[Jawlist] Weekly Science Report 3-31-17

Steve Detwiler steveorange2011 at gmail.com
Sat Apr 1 21:44:48 PDT 2017


*Weekly Science Report*

*March 31, 2017*



*“The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its
limits.”*

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*



Evolution is slower than it looks and faster than you think

https://www.wired.com/2017/03/evolution-slower-looks-faster-think/?mbid=nl_32617_p3&CNDID=41291302



An Ancient Cone-Shaped Creature Finally Gets a Branch on the Tree of Life

http://www.seeker.com/an-ancient-cone-shaped-creature-finally-gets-a-branch-on-the-tree-of-l-2188903126.html?utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=dnewssocial



Archeological find affirms Heiltsuk Nation's oral history

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/archeological-find-affirms-heiltsuk-nation-s-oral-history-1.4046088





*History*



Adolf Hitler's 'last bodyguard' reveals what happened in Nazi leader’s
final minutes in the Berlin bunker

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/adolf-hitlers-last-bodyguard-reveals-what-happened-in-nazi-leader’s-final-minutes-in-the-berlin-bunker/ar-BByC2Ra?ocid=ob-fb-enus-580
<http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/adolf-hitlers-last-bodyguard-reveals-what-happened-in-nazi-leader's-final-minutes-in-the-berlin-bunker/ar-BByC2Ra?ocid=ob-fb-enus-580>



German Chancellor Merkel to Receive Museum’s 2017 Elie Wiesel Award

https://www.ushmm.org/information/press/press-releases/german-chancellor-merkel-to-receive-museums-2017-elie-wiesel-award



French priest details hidden Holocaust: 2.2 million shot to death

http://lacrossetribune.com/news/local/french-priest-details-hidden-holocaust-million-shot-to-death/article_01987c34-6a6f-5269-a34a-257def827b52.html



Family returns WWI veteran Private Miller Mack to home town of Raukkan

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-03-24/indigenous-wwi-veteran-miller-mack-reburied-at-home-in-sa/8385572?smid=Page:+ABC+News-Facebook_Organic&WT.tsrc=Facebook_Organic&sf65568046=1



Auction of Rare Diary Highlights What John F. Kennedy Really Thought About
Hitler

http://time.com/4711687/john-f-kennedy-diary-hitler/?xid=time_socialflow_facebook



Soviet cover-up of nuclear fallout worse than Chernobyl

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2125202-exposed-soviet-cover-up-of-nuclear-fallout-worse-than-chernobyl/?cmpid=SOC|NSNS|2017-Echobox&utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#link_time=1490350827



Seminole Tribe searches for remains of ancestors on Egmont Key

http://web.tampabay.com/news/humaninterest/seminole-tribe-searches-for-remains-of-ancestors-on-egmont-key/2317695



A 'Tough' Metzmama: Lasting Memories Of One Armenian Grandmother

http://www.npr.org/2017/03/24/521223127/a-tough-metzmama-lasting-memories-of-one-armenian-grandmother



How Mosul's last librarian is preparing for when his city is free from Isis

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/mosul-central-library-isis-iraq-battle-war-destroyed-books-eye-a7631956.html



Calls for support as destroyed Mosul Museum seeks to rebuild
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2017/03/mosul-museum-iraq-culture-nineveh-assyrian.html#ixzz4cwNi06rP



Supreme Court declines case over Glendale's controversial 'comfort women'
statue

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-comfort-women-20170331-story.html













*Archaeology*



An Anthropological Look at Weapons of War as Objects of Art

https://hyperallergic.com/363809/an-anthropological-look-at-weapons-as-objects-of-art/?utm_source=sumome&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=sumome_share



Lowest bidders threaten Nepal's quake-hit heritage

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/lowest-bidders-threaten-nepals-quake-hit-heritage-050054820.html



You Could Tour The Titanic Next Year

http://www.newsy.com/stories/diving-tours-of-the-titanic-wreck-set-to-resume/?utm_source=cbslocal.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=pubexchange_facebook



UN Security Council adopts historic resolution for the protection of
heritage

http://en.unesco.org/news/security-council-adopts-historic-resolution-protection-heritage



Ancient, near-pristine Buddha to make Kabul museum debut

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp/article-4322790/Ancient-near-pristine-Buddha-make-Kabul-museum-debut.html



Smithsonian and U.S. Department of State Partner on Emergency Cultural
Heritage Work in Iraq

http://newsdesk.si.edu/releases/smithsonian-and-us-department-state-partner-emergency-cultural-heritage-work-iraq



How Did a Spanish Axe Wind Up in Toronto 100 Years Before Europeans?

https://indiancountrymedianetwork.com/news/how-did-a-spanish-axe-wind-up-in-toronto-100-years-before-europeans/







*Egyptology*



New discovery: Intact tomb uncovered in Aswan

http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/261435.aspx





*General Science*



Uber suspends self-driving vehicle program following Arizona accident

*http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/uber-supends-self-driving-vehicle-program-following-arizona-accident/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=pbsofficial&utm_campaign=newshour
<http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/uber-supends-self-driving-vehicle-program-following-arizona-accident/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=pbsofficial&utm_campaign=newshour>*



Lawrence Livermore reinventing metal 3D printing with new direct writing
process

*https://www.llnl.gov/news/lawrence-livermore-reinventing-metal-3d-printing-new-direct-writing-process
<https://www.llnl.gov/news/lawrence-livermore-reinventing-metal-3d-printing-new-direct-writing-process>*



Want to build your own drone? MIT has got the tools you need

*https://www.wired.com/video/2017/03/ever-wanted-to-build-your-own-drone/?mbid=nl_33117_p8&CNDID=41291302
<https://www.wired.com/video/2017/03/ever-wanted-to-build-your-own-drone/?mbid=nl_33117_p8&CNDID=41291302>*













*Physics, Earth and Space Sciences*



Nasa finds India's lost Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft missing for 8 years
orbiting the moon

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/nasa-finds-indias-lost-chandrayaan-1-spacecraft-missing-8-years-orbiting-moon-1611083?utm_source=social&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=%2Fnasa-finds-indias-lost-chandrayaan-1-spacecraft-missing-8-years-orbiting-moon-1611083



>From black holes to helium

https://phys.org/news/2017-03-black-holes-helium.html



Trump signs NASA bill aimed at landing on Mars

http://www.post-gazette.com/news/science/2017/03/22/Trump-signs-NASA-bill-aimed-at-landing-on-Mars/stories/201703220099?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=Echobox#link_time=1490185869&pgpageversion=pgevoke&pgpageversion=pgevoke



Miami's Men of the Moment

*http://modernluxury.com/miami/features/miamis-men-of-the-moment?page=0,2
<http://modernluxury.com/miami/features/miamis-men-of-the-moment?page=0,2>*



Inventing a new kind of matter

https://phys.org/news/2017-03-kind.html



World's First Deep-Sea Mining Venture Set to Launch in 2019

http://www.seeker.com/worlds-first-deep-sea-mining-venture-set-to-launch-in-2019-2327856967.html



'Virtual batteries' could lead to cheaper, cleaner power

https://techxplore.com/news/2017-03-virtual-batteries-cheaper-cleaner-power.html



Spacewalking French, US astronauts to upgrade orbiting lab

https://phys.org/news/2017-03-spacewalking-french-astronauts-orbiting-lab.html



The journey of NASAs smartest satellite finally comes to an end

https://www.wired.com/2017/03/say-farewell-eo-1-nasas-smartest-satellite/?mbid=nl_32417_p3&CNDID=41291302



A stunning video of Mars that took three months to stitch together by hand

https://www.wired.com/2017/03/stunning-video-mars-took-three-months-stitch-together-hand/?mbid=nl_32017_p1&CNDID=41291302



Astronomers probe swirling particles in halo of starburst galaxy

https://phys.org/news/2017-03-astronomers-probe-swirling-particles-halo.html



An ancient oasis in China’s remote desert

http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20170307-an-ancient-oasis-in-chinas-remote-desert?ocid=fbtvl



We're Closer to Solving Mystery of the 'Missing Element' in Earth's Core

http://www.seeker.com/were-closer-to-solving-mystery-of-the-missing-element-in-earths-core-2190398381.html?utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=dnewssocial



Using a method from Wall Street to track slow slipping of Earth's crust

https://phys.org/news/2017-03-method-wall-street-track-earth.html



How the Mysterious Planet 9 is Tilting Our Solar System

http://www.seeker.com/how-the-mysterious-planet-9-is-tilting-our-solar-system-2063533141.html?utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=dnewssocial



The US is facing a choice between the International Space Station and a new
deep space rocket

https://qz.com/942983/the-us-is-facing-a-choice-between-the-international-space-station-and-a-new-deep-space-rocket/



Man on Mars: NASA Plans to Test Deep Space Exploration With New Spaceport
Orbiting the Moon

http://www.newsweek.com/man-mars-nasa-plans-test-deep-space-exploration-new-spaceport-orbiting-575912





*Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources*



Researchers create self-sustaining bacteria-fueled power cell

https://phys.org/news/2017-03-self-sustaining-bacteria-fueled-power-cell.html



Trump Won’t Save Us From Climate Change. Maybe Surfers Will.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/surfing-climate-change-donald-trump_us_58c05f3be4b0d1078ca38474
?



Climate change: ‘human fingerprint’ found on global extreme weather

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/mar/27/climate-change-human-fingerprint-found-on-global-extreme-weather



The Billionaire on a mission to save the planet from Trump

https://www.wired.com/2017/03/tom-steyer-interview/?mbid=nl_32317_p2&CNDID=41291302



A Dream of Clean Energy at a Very High Price

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/27/science/fusion-power-plant-iter-france.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur&_r=1



Climate Change Complicates the Whole Dam Debate

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/climate-change-complicates-the-whole-dam-debate/



Solar energy and salt water power vegetable farms in the desert

http://news.trust.org/item/20170331000814-n7zjp/





*Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences*



Tasmanian tiger 'sightings' spark scientific study on Queensland's Cape
York Peninsula

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-03-24/tasmanian-tiger-sightings-spark-scientific-study/8383884?smid=Page:+ABC+News-Facebook_Organic&WT.tsrc=Facebook_Organic&sf65552314=1



Scientist hack a human cell and reprogram it like a computer

https://www.wired.com/2017/03/biologists-made-logic-gates-dna/?mbid=nl_32717_p2&CNDID=41291302



Researchers crack structure of key protein in Zika virus

https://phys.org/news/2017-03-key-protein-zika-virus.html



Scientists discover mechanism that causes cancer cells to self-destruct

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2017-03-scientists-mechanism-cancer-cells-self-destruct.html



Back From The Dead? Reported Sightings Fuel Hope For Return Of Tasmanian
Tigers

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/03/30/522091683/back-from-the-dead-reported-sightings-fuel-hope-for-return-of-tasmanian-tigers?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20170330



Elon Musk isn’t the only one trying to computerize your brain

https://www.wired.com/2017/03/elon-musks-neural-lace-really-look-like/?mbid=nl_33117_p3&CNDID=41291302







*Other*



Unless It Changes, Capitalism Will Starve Humanity By 2050

https://www.forbes.com/sites/drewhansen/2016/02/09/unless-it-changes-capitalism-will-starve-humanity-by-2050/#607f77cc7ccc



'60 Minutes' tracks how fake news spreads

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/325868-60-minutes-tracks-how-fake-news-spreads



Is Nuclear War the Only Cure for Inequality?

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/cross-check/is-nuclear-war-the-only-cure-for-inequality/?WT.mc_id=SA_FB_POLE_BLOG



‘Peaceful Future’ Google Doodle Wins the Internet

https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/peaceful-future-google-doodle-wins-internet/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_content=global&utm_campaign=general-content&linkId=36070255



















Additional Informational



Pocahontas: Beyond the Myth

http://www.smithsonianchannel.com/shows/pocahontas-beyond-the-myth/0/3445499



Who Thought This Was a Good Idea?: And Other Questions You Should Have
Answers to When You Work in the White House

https://www.amazon.com/Who-Thought-This-Good-Idea-ebook/dp/B01LL8C3LI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1490686084&sr=8-1&keywords=Who+thought+this+was+a+good+idea



PBS Dead Reckoning

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/dead-reckoning/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=pbsofficial&utm_campaign=deadreckoning_2017



Nazi Persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses

https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005394&utm_content=sf66691644&utm_medium=spredfast&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=US+Holocaust+Memorial+Museum&sf66691644=1
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