Weekly Science Report 2-17-23
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Weekly Science Report
February 17, 2023
“Please know I am quite aware of the hazards…I want to do it because I want to do it. Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail their failure must be but a challenge to other.”
Amelia Earhart
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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Svante Pääbo: ‘It’s maybe time to rethink our idea of Neanderthals’
DNA from child burials reveals ‘profoundly different' human landscape in ancient Africa
Hominids used stone toolkits to butcher animals earlier than once thought
Proof that Neanderthals ate crabs is another 'nail in the coffin' for primitive cave dweller stereotypes
Remapping the superhighways traveled by the first Australians reveals a 10,000-year journey through the continent
A Tiny Apelike Humanoid May Still Be Living in Plain Sight, Scientist Says
The Indigenous Americans Who Visited Europe
Cryptic lost Canaanite language decoded on 'Rosetta Stone'-like tablets
Heritage Hindu temple defaced with anti-India graffiti in Canada
Police: Man intentionally set fire at Tumwater museum out of anger toward other person
Even after a century, tanks still play a major role in war
An Israeli documentary challenges a narrative of what happened in one Palestinian village in 1948
AP African American studies course is watered down after pressure from Gov. Ron DeSantis
Why the love story of Radha and Krishna has been told in Hinduism for centuries
Tribes in Maine left out of Native American resurgence by 40-year-old federal law denying their self-determination
Survivors of Daesh’s genocide in Iraq come together to create Yazidi Cultural Archives
Floods, drugs and cultural patrimony: Tackling antiquities trafficking in Pakistan
The Many Myths of the Man Who ‘Discovered’—and Nearly Destroyed—Troy
Hitler Youth Member Solomon Perel, Who Became a Nazi to Survive, Dies at 97
Meet Michael Running Wolf, the man using AI to reclaim Native languages
In a first, South Korea must compensate a Vietnam War massacre survivor
Amsterdam Anne Frank museum targeted with antisemitic text
Pablo Neruda's family says new analysis found he was poisoned
Newly released Titanic footage shows wreckage in 1986, before decades of deterioration
Millennia ago, here's where people made their mark on West Texas: Seminole Canyon
UN says Denmark, Greenland must address colonialism
On the road to healing, tribal citizens are speaking out about boarding schools
3 amateur codebreakers set out to decrypt old letters. They uncovered royal history
Preservationists raise alarm over plan to widen road through petroglyph-filled canyon in Utah used by oil tankers
Archaeologists uncover rare 14th-century Spanish synagogue
A major archaeological discovery was made on the Miami River. Was it kept ‘under wraps’?
Native Americans Conducted Large-Scale Copper Mining 6,000 Years Ago
At Mexico's Chichen Itza site, researchers discover ancient 'elite' residences
Never-Before-Seen Minoan Artifacts Exhibited in Oxford Museum
Germany won’t excavate WWI tunnel containing hundreds of soldiers’ bodies
Miami museum set to return over 100 remains from indigenous burial sites to Seminole Tribe
Peru reopens Machu Picchu after agreement with protesters
Archaeologist hails possibly oldest mummy yet found in Egypt
Surprising mummy ingredients found at ancient Egyptian workshop
Egypt opens 4,000-year-old tomb on Luxor's west bank, oldest open to public
This Shape-Shifting Robot Can Liquefy Itself and Reform
Janus considering alternative missions after losing original ride
2 big pieces of space junk nearly collide in orbital 'bad neighborhood'
Scientists Map Solar System's Alien Caves in Hunt for Extraterrestrial Life
A new approach to solving the mystery of dark energy
NASA Webb Telescope Zooms in on One of Solar System's Oddest Objects
Antarctic icebreaker Nuyina likely to miss 2023 expedition season due to repair delays
A mysterious flying spiral above Hawaiian night sky likely caused by SpaceX launch
We asked the new AI to do some simple rocket science. It crashed and burned
More lunar missions means more space junk around the Moon – two astronomers are building a catalog to track the trash
How scientists are kept fed and happy in one of the most remote places on Earth
Scientists detect molten rock layer hidden under Earth's tectonic plates
Ring discovered around dwarf planet Quaoar confounds theories
Rise in space tourism, rocket launches pose new threat to ozone layer, researchers warn
Earth-sized planet found just 72 light years away
An uncrewed Russian spacecraft docked at the space station loses pressure
Mysterious Russian satellite breaks up in orbit, generating cloud of debris
How fallen space junk could aid the fight against orbital debris
Scientists Discover 12 New Moons Orbiting Jupiter
https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/scientists-discover-12-new-moons-orbiting-jupiter/6956298.html
Weird dust ring orbits the sun alongside Mercury and we don't know why
Why don't we talk about acid rain and the ozone hole anymore? Scientists debunk misinformation
Bangkok air pollution prompts advice to work from home
Brazil sinks aircraft carrier in Atlantic despite presence of asbestos and toxic materials
Gas stove makers have a pollution solution. They're just not using it
Inside The Audacious Plan To Use 10,000 Nuclear Microreactors To Wean The World Off Coal
Pink dolphins and reformed Colombian rebels turn no-go zone into ecotourism hit
Leaked video footage of ocean pollution shines light on deep-sea mining
Gene editing company hopes to bring dodo ‘back to life’
An unusually high number of whales are washing up on U.S. beaches
Orca mothers make 'lifelong sacrifice' for sons
People Who Share Ideology Have Similar 'Neural Fingerprints'
Biden set his 'moonshot' on cancer. Meet the doctor trying to get us there
The fate of America’s largest supply of helium is up in the air
White House: "No indication of aliens or extraterrestrial activity" with recent takedowns of high-altitude objects
Technology turns waste-wood into marketable products
Response by Graham Hancock (GH) to the open letter to Netflix dated 30th November 2022 from the Society for American Archaeology (SAA) concerning the eight-part docuseries Ancient Apocalypse presented by Graham Hancock
International Science Council Newsletter
Saving the Thalpan Rock Carvings in Pakistan
At a southern Iraq site, unearthing the archaeological passing of time
European Parliament resolution of 14 December 2022 on the implementation of the New European Agenda for Culture and the EU Strategy for International Cultural Relations
Reuters, Skyfall: Tracking the asteroids that menace Earth
SPACE FOUNDATION SELECTS NASA’S DOUBLE ASTEROID REDIRECTION TEST TEAM AS 2023 SPACE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD RECIPIENT
US Institute of Museum and Library Services 2022 Annual Performance Report
NASA’s Curiosity Finds Surprise Clues to Mars’ Watery Past
American Masters, The First American Indian Doctor
Stranger at the Gate Documentary- Video
New White House Guidance Protects Federal Scientists and Their Work
The Global Governance of Emerging Zoonotic Diseases
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, When Alvin visited the wreck of the Titanic- Video
ICOM New Red List of Brazilian Cultural Objects at Risk
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