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The Moon Is 40 Million Years Older Than Thought, Lunar Rock Samples Suggest By Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, October 23, 2023 Scientists believe moon is 40 million years older than first thought By Simon Druker, UPI, October 23, 2023 The Moon is 40 million years older than previously thought ScienceDaily, Northwestern University, October 23, 2023 The open access paper is:by Paul H. - Laboratory
Meltdown of West Antarctic Ice Sheet unavoidable, study says By Gloria Dickie, Reuters, October 23, 2023 West Antarctic Ice Sheet collapse is 'unavoidable' — study DW, October 23, 2023 Sea-level rise: West Antarctic ice shelf melt 'unavoidable BBC News, October 23, 2023 The open access paper is: Naughten, K.A., Holland, P.R. & De Rydt, J. Unavoidable futurby Paul H. - Laboratory
Replicating scientific results is tough — but essential Nature, December 15, 2021 Yours, Paul H.by Paul H. - Laboratory
How would we know whether there is life on Earth? This bold experiment found out Alexadra Witze, Nature, October 16, 2023 Yours, Paul H.by Paul H. - Laboratory
Resurrect an ancient library from the ashes of a volcano. Win $1,000,000. The Vesuvius Challenge is a machine learning and computer vision competition to read the Herculaneum Papyri. Challenge Overview - Yours, Paul H.by Paul H. - Ancient History
First word discovered in unopened Herculaneum scroll by 21-year-old computer science student The Vesuvius Challenge, October 12, 2023 Yours, Paul H.by Paul H. - Ancient History
Scientist calls record global heat in September ‘gobsmackingly bananas’ By Laura Paddison, CNN, October 5, 2023 September shattered global heat record – and by a record margin by Washington Post, DFA, South Africa, October 4, 2023 September shattered global heat record — and by a record margin Temperatures around the world last month were at levels closer to normal for July By Scottby Paul H. - Laboratory
We May Have Been Completely Wrong About The Origins of Syphilis in Europe By Clare watson, Science Alert, September 23, 2023 The paywalled paper is: Oumarou Hama, H., Boualam, M.A., Levasseur, A., Ardagna, Y., Adalian, P., Chaix, A.C. and Drancourt, M., 2023. Old World Medieval Treponema pallidum Complex Treponematosis: A Case Report. The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 228(5), pp.5by Paul H. - Laboratory
Strange Form of Ice Found That Only Melts at Extremely Hot Temperatures By Clare Watson, PhysOrg, October 15, 2023 One of the names for this ice is "Ice VIII." The open access paper is: Gleason, A.E., Rittman, D.R., Bolme, C.A., Galtier, E., Lee, H.J., Granados, E., Ali, S., Lazicki, A., Swift, D., Celliers, P. and Militzer, B., 2022. Dynamic compression of water to condby Paul H. - Laboratory
Bednarik, R.G., 2016. Rock art and pareidolia. Rock Art Research: The Journal of the Australian Rock Art Research Association (AURA), 33(2), pp.167-181. Bednarik, R.G., 2017. Pareidolia and rock art interpretation. Anthropologie 55(1/2), pp.101-117. Bednarik, R.G., 2013. Myths about rock art. Journal of Literature and Art Studies, 3(8), pp. 482-500. Hodgson, D., 2017. Bednarikby Paul H. - Ancient History
Race to find world's oldest mammal fossils led to academic warfare in the 1970s PhysOrgCom, October 10, 2023 The open access paper is: Benton, M.J., Gill, P.G. and Whiteside, D.I., 2023. Finding the world’s oldest mammals: sieving, dialectical materialism, and squabbles. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, p.zlad089. Yours, Paul H.by Paul H. - Laboratory
Peripato, V., Levis, C., Moreira, G.A., Gamerman, D., Ter Steege, H., Pitman, N.C., de Souza, J.G., Iriarte, J., Robinson, M., Junqueira, A.B. Trindade, T.B., and 220 more authors, 2023. More than 10,000 pre-Columbian earthworks are still hidden throughout Amazonia. Science, 382(6666), pp.103-109. The total authors is 230. Yours, Paul H.by Paul H. - Ancient History
The Key Role of Plate Tectonics for Accelerating the Evolution of Complex Life: Quest for the Missing Extraterrestrial Civilizations by Taras Gerya and Robert Stern, EGU 2023 #EGU23 PC3 Humans, hominoids and extraterrestials Time interval in video: 2:00 - 7:20 Basic premises: 1. Civilizations can only be expected on planets with oceans, continents, and plate tectonics 2. Suby Paul H. - Laboratory
A suspected extraterrestial impact crater, the Hapcheon impact crater, is reported from Sorth Korea in the below open access papers. Lim, J., Hong, S.S., Han, M., Yi, S. and Kim, S.W., 2021. First finding of impact cratering in the Korean Peninsula. Gondwana Research, 91, pp.121-128. Lee, J.Y., Shin, S., Yoon, H.H., Kim, J.C., Choi, Y., Nahm, W.H. and Kim, H., 2023. The Sedimentarby Paul H. - Laboratory
These are the places that could become ‘unlivable’ as the Earth warms Scott Dance, The Washington Post, October 9, 2023 The heat index reached 152 degrees in the Middle East — nearly at the limit for human survival Scott Dance, The Washington Post, JUly 18, 2023 Yours, Paul H.by Paul H. - Laboratory
We finally know for sure what a trilobite ate Tens of thousands of fossils later, we've found a trilobite with a full stomach. John Timmer, ArsTechnica, September 27, 2023 The open access paper is: Kraft, P., Vaškaninová, V., Mergl, M., Budil, P., Fatka, O. and Ahlberg, P.E., 2023. Uniquely preserved gut contents illuminate trilobite palaeophysiology. Nature, pp.1-7. Yoursby Paul H. - Laboratory
Huge ancient solar storm revealed by tree rings in French Alps By Will Dunham, Reuters, October 9, 2023 Giant Solar Storm 14,000 Years Ago Leaves The Carrington Event in The Dust by Michelle Starr, Nature, October 9, 2023 The open access paper is; Bard, E., Miramont, C., and others 2023, A radiocarbon spike at 14,300 cal yr BP in subfossil trees provides the impulse response funby Paul H. - Laboratory
Rare Jurassic fossils discovered near Lake Powell, St. George News, October 8, 2023 Jurassic- era 'extremely rare fossils' discovered in Utah, a milestone in US paleontology Chris Williams, Fox Stations, October 7, 2023 Yours, Paul H.by Paul H. - Laboratory
The Sumerian Dog Joke That Makes No Sense The Histocrat, September, 2023 Yours, Paul H.by Paul H. - Ancient History
Plate tectonic surprise: Utrecht geologist unexpectedly finds remnants of a lost mega-plate, EurekAlert, Oct. 9, 2023 Yours, Paul H.by Paul H. - Laboratory
Life-size images of extinct camel species found carved into stones in Saudi Arabia Bob Yirka, PhysOrg, September 4, 4023 Mysterious and 'beautifully carved' life-size camel carvings discovered in Saudi Arabian desert Jennifer Nalewicki, LiveScience, September 31, 2023 The paywalled paper is: Guagnin, M., Shipton, C., Stileman, F., Jibreen, F., AlSulaimi, M., Breeze,by Paul H. - Ancient History
Study of mud cores from Lake Victoria suggests diversification of cichlid fish led to their success by Bob Yirka , Phys.org, October 6, 2023 The open access paper is: Ngoepe, N., Muschick, M., Kishe, M.A., Mwaiko, S., Temoltzin-Loranca, Y., King, L., Courtney Mustaphi, C., Heiri, O., Wienhues, G., Vogel, H. and Cuenca-Cambronero, M., 2023. A continuous fish fossil record revealby Paul H. - Laboratory
We’ve Pumped So Much Groundwater That We’ve Nudged the Earth’s Spin Sea level rise due to groundwater withdrawal has caused the Earth’s rotational pole to wander nearly a meter, Rebecca Dzombak, American geophysical Union Seo, K.W., Ryu, D., Eom, J., Jeon, T., Kim, J.S., Youm, K., Chen, J. and Wilson, C.R., 2023. Drift of Earth's pole confirms groundwater depletion as a significaby Paul H. - Laboratory
Barnacles Help Reconstruct Drift Path of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 By Susan Trumbore, Eos. August 23, 2023 The open access paper is: Al-Qattan, N., Herbert, G.S., Spero, H.J., McCarthy, S., McGeady, R., Tao, R. and Power, A.M., 2023. A Stable Isotope Sclerochronology-Based Forensic Method for Reconstructing Debris Drift Paths With Application to the MH370 Crash. AGU Advancesby Paul H. - Laboratory
Study confirms age of oldest fossil human footprints in North America Two new lines of evidence support the 21,000 to 23,000-year age footprints first described and dated in 2021, USGS, Earth Science Matters Newsletter, September 5, 2023 Bennett, M.R., Bustos, D., Pigati, J.S., Springer, K.B., Urban, T.M., Holliday, V.T., Reynolds, S.C., Budka, M., Honke, J.S., Hudson, A.M. and Fenertby Paul H. - Laboratory
Blanchard-Wrigglesworth, E., Cox, T., Espinosa, Z.I. and Donohoe, A., 2023. The largest ever recorded heatwave-Characteristics and attribution of the Antarctic heatwave of March 2022. Geophysical Research Letters, 50(17), p.e2023GL104910. open access paper Yours, Paul H.by Paul H. - Laboratory
Antarctic sets a record low maximum by wide margin National Snow and Ice Data Center Yours, Paul H.by Paul H. - Laboratory
A recent paper open access paper appeared about prehistoric human migration in Sundaland in response to sea level rise. I do not know enough to evaluate the discussion of their reconstruction of prehistoric human migrations using genomic studies. However, it should be of great interest to members and visitors of Ma'at that the supplementary information contains a downloadablby Paul H. - Laboratory
Ancestral voyage: Launch of human fossils into space was 'carefully considered' ode to our ancient relatives William Brederode, NEWS24, September 27, 2023 Yours, Paul H.by Paul H. - Ancient History
Perilous Future for River Deltas by Bilal U. Haq and John D. Milliman GSA TODAY, vol. 33, no. 10, pp. 4-12 Yours, Paul H.by Paul H. - Laboratory