Convened by Dr.G., a Renegade Illuminati, convening Thee Temple, for knowledge, whimsy, and inspiration! Everything is true, nothing is forbidden!
Broadcast Thursdays at 89.5 FM KZCT in Vallejo, California, to a worldwide audience.
Introductory track: Covenant - Ritual Noise [youtube.com/watch?v=dnlGEQ1NUsk]
Meandering track: Spacemind - Memory Hole [youtube.com/watch?v=uL0mvPZuklM]
Science & Futurism
[futurism.com] [kurzweilai.net] [eurekalert.org]
* "Britain paves way for robo-lawyers and flying cars" (2018-10-05, xinhuanet.com/english/2018-10/05/c_129966217.htm) [archive.is/fuV3V]
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Space News
[astrobio.net]
* " ‘Most valuable specimen I have ever held’: Doorstop rock confirmed as $100k meteorite" (2018-10-05, rt.com/usa/440409-doorstop-rock-meteorite-michigan/) [archive.is/rdq3x]
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* "NASA probe on brink of solar system detects cosmic ray increase" (2018-10-07, xinhuanet.com/english/2018-10/08/c_137516870.htm) [archive.is/Oo809]
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* "New distant solar system object found during hunt for Planet X" (2018-10-03, news.cgtn.com/news/3d3d514e33456a4e7a457a6333566d54/share_p.html) [archive.is/6z1so]
* "New distant object in Solar System found, supporting presence of larger Planet X" (2018-10-02, xinhuanet.com/english/2018-10/03/c_137507902.htm) [archive.is/XPs4S] [begin excerpt]:
"These so-called Inner Oort Cloud objects like 2015 TG387, 2012 VP113, and Sedna are isolated from most of the Solar System's known mass, which makes them immensely interesting," said Scott Sheppard with Carnegie Institution for Science. "They can be used as probes to understand what is happening at the edge of our Solar System."
David Tholen with the University of Hawaii said: "Currently we would only detect 2015 TG387 when it is near its closest approach to the Sun. For some 99 percent of its 40,000-year orbit, it would be too faint to see."
The object was discovered as part of the team's ongoing hunt for unknown dwarf planets and Planet X.
The computer simulations showed that not only was 2015 TG387's orbit stable for the age of the Solar System, but it was actually shepherded by Planet X's gravity, which keeps the smaller 2015 TG387 away from the massive planet. 2015 TG387 is likely on the small end of being a dwarf planet since it has a diameter near 300 kilometers.
This gravitational shepherding could explain why the most-distant objects in our Solar System have similar orbits and these orbits keep them from ever approaching the proposed planet too closely, which is similar to how Pluto never gets too close to Neptune even though their orbits cross, according to the study.
"What makes this result really interesting is that Planet X seems to affect 2015 TG387 the same way as all the other extremely distant Solar System objects. These simulations do not prove that there's another massive planet in our Solar System, but they are further evidence that something big could be out there" said Chad Trujillo with Northern Arizona University. [end excerpt]
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* "First compelling evidence for a moon outside solar system found" (2018-10-03, xinhuanet.com/english/2018-10/04/c_137509992.htm) [archive.is/syugI]
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Ancient News
Music for your perusal (via beatport.com) [is.gd/2MzlEd]
* "Oldest human remains discovered in Poland" (2018-10-06, xinhuanet.com/english/2018-10/06/c_137514901.htm) [archive.is/gYS94]
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* "90,000-Year-Old Knife Hints at Early Tool-Making in Africa; The artisan made the knife from a mammal rib bone, and over a series of steps, shaped and sharpened it into a 13cm-long knife" (2018-10-03, telesurtv.net/english/news/90000-Year-Old-Knife-Hints-at-Early-Tool-Making-in-Africa-20181003-0037.html) [archive.is/JvZDg]
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* "Mysterious female pottery face sends 7,300 year-old smile" (2018-10-02, xinhuanet.com/english/2018-10/02/c_137507442.htm) [archive.is/4rG9A]
- image caption: Photo shows a piece of pottery shaped as a female head at the Bengbu Museum in east China's Anhui Province.
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* "More than 200 tombs unearthed in Yunnan" (2018-10-06, xinhuanet.com/english/2018-10/06/c_137514751.htm) [archive.is/WRASx]: Archaeologists in southwest China's Yunnan Province have unearthed a cluster of 209 tombs believed to be from between the late Neolithic and early Bronze age.
The tombs were discovered during the latest excavation of 100,000 square meters of ruins in Jiangbian Village in Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture, according to the provincial archaeology institute.
Wan Yang, a researcher with the institute, said that most of the tombs were earth pits with well-preserved human skeletons lying flat on their back.
But in some tombs, two skeletons overlapped each other, he said. While in other tombs, bones dislocated, a result of funeral rituals according to which people were buried long after death.
"Findings from the tombs carry important information about the lifestyles, culture and views of life and death of early humans living in this area," Wan said.
More than 1,500 pieces of pottery, 80 pieces of bronze ware, 168 pieces of stoneware and 130 bone artifacts were also unearthed in the tombs.
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* "Mystery of Sanxingdui culture on display in museum exhibition" (2018-10-05, news.cgtn.com/news/3d3d414f78596a4e7a457a6333566d54/share_p.html) [archive.is/AWee5]
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* "Library exhibits remaining copies of Yongle Encyclopedia" (2018-10-02, xinhuanet.com/english/2018-10/02/c_137507415.htm) [archive.is/0g26O]
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* "Double Medieval child burial, one Pagan, one Christian, mystifies German researchers" (2015-09-17, ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/double-medieval-child-burial-one-pagan-one-christian-mystifies-german-020534) [archive.is/kp8Bg]
* "8-Year-Old Swede Finds Pre-Viking Era Sword; The arts and cultural museum said the sword - which measures about 83 centimeters long - is believed to date back to the 5th or 6th century AD" (2018-10-05, telesurtv.net/english/news/8-Year-Old-Swede-Finds-Pre-Viking-Era-Sword-20181005-0002.html) [archive.is/sCiA8]
* "Eight-year-old Swedish-American girl pulls pre-Viking era sword from lake" (2018-10-04, thelocal.se/20181004/eight-year-old-swedish-girl-pulls-1000-year-old-sword-from-lake) [archive.is/86i5d]
- image caption: Eight-year-old Saga and her sword.
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* "Ancient beacon towers found in Inner Mongolia" (2018-10-07, xinhuanet.com/english/2018-10/07/c_137516848.htm) [archive.is/cq6T7]
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* "Tanzania syas to restore ancient city to promote tourism" (2018-10-07, xinhuanet.com/english/2018-10/08/c_137516865.htm) [archive.is/bW9o7]
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Meandering track: Spacemind - Memory Hole [youtube.com/watch?v=uL0mvPZuklM]
Science & Futurism
[futurism.com] [kurzweilai.net] [eurekalert.org]
* "Britain paves way for robo-lawyers and flying cars" (2018-10-05, xinhuanet.com/english/2018-10/05/c_129966217.htm) [archive.is/fuV3V]
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Space News
[astrobio.net]
* " ‘Most valuable specimen I have ever held’: Doorstop rock confirmed as $100k meteorite" (2018-10-05, rt.com/usa/440409-doorstop-rock-meteorite-michigan/) [archive.is/rdq3x]
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* "NASA probe on brink of solar system detects cosmic ray increase" (2018-10-07, xinhuanet.com/english/2018-10/08/c_137516870.htm) [archive.is/Oo809]
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* "New distant solar system object found during hunt for Planet X" (2018-10-03, news.cgtn.com/news/3d3d514e33456a4e7a457a6333566d54/share_p.html) [archive.is/6z1so]
* "New distant object in Solar System found, supporting presence of larger Planet X" (2018-10-02, xinhuanet.com/english/2018-10/03/c_137507902.htm) [archive.is/XPs4S] [begin excerpt]:
"These so-called Inner Oort Cloud objects like 2015 TG387, 2012 VP113, and Sedna are isolated from most of the Solar System's known mass, which makes them immensely interesting," said Scott Sheppard with Carnegie Institution for Science. "They can be used as probes to understand what is happening at the edge of our Solar System."
David Tholen with the University of Hawaii said: "Currently we would only detect 2015 TG387 when it is near its closest approach to the Sun. For some 99 percent of its 40,000-year orbit, it would be too faint to see."
The object was discovered as part of the team's ongoing hunt for unknown dwarf planets and Planet X.
The computer simulations showed that not only was 2015 TG387's orbit stable for the age of the Solar System, but it was actually shepherded by Planet X's gravity, which keeps the smaller 2015 TG387 away from the massive planet. 2015 TG387 is likely on the small end of being a dwarf planet since it has a diameter near 300 kilometers.
This gravitational shepherding could explain why the most-distant objects in our Solar System have similar orbits and these orbits keep them from ever approaching the proposed planet too closely, which is similar to how Pluto never gets too close to Neptune even though their orbits cross, according to the study.
"What makes this result really interesting is that Planet X seems to affect 2015 TG387 the same way as all the other extremely distant Solar System objects. These simulations do not prove that there's another massive planet in our Solar System, but they are further evidence that something big could be out there" said Chad Trujillo with Northern Arizona University. [end excerpt]
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* "First compelling evidence for a moon outside solar system found" (2018-10-03, xinhuanet.com/english/2018-10/04/c_137509992.htm) [archive.is/syugI]
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Ancient News
Music for your perusal (via beatport.com) [is.gd/2MzlEd]
* "Oldest human remains discovered in Poland" (2018-10-06, xinhuanet.com/english/2018-10/06/c_137514901.htm) [archive.is/gYS94]
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* "90,000-Year-Old Knife Hints at Early Tool-Making in Africa; The artisan made the knife from a mammal rib bone, and over a series of steps, shaped and sharpened it into a 13cm-long knife" (2018-10-03, telesurtv.net/english/news/90000-Year-Old-Knife-Hints-at-Early-Tool-Making-in-Africa-20181003-0037.html) [archive.is/JvZDg]
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* "Mysterious female pottery face sends 7,300 year-old smile" (2018-10-02, xinhuanet.com/english/2018-10/02/c_137507442.htm) [archive.is/4rG9A]
- image caption: Photo shows a piece of pottery shaped as a female head at the Bengbu Museum in east China's Anhui Province.
---
* "More than 200 tombs unearthed in Yunnan" (2018-10-06, xinhuanet.com/english/2018-10/06/c_137514751.htm) [archive.is/WRASx]: Archaeologists in southwest China's Yunnan Province have unearthed a cluster of 209 tombs believed to be from between the late Neolithic and early Bronze age.
The tombs were discovered during the latest excavation of 100,000 square meters of ruins in Jiangbian Village in Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture, according to the provincial archaeology institute.
Wan Yang, a researcher with the institute, said that most of the tombs were earth pits with well-preserved human skeletons lying flat on their back.
But in some tombs, two skeletons overlapped each other, he said. While in other tombs, bones dislocated, a result of funeral rituals according to which people were buried long after death.
"Findings from the tombs carry important information about the lifestyles, culture and views of life and death of early humans living in this area," Wan said.
More than 1,500 pieces of pottery, 80 pieces of bronze ware, 168 pieces of stoneware and 130 bone artifacts were also unearthed in the tombs.
---
* "Mystery of Sanxingdui culture on display in museum exhibition" (2018-10-05, news.cgtn.com/news/3d3d414f78596a4e7a457a6333566d54/share_p.html) [archive.is/AWee5]
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* "Library exhibits remaining copies of Yongle Encyclopedia" (2018-10-02, xinhuanet.com/english/2018-10/02/c_137507415.htm) [archive.is/0g26O]
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* "Double Medieval child burial, one Pagan, one Christian, mystifies German researchers" (2015-09-17, ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/double-medieval-child-burial-one-pagan-one-christian-mystifies-german-020534) [archive.is/kp8Bg]
* "8-Year-Old Swede Finds Pre-Viking Era Sword; The arts and cultural museum said the sword - which measures about 83 centimeters long - is believed to date back to the 5th or 6th century AD" (2018-10-05, telesurtv.net/english/news/8-Year-Old-Swede-Finds-Pre-Viking-Era-Sword-20181005-0002.html) [archive.is/sCiA8]
* "Eight-year-old Swedish-American girl pulls pre-Viking era sword from lake" (2018-10-04, thelocal.se/20181004/eight-year-old-swedish-girl-pulls-1000-year-old-sword-from-lake) [archive.is/86i5d]
- image caption: Eight-year-old Saga and her sword.
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* "Ancient beacon towers found in Inner Mongolia" (2018-10-07, xinhuanet.com/english/2018-10/07/c_137516848.htm) [archive.is/cq6T7]
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* "Tanzania syas to restore ancient city to promote tourism" (2018-10-07, xinhuanet.com/english/2018-10/08/c_137516865.htm) [archive.is/bW9o7]
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* "Something’s broken inside Earth? Scientists explore why millennia-old process has stalled" (2018-10-07, rt.com/usa/440606-stagnant-slabs-earth-mantle/) [archive.is/089qB]
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Curiata
* "Race against time to save endangered languages and dialects" (2018-10-05, xinhuanet.com/english/2018-10/05/c_137512626.htm) [archive.is/gZpOQ]
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