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Hundreds of black 'spiders' spotted in mysterious 'Inca City' on Mars in new
satellite photos, Stephanie Pappas, Live Science, April 25, 2024
Signs of spiders from Mars, European Space Agency
Inca City" is Part of a Circular Feature, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA
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I suspect that this specimen came from the travertines of the Denizli Basin, Turkey.
Some revelent papers are:
Vialet, A., Prat, S., Wils, P. and Alcicek, M.C., 2018. The Kocabas hominin (Denizli
Basin, Turkey) at the crossroads of Eurasia: New insights from morphometric and
cladistic analyses. Comptes Rendus Palevol, 17(1-2), pp.17-32.
Rausch, L., Alcicek, H., Vialet, A., Boulbe
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Copyright Infringement Email From "Thomas Wolf" Over Image From Wikipedia
A Bug in Early Creative Commons Licenses Has Enabled a New Breed of
Superpredator - Copyleft trolls, Robosigning, and Pixie
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Renovation relic: Man finds hominin jawbone in parents’
travertine kitchen tile. Yes, travertine often has embedded
fossils. But not usually hominin ones.
Jennifer Ouelette, Ars Technica, April 18, 2024
Jawdropping discovery: Remains of extinct human species
that died thousands of years ago found in kitchen floor tiles
Peter hess, Daily Mail, April 19, 2024
A dentist found a hu
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Scientists may have pinpointed the true origin of the
Hope Diamond and other pristine gemstones
Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience, April 21, 2024
The paywalled paper is:
Kalra, H., Dongre, A. and Vyas, S., 2024. On the possible
primary sources of Koh-i-Noor and other Golkonda diamonds.
Journal of Earth System Science, 133(2), p.51.
PDF file at
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The journal, Archaeological Prospection, which published the
now retracted Gunung Padang paper, just published a paper
about "pseudoarchaeological colonialism". It is:
Wadsworth, W.T., Halmhofer, S. and Supernant, K., 2023.
Saying what we mean, meaning what we say: Managing
miscommunication in archaeological prospection.
Archaeological Prospection. open access paper
Abstra
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I found the below update on the Francis Scott Key Bridge Disaster quite informative
and well worth listening to. The section on General Average & Limited Liability is
interesting on why shippers need General Avergae insurance.
Baltimore Bridge disaster Update | Next Steps in Salvage & Clearing | General Average &
Limited Liability | Worldwide Fuel Contamination | Impact on Balt
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Coffee Shop
Why is a volcano in Antarctica spewing out gold dust?
Noora Mykkanen, MetroComUK News, April12, 2024
The paywalled paper is:
Meeker, K.A., Chuan, R.L., Kyle, P.R. and Palais, J.M., 1991.
Emission of elemental gold particles from Mount Erebus,
Ross Island, Antarctica. Geophysical Research Letters,
18(8), pp.1405-1408.
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Microsoft’s VASA-1 can deepfake a person with one photo and one audio track
YouTube videos of 6K celebrities helped train AI model to animate photos in real time.
Benj edwards, Ars Technika, April 19, 2024
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A Rare Nova Explosion Will Soon Bring a ‘New Star’ to the Night Sky—How to Catch a Glimpse
In an event that occurs only once every 80 years, a distant remnant of a star will grow much
brighter, briefly becoming visible to Earth, Will Sullivan Smithsonian Magazine
A 'new' star will light up the sky soon and you can see it for yourself
Recurrent nova last brightened in 1946 and h
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Almeida, L.C.R., Vargas Jr, E.D.A. and De Figueiredo, R.P., 2006.
Mechanical characterization of rock splitting planes in granitic rocks.
International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, 43(7), pp.1139-1145.
The above paper is pertinent to pseudoarchaeological sites such as
the Montana Megaliths and Gornaya Shoria, Russia, megaliths
because it discusses the tendency of gra
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‘Space junk’ crashes into Florida home from
International Space Station, NASA says
ALcom, Apr. 16, 2024
Object that slammed into Florida home was
indeed space junk from ISS, NASA confirms
By Mike Wall, SpaceCom, , Apr. 15, 2024
Kessler Syndrome and the space debris problem
By Mike< SpaceCom, July 14, 2022
This feared space-junk cascade called Kessler Syndrome may have alrea
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Some Triassic ‘Dinosaur Bones’ Belonged to Giant Ichthyosaurs, Paleontologists Say
SciNews, April 9, 2024
Perillo, M. and Sander, P.M., 2024. The dinosaurs that weren’t: osteohistology
supports giant ichthyosaur affinity of enigmatic large bone segments from the
European Rhaetian. PeerJ, 12, p.e17060.
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Multiviewer for Sundhnúksgígaröð Volcano Eruption in Reykjanes, Iceland
Reykjanes multiview - Live from Iceland
Sundhnúksgígaröð Volcano Eruption in Iceland - seen from Hagafell - Close up
Val Troll's Volcano Channel
Icelandic Met Office - Volcano Eruption in Reykjanes
Slow decrease in the flow of lava from the eruption
Ground deformation continues, with a steady inflow
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N.J. earthquake aftershock tally climbs to 34 after Friday’s big tremor. More expected.
NJcom, April 07, 2024
More earthquake aftershocks in N.J. region are very likely in next 7 days, experts predict
NJcom, April 07, 2024
Aftershocks from Northeast earthquake could continue for a week, seismologists say
CBS News, April 6, 2024
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What’s wrong with the Manitou Cliff Dwellings Museum and Preserve?
Archival documents reveal the true origins of a popular Colorado tourist attraction.
Miles W. Griffis, High Country News, April 1, 2022
Manitou Cliff Dwellings, Manitou Springs, Colorado
A paywalled paper is:
Lovata, Troy R. (2011-04-19). "Archaeology as Built for the Tourists:
The Anasazi Cliff Dwellings o
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From Fear to Survival: Knowledge Is Key
Tilly Smith used schoolwork to save her
family and others from the 2004 tsunami.
ABC News January 20, 2009
Shaky Ground: Tilly Smith, Child Hero
KHSU, February 27, 2018
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New Seafloor Map Only 25% Done, with 6 Years to Go
By Tim Hornyak, Eos, April 2, 2024
Seabed 2030
The General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans (GEBCO)
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Did One GuyJust Stop a Huge Cyberattack?
Jon Han, The New York Times, April 3, 2024
"A Microsoft engineer noticed something was off on a piece of software he
worked on. He soon discovered someone was probably trying to gain access
to computers all over the world."
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‘Alarming’ Ocean Temperatures Suggest This
Hurricane Season Will Be a Daunting One
An early forecast from one set of experts sees
an above-average hurricane season that may
rival the busiest years on record.
Judson Jones, New York Times, April 4, 2024
Forecasters: "Extremely active" Atlantic hurricane season ahead
Andrew Freedman, Axios, April 4, 2024
El Niño, La Niña
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Thousands of strange white rocks found on Mars.
Will they ever be brought to Earth?
SpaceCom, Sharmila Kuthunur, April 3, 2024
"These are very unusual rocks and we're trying
to Figure out what's been going on."
Rock Sampled by NASA's Perseverance Embodies
Why Rover Came to Mars, NASA Science, , April 3, 2024
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Jammer asked:
"IF such a piece should hit private property, a house, car, person; who is liable?
The country that launched? The country it fell on? Your personal homeowners insurance?"
I found this:
If a satellite falls on your house, space law protects you
– but there are no legal penalties for leaving junk in orbit
The conversation, May 17, 2021
Cohen, A.F., 1984. C
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Chinese space junk falls to Earth over Southern
California, creating spectacular fireball (photos, video)
Mike Wall, SpaceCom, April 7, 2024
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Powerful X-class solar flare slams Earth, triggering radio blackout over the Pacific Ocean
Jennifer Nalewicki, SPaceCom, March 28, 2024
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Linux could have been brought down by backdoor found in widely used utility
The malicious code modifies functions within a data compression library that
is a foundational part of several Linux distributions, by Erika Morphy and Julio
Franco, Stechspot, March 31, 2024
Technical discussion on Openwall Messageboard
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Survey Maps Biggest Volcano Eruption In The Past 11,700 Years
David Bessen, Forbes Magazine, March 31, 2024
Shimizu, S., Nakaoka, R., Seama, N., Suzuki-Kamata, K.,
Kaneko, K., Kiyosugi, K., Iwamaru, H., Sano, M., Matsuno,
T., Sugioka, H. and Tatsumi, Y., 2024. Submarine pyroclastic
deposits from 7.3 ka caldera-forming Kikai-Akahoya
eruption. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Re
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How many ancient Egyptian pyramids are there?
Owen Jarus, LIveScienceFebruary 29, 2024
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Recently, I can across a picture and post of a partially articulated fossil dugung that
was found "at the base" of the Great pyramid" in:
Unknown Fossil at base of Great Pyramid
James1234, The Fossil Forum, May 26, 2022
Dugong -
Does anyone have more specific information about its location?
I am also interested if anyone has either documented it or published anythi
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Scientific drilling unravels historical mystery
surrounding Santorini volcanic archipelago
by Ilka Thomsen, Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres
The sea 'began to boil': Freak volcanic eruption
of Santorini 1,300 years ago indicates huge
blasts can occur during time of quiet
By Sascha Pare, LiveScience, March 25, 2024
The open access paper is:
Preine, J.
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New hack clones fingerprints just by listening to fingers swipe screens
PrintListener hacking technique can steal people’s fingerprints through
a smartphone’s microphone. by Anthony Cuthbertson, The Telegraph
PrintListener: Uncovering the Vulnerability of Fingerprint Authentication
via the Finger Friction Sound, Network and Distributed System Security
(NDSS) Symposium, 26 February–1 Mar
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