Weekly Science Report 3-20-26
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Weekly Science Report
March 20, 2025
“We have to create the future or others will do it for us.”
Babylon 5
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
The first apes to walk upright may have evolved in Europe
We’ve only just confirmed that Homo habilis really existed
What was on the menu for Stone Age cooks? The results are surprising
Arrowhead marks found in Central Asia could prove the existence of Homo sapiens 80,000 years ago
Archaeological site in Chile upends theory of how humans populated the Americas … again
Scientists Found a T. Rex Tooth Embedded in Another Dinosaur's Skull
New AI tool used to identify dinosaur tracks makes accidental discovery about the origin and evolution of birds
Neanderthals used antibiotics, new experiment suggests
Fossil X-ray reveals new species of baby dino named for iconic Korean cartoon
Ancient DNA reshapes the story of early Pacific migrations
The lost languages of ancient humans: Listen to stone-age chat
Neanderthals May Have Hunted Giant Elephants that Roamed across Prehistoric Europe
History
Treasure hunter freed from jail after refusing to turn over shipwreck gold
Cesar Chavez Foundation ‘deeply shocked' over civil rights leader allegations
Scientists Deciphered 3,000-Year-Old ‘Oracle Bones’—and Found Evidence of an Ancient Disaster
A Native Soldier Allied With the British Killed a Young White Woman in 1777. Propaganda Transformed Her Into a Martyr of the American Revolution
The Little-Known Story of the Enslaved Africans Who Found Freedom in the European Fight Over North America
Archaeology
Europe's oldest handgun may date to 14th-century siege at German castle
The Yamna reused sacred spaces in the north Pontic Steppe, study suggests
The First Humans to Settle Down Were Wearing Their Food as Jewelry
5,500-Year-Old Settlement Discovered at Lake Titicaca, Bolivia
Return to Serpent Mountain
Celtic Temple Site Excavated in Eastern France
Archaeologists Reconstruct 3,500-Year-Old Loom
Egyptology
'Cikai Korran came here and saw': Visitors from India graffitied dozens of Egyptian tombs 2,000 years ago
Upper Egypt site has now yielded more than 43,000 inscribed pot sherds, a record-breaking trove of information
The Egyptians Used an Ancient Version of Wite-Out to Correct Their Mistakes on This Papyrus Scroll 3,300 Years Ago
General Science
Big tech ‘leave poor farmers sidelined’ in AI revolution
Scientists make a pocket-sized AI brain with help from monkey neurons
Physics, Earth and Space Sciences
Senate Committee Clears New NASA Authorization Bill, Calls for Moon Base
Incoming! 1,300-pound NASA satellite crashes back to Earth over eastern Pacific Ocean
NASA shares photos of an extraordinary event witnessed by astronauts on the space station
NASA lost a lunar spacecraft one day after launch. A new report details what went wrong
A massive asteroid hit the North Sea and triggered a 330-foot tsunami
'Dark oxygen' discovery on the seafloor is 'fundamentally at odds with thermodynamics' and should be retracted, experts say
They Searched the Bermuda Triangle for a Legendary WWII Plane—and Found a Piece of the Challenger Instead
Scientists witness birth of one of the universe's strongest magnets for the first time, thanks to a general relativity 'magic trick'
'At the edge of what we thought possible': Astronomers find extremely rare star from ancient universe
NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover discovers even older lost rivers at Jezero Crater
All 5 'letters' of DNA found on an asteroid speeding through our solar system. What do they tell us about the origins of life?
SpaceX reaches 10,000 simultaneous Starlink satellites in orbit following Falcon 9 launch from California
'Miracle': Europe reconnects with lost spacecraft
Meteorite hunters scour Ohio for fragments of 7-ton space rock that crashed into Earth
Chinese Orbiter Crushes Starlink With a 2-Watt Laser From 36,000km Above Earth
'This is really intolerable': Astronomers protest giant orbiting mirror project and SpaceX's million AI satellites
Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources
EU-banned pesticides widely used in Latin America
Easy-to-use solar panels are coming, but utilities are trying to delay them
Countries are negotiating rules to mine the deep sea. The U.S. is pushing ahead alone
Minnesota joins 24 states suing EPA over repeal of greenhouse gas endangerment finding
Apache women seek court intervention as federal land is turned over for copper mining
The freshwater hidden beneath the Great Salt Lake
Indigenous wisdom can guide Indonesia's efforts to build a sustainable ocean economy
Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences
Last-mile surveillance can end neglected diseases—study
Q&A: Chronic lung disease an ‘invisible’ global crisis
Breakthrough sickle cell gene therapy a distant hope in Africa
Bringing marine life back to South Florida's 'forgotten edge'
New autism group meets to counter MAHA's 'ideological agenda'
More animals die from H5N1 avian flu at Ano Nuevo State Park in California
'Parasites of human societies': How did we end up so close to cats?
Scientists Discover Bizarre New Tarantula Species Unlike Anything Seen Before
Platypus fur has a surprising feature seen only in bird feathers
Scientists reveal why Black Death led to plant diversity plummeting across Europe
Biomed engineering student at NJIT shines a light on rare colon cancer
Other
FBI involved in search for retired Air Force major general missing for nearly 2 weeks
$3.5 Million Star Trek-Inspired XPRIZE Film Competition Launched In Partnership With Roddenberry
Inside Skinwalker Ranch, a Paranormal Hotbed of UFO Research
Additional Informational
Work ongoing to restore contact with Proba-3's Coronagraph
Track NASA’s Artemis II Mission in Real Time
NASA’s DART Mission Changed Orbit of Asteroid Didymos Around Sun
Why do some planets have rings and others don't?
Space Policy Edition: Is there really a space race between the US and China?
Rock art from at least 67,800 years ago in Sulawesi
Extremophile survives the transient pressures associated with impact-induced ejection from Mars
NASA Adds Mission to Artemis Lunar Program, Updates Architecture
Lightning-generated waves detected at Mars
Fiber-Optic Sensors Reveal How Farming Destroys Soil's Natural Structure
Local agricultural transition, crisis and migration in the Southern Andes
Global ocean heat content over the past 3 million years
Hubble unexpectedly catches comet breaking up
NASA’s Dragonfly Mission Begins Rotorcraft Integration, Testing Stage
The 18th European Space Conference: Dreaming of European boots on the Moon
Asteroid Bennu’s Rugged Surface Baffled NASA, We Finally Know Why
The Artemis II mission: What to expect
Tianwen-3: China’s Mars sample return mission
NASA’s Artemis II Rocket Arrives at Launch Pad 39B
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