Weekly Science Report 5-3-24
- Emergency Manager's Weekly Report
- May 5, 2024
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Weekly Science Report
May 3, 2024
“We must work together to build a climate-resilient future, not only for the vulnerable communities that will pay the highest price if we do not act, but for our future generations. We must act boldly, and we must act now.”
John Kerry
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
Mississippi man finds fossilized remains of saber-toothed tiger dating back 10,000 years
Did Ancient Humans Ever Go to War With Neanderthals?
Archaeologists unveil face of Neanderthal woman 75,000 years after she died: "High stakes 3D jigsaw puzzle"
Massive Mosasaurs May Have Evolved More Than Once
One of the largest eruptions in Earth’s history could have wiped out humans. Here’s how scientists say some survived
Researchers reconstruct landscapes that greeted the first humans in Australia around 65,000 years ago
Tibetan plateau had broader social dimensions than previously thought, suggests study
Prehistoric Burial Site Reveals Surprising Secrets of Hunter–Gatherer Diet
History
A Costa Rican Museum Receives 395 Pre-Columbian Artifacts Repatriated From the U.S.
Sculpture designed to honor boarding school victims
Eleven more students will go home from Carlisle
President Biden signs law to ban TikTok nationwide unless it is sold
Freedom Monument Park tells honest story of enslaved people
Historical markers are everywhere in America. Some get history wrong
What World War II taught us about how to help starving people today
Portugal’s debate over colonial and slavery reparations resurfaces
Deb Haaland Confronts the History of the Federal Agency She Leads
U.S. pilot accounted for 57 years after vanishing during Vietnam War spy mission
Skeletons missing hands and feet found in Hitler's Wolf's Lair
Scot who refused to abandon schoolgirls to the Nazis honoured with new plaques
A German soldier looted postcards from doomed Jews in Poland. 80 years later, his granddaughter brought them back.
Scientists show that ancient village adapted to drought, rising seas
Australian Museum Removes Mummified Body Parts From Display
Historic Borax Wagon Destroyed in Blaze at Death Valley National Park
Titanic gold pocket watch sells for £900,000
Ancient DNA pulls back curtain on mysterious empire
Ancient Europeans Took Hallucinogenic Drugs 3,000 Years Ago
The Public Finally Has Access to an Accurate List of Japanese Americans Detained During World War II
How climate change is altering Sami language
Archaeology
A ‘bionic eye’ scan of an ancient, scorched scroll points to Plato’s long lost gravesite
Archaeologists May Have Found the Villa Where the Roman Emperor Augustus Died
‘Great enigma’: Amateur archaeologists unearth mysterious Roman object
This Neolithic Monument Found in France Has No Equal
Archaeology team discovers a 7,000-year-old settlement in Serbia
Archaeologists Find Cemetery Possibly Linked to the Ancient Israelites
Egyptology
Nothing to Report
General Science
Giant military manta ray drone passes first ocean test
Tractor-trailers with no one aboard? The future is near for self-driving trucks on US roads
Physics, Earth and Space Sciences
NASA's Voyager 1 resumes sending engineering updates to Earth
New evidence found for Planet 9
Hunting for the elusive: IceCube observes seven potential tau neutrinos
Skies over Athens turn 'apocalyptic' orange from Sahara dust storm - while Libya has red haze
Boeing and NASA decide to move forward with historic crewed launch of new spacecraft
He missed a chance to be the first Black astronaut. Now, at 90, he's going into space
A million years without a megaslide: Study goes deep into the Gulf of Alaska to investigate why
China has big plans for its space program
Citizen scientists help discover record-breaking exoplanet in binary star system
Wow! Private space-junk probe snaps historic photo of discarded rocket in orbit
EARTH’S MINI-MOON LINKED TO FARSIDE LUNAR CRATER
New observatory in Chile—the highest in the world—aims to reveal origins of planets, galaxies and more
Inside NASA's 5-month fight to save the Voyager 1 mission in interstellar space
The Threat of a Solar Superstorm Is Growing—And We’re Not Ready
Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources
California announces first new state park in a decade and sets climate goals for natural lands
Biden is marking Earth Day by announcing $7 billion in federal solar power grants
Is Geothermal Power Heating Up as an Energy Source?
Battling climate change, Japan looks to seagrass for carbon capture
West Antarctica’s ice sheet was smaller thousands of years ago – here’s why this matters today
Coal and new gas power plants will have to meet climate pollution targets
African farmers look to the past and the future to address climate change
Undamming the Klamath
Oil drilling has endured in the Everglades for decades. Now, Miccosukee Tribe has a plan to stop it
Solar panels are spreading over Midwest farms – and edging out the crops
Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences
Blue whales: first discovery near Seychelles in decades – what our study found
Scientists push new paradigm of animal consciousness, saying even insects may be sentient
Dolphin found dead on beach with ‘multiple’ gunshot wounds
First experimental proof for brain-like computer with water and salt
Emperor penguins perish as ice melts to new lows: Study
‘Real hope’ for cancer cure as personal mRNA vaccine for melanoma trialled
CDC describes first known cases of HIV transmitted via 'vampire facial' injections
Man accused of kicking bison at Yellowstone National Park is injured by animal and then arrested on alcohol charge
Personalized Melanoma Vaccine Could Be a ‘Game Changer’ by Teaching the Body to Fight Cancer Cells
Orangutan observed using a plant to treat an open wound
Scientists restore brain cells impaired by a rare genetic disorder
Gene linked to epilepsy and autism decoded in new study
Florida dolphin found with highly pathogenic avian flu: Report
Other
THE PEOPLE CHEERING FOR HUMANITY’S END
Beautiful (and less crowded) alternatives to the 10 most popular US national parks
As theaters scramble to reach new audiences, three get $1 million each
Net neutrality restored as FCC votes to regulate internet providers
Tesla recalls Cybertruck over sticky problem. Blame it on — yes — soap
Amsterdam was flooded with tourists in 2023, so it won't allow any more hotels
New research reports on buckling: When structures suddenly collapse
Possible UFO over NYC baffles passenger flying into LaGuardia
AI Hunt For Extraterrestrial Intelligence Finds 8 Promising Signals
Where Is Everybody in Our Universe?
Additional Informational
Was Joe Biden’s uncle eaten by cannibals after World War II crash? Experts say it’s highly unlikely
Solar Sail CubeSat Has Deployed from Rocket
Biden-Harris Administration Announces New Interagency Effort to Support Tribal Water and Sanitation Infrastructure
NASA Finds New Homes for Artemis Generation of ‘Moon Trees’ Across US
NASA’s Optical Comms Demo Transmits Data Over 140 Million Miles
Public perceptions on carbon removal from focus groups in 22 countries
Investment needed in African climate science
Secretary Haaland, Department Leaders Highlight Biden-Harris Administration’s Clean Energy Progress, Commitment to Indian Country in Arizona
International Science Council Newsletter
The Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis: A Guide For The Perplexed
Asteroid Institute and Google Cloud Identify 27,500 New Asteroids
Announcing New Leadership Roles at the Secure World Foundation World Foundation
Manta Ray UUV Prototype Completes In-Water Testing
NASA Doubles Down, Advances 6 Innovative Tech Concepts to New Phase
Yazidis in Iraq facing an uncertain future
Crackdown on criminal network that stole 170 historical books worth EUR 2.5 million across Europe
Man approached bison too closely in Yellowstone National Park and was injured
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