Weekly Science Report

July 23, 2021

 
“Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies in the final
sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. 
This world in arms is not spending money alone.  It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the
genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children.  This is not a way of life at all in any true
sense.  Under the clouds of war, it is humanity hanging on a cross of iron.”
Dwight D. Eisenhower
 

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
 
Ancient genomes offer rare glimpse of Neanderthal family groups
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/06/ancient-genomes-offer-rare-glimpse-neanderthal-
family-groups?utm_campaign=ScienceNow&utm_source=Contractor&utm_medium=Facebook
 
Oldest livestock genome reveals origin of today’s goats
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/06/oldest-livestock-genome-reveals-origin-today-s-goats?
utm_campaign=ScienceNow&utm_source=Social&utm_medium=Facebook
 
New fossils of giant rhinos — the largest land mammals ever — are found in China
https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/new-fossils-giant-rhinos-largest-land-mammals-
ever-are-found-china-rcna1213
 
New type of ancient human discovered in Israel
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-57586315?
fbclid=IwAR3ACD9PKvCyAUQmCDgWm9-VKY9n-5S3rCqyvqiLauvzomjVXwegQ1oXhfY
 
Comet strike may have sparked civilisation shift
https://phys.org/news/2021-06-comet-civilisation-shift.html?fbclid=IwAR3WM7-
WuSwcV4GWF9vOE_59o3lCGwyYrwDQgeb96gLup7xreM11dl9yHM8
 
New dinosaur species found in Australia was as long as a basketball court
https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/new-dinosaur-species-found-australia-was-long-
basketball-court-rcna1136
 
A 51,000-year-old carved bone is one of the world's oldest works of art, researchers say
https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/51000-year-old-carved-bone-one-worlds-oldest-
works-art-researchers-say-rcna1333
 
New Research of Impact Crater Blows Away Previous Estimates of Its Age
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/new-research-impact-crater-blows-away-
previous-estimates-its-age-180978023/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia
 
A 146,000-Year-Old Fossil Dubbed ‘Dragon Man’ Might Be One of Our Closest Relatives
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/146000-year-old-fossil-dubbed-dragon-man-
might-be-one-our-closest-relatives-180978062/?
utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia&fbclid=IwAR0_B3YfH2kukCMgmDmhm
EL0BYBAAmAeCW5XoLpfiUsCyCYqjV0YWflVkDA
 
Hebrew U team proves earliest evidence of cave dwelling, 1.8 million years ago
https://www.timesofisrael.com/hebrew-u-team-confirms-earliest-evidence-of-cave-dwelling-1-8-
million-years-ago/
 
A Puzzling Extinction Event Almost Wiped Sharks Out of Existence 19 Million Years Ago
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/puzzling-miocene-extinction-event-almost-wiped-
out-sharks-existence-180977893/?
utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia&fbclid=IwAR1wXS2Xcu6iwIBHP0SPf_0
039vkXo89m2eP__NRwHBb2FbVkWXzJCcyvxU
 
 
 
3D printed replicas reveal swimming capabilities of ancient cephalopods
https://phys.org/news/2021-07-3d-replicas-reveal-capabilities-ancient.html?
fbclid=IwAR2o9MfKG7xwVY441LU2_-eumRHhFKqWncCxniXsUPrgQ7UaPIgW1TgN6oc
 
New aspects related to plant processing in a Neolithic settlement in Turkey
https://phys.org/news/2021-07-aspects-neolithic-settlement-turkey.html
 
As little as 1.5% of our genome is 'uniquely human'
https://www.livescience.com/human-genome-unique-neanderthals.html
 
Mile-High Tsunami Caused by Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid Left Behind Towering ‘Megaripples’
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/mile-high-tsunami-caused-dinosaur-killing-asteroid-
left-behind-towering-megaripples-180978229/?
utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia&fbclid=IwAR2_q8TljyJFMjjUbMjfU8-
hH0TXhL7fjuEC7GuWy7818K4RNf-as5o_5iI
 
The secret lives of Neanderthal children
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210706-the-secret-lives-of-neanderthal-children?
at_custom4=3F0EF8E6-E89D-11EB-A420-A71FBECD475E&at_custom1=%5Bpost+type
%5D&at_campaign=64&at_custom2=facebook_page&at_custom3=BBC+News&at_medium=cust
om7
 
Is Caral, Peru, the Oldest City in the Americas?
https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/is-caral-peru-the-oldest-city-in-the-americas?
utm_source=dscfb&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=dscfb&fbclid=IwAR1KvnIPP91ehtbfy9
dYaFTYhJyQVRPiYuXF47rMEP1vrNWxnf0hVa0QUmc
 

History
 
Haaland urges Biden to fully protect three national monuments weakened by Donald Trump
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/06/14/haaland-biden-national-
monuments/?fbclid=IwAR1nwHuoWpS93-n6OqoNbmi05q0-
nDwX0guGuS9EXrNlvnYtBwLrpVFPbo8
 
U.S. documents solve mystery of remains of war criminal who helped mastermind the Pearl Harbor
attack
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hideki-tojo-remains-world-war-ii-location-japan-us-documents/?
ftag=CNM-00-10aab6a&linkId=121321270
 
Shawnee reclaim the great Serpent Mound
https://indiancountrytoday.com/news/shawnee-relcaim-great-serpent-mound?
fbclid=IwAR33hIgwZzbJNusiRl4pCnQ0EVaHw-nsDqJEARAj6Z6sHOffltB8rx70v4U
 
Why History Museums Are Convening a ‘Civic Season’
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/why-history-museums-are-convening-
civic-season-180977980/
 
Healing journey unites generations
https://indiancountrytoday.com/news/healing-journey-unites-generations
 
Metropolitan Museum of Art Sends Three Benin Bronzes Home To Nigeria
https://www.npr.org/2021/06/09/1004859329/metropolitan-museum-of-art-sends-three-benin-
bronzes-home-to-nigeria?
utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_term=nprnews&utm_campaign=npr
 
Stolen heritage: The illegal and rising trade in Yemen’s rare manuscripts
https://english.alaraby.co.uk/features/stolen-heritage-illicit-trade-yemens-rare-manuscripts
 
How A Medieval City Dealing With The Black Death Invented Quarantine
https://www.npr.org/2021/07/06/1012490871/how-a-medieval-city-dealing-with-the-black-death-
invented-quarantine?sc=18&f=1001
 
When the Monuments Men Pushed Back Against the U.S. to Protect Priceless Art
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/monuments-men-world-war-ii-nazi-art-cultural-
heritage-180978131/?
utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia&fbclid=IwAR25jED7nrxpTdJdLWe1QSC
V45gRFiRF1mmnmFRcAupo23Y5X-2222hqFWg
 
StoryCorps San Joaquin: Lifelong Friends Talk About Internment Camps, Racism
https://www.kvpr.org/post/storycorps-san-joaquin-lifelong-friends-talk-about-internment-camps-
racism#stream/0
 
Auschwitz Survivor Who Fought Racism With Music Dies At 96
https://www.npr.org/2021/07/10/1014982111/auschwitz-survivor-who-fought-racism-with-music-
dies-at-96?sc=18&f=1001
 
Broadway Is Reopening This Fall, And Every New Play Is By A Black Writer
https://www.npr.org/2021/07/10/1014238639/broadway-fall-new-plays-black-writers?
sc=18&f=1001
 
 
 
Hints of Trigonometry on a 3,700-Year-Old Babylonian Tablet
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/29/science/trigonometry-babylonian-tablet.html
 
In a Remote Amazon Region, Study Shows Indigenous Peoples Have Practiced Forest Conservation
for Millennia
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/remote-amazon-region-study-shows-
indigenous-peoples-have-practiced-forest-conservation-millennia-180978038/?
utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia
 
A MISSION FOR FATHER STEWART
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/mission-father-stewart-180977698/
 
Family members identify 2nd unknown voice on CBC North podcast
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/inuit-unikkaangit-unknown-woman-koonoo-ipirq-
1.6097616?fbclid=IwAR1sM-IwCM-bY5CNyNq-mjMQNt_o-P2EJ8HU4vMygL9sqW-
2oyKZglQE5wk
 
Resilience, not collapse: What the Easter Island myth gets wrong

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/
2021/07/210713090153.htm
 
DNA from 1,600-year-old Iranian sheep mummy brings history to life
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-07/tcd-df1071321.php
 
Fourteen living descendants of Leonardo da Vinci are identified
https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/fourteen-living-descendants-leonardo-da-vinci-
are-identified-rcna1402
 
Indian boarding school investigation faces hurdles in missing records, legal questions
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/indian-boarding-school-investigation-faces-hurdles-
missing-records-legal-questions-n1273996
 
 
 

Archaeology
 
Researchers in Florida have discovered evidence of the long-lost Native American settlement of
Sarabay that's been 'MISSING' since the 16th century
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9684543/Researchers-evidence-long-lost-Native-
settlement-Florida-missing-16th-century.html?ito=social-facebook
 
He rose from slavery to state Senate. His grave and hundreds more may lie under a parking lot.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2021/06/12/robert-meacham-florida-grave/
 
Archaeologists Baffled by Sea Level Rise on Israeli Coast in Hellenistic Period
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium-archaeologists-baffled-by-sea-level-rise-on-israeli-
coast-in-hellenistic-period-1.9909970
 
3200-year-old shrine in Turkey may be an ancient view of the cosmos
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2280860-3200-year-old-shrine-in-turkey-may-be-an-ancient-
view-of-the-cosmos/?
utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Facebook#Ech
obox=1623867231
 
A Confederate General's Remains Are Being Moved Out Of Memphis
https://www.npr.org/2021/06/19/1008371491/confederate-general-remains-memphis-moved?
sc=18&f=1001
 
Ruins of Monumental Church Linked to Medieval Nubian Kingdom Found in Sudan
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ruins-large-nubian-church-found-sudan-180978136/?
utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia
 
How our laws allow the destruction of Indigenous sacred sites
https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/programs/hack/how-our-laws-allow-the-destruction-of-sacred-
indigenous-sites/13435592
 
Minnesota park recognized as historic, sacred cemetery
https://indiancountrytoday.com/news/minnesota-park-recognized-as-historic-sacred-cemetery?
fbclid=IwAR3g_yCh4e4jcNLrCVbIY9-XKXxl-1mxxeLrbMtntZRHieN4MLJj4k4y04E
 
More Than 160 Additional Indigenous Graves Have Been Found In Canada
https://www.npr.org/2021/07/13/1015823457/more-than-160-additional-indigenous-graves-have-
been-found-in-canada?sc=18&f=1001
 
A Giant Chalk Figure Is Finally Starting to Make Some Sense
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2021/07/how-old-cerne-abbas-giant/619406/?
utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=the-atlantic&utm_term=2021-07-
11T12%3A00%3A57&utm_content=edit-promo&utm_medium=social
 
This Anglo-Saxon cave dwelling may have been home to an English king who became a saint
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/anglo-saxon-cave-house-scli-intl-gbr/index.html
 
Scientists Discover Thousands of Ancient Tombs In Galaxy-Like Patterns
https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7epwa/scientists-discover-thousands-of-ancient-tombs-in-galaxy-
like-patterns
 
Nine Places Where You Can Still See Wheel Tracks from the Oregon Trail
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/follow-relics-oregon-trail-180960589/?
utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia&fbclid=IwAR3IxxZiU3tCDo6I9ZmfSaUo
JLA3H79kTTZrCFCRWRSTVG3yzmA3jBMaveo
 
Solving a long-standing mystery about the desert's rock art canvas

https://phys.org/news/2021-07-long-standing-mystery-art-
canvas.html
 
The City of David and the sharks' teeth mystery
https://phys.org/news/2021-07-city-david-sharks-teeth-mystery.html
 
New expedition will search for Shackleton's Endurance deep below Antarctic waters
https://www.livescience.com/scientists-renew-search-for-endurance.html
 
Oldest known cosmetics found in ceramic bottles on Balkan Peninsula
https://phys.org/news/2021-07-oldest-cosmetics-ceramic-bottles-balkan.html
 
Israeli Archaeologists Find 3,100-Year-Old Alphabetic Inscription
http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/biblical-judge-inscription-09861.html
 
Second neighborhood found in Turkey's neolithic site Çatalhöyük
https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/second-neighborhood-found-in-turkeys-neolithic-site-catalhoyuk/
news
 
Archaeologists find part of Jerusalem’s wall destroyed ahead of 9th of Av
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeologists-find-part-of-jerusalems-wall-destroyed-on-the-
9th-of-av-673794
 
4,000-year-old settlement is discovered in southern Iraq
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9796309/4-000-year-old-city-Iraq-capital-state-
formed-Babylonian-Empires-collapse.html
 
Archeological dig at Glenaladale reveals lives of P.E.I.'s early Scottish settlers
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-glenaladale-archeology-scottish-settlers-
1.6102727
 
The Copper Standard
https://www.archaeology.org/issues/431-2107/digs/9764-digs-michigan-old-copper-culture
 
A Golden Symbol of National Identity Returns to Peru
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/golden-symbol-national-identity-returns-
peru-180978052/?
utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia&fbclid=IwAR1Y2KOkAZHKxZiaCGTz9
YTofCnhGpkCWJfBLYVCDN1af8JLpqIKLt2Hj44
 
Researchers Uncovered a 5,000-Year-Old Crystal Dagger Buried in Spain
https://mymodernmet.com/prehistoric-crystal-dagger/?
fbclid=IwAR2F8AnmRTMYsJet7jX_jpe9fWAC4wKKB3Ccq-FsKHPKJGctEe8vpzfC2gw
 
The Nebra Sky Disk: Is the World’s Oldest Star Map Really a Map At All?
https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/the-nebra-sky-disk-is-the-worlds-oldest-star-map-
really-a-map-at-all?
utm_source=dscfb&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=dscfb&fbclid=IwAR2S-
QdW23Ssl7QQINWpJsrYq19VwB_N8vKQCDhuS1ihXHmRYAJlbtmW6gY

Egyptology
 
Egyptian Museum of Antiquities gets makeover to compete for tourists
https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2021/06/egyptian-museum-antiquities-gets-makeover-
compete-tourists?
fbclid=IwAR0LHCD9ToWVD0H3zGqtYhVGIy_29Zjc0EH1igimm6LxA2XFeee54FCELTU
 
INSIDE THE TOMBS OF SAQQARA
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/inside-tombs-saqqara-180977932/?
utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia&fbclid=IwAR3phBxbXAKOhYc4u41_Hrs
owdKxDGepwSpOqU7_ljmC9hAv0WjNbrCH7dc
 
The sunken city of Thônis-Heracleion in Alexandria reveals new archaeological treasures
https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContentP/9/417416/Heritage/In-Photos-The-sunken-city-of-Th
%C3%B4nisHeracleion-in-A.aspx?
fbclid=IwAR2rGceQHqOQHBDzR8LErs_b9n2RF9gySyS1qbb6IAVsS_PhTqpsv7K0if0
 
Egypt traces relics of Ramses III back to Saudi Arabia
https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2021/06/egypt-traces-relics-ramses-iii-back-saudi-arabia?
fbclid=IwAR2MopjGY2k__fa6WGjCRC4N2pxtR0slL3kW8hP5ZAz8YZrVoxb8-
bFyfdQ#ixzz70wtUKzwl
 
Museum dedicated to man who deciphered the hieroglyphics opens in France—full of Ancient
Egyptian treasures
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/museum-dedicated-to-the-man-who-deciphered-egyptian-
hieroglyphics-opens-in-france?
fbclid=IwAR1_JZXUYJAZ4zF1b_X_8xs8xRqwfLVGHLoScVO4le6GxunFg5PzE-BGRno
 
Fragments of Ancient Egyptian ‘Book of the Dead’ Reunited After Centuries
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/researchers-reattach-separated-book-dead-fragments-
180978226/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia
 
 
 
 
 

General Science
 
Climate change to bring more intense storms across Europe
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-07/uosc-et071621.php
 
Corey Jaskolski: Developing tech for the world’s most unforgiving environments
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/impact/article/corey-jaskolski-conservation-technology?
cmpid=org=ngp::mc=social::src=twitter::cmp=editorial::add=tw20210702impact-
impactexplorercoreyjaskolski&sf247289254=1
 

Physics, Earth and Space Sciences

 
Tantalizing Pluto views suggest active surface but won't be seen again for 161 years
https://www.space.com/pluto-fully-illuminated-observation-suggests-active-surface?
utm_source=facebook.com&utm_content=space.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social
flow&fbclid=IwAR3S2BVt_fdrc88r3lP1i0dI_dudQHFK0PdnJTuzzuPfE7pZlmdTu5A78cM
 
Where No Plywood Has Gone Before: A Space Agency Will Launch A Tiny, Wooden Satellite
https://www.npr.org/2021/06/17/1007106908/plywood-satellite-wood-woodsat-european-space-
agency-esa?sc=18&f=1001
 
'Divine Vessel' rocket launches China's first human spaceflight since 2016
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/china/divine-vessel-rocket-launches-china-s-first-human-
spaceflight-2016-n1271070
 
JACQUES COUSTEAU’S GRANDSON WANTS TO BUILD THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION OF THE SEA
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/jacques-cousteaus-grandson-wants-to-build-
international-space-station-of-the-sea-180975635/?
utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia
 
Famous Stephen Hawking theory about black holes confirmed
https://www.livescience.com/hawking-theory-confirmed.html?utm_campaign=socialflow
 
Activity discovered on largest comet ever found
https://phys.org/news/2021-07-largest-comet.html?fbclid=IwAR1-
Fi_J0NXnwyWjGjmxXYZBnXAJ9NDkRiEtFgeVcMGnIJYvyI4BegfbLjQ
 
Pluto’s Red Patches Are Mystifying Scientists
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/plutos-red-patches-are-mystifying-scientists-
180978057/?
utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia&fbclid=IwAR0UXZGC0cHtEQHF9oHxO
yzleC41VOiPAW7Xu3J49q7pJ1Y2rUYaoSkkT38
 
NASA beams back spectacular images of Jupiter and our solar system's biggest moon, Ganymede
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nasa-images-animation-jupiter-biggest-moon-ganymede/?
ftag=CNM-00-
10aab6a&linkId=124301687&fbclid=IwAR0shBXIwx_y47YaG6OZWd2X4xS066hv38pML4qPQ5
4NUTWwJp97OwrC_1c
 
A Study Predicts Record Flooding In The 2030s, And It's Partly Because Of The Moon
https://www.npr.org/2021/07/14/1015800103/a-study-predicts-record-flooding-in-the-2030s-and-
its-partly-because-of-the-moon?
utm_campaign=storyshare&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&fbclid=IwAR1ttWw
UFdOOvnFAKTMRn8ohb0FlTOsw2R-JnqKs2wKpz-MFXj6HyAwKebY
 
Humanity may not need a warp drive to go interstellar
https://astronomy.com/news/2016/08/humanity-may-not-need-a-warp-drive-to-go-interstellar?
utm_source=asyfb&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=asyfb
 
Hubble Space Telescope fixed after month of no science
https://apnews.com/article/technology-business-science-33ec1e3f406f1c448d6e3553ba29228c?
utm_source=Facebook&utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_medium=AP&fbclid=IwAR0o_PMcW0
DAJctm5KAB_dpeRMBNcyej2WA02zq7pG0NxwF03CpOkPIKRRM
 
Galactic fireworks: New ESO images reveal stunning features of nearby galaxies
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-07/e-gfn071421.php
 
Researchers reveal cause of Jupiter's x-ray aurorae
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-07/caos-rrc071621.php
 
Juno tunes into radio noise triggered by Jupiter's volcanic moon Io
https://phys.org/news/2021-07-juno-tunes-radio-noise-triggered.html
 
Megaripples may be evidence of giant tsunami resulting from Chicxulub impact
https://phys.org/news/2021-07-megaripples-evidence-giant-tsunami-resulting.html
 
Star Trek’s Warp Drive Leads to New Physics
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/star-treks-warp-drive-leads-to-new-physics/
 
Aliens Might Already Be Watching Us
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/aliens-might-already-be-watching-us/
 
New Black Hole Image Shows Plasma Jets Blasting Into Space
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/new-black-hole-image-shows-plasma-jets-blasting-
space-180978238/?
utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia&fbclid=IwAR01Z3B3LtGnq6oj56TWVgm
JlS4J-y6zSehh7X0ZjphYLAXKDs6JkZfFJxY
 
Dozens of starless 'rogue' alien planets
possibly spotted
https://www.space.com/possible-rogue-alien-planets-detected-kepler?
fbclid=IwAR3jv2xc1cqGLcOp1qOQ9-Gxx4l9VPCEMD-
VBNvl1SCeiTArqtLecpJfVWk&utm_campaign=socialflow
 
How to Safely Jump Into a Black Hole
https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/deep-space/a36904407/how-to-safely-enter-black-hole/?
utm_medium=social-
media&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=socialflowFBPOP&fbclid=IwAR3XsUbxW7r_86e
116MUv_dBY64VqfgNj3cf1TH0jYsL2JnwC6_7EdyKfp4
 
Astronomers make first clear detection of a moon-forming disc around an exoplanet
https://phys.org/news/2021-07-astronomers-moon-forming-disc-exoplanet.html?
fbclid=IwAR1nwLkWDUeOUwmMxIMmsia-jjjMRmvPDOTPz0DySiRLa6jts7l2VBHa_SQ

Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy

Sources
 
Biden wants millions of electric vehicles on the roads. Can the power grid handle it?
https://www.nbcnews.com/business/energy/biden-wants-millions-electric-vehicles-roads-can-
power-grid-handle-n1271289
 
Croatian island eyes green energy self-sufficiency in this decade
https://www.reuters.com/business/sustainable-business/croatian-island-eyes-green-energy-self-
sufficiency-this-decade-2021-06-18/?s=09
 
Gold is a toxic lure in the world’s highest settlement
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/article/gold-is-a-toxic-lure-in-the-worlds-highest-
settlement?cmpid=org=ngp::mc=social::src=twitter::cmp=editorial::add=tw20210714ngm-
highestsettlementgold&sf247645335=1
 
Biden administration proposes sweeping protections for Alaska’s Tongass National Forest
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/07/15/biden-alaska-tongass-logging-
roadless/?
utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR0hQUB1Pfd
Pci0lZ9Tazlsei7LFaOHwWpnaINjOVXlcL9-3QhkYnKbm4Zg
 
Greenland bans all oil exploration
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/greenland-oil-1.6105230?
fbclid=IwAR13ZS8BTMhOeQAOaWTIXJiO7eF2UCpAi2py8DI1mKmb2XcJpDD5Z5vt8nU
 
Is a world without trash possible?
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/article/how-a-circular-economy-could-save-the-
world-feature?cmpid=org=ngp::mc=social::src=twitter::cmp=editorial::add=tw20210718ngm-
resurfcirculareconomy&sf247723932=1
 
Making clean hydrogen is hard, but researchers just solved a major hurdle
https://phys.org/news/2021-07-hydrogen-hard-major-hurdle.html
 
Environmental concerns grow as space tourism lifts off
https://phys.org/news/2021-07-environmental-space-tourism.html
 
Facing Warming Waters, Fishermen Are Taking Up Ocean Farming
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/facing-warming-waters-fishermen-are-taking-up-
ocean-farming-180978091/?
utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia&fbclid=IwAR1bNstcJqVwuslG0p1reUBc
EWSug7QSPP0q4_2srxf7bUmjmN6BeztuCk8
 
United Airlines Wants to Revive Supersonic Travel. But What About Climate Change?
https://www.npr.org/2021/06/03/1002926010/united-airlines-wants-to-revive-supersonic-travel-but-
what-about-climate-change?sc=18&f=1001

Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences

 
3 Experts Have Resigned From An FDA Committee Over Alzheimer's Drug Approval
https://www.npr.org/2021/06/11/1005567149/3-experts-have-resigned-from-an-fda-committee-over-
alzheimers-drug-approval?sc=18&f=1001
 
A Lobster Diver In Cape Cod Says A Humpback Whale Scooped Him Up And Spat Him Out
https://www.npr.org/2021/06/12/1005918788/humpback-whale-swallowed-lobster-diver-cape-cod-
michael-packard?sc=18&f=1001
 
World's tiniest pig, once thought extinct, returning to the wild
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/worlds-tiniest-pig-returning-to-the-wild?
cmpid=org=ngp::mc=social::src=twitter::cmp=editorial::add=tw20210714animals-
resurftinypigreturns&sf247645195=1

Scientists Are on the Cusp of Finally Deciphering the Entire

Human Genome

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-are-
200-million-base-pairs-closer-nearly-deciphering-human-
genome-180978018/?
utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia&fbcli
d=IwAR1iehStJdo4ces_5_z4oI9DUEHh7HLguQJi9eTg7R4K1
zAbhhkNU2Gl2ac
 
Hollow nano-objects made of DNA could trap viruses and render them harmless
https://phys.org/news/2021-07-hollow-nano-objects-dna-viruses-harmless.html?
fbclid=IwAR0TSLgwBtH7hdfRd-p-SgspMXa0D9dvhTs24DSmT2V8FJ1CVX5pXB5DgoQ
 
Study examines the role of deep-sea microbial predators at hydrothermal vents
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-07/whoi-se071621.php
 
A noninvasive test to detect cancer cells and pinpoint their location
https://phys.org/news/2021-07-noninvasive-cancer-cells.html
 
How Designer DNA Is Changing Medicine
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-designer-dna-is-changing-medicine/
 
Pacific Northwest Heat Wave Killed More Than One Billion Sea Creatures
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/pacific-northwest-heat-wave-killed-more-than-1-billion-
sea-creatures/
 
First lethal attacks by chimpanzees on gorillas observed
https://phys.org/news/2021-07-lethal-chimpanzees-gorillas.html?fbclid=IwAR05Rw0M-
PSh5LE6AJ5zYpJIo3lydNTnlE9jfgbQxowM9LC3RyaRYDZAczI
 
15,000-year-old viruses discovered in Tibetan glacier ice
https://phys.org/news/2021-07-year-old-viruses-tibetan-glacier-ice.html?
fbclid=IwAR2erHuCuS5pEsrGZerDZEi2j0MXzd7ErZL3HwgGcKTAVHMmotFnqBavw5M
 

Other
 
Capitalism: God Wants You To Be Rich
https://www.npr.org/2021/07/06/1013430166/capitalism-god-wants-you-to-be-rich?
utm_medium=social
 
Pilgrimages could be the next post-COVID travel trend
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/could-pilgrimages-be-the-next-post-covid-travel-
trend?cmpid=org=ngp::mc=social::src=twitter::cmp=editorial::add=tw20210712travel-
pilgrimageroutestravel&sf247598338=1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Additional Informational
 
Unearthing History: 2021 Virtual History Series, March 4 to October 7
https://www.avonctlibrary.info/2021/01/23/unearthing-history-2021-virtual-history-series/?
fbclid=IwAR275BNSStfLVt1Bv-Xvz3FtMjad47FFG_k_9nvadH9TwR1UoMYr5vpzBH8
 
Holocaust Encyclopedia, Martin Niemöller’
https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/martin-niemoeller-first-they-came-for-the-
socialists?parent=en
%2F10764&gclid=Cj0KCQiAx9mABhD0ARIsAEfpavTw4VuqkevHsE0ASCHrDMZBTR6_9FcU
AwwzUbV-lBNmlXEbRBYB5TgaAobQEALw_wcB’’
 
Seabed 2030 Initiative and the U.S. Analysis
https://iocm.noaa.gov/seabed-2030.html
 
NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR MAPPING, EXPLORING, AND CHARACTERIZING THE
UNITED STATES EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE
https://iocm.noaa.gov/about/documents/strategic-plans/20200611-FINAL-STRATEGY-NOMEC-
Sec.-2.pdf
 
U.S Holocaust Memorial Museum, Stephen Tyrone Johns (1969–2009)
https://www.ushmm.org/information/press/in-memoriam/stephen-tyrone-johns-1969-2009?
utm_medium=socialmedia&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=inmemoriam&utm_content=in
memoriam:officerstephentyronejohns20210610
 
Holocaust Encyclopedia, LIDICE: THE ANNIHILATION OF A CZECH TOWN
https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/lidice?
utm_medium=socialmedia&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=otd&utm_content=germansdes
troylidice20210610
 
Poverty hurts the boys the most: Inequality at the intersection of class and gender Report
https://www.brookings.edu/research/poverty-hurts-the-boys-the-most-inequality-at-the-intersection-
of-class-and-gender/
 
Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program Awards $180,000 in Grants
https://www.nps.gov/orgs/1205/06-16-2021_ntf-grants.htm
 
WHY THE ARTS MATTER STATE FACTSHEETS
https://www.artsactionfund.org/StateFactsheets
 
IMLS, Foundation for Advancement in Conservation Announce New Collections Assessment for
Preservation Program
https://imls.gov/news/imls-foundation-advancement-conservation-announce-new-collections-
assessment-preservation
 
Museum Uses Artificial Intelligence to Curate Better Exhibitions
https://www.museumnext.com/article/museum-uses-artificial-intelligence-to-curate-better-
exhibitions/
 
Trends and influences on museum anthropology and the study of indigenous peoples
https://icom.museum/en/news/trends-and-influences-on-museum-anthropology-and-the-study-of-
indigenous-peoples/
 
A Children’s Museum’s Partnership With Local School District Brings in Revenue — and New
Ideas
https://www.aam-us.org/wire/philanthropy/a-childrens-museums-partnership-with-local-school-
district-brings-in-revenue-and-new-ideas/
 
Strengthening State and Local Economies in Partnership with Nonprofits
https://www.councilofnonprofits.org/trends-policy-issues/strengthening-state-and-local-economies-
partnership-nonprofits
 
Tiqets develops “strong” summer recovery guide to support cultural venues and tourist attractions
through a critical period
https://www.museumnext.com/article/tiqets-develops-strong-summer-recovery-guide-to-support-
cultural-venues-and-tourist-attractions-through-a-critical-period/
Profiles from the Pandemic: Cherice Harrison-Nelson
 
Sites of the Green Book: The Lenox Lounge
https://savingplaces.org/stories/sites-of-the-green-book-the-lenox-lounge?
utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=aachaf#.YO7shehKiiM
 
Silencing the Past (20th anniversary edition): Power and the Production of History
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00N6PB6DG/ref=pe_827610_594456110_pe_kc_recs_em
 
Illegal Fishing Is a Global Threat. Here’s How to Combat It.
https://www.cfr.org/article/illegal-fishing-global-threat-heres-how-combat-it?
utm_content=060421&utm_medium=social_owned&utm_source=tw&s=09
 
Singapore is building a ‘forest town' with abundant green spaces and underground roads
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/04/singapore-sustainable-smart-town-tengah?
utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social_scheduler&utm_term=Cities%20and
%20Urbanization&utm_content=05%2F06%2F2021%2018%3A00&s=09
 
How to reimagine our cities as hubs for biodiversity conservation and climate resilience
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/06/cities-ecosystems-biodiversity-climate-change?
utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social_scheduler&utm_term=Cities+and+Urbanization&utm_c
ontent=05/06/2021+16:45
 
Restore land the size of China to meet climate and nature goals, U.N. says
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/06/restore-land-the-size-of-china-to-meet-climate-and-
nature-goals-un-says?
utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social_scheduler&utm_term=Forests&utm_content=05/06/202
1+16:15
 
Flying to space onboard Virgin Galactic
https://www.virgin.com/branson-family/richard-branson-blog/flying-to-space-onboard-virgin-
galactic?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_author=richard&utm_type=editorial
 
Archaeologies of the heart
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/abs/kisha-supernant-jane-eva-baxter-
natasha-lyons-sonya-atalay-ed-2020-archaeologies-of-the-heart-cham-springer-international-ag-
9783030363499-hardback-10999/537896060E9A20AAE6F1747F895A893E
 
The Shape of Watering Plants in Space
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/the-shape-of-watering-plants-in-space
 
Holocaust Encyclopedia, July 20, 1944 Plot to Assassinate Adolf Hitler
https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/the-july-20-1944-plot-to-assassinate-adolf-hitler?
utm_medium=socialmedia&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=otd&utm_content=assassinatio
nattemptonhitler20210720&fbclid=IwAR0tDA962MsUPecTx-
cqgtUtk8fKYnEgL6Nw6AyJuYzrO1_scK_MWfN1Wtk
 
FROM THE FIELD: A genocide timeline; Srebrenica massacre remembered
https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/07/1096092?
fbclid=IwAR0155XAV6SFtgb0Yz22rjgmUc2_dYYLAAJbkotd5Ptp-WkwZ1lhjLE8EMQ
 
Why We Should Open Archives from War Crimes Trials to the Public
https://www.ushmm.org/genocide-prevention/blog/why-we-should-open-archives-from-war-crimes-
trials
 
Atlantis: The Find of a Lifetime
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1662441274/ref=tsm_1_fb_lk?
fbclid=IwAR39P7HR9SCru1DfDwEfbBbyth6_magCjM50brI9u3ovXKooB_PQt5ewngs