Weekly Science Report 12-22-23
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- Dec 22, 2023
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Weekly Science Report
December 22, 2023
“We believe in the systematic understanding of the physical world through observation and experimentation through argument and debate. But most of all freedom of will.”
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Table of Contents
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 have found the mostly intact skull of a giant, deadly sea reptile
First discovery of carbon-based cave art in France's Dordogne region could pave way for precise radiocarbon dating
Early Neolithic high mountain settlers were already carrying out complex livestock and farming activities, finds study
Study suggests climate played a crucial role in human migration from Africa
History
The Children Who Went Up In Smoke
Archaeologists' 'Exciting' Pre-Viking Discovery Rewrites History
The Napoléon that Ridley Scott and Hollywood won’t let you see
How ‘Schindler’s List’ Transformed Americans’ Understanding of the Holocaust
This monument stood for hundreds of years before vandals smashed it. Historians say it must never happen again
To fight so-called book bans, some states are threatening to withhold funding
Judge allows the removal of a Confederate memorial at Arlington Cemetery
A cardinal is convicted of embezzlement and sentenced to 5 1/2 years in Vatican trial
Pope Francis allows blessing same-sex relationships
Timbuktu: Mali's ancient city defies jihadist siege to stage a festival
Taino language returns to its people
Ancient DNA analysis reveals how the rise and fall of the Roman Empire shifted populations in the Balkans
How the Women of the North Platte Canteen Fed Six Million Soldiers During World War II
The Many Myths of the Boston Tea Party
Descendants of Black Civil War Heroes Wear Their Heritage With Pride
Archaeology
Study of remains uncovered in Argentina's Patagonian region shows locals raised and ate horses
Her quest was to excavate not the soil, but the record
A father and his 6-year-old daughter were fishing on Lake Michigan. Then they stumbled upon a century-old shipwreck
Archaeologists Find Ancient Native American Calendar on Colorado Border
Ancient Inscribed Bricks Contain Evidence of Mysterious Magnetic 'Anomaly,' Scientists Find
'Fake' Seal Impression of Biblical King Jeroboam Is Authentic, New Study Says
Tracking Ancient Animals
2,000-Year-Old Skeleton of Sarmatian Man Identified in England
How 'listening' to archaeological sites could shed light on the past
Egyptology
Nothing to report
General Science
Norwegian company unveils a vessel concept with a thorium molten salt reactor
Robo dogs and AI inspectors might be coming to the border
Swift 4-D printing with shape-memory polymers
Physics, Earth and Space Sciences
Starlink loses out on $886 million in rural broadband subsidies
Hackers prove it doesn’t take much to hijack a dead satellite
Voyager 1 stops communicating with Earth
China launches experimental spacecraft into orbit for third time since 2020
Wild new NASA plasma tech reduces drag during hypersonic flight
A volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island is sacred to spiritual practitioners and treasured by astronomers
Could we defend Earth against a 'rubble pile' asteroid?
NASA releases new images of Uranus and its moons
NASA’s Hubble watches ‘spoke season’ on Saturn
Mapping magma chambers under the Hunga volcano before and after the 2022 eruption
What happens if you put a black hole into the sun?
Researchers study a million galaxies to find out how the universe began
Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources
Tribes celebrate historic deal with White House that could save Pacific Northwest salmon
A volunteer effort is hoping to save California's Joshua trees
Brazilian lawmakers pass bill to pave highway through Amazon rainforest
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/brazil-amazon-rainforest-highway-paving-lawmakers-vote-rcna130637
New material allows for better hydrogen-based batteries and fuel cells
Polymer-air battery research investigates advanced energy storage solutions
Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences
Eels Can Genetically Modify Nearby Fish With Their Electrical Pulses
Native health program celebrates first four graduates
Two men charged with killing approximately 3,600 birds, including bald eagles
World's 1st 'conversation' between humans and whales could help us talk to aliens someday, scientists claim
The future of canine stem cell therapy: unprecedented, painless, and feeder-free
Engineers develop a vibrating, ingestible capsule that might help treat obesity
Other
Inside Mathematicians’ Search for the Mysterious ‘Einstein Tile’
Additional Informational
Interactive bioacoustic playback as a tool for detecting and exploring nonhuman intelligence: “conversing” with an Alaskan humpback whale
Monuments Men and Women Foundation Newsletter
NASA's MAVEN Observes the Disappearing Solar Wind
Aurelia Institute Newsletter
NASA Uses Two Worlds to Test Future Mars Helicopter Designs
ALIPH Foundation Newsletter
International Science Council Newsletter
NASA Orbiter Snaps Stunning Views of Mars Horizon
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