Thursday, August 26, 2021

Thee Stranger News for August 26th, 2021

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Futurism & Strange Science

* "Tesla is actually going to make a ‘Tesla Bot’ humanoid robot for general purpose use" (2021-08-19, electrek.co/2021/08/19/tesla-bot-humanoid-robot/) [archive.is/ptDdd]
* "Tesla to build humanoid robots to help owners with ‘dangerous & repetitive tasks’ " (2021-08-20, rt.com/usa/532562-musk-tesla-humanoid-robot/) [archive.is/FzS6D]
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* "The Direct Fusion Drive That Could Get Us to Saturn in Just 2 Years; Suddenly, a billion miles doesn't seem so far; Using a conceptual direct fusion drive, we could reach Saturn and Titan in just two years; Titan's liquid surface oceans and rich hydrocarbons make it an interesting target in deep space; The fusion drive uses microwaved plasma to propel the ship and power its other systems" (2020-10-21, popularmechanics.com/science/energy/a34437026/direct-fusion-drive-interstellar-travel-saturn-titan/) [archive.is/anzFX]
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* "Fast superhighway through the Solar System discovered; Scientists find routes using arches of chaos that can lead to much faster space travel" (2020-12-10, bigthink.com/surprising-science/fast-superhighway-solar-system-discovered) [archive.is/FTjEy]
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* "Japan tests rotating detonation engine for the first time in space" (2021-08-21, inceptivemind.com/japan-tests-rotating-detonation-engine-first-time-space/20698/) [archive.is/Dcxus]
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* "Two Scientists Are Building a Real Star Trek 'Impulse Engine' " (2021-08-11, Bloomberg News, via youtube.com/watch?v=0bp8fk5rosI) [archive.is/klCbb]
* "Someone Is Trying to Build a STAR TREK Impulse Engine for Interstellar Travel" (2021-08-18, nerdist.com/article/star-trek-impulse-engines-mega-drive/) [archive.is/3vzOf]
* "Ultimate EV: This NASA-Funded Space Drive Requires No Fuel" (2021-02-03, forbes.com/sites/johnkoetsier/2021/02/03/ultimate-ev-engine-this-nasa-funded-space-drive-requires-no-fuel/) [archive.is/0dlvr]
* "Mach Effects for In-space Propulsion: Interstellar Mission" (2020-08-20, NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts, Space Studies Institute, nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/niac_2018_phii_woodward_macheffects_2_tagged.pdf) [http://web.archive.org/web/20210823183822/https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/niac_2018_phii_woodward_macheffects_2_tagged.pdf]
* "Mach Effect for In Space Propulsion: Interstellar Mission" (2018-03-30, nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/niac/2018_Phase_I_Phase_II/Mach_Effect_for_In_Space_Propulsion_Interstellar_Mission/) [archive.is/bZlHq], (2017-04-06, nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/niac/2017_Phase_I_Phase_II/Mach_Effects_for_In_Space_Propulsion_Interstellar_Mission/) [archive.is/R8VKN]
* "Mach-Effect thruster model" (2017-12, sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0094576517308111) [archive.is/pQFUN], abstract: The Mach-Effect thruster is a propellantless propulsion concept that has been in development by J.F. Woodward for more than two decades. It consists of a piezo stack that produces mass fluctuations, which in turn can lead to net time-averaged thrusts. So far, thrust predictions had to use an efficiency factor to explain some two orders of magnitude discrepancy between model and observations. Here, a detailed 1D analytical model is presented that takes piezo material parameters and geometry dimensions into account leading to correct thrust predictions in line with experimental measurements. Scaling laws can now be derived to improve thrust range and efficiency. An important difference in this study is that only the mechanical power developed by the piezo stack is considered to be responsible for the mass fluctuations, whereas prior works focused on the electrical energy into the system. This may explain why some previous designs did not work as expected. The good match between this new mathematical formulation and experiments should boost confidence in the Mach effect thruster concept to stimulate further developments.
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* "Google says it has created a time crystal in a quantum computer, and it's weirder than you can imagine; In what could be the first useful application of quantum computing, Google's scientists have demonstrated the existence of a new phase of matter" (2021-08-05, zdnet.com/article/google-says-it-has-created-a-time-crystal-in-a-quantum-computer-and-its-weirder-than-you-can-imagine/) [archive.is/6t4lm]
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* "Why we can stop worrying and love the particle accelerator; By delving into the mysteries of the Universe, colliders have entered the Zeitgeist and tapped the wonders and fears of our age" (2021-06-23, bigthink.com/surprising-science/particle-accelerator) [archive.is/7BjZE]

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

* "These black holes collided so hard they made space-time jiggle; It’s the largest merger ever detected" (2020-09-03, popsci.com/story/science/massive-black-hole-merger-gravitational-waves/) [archive.is/r7XMC]
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* "Aliens Might Use Stars for Clandestine Communications, New Hypothesis Suggests" (2021-08-04, sputniknews.com/science/202108041083527329-aliens-might-use-stars-for-clandestine-communications-new-hypothesis-suggests/) [archive.is/3Q0Um]
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* "Astronomers find 139 new minor planets in the outer solar system; A new method for hunting minor planets uncovered more than a hundred small, distant worlds. And the novel technique could even help resolve the mystery of Planet Nine" (2021-03-31, astronomy.com/news/2020/03/astronomers-find-139-new-minor-planets-in-the-outer-solar-system) [archive.is/ud1M6]
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* "THE SIGNS | The Disaster Timeline" (2021-08-04, Suspicious0bservers.org, via https://youtube.com/watch?v=M8XoCzXFvCI) [archive.is/1eMh4]
* "New Solar Forecast, 4 Paths to the Micronova" (2021-08-04, S0 News, Suspicious0bservers.org, via https://youtube.com/watch?v=Wfh7c0P_PkY) [archive.is/c0Mt3]
* "Major Climate Bombshell, The Other Nova, Journal Shame" (2021-08-05, S0 News, Suspicious0bservers.org, via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrCRx0l1uqw) [archive.is/V1teB]
* "Atlantic Shutdown Confirmed, X-Ray Rings, New Planets" (2021-08-06, S0 News, Suspicious0bservers.org, via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpV6bawpK8g) [archive.is/G7t0x]
* "Serious Volcano Risk, Earth Rotation Glitches, Moon Magnetism" (2021-08-07, S0 News, Suspicious0bservers.org, via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TOqnuDaz6w) [archive.is/djvyp]
* "Sky Anomalies Increasing, Past Disasters, Voids in Space" (2021-08-08, S0 News, Suspicious0bservers.org, via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waHgkt3QQhw) [archive.is/abwwk]
* "Animal Anomalies, LLSVPs, Coronal Holes" (2021-08-09, S0 News, Suspicious0bservers.org, via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=443tppoXPRM) [archive.is/Jvw6h]

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Ancient News

* "New Research Shows Philippine Indigenous Group Has Most Denisovan DNA" (2021-08-14, ancient-origins.net/news-evolution-human-origins/most-denisovan-dna-0015692) [archive.is/jYsUa]

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* "9,000-Year-Old Cheddar Man Has Living Descendant Still Living in The Same Area" (2016-11-08, ancient-origins.net/history/9000-year-old-cheddar-man-has-living-descendant-still-living-same-area-006961) [archive.is/lK3Rc]
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* "Secrets of 'Lost Atlantis' That Rests Beneath North Sea Revealed, Media Says" (2021-08-04, sputniknews.com/europe/202108041083529476-secrets-of-lost-atlantis-that-rests-beneath-north-sea-revealed-media-says/) [archive.is/w1qcP]
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* "Levantines and Arabians Have Different Origins, Middle East Genomic Study Finds; The Arabians have deeper roots in Africa, while the Levantines’ roots lie in Europe and Anatolia in today’s Turkey. They differ in their amount of Neanderthal DNA as well" (2021-08-04, haaretz.com/archaeology/genomic-study-levantines-and-arabians-have-different-origins-1.10084582) [archive.is/2xCSY]
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* "A papyrus reveals how the Great Pyramid was built; A newly discovered papyrus contains an eye-witness account of the gathering of materials for the Great Pyramid" (2017-09-27, bigthink.com/robby-berman/a-just-discovered-papyrus-reveals-how-the-great-pyramid-was-built) [archive.is/oZYKx]
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* "Something From Nothing: Details of Goliath Hometown's Siege Uncovered by Archaeologists" (2021-08-04, sputniknews.com/middleeast/202108041083529703-something-from-nothing-details-of-goliath-hometowns-siege-uncovered-by-archaeologists/) [archive.is/y6Ked]
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* "Evidence of Biblical Earthquake Found in Jerusalem" (2021-08-05, sputniknews.com/middleeast/202108051083532378-evidence-of-biblical-earthquake-found-in-jerusalem/) [archive.is/3DZgN]
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This ancient olive tree was standing for 2500 years before it was turned to ashes yesterday by the massive #fire on #Evia island in #Greece. The tree was located in the olive grove of Rovies that was completely destroyed. It was such an enduring symbol of the landscape that the ancient geographer and philosopher Strabo featured it in his writings. Photo by Apostolis Panagiotou
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* "Roman arena discovered in Turkey is 'just like Rome's Colosseum' and would have hosted gladiator fights in front of a crowd of 20,000 people 1,800 years ago; Archaeologists located the arena among the ruins of the ancient city of Mastaura; It had been partially buried and then covered over by trees and other vegetation; The building housed waiting rooms for gladiators and rooms for elite visitors; Experts believe that the arena was built during the time of the Severan dynasty" (2021-03-23, dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9392449/Archaeology-Roman-arena-Turkey-held-gladiator-fights-20-000-spectators-1-800-years-ago.html) [archive.is/VY92T]
- image caption: 'Near Mastaura, there are many big cities in western Anatolia such as Aphrodisias, Miletus, Priene, Magnesia and Ephesus,' said Dr Akkurnaz. 'People from these neighbouring cities were coming to Mastaura to watch the big events in this building'
* "In Ancient Turkey, Gladiators Fought at This Colosseum-Like Amphitheater; The 1,800-year-old arena housed up to 20,000 spectators eager to bet on the bloody battles" (2021-04-23, smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/gladiator-amphitheater-uncovered-turkey-180977581/) [archive.is/mL9TA] 
- image caption: The ancient amphitheater dates to around 200 A.D., when the Severan dynasty ruled the Roman Empire. (Aydın Provincial Director of Culture and Tourism / Adnan Menderes University)

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* (2021-08-05, twitter.com/ArtifactsHub_/status/1423290517673021445) [archive.is/nHOtD]: 
2,200-year-old Hellenistic theatre in Laodicea, southwestern Turkey, after recent excavation

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* "Great Chain of The Golden Horn: Constantinople’s Impenetrable Barrier" (2020-09-26, ancient-origins.net/ancient-places-asia/constantinoples-great-chain-0014317) [archive.is/Eouf3]
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* "Frankincense: An Ancient Wonder Cure on the Verge of Extinction" (2021-12-16, ancient-origins.net/history-ancient-traditions/how-use-frankincense-0010843) [archive.is/zJjVP]
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* "Don’t call us traitors: descendants of Cortés’s allies defend role in toppling Aztec empire; On the 500th anniversary of the Spanish conquest, people from Mexico’s smallest state Tlaxcala say their ancestors were liberators" (2021-04-13, theguardian.com/world/2021/aug/13/mexico-tlaxcala-aztec-empire-anniversary) [archive.is/5GzqS]
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* " Yes world, there were horses in Native culture before the settlers came; Yvette Running Horse Collin’s recent dissertation, historical documents and oral histories present a compelling new story of the horse in the Americas" (2019-07-03, indiancountrytoday.com/news/yes-world-there-were-horses-in-native-culture-before-the-settlers-came) [archive.is/Et5lI]
- image caption: Image from "The Relationship Between the Indigenous People of the Americas and the Horse: Deconstructing a Eurocentric Myth”, Yvette Running Horse Collins PhD Dissertation at University of Alaska, Fairbanks
- [comment]: Fascinating. Ok, then, with all their concrete roads, why didn't the Mayans have horses and chariots depicted on their murals? Or, why weren't horses ever found among the thousands of burials excavated all over North America?
Probably because these Indigenous horses were, yet, brought over only in the last thousand years, and after the great disasters of 1000 AD through 1500s AD, the surviving Indigenous had no recall of the older times, and their oral stories only pick up after the disasters...
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* "What Became of the Coneheads?" (2019-09-15, ancient-origins.net/unexplained-phenomena/coneheads-0012541) [archive.is/fLady]
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* "Scientists Have Conducted Tests That Reveal Stonehenge Is Made From a Nearly Indestructible Ancient Material; A rare core sample, removed years ago, contains a form of quartz that doesn't erode or crumble" (2021-08-13, news.artnet.com/art-world/stonehenge-secret-sandstone-quartz-crystal-1998477) [archive.is/3TRCh]
- [comment]: This is a fascinating story in several ways, so bear with me a minute, because this will wander.  First a few relevant facts about quartz, none of them unknown to us today; quartz watches rely on its properties, particularly this one:
"Quartz clocks and quartz watches are timepieces that use an electronic oscillator regulated by a quartz crystal to keep time. This crystal oscillator creates a signal with very precise frequency [32,768 Hz -- cycles per second], so that quartz clocks and watches are at least an order of magnitude more accurate than mechanical clocks."  [Irrelevant side question: can animals with better high frequency hearing than us hear them?]  
Next point:
"Quartz can produce an electrical reaction. Minerals with this ability are called piezoelectric. The electrical reaction can be created by applying a charge, physical stress, or heat. Quartz is also distinguished as a gem that is capable of triboluminescence, or the ability to create light under pressure."  Quartz displays rely on this one.
And:
"Crystals, such as quartz, can be tapped for electricity using a piezoelectric (mechanical energy discharge) method. By securing the crystal and subjecting it to direct force with a permanent magnet, a detectable amount of electricity is released."
OK, now let's add in a few other observations on a different level.  A study of the intricate system of stone circles, standing stones and ley lines led me down some obscure reading pathways.  Throughout is the mention that the old, weathered stones that have been standing in place for millennia are universally made of stones with a high quartz concentration in their matrix.  This article explains one reason why.  The others are more esoteric, so that's where I'm going with this, of course.
Somewhere in all these old books and reprints, I saw the work of a British geologist turned antiquity researcher who had noticed this, wondered why, and set out to try to figure it out.  [I wish I could remember the attribution, but there were so many books and I don't.]  He noticed that many solitary stones were by streams, or old streambeds, so he wondered about the others that weren't, because he had been thinking there might have been a Goddess water association.  Looking at geological surveys (and using the services of well-respected "water-witchers" when possible) he found that they were mostly located over underground water flows, often where two flows crossed each other at different depths.
The electrical properties of quartz were known, so he decided to investigate.  He chose an ancient stone located over two crossing flows and started mapping it daily it with a Gauss meter to measure charge.  What he found was that the stream flow provided enough impetus to evoke a charge in the stone, miniscule, but measurable.  As the days went from the New Moon to the Full Moon, the charge built noticeably, organizing into a clockwise spiral up the stone, which then disorganized during the waning Moon, before reorganizing into a counterclockwise spiral over the next lunation.  Intrigued, he started testing others, finding the same thing.  The premise is that the stream flow, in concert with the Moon's tidal pull, evokes a small charge in the quartz in the stone.  Its slight expansion under charge presses out on the matrix, putting itself under more pressure, producing more charge, an effect that begins decreasing after the Full Moon.  Explanation?  No clue.  Just another mystery awaiting investigation.
Tangentially, this might add a layer to the speculation about why Avebury -- the mile-wide henged stone circle connected to Stonehenge by a carefully designed avenue -- contains two inner stone circles, one of 29 stones, and one of 30.  The obvious explanation was that this allowed them to time to the actual lunation cycle of 29 1/2 days, by alternating circles for their daily rituals.  This may have also timed with the clockwise/counterclockwise cycle noticed in the standing stones.
Now, add in one final property, observed by countless people who have worked with crystals on the energetic level: quartz may be the best stone at receiving and holding intention, possibly because it has an internally energizing capability maintained by the quotidian flows around it.
So, suddenly we have a site potentially capable of massive energy acquisition, receiving energy funneled in some way we don't understand, capable of building that energy internally, holding its intention, and possibly feeding this increased esoteric energy back out through a network of lesser but similarly designed sites.  And the stones might even have glowed.  
Spoiler, the ancient, almost indestructible mineral is quartz.
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* "Melting Stone With Plants: Was the Mythical 'Green Chisel' A Real Ancient Tool?" (2019-06-26, ancient-origins.net/history-ancient-traditions/ancient-stonework-0012197) [archive.is/GenaR]
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* caption: Polygonal walls seen in the Epirus Region of Greece at ancient Cassope
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* "Tunnel Vision – The Mysterious Forced Entry of the Caliph into the Great Pyramid of Giza" (2014-07-02, ancient-origins.net/ancient-places-africa/tunnel-vision-mysterious-forced-entry-caliph-great-pyramid-giza-001812) [archive.is/lMlLj]
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* "Israel discovers 1,700-year-old lump of coins" (2021-08-11, xinhuanet.com/english/2021-08/12/c_1310121806.htm) [archive.is/BoD9J]
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* "Safavid-era leather sheets restored as treasure trove of fortress" (2021-08-11, tehrantimes.com/news/463968/Safavid-era-leather-sheets-restored-as-treasure-trove-of-fortress) [archive.is/M0Fpn]

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* "Shirazis' 900-year-old mosque in Zanzibar" (2021-08-10, en.irna.ir/news/84432989/Shirazis-900-year-old-mosque-in-Zanzibar) [archive.is/nwxDb]
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* "Bubbling Brews and Broomsticks: How Alewives Became the Stereotypical Witch" (2021-07-16, ancient-origins.net/history-ancient-traditions/bubbling-brews-broomsticks-021539) [archive.is/Ad9Ds]

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Miscellany & Errata

* "UFO Half Cloaked Invisible Flies Over Mawson Scientific Station In Antarctica" (ufosightingsfootage.uk/2021/08/ufo-half-cloaked-invisible-flies-over.html) [archive.is/yGEU8]
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* "Alien Base Discovered on Asteroid By Japanese Jaxa Space Agency" (2021-08-13, ufosightingsfootage.uk/2021/08/alien-base-discovered-on-asteroid-by.html) [archive.is/bT8pS] [begin excerpt]: Let's go for a 2 Billion miles journey into deep space, take over 1500 photos but only release a few when we get them. That's definitely not a plan of action, but it's exactly what happened. So yes, I'm suggesting alsorts until we get the full amount of photos and videos released with time stamps and other stuff to back their validity up.
Here's the before and after photo's from Jaxa itself:

The above photos when put together one above the other, we see a blatant discrepancy on the bottom photo. There is a huge dome on the area of the asteroid at the front of it that's now got a dome there. There seems to be some tunnels in white radiating out from the central dome. Is this leading into the asteroid or are they support for the dome?
Lot's of questions but we've been denied the answer's in the form of the rest of the photos and videos of the asteroid Itokawa 25143. [end excerpt]
* "El Misterioso Asteroide Itokawa 25143" (2021-03-05, youtube.com/watch?v=-EXpejKWuGk) [archive.is/zhSa9]
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* "3 Problems to Remember When Trying to Find Atlantis" (2020-06-19, ancient-origins.net/opinion-guest-authors/3-problems-remember-when-trying-find-atlantis-005863) [archive.is/yryGq]
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* " ‘You’re not worthy of the name’: Chechen Hulk Tamaev challenges Iranian namesake to cage fight in battle of behemoths" (2021-08-05, rt.com/sport/531246-chechen-hulk-tamaev-callout-iranian-hulk/) [archive.is/VcX0D] 
- image caption: Chechen muscleman Ashab Tamaev has called out Iranian rival Sajad Gharibi

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Curiata

* "Israeli scientists re-think brain's 'GPS' ; New study on bats by researchers from the Weizmann Institute of Science and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem reveals an unexpected representation of three-dimensional space in the brain" (2021-08-11, israelhayom.com/2021/08/11/israeli-scientists-re-think-brains-gps/) [archive.is/SKQ1N]
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* "Mysterious DNA sequences, known as ‘Borgs,’ recovered from California mud" (2021-07-15, sciencemag.org/news/2021/07/mysterious-dna-sequences-known-borgs-recovered-california-mud) [archive.is/VqozY]
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* "Giraffes May Be as Socially Complex as Chimps and Elephants; A review of earlier research shows giraffes have the markings of social creatures, including friendships, day care and grandmothers" (2021-08-07, nytimes.com/2021/08/07/science/giraffes-social-behavior.html) [archive.is/HBjup]
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* "Explorers complete rare expedition into 'China's Bermuda' " (2021-08-04, xinhuanet.com/english/2021-08/04/c_1310107854.htm) [archive.is/JeGKr]
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Ongoing research

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Thee Stranger News for December, 2023

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