[Jawlist] Weekly Science Report 12-9-16

Sat Dec 10 17:30:29 PST 2016

*Weekly Science Report*

*December 9, 2016*

*“Only one who devotes himself to a cause with his whole strength and soul
can be a true master. For this reason mastery demands all of a person.”*

Albert Einstein

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*

Hi-tech replica to bring prehistoric art of Lascaux within reach

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/dec/03/hi-tech-lascaux-caves-prehistoric-sistine-chapel

Were Neanderthals Religious?

http://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2016/12/07/504650215/were-neanderthals-religious

These 17,000 rocks from the bottom of the world could unlock the secrets of
existence

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2016/12/07/this-hidden-smithsonian-vault-contains-the-oldest-things-in-the-solar-system/?utm_term=.42d484412cca&wpisrc=nl_science&wpmm=1

T. rex cousin’s 99-million-year old tail feathers found in amber

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2115608-t-rex-cousins-99-million-year-old-tail-feathers-found-in-amber/?utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_source=Facebook&utm_term=Autofeed&cmpid=SOC%7cNSNS%7c2016-Echobox

*History*

Young man on a mission to honor World War II vets before it's too late

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/young-man-on-a-mission-to-honor-world-war-ii-vets-before-its-too-late/

Why Austria is restoring a 1924 film that predicted the rise of the Nazis

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/12/09/why-austria-is-restoring-a-1924-film-that-predicted-the-rise-of-the-nazis/?tid=sm_fb&utm_term=.7b3cd094d28f

Rare find reveals previously unknown Roman ruler in Judea

http://www.timesofisrael.com/rare-find-reveals-previously-unknown-roman-ruler-in-judea/

Pearl Harbor veteran honored with inflight hula, song

http://www.staradvertiser.com/2016/12/09/breaking-news/pearl-harbor-veteran-honored-with-inflight-hula-song/?a%3Bsdkflja%3Bsdlkfj

Mysterious lead tablets ‘may contain earliest written mention of Jesus
Christ’

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/mysterious-lead-tablets-may-contain-earliest-written-mention-of-jesus-christ-123221952.html

Einstein's Age Of Extremism

http://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2016/12/04/502852356/einsteins-age-of-extremism?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=202804

Nazi-Looted Reinhold Begas Sculpture Returned to Jewish Family by the City
of Berlin

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/nazi-looted-sculpture-returned-jewish-publishing-moguls-family-city-berlin-771779

The Horror of Lynchings Lives On

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/03/opinion/sunday/the-horror-of-lynchings-lives-on.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur&_r=0

This painting was looted by the Nazis, then seized from my living room

http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-gilmore-polish-looted-art-20161204-story.html

New York’s Natural History Museum Curator Resigns Following Sexual
Misconduct Investigations

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/museum-curator-resigns-misconduct-investigations-773210

Never forgotten: Scientists still working to identify remains of Pearl
Harbor casualties

http://www.post-gazette.com/news/nation/2016/12/07/Scientists-still-working-to-identify-remains-of-Pearl-Harbor-casualties/stories/201612070100?utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#link_time=1481091287

>From FIU to Brighton, Japan’s Ainu people share culture

http://seminoletribune.org/from-fiu-to-brighton-japans-ainu-people-share-culture-2/

The Spooky Pearl Harbor Mystery That Remains Unsolved

https://www.yahoo.com/news/spooky-pearl-harbor-mystery-remains-180042131.html

The attack on Pearl Harbor united Americans like no other event in our
history

https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2016/12/07/the-attack-on-pearl-harbor-united-americans-like-no-other-event-in-our-history/?utm_term=.8ca764d04623

Nikola Tesla Wardenclyffe Lab to Receive World Historic Site Designation

https://www.longislandpress.com/2016/12/08/nikola-tesla-wardenclyffe-lab-to-receive-world-historic-site-designation/

*Archaeology*

Sutton Hoo bitumen links Syria with Anglo-Saxon England

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-suffolk-38171657

Daesh issues 'permits to loot heritage sites'

http://khaleejtimes.com/nation/abu-dhabi/daesh-issues-permits-to-loot-heritage-sites?platform=hootsuite

France pays £24m into new fund to protect cultural heritage sites

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/04/france-new-fund-cultural-heritage-sites-isis

Aboriginal art depicting Wandjina figure that sparked aliens theory to be
reclaimed by traditional owners

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-12-05/aboriginal-people-move-to-reclaim-sacred-wandjina-drawings/8049978

*Imitation game: how copies can solve our cultural heritage crises*

https://theconversation.com/imitation-game-how-copies-can-solve-our-cultural-heritage-crises-69346

Archeologist claims to have found proof that Hebrew was the first written
alphabet

http://phys.org/news/2016-12-archeologist-proof-hebrew-written-alphabet.html

*NEW NON-PROFIT LAUNCHES WITH MISSION TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE THE WORLD’S
CULTURAL HERITAGE THROUGH TECHNOLOGY*

http://us7.campaign-archive1.com/?u=5de880f864f3c28e85253c1e5&id=a38a1c81ce&e=2ef7babe39

*Egyptology*

Researchers Confident Mysterious Pair Of Mummified Knees Belonged To Queen
Nefertari

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/12/05/504449966/researchers-confident-mysterious-pair-of-mummified-knees-belonged-to-queen-nefer?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=202805

*General Science*

Nothing to report

*Physics, Earth and Space Sciences*

Cassini Spies Incredible Detail in Titan's Dune Fields

http://www.seeker.com/the-incredible-beauty-of-titans-many-dunes-2010550749.html?utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=dnewssocial

NASAs power supply mistake on the ISS

https://www.wired.com/2016/12/nasa-made-really-dumb-mistake-iss-power-supply/?mbid=nl_12816_p3&CNDID=41291302

Space X says it’s ready for liftoff again

https://www.wired.com/2016/12/spacex-says-ready-liftoff-faa-begs-differ/?mbid=nl_12816_p7&CNDID=41291302

Japan Sends Long Electric Whip Into Orbit, To Tame Space Junk

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/12/09/505020386/japan-sends-long-electric-whip-into-orbit-to-tame-space-junk?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=202809

Google's satellite timelapses show the inconvenient truth about our planet

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2016/dec/05/google-timelapse-satellite-pictures-earth-climate-change?CMP=fb_gu

How NASA Found The Lost ExoMars Lander So Quickly

http://www.popsci.com/how-was-exomars-lander-found-so-quickly?con=TrueAnthem&dom=fb&src=SOC&utm_campaign=&utm_content=58465c19a167da00098f5ee8&utm_medium=&utm_source
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NASA's New Robot Will Offer Refueling and Repairs in Space

http://www.popularmechanics.com/space/satellites/a24180/nasas-new-robot-will-offer-refueling-in-space/

Astronaut and US Senator John Glenn has died, according to Ohio State
University

http://www.cnbc.com/2016/12/08/astronaut-and-us-senator-john-glenn-has-died-according-to-ohio-state-university.html

*Eyes in the sky: Cutting NASA Earth observations would be a costly mistake*

https://theconversation.com/eyes-in-the-sky-cutting-nasa-earth-observations-would-be-a-costly-mistake-69705

*Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources*

Tests confirm that Germany's massive nuclear fusion machine really works

http://www.sciencealert.com/tests-confirm-that-germany-s-massive-nuclear-fusion-machine-really-works

Google Says It Will Run Entirely on Renewable Energy in 2017

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/12/06/technology/google-says-it-will-run-entirely-on-renewable-energy-in-2017.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur&referer=http://m.facebook.com/

With 1 male left worldwide, northern white rhinos under guard 24 hours

http://edition.cnn.com/2015/04/16/africa/kenya-northern-white-rhino/index.html?sr=cnnifb

Nanoceramic material for more safe and economical nuclear reactors

http://phys.org/news/2016-12-nanoceramic-material-safe-economical-nuclear.html

NASA Chip Reflects Wi-Fi To Save Your Smartphone Battery

http://www.popsci.com/nasa-reflecting-wi-fi-save-your-smartwatch-battery?con=TrueAnthem&dom=fb&src=SOC&utm_campaign=&utm_content=5845a549a167da000706ddcd&utm_medium=&utm_source
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Brazil to restore huge tract of degraded land in largest pledge of its kind

http://news.trust.org/item/20161205173250-o325z/

Solar Car Powers Your House When It's Parked

http://www.popsci.com/article/cars/solar-car-powers-your-house-when-its-parked?con=TrueAnthem&dom=fb&src=SOC&utm_campaign=&utm_content=58477555f6d7a10006e8c3d8&utm_medium=&utm_source
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Climate change could render Sudan 'uninhabitable'

http://edition.cnn.com/2016/12/07/africa/sudan-climate-change/index.html?sr=fbcnni120716sudan-climate-change0245PMStoryGalLink&linkId=32055707

Environmentalism Was Once a Social-Justice Movement

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/12/how-the-environmental-movement-can-recover-its-soul/509831/?utm_source=fbb

Do Fuel Cells Hold The Promise To A Fossil Fuel–Free Future?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/do-fuel-cells-hold-the-promise-to-a-fossil-fuelfree-future_us_57890627e4b03fc3ee5093e4

It's Not Cold Fusion,...But It's Something

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/its-not-cold-fusion-but-its-something/

*We can cut emissions in half by 2040 if we build smarter cities*

https://theconversation.com/we-can-cut-emissions-in-half-by-2040-if-we-build-smarter-cities-67499

Kenya, World Bank Consider $150 Million Off-Grid Power Project

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-12-08/kenya-world-bank-consider-150-million-off-grid-power-project

*Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences*

With 21st Century Cure Act, the future of Regenerative Medicine is “Inject
and See”

https://www.wired.com/2016/12/future-regenerative-medicine-inject-see/?mbid=social_twitter

Ancient Roman DNA reveals modern malaria parasite

http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/05/health/malaria-evidence-roman-empire/index.html

*Other*

Society Is Doomed, Say Scientists

http://www.seeker.com/society-is-doomed-say-scientists-1768396079.html?utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=dnewssocial

Additional Informational

We’ve seen the future, and it will blow your mind

https://www.newscientist.com/round-up/world-2076/?utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#link_time=1480946192

TED Talk, Let's clean up the space junk orbiting Earth

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

What Can Humanity’s Hidden Past Teach Us About Our Future? An Interview
with Graham Hancock

http://wakeup-world.com/2016/12/07/what-can-humanitys-hidden-past-history-teach-us-about-our-future-an-interview-with-graham-hancock/

Heritage under Threat Free Online Course

https://www.coursera.org/learn/heritage-protection

Holocaust Survivor Testimonies: The Chelmno Death Camp- Shimon Srebrnik

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72EHKDgL2Rc&feature=youtu.be
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