Thee Stranger News: January 2019

Thursday, January 31, 2019

THEE STRANGER NEWS (2019-01-31)

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Science & Futurism
[futurism.com] [kurzweilai.net] [eurekalert.org]

* " ‘Carried 35kg for hours & barely tired’: New PHOTOS of Russian military exoskeleton" (2019-01-25, rt.com/russia/449684-russian-army-exoskeleton-photos/) [archive.is/188GL]
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* "Chinese experts call for law to keep up with genetic research" (2019-01-24, news.cgtn.com/news/3d3d674d794d6a4d32457a6333566d54/index.html) [archive.is/9sMFm]

* "China clones five gene-edited monkeys to study sleep disorder" (2019-01-24, news.cgtn.com/news/3d3d514d33496a4d32457a6333566d54/index.html) [archive.is/bx6GK]

* "Scientists make gene-edited chickens in bid to halt next pandemic" (2019-01-23, news.cgtn.com/news/3d3d514f7a416a4d32457a6333566d54/index.html) [archive.is/h14cq]
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* "Completed Axolotl Genome Could Help Regenerating Human Tissue; Scientist of the University of Kentucky sequenced and assembled the 32 billion base pairs of the iconic Mexican salamander's genome" (2019-01-25, telesurenglish.net/news/Completed-Axolotl-Genome-Could-Help-Regenerating-Human-Tissue-20190124-0023.html) [archive.is/XyEdB]

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Space News
[astrobio.net]

* "Lucky strike? Moment meteorite slammed into Super Blood Wolf Moon caught on camera" (2019-01-23, rt.com/news/449517-meteorite-hit-moon-during-lunar-eclipse/) [archive.is/oSCuN]
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* "Faraway space snowman is pitted and has bright 'collar' " (2019-01-26, news.cgtn.com/news/3d3d514f35636a4d32457a6333566d54/index.html) [archive.is/EjsVQ]

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* "Deepest ever picture of space changes what we know about far away galaxies" (2019-01-25, rt.com/news/449694-deep-space-picture-hubble/) [archive.is/x2rah]

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Ancient News

* "Not even archaeology is safe: AI just discovered a new human species" (2019-01-26, rt.com/news/449845-human-dna-ai-species/) [archive.is/D7Vm9]
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* "Ancient woman with ‘ALIEN-LIKE' SKULL unearthed in Russia" (2019-01-24, rt.com/russia/449641-elongated-skull-woman-russia/) [archive.is/D2BT1]
- image (instagram.com/arheologiya_ri/)

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* "Mysterious Cocaine Mummies: Do They Prove Ancient Voyages Between Egypt and Americas?" (2019-01-19, ancient-origins.net/unexplained-phenomena/egyptian-mummies-0011354) [archive.is/QMGQX]
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* "2,200-year-old moat with artifacts linked to Hannibal unearthed in Spain" (2015-02-02, ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/2200-year-old-moat-artifacts-linked-hannibal-unearthed-spain-002637) [archive.is/cQFoM]
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* "La Noche Triste: When The Aztecs Almost Thwarted A Spanish Takeover; Hernán Cortés almost lost his hold on the Aztec capital when the natives revolted" (2019-01-03, by William DeLong, allthatsinteresting.com/la-noche-triste) [archive.is/ULRuF]
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* "Lang Lang enthralls fans in 'Monumental' concert to promote Saudi pre-Islamic heritage site" (2019-01-22, news.cgtn.com/news/3d3d674e3067544d32457a6333566d54/index.html) [archive.is/bE9vi]
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* "Rare Ancient Peruvian Death Mask Found Off Florida Coast; The mask is made mainly of copper, although it also contains traces of gold, silver and iridium — a material which is found in meteorites" (2019-01-24, telesurenglish.net/news/Rare-Ancient-Peruvian-Death-Mask-Found-Off-Florida-Coast-20190124-0003.html) [archive.is/n6U5m]
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* "Hiding in plain sight: Art detective finds stolen Spanish treasures in unlikely spot" (2019-01-22, rt.com/news/449436-stolen-spanish-art-found-garden/) [archive.is/u8WMN] [begin excerpt]: The carved friezes were stolen from the Visigoth-era Santa Maria de Lara church near Burgos in Spain, which dates back to between the seventh and eleventh centuries.
Dutchman Arthur Brand spent years on the case before a tip-off in 2010 led him to focus his search efforts on England, where the artifacts were sold by a shady dealer as garden ornaments. [end excerpt]
- image caption: Dutch art detective Arthur Brand with the recovered artworks

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* "An ancient bronze ‘aquarium’ recovered from overseas" (2019-01-29, news.cgtn.com/news/3d3d514e7a517a4d32457a6333566d54/index.html) [archive.is/soZZ4]

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* "Iran to introduce ancient history, civilization to Spain" (2019-01-26, en.mehrnews.com/news/141873/Iran-to-introduce-ancient-history-civilization-to-Spain) [archive.is/DX1Eh]
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* "China seeks national effort to protect the Great Wall" (2019-01-24, news.cgtn.com/news/3d3d674d7a516a4d32457a6333566d54/index.html) [archive.is/cshTO]
* "Preserving History: China makes efforts to protect Great Wall" video page (2019-01-24, news.cgtn.com/news/7745444d31494464776c6d636a4e6e62684a4856/share_p.html) [archive.is/XWj9o]

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* "Code-Name 'Corona': Earliest Spy-Satellite Images Reveal Secrets of Ancient Middle East" (2019-01-03, livescience.com/64404-unbending-classified-spy-satellite-photos.html) [archive.is/Y7YWv]
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* "World Economic Forum 2019: China and Armenia both have history of ancient civilization" video page (2019-01-24, news.cgtn.com/news/3245444d31494464776c6d636a4e6e62684a4856/share_p.html) [archive.is/vUWEi]

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Miscellany & Errata

* "Scientists suspect Apollo moon rock sample actually came from Earth" (2019-01-26, news.cgtn.com/news/3d3d514f32636a4d32457a6333566d54/index.html) [archive.is/3WNlc]

* " 'Moon rock' given to Holland by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin is fake; A moon rock given to the Dutch prime minister by Apollo 11 astronauts in 1969 has turned out to be a fake" (2009-08-29, telegraph.co.uk/news/science/space/6105902/Moon-rock-given-to-Holland-by-Neil-Armstrong-and-Buzz-Aldrin-is-fake.html) [archive.is/ppLG8]
* "Moon Rock Turns Out to be Fake; Astronauts who landed on the Moon collected 2,415 samples of Moon rocks weighing a total of 842 pounds (382 kilograms). Most of these rocks were collected during the Apollo 15, 16, and 17 missions" (2009-09-01, phys.org/news/2009-09-moon-fake.html) [archive.is/nvKmL] [begin excerpt]: The rock was given as a private gift to former prime minister Willem Drees Jr in 1969 by the U.S. ambassador to The Netherlands, J. William Middendorf II, during a visit by the Apollo 11 astronauts, Armstrong, Collins and Aldrin, soon after the first moon landing. Drees had been out of office for 11 years, but was considered an elder statesman.
When Drees died in 1988, the rock was donated to the Rijksmuseum, where it has remained ever since. According to a museum spokeswoman, Ms Van Gelder, no one doubted the authenticity of the rock because it was in the prime minister's own collection, and they had vetted the acquisition by a phone call to NASA.
According to an article published by the Rijksmuseum, at one time the rock was insured for approximately half a million dollars, but its actual value is probably no more than around $70.
Former U.S. ambassador, Mr Middendorf was unable to recall the exact details of how the rock came to be in the U.S. State Department's possession. It is known that NASA gave lunar rocks to over 100 countries in the 1970s, but when the rock was displayed in 2006 a space expert told the museum he doubted any material would have been given away so soon after the manned lunar landing.
Researchers from the Free University of Amsterdam immediately doubted the rock was from the moon, and began extensive testing. The tests concluded the rock was petrified wood. U.S. embassy officials were unable to explain the findings, but are investigating. [end excerpt]
* " ‘Moon rock’ in museum is just petrified wood; Prized rock supposedly brought back from the moon by U.S. astronauts" (2009-08-27, nbcnews.com/id/32581790/ns/technology_and_science-space/t/moon-rock-museum-just-petrified-wood/) [archive.is/oQebl]
- image caption: A rock supposedly brought back from the moon, and a note from the then-U.S. ambassador is just a piece of petrified wood.

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Thursday, January 24, 2019

THEE STRANGER NEWS (2019-01-24)

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* "All in the Mind: New tech lets viewers use thoughts to influence movie plots" video page (2019-01-21, news.cgtn.com/news/776b444f30494464776c6d636a4e6e62684a4856/share_p.html) [archive.is/Uwy5c]
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* "China reveals initial probe result on gene-edited baby" (2019-01-21, news.cgtn.com/news/3d3d514f7959544d32457a6333566d54/index.html) [archive.is/5Xvhi]
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* "China: Genetically Edited Monkeys Will Aid Biomed Research; The absence of the gene affects the animals’ biological clocks, inducing sleep problems, nighttime hyperactivity, hormonal disorders, depression and schizophrenia" (2019-01-24, telesurenglish.net/news/China-Genetically-Edited-Monkeys-Will-Aid-Biomed-Research-20190124-0002.html) [archive.is/YtAF0]
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* "Goodbye darkness, my old friend: Russian startup wants to place luminous ads in low-Earth orbit" (2019-01-16, rt.com/news/448944-russian-startup-orbital-billboards/) [archive.is/xMIXB]

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* " ‘Sky Canvas’ satellite aiming to create Earth’s 1st artificial meteor shower" (2019-01-17, rt.com/news/449057-artifical-meteor-satellite-test-japan/) [archive.is/OQqFT]
* "Japan satellite blasts into space to deliver artificial meteors" (2019-01-19, news.cgtn.com/news/3d3d514d7a45544d32457a6333566d54/share_p.html) [archive.is/bVxgg]

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Space News
[astrobio.net]

* "More asteroids strike Earth since age of dinosaurs: study" (2019-01-18, news.cgtn.com/news/3d3d514f7759444d32457a6333566d54/share_p.html) [archive.is/ibvkq]

* "Apophis asteroid could strike Earth in 2068, warn Russian scientists" (2019-01-18, rt.com/news/449146-apophis-asteroid-impact-risk-earth/) [archive.is/6JSIB]
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* " 'Summer is happening’: Scientists reveal key new insights into Saturn’s moon Titan" (2019-01-18, rt.com/news/449142-titan-rainfall-season-saturn/) [archive.is/DYzha]
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* "Farewell, mysterious Planet 9? ‘Massive disc’ model better explains distant orbit oddities" (2019-01-22, rt.com/news/449382-planet-nine-neptune-disc/) [archive.is/wXPRH]

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Ancient News
Music for your perusal (via beatport.com) [is.gd/2MzlEd]

* "Travelogue: The crown jewel of ancient Chinese architecture - The Great Wall" (2019-01-18, news.cgtn.com/news/3d3d514f3345544d32457a6333566d54/share_p.html) [archive.is/cfiYb]

* "Ancient buried town excavated in northwest China" (2019-01-17, news.cgtn.com/news/3d3d774d7867444d32457a6333566d54/share_p.html) [archive.is/SqLuP]

* "Ancient coffin in NW China's Ningxia shows integration of ethnic groups" (2019-01-18, news.cgtn.com/news/3d3d774e7a6b444d32457a6333566d54/share_p.html) [archive.is/bDVKO]
- image caption: Paintings on the coffin show scenes from people's daily lives.

- image caption: A picture painted on the coffin illustrates the widely known story of a dutiful son.

* "China starts archaeological research on ancient Mount Tai building" (2019-01-21, news.cgtn.com/news/3d3d514d7751544d32457a6333566d54/index.html) [archive.is/7hHlG]

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Official reconstitution of Ramesses II at his old age by Winifred Mabel Brunton

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* "Missing Piece of Antikythera Mechanism Found on Aegean Seabed Bronze disk unearthed by archaeologists in same wreck where original 2,200-year-old computer had been found; also located bits of the ship that Jacques Cousteau and looters hadn't destroyed" (2018-11-18, haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium.MAGAZINE-missing-piece-of-antikythera-mechanism-found-on-aegean-seabed-1.6640779) [archive.is/VWcx7] [begin excerpt]: Speaking of unsuspected technological prowess, recent X-ray imaging of a bronze statue discovered in the Antikythera wreck by Cousteau’s team in 1976 revealed a mechanical device inside its circular base, that apparently rotated the statue when a key was turned. This has yet to be confirmed. The statue dates from the second century B.C.E., contemporary or possibly older than the Antikythera Mechanisms. It could well be the earliest known example of a geared device. [end excerpt]
- image caption: X-ray of what seems to be a missing piece from the Antikythera mechanism, showing Taurus the bull

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* "Israelites in Biblical Dan Worshipped Idols – and Yahweh Too, Archaeologists Discover; Finds in the northern biblical city of Dan suggest that even if King Jeroboam pushed worship of golden calves and goat demons to spite Jerusalem, there was a big YHWH temple" (2018-10-31, haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium.MAGAZINE-israelites-in-biblical-dan-worshipped-idols-and-yahweh-too-1.6612851) [archive.is/HNyPG] [begin excerpt]: The Ten Tribes living in the Kingdom of Israel during the 8th century B.C.E. practiced a mixed religion, but contrary to the conventional wisdom among biblical scholars, their main deity was Yahweh after all, not the Canaanite god El and his envoys, golden calves and goat-shaped demons.
New excavations headed by Dr. David Ilan and Dr. Yifat Thareani of the Nelson Glueck School of Biblical Archaeology at the Hebrew Union College in Jerusalem discovered that Dan also housed Arameans and Phoenicians as well as Israelites. But the gigantic sanctuary, originally found over four decades ago, has the hallmarks of Yahwistic practice, not pagan ritual.
"Dan was ruled by Aram Damascus circa 830-770 B.C.E. We know this from both the Bible and from the Tel Dan inscription," says Ilan. "The Aramaeans practiced their cult at Dan too. The question is whether Israelite worship was carried out concurrently during this time. We still aren’t sure but this is one of our research questions."
Mainly based on the biblical narrative, scholars had thought that Yahweh became the main god in Israel only after that kingdom's obliteration by the Assyrians in 720 B.C.E. But new analysis of epigraphic, archaeological and textual evidence in Tel Dan, a key center of worship in the northern kingdom, strongly indicates that the people were worshipping Yahweh in an organized manner as early as the 9th century B.C.E. [end excerpt]
- image caption: One of two seal impressions found with the name of Immadiyaw, meaning "YHWH is with me."

* "Another First Temple Weight, This One With Mirror Writing, Found in Jerusalem Sifting Project; This tiny stone weight found by the foundation stones of the Western Wall may have been used in the First Temple itself, if users were unfazed by its backwards engraving" (2018-11-21, haaretz.com/archaeology/MAGAZINE-second-first-temple-weight-this-one-with-mirror-writing-found-in-jerusalem-sifting-1.6676037) [archive.is/Lxkas]

* "By the Rivers of Babylon: Life in Ancient Babylon’s Thriving Jewish Community" (2018-05-09, ancient-origins.net/history-important-events/rivers-babylon-life-ancient-babylon-s-thriving-jewish-community-0010021) [archive.is/nGGBA]

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Miscellany & Errata

* "Awkward: ‘Ancient’ Scottish stone circle is actually replica from the 90s" (2019-01-22, rt.com/uk/449411-ancient-scottish-stone-circle-fake/) [archive.is/1vdBo]

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Curiata

* "Deep under ice it dwells: Scientists find ‘fully unexpected’ signs of life in subglacial Antarctic" (2019-01-21, rt.com/news/449339-antarctica-life-found-deep-under-ice/) [archive.is/UxBIL]

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Thursday, January 17, 2019

THEE STRANGER NEWS (2019-01-17)

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* " ‘Largest in the world’ armored car & combat ‘EXOSKELETON’ unveiled in Ghana" (2019-01-09, rt.com/news/448398-ghana-armored-car-military/) [archive.is/2slOD]

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* " 'User experience' is the key to auto tech at CES 2019" (2019-01-09, news.cgtn.com/news/3d3d514e3241544f31457a6333566d54/share_p.html) [archive.is/eF6Bd]

* "Spider-like walking car seeks to revolutionize disaster recovery" (2019-01-08, rt.com/news/448335-walking-robot-car-hyundai/) [archive.is/IDc81]
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* "Chinese company's "paper-thin" steel steals thunder" (2019-01-11, xinhuanet.com/english/2019-01/11/c_137736571.htm) [archive.is/hyy07]
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* "World's largest 3D-printed footbridge unveiled in Shanghai" (2019-01-14, news.cgtn.com/news/3d3d414f346b544f31457a6333566d54/share_p.html) [archive.is/QuJCc]
* "China's first 3D-printed bridge ready to welcome visitors" (2019-01-13, news.cgtn.com/news/3d3d674e7967544f31457a6333566d54/share_p.html) [archive.is/dh9nV]

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Space News
[astrobio.net]

* "Chang'e-4 probe takes panoramic photos on moon's far side" (2019-01-11, xinhuanet.com/english/2019-01/11/c_137735844.htm) [archive.is/YMEOD], photo [archive.fo/V37br]
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* "Life finds a way: Microbes on ISS mutating to survive the void of space" (2019-01-09, rt.com/news/448377-microbes-iss-mutating-survival/) [archive.is/t9c2s]
* "Mutant Microbes Latch on to International Space Station; Five strains were discovered on the ISS’s exterior, genetically different from their earthly counterparts" (2019-01-08, telesurenglish.net/news/Mutant-Microbes-Latch-on-to-International-Space-Station-20190108-0029.html) [archive.is/OGSo9]
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* "Newly-discovered exoplanet twice the size of Earth could have water" (2019-01-08, rt.com/news/448297-new-exoplanet-discovery-nasa/) [archive.ph/Hh68b]
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* "Aliens phoning home? Mysterious deep-space radio signals are more frequent than we thought" (2019-01-10, rt.com/news/448432-radio-bursts-deep-space/) [archive.is/HFTlh]
* " 'Repeating' radio waves from deep space baffle scientists" (2019-01-10, news.cgtn.com/news/3d3d414d7945544f31457a6333566d54/share_p.html) [archive.is/xxiw0]
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* "Hubble captures awe-inspiring PHOTO of Triangulum galaxy that spans 19,400 light-years" (2019-01-08, rt.com/news/448299-hubble-snaps-galaxy-triangulum/) [archive.ph/17zSX]
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* "Time Travel Is Possible If You Have an Object With Infinite Density" (2018-12-15, realclearscience.com/articles/2018/12/15/time_travel_is_possible_if_you_have_an_object_with_infinite_density_110831.html) [archive.is/YYurx]

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Ancient News
Music for your perusal (via beatport.com) [is.gd/2MzlEd]

* "Biggest tsunami ever? New study reveals disastrous aftermath of dinosaur-killer asteroid" (2019-01-08, rt.com/news/448278-mile-high-tsunami-asteroid/) [archive.ph/YYsZQ]
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* "Xinjiang herdsmen preserve skiing's origin with ancient fur snowboards" (2019-01-12, xinhuanet.com/english/2019-01/12/c_137738235.htm) [archive.is/IlXbq] [begin excerpt]: Sengel, a 33-year-old herdsman in Altay Prefecture in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, started traveling through inhabited mountainous regions, only with a kind of ancient fur snowboards that were used by his ancestors about 12,000 years ago.
In 2015, an ancient rock painting depicting people hunting on the fur snowboards was found in Altay Prefecture, dating back about 12,000 years, which made Altay one of the places where skiing originated.
The fur snowboards, which are made of pine wood and horsehide, are still being used by local herdsmen because of their simple and smart designs.
"We choose the horsehide on which the grain runs in same direction, which provide traction to prevent skiers from slipping when they are traveling uphill, while allows them to slide forward more smoothly when going downhill," Sengel said.
With other eight local herdsmen, Sengel planned to travel about 300 kilometers in mountainous regions in ten days, among which the route of over 100 kilometers is in uninhabited area.
"Through this traveling, we hope more and more people can know about our fur snowboards in order to better preserve the ancient heritage," he said. [end excerpt]
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* "Human skull unearthed at N. China border confirmed to be 10,000 years old" (2019-01-12, xinhuanet.com/english/2019-01/12/c_137738581.htm) [archive.is/iCDg4]
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* " ‘We realized how daft we’d been’: British Museum made glaring mistake for years" (2019-01-08, rt.com/uk/448314-british-museum-upside-down-display/) [archive.ph/9fXG5]
- image caption: The Umma Mace-head, Early Dynastic period, c. 2400 BC

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* "Ancient tomb group found in SW China" (2019-01-11, xinhuanet.com/english/2019-01/11/c_137736796.htm) [archive.is/1YcwJ]
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* "Ancient tomb group unearthed in Shaanxi" (2019-01-11, xinhuanet.com/english/2019-01/11/c_137736614.htm) [archive.is/LPxx9]
- photoset [archive.is/Shwl8] [archive.is/uxvel] [archive.is/UaPDH] [archive.is/Wf9E5] [archive.is/kQO3K]
- image caption: Combo file photo shows earthenware unearthed from a tomb dating back to the Sixteen Kingdoms (304-439 A.D.) in Leijia Village of Xixian New Area, northwest China's Shaanxi Province. Archaeologists in northwest China's Shaanxi Province said Friday they have discovered an ancient tomb group dating back more than 1,500 years in a village in the province. Archaeologists with the Shaanxi Academy of Archaeology said that a cluster of 12 tombs dating back to the Sixteen Kingdoms (304-439 A.D.) was excavated from 2017 to 2018 in Leijia Village of Xixian New Area, along with sacrificial sites and millet.

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* "Ancient tombs discovered underneath a planned university canteen in China" (2019-01-07, xinhuanet.com/english/2019-01/07/c_137726430.htm) [archive.ph/kIark]
* "Ancient tomb found at Sun Yat-sen University in south China's Guangzhou" (2019-01-07, news.cgtn.com/news/3d3d414f3059444f31457a6333566d54/share_p.html) [archive.is/qqCkt]

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* "Stone sculpture in Palmyra represents the ancient Syrian carving style" (2019-01-08, sana.sy/en/?p=155152) [archive.is/bFdRk], photoset [archive.is/cW40b] [archive.is/SwrL3] [archive.is/rQ4ef] [archive.is/6nLZq]

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* "Amazing mosaic painting decorates floor of Heit church in Daraa" (2019-01-08, sana.sy/en/?p=155073) [archive.is/1gndu], photoset [archive.is/0iE4e] [archive.is/c7kgU] [archive.is/1lj4V]

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* "Chinese staff discover archaeological remains in Tunisia" (2019-01-12, xinhuanet.com/english/2019-01/12/c_137738794.htm) [archive.is/fbVaD]
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* "Dunhuang exhibition uses cutting edge tech to recreate cultural relics from the past" (2019-01-14, news.cgtn.com/news/3d3d514d7941444d32457a6333566d54/share_p.html) [archive.is/f731y]
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* "Was the Ahuizotl an Aztec Mythical Creature or a Real Fisherman’s Foe?" (2018-04-22, ancient-origins.net/myths-legends-americas/ahuizotl-aztec-mythical-creature-or-real-fisherman-s-foe-009941) [archive.fo/yUeaz]
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* "Night watch and gong, dying tradition revived in ancient village" (2019-01-11, xinhuanet.com/english/2019-01/11/c_137736608.htm) [archive.is/4VWh5]

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Miscellany & Errata

* "Living on the edge: Flat earthers planning cruise voyage in 'best adventure yet' " (2019-01-11, rt.com/news/448586-flat-earth-cruise-2020/) [archive.is/qnz06]

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Curiata

* "Traditional Chinese medicine adopted for depression treatment in San Francisco" (2019-01-14, news.cgtn.com/news/3d3d414f7741444d32457a6333566d54/share_p.html) [archive.is/NFtEt]
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* "Earth’s magnetic field is mysteriously acting up, pushing North Pole towards Siberia" (2019-01-11, rt.com/news/448550-magnetic-field-navigational-mystery/) [archive.is/0Px02]
* "Shifting north magnetic pole forces unprecedented navigation fix" (2019-01-12, news.cgtn.com/news/3d3d514d7963544f31457a6333566d54/share_p.html) [archive.is/wjfIz]

Thursday, January 3, 2019

THEE STRANGER NEWS (January 3rd, 2019)

Broadcast Thursdays at 89.5 FM KZCT in Vallejo, California, to a worldwide audience.

* "Alchemy vindicated? Chinese scientists turn copper into ‘gold’ " (2018-12-26, rt.com/news/447440-china-copper-turn-gold-metal/) [archive.is/1WulP]
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* "One of the world's fastest cameras films motion of electrons; Kiel research team examines ultrafast conversion of light energy in a solid" (2018-12-20, uni-kiel.de/en/details/news/camera/) [archive.vn/8Gwz9]
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* "Predicting the properties of a new class of glasses" (2018-12-20, news.psu.edu/story/552426/2018/12/20/research/predicting-properties-new-class-glasses) [archive.vn/4W5pm] [begin excerpt]: ZIF glasses, a new family of glass, could combine the transparency of silicate glass with the nonbrittle quality of metallic glass, according to researchers at Penn State and Cambridge University in the U.K.
"We are sure of the transparency," said John Mauro, professor of materials science and engineering at Penn State. "We'll have to wait until larger samples can be made to know if it has the amazing ductility of metallic glass, but it looks promising." [end excerpt]
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* "Chemists create new quasicrystal material from nanoparticle building blocks; Brown University researchers have discovered a new type of quasicrystal, a class of materials whose existence was thought to be impossible until the 1980s" (2018-12-20, news.brown.edu/articles/2018/12/quasicrystal) [archive.vn/3tdwG]
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* "Quantum Maxwell's demon 'teleports' entropy out of a qubit" (2018-12-20, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, mipt.ru, via eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-12/miop-qmd122018.php) [archive.vn/tQtSn]

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Space News
[astrobio.net]

* "New Horizons Soars Past Ultima Thule, Into the Unknown in 2019; 'What will Ultima reveal? No one knows', said NASA's mission director, Alan Stern; Very little is known about the Ultima Thule due to its location at the edge of our solar system" (2018-12-27, telesurenglish.net/news/New-Horizons-Soars-Past-Ultima-Thule-Into-the-Unknown-in-2019-20181227-0026.html) [archive.li/mVRTj]
* "Ultima Thule: NASA probe will reach tiny world at edge of solar system on New Year’s Day" (2018-12-29, rt.com/news/447697-new-horizons-ultima-thule/) [archive.li/FF36l]
* "NASA says faraway world Ultima Thule shaped like 'snowman' " (2019-01-03, news.cgtn.com/news/3d3d514d30597a4e31457a6333566d54/share_p.html) [archive.vn/uHvOM]

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* "Our universe: An expanding bubble in an extra dimension" (2018-12-28, Uppsala University, uu.se, via eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-12/uu-oua122818.php) [archive.vn/5fOtI]

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Ancient News
Music for your perusal (via beatport.com) [is.gd/2MzlEd]

* "How pigs became domesticated in China" (2019-01-02, news.cgtn.com/news/3d3d514e30557a4e31457a6333566d54/share_p.html) [archive.vn/9ePsc]
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* "5,000-year-old house in central China to get renovated" (2018-12-27, xinhuanet.com/english/2018-12/27/c_137702529.htm) [archive.is/dCDJV]
- photoset [archive.is/FWtYZ] [archive.is/uatM0] [archive.is/5zOol] [archive.is/jq8BI] [archive.is/H1N0n]
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* "Air-supported structure covers 4,000-yr-old ruins in China" (2018-12-27, xinhuanet.com/english/2018-12/27/c_137702568.htm) [archive.is/2TiyD], (2018-12-28, news.cgtn.com/news/3d3d414f79496a4e31457a6333566d54/share_p.html) [archive.li/m1t6D]

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* "Meet luxurious ancient burial suits at the National Museum of China" (2018-12-29, news.cgtn.com/news/3d3d414e32596a4e31457a6333566d54/share_p.html) [archive.li/kzics]
- image caption: Liu Sheng's Jade Suit Sewn with Gold Thread is on display at the "Splendors of Great Han" exhibition at the National Museum of China in Beijing, December 28, 2018.

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* "New Great Wall relic found in north China mountains" (2018-12-28, xinhuanet.com/english/2018-12/28/c_137704790.htm) [archive.li/vD8OW]
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* "Renminbi banknote scenery: West Lake" (2018-12-28, news.cgtn.com/news/3d3d414f33496a4e31457a6333566d54/share_p.html) [archive.li/52aRb] [begin excerpt]:
Shown on the back side of the one yuan bill, the Three Pools Mirroring the Moon, one of the Ten Scenes of West Lake, is located in Hangzhou City, east China's Zhejiang Province. The city was dubbed by Marco Polo in the 13th century as being the "most beautiful and elegant city in the world".
The three pools refer to the three stone pagodas rising from the water. They are two meters tall respectively, and were first built in 1089, during the Song Dynasty. They are spherical in shape and hollow inside, with five holes on the surface of the bulb. When the full moon is shining bright in the sky on Mid-autumn Festival, people light candles in the pagodas and seal the holes with thin paper. The candlelight is then reflected on the surface of the water as if there were many little moons, producing a marvelous scene of "one moon in the sky, 16 silhouettes in the water". This is how the Three Pools Mirroring the Moon got their name. [end excerpt]
- image caption: View of "The Three Pools Mirroring the Moon"

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* "Brazil Honors African Goddess Yemanya in New Year Ceremonies; Copacabana, the most emblematic beach of Brasil, is a site where thousands of people, who ask the Goddess for their wishes, gather" (2018-12-28, telesurenglish.net/news/Brazil-Honors-African-Goddess-Yemanya-in-New-Year-Ceremonies-20181228-0004.html) [archive.li/mNHTI]

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Miscellany & Errata

* "Was UK’s most notorious UFO sighting a REVENGE PRANK played on US airmen by SAS commandos?" (2018-12-31, rt.com/news/447843-rendlesham-forest-ufo-revenge-prank/) [archive.vn/TK5G1]

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Curiata

* "Watch Bosnia's 'magnetic' man attach metal and plastic to his body; A Bosnian man with powers of seemingly “magnetic attraction” presented his unusual ability to stick knives, forks and even plates onto his torso in his hometown of Bihac on Sunday" video page (2018-12-31, presstv.com/Detail/2018/12/31/584517/Watch-Bosnias-magnetic-man-attach-metal-and-plastic-to-his-body) [archive.vn/bh3OB]

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* "Questions remain over animals' ability to sense natural disasters" (2018-12-27, news.cgtn.com/news/3d3d414f31416a4e31457a6333566d54/share_p.html) [archive.li/nzpi9]
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* "Alien invasion? Russian hackers? New York City skyline flickers in surreal neon blue" (2018-12-28, rt.com/usa/447561-new-york-astoria-explosion/) [archive.li/Hpqbo]
* "Watch up close the transformer blaze turn the New York skyline blue" (2018-12-28, rt.com/usa/447562-new-york-transformer-fire/) [archive.li/Ud5n4]

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