Weekly Science Report 5-1-26
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Weekly Science Report
May 1, 2026
“When words are both true and kind, they can change the world.”
Buddha
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
‘Kraken’ fossils show enormous, intelligent octopuses were top predators in Cretaceous seas
Neanderthal Kids Grew Up So Fast—at Least Compared With Their Human Peers—Thanks to Genetic Adaptations to Their Environment
700,000-Year-Old Tools from Spain Reveal North African Influence
Why did Clovis toolmakers choose difficult quartz crystal? New study offers clues
Neanderthals' brains weren't to blame for their demise, new study suggests
Pioneers of Lakefront Living
Neolithic Bread Wheat Identified in the South Caucasus
Evolution has reused the same genes for 120 million years, study shows
'He began to cry, and almost fell to the floor': The fluffy fossil that finally showed the world that birds are dinosaurs
Dinosaurs may have originated 10 million years earlier than fossils show
Locked in stone for 210 million years, this newly identified crocodile cousin was built to crush larger prey
Reconstruction of the teeth discovered in Stajnia Cave and analysed in this study
7,500-Year-Old Skull Thought To Be A Rare Human-Neanderthal Hybrid Turns Out To Be Something Far Less Mysterious
Ancient DNA Study Reveals Mysterious 5,000-Year Population Collapse in Neolithic Europe
History
UK schoolboys’ fatal hike remembered in Black Forest 90 years on
Read a book, flip off a Nazi: when reading meant resistance – in pictures
Art exhibition shines light on Romani persecution during Holocaust
Kansas educators wrestle with teaching about John Brown as schools face scrutiny on race
Pope criticizes colonization of Africa’s minerals as he arrives in Equatorial Guinea
Did AI just solve the mystery of one of El Greco’s most enigmatic paintings?
Archaeology
Canadian woman shot dead in Mexico, authorities say
This small sea area between Europe and Africa is the site of 124 shipwrecks, archaeologists find
Mexico to beef up security at tourist sites after shooting at pyramids
Antiquities from US collection returned to Greece
Buyer beware: fakes, forgeries and fraudsters in Myanmar
700-year-old mummy from Bolivia contains earliest confirmed evidence of strep throat bacteria in the Americas
Imported Silver and Medicinal Drink Identified in Etruscan Tomb
New Archaeological Discoveries Reveal How San Antonio’s Earliest Settlers Irrigated Crops and Accessed Drinking Water
Archaeological digs in Amazon provide clues about Indigenous inhabitants before colonization
1,900-year-old souvenir cup featuring Hadrian's Wall and Roman forts discovered in Spain
A 13-Year-Old Boy Found This Bronze Coin in a Field. It Turned Out to Be the First Ancient Greek Artifact Discovered in Berlin
'Lifelong monogamy' and 'half orphans': DNA analysis reveals clues about life on the Roman frontier after the fall of Rome
Oldest burial in Patagonia reveals early human settlement along South America's Atlantic coast
Ancient Builders Mastered Dolomitic Lime Plaster 8,000 Years Before the Romans
Researchers Discovered a Lost Copy of the Oldest English Poem, Composed by an Illiterate Cowherd More Than 1,300 Years Ago
Ancient Shamash Gate in Nineveh Reveals Two Battles 2,500 Years Apart
The Unexpected World of the Odyssey
Buried Beneath Sand for Centuries, Archaeologists Just Found a Perfectly Preserved 2,000-Year-Old Anchor in the North Sea
Egyptology
Egyptian mummy discovered stuffed with excerpt from ‘The Iliad’
Archaeologists discover perfectly circular ancient Egyptian temple that may have been used for sacred water rituals
General Science
National Science Foundation’s future in limbo as Trump eyes cuts
Physics, Earth and Space Sciences
Mysterious green lights in Hawaii sky leave astronomers searching for answers
https://kfor.com/news/mysterious-green-lights-in-hawaii-sky-leave-astronomers-searching-for-answers/
Artemis II Crew Says Lunar Landing Doable Soon
So How Did Artemis 2’s Heat Shield Hold Up? The First Results Are In
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, NASA's next great observatory, is finally complete
This Greek Volcano Seemed Quiet for 100,000 Years. Then It Erupted Again. Should Scientists Take a Second Look at ‘Extinct’ Volcanoes?
Yellowstone's volcano may be fueled in a very different way than we thought
With eyes on future NASA moon base, Space Force launches cislunar acquisition task force
NASA's Curiosity rover finds building blocks of life on Mars. Scientists aren't sure how they got there
In its third flight, a Blue Origin New Glenn rocket puts satellite payload into wrong orbit
An Out of Control SpaceX Rocket Is Going to Smash Into Moon, Astronomer Says
Interstellar comet came from a much different solar system than ours
SpaceX launches high-power ViaSat internet satellite in rare flight of Falcon Heavy rocket
DARPA selects three companies for lunar orbiter studies
Scientists identify 10,000 'impossible' exoplanet candidates, potentially tripling the number of known alien worlds
Artemis II astronaut Christina Koch still wobbly while adapting to gravity after moon mission
Largest-ever 3D map of the universe shows 47 million galaxies, from the Milky Way to 'cosmic noon'
The Little Probe That Could: Why Voyager 1 Matters, and Why NASA Just Switched Part of It Off
Artemis 2 and Tiangong space station astronauts set record for farthest distance between humans
Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources
How rural Mass. towns are saving green by going green
Trump canceled the National Nature Assessment. Scientists will publish it anyway
From the Himalayas to Newt Gingrich, the 'tree-huggers' prevail
Toxic fallout from Gulf war ‘could last decades’
One million defend Argentina’s glaciers after law reform
This company says nuclear fusion could finally power the grid — and soon
Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences
'It's so chaotic': Humpback whales are forming super-groups
Gene therapy for a rare type of deafness shows lasting results
Two startlingly different views on long-awaited data on America's anti-HIV efforts
Mysterious "golden orb" found in ocean depths off Alaska in 2023 is finally identified
Other
A portal to an ancient, invisible realm reopens in Uganda
Medieval images may have triggered imagined soundscapes, reshaping how viewers experienced saints
Additional Informational
Science Committee Democratic Staff Report Reveals Details on NASA’s Illegal Implementation of Trump’s FY2026 Budget Request Without Congressional Approval
ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover
NASA Welcomes Latvia as Newest Artemis Accords Signatory
NASA Kennedy Center Director Announces Plans to Retire
NASA Fires Up Powerful Lithium-Fed Thruster for Trips to Mars
CSUN Prof’s Research Shows Lack of Genetic Diversity May Have Contributed to Neanderthals’ Disappearance
NASA on Track for Future Missions with Initial Artemis II Assessments
https://www.nasa.gov/missions/nasa-on-track-for-future-missions-with-initial-artemis-ii-assessments/
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