[Jawlist] Weekly Science Report 4-21-17

Mon Apr 24 17:25:58 PDT 2017

*Weekly Science Report*

*April 21, 2017*

*‘The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.”*

Saint Augustine

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*

Oldest tooth filling was made by an Ice Age dentist in Italy

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2127300-oldest-tooth-filling-was-made-by-an-ice-age-dentist-in-italy/

Ancient stone carvings confirm how comet struck Earth in 10,950BC, sparking
the rise of civilisations

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2017/04/21/ancient-stone-carvings-confirm-comet-struck-earth-10950bc-wiping/

Origins of Indonesian hobbits finally revealed

https://phys.org/news/2017-04-indonesian-hobbits-revealed.html

Reptile fossils tell us more about where dinosaurs came from

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/reptile-fossils-dinosaurs-ancestors-teleocrater-rhadinus/?ftag=COS-05-10aaa0h&utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&utm_content=58f2fac904d30115028bb11c&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=facebook

Earliest Fungus-Like Fossils Discovered in 2.4 Billion-Year-Old South
African Bedrock

https://www.seeker.com/earth/earliest-fungus-like-fossils-discovered-in-24-billion-year-old-south-african-bedrock

Megafaunal extinctions driven by too much moisture

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-04/uoa-med041317.php

99-million-year-old termite-loving thieves caught in Burmese amber

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-04/caos-9tt041117.php

Scientists discover fossil of dinosaur ancestor with surprising croc-like
appearance

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-04/nsf-sdf041217.php

Ötzi the Iceman froze to death

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/otzi-iceman-froze-death

A new online digital resource has been launched to bring to life one of
Scotland's most important prehistoric settlements
https://phys.org/news/2017-04-online-digital-resource-life-scotland.html

*History*

Founding generation, not just fathers, focus of new museum

http://www.staradvertiser.com/2017/04/17/breaking-news/founding-generation-not-just-fathers-focus-of-new-museum/

A Relic of the Nazi Past Is Grazing at the National Zoo

https://medium.com/@HolocaustMuseum/is-a-relic-of-the-nazi-past-grazing-at-the-national-zoo-b6ea24777c68

This Islamic School Helps Students Build Their American And Muslim Identity

http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2017/04/20/524510378/this-islamic-school-teaches-how-to-be-muslim-and-american?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20170420

Hollywood's New Armenian Genocide Denial Epic

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2017/04/15/hollywood-classic-love-story-does-double-duty-as-armenian-genocide-whitewash.html?source=TDB&via=FB_Page

The destruction of Mecca: The Middle East’s largest building project has
effaced 1,400 years of Islamic history

http://www.economist.com/news/middle-east-and-africa/21717992-middle-easts-largest-building-project-has-effaced-1400-years-islamic?fsrc=scn/fb/te/bl/ed/makingwayforpilgrimsthedestructionofmecca

Woman Returns To Her Slave Cabin Childhood Home In The Smithsonian

http://www.npr.org/2017/04/14/523996988/woman-returns-to-her-slave-cabin-childhood-home-in-the-smithsonian?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20170416

In The 1920s, A Community Conspired To Kill Native Americans For Their Oil
Money

http://www.npr.org/2017/04/17/523964584/in-the-1920s-a-community-conspired-to-kill-native-americans-for-their-oil-money?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20170417

How I Feel As a Native Woman When Trump Idolizes Andrew Jackson

http://www.teenvogue.com/story/andrew-jackson-native-woman-idolize-donald-trump?mbid=partner_facebook_dailybeast&source=TDB&via=FB_Page

Halifax seeks living survivors of devastating 1917 blast that killed
thousands

http://www.thespec.com/news-story/7251651-halifax-seeks-living-survivors-of-devastating-1917-blast-that-killed-thousands/#.WPgi1WjNcVw.facebook

St Andrews academic reveals secrets of ancient Incan talking knots

https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/local/fife/409788/st-andrews-academic-reveals-secrets-of-ancient-incan-talking-knots/

*Archaeology*

Mosque destroyed during Bosnian War to be rebuilt with Turkish initiative

https://www.dailysabah.com/feature/2017/04/20/mosque-destroyed-during-bosnian-war-to-be-rebuilt-with-turkish-initiative

The Case of the Missing Feet: Antiquities and Terrorism in Cambodia

http://observer.com/2017/04/prince-ravi-cambodian-antiquities-looted/?platform=hootsuite

They went to find antiquities, and ended up in jail

http://ht.ly/tVuh30b1Dv4

Angkor revisited: how master craftsmen are forging Khmer antiquities

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-weekend/angkor-revisited-how-master-craftsmen-are-forging-khmer-antiquities?utm_content=buffer01938&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

The Caribbean treasure map made from SPACE

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4418996/Man-searching-treasure-using-map-charted-space.html

Man Found Guilty for Trafficking Over 500 Artifacts from Mexico to Big Bend
National Park

http://savingantiquities.org/man-found-guilty-trafficking-pre-columbian-artifacts-mexico-texas/

Remains of five 'lost' Archbishops of Canterbury found

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-39613462?ocid=socialflow_facebook&ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbcnews&ns_source=facebook

X-Ray Vision Archaeology Reveals Holocaust Escape Tunnel
<http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/next/military/vilnius-tunnel/>

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/next/military/vilnius-tunnel/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=pbsofficial&utm_campaign=nova_2017

Teen accidentally helps discover lost 16th-century civilization in Kansas
<http://nypost.com/2017/04/18/teen-accidentally-helps-discover-lost-16th-century-civilization/>

http://nypost.com/2017/04/18/teen-accidentally-helps-discover-lost-16th-century-civilization/

Archaeologists to probe ancient pyramid in Judean Hills

http://www.timesofisrael.com/archaeologists-to-probe-ancient-pyramid-in-judean-hills/

*Egyptology*

Will Egypt sell its artifacts to boost economy?
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2017/04/egypt-national-treasures-sale-tourism-crisis-investment.html?utm_source=Boomtrain&utm_medium=manual&utm_campaign=20170418&bt_ee=EirdlAeVHfdLrnC8Y47%20coiNXeS3vKRK7KHVE0BgvmjHhOeFiKPZwPxV9AjGlUPV&bt_ts=1492532050219

Archaeologists make major discovery in Egypt's Luxor

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/04/archaeologists-major-discovery-egypt-luxor-170418132642659.html

*General Science*

Siemens 3D prints part for nuclear power plant

https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/siemens-3d-prints-part-nuclear-power-plant-107666/

NASA prints up complex metallic "space fabric"

*http://newatlas.com/3d-print-space-fabric/49105/
<http://newatlas.com/3d-print-space-fabric/49105/>*

Kitty Hawk Unveils ‘Flying Car’ Prototype With Google Founder Larry Page's
Help

*https://www.seeker.com/tech/transport/kitty-hawk-flying-car-launches-prototype-with-support-from-google-founder-larry-page
<https://www.seeker.com/tech/transport/kitty-hawk-flying-car-launches-prototype-with-support-from-google-founder-larry-page>*

*Physics, Earth and Space Sciences*

Landslides on Ceres reflect hidden ice

https://phys.org/news/2017-04-landslides-ceres-hidden-ice.html

Thousands of tiny satellites are about to go into space and possibly ruin
it forever

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/04/21/thousands-of-tiny-satellites-are-about-to-go-into-space-and-possibly-ruin-it-forever/?tid=sm_fb&utm_term=.3f3d67fefe8f

The Next Solar Energy Revolution Is Hiding in Plain Sight

http://www.nbcnews.com/mach/innovation/next-solar-energy-revolution-hiding-plain-sight-n742111?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_mc

Astronaut: NASA discovery sparks my dream of intelligent life beyond Earth

http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/16/opinions/humans-wont-live-to-see-other-intelligent-life-chiao/index.html?sr=fbCNN041617humans-wont-live-to-see-other-intelligent-life-chiao0404PMStoryLink&linkId=36561877

All-nighters for Science

http://www.anl.gov/articles/all-nighters-science

Huge asteroid to zip 'near' Earth on Wednesday

https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/sciencefair/2017/04/18/huge-asteroid-zip-near-earth-wednesday/100607294/

Stephen Hawking Helps Launch Project 'Starshot' for Interstellar Space
Exploration

http://www.space.com/32546-interstellar-spaceflight-stephen-hawking-project-starshot.html

1,000-mph winds, shock waves deadliest effects of asteroid strike

https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/sciencefair/2017/04/19/asteroid-strike-deadliest-hazards/100652436/

Newly discovered 'super-Earth' may be the 'most exciting exoplanet'

http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/19/world/super-earth-exoplanet-habitable-zone-lhs1140b/index.html

Trump calls space station as astronaut Peggy Whitson sets record

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-calls-space-station-astronaut-peggy-whitson-sets-record/

Aurora watchers spot "Steve," a new light in the nighttime sky

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/aurora-watchers-spot-steve-a-new-light-in-the-nighttime-sky/

Mysteries of crown-like structures on Venus' surface revealed

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/mysteries-of-crown-like-structures-on-venus-surface-revealed/

'Celestial Sleuth' credits Messier with discovery 238 years after the fact

https://phys.org/news/2017-04-celestial-sleuth-credits-messier-discovery.html

Have Aliens Built Huge Structures around Boyajian's Star?

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/have-aliens-built-huge-structures-around-boyajian-rsquo-s-star/

How to Make Tools on Mars, Using Dust

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-to-make-tools-on-mars-using-dust/

*Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources*

Banned industrial solvent sheds new light on methane mystery

https://phys.org/news/2017-04-industrial-solvent-methane-mystery.html

Report: Pesticide maker Dow asks Trump administration to kill risk study

http://www.post-gazette.com/news/environment/2017/04/20/Pesticide-dow-chemical-CEO-kill-study-trump-endangered-species/stories/201704200149?utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#link_time=1492691343

System to Turn Deadly Chemicals into Harmless Dirt Makes Advances

http://www.darpa.mil/news-events/2017-04-14

Waste not: Culinary world gets creative in reducing food waste

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/culinary-world-gets-creative-in-reducing-food-landfill-waste/

Researchers invent process to make sustainable rubber, plastics

https://phys.org/news/2017-04-sustainable-rubber-plastics.html

*Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences*

*Medieval medical books could hold the recipe for new antibiotics*

https://theconversation.com/medieval-medical-books-could-hold-the-recipe-for-new-antibiotics-74490?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Spotting the vaccine-preventable diseases that are back in the waiting room

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/316824.php

Amino acids in diet could be key to starving cancer

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2017-04-amino-acids-diet-key-starving.html

Viral fossils reveal how our ancestors may have eliminated an ancient
infection

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-04/e-vfr041017.php

*Other*

First evidence for higher state of consciousness found

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2017-04-evidence-higher-state-consciousness.html

The Smithsonian’s history is right in line with Earth Optimism

http://insider.si.edu/2017/04/smithsonians-history/

Additional Informational

John Anthony West Crowdfund Campaign

https://fundly.com/john-anthony-west-project

The Icon Hunter: A Refugee's Quest to Reclaim Her Nation's Stolen Heritage

https://www.amazon.com/Icon-Hunter-Refugees-Reclaim-Heritage/dp/1681773236/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1492705635&sr=8-1&keywords=The+Icon+Hunter

TED Talk, Brain-to-brain communication has arrived. How we did it

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