Weekly Science Report 4-25-25
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Weekly Science Report
April 25, 2025
“Let us dream, as a single human family, as fellow travelers sharing the same flesh, as children of the same earth which is our common home, each of us bringing the richness of his or her beliefs and convictions, each of us with his or her own voice, brothers and sisters all.”
Pope Francis
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
From Massive Eyes to Shark-Like Tails, Seven Amazing Adaptations That Helped Prehistoric Reptiles Thrive at Sea
‘Important’ Dinosaur Tracks Found in Scotland Suggest Carnivores and Their Prey Drank From the Same Watering Hole
Are These Mysterious 400,000-Year-Old Artifacts the Oldest Ivory Objects Made by Humans?
The Ancient ‘Terror Crocodiles’ of North America Weren’t Alligators After All, DNA and Fossils Suggest
50-Million-Year-Old Footprints Open a ‘Rare Window’ Into the Behaviors of Extinct Animals That Once Roamed in Oregon
Stone Age People Used This 35,000-Year-Old Woolly Mammoth Tusk Tool to Make Rope, Scientists Say
Sunscreen, Clothing and Caves May Have Given Modern Humans an Edge Over Neanderthals When Earth’s Magnetic Field Wandered
Are These Mysterious 400,000-Year-Old Artifacts the Oldest Ivory Objects Made by Humans?
Radiocarbon dating reveals Mongolia's earliest pottery predates previous estimates by 2,000 years
Ancient tools from a South African cave reveal connections between prehistoric people
Hunter-gatherers' daring sea journey to Malta predates early farmers by 1,000 years, study finds
Bergantes River could be important route for Neolithization of Lower Aragon in Spain
Ancient humans ritually feasted on great bustards as they buried their dead
Environmental variability promotes the evolution of cooperation among humans, simulation suggests
Ancient horse hunts challenge ideas of ‘modern’ human behavior
Neolithic agricultural revolution linked to climate-driven wildfires and soil erosion
11,000-Year-Old Greek Cave Art Found on Crete
History
The Long, Strange Trip of the Titanic Victims Whose Remains Surfaced Hundreds of Miles Away, Weeks After the Ship Sank
Five Ways Pope Francis, Religious Leader Who Pushed to Modernize the Catholic Church, Was a Man of Firsts
Germany continues search for last living Nazi criminals
How Dreams of Buried Pirate Treasure Enticed Americans to Flock to Florida During the Roaring Twenties
Long-Lost ‘Merci Train’ Given to New Jersey After World War II Has Been Found
Abraham Lincoln’s Blood-Stained Gloves, Early Scribblings and Dozens of Other Belongings Are Going Up for Sale
Hundreds of Looted Ancient Artifacts Confiscated From the Black Market Are Now on Display in Naples
As His 143-Year-Old Church Nears Completion, Architect Antoni Gaudí Is Placed on the Path to Sainthood
After a backlash, National Park Service restores old Underground Railroad webpage that prominently features Harriet Tubman
When Russian Radar Mistook a Norwegian Scientific Rocket for a U.S. Missile, the World Narrowly Avoided Nuclear War
Amsterdam mayor apologizes for the city’s role in the Holocaust
Sachsenhausen concentration camp: Nazi terror near Berlin
How the Smithsonian Supported Scientific Exploration During Westward Expansion
Swiss Bührle Foundation reaches settlement with heirs of Jewish collector over Manet’s ‘La Sultane’
Cleveland Museum of Art Statue to Be Sent Back to Libya, Where it Was Originally Stolen During WWII
Melting Ice Reveals Body of American Mountaineer Missing for 22 Years in the Peruvian Andes
Was Talos, the Bronze Automaton Who Guarded the Island of Crete in Greek Myth, an Early Example of Artificial Intelligence?
What Syriac scribes chose to keep: A digital dive into 1,000 manuscripts
New evidence suggests surprise reason behind fall of Roman Empire
Ancient 'military outpost' in North Macedonia might be birthplace of Alexander the Great's grandmother
Did every civilization have inequality? New 10,000-year study reveals a surprising answer.
The complex origin story of domestic cats: Research points to Tunisia
Extreme drought contributed to barbarian invasion of late Roman Britain, tree-ring study reveals
Treasures found in the UK indicate Thetford was Pagan until the fifth century
Ancient DNA challenges long-held assumptions about the Mediterranean Phoenician-Punic civilization
Italians spent thousands of years perfecting grape cultivation, ancient seeds show
Archaeology
Archaeologists Unearth Rare Reminder of Britain’s Brief Reign Over the ‘Nation’s Oldest City’
History-Hunting Mudlarks Scour London’s Shores to Uncover the City’s Rich Archaeological Treasures
These Massive Monuments Hosted Community Gatherings Where Prehistoric People Mingled, Feasted and Buried Their Dead
LOST CITY OF THE SAMURAI
Analysis of medieval books reveals many were bound with sealskin
Elite Celtic warrior had healed arrowhead injury in his pelvis, 3D bone analysis reveals
Archaeologists find nine kneeling skeletons at Quỳnh Văn site in Vietnam
Women from the Bronze Age already carried heavy loads on their heads, skeletal analysis finds
Seeds, 3-D scans and Iron-Age artefacts deepen case for Holy Sepulchre’s biblical garden
Archaeologists Uncover Unknown Minoan Ritual of Demolishing Tombs and Feasting
Egyptology
AN EGYPTIAN TEMPLE REBORN
'Major' ancient Egyptian town discovered — and it has a jug stamped with the name of Nefertiti's daughter
General Science
U.S. attorney demands scientific journal explain how it ensures 'viewpoint diversity'
Physics, Earth and Space Sciences
Glowing ‘Milky Seas’ Have Baffled Sailors for Centuries—New Research Brings Scientists One Step Closer to Solving the Mystery
Fusion Rockets Could Theoretically Cut Our Travel Time to Mars in Half. This U.K. Startup Wants to Give It a Try
Chemical Hints on a Distant Planet Offer ‘Strongest Evidence Yet’ for Life Outside Our Solar System, Astronomers Say
NASA’s Next Major Space Telescope Is Ready to Launch. Trump Wants to Kill It and Other Vital Science
High School Student Discovers 1.5 Million Potential New Astronomical Objects by Developing an A.I. Algorithm
Scientists Find the Mysterious Source of the Massive 1831 Volcanic Eruption That Cooled Earth and Made the Sun Appear Blue
Trump signs order to boost deep-sea mining, seeking to break China’s critical minerals dominance
Astronomers find Earth-like exoplanets common across the cosmos
New framework suggests stars dissolve into neutrons to forge heavy elements
Webb helps scientists better understand solar system's origins
NASA Marshall fires up hybrid rocket motor to prep for moon landings
Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources
Passivation technique reduces defects in kesterite solar cells to achieve 11.51% efficiency
Magnetic confinement advance promises 100 times more fusion power at half the cost
More power grid connectivity in Western US could supercharge clean energy
Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences
Crows May Grasp Basic Geometry: Study Finds the Brainy Birds Can Tell the Difference Between Shapes
Google Is Training a New A.I. Model to Decode Dolphin Chatter—and Potentially Talk Back
What Does the Future Hold for Psychiatric Brain Surgery?
Why Have European Wolves Recovered So Much in the Past Decade?
Watch Wild Chimpanzees Share Alcoholic Fruit, a Behavior Just Captured on Video for the First Time
Stem Cell Therapies Could Treat Parkinson’s Disease by Rebuilding Lost Circuitry in the Brain, Studies Suggest
Research spotlight: IV magnesium reduces kidney damage from cisplatin chemotherapy
Short-term antibiotic use linked to long-lasting resistance in gut bacteria
Other
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Additional Informational
Planetary Science Caucus Co-Chairs Bacon & Chu Statement on White House’s Proposed Budget Cuts to NASA Science
NASA Webb’s Autopsy of Planet Swallowed by Star Yields Surprise
Can Solar Wind Make Water on Moon? NASA Experiment Shows Maybe
How to spot comet SWAN (C/2025 F2)
Strongest hints yet of biological activity outside the solar system
The Planetary Society warns of dark age for space science under reported NASA budget cuts
Enigma Traitors Webcast, May 2
Ocean Encounters: Titanic & Beyond! The evolution and impact of deep-sea imaging Webinar, May 7
African Space Agency Now Operational
A Disintegrating Rocky Planet with Prominent Comet-like Tails around a Bright Star
NASA’s Curiosity Rover May Have Solved Mars’ Missing Carbonate Mystery
2M1510 (AB) b, a planet in a perpendicular orbit around two brown dwarfs
NASA’s Lucy Spacecraft Images Asteroid Donaldjohanson
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