Weekly Science Report 1-30-26
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Weekly Science Report
January 30, 2026
“It happened, and it can therefore happen again. Therein lies the core of what we have to say.”
Primo Levi, Auschwitz Survivor
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.
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News Articles
Paleontology, Evolution and Prehistoric Studies
Meet the Kennewick Man: Face of 'most important' ancient American revealed after 8,500 years
Neanderthals took reusable toolkits with them on high-altitude treks through the Alps
Ape-like hominin Paranthropus was more adaptable than we thought
Wolf’s dinner preserved in Siberia for 14,400 years sheds light on woolly rhino
T. rex grew up slowly: New study reveals 'king of dinosaurs' kept growing until age 40
A centuries-old debate on how reptiles keep evolving skin bones is finally settled
The dinosaur secrets found in the archives of a natural history museum
This Hammer Created From an Elephant Bone 480,000 Years Ago May Be the Oldest Known Tool of Its Kind Ever Found in Europe
Stone Age teenager was mauled by a bear 28,000 years ago, skeletal analysis confirms
New animal species that survived mass extinction event half a billion years ago found in a quarry in China
Strange Red Rocks in Australia Are Challenging Long-Held Ideas About Fossils
Scientists launch AI DinoTracker app that identifies dinosaur footprints
Scientists Intrigued by Unfamiliar Life Form
Scientists recover the oldest wooden tools from a site in Greece
Humans returned to British Isles earlier than previously thought at the end of the last Ice Age
2.6 million-year-old jaw from extinct 'Nutcracker Man' is found where we didn't expect it
Teenage girl who lived in Italy 12,000 years ago had a rare form of dwarfism, DNA study shows
More than 43,000 years ago, Neanderthals spent centuries collecting animal skulls in a cave; but archaeologists aren't sure why
Baby dinosaurs a common prey for Late Jurassic predators
History
Meet 13 People Who Survived on Deserted Islands, From a Real-Life Robinson Crusoe to a Noblewoman Marooned With Her Lover
Grandson of Auschwitz commandant: 'My grandfather was greatest mass murderer in history'
How I reclaimed a blueprint of genocide to fight Holocaust denial
Lost Temple of Hittite Goddess Kubaba Discovered in Turkey Sheds Light on Ancient Anatolian Worship
History Remembered This Black Medal of Honor Recipient for the Two Worst Days of His Life. A New Book Dives Into the Vietnam Vet’s Story
South African San rock art reveals trance dances and initiation ceremonies
Romans used human feces as medicine 1,900 years ago — and used thyme to mask the smell
The British Crown Enslaved Thousands at the Height of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade. New Research Reveals Their Stories
Why Do These Tudor-Era Portraits of Anne Boleyn and Elizabeth I Look So Strikingly Similar?
Ten of the Most Exciting Ways to Commemorate America’s 250th This Year
A Stunning Escape From Slavery Told on Tattered Pages
Archaeology
Mass grave in Jordan sheds new light on world’s earliest recorded pandemic
Astonishing 1,400-year-old tomb featuring giant owl sculpture discovered in Mexico
Varna Gold: Humanity's first gold jewelry was found in a cemetery with a gold 'penis sheath'
Iron Age teeth fossils reveal diversity of diet of ancient Italians
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/italy-food-love-iron-age-fossil-b2901705.html
India’s Longest Iron Age Spear: 8-Foot Weapon Found in Tamil Nadu Burial
Beach Erosion Reveals Fragments of a 136-Year-Old Shipwreck That Sank in New Jersey’s ‘Graveyard of the Atlantic’
The Great Mongolian Road: Japanese Imperial Army maps reveal first detailed documentation
Archaeologists Discovered the ‘Holy Grail’ of Shipwrecks a Decade Ago. Now, They’re Finally Beginning to Unravel the Secrets of the ‘San José’
Two rare 5th millennium BC fetal burials in Iran reveal variable prehistoric practices
Egyptology
Discovery of monumental sacred lake at Karnak
5,000-year-old rock art from ancient Egypt depicts 'terrifying' conquest of the Sinai Peninsula
General Science
Multi-agent AI and robots automate materials discovery in closed-loop lab system
Physics, Earth and Space Sciences
Halley wasn't the first to figure out the famous comet. An 11th-century monk did it first, new research suggests.
NASA quietly ends financial support for planetary science groups
James Webb Space Telescope discovers young galaxies age rapidly: 'It's like seeing 2-year-old children act like teenagers'
China previews how powerful its new Xuntian space telescope will be ahead of 2027 launch
Say goodbye to Comet 3I/ATLAS! Watch it head for interstellar space in real-time with this free livestream today
NASA astronaut Suni Williams, who stayed in space for 9 months after spacecraft problem, retires
After a medical evacuation from space, NASA's Crew-11 returns to Earth a month early
New state of matter discovered in a quantum material
NASA pessimistic about odds of recovering MAVEN
Massive supernova explosion may have created a binary black hole
Eric and Wendy Schmidt to fund space telescope, three ground-based observatories
NASA Powers Up a Massive Solar Engine for the Moon
As puzzling as a platypus: The JWST finds some hard to categorize objects
Astronomers baffled by 'mysterious disruptor' with a mass of 1 million suns and a black hole for a heart
Mercury May Not Be "Dead" After All
Hundreds of new 'anomalies' in Hubble data defy explanation
Former astronaut on lunar spacesuits: “I don’t think they’re great right now”
Trump’s FCC Just Handed Musk a Major Win, but Scientists Are Warning of an 'Orbital House of Cards'
Thomas Edison May Have Created a Miracle Material Before Physics Knew It Existed
If asteroid YR4 hits our Moon, it'll cause a bright flash and meteors as debris hits Earth, say scientists
Is time a fundamental part of reality? A quiet revolution in physics suggests not
NASA's Juno spacecraft spots the largest volcanic eruption ever seen on Jupiter's moon Io
A potentially habitable new planet has been discovered 146 light-years away – but it may be -70C
Astronomers watch 1st black hole ever imaged launch a 3,000‑light‑year‑long cosmic jet from its glowing 'shadow'
Mysterious dark matter seen in new high-resolution map of distant galaxies
James Webb Space Telescope sees comet-seeding crystals flowing far from newborn star
Earth’s Lower Orbit Could Rapidly Collapse, Scientists Warn
Super-Earth exoplanets may have built-in magnetic protection from churning magma — and that's good news for life
Magnetic avalanches on the sun reveal the hidden engine powering solar flares
Another Earth or a blip in the data? We may never find out
NASA stresses ISS crew safety as it gears up for next astronaut launch
Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources
Scripps Scientists in Antarctica Studying Retreating Glaciers, Cancer-Fighting Microbes and More
How topological surfaces boost clean energy catalysts
Strategic tree planting could help Canada become carbon neutral by mid-century
Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences
Egypt partnership targets African biotech academy
Walking sharks break biology reproduction rules
Complex building blocks of life form spontaneously in space, research reveals
UN treaty to protect ‘extraordinary’ marine life due to come into force
Great White Sharks Grow Deadly New Types of Teeth as They Age
Scientists solve the mystery of why termite kings and queens are monogamous
New light-based nanotechnology could enable more precise, less harmful cancer treatment
Muscle stem cells build resilience but lose regenerative power with age
Scientists uncover why some brain cells resist Alzheimer's disease
Other
Chung-Ang University scientists generate electricity using Tesla turbine-inspired structure
Additional Informational
Perspectives from the Indus: Contexts of interaction in the Late Harappan/Post-Urban period
Beyond the Cradle Event, Apr 8: Cambridge, MA
NIH Announces Major Policy Shift to End Use of Human Fetal Tissue in NIH-Supported Research
IMAP and the shape of the heliosphere
NASA’s Pandora Satellite Acquires Signal
NASA, Department of Energy to Develop Lunar Surface Reactor by 2030
Artemis II and III: The science that brings us back to the Moon
The next chapter begins: Announcing my new role with The Planetary Society
Synchronized Eruptions on Io: Possible Evidence of Interconnected Subsurface Magma Reservoirs
NASA Finds Lunar Regolith Limits Meteorites as Source of Earth’s Water
NASA Reveals New Details About Dark Matter’s Influence on Universe
NASA Updates Artemis II Wet Dress Rehearsal, Launch Opportunities
Rakhigarhi excavation report new
Rock art from at least 67,800 years ago in Sulawesi
International Science Council Newsletter
Indigenous knowledge in transdisciplinary research and education: Experiences from Africa Webinar, March 4
WWII Italian Ship's Wheel Returned to Italy at Ambassador’s Residence
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