Weekly Science Report 4-3-26
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Weekly Science Report
April 3, 2026
“Star Trek places its bet on the best in human nature. It dares to imagine a society of “infinite diversity in infinite combinations,” free of war, hate, poverty, disease, and repression, and dedicated to the spirit of scientific inquiry and respect for all life, whether carbon or silicon-based, green-skinned or blue.”
Alex Kurtzman and Noga Landau
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
Giant dragonflies once roamed Earth’s skies. New research upends the textbook theory of why they went extinct
Study Finds Europe’s Neanderthals Descended from a Single Population
In an Underwater Cave, Divers Just Found the Largest Collection of Monkey Fossils No One Fully Understood Until Now
Gran Dolina site at Atapuerca reveals almost exclusive use of local chert 400,000 years ago
Divers Discovered a 60,000-Ton Stone Structure Underwater, and No One Knows Why It Was Built
60,000-year-old ostrich eggshells reveal humanity’s first brush with geometry
Spectacular fossil treasure trove pushes back origins of complex animals
Tasmanian tigers discovered in Indigenous rock art in Australia, suggesting these marsupials lived there much longer than thought
Tracking the footsteps of West Africa's prehistoric metalworkers
Homo habilis is the earliest named human. But is it even human?
History
For the first time in more than 1,400 years, Church of England gets a woman leader
At the Legacy Museum, facing America's racist past is a path, not a punishment
Democratic lawmaker asks judge to take Trump’s name off Kennedy Center
Argentina's 'Dirty War' still on trial 50 years later
Notorious police commander dubbed "Prime Evil" testifies at South African hearing on apartheid killings
'Stay Alive,' about daily life in Nazi Berlin, shows how easy it is to just go along
Samuel Pepys censored his links to slavery, new study reveals
Scandinavia's largest 'burial mound' may be a monument to catastrophe, not a king
Thirty previously unpublished verses by Empedocles discovered on a papyrus from Cairo
Native Americans were making dice, gambling, exploring probability millennia before their Old World counterparts
New Radiocarbon Dates Push Mohenjo-daro Back to 3300 BC- Rivaling the Earliest Cities of Egypt and Mesopotamia
‘The King and I’ Spotlights an English Governess Who Modernized Siamese Society. The Real Anna Leonowens Exaggerated Her Influence and Lied About Her Origins
Native Nations Fought in the American Revolution to Protect Their Ancestral Lands. After the War, Settlers Seized Their Territory Anyway
Abigail Adams Asked Her Husband to ‘Remember the Ladies’ as He Drafted America’s Laws. Here’s What She Really Meant
To Finance Their Lifestyle, a Young French Couple Went to Cambodia to Steal Antiquities. They Did Almost Everything Wrong
Archaeology
Damaged church floor may have revealed the grave of the fourth musketeer
A Ghost Ship Was Missing for 139 Years. Then, in Just 2 Hours, Amateur Explorers Found It.
Scientists discover a 1,200-year-old Fijian island likely built from discarded shellfish remains
‘It has been traumatic’: the Cornwall landmark left battered by Storm Goretti
Shroud of Turin may have Indian origin, DNA analysis suggests
The public got one week to comment on Chaco Canyon drilling. It’s almost over
Study reassesses the “Israeli Stonehenge”
How archaeology is preserving evidence of the Yahidne war crime
Archaeologists Discover an Intact Cannonball From the Battle of the Alamo—One Day Before the Pivotal Conflict’s 190th Anniversary
Major underwater discoveries off Karpathos and Kasos
What Did Ancient Pompeians Burn as Offerings to Their Gods? New Research Reveals the Surprising Answer
Return to Serpent Mountain
Egyptology
One of the first people known to change their gender was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh
Archaeologists Unearth More Than 40,000 Pieces of Pottery That Ancient Egyptians Used Like Scrap Paper
New Scans Discover Unknown Hidden Structure Beneath Ancient Egyptian City
General Science
AI scientists are changing research — institutions, funders and publishers must respond
Trump’s new science panel includes 9 tech billionaires—and just one scientist
Physics, Earth and Space Sciences
NASA announces new Mars mission, reshapes goals on the moon
Chinese lander reveals giant 'cavity' of radiation between Earth and the moon — and it could change how lunar exploration is done
Scientists discover mirror of our solar system in 2 exoplanets forming around a star
Radio signals at the edge of extreme stars come from far beyond their surfaces
'This is really intolerable': Astronomers protest giant orbiting mirror project and SpaceX's million AI satellites
A mission NASA might kill is still returning fascinating science from Jupiter
Webb telescope photos show mysterious little red dots. Astronomers don’t know what they are
Revolutionary Submarine Mysteriously Disappears Without a Trace – Scientists Are Now Preparing for a Bold Return
NASA's Artemis 2 astronauts are cruising to the moon. So why are they doing CPR tests today?
Big tech's next move is to put data centers in space. Can it work?
Success! After key milestone, Artemis II astronauts speed off toward the moon
How did this get made? Giant planet orbits small star
Antarctica hides huge caches of gold, silver, copper and iron. As the ice melts, countries may race to harvest them.
A new tweak to Einstein's relativity could transform our understanding of the Big Bang
How Artemis II is beaming back stunning video from the moon
Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources
How electric vehicles could back up our power system
Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences
Whale swims to freedom after days stranded on German beach
Scientists watch sperm whales work as a team to assist a birth
The surprising science behind red-light therapy — and how it really works
24 new deep-sea species found including a rare new branch of life
Can a mouse be cloned indefinitely? Decades-long experiment has answers
RNA-guided CRISPR system activates gene expression
Scientists Capture Sperm Whales Headbutting in Stunning New Footage
A botanist searches for the seeds of the rare Death Valley Sage
If these whales go extinct, we’ll know who to blame
Few new antibiotics for children, report warns
AI tool targets death data gaps in poor regions
Scientists mapped all the nerves of the clitoris for the first time
Other
MAGA congressman says Americans would become ‘unglued’ if they hear the same briefings on aliens he gets
Matt Gaetz claims military once briefed him on alien breeding program involving humans when he was in office
Additional Informational
Renew Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Petitions:
Has Something Changed in the Near-Earth Meteoroid Environment?
NASA Unveils Initiatives to Achieve America’s National Space Policy
A rare encounter: How Juice came to observe 3I/ATLAS
Dogs were widely distributed across western Eurasia during the Palaeolithic
ARCA’s Annual Interdisciplinary Art Crime Conference, June 19-20: Amelia, Italy
Cultural Heritage Emergencies Summit, Nov 9-10: Washington DC
The unseen toll of war on science
UCLA researchers uncover buried ancient delta on Mars
NASA's Artemis II crew are quite the photographers. See what they've snapped so far
Protect Chaco Canyon Petition
Emily Katz Anhalt: Ancient Wisdom for Polarized Times Webcast, Apr 29
A pioneering report by the Thomson Reuters Foundation and UNESCO sheds light on the way 3,000 companies approach AI
International Science Council Newsletter
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