Re: The Science Article and Discussion Thread

[KneelB4Zod!]

Fate of Ancient Canaanites Seen in DNA Analysis: They Survived

There is a story in the Hebrew Bible that tells of God’s call for the annihilation of the Canaanites, a people who lived in what are now Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Israel and the Palestinian territories thousands of years ago.

“You shall not leave alive anything that breathes,” God said in the passage. “But you shall utterly destroy them.”

...

Dr. Tyler-Smith and an international team of geneticists and archaeologists recovered ancient DNA from bones belonging to five Canaanites retrieved from an excavation site in Sidon, Lebanon, that were 3,650 to 3,750 years old. The team then compared the ancient DNA with the genomes of 99 living people from Lebanon that the group had sequenced. It found that the modern Lebanese people shared about 93 percent of their ancestry with the Bronze Age Sidon samples.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/27/science/ancient-canaanites-bible-lebanon.html


Original results of the scientific study here:

Continuity and Admixture in the Last Five Millennia of Levantine History from Ancient Canaanite and Present-Day Lebanese Genome Sequences

https://www.cell.com/ajhg/fulltext/S0002-9297(17)30276-8

[FoShizzle]

New low frequency signal detected coming from another galaxy

[KneelB4Zod!]

The challenge that humanity faces is to create a “Stabilized Earth” pathway that steers the Earth System away from its current trajectory toward the threshold beyond which is Hothouse Earth. pic.twitter.com/JuhG9sSjs2

— Kees van der Leun (@Sustainable2050) 11. srpna 2018

Trajectories of the Earth System in the Anthropocene

"We explore the risk that self-reinforcing feedbacks could push the Earth System toward a planetary threshold that, if crossed, could prevent stabilization of the climate at intermediate temperature rises and cause continued warming on a “Hothouse Earth” pathway even as human emissions are reduced. Crossing the threshold would lead to a much higher global average temperature than any interglacial in the past 1.2 million years and to sea levels significantly higher than at any time in the Holocene. We examine the evidence that such a threshold might exist and where it might be. If the threshold is crossed, the resulting trajectory would likely cause serious disruptions to ecosystems, society, and economies. Collective human action is required to steer the Earth System away from a potential threshold and stabilize it in a habitable interglacial-like state. Such action entails stewardship of the entire Earth System—biosphere, climate, and societies—and could include decarbonization of the global economy, enhancement of biosphere carbon sinks, behavioral changes, technological innovations, new governance arrangements, and transformed social values."

http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2018/08/07/1810141115

[Libertine]

New low frequency signal detected coming from another galaxy

That's interesting. Didn't even know that Chime was out there in Penticton, BC.
Thanks for article.

[UK AC]

Ancient Egypt: Cheese discovered in 3,200-year-old tomb

A substance found by archaeologists working in an Ancient Egyptian tomb has proved to be one of the oldest cheeses ever discovered.

Several years ago, the team discovered broken jars in the tomb of Ptahmes, a high-ranking Egyptian official.

The archaeologists found a "solidified whitish mass" in one of the jars which they suspected was food but were unsure which kind.

Now a study has identified it as cheese, dating from 3,200 years ago.

The discovery is significant as there has been no previous evidence of Ancient Egyptian cheese production, authors of the report, published in the journal Analytical Chemistry, said.

"The material analysed is probably the most ancient archaeological solid residue of cheese ever found to date," said Dr Enrico Greco, from the University of Catania, who worked with colleagues at the Cairo University in Egypt to determine its identity.

"We know it was made mostly from sheep's and goat's milk, but for me it's really hard to imagine a specific flavour."

The ancient cheese would have had a "really, really acidy" bite, cheese historian and chemistry professor Paul Kindstedt told the New York Times.

The researchers say they also found traces of a bacterium that can cause an infectious disease known as brucellosis, which comes from consuming unpasteurised dairy products.

Symptoms include fever, sweating and muscle aches, and the disease still exists today. If confirmed, it would be the oldest evidence of such a case.

The tomb where the cheese was found belonged to Ptahmes, an Egyptian official who was mayor of the ancient city of Memphis.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-45233347

[UK AC]

discovery of much older trees in the Balkans and in the British Isles, Trouet hopes to reconstruct the path of the North Atlantic jet stream as much as 1,000 years into the past. @algore https://t.co/HhIXydWdrQ

— saint boudreau (@soapdoesit) August 17, 2018

https://phys.org/news/2018-01-jet-stream-1960s-linked-extreme.html

[UK AC]

Scientists say they have definitive evidence for water-ice on the surface of the Moon.

The ice deposits are found at both the north and south poles, and are likely to be ancient in origin.

The result comes from an instrument on India's Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft, which explored the Moon between 2008 and 2009.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-45251370

[KneelB4Zod!]

Battle Beagle
@HarmlessYardDog
6 hod.
Worms Frozen for 42,000 Years in Siberian Permafrost Wriggle to Life

https://www.livescience.com/63187-siberian-permafrost-worms-revive.html …

"In Siberia, melting permafrost is releasing nematodes — microscopic worms that live in soil — that have been suspended in a deep freeze since the Pleistocene. Despite being frozen for tens of thousands of years, two species of these worms were successfully revived, scientists recently reported in a new study."

[KneelB4Zod!]

RT
@RT_com
3 min.
World of particle #physics rocked yet again

Two new particles discovered by CERN scientists, an ‘exotic’ third one on the way

The eggheads at the Large Hadron Collider near Geneva have rocked the world of particle physics yet again, observing two never-seen-before particles and are confident they have discovered traces of a third, more exotic kind.
Operated by CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research), the discovery was made by researchers working with the Large Hadron Collider beauty (LHCb) collaboration, a team that specializes in investigating the slight differences between matter and antimatter by studying a type of particle called the “beauty quark”, or “b quark.”

https://www.rt.com/news/440061-cern-new-particles-discovered/

[Mr Badger]

Ancient Egypt: Cheese discovered in 3,200-year-old tomb

A substance found by archaeologists working in an Ancient Egyptian tomb has proved to be one of the oldest cheeses ever discovered.

Several years ago, the team discovered broken jars in the tomb of Ptahmes, a high-ranking Egyptian official.

The archaeologists found a "solidified whitish mass" in one of the jars which they suspected was food but were unsure which kind.

Now a study has identified it as cheese, dating from 3,200 years ago.

The discovery is significant as there has been no previous evidence of Ancient Egyptian cheese production, authors of the report, published in the journal Analytical Chemistry, said.

"The material analysed is probably the most ancient archaeological solid residue of cheese ever found to date," said Dr Enrico Greco, from the University of Catania, who worked with colleagues at the Cairo University in Egypt to determine its identity.

"We know it was made mostly from sheep's and goat's milk, but for me it's really hard to imagine a specific flavour."



The ancient cheese would have had a "really, really acidy" bite, cheese historian and chemistry professor Paul Kindstedt told the New York Times.

The researchers say they also found traces of a bacterium that can cause an infectious disease known as brucellosis, which comes from consuming unpasteurised dairy products.

Symptoms include fever, sweating and muscle aches, and the disease still exists today. If confirmed, it would be the oldest evidence of such a case.

The tomb where the cheese was found belonged to Ptahmes, an Egyptian official who was mayor of the ancient city of Memphis.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-45233347

Now that's what you call "Extra mature"!

[Mr Badger]

Live SpaceX launch in about 13 minutes, for anybody still awake and interested:

[KneelB4Zod!]

Pilots report seeing 'very fast' UFO above Ireland

https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/ireland-ufo-pilots-intl/index.html


Interesting timing...:

Scientists say mysterious 'Oumuamua' object could be an alien spacecraft

https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/scientists-say-mysterious-oumuamua-object-could-be-alien-spacecraft-ncna931381

[Slovák]

Nuclear-powered spacecraft will allow a relatively fast journey, and, most importantly, a return flight. "[The journey] to the Moon will last several days, yes, while a flight to Mars will last about seven or eight months,"

"A person should not spend more than a year or two in space.
http://tass.com/science/1030739

[Slovák]

"In actuality, they have delivered very little lunar soil to Earth. What raises questions is not the soil, but lunar dust. It has a 'hedgehog' structure and does not leave lungs once it gets there. It's very dangerous. Lunar dust needs to be studied from the point of view of safety," Vladimir Sychev, deputy director of science at the Institute of Biomedical Problems (IBMP) of the Russian Academy of Sciences said.

Russian scientists are more interested getting lunar dust samples than soil samples, he said.

http://www.interfax.com/newsinf.asp?id=879093

[FoShizzle]

Space exploration history is being made

It's going to be interesting to follow this, if WW3 doesn't erupt.

[KneelB4Zod!]

Space exploration history is being made

It's going to be interesting to follow this, if WW3 doesn't erupt.

Aye. And there's another interesting, and on topic, event ongoing:

Mike O'Hara
@spacemike
8 min.
While we wait for the first close up pictures of #UltimaThule to come in from the #NewHorizons mission, next up in space is China's Chang'e 4 mission to place a lander on the far side of the #moon. As soon as tomorrow or Thursday. #China #Space #NASA


China's Lunar Lander To Explore Moon's Far Side

https://www.npr.org/2019/01/01/680542096/chinas-lunar-lander-to-explore-moons-far-side


SPACE.com
@SPACEdotcom
31. 12. 2018
China's Chang'e 4 Mission Ready for Farside Moon Landing https://goo.gl/3as99j

[FoShizzle]

Space exploration history is being made

It's going to be interesting to follow this, if WW3 doesn't erupt.

Aye. And there's another interesting, and on topic, event ongoing:

Mike O'Hara
@spacemike
8 min.
While we wait for the first close up pictures of #UltimaThule to come in from the #NewHorizons mission, next up in space is China's  Chang'e 4  mission to place a lander on the far side of the #moon. As soon as tomorrow or Thursday.  #China #Space  #NASA


China's Lunar Lander To Explore Moon's Far Side

https://www.npr.org/2019/01/01/680542096/chinas-lunar-lander-to-explore-moons-far-side


SPACE.com
@SPACEdotcom
31. 12. 2018
China's Chang'e 4 Mission Ready for Farside Moon Landing https://goo.gl/3as99j

I'm looking forward to seeing what comes of that, too.

[KneelB4Zod!]

Space exploration history is being made

It's going to be interesting to follow this, if WW3 doesn't erupt.

Aye. And there's another interesting, and on topic, event ongoing:

Mike O'Hara
@spacemike
8 min.
While we wait for the first close up pictures of #UltimaThule to come in from the #NewHorizons mission, next up in space is China's  Chang'e 4  mission to place a lander on the far side of the #moon. As soon as tomorrow or Thursday.  #China #Space  #NASA


China's Lunar Lander To Explore Moon's Far Side

https://www.npr.org/2019/01/01/680542096/chinas-lunar-lander-to-explore-moons-far-side


SPACE.com
@SPACEdotcom
31. 12. 2018
China's Chang'e 4 Mission Ready for Farside Moon Landing https://goo.gl/3as99j

I'm looking forward to seeing what comes of that, too.  

Nazis on the dark side of the Moon gonna lost their hideout.

[FoShizzle]

Nazis on the dark side  of the Moon gonna lost their hideout.

I was wondering the other day if Giorgio Tsoukalos was having a conniption over this mission.

[KneelB4Zod!]

The Chang'e-4 spacecraft is expected to attempt an unprecedented landing on the far side of the Moon sometime within the next 24 hours. Rumors suggest a landing between 00:30-01:00 UTC Thursday (08:30 Beijing time/19:30 Eastern, 16:30 Pacific Weds). pic.twitter.com/6pr8EHLARP

— Andrew Jones (@AJ_FI) 2. ledna 2019

More details in the thread here:

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1080474805969797120.html?refreshed=yes

Thread by @AJ_FI: "The Chang'e-4 spacecraft is expected to attempt an unprecedented landing on the far side of the Moon sometime within the next 24 hours. Rumo […]"

[KneelB4Zod!]

The far side of the moon has been surveyed by satellites and watched from orbit by the Apollo astronauts - but never before seen from the surface.

These historic images were snapped just hours ago by the Chinese lander and rover Chang'e 4.

Let the science begin! pic.twitter.com/vdOKPDQmaI

— ABC Science (@ABCscience) 3. ledna 2019

CGTN
@CGTNOfficial
11 hod.
#China's Chang'e-4 probe sends back world's first close shot of moon's far side after historic soft landing on uncharted area https://goo.gl/cbp7To

[FoShizzle]

The far side of the moon has been surveyed by satellites and watched from orbit by the Apollo astronauts - but never before seen from the surface.

These historic images were snapped just hours ago by the Chinese lander and rover Chang'e 4.

Let the science begin! pic.twitter.com/vdOKPDQmaI

— ABC Science (@ABCscience) 3. ledna 2019

CGTN
@CGTNOfficial
11 hod.
#China's Chang'e-4 probe sends back world's first close shot of moon's far side after historic soft landing on uncharted area https://goo.gl/cbp7To

[KneelB4Zod!]

Global Times
@globaltimesnews
8 hod.
Yutu II, rover of China’s #ChangE4 lunar probe, has established an independent data transmission link with the Queqiao relay satellite on Friday, according to a latest update by the China National Space Administration (CNSA).



Global Times
@globaltimesnews
5 h
Image taken by a camera installed on China's #ChangE4 lander captures the moment the Yutu II rover walks to the designated spot A on the far side of the moon on Friday. Photo: courtesy of China National Space Adminstration




Still no nazis in sight

[KneelB4Zod!]

China releases panoramic photos of Moon’s far side taken by Chang’e-4 probe pic.twitter.com/OgsOF05Lit

— RT (@RT_com) 11. ledna 2019

[KneelB4Zod!]

CGTN‏@CGTNOfficial · 1 hod.
China’s Chang'e-4 lander, rover photograph each other, marking success of mission #ChangE4

https://news.cgtn.com/news/3d3d414d7755544f31457a6333566d54/share_p.html

[KneelB4Zod!]

Another video from the other side of Moon:

Прилунение китайского Чанъэ-4. pic.twitter.com/3bOw52DiPt

— Борисыч (@Borisich_glass) 11. ledna 2019

[Mr Badger]

From October last year, but just stumbled across it:

Lindsey Fitzharris
‏@DrLindseyFitz
14 Oct 2018
More
5,000-year-old prosthetic eye made from a mixture of natural tar and animal fat. This incredible object was found near the city of Zabol in Iran. The world's earliest prosthetic eye, which was once painted gold, was worn by an ancient priestess who stood 6’ tall. #goldeneye

Picture: https://twitter.com/DrLindseyFitz/status/1051438918736994304

[Mr Badger]

Another video from the other side of Moon:

Прилунение китайского Чанъэ-4. pic.twitter.com/3bOw52DiPt

— Борисыч (@Borisich_glass) 11. ledna 2019

Excellent! That must be the first lunar descent video since the Apollo missions. Almost completely ignored here as if it didn't happen.

[KneelB4Zod!]

New York Post
@nypost
5 min.
China broadcasts photos from 'dark' side of the moon https://nyp.st/2D37OeZ

[KneelB4Zod!]

Another video from the other side of Moon:

Прилунение китайского Чанъэ-4. pic.twitter.com/3bOw52DiPt

— Борисыч (@Borisich_glass) 11. ledna 2019

Excellent! That must be the first lunar descent video since the Apollo missions. Almost completely ignored here as if it didn't happen.

True. I don't even know if there it was even mentioned.