Weekly Science Report 3-14-25
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Weekly Science Report
March 14, 2025
“Anyone can make the simple complicated. Creativity is making the complicated simple.”
Charles Mingus
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
Human Ancestors Were Making Bone Tools One Million Years Earlier Than Previously Thought
Humans May Have Lived in Tropical Rainforests Much Earlier Than Scientists Previously Thought, Study Finds
A Mysterious Boulder Carved to Look Like a Tortoise Shell May Offer Evidence of the Middle East’s Earliest Ritual Ceremonies
Cave discovery reveals previously unknown prehistoric human population in Europe
Scientists pinpoint age of suspected human-Neanderthal hybrid child
History
Plans Are Taking Shape for an Extravagant New Tourist Attraction Inside London’s World War II-Era Tunnels
How a Leading Black Historian Uncovered Her Own Family’s Painful Past—and Why Her Ancestors’ Stories Give Her Hope
Remains of Bomber Pilot Identified 80 Years After His Plane Went Down During World War II
A Mystery Surrounding the Grave of JFK Is Solved
Nearly 200 Captivating Photographs Spotlight a Century of Protest in Britain
Munich reopens investigations into 1970 arson attack that killed seven Jews
Pentagon to remove ‘Enola Gay' WWII aircraft photos for violating DEI rules
Discover the Short Life and Long Legacy of Casimir Pulaski, a Polish Cavalry Officer Who Became an American Revolutionary Hero
Why America Is Just Now Learning to Love Thaddeus Stevens, the ‘Best-Hated Man’ in U.S. History
Armed With Just a Badge, Los Angeles’ First Policewoman Protected the City’s Most Vulnerable in the Early 20th Century
From Ancient Ruins to Historic Military Forts, Connect with Arizona’s Vibrant History and Living Cultures On Foot
Over the Last 200 Years, a Small Library Became One of New York City’s Biggest Museums. A New Showcase Tells the Story of Its Unique Legacy
"Indiana Jones of the Art World" helps police solve mystery of famous painting that vanished from museum in 1974
Archaeology
Archaeologists in Denmark Discover 4,000-Year-Old Circle of Wooden Posts Resembling Stonehenge
Archaeologists Say They’ve Unearthed Britain’s Largest Known Viking-Age Building Beneath a Family Farm
Coal Miners Discover Ancient Roman Boat in Serbia
Archaeologists Unearth Ancient Clay Puppets With Open Mouths and Detachable Heads That ‘Resemble Modern Toy Dolls’
Archaeologists Discover 900-Year-Old English Cathedral’s Hidden Medieval Crypt
Archaeologists Unearth 1,300-Year-Old Flush Toilets at a Palace Complex in South Korea
A Stunning Collection of Rarely Seen Ancient Roman Sculptures Is Coming to North America for the First Time
These Everyday Artifacts Tell the Story of Harriet Tubman’s Father’s Home as Climate Change Threatens the Historic Site
Archaeologists Unearth 1,600-Year-Old Jewish Ritual Bath—the Oldest Ever Found in Europe
A Fisherman and His Son Noticed Strange Pieces of Wood on a Beach. They Turned Out to Be Fragments of a Polynesian Canoe
Egyptology
See the Stunning Golden Jewelry, Amulets and Small Statues Unearthed at an Ancient Egyptian Temple
General Science
Citing federal cuts, Pitt and CMU pull out of hosting science conference
Physics, Earth and Space Sciences
Oldest Known Impact Crater Discovered in Australia
Scientists Hope This Tool Could Identify Tiny Fossils on Mars, Revealing Hints to Potential Early Life on the Planet
SpaceX's Starship explodes in space, which Musk calls a 'minor setback'
EUROPA CLIPPER SUCCESSFULLY PASSED BY MARS EN ROUTE TO JUPITER
The Six Most Amazing Discoveries We’ve Made by Exploring Uranus
James Webb Telescope Reveals a Dazzling Light Show From the Milky Way’s Black Hole
NASA’s New Space Telescope Launches to Explore the Origins of the Universe After a Series of Delays
Astronomers Discover 128 New Moons Orbiting Saturn, Cementing the Planet’s Title of ‘Moon King’
Astronomers Discover Evidence of a Stealthy Supermassive Black Hole Hiding Right ‘Under Our Noses’
SpaceX launch that aimed to get stranded astronauts home postponed
Check Out These Rare Images of Deimos, One of Mars’ Mysterious Moons
ISS astronauts reject call for early retirement of the station
NASA cutting programs, workforce to comply with Trump order
Astrophysicists predict origins of unexpected space objects in solar system and Alpha Centauri
Private lunar lander is declared dead after landing sideways in a crater near the moon’s south pole
Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources
The World’s Largest Iceberg Runs Aground, Potentially Averting a Collision With Penguin and Seal Breeding Areas
Nearly Half of the Colorful and Charismatic Heliconia Tropical Plant Species Are Threatened With Extinction, New Study Reveals
Parts of California Are Sinking, and It Could Worsen the Effects of Sea-Level Rise, NASA Study Finds
Climate Change Might Increase Satellite Collisions, Limiting How Many Can Safely Orbit Earth, Study Finds
Citizen Scientists Are Hitting the Streets of the Country’s Fastest-Warming Cities to Collect Detailed Temperature Data
Scientists Uncover a Frozen History in 6,000 Years’ Worth of Penguin Poop, Revealing Past Ecology on Antarctica
Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences
The Future of Transplanting Pig Organs in People
Inside the Herculean Effort to Study and Save the World’s Smallest Sea Turtle
About One Billion People Are Deficient in Selenium. Genetic Engineering Could Change That
Greenland Sharks Can Live for 400 Years. Scientists Are Using DNA to Unravel Their Longevity Secrets
Smithsonian Scientists Discover That Traditional Agricultural Practices in the Amazon Helped Yield an Enduring Crop Clone
Nine New Tardigrade Species Discovered Thanks to the Efforts of Danish Schoolchildren
Microplastics Are Making Photosynthesis Harder for Plants—and That Could Slash Crop Yields, Study Suggests
Other
This Lego Brick Is About the Size of a Human White Blood Cell. It Just Became the World’s Smallest Sculpture
Additional Informational
The Days the Nazis Died- Video
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
LEAH HAMMERSTEIN SILVERSTEIN DESCRIBES WORKING UNDER A FALSE NON-JEWISH IDENTITY IN A GERMAN HOSPITAL IN KRAKOW
Irena Sendler: Risking Her Life to Save Others- Video
Young Women Smuggling to Save Lives- Video
WHOI scientists aim to improve the study of marine heatwaves
NASA’s Lucy Spacecraft Takes Its 1st Images of Asteroid Donaldjohanson
Ocean Insights Newsletter
NASA Turns Off 2 Voyager Science Instruments to Extend Mission
DOJ, HHS, ED, and GSA Announce Initial Cancellation of Grants and Contracts to Columbia University Worth $400 Million
The International Year of Asteroid Awareness and Planetary Defense
ESA Near-Earth Object Coordination Centre Newsletter
ICCROM Newsletter
Oral History of Human Origins Research
Ocean Encounters: An Ocean of Sound: Communication, soundscapes, and noise under the sea Webinar, March 26
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