[Jawlist] Weekly Science Report 12-18-15

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*Weekly Science Report*

*December 18, 2015*

*“What after all has maintained the human race in this old globe despite
all the calamites of nature and all the tragic failings of mankind, if not
faith in new possibilities and courage to advocate them.”*

Jane Addams

Introduction

I created this publication with the support of Graham Hancock and John
Anthony West to share news and information on various disciplines to
include paleontology, space sciences, genetics and archaeology.  My goal
behind sharing this publication has always been very simple, by sharing
knowledge we can make our world a better place.  Since the beginning of the
internet age we have always heard of the world being drawn together but
through my investigations I’ve never found a publication like the Weekly
Science Report.  This publication is my contribution to bring people
together and share ideas and discoveries with my fellow humans.

I hope you enjoy this publication and that the content challenges and
inspires you!

Steve Detwiler

News Articles   *Paleontology, Evolution and Prehistoric Studies*

How have anti-evolution tactics evolved over time? They’ve gotten sneakier.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2015/12/17/how-have-anti-evolution-tactics-evolved-over-time-theyve-gotten-sneakier/?tid=sm_fb

200-year-old fossil mystery resolved

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-35115195

'Virtual fossil' reveals last common ancestor of humans and Neanderthals

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-12/uoc-fr121415.php

What Killed These Marine Reptiles Found in a Nevada Ghost Town?
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/what-killed-these-marine-reptiles-found-nevada-ghost-town-180957533/

The Environmental Impact of the Neolithic Revolution

http://www.archaeology.org/news/4019-151218-farming-environment-change

Dog has been man's best friend for 33,000 years, DNA study finds

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/science-news/12052798/Dog-has-been-mans-best-friend-for-33000-years-DNA-study-finds.html
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A wall of skulls shows why story of humankind has to be rewritten

http://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/dec/13/wall-skulls-story-mankind-evolution-fossils?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pulsenews

Amplifying Evolution -- Scientific Pioneer, Dr. Kary Mullis

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lorie-karnath/amplifying-evolution-scie_b_8582114.html?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pulsenews

Bone suggests 'Red Deer Cave people' a mysterious species of human

http://phys.org/news/2015-12-bone-red-deer-cave-people.html

*History*

The Dukha: Last of Mongolia's reindeer people

http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/14/travel/dukha-last-reindeer-people/index.html?sr=fbCNN121515l/dukha-last-reindeer-people/index.html0116AMStoryGalLink&linkId=19584896

What Did Jesus Look Like?

http://news.discovery.com/history/art-history/what-did-jesus-look-like-131216.htm?utm_source=faceook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=DNewsSocial

'Son Of Saul' Brings Viewers To The Heart Of The Nazi Death Machine At
Auschwitz

http://www.npr.org/2015/12/18/460040154/son-of-saul-brings-viewers-to-the-heart-of-the-nazi-death-machine-at-auschwitz

Documenting the Vanishing Hermitages of the Egyptian Desert

http://hyperallergic.com/251243/documenting-the-vanishing-hermitages-of-the-egyptian-desert/

Borobudur: A lost culture restored and revered

http://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/2015-12-05/Borobudur-A-lost-culture-restored-and-revered-191203

DNA study finds London was ethnically diverse from start

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-34809804

In America's Heartland, Building One Home For Three Faiths

http://www.npr.org/2015/12/17/460149212/in-americas-heartland-building-one-home-for-three-faiths?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=2044

Mother Teresa to become a saint after Pope Francis recognizes 2nd miracle

http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/18/europe/pope-francis-mother-teresa-second-miracle/index.html?sr=fbCNN121815pope-francis-mother-teresa-second-miracle0955AMStoryLink&linkId=19692608

*Archaeology*

6,000-year-old skeletons in French pit came from victims of violence

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/6000-year-old-skeletons-french-pit-came-victims-violence

In Another Giant Leap, Apollo 11 Command Module Is 3D Digitized for
Humankind
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/another-giant-leap-apollo-11-command-module-3d-digitized-humankind-180957503/?no-ist

Ancient Chinese tomb dating back 2,500 years uncovered to shed light on
obscure kingdom

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/ancient-chinese-tomb-dating-back-2500-years-uncovered-to-shed-light-on-obscure-kingdom-a6762261.html

Unexpected wood source for Chaco Canyon great houses

http://popular-archaeology.com/issue/fall-2015/article/unexpected-wood-source-for-chaco-canyon-great-houses

Archaeologists find traces of violent coup in ancient Kingdom of Bosporus

http://popular-archaeology.com/issue/winter-2015-2016/article/archaeologists-find-traces-of-violent-coup-in-ancient-kingdom-of-bosporus

Archaeologist Claims to Have Unlocked Phaistos Disk Mystery

http://greece.greekreporter.com/2015/12/16/archaeologist-claims-to-have-unlocked-phaistos-disk-mystery/

Rare marble sphinx unearthed in NW China

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-12/15/c_134919096.htm

Archaeological Site and Village in Armenia among Europe’s ‘Most Endangered’

http://asbarez.com/142942/archaeological-site-and-village-in-armenia-among-europes-most-endangered/

131 ancient Chinese ‘hanging’ coffins found on side of 100m cliff near
Three Gorges Dam

http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1891298/131-ancient-chinese-hanging-coffins-found-side-100m-cliff-near

This One Bone Is The Only Skeletal Evidence For Crucifixion In The Ancient
World

http://www.forbes.com/sites/kristinakillgrove/2015/12/08/this-one-bone-provides-the-only-skeletal-evidence-for-crucifixion-in-the-ancient-world/

America’s first settlement unearthed in Pensacola

http://pulsegulfcoast.com/2015/12/americas-first-settlement-unearthed-in-pensacola

Culture war brews over S. African golden rhino figurine

http://news.yahoo.com/culture-war-brews-over-african-golden-rhino-figurine-044913790.html

*Egyptology*

Ancient Egyptians described Algol's eclipses

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/12/151217151651.htm

Could Queen Nefertiti's Tomb Reveal Secrets From Egypt's Shadowy Past?

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/12/151218-nefertiti-tomb-mystery-egypt/

Stolen Relief of Seti I Returns to Egypt

http://ht.ly/VYGdu

*General Science*

Virtual Reality for All, Finally

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/virtual-reality-for-all-finally-video/?utm_source=pulsenews&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ScientificAmerican-News+%28Content%3A+News%29

Google Made a Secret Prototype That Works Like the *Star Trek* Communicator

http://time.com/4121895/google-star-trek-communicator/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pulsenews

The Future Of Nanotechnology And Computers So Small You Can Swallow Them

http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2015/11/23/457129179/the-future-of-nanotechnology-and-computers-so-small-you-can-swallow-them?sc=tw

Laser-armed fighter jets by 2020, U.S. Air Force says

http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/17/politics/us-air-force-laser-fighter-jet-weapons-research/index.html?sr=fbCNN121715us-air-force-laser-fighter-jet-weapons-research0510PMVODtopLink&linkId=19669699

*Physics, Earth and Space Sciences*

Spotlight TEDx Talk: How asteroid mining could help us live in space
<http://tedxinnovations.ted.com/2015/12/14/spotlight-tedx-talk-how-asteroid-mining-could-help-us-live-in-space/>

http://tedxinnovations.ted.com/2015/12/14/spotlight-tedx-talk-how-asteroid-mining-could-help-us-live-in-space/

Discovering a New Planet

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/x-prize-foundation/discovering-a-new-planet_b_8805694.html

Japan asteroid probe enters 'target orbit' in space quest

http://phys.org/news/2015-12-japan-asteroid-probe-orbit-space.html

Space: Where Russia and America still get along

http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/16/world/amanpour-space-station/index.html?sr=fbCNN121615amanpour-space-station0935PMVODtopLink&linkId=19648911

Potential New Particle Shows Up at the LHC, Thrilling and Confounding
Physicists

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/potential-new-particle-shows-up-at-the-lhc-thrilling-and-confounding-physicists1/

Curiouser And Curiouser: NASA's Curiosity Rover Finds Piles Of Silica On
Mars

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/12/18/460254072/curiouser-and-curiouser-nasas-curiosity-rover-finds-piles-of-silica-on-mars?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=2045

American Companies Could Help Build A European Village On The Moon

http://www.popsci.com/american-companies-could-help-build-europes-moon-village?src=SOC&dom=fb

MMS mission delivers promising initial results

http://phys.org/news/2015-12-mms-mission-results.html

Wall-less Hall thruster may power future deep space missions

https://www.aip.org/publishing/journal-highlights/wall-less-hall-thruster-may-power-future-deep-space-missions

Did 'dark matter' or a star called Nemesis kill the dinosaurs?

http://phys.org/news/2015-12-dark-star-nemesis-dinosaurs.html

East Antarctic Ice Sheet has stayed frozen for 14 million years

http://phys.org/news/2015-12-east-antarctic-ice-sheet-frozen.html

Potentially habitable super-Earth discovered orbiting star 14 light years
from Earth

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-12-17/nearest-habitable-zone-superearth-terrestrial-planet-wolf1061/7033824

Mars 2020 Rover May Have A Little Flying Helper Drone

http://www.popsci.com/nasa-to-test-drone-scout-for-mars-2020-rover?dom=pulse&src=syn&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pulsenews

100 Years of General Relativity: Why Einstein Still Stands

http://www.popsci.com/100-years-general-relativity-why-einstein-still-stands?dom=pulse&src=syn&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pulsenews

Falling Phobos Will Eventually Put A Ring Around Mars

http://www.popsci.com/falling-phobos-will-eventually-put-ring-around-mars?dom=pulse&src=syn&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pulsenews

Space Lawyers Are A Thing, And We Talked To One About The Future Of Cosmic
Mining

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/space-lawyers_564df48ae4b08c74b7349a05?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pulsenews

Used Rocket Is A New Breakthrough For Blue Origin's Space Plan

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/11/24/457254248/used-rocket-is-a-new-breakthrough-for-blue-origins-space-plan?sc=tw

Public vote renames planets after gods, monsters and scientists

https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn28676-public-vote-renames-exoplanets-for-gods-monsters-and-scientists/

*Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources*

Europe’s oldest lake faces destruction to make way for tourists

https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn28693-europes-oldest-lake-faces-destruction-to-make-way-for-tourists/

This Climate Policy Could Save the Planet

http://www.technologyreview.com/news/544221/this-climate-policy-could-save-the-planet/

139 Countries Could Get All of their Power from Renewable Sources

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/139-countries-could-get-all-of-their-power-from-renewable-sources1/

Why Climate Models Aren’t Better

http://www.technologyreview.com/news/543546/why-climate-models-arent-better/?ref=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pulsenews

In The Maine Woods, A Towering Giant Could Help Save Chestnuts

http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2015/12/17/459203467/in-the-maine-woods-a-towering-giant-could-help-save-chesnuts?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=2044

Logbooks From 19th Century Whaling Ships Could Help Climate Change
Scientists
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/logbooks-19th-century-whaling-ships-could-help-climate-change-scientists-180957576/?utm_source=facebook.com&no-ist

*Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences*

Bionic Eye Sends Images Directly to the Brain

http://news.discovery.com/tech/biotechnology/bionic-eye-sends-images-directly-to-the-brain-151218.htm

*Powered exoskeletons could replace wheelchairs one day*

http://www.wired.com/2015/12/powered-exoskeletons-could-replace-wheelchairs-one-day/

Newly Discovered Whale Species Named With A Nod To Moby Dick

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/moby-dick-sperm-whale_5668c93be4b009377b23ccc1?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pulsenews

How Do You Keep Vaccines Cool? Try Spacecraft Insulation

http://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2015/11/23/455580587/how-do-you-keep-vaccines-cool-try-spacecraft-insulation?sc=tw

A Controversial Rewrite For Rules To Protect Humans In Experiments

http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/11/25/456496612/a-controversial-rewrite-for-rules-to-protect-humans-in-experiments?sc=tw

*Other*

Active SETI and the Perils of Isolationism

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-w-traphagan/active-seti-and-the-peril_b_8805904.html?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pulsenews

Scientists Create Electronic Circuits In Living Roses

http://www.popsci.com/scientists-fuse-electronic-circuits-into-living-roses?dom=pulse&src=syn&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pulsenews

Additional Informational

TED Talk, The unheard story of David and Goliath- Video

http://www.ted.com/talks/malcolm_gladwell_the_unheard_story_of_david_and_goliath?utm_campaign=social&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_content=talk&utm_term=humanities

The “World Beyond War” Movement — It’s the Real Deal

https://medium.com/@DWFed/the-world-beyond-war-movement-it-s-the-real-deal-11e71e5cd147#.s5tzmkwnk

TED Talk, Let’s not use Mars as a backup plant- Video

http://www.ted.com/talks/lucianne_walkowicz_let_s_not_use_mars_as_a_backup_planet?utm_campaign=social&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_content=talk&utm_term=science

*International Council of Museums, Red List*

The Red Lists classify the endangered categories of archaeological objects
or works of art in the most vulnerable areas of the world, in order to
prevent them being sold or illegally exported.

http://icom.museum/programmes/fighting-illicit-traffic/red-list/

*Star Trek Axanar: *http://www.startrekaxanar.com/

Axanar is a ground breaking independent film that proves the idea that a
studio doesn’t need to spend millions of dollars to produce a feature
quality production.  Axanar will be the first non-CBS/Paramount produced
Star Trek to look and feel like a true Star Trek movie.

   - Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/StarTrekAxanar
   - Twitter Page: https://twitter.com/startrekaxanar

Fundraising Page

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/star-trek-axanar#/story?campaign=fbads
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