Thee Stranger News (July 15th, 2021)

A Liberated Zone on the FM, to enhance alternative culture and cognitive freedom!
Broadcast Thursdays at 89.5 FM KZCT in Vallejo, California, to a worldwide audience. Tune-in online [http://tunein.com/popout/player/s130679].
Convened by Dr.G., a Renegade Illuminati, convening Thee Temple, for knowledge, whimsy, and inspiration. Everything is true, nothing is forbidden!
Introductory track: Covenant - Ritual Noise [youtube.com/watch?v=dnlGEQ1NUsk]

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Futurism & Strange Science

* "Scientists makes new optical fiber with bendy ice" (2021-07-10, xinhuanet.com/english/2021-07/10/c_1310054007.htm) [archive.is/izkFh]

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* "Scientists Can Now Turn Used Soda Bottles Into Vanilla Flavoring; Yes, it’s weird—but possible with mutant enzymes and genetically engineered bacteria" (2021-06-19, motherjones.com/environment/2021/06/scientists-turn-used-soda-bottles-vanilla-flavoring-chemistry-genetically-engineered-bacteria/) [archive.is/uaqeE]

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Space News
"NASA Administrator: Alien Life Is More Likely Than We Thought" (2019, futurism.com) [archive.is/d6n46]

* "Chinese scientists' observation of Crab Nebula challenges classical theories" (2021-07-09, xinhuanet.com/english/2021-07/09/c_1310051840.htm) [archive.is/Q9VXF]

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* "China's Mars rover sends new photos of red planet's surface" (2021-07-09, news.cgtn.com/news/2021-07-09/China-s-Mars-rover-sends-new-photos-of-red-planet-s-surface-11L5vcGNV16/index.html) [archive.is/t83M3]
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NEO Watch
B612 Foundation [b612foundation.org] to protect Earth from asteroid impacts.


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Ancient News

* "8,200-year-old lacquerware found in east China" (2021-07-09, xinhuanet.com/english/2021-07/09/c_1310052389.htm) [archive.is/e8NFL], (2021-07-10, news.cgtn.com/news/2021-07-10/8-200-year-old-lacquerware-found-in-east-China-11MkkLWUzny/index.html) [archive.is/nIb97]

- image caption: Two lacquerware items were unearthed in Jingtoushan ruins in the city of Yuyao, Ningbo City, east China's Zhejiang Province.

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* "Israel discovers 3,100-year-old clay jug with biblical inscription" (2021-07-12, xinhuanet.com/english/2021-07/12/c_1310056765.htm) [archive.is/zvUly]

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* "2,000-year-old public building discovered in Old City of Jerusalem" (2021-07-08, xinhuanet.com/english/2021-07/08/c_1310049956.htm) [archive.is/lYkMg]

* "Magnificent 2,000-year-old 'city hall' unearthed in Jerusalem" (2021-07-10, news.cgtn.com/news/2021-07-10/Magnificent-2-000-year-old-city-hall-unearthed-in-Jerusalem-11MwpLmbUsM/index.html) [archive.is/qUqXV]

- image caption: A view inside a 2,000-year-old luxurious banquet hall erected near the Temple Mount during the Second Temple Period uncovered in the Western Wall tunnels, July 8, 2021.

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* "Philae temples become landmark of Egypt's Aswan in "greatest archaeological rescue campaign" " (2021-07-08, xinhuanet.com/english/2021-07/08/c_1310050134.htm) [archive.is/D87j3]

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* "Over 700-year-old tomb cluster unearthed in E China" (2021-07-09, news.cgtn.com/news/2021-07-09/Over-700-year-old-tomb-cluster-unearthed-in-E-China-11KNVlNKOrK/index.html) [archive.is/cBPk5]

* "Over 700-year-old tombs with carved brick murals unearthed in E China" (2021-07-08, news.cgtn.com/news/2021-07-08/700-year-old-tombs-with-carved-brick-murals-unearthed-in-E-China-11INQdd8KAw/index.html) [archive.is/Lxq9I]

- image caption: The tomb cluster unearthed in Jinan City, Shandong, has 11 tombs with carved brick murals. 

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* "Climate change varied the size of the Maya populations" (2021-07-10, plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=69340&SEO=climate-change-varied-the-size-of-the-maya-populations) [archive.is/7AKV1]

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* "The underground of the Roman Coliseum" (2021-07-09, plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=69317&SEO=the-underground-of-the-roman-coliseum) [archive.is/xd5ln]

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* photo of a cup from c. 1500 AD, showing the ancient flag of the Aymara & Quechua:

* "RAINBOWS OF REVOLUTION; The history and significance of the wiphala in the Bolivian imaginary" (2020-03-02, bolivianexpress.org/blog/posts/rainbows-of-revolution) [archive.is/U1I0G]

* (2011, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiphala#/media/File:Desfile_con_Wiphala_2.jpg) [archive.is/duyAX]: Aimara parade in Oruro, Bolivia with the official Wiphala

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Curiata

* "The first living being on Earth could have been a bacterium" (2021-07-08, plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=69283&SEO=the-first-living-being-on-earth-could-have-been-a-bacterium) [archive.is/KhPIV]
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* "Take a look at young mantis under macro lens" (2021-07-10, news.cgtn.com/news/2021-07-10/Take-a-look-at-young-mantis-under-macro-lens-11MoosEnyda/index.html) [archive.is/fvnSc]

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