Weekly Science Report 12-16-22
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Weekly Science Report
December 16, 2022
“Right up to the very end, life must be worn gloriously, because until our last moment the future is what we make it.”
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
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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Mysterious ancient humans may have given people of Papua New Guinea an immune advantage
Homo Sapiens Rediscovered review: Hunting human origin stories
Oldest DNA sheds light on a 2 million-year-old ecosystem that has no modern parallel
Mammoth problem found with extinction timeline
Researchers unveil evolution of paleodiet at Neolithic Qujialing site
Scientists Find Plaster Copies of Fossil Destroyed by Nazis
Ancient skull uncovered in China could be million-year-old Homo erectus
Scientists Revive 48,500-Year-Old Virus, Setting World Record
Fossil discovery in storeroom cupboard shifts origin of modern lizard back 35 million years
The Discovery of the Oldest Human Footprints in North America Thrilled Researchers. It Turns Out They May Not Be So Old
Tiny flakes tell a story of tool use 300,000 years ago
Scientists discover what was on the menu of the first dinosaurs
In 2 U.S. cities haunted by race massacres, facing the past is painful and divisive
Film depicting landmark Native American case to be shot in Oklahoma
Biden signs Respect for Marriage Act, reflecting his and the country's evolution
Australia to beef up laws to safeguard Aboriginal heritage
Unmasking “The Scholar”: The Colorado woman who helped a global art smuggling operation flourish for decades
Bob McGrath, original cast member and 'Sesame Street' legend, dies at 90
A Woman’s Name Uncovered in the Margins of a 1,200-Year-Old Medieval Manuscript Provides a Fresh Clue About Its Real Significance
National Archives releases thousands of JFK assassination records
Maria Ressa's 'How to Stand Up to a Dictator' is a memoir and manifesto
U.S. Postal Service honors the late civil rights leader Rep. John Lewis with a stamp
What Fingerprints Tell Us About Jerusalem’s Ancient Artisans
Drought encouraged Attila's Huns to attack the Roman empire, tree rings suggest
Assyrian Soft Power
The Little-Known Story of the First Washington Monument
Spain’s Oft-Forgotten Nazi Ties
More than 60 ancient Roman-era graves were discovered in Gaza
An Archeological Dig in Michigan Turns Up Some Surprising Artifacts
Mass evictions at Angkor Wat leave 10,000 families facing uncertain future
Developers Found Graves in the Virginia Woods. Authorities Then Helped Erase the Historic Black Cemetery.
Researchers Crack Secret of 1,400-year-old Inscription From Catacomb in Israel
Archaeologists Ask Netflix to Reclassify Graham Hancock’s ‘Unfounded’ Netflix Docuseries ‘Ancient Apocalypse’ as Fiction
Storm erosion brings 200-year-old shipwreck to the surface of a Florida beach
German archaeological project traces early occupants of Qasr Burqu
Precise solar observations fed millions in ancient Mexico
Early-career archaeologists are pessimistic about future careers
5,000-year-old 'bog body' found in Denmark may be a human sacrifice victim
University of Cambridge to return looted Benin bronzes
U.K. archaeologists unearth 7th century treasures owned by woman who may have been Christian religious leader
Sr-Nd isotope baseline in Silk Road regions enables archaeological plant-ash glass provenance
Medieval necklace found near Northampton 'internationally important'
Cretan Antiquing
Aztec Offerings
Ancient mummy portraits and rare Isis-Aphrodite idol discovered in Egypt
Who Gets to Tell the Story of Ancient Egypt?
Egyptian ring featuring 'god of fun' discovered in ancient burial
Magical Mystery Door
Nothing to report
China’s new space station opens for business in an increasingly competitive era of space activity
Six Nations Meet to Discuss Space Security
NASA's Artemis I returns from the moon with hopes to get astronauts back there soon
The Dead Sea is dying. These beautiful, ominous photos show the impact
Construction starts on the world’s biggest radio telescope, which will ‘hear’ signals billions of light-years away
Alberta researchers identify new minerals from meteorite found in Somalia
Artemis I’s solar panels harvested a lot more energy than expected
Japanese astronaut keeps International Space Station mission amid research scandal
Hundreds report seeing a bright fireball in northeastern U.S.
Space Startup Wants to Build a Manufacturing Platform in Low Earth Orbit
Io volcano world comes into view of Juno probe
Webb Space Telescope reveals previously shrouded newborn stars
Team of physicists suggests LIGO could be used to detect giant alien spacecraft
Astronomers may have uncovered how galaxies change their shape
In a Major Breakthrough, Nuclear Fusion Just Produced Net Energy Gain for the First Time
Fight to curb food waste increasingly turns to science
Salt Lake City’s efforts to fight pollution face a new challenge: Toxic dust
Sale jumpstarts floating, offshore wind power in U.S. waters
Rare good news from the Amazon: Gigantic fish are thriving again
A New NASA Satellite Will Map Earth’s Rising Seas
Model shows extinction cascades caused by land use and climate change will wipe out more than 25% of world biodiversity
CRISPR gene-editing may boost cancer immunotherapy, new study finds
New immune therapy for advanced melanoma offers hope for hard-to-treat disease
Researchers develop nano-based technology to fight osteoporosis
New technique to make complex molecules for antibiotics and anti-fungal medicines
A peculiar protected structure links Viking knots with quantum vortices
Robotic cubes shapeshift in outer space
NASA's Perseverance Rover Investigates Intriguing Martian Bedrock
Ashoka and the Maurya Dynasty: The History and Legacy of Ancient India’s Greatest Empire (Dynasties)
National Park Service announces new American World War II Heritage Cities
Widespread glasses generated by cometary fireballs during the late Pleistocene in the Atacama Desert, Chile
4000-year-old hair from the Middle Nile highlights unusual ancient DNA degradation pattern and a potential source of early eastern Africa pastoralists
Unlocking the organic residues preserved in the corrosion from the Pewsey Hoard vessels
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