years After a Lakota Massacre

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/a-chance-for-healing-170-years-after-a-lakota-massacre-180987479/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053

Twelve Failed Constitutional Amendments That Could Have Reshaped American
History

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/twelve-failed-constitutional-amendments-that-could-have-reshaped-american-history-180987425/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053

Famed polar exploration ship Endurance not as strong as legend held,
researcher says

https://www.npr.org/2025/10/08/nx-s1-5564788/antarctica-ernest-shackleton-ship-endurance-research-south-pole

New monument commemorates tragic anti-immigrant chapter in Wyoming history

https://www.npr.org/2025/09/28/nx-s1-5519752/wyoming-town-erects-new-monument-to-violent-anti-immigrant-history?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_term=nprnews&utm_campaign=npr&fbclid=IwdGRzaANGf9tleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHkGk8tdckE52qdrieCmryx0l2hHyQWTfBLHs9qQfs5g9m2gDMql_RCVO5HyG_aem_cQx8p4js73G1mn6ycMag-Q&sfnsn=mo

Psychedelic beer may have helped pre-Inca empire in Peru schmooze elite
outsiders and consolidate power

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/psychedelic-beer-may-have-helped-pre-inca-empire-in-peru-schmooze-elite-outsiders-and-consolidate-power

*Archaeology*

Archaeologists Discover a 5,000-Year-Old Tomb in Southern Spain

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-discover-a-five-thousand-year-old-tomb-in-southern-spain-180987401/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053

Archaeologists Find Both a Medieval Dungeon and Roman Burial Beneath a
Market Square in England

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-find-both-a-medieval-dungeon-and-roman-burial-beneath-a-market-square-in-england-180987404/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053

The Titanic’s Sister Ship, the Britannic, Sank in 1916. For the First Time,
Divers Have Recovered Artifacts From Its Wreck

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-titanics-sister-ship-the-britannic-sank-in-1916-for-the-first-time-ever-divers-have-recovered-artifacts-from-its-wreck-180987402/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053

Greetings from the Negev desert, where traces remain of a vanished ancient
civilization

https://www.npr.org/2025/08/27/g-s1-85311/negev-desert-nabataeans-archaeology

Did Ancient Jews Hide These Coins for Safekeeping During a Fourth-Century
Revolt Against Roman Rule?

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/did-ancient-jews-hide-these-coins-for-safekeeping-during-fourth-century-revolt-against-roman-rule-180987388/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053

Archaeologists Say They’ve Solved the Mystery of This Marble Statue. Its
Subject Was a Woman Who Might Have Helped an Ancient City Achieve Political
Freedom

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-say-theyve-solved-the-mystery-of-this-marble-statue-its-subject-was-woman-who-might-have-helped-ancient-city-achieve-political-freedom-180987387/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053

Wreck of WWII Submarine Found After 80 Years

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/wreck-of-wwii-submarine-found-after-80-years-180984446/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053

Divers Recover More Than $1 Million Worth of Gold and Silver Coins From
310-Year-Old ‘Treasure Fleet’ Shipwrecks

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/divers-recover-more-than-1-million-worth-of-gold-and-silver-coins-from-310-year-old-treasure-fleet-shipwrecks-180987434/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053

Archaeologists Unearth Rare 1,000-Year-Old Food Storage Pit in Alaska

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-unearth-rare-1000-year-old-food-storage-pit-in-alaska-180985935/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053

Archaeologists Discover Mysterious Earthwork Circles Built 6,500 Years
Ago—Nearly 2,000 Years Before Stonehenge

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-discover-mysterious-earthwork-circles-built-6500-years-ago-nearly-2000-years-before-stonehenge-180987417/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053

Archaeologists Unearth Seven Rare Wampum Beads at 17th-Century English
Settlement in Canada

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-unearth-seven-rare-wampum-beads-at-17th-century-english-settlement-in-canada-180987413/?utm_source=smithsonian-weekender&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053

Archaeologists in Pompeii Discover Ancient Bench Where Hopeful Clients
Waited to Be Seen by an Elite Roman

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-in-pompeii-discover-ancient-bench-where-hopeful-clients-waited-to-be-seen-by-an-elite-roman-180987382/?utm_source=smithsonian-weekender&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053

A lost ancient language may be hiding in plain sight

https://www.popsci.com/science/lost-ancient-language-mexico/?fbclid=IwY2xjawNSsP9leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETBUbnlJam83UXBMWEdwUVpsAR4IY1pe5j1wYeUqDcMscNyVpPXeuQ6hlA-6e-uSXuozCqjIx4S3MC-qKjJJ6Q_aem_uD15Anqe2U2MDBENPDvtQA

Someone Donated These Mysterious Artifacts to a Thrift Shop. Experts Think
They Might Date to Medieval Times

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/someone-donated-these-mysterious-artifacts-to-a-thrift-shop-experts-think-they-might-date-to-medieval-times-180987470/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053

A Married Couple in New Orleans Found a Stone in Their Backyard. It Turned
Out to Be an Ancient Roman Soldier’s Gravestone

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-married-couple-in-new-orleans-found-a-stone-in-their-backyard-it-turned-out-to-be-an-ancient-roman-soldiers-gravestone-180987485/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053

Bering Land Bridge emerged much later than we thought it did, new study
finds

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/bering-land-bridge-emerged-much-later-than-we-thought-it-did-new-study-finds

200-foot scorpion effigy mound in Mexico may align with the solstices

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/200-foot-scorpion-effigy-mound-in-mexico-may-align-with-the-solstices

*Egyptology*

Quest for Queen Cleopatra's lost tomb reveals a sunken ancient Egyptian
harbor

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/egypt-ancient-harbor-discovered-in-quest-for-queen-cleopatra-lost-tomb/

This New Exhibition Explores the Lives of Ancient Egyptian Makers

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-new-exhibition-explores-the-lives-of-ancient-egyptian-makers-180987477/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053

Vast ancient Egyptian temple dated to Old Kingdom

https://www.popsci.com/science/karnak-temple-age-egypt/?fbclid=IwdGRzaANSLapleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHizDaA1uR-iG8ogUeL_J9i8d6kNlt7-7dnKZlqGmr4SHLf1AJjsws0y-uRul_aem__UQ45XJgj3zSAPm2lP2eVw

A limestone pharaonic painting vanishes from the famed Saqqara necropolis
in Egypt

https://apnews.com/article/egypt-antiquities-saqqara-5e7e88be93d7b5d28a34c5d18b1ae56e

Engineers Found Evidence of Hydraulics in an Ancient Pyramid, Solving a
4,500-Year-Old Mystery

https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/archaeology/a68832523/ancient-egyptian-pyramid-hydraulic-system-discovery/?fbclid=IwdGRzaANQBMxjbGNrA1AE9WV4dG4DYWVtAjExAAEeW0wW261XIP_8N1tihMM3rrkxSll5yEZFm_0rJeWm-vVCUG2UQzVfy3CoGS4_aem_OoZ9Qc7hvsfHsCyY0qv0ww&sfnsn=mo

*General Science*

Lockheed Martin unveils new US combat drone "Vectis": What to know

https://www.newsweek.com/lockheed-martin-unveils-new-us-combat-drone-vectis-2133541

*Physics, Earth and Space Sciences*   Nasa plans first crewed Moon mission
in 50 years for February 2026 https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy7pegvz17yo
  Rare nova super-remnant discovered in the Large Magellanic Cloud
https://phys.org/news/2025-09-rare-nova-super-remnant-large.html   Scientists
discover 85 'active' lakes buried beneath Antarctica's ice
https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/antarctica/scientists-discover-85-active-lakes-buried-beneath-antarcticas-ice
  NOAA's GOES-19 satellite captures rare view of the September partial
solar eclipse from space

https://www.space.com/stargazing/solar-eclipses/rare-satellite-footage-shows-the-moon-eclipsing-the-sun-on-a-strangely-crooked-path

'We thought it was a problem with the instrument': Scientists shocked by
rare 'Einstein cross' with a surprise in the center

https://www.livescience.com/space/we-thought-it-was-a-problem-with-the-instrument-scientists-shocked-by-rare-einstein-cross-with-a-surprise-in-the-center

Private spacecraft will give NASA's Swift space telescope an orbital boost
in 2026 in 1st-of-its-kind mission

https://www.space.com/space-exploration/missions/private-spacecraft-will-give-nasas-swift-space-telescope-an-orbital-boost-in-2026-in-1st-of-its-kind-mission

NASA modifies Dream Chaser ISS cargo contract as Sierra Space shifts to
defense work

https://spacenews.com/nasa-modifies-dream-chaser-iss-cargo-contract-as-sierra-space-shifts-to-defense-work/

What is the heliosphere? A new mission could unravel the mysteries of this
complex cosmic environment

https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/24/science/heliosphere-spacex-nasa-imap-launch

Weird glass in Australia appears to be from giant asteroid impact — but
scientists 'yet to locate the crater'

https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/geology/weird-glass-in-australia-appears-to-be-from-giant-asteroid-impact-but-scientists-yet-to-locate-the-crater

How Marsquakes Have Helped Researchers Investigate the Depths of the Red
Planet’s Interior

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/marsquakes-allow-researchers-to-investigate-deep-into-the-red-planets-interior-180987286/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053

Researchers Find Evidence of a Mysterious Giant Asteroid Impact, but They
Don’t Know Where Its Crater Is

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/researchers-find-evidence-of-a-mysterious-giant-asteroid-impact-but-they-dont-know-where-its-crater-is-180987415/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053

NASA Safety Panel Estimates Significant Delays for Starship HLS

https://spacepolicyonline.com/news/nasa-safety-panel-estimates-significant-delays-for-starship-hls/

A New Book Explains the Delay in Hiring Women as Astronauts

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/air-space-museum/2025/09/25/a-new-book-explains-the-delay-in-hiring-women-as-astronauts/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053

Earth's next 'mini-moon' could create a gold rush for asteroid miners

https://www.space.com/astronomy/earth/earths-next-mini-moon-could-create-a-gold-rush-for-asteroid-miners

Venus has lava tubes, and they're weird

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2497220-venus-has-lava-tubes-and-theyre-weird/

The world’s first commercial space station is getting closer to launch

https://www.cnn.com/science/vast-worlds-first-commercial-space-station-spc

Repeating gamma-ray bursts are ‘unlike any other’ in 50 years, astronomers
say

https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/22/science/repeating-gamma-ray-burst

New evidence proves North Sea asteroid impact

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yv3e7gl72o

Scientists eye nuclear options as asteroid barrels toward moon

https://www.newsnationnow.com/space/asteroid-2024-yr4-moon-2032/

Europe wants to launch a life-hunting mission to Saturn's icy ocean moon
Enceladus

https://www.space.com/space-exploration/missions/europe-wants-to-launch-a-life-hunting-mission-to-saturns-icy-ocean-moon-enceladus

A 'Great Wave' is rippling through our galaxy, pushing thousands of stars
out of place

https://www.livescience.com/space/astronomy/a-great-wave-is-rippling-through-our-galaxy-pushing-thousands-of-stars-out-of-place

University of Arkansas researchers find possible evidence of ocean on Mars

https://www.wtol.com/article/tech/science/university-arkansas-research-ocean-mars/91-b7d68367-ed5a-4e2f-bb44-8e715db10794

Who Is the Man Who Discovered the Universe?

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/air-space-museum/2025/09/30/who-is-the-man-who-discovered-the-universe/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053

Bill Nye asks Congress to push back against 'extinction-level' NASA budget
cuts

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/bill-nye-asks-congress-push-back-extinction-level/story?id=126264405&fbclid=IwVERTSANYn9JleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHqBRrbYly1Lf4W7uQnhEveQf3d0CslJKOsVQb5jSIXpqtvzuODGF-yRDzEpW_aem_Y8xEy9283xYlxXF4b5ewHQ&sfnsn=mo

Scientists Finally Found Phosphine on a Brown Dwarf. Here’s What That Means
for the Search for Extraterrestrial Life
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-finally-found-phosphine-on-a-brown-dwarf-heres-what-that-means-for-the-search-for-extraterrestrial-life-180987446/?utm_source=smithsonian-weekender&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053

*Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources*

Piecing together the puzzle of future solar cell materials

https://techxplore.com/news/2025-09-piecing-puzzle-future-solar-cell.html

Big trees in Amazon more climate-resistant than previously believed

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/sep/25/study-shows-big-trees-in-amazon-more-climate-resistant-than-previously-believed

Meet the Scientist Digitizing Millions of Fossilized Pollen Grains to
Reveal Earth’s Climate History

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-museum-of-natural-history/2025/09/25/meet-the-scientist-digitizing-millions-of-fossilized-pollen-grains-to-reveal-earths-climate-history/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053

This small Virginia island could be underwater before the next century

https://www.npr.org/2025/09/22/nx-s1-5420738/tangier-island-climate-change-threat

Judge says construction of large offshore wind farm near Rhode Island can
resume

https://www.wbur.org/news/2025/09/22/revolution-wind-trump-injunction-orsted

5 lessons from a house that generates more energy than it uses

https://www.npr.org/2025/09/20/nx-s1-5518175/california-climate-house-utility-bills

Leaders promised to cut climate pollution, then doubled down on fossil fuels

https://www.npr.org/2025/09/22/nx-s1-5545645/oil-gas-china-fossil-fuels-climate-paris-agreement

Ted Cruz claims without evidence that China is funding U.S. climate lawsuits

https://www.npr.org/2025/09/19/nx-s1-5544339/climate-change-lawsuits-fossil-fuels

By 2100, Humans Might See a Glacier-Free Sierra Nevada for the First Time
Ever

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/by-2100-humans-might-see-a-glacier-free-sierra-nevada-for-the-first-time-ever-180987440/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053

Renewable energy outpaces coal for electricity generation in historic
first, report says

https://www.npr.org/2025/10/09/nx-s1-5564746/renewable-energy-coal-electricity-first

*Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences*   'It lives underground and is
fabulous': The race to save the world's rarest orchid
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250925-the-race-to-save-the-worlds-rarest-orchid

'Long history of blaming mothers': Trump's Tylenol warning echoes past
misconceptions

https://www.npr.org/2025/09/26/nx-s1-5551164/pregnant-women-tylenol-autism-refrigerator-mom-theory

This Invasive Vampire Fish Is Helping Researchers Understand the Human
Nervous System in Jaw-Dropping Ways

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/this-invasive-vampire-fish-is-helping-researchers-understand-the-human-nervous-system-in-jaw-dropping-ways-180987356/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053

What Causes Stuttering? A Large DNA Analysis Study Offers New Clues,
Uncovering Links to 48 Genes

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/what-causes-stuttering-a-large-dna-analysis-study-offers-new-clues-uncovering-links-to-48-genes-180987285/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053

Experimental Gene Therapy Successfully Treats Huntington’s Disease for the
First Time

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/an-experimental-gene-therapy-successfully-treated-huntingtons-disease-for-the-first-time-180987403/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053

The Curious Case of ‘Old Thom,’ an Orca Traveling Alone in the North
Atlantic

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/the-curious-case-of-old-thom-a-killer-whale-traveling-alone-in-the-north-atlantic-180987346/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053

Some People Experience Blissful Ecstasy Right Before a Seizure. Could
Understanding This Feeling Help Treat Depression?

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/some-people-experience-blissful-ecstasy-right-before-a-seizure-could-understanding-this-feeling-help-treat-depression-180987408/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053

Generations of Bearded Vultures Stashed Humans’ Treasures, Including a
650-Year-Old Sandal, in These Bird Nests

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/generations-bearded-vultures-stashed-humans-treasures-including-650-year-old-sandal-in-these-bird-nests-180987443/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053

With therapy hard to get, people lean on AI for mental health. What are the
risks?

https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/09/30/nx-s1-5557278/ai-artificial-intelligence-mental-health-therapy-chatgpt-openai

Scientists create human eggs in the lab, using skin cells

https://www.npr.org/2025/09/30/nx-s1-5553322/ivg-human-eggs-cells-fertility

Scientists Converted a Kidney’s Blood Type, Then Implanted It Into a
Brain-Dead Patient for the First Time

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-converted-kidney-blood-type-implanted-into-brain-dead-patient-first-time-180987483/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053

Scientists Made Functional Human Eggs With Skin Cells in ‘Proof of Concept’
for Advancing Fertility

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-made-functional-human-eggs-with-skin-cells-in-proof-of-concept-for-advancing-fertility-180987430/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053

Acidic tumor environment promotes survival and growth of cancer cells

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1100958

New clinical trial to target cancer’s elusive growth switch

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1101326

*Other*

Biosphere 2’s latest mission: Learning how life first emerged on Earth –
and how to make barren worlds habitable

https://theconversation.com/biosphere-2s-latest-mission-learning-how-life-first-emerged-on-earth-and-how-to-make-barren-worlds-habitable-262293

I remember doing the Time Warp: The 'Rocky Horror Picture Show' turns 50

https://www.npr.org/2025/09/26/nx-s1-5388932/rocky-horror-picture-show-anniversary

Additional Informational

A haplotype-based evolutionary history of barley domestication

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09533-7

A Beacon to Space

https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/a-beacon-to-space/

NASA Selects Blue Origin to Deliver VIPER Rover to Moon’s South Pole

https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-selects-blue-origin-to-deliver-viper-rover-to-moons-south-pole/

NASA’s Tally of Planets Outside Our Solar System Reaches 6,000

https://www.nasa.gov/universe/exoplanets/nasas-tally-of-planets-outside-our-solar-system-reaches-6000/

Catastrophic disruption of asteroid 2023 CX1 and implications for planetary
defence

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-025-02659-8

Studying a distant visitor: What we know about Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS

https://www.planetary.org/articles/studying-a-distant-visitor-what-we-know-about-interstellar-object-3i-atlas

New Report Finds Performance Decline in Critical Spacesuit Maintenance

https://oig.nasa.gov/news/new-report-finds-performance-decline-in-critical-spacesuit-maintenance/

EPSC-DPS2025: Tumbleweed Rover Tests Demonstrate Transformative Technology
for Low-Cost Mars Exploration

https://www.europlanet.org/epsc-dps2025-tumbleweed-rover-tests-demonstrate-transformative-technology-for-low-cost-mars-exploration/

The ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter, mapping Mars’ atmosphere

https://www.planetary.org/space-missions/exomars-tgo?utm_campaign=downlink&utm_medium=email&utm_source=20251003&s_src=downlink&s_subsrc=20251003

Are We Alone?: Searching for Life Beyond Earth with The Planetary Society

https://www.amazon.com/Are-We-Alone-Searching-Planetary/dp/B0DQ65M98N/

International Science Council Newsletter

https://mailchi.mp/council.science/strides-in-open-science-at-the-united-nations?e=725b365f54

What is comet 3I/ATLAS?

https://www.planetary.org/articles/what-is-comet-3i-atlas?utm_campaign=downlink&utm_medium=email&utm_source=20251010&s_src=downlink&s_subsrc=20251010

Cassini proves complex chemistry in Enceladus ocean

https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Cassini-Huygens/Cassini_proves_complex_chemistry_in_Enceladus_ocean

3I/ATLAS from Trace Gas Orbiter

https://www.planetary.org/space-images/3i-atlas-from-trace-gas-orbiter?utm_campaign=downlink&utm_medium=email&utm_source=20251010&s_src=downlink&s_subsrc=20251010

Discovery Alert: ‘Baby’ Planet Photographed in a Ring around a Star for the
First Time!

https://science.nasa.gov/universe/exoplanets/discovery-alert-baby-planet-photographed-in-a-ring-around-a-star-for-the-first-time/

WHOI Ocean Insights Newsletter

https://explore.whoi.edu/alvin-returns-to-woods-hole?ecid=ACsprvtyWavryr0zMf__W3rLkGEy8vQdwfPE7s0GjVN3owezqn0laUUAUel5iC8nCnvdXeh-6Gfa&utm_campaign=6570037-Ocean%20Insights%202025&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--ospQ7xSOAd3toxVeLTNj4g_1WK3W2Wk7FsiyeLwlOqdpR4VIzUylqNMRvFijJaoL0-WOAvSeznrct_2OuShYfNbqlMG4ENYauL9f4pKG9Sfg3YxE&_hsmi=384514023&utm_content=384514023&utm_source=hs_email

Josephine Baker - Songstress Spy

https://www.spymuseum.org/education-programs/adults/josephine-baker/

ESA Near Earth Object Coordination Centre Newsletter

https://neo.ssa.esa.int/documents/d/guest/newsletter-october-2025

Chile returns 19 archaeological objects to the Republic of Peru

https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/chile-returns-19-archaeological-objects-republic-peru
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.jawest.net/pipermail/jawlist-jawest.net/attachments/20251012/a4cd65ec/attachment.htm>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: Weekly Science Report 10-10-25.pdf
Type: application/pdf
Size: 394439 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://lists.jawest.net/pipermail/jawlist-jawest.net/attachments/20251012/a4cd65ec/attachment.pdf>