Weekly Science Report 6-19-26
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Weekly Science Report
June 19, 2026
“Archaeology gives us the power to ask questions of the past and of ourselves, about how we got here, what our values are, and the tools to choose whether and how we bring them forward with us into the future.”
Dr. Marcy Rockman
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.
I hope you enjoy this publication and that the content challenges and inspires you!
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News Articles
Paleontology, Evolution and Prehistoric Studies
Some Australian Aboriginal stories may remember coastlines that vanished beneath the sea over 10,000 years ago. Researchers think they could be among humanity’s oldest surviving true stories.
Humans may have discovered fire hundreds of thousands of years before previously thought: new research
12,000-Year-Old Pottery Found in Turkey May Rewrite History of Early Ceramics
The oldest known plague outbreak struck hunter-gatherers 5,500 years ago
Denisovan DNA influences the immune systems of modern Oceanians — but researchers aren't sure why
Did Neanderthals use rhinoceros teeth as tools?
Humans Lived in the High Pyrenees for Over 10,000 Years
'A completely different story': 300 million-year-old fossils reveal the first vertebrate land dwellers weren't what we thought, researchers claim
An unusual strategy helps some tropical butterflies live 25 times longer than their relatives
History
Famed historian Gordon S. Wood struck, killed in East Providence
As the U.S. turns 250, this historian has blunt advice: 'America has to grow up'
Ancient DNA From Iberian Newborns Reveals 600 Years of Genetic Stability Before Roman Rule
Canary Island relics offer new clues into how North African cultures adapted to ocean living
Unearthed bathhouse reveals a thriving Roman Nijmegen: 'The Romans did not regard this city as a backwater'
America’s 150th Birthday Celebration Was Deemed the Nation’s ‘Greatest Flop.’ What Went Wrong With the Sesquicentennial?
Here’s How the Obama Presidential Center Is Different From Other Presidents’ Museums
Archaeology
Solstice-aligned 5,000-year-old monument ‘once in a lifetime find’, say archaeologists
Ditch full of 7,000-year-old headless human skeletons discovered in Slovakia, baffling archaeologists
2,000 years ago in Scotland, people removed a corpse's brain and fashioned the arm bones into tools
Workers Dredging the Savannah River Stumbled Upon 19 Cannons That Had Been Underwater Since the Revolutionary War
5,000-year-old burial of man with battered skull found in kiln in Germany — and he may have been a human sacrifice
Secrets of the Serpent
Egyptology
What Archaeologists Found While Searching for a Buried Second Sphinx in Egypt
A 26th Dynasty discovery: New architectural elements of Old Qasr Temple in Bahariya Oasis unearthed
Egypt's First Queen
General Science
Nothing to report
Physics, Earth and Space Sciences
NASA Sets Launch Date for Roman Space Telescope
NASA names 4 astronauts on the 'highly complex' Artemis III lunar training mission
'Crystals' of space-time could be the origins of certain rare black holes, theoretical study hints
Trouble near the Milky Way: The Large Magellanic Cloud is ripping its smaller neighbor galaxy apart
5 Absurd Space Myths That NASA Helped Debunk
How Japanese scientists sent a real-life Transformer to the moon
Humans will soon be able to spend longer in space
Revised Artemis lunar lander plans take shape
A space telescope is falling to Earth. NASA is racing to rescue it
Famous “Pink Planet” harbors a salty surprise
Saturn’s icy moon ideal place to settle, establish rest stop for trips into deep space: NASA
A body on the edge of our Solar System has an atmosphere – and scientists still aren't sure how that's possible
NASA should build a biocontainment facility on the moon to protect Earth, researchers advise
In 1908, something exploded above the remote Siberian forest of Tunguska with enough force to flatten roughly 2,000 square kilometres of trees — and more than a century later, no impact crater has ever been found, because the object, probably a small asteroid, appears to have blown itself apart in the atmosphere.
It’s Official: Voyager 1 Will Cross The 1 Light-Day Threshold On November 18, 2026
Meet ERNEST, NASA’s Next-Generation Rover Designed to Be Faster and Tougher
Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources
Mysterious ‘cold blob’ in the Atlantic suggests the AMOC is weakening
Reef relief: Scientists map 165,000km² of climate resilient coral
Climate change is now causing more local extinction in temperate regions than the tropics, surprising study shows
Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences
Whales are showing up in San Francisco Bay. New ship alerts could help protect them
Bumblebees have tiny brains but they can solve problems like chimps and elephants
An ancient whale graveyard in the Indian Ocean teems with life
Dino-killing asteroid may have fueled underground life for 8 million years
Scientists just found something weird inside moss
Humans may have hidden regenerative powers
Other
Alien first contact: how the new rules differ from science fiction
https://theconversation.com/alien-first-contact-how-the-new-rules-differ-from-science-fiction-278394
Additional Informational
A STEP Grant update: Growing our understanding of deep-space agriculture
What we know about Artemis III: NASA announces crew
Merciless Indian Savages: America 250 Through an Indigenous Lense Facebook Live, July 2
Periodic radio and X-ray emission from an accreting white dwarf binary
Robotic Spacecraft for Swift Boost Mission Arrives at NASA Wallops
NASA’s Webb Detects Methane on Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS
Beyond Disclosure Day: The Real-World Protocols
STATEMENT: Trump Opens Three Marine National Monuments to U.S. Commercial Fishing Interests
Mohenjo daro: Unsealing an Ancient Indus City- Video
The Planetary Society Announces Winner of Celestial Escape to Mauna Kea Sweepstakes
ESA science missions get green light for new discoveries
Titan’s Resources and their Utilization
Titan, a moon with familiar vistas
Archaeological evidence of intensive indigenous farming in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, USA
The Intentional Burial of Egypt | Catherine Ulissey (Schoch) at Cosmic Summit 2025
NASA’s Lucy Reveals Wobbling, Peanut-Shaped Asteroid
Emergent decadal predictability in Antarctic contribution to sea-level rise
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