[Jawlist] Weekly Science Report 4-28-17

[Steve Detwiler]

*Weekly Science Report*

*April 28, 2017*



*“The Holy Land is everywhere.”*

Black Elk




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*



DNA from extinct humans discovered in cave sediments

https://phys.org/news/2017-04-dna-extinct-humans-cave-sediments.html



Humans in California 130,000 years ago? Bold study says it's possible

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/humans-in-california-130000-years-ago-bold-study-says-its-possible/



The Fossil of a Half-Billion-Year-Old, 50-Legged Arthropod Was Found in
Canada

https://www.seeker.com/earth/animals/the-fossil-of-a-half-billion-year-old-50-legged-arthropod-was-found-in-canada



A new technique makes it possible to extract the DNA from hominids
preserved in sediments

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-04/snrc-ant042717.php



Study finds bonobos may be better representation of the last common
ancestor with humans than common chimpanzees
https://phys.org/news/2017-04-bonobos-representation-common-ancestor-humans.html



*Homo naledi*’s brain shows humanlike features

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/homo-naledis-brain-shows-humanlike-features



Early evidence of Middle Stone Age projectiles found in South Africa's
Sibudu Cave

http://popular-archaeology.com/issue/spring-2017/article/early-evidence-of-middle-stone-age-projectiles-found-in-south-africa-s-sibudu-cave



A famous 'ancestor' may be ousted from the human family

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/04/famous-ancestor-may-be-ousted-human-family



*History*



‘Finding Oscar’: Horror and Hope, After Unimaginable Massacre in Guatemala

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/finding-oscar-horror-hope-after-unimaginable-massacre-guatemala-n746201?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_ma



Under Cover Of Night, New Orleans Begins Dismantling Confederate Monuments

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/04/24/525413502/under-cover-of-night-new-orleans-begins-dismantling-confederate-monuments?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20170424



New analysis of 40-year-old recording of Kent State shootings reveals that
Ohio Guard was given an order to prepare to fire

http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2010/05/new_analysis_of_40-year-old_re.html



Trump condemns Holocaust deniers

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-commemorate-holocaust-remembrance-day-133711033--politics.html



Trump To Sign Executive Order That Could Shrink National Monuments

http://www.npr.org/2017/04/25/525639393/trump-to-sign-executive-order-taking-aim-at-national-monuments?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20170425



Italian Art Dealer Swindled Out of Paintings by Rembrandt and Renoir Worth
$30 Million

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/rembrandt-renoir-stolen-paintings-italy-939116



In Vermont’s remote Northeast Kingdom, two acres of mystery

https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2017/04/30/in-vermonts-remote-northeast-kingdom-two-acres-of-mystery?s_campaign=bcom%3Asocialflow%3Afacebook



Opening of UN files on Holocaust will 'rewrite chapters of history'

https://www.theguardian.com/law/2017/apr/18/opening-un-holocaust-files-archive-war-crimes-commission



Old Iranian Painting Repaired, Displayed in Tehran

http://ifpnews.com/exclusive/03/old-iranian-painting-repaired-displayed-tehran/



U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum Opens Research and Conservation Center in
Prince George's County

http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/United-States-Holocaust-Memorial-Museum-Opens-Research-and-Conservation-Center-Monday-420285603.html



What happened to the missing people of Pennsylvania?

http://www.phillyvoice.com/what-happened-missing-people-pennsylvania/



In pictures: St Petersburg’s Winter Palace ransacked after the Bolshevik
Revolution

http://theartnewspaper.com/news/news/in-pictures-st-petersburg-s-winter-palace-ransacked-after-the-bolshevik-revolution/







*Archaeology*



College seniors spend spring break documenting Seaside

http://www.nwfdailynews.com/news/20170414/college-seniors-spend-spring-break-documenting-seaside



Frozen in Time: DNA May ID Sailors Looking for Northwest Passage in 1845

http://www.livescience.com/58797-dna-sailors-on-1845-arctic-expedition.html



Remote Sensing at Fort Frederica

https://npsseac.wordpress.com/2017/04/28/site-unseen-remote-sensing-at-fort-frederica/



Saudi Arabia’s silent desert city

http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20170418-saudi-arabias-silent-desert-city



In Utah, How You Tread Through This Canyon Matters

http://www.npr.org/2017/04/29/524879183/in-utah-how-you-tread-through-this-canyon-matters?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20170429



Sand Storm in Southern Iran Unearths Ancient City

http://ifpnews.com/translation-iran/04/sand-storm-southern-iran-unearths-ancient-city/



Its location a mystery for centuries, huge Indian city is found in Kansas

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/its-location-a-mystery-for-centuries-huge-indian-city-is-found-in-kansas/ar-BBAdr7v?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=SL5FDHP



Archaeologists Find Roman Emperor's 1,900-year-old Summer Home in Turkey

http://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/1.783703



Scroll Search

http://www.archaeology.org/issues/257-1705/from-the-trenches/5454-trenches-west-bank-qumran-caves



The Wall at the End of the Empire

http://www.archaeology.org/issues/255-1705/features/5469-empire



Ancient inscription discovered in northern Chinese cliff cave

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-04/26/c_136237560.htm



Oldest evidence of patterned silk loom found in China

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/oldest-evidence-patterned-silk-loom-found-china





*Egyptology*



Egyptian ministry staff face trial over theft from Giza Pyramids

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/266496/Egypt/Politics-/Egyptian-ministry-staff-face-trial-over-theft-from.aspx



Egyptian pharaoh rescued from watery Cairo grave—but which one does it
depict?

http://theartnewspaper.com/news/conservation/egyptian-pharaoh-rescued-from-watery-cairo-grave-but-which-pharaoh-is-it/?platform=hootsuite





*General Science*



Construction Robot Can ‘Print’ a Building in 14 Hours

*https://www.seeker.com/tech/robotics/construction-robot-can-print-a-building-in-14-hours
<https://www.seeker.com/tech/robotics/construction-robot-can-print-a-building-in-14-hours>*













*Physics, Earth and Space Sciences*



China's first cargo spacecraft docks with orbiting space lab

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-space-idUSKBN17O04E



Scientists: “We Have Detected the Existence of a Fundamentally New State of
Matter”

https://futurism.com/scientists-we-have-detected-the-existence-of-a-fundamentally-new-state-of-matter/



We May Have Uncovered the First Ever Evidence of the Multiverse

https://futurism.com/new-evidence-about-cold-spot-in-space-could-support-case-for-a-multiverse/



Key Einstein principle survives quantum test

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/key-einstein-principle-survives-quantum-test



The out-of-this-world strategies in place to stop an asteroid impact

http://ideas.ted.com/help-an-asteroid-is-headed-toward-earth/



Cassini Spacecraft Starts Weaving Between Saturn And Its Rings

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/04/26/525696238/cassini-spacecraft-starts-weaving-between-saturn-and-its-rings?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20170426



Make Mars Livable with Asteroids: Researchers Propose Terraforming Plan

http://www.space.com/36563-terraform-mars-asteroid-strike-lake-matthew.html



How a California Anesthesiologist Became One of America’s Largest
Antiquities Looters

http://www.mensjournal.com/adventure/articles/how-a-california-anesthesiologist-became-one-of-americas-largest-antiquities-looters-w475572?platform=hootsuite



Researcher uses math to investigate possibility of time travel

https://phys.org/news/2017-04-math-possibility.html



Scientists Propose Mechanism to Describe Solar Eruptions of All Sizes

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2017/scientists-propose-mechanism-to-describe-solar-eruptions-of-all-sizes



SpaceX to launch classified US govt payload Sunday

https://phys.org/news/2017-04-spacex-govt-payload-sunday.html





*Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources*



System to Turn Deadly Chemicals into Harmless Dirt Makes Advances

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



Was that climate change? Linking extreme weather to global warming

https://phys.org/news/2017-04-climate-linking-extreme-weather-global.html



Caterpillar found to eat shopping bags, suggesting biodegradable solution
to plastic pollution

https://phys.org/news/2017-04-caterpillar-bags-biodegradable-solution-plastic.html



The rise of the urban jungle

http://edition.cnn.com/2017/04/05/asia/urban-forests-osm/index.html



Trump Signs Executive Order On Offshore Drilling And Marine Sanctuaries

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/04/27/525959808/trump-to-sign-executive-order-on-offshore-drilling-and-marine-sanctuaries?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20170428



"Weird and wired" tech helps battle invasive species

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/robots-tasers-technology-join-battle-against-invasive-species/



Major Report Prompts Warnings That the Arctic Is Unraveling

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/major-report-prompts-warnings-that-the-arctic-is-unraveling1/





*Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences*



Scientists Create Artificial Womb That Could Help Prematurely Born Babies

http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/04/25/525044286/scientists-create-artificial-womb-that-could-help-prematurely-born-babies?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20170425



China Pushes Ahead With Human Gene-Editing Trials

https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-pushes-ahead-with-human-gene-trials-1493380057?mod=e2fb



Study Of 95,727 Kids Re-Confirms That MMR Vaccine Not Linked To Autism

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/21/mmr-vaccine-autism_n_7109142.html



Recordings Reveal That Baby Humpback Whales 'Whisper' To Their Mothers

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/04/26/525609671/recordings-reveal-baby-humpback-whales-whisper-to-their-mothers?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20170426



*Other*



Local libraries are now gathering places, and not just for books

https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/regionals/south/2017/04/21/local-libraries-are-now-gathering-places-and-not-just-for-books/8axsjqCyJHyn4g7R0Ezf9N/story.html



People Are Seeing U.F.O.s Everywhere, and This Book Proves It

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/24/science/ufo-sightings-book.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur&_r=1&mtrref=l.facebook.com



























Additional Informational



John Anthony West Crowdfund Campaign

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



TED Talk, The Hidden World Beneath the Antarctic Ice Sheet

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTwS9_PReM4&feature=youtu.be
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