[Jawlist] Weekly Science Report 12-2-16

Sat Dec 3 22:51:13 PST 2016

*Weekly Science Report*

*December 2, 2016*

*“Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a
free people.  A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough.”*

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Introduction

Steve Detwiler created this publication with the support of Graham Hancock
and John Anthony West to share news and information on various disciplines
to include but not limited to paleontology, space sciences, genetics and
archaeology.  His goal behind sharing this publication has always been very
simple, by sharing knowledge we can make our world a better place.  This
publication is Mr. Detwiler’s contribution to bring people together and
share ideas and discoveries with his 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*

Pregnant T. Rex Found, May Contain DNA

http://www.seeker.com/pregnant-t-rex-found-may-contain-dna-1771065249.html

‘Slam-dunk’ find puts hunter-gatherers in Florida 14,500 years ago

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/hunter-gatherers-florida-14500-years-ago

3.7 Billion Year Old Fossils Found in Greenland Bring Us Closer to Life’s
Origin

https://futurism.com/3-7-billion-year-old-fossils-found-in-greenland-bring-us-closer-to-lifes-origin/

*History*

Poor maintenance threatens Edinburgh World Heritage status

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-38106203?platform=hootsuite

Holocaust jacket from Dachau found in Long Island tag sale

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/holocaust-jacket-dachau-long-island-tag-sale/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab6a&linkId=31450573&ftag=CNM-00-10aab6a&linkId=31603331

Holocaust survivor pleads with Austrian voters: Don't let far right win

http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/30/europe/austria-election-holocaust-survivor-plea/index.html?sr=fbcnni113016austria-election-holocaust-survivor-plea0920PMStoryLink&linkId=31760894

Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor still intrigues 75 years later

http://www.staradvertiser.com/2016/11/30/hawaii-news/prologue-japans-attack-on-pearl-harbor-still-intrigues-75-years-later/?HSA=193b38d4e46a99bab93b8f43a4f644674c2ec4f4

Italy’s Last Bastion of Catalan Language Struggles to Keep It Alive

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/21/world/europe/catalan-italy-alghero.html?_r=2

American priest killed in Guatemala put on path to possible sainthood by
Pope Francis

http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/lifestyle/2016/12/02/american-priest-killed-in-guatemala-put-on-path-to-possible-sainthood-by-pope/

A History of Vandalism: Welcome to Ukraine’s Historic Holocaust Site

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nikolas-kozloff/a-history-of-vandalism-we_b_13402898.html

A 1,000 year old promise of peace

http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20161121-a-1000-year-old-promise-of-peace?platform=hootsuite

The Tragic, Forgotten History of Black Military Veterans

http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/the-tragic-forgotten-history-of-black-military-veterans?mbid=social_facebook

Former Auschwitz guard's conviction on 300,000 accessory to murder charges
upheld

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/nationworld/

#DefineAboriginal: Pauline Hanson's 'no definition to Aboriginal' comment
sparks sharing of racism stories

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-11-29/pauline-hanson's-comment-sparks-defineaboriginal-racism-stories/8075468?WT.tsrc=Facebook_Organic

Modern-day Monuments Men wanted by the British Army

http://theartnewspaper.com/news/news/modern-day-monuments-men-wanted-by-the-british-army/

France Restitutes Flemish Portrait to Descendents of German-Jewish Couple

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/france-restitution-flemish-portrait-765716

After Pearl Harbor, this mail plane had a new mission: Find the attackers

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/after-pearl-harbor-this-mail-plane-had-a-new-mission-find-the-attackers/2016/12/01/34216070-a1f5-11e6-a44d-cc2898cfab06_story.html?%3Ftid=sm_fb&utm_term=.aad191cca18b

Stolen Nazi concentration camp gate believed found in Norway

https://www.yahoo.com/news/stolen-nazi-concentration-camp-gate-believed-found-norway-160919723.html

*Archaeology*

Skeleton Offers Clue to Amelia Earhart's Fate

http://www.seeker.com/skeleton-could-be-amelia-earhart-died-as-a-castaway-2074592765.html

A portal to a subterranean realm

http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20161121-a-portal-to-a-subterranean-realm?platform=hootsuite

Preserving excavated sites a big challenge, say archaeologists

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/Preserving-excavated-sites-a-big-challenge-say-archaeologists/articleshow/55608258.cms?platform=hootsuite

Montreal museum confirms location of city's first European settlement

https://www.sootoday.com/national-news/montreal-museum-confirms-location-of-citys-first-european-settlement-473116

Cissbury Fort 'damaged by metal detectors'

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-sussex-38101813?platform=hootsuite

Ancient stolen artefact repatriated

http://cyprus-mail.com/2016/11/24/ancient-stolen-artefact-repatriated/?platform=hootsuite

Macon has always considered it a national treasure; now it will become
official

http://www.macon.com/news/local/article117903533.html

Safeguarding Our Cultural Past from Future Climate Change: Stories from
Jamestown

https://www.usgs.gov/news/safeguarding-our-cultural-past-future-climate-change-stories-jamestown

Is the destruction of cultural property a war crime?

http://www.apollo-magazine.com/is-the-destruction-of-cultural-property-a-war-crime/

Ancient mound used for defense hints at walled city in Japan

http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201611290062.html

Mexico archaeologists find temple to wind god beneath supermarket

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/30/mexico-temple-wind-god-archaeology-supermarket

Ancient Thai city is protected but still crumbling

http://www.star2.com/living/living-environment/2016/11/29/ancient-thai-city-is-protected-but-still-crumbling/

Nobel laureates urge action to protect heritage sites

http://www.france24.com/en/20161201-nobel-laureates-urge-action-protect-heritage-sites

Fort Lewis College students vandalize Native American ruins in Utah

http://www.the-journal.com/article/20161129/NEWS01/161129864/FLC-students-vandalize-Native-American-ruins-in-Utah?platform=hootsuite

Rare glimpse of unprecedented Auschwitz restoration

http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2016/12/02/rare-glimpse-unprecedented-auschwitz-restoration

*Egyptology*

Egypt unearths 7,000-year-old lost city

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/nov/23/egypt-unearths-lost-city-first-dynasty-sohag-province

Secretary Kerry Signs Cultural Property Protection Agreement With Egypt

http://ht.ly/MAFL306Fmdr

*General Science*

Chinese Soldiers Have Laser Guns

*http://www.popsci.com/chinese-soldiers-have-laser-guns?con=TrueAnthem&dom=fb&src=SOC&utm_campaign=&utm_content=583b2757f6d7a100076ad354&utm_medium=&utm_source
<http://www.popsci.com/chinese-soldiers-have-laser-guns?con=TrueAnthem&dom=fb&src=SOC&utm_campaign=&utm_content=583b2757f6d7a100076ad354&utm_medium=&utm_source>=*

This drone gun knocks drones out of the sky gently, with radio waves

http://www.popsci.com/drone-gun-downs-drones-with-radio-waves?src=SOC&dom=fb

3-D printing future unfolds at lab

http://www.goldenstatenewspapers.com/tracy_press/news/d-printing-future-unfolds-at-lab/article_ebaa7ab4-b7f9-11e6-ac9d-fb06554f2232.html#.WEGXEESZxVU.twitter

*Physics, Earth and Space Sciences*

This pioneering astronaut blazed a trail for women engineers to follow

https://mic.com/articles/158134/this-pioneering-astronaut-blazed-a-trail-for-women-engineers-to-follow?utm_source=policymicFB&utm_medium=brandedContent&utm_campaign=USAF-Q416#.rchcQHfDH

Let's Colonize Titan

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/lets-colonize-titan/?WT.mc_id=SA_FB_SPC_BLOG

Take A Look At The Infinity Machine

http://www.popsci.com/infinity-machine?con=TrueAnthem&dom=fb&src=SOC&utm_campaign=&utm_content=58397367a167da00072f70b7&utm_medium=&utm_source
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Have We Found The Fifth Force Of Nature?!

http://www.seeker.com/have-we-found-the-fifth-force-of-nature-1994218388.html?utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=dnewssocial

Scientists say time travel is possible

http://www.aol.com/article/news/2016/11/28/scientists-say-time-travel-is-possible/21615723/?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00001357

SpaceX wants to surround Earth with an internet service that's 200 times
faster

http://www.sciencealert.com/spacex-wants-to-cover-the-globe-with-an-internet-service-200-times-faster-than-average

6,000 years ago, the Sahara desert was tropical—what happened?

http://phys.org/news/2016-12-years-sahara-tropicalwhat.html#jCp

Too much space travel is hazardous for your eyeballs

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2016/11/29/too-much-space-travel-is-hazardous-for-your-eyeballs/?tid=sm_fb&utm_term=.4a11073521e1

Physics may be a small but crucial fraction of our reality

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2114398-physics-may-be-a-small-but-crucial-fraction-of-our-reality/?utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_source=Facebook&utm_term=Autofeed&cmpid=SOC%7cNSNS%7c2016-Echobox#link_time=1480771503

The Plan To Get To Mars In Three Days Explained

http://www.seeker.com/the-plan-to-get-to-mars-in-three-days-explained-1678576307.html?utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=dnewssocial

US military prepares for the next frontier: Space war

http://edition.cnn.com/2016/11/28/politics/space-war-us-military-preparations/index.html?sr=fbcnni112816space-war-us-military-preparations1131PMVODtopLink&linkId=31639000

Teenage girls have built Africa's first-ever private satellite

http://www.sciencealert.com/14-awesome-teenage-girls-have-built-africa-s-first-ever-private-satellite

Why this undergrad could save us from a comet apocalypse

http://www.blastr.com/2016-11-28/why-college-undergrad-could-save-us-apocalypse

First signs of weird quantum property of empty space?

http://phys.org/news/2016-11-weird-quantum-property-space.html

‘Ailing’ Buzz Aldrin, the second man to walk on the moon, is safely
evacuated from the South Pole

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/12/01/ailing-buzz-aldrin-second-man-on-the-moon-is-being-medically-evacuated-from-the-south-pole/?tid=sm_fb&utm_term=.032f2d4856d2

Forget Mars. Why we should colonize Saturn's moon Titan instead

http://www.blastr.com/2016-12-1/forget-mars-why-we-should-colonize-saturns-moon-titan-instead?__source=Blastr_True_Anthem_Blastr_Facebook&utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&utm_content=5840e3b304d30132987c789b&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=facebook

Nations OK European Space Agency's Mission to Mars in 2020

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/nations-european-space-agencys-mission-mars-2020-43928727?yptr=yahoo

*Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources*

Why Morocco is leading the charge against climate change

http://edition.cnn.com/2016/11/17/africa/morocco-green-energy/index.html?sr=cnnifb

Captain Cook's detailed 1778 records confirm global warming today in the
Arctic

http://phys.org/news/2016-11-captain-cook-global-today-arctic.html

Science in America's National Parks

http://discovermagazine.com/2016/april/10-americas-outdoor-laboratory

Will Salt Water Quench the World’s Thirst?

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/will-salt-water-quench-the-world-s-thirst/?WT.mc_id=SA_FB_CHEM_NEWS

Is Earth Becoming a Less Habitable Planet?

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/life-unbounded/is-earth-becoming-a-less-habitable-planet/?WT.mc_id=SA_FB_SPC_BLOG

They're called the Black Mambas, and they're a poachers worst nightmare

http://edition.cnn.com/2015/12/21/africa/black-mamba-anti-poaching-rhinos-south-africa/index.html?sr=cnnifb

As warming seas menace fish, communities seek ways to stay afloat

http://news.trust.org/item/20161125090402-u92xa/

Watery mission: SpaceX and NASA join forces on 2021 monitoring project

http://www.preventionweb.net/news/view/51096?&a=email&utm_source=pw_email

Can this university save bluefin tuna from extinction?

http://money.cnn.com/2016/11/30/technology/kindai-bluefin-tuna-farming/index.html?sr=twCNN120116kindai-bluefin-tuna-farming0402AMVODtopLink&linkId=31775486

Perovskite solar cells hit new world efficiency record

https://techxplore.com/news/2016-12-perovskite-solar-cells-world-efficiency.html

Island Now Runs Entirely on Solar Power

http://www.natgeoexplorer.com/article/island-now-runs-entirely-solar-power/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_campaign=link_fbch20161203EXPLblogsolar&utm_medium=Social&utm_content=EXPLORER&sf44324790=1

New Video Game Simulates the Global Sustainability Challenge

http://www.yaleclimateconnections.org/2016/11/new-video-game-simulates-the-global-sustainability-challenge/

Cold Fusion Lives On, with Experiments Creating Energy When None Should
Exist

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/cold-fusion-lives-on-with-experiments-creating-energy-when-none-should-exist/?WT.mc_id=SA_FB_CHEM_NEWS

Portable river turbine could trigger a ‘riverlution’ in clean energy

http://www.digitaltrends.com/home/portable-river-turbine/

*How much coral has died in the Great Barrier Reef’s worst bleaching event?*

https://theconversation.com/how-much-coral-has-died-in-the-great-barrier-reefs-worst-bleaching-event-69494?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20November%2029%202016%20-%206180&utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20November%2029%202016%20-%206180+CID_ee1d65709a6f690e40175f445a1ddbb1&utm_source=campaign_monitor&utm_term=How%20much%20coral%20has%20died%20in%20the%20Great%20Barrier%20Reefs%20worst%20bleaching%20event

Cuba’s Underwater Paradise Could Be a Model for Sustainable Tourism

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/cuba-s-underwater-paradise-could-be-a-model-for-sustainable-tourism/?WT.mc_id=SA_FB_ENGYSUS_OSNP

Pope Francis: “Never been such a clear need for science” to protect the
planet

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/11/29/pope-francis-urges-world-leaders-not-to-delay-climate-change-efforts/?tid=sm_fb&utm_term=.59f367f00410

Brexit puts Europe’s nuclear fusion future in doubt

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2114690-brexit-puts-europes-nuclear-fusion-future-in-doubt/?utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_source=Facebook&utm_term=Autofeed&cmpid=SOC%7cNSNS%7c2016-Echobox

A Forgotten Step in Saving African Wildlife: Protecting the Rangers

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/28/science/a-forgotten-step-in-saving-african-wildlife-protecting-the-rangers.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur&_r=0&mtrref=l.facebook.com&gwh=B41F1E4F07B7903FD91258A49D456553&gwt=pay

How a 70-Year Old Idea could make engines more efficient

https://www.wired.com/2016/12/70-year-old-idea-make-engines-way-efficient/?mbid=nl_12116_p3&CNDID=41291302

*Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences*

Zuckerberg: By 2100 We Will Have Cured Most All Diseases

https://futurism.com/zuckerberg-by-2100-we-will-have-cured-most-all-diseases/

Bacteria Have ‘Biological Wheels’ That We Can Finally See In 3D

http://www.popsci.com/3d-view-biological-wheels-that-let-bacteria-move?con=TrueAnthem&dom=fb&src=SOC&utm_campaign=&utm_content=583a9ab6f6d7a10007fa4e9b&utm_medium=&utm_source
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The Editor of Life’s Building Blocks

http://time.com/4518815/feng-zhang-next-generation-leaders/?xid=time_socialflow_facebook

Researchers aim for first human eye transplant within the decade

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/researchers-human-eye-transplant-decade/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=pbsofficial&utm_campaign=newshour

The app lending eyes to the blind

http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/24/africa/be-specular-app-helps-the-blind/index.html

Future of Combat Medicine: Powdered Blood, Spray Bottle Skin

http://kitup.military.com/2016/11/future-combat-medicine-powdered-blood-spray-bottle-skin.html?platform=hootsuite

Bionic Suit Helps A Paralyzed Man Take Thousands Of Steps

http://www.popsci.com/bionic-suit-helps-paralyzed-man-voluntarily-take-thousands-steps?con=TrueAnthem&dom=fb&src=SOC&utm_campaign=&utm_content=583d0576a167da00064cca38&utm_medium=&utm_source
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New Vaccine Could Be 'Final Nail in the Coffin for HIV'

http://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/new-vaccine-could-be-final-nail-coffin-hiv-n689051?cid=sm_fb

The Neuroscientist who’s building a better memory for Humans

https://www.wired.com/2016/12/neuroscientist-whos-building-better-memory-humans/?mbid=nl_12116_p1&CNDID=41291302

*Other*

The non-western books that every student should read

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2016/nov/26/the-non-western-books-that-every-student-should-read?CMP=fb_gu

America: This Is Your Future

http://www.politico.com/agenda/story/2016/11/political-future-of-america-generations-diversity-tensions-000235

Additional Informational

Why Do People Still Deny Climate Change Video

http://www.seeker.com/why-do-people-still-deny-climate-change-1792728393.html?utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=dnewssocial

TED Talk, Making sense of string theory

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

TED Talk, Your kids might live on Mars. Here's how they'll survive

http://www.ted.com/talks/stephen_petranek_your_kids_might_live_on_mars_here_s_how_they_ll_survive

TED Talk, Hunting for Peru's lost civilizations -- with satellites

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

Assessment of Moderate- and High-Temperature Geothermal Resources of the
United States

http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2008/3082/

The Administration’s Report on the Future of Artificial Intelligence

https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2016/10/12/administrations-report-future-artificial-intelligence

The 4 essential facts about Islam you really need to know

https://mic.com/articles/160910/the-4-essential-facts-about-islam-you-really-need-to-know#.eRFnr3Gm7

U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, Belfer National Conference for Educators,
July 2017

https://www.ushmm.org/educators/professional-events-and-resources/belfer-educators-conference?sf43133742=1

National Geographic Digital Correspondent Contest

http://www.assignmentexplorer.com/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_campaign=link_fbch20161115EXPLassignmentexplorer&utm_medium=Social&utm_content=EXPLORER&sf44264239=1

Simulations of directed energy comet deflection

http://proceedings.spiedigitallibrary.org/proceeding.aspx?articleid=2555766

Heroes of Pearl Harbor: George Welch and Kenneth Taylor

http://www.history.com/news/heroes-of-pearl-harbor-george-welch-and-kenneth-taylor

'Wanderers' Is A Fantastic Vision Of Humanity's Interplanetary Future

http://www.popsci.com/sci-fi-short-wanderers-will-inspire-you-explore-solar-system

U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum Impact of your Support

https://engage.ushmm.org/s-gt-thank-you-2016.html?utm_term=ALC1612EY3BS&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTlRFd1kyTTJNV1l6TW1FMCIsInQiOiJyUDJ3Vko5U2RVSVNCZzk5Z2g3YzNxS1B2OGJ6TktWSkhQWHZockdBRktySUJrWThPU2ZKWnlnT09ROXVuM0R1XC9VK1Y0amFMaTR4RTU5Z2R0MzNMODRrbTVcL1wvMVplazIzTFNvTmFROUxuOD0ifQ%3D%3D
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