[Jawlist] Weekly Science Report 8-18-17

[Steve Detwiler]

*Weekly Science Report*

*August 18, 2017*



*“You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops
of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.”*

Mahatma Gandhi





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*



Dinosaur that weighed the same as a Boeing 737 is biggest ever found

https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/science/2017/08/08/dinosaur-weighed-same-boeing-737-biggest-ever-found/546630001/



Earliest-Known Winged Mammal Relatives Discovered In China

http://www.npr.org/2017/08/09/542078677/earliest-known-winged-mammal-relatives-discovered-in-china?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20170810



Making old bones: Joint Mitnor cave reopens with replica fossils

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/aug/07/making-old-bones-joint-mitnor-cave-reopens-with-replica-fossils



Early humans may have seen a supervolcano explosion up close

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2142952-early-humans-may-have-seen-a-supervolcano-explosion-up-close/?utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#link_time=1502298373





*History*



On anniversary of Hiroshima bombing, UN chief calls for intensified effort
on nuclear disarmament

http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=57316#.WZdqveTD_IV



On Cloth Scraps, Syrian Names Are Immortalized in Rust and Blood

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/09/world/middleeast/mansour-omari-syria-prisons-holocaust-museum.html



Bike ride remembered Tennessee's role in Trail of Tears

http://www.tennessean.com/story/opinion/2017/08/03/bike-ride-remembered-tennessees-role-trail-tears/103829264/



What Thomas Merton would say about war with North Korea

https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2017/08/10/what-thomas-merton-would-say-about-war-north-korea?utm_content=bufferccc04&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer



Fake heritage for the fake news era

http://theartnewspaper.com/comment/comment/fake-heritage-for-the-fake-news-era-/?utm_source=The+Art+Newspaper+Newsletters&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=363914737b-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_08_11&utm_term=0_c459f924d0-363914737b-60907441



A Brief, 500-Year History of Guam

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/brief-500-year-history-guam-180964508/#Lg3HlXsRMFJcD42H.99



Food Historian Reckons With the Black Roots of Southern Food

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/food-historian-reckons-black-roots-southern-food-180964285/



The Berlin mosque breaking Islamic taboos

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-40802538



Remembering Henry Johnson, the Soldier Called “Black Death
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/remembering-henry-johnson-the-soldier-called-black-death-117386701/



Losing millions of dollars, Colonial Williamsburg makes ‘difficult
decisions’

http://wtvr.com/2017/06/29/colonial-williamsburg-cuts/



Meet the Art World’s Antiquities Sleuth

https://www.wsj.com/articles/meet-the-looted-antiquities-sleuth-1501694182



A Cartoon's Black Star Prompts A Fight: What Did Roman Britain Look Like?

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/08/07/542077027/a-cartoons-black-star-prompts-a-fight-what-did-roman-britain-look-like?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20170807



Lost at Sea on the Brink of the Second World War

http://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/lost-at-sea-on-brink-second-world-war?mbid=social_facebook_aud_dev_kw_paid-lost-at-sea-on-brink-second-world-war&kwp_0=485403&kwp_4=1751252&kwp_1=748310



'He should be as well-known as Schindler': Documents reveal Canadian
citizen Julius Kuhl as Holocaust hero

https://beta.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/holocaust-oskar-schindler-julius-kuhl-canadian/article35896768/?ref=https://www.theglobeandmail.com&cmpid=rss1&click=sf_globe&service=mobile



US Exhibit on Khmer Rouge Atrocities Aims to Prevent Another Genocide

https://www.voanews.com/a/exhibit-khmer-rouge-atrocities-prevent-genocide/3974209.html



Bosnian War rape survivors speak of their suffering 25 years on

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/bosnia-war-rape-survivors-speak-serbian-soldiers-balkans-women-justice-suffering-a7846546.html



DB Cooper mystery: 'Potential' physical evidence uncovered in search

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/db-cooper-mystery-potential-physical-evidence-uncovered-in-search/ar-AApNDlZ?ocid=ob-fb-enus-580



WWII veteran, 93, brings back flag taken from enemy soldier

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/wwii-veteran-93-brings-back-flag-taken-from-enemy-soldier/ar-AApRhQI?ocid=ob-fb-enus-580



Gen. MacArthur witnessed Trump-style ‘fire and fury’ in Korea, and it
sickened him

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/gen-macarthur-witnessed-trump-style-%E2%80%98fire-and-fury%E2%80%99-in-korea-and-it-sickened-him/ar-AApQ5K2?ocid=ob-fb-enus-580



Family bonds survive India-Pakistan split, but for how long?

https://apnews.com/d6b7085c8f5d410e977bbefa004f5ed2



This Map Shows Over a Century of Documented Lynchings in the United States
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/map-shows-over-a-century-of-documented-lynchings-in-united-states-180961877/



War crimes court orders Mali radical to pay €2.7m for Timbuktu rampage

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/17/war-crimes-court-icc-orders-mali-radical-pay-damages-timbuktu-rampage-ahmad-al-faqi-al-mahdi



Christians in Iraq are ‘on the brink of extinction.’ Here’s what faith
groups are doing to fix that

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/08/17/christians-iraq-on-brink-extinction-heres-what-faith-groups-doing-fix/560504001/



New Group Works to Preserve Apollo Lunar Landing Sites

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-group-works-to-preserve-apollo-lunar-landing-sites/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sa-editorial-social&utm_content&utm_term=space_



Here's Why Robert E. Lee Opposed Putting Up Confederate Monuments

http://time.com/4903671/charlottesville-robert-lee-confederate-monuments-history/

*Archaeology*



Culture war: How US forces protect heritage sites while purging ISIS

https://www.armytimes.com/opinion/commentary/2017/08/04/culture-war-how-us-forces-protect-heritage-sites-while-purging-isis/#.WYUINbexDvE.twitter



Texas Archaeology Team Dives to Assess Florida's Unique Underwater Site

http://news.wgcu.org/post/texas-archaeology-team-dives-assess-floridas-unique-underwater-site



Argonne uses digital tools to preserve Southwestern cultural heritage

https://phys.org/news/2017-08-argonne-digital-tools-southwestern-cultural.html



Luna Site Confirmed As Largest Mid-16th Century Spanish Settlement In The
Southeast

http://wuwf.org/post/luna-site-confirmed-largest-mid-16th-century-spanish-settlement-southeast



Is this unearthed fishing village the birthplace of three of Jesus’
apostles?

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/08/08/unearthed-fishing-village-birthplace-3-jesus-apostles/546094001/



Iraq steps up efforts to restore lost heritage at ancient Nimrud
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2017/08/iraq-nimrud-archaeology-isis-reconstruction.html



This Taiwanese Museum Just Digitized Its Massive Collection of Chinese Art
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/taiwanese-museum-just-digitized-its-massive-collection-chinese-art-180964257/#taemAJZvgCJqj4Aq.01



New Analysis Indicates Early Britons Engaged in Ritualistic Cannibalism
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/engravings-indicate-ritualistic-cannibalism-cheddar-gorge-180964468/#kiu80OFX9ZrOC4xE.01



Physicists shed light on rarely seen 16th-century metal-working technique

https://phys.org/news/2017-08-physicists-rarely-16th-century-metal-working-technique.html



Huge Ancient Statue of Iron Age Goddess Discovered

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/huge-ancient-statue-of-iron-age-goddess-discovered/ar-AApRNg9?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=SL5FDHP



Archaeologists uncover ancient trading network in Vietnam

http://www.anu.edu.au/news/all-news/archaeologists-uncover-ancient-trading-network-in-vietnam



*Egyptology*



Missing Pieces from Statues of King Tut's Grandparents Found

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/missing-pieces-from-statues-of-king-tuts-grandparents-found/







*General Science*



Nothing to report







*Physics, Earth and Space Sciences*



Solar eclipse by zip code: Find out if you live in the path

https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/science/2017/08/04/solar-eclipse-zip-code-find-out-if-you-live-path/540948001/



New NASA Tech Kills Trespassing Drones Without Touching Them

https://www.wired.com/story/nasa-tech-kills-trespassing-drones?platform=hootsuite



Forty years later, a look back at Voyager

http://www.houstonchronicle.com/local/gray-matters/article/Scientists-reflect-on-Voyager-mission-on-40th-11741949.php



Vendors may be selling ‘fake’ solar eclipse glasses. Here’s how to make
sure yours are real.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2017/08/04/vendors-may-be-selling-fake-solar-eclipse-glasses-heres-how-to-make-sure-yours-are-real/?utm_term=.11f6ac8f2c33



Elon Musk Confirms SpaceX Is On Track to Send Humans Into Space

http://fortune.com/2017/08/03/spacex-astronauts/



Astronaut twins study shows space travel causes premature aging

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/space/go-for-launch/os-astronaut-twins-study-shows-space-travel-causes-premature-aging-20170802-story.html?utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+Trending+Contentutm_content=5987c9a600bd470007f6c37butm_medium=trueAnthemutm_source=facebook



Trump’s space leader says SpaceX is outstanding, but…

https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/08/the-new-leader-of-trumps-space-council-seems-skeptical-of-spacex/



NASA’s Intrepid Mars Rover, Opportunity, Is Destined for Risky Mission

https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2017/08/04/nasas-opportunity-rover-thirteen-years-on-mars-and-still-going/



Calling the Moon: Startup to Put Cellphone Tower on the Moon

https://www.space.com/37753-calling-the-moon-cell-phone-tower.html



Inside the Ambitious, Absurd, Technically Feasible Plan to Send a
Spacecraft to Our Neighbor Star

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/inside-the-ambitious-absurd-technically-feasible-plan-to-send-a-spacecraft-to-our-neighbor-star/ar-BBEipYs?ocid=ob-fb-enus-580



Scientists discover 91 volcanoes below Antarctic ice sheet

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/12/scientists-discover-91-volcanos-antarctica



NASA's Rocket to Nowhere Finally Has a Destination

https://www.wired.com/story/nasas-rocket-to-nowhere-finally-has-a-destination?mbid=nl_81717_p1&CNDID=41291302





*Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources*



Under Trump, Coal Mining Gets New Life on U.S. Lands

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/06/us/politics/under-trump-coal-mining-gets-new-life-on-us-lands.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur



Scientists Fear Trump Will Dismiss Blunt Climate Report

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/07/climate/climate-change-drastic-warming-trump.html



An art installation about rising seas sank into a Philly river

https://grist.org/briefly/an-art-installation-about-rising-seas-sank-into-a-philly-river/



2016 Hit Records For Global Temperature And Climate Extremes

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/08/10/542720189/2016-hit-records-for-global-temperature-and-climate-extremes?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20170810



Trump pick Sam Clovis stoked birther conspiracy, called Eric Holder a
'racist black'

http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/10/politics/kfile-sam-clovis-on-the-radio/index.html?sr=fbCNN081017kfile-sam-clovis-on-the-radio1230PMStoryLink



It’s something in the water: LLNL scientists extract hydrogen as potential
fuel source

https://www.llnl.gov/news/it%E2%80%99s-something-water-llnl-scientists-extract-hydrogen-potential-fuel-source



Extreme Weather Is Threatening Museums Around the Globe. Here’s What
They’re Doing About It.

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/climate-change-museums-plan-of-action-1049993?utm_content=from_artnetnewsbar&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Combined%20Newsletter%20for%208/15&utm_term=artnet%20News%20Daily%20Newsletter%20USE



California Scientists Push to Create Massive Climate Research Program

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/california-scientists-push-to-create-massive-climate-research-program/



Tesla Is Turning Kauai Into a Renewable Energy Paradise

https://www.wired.com/story/tesla-is-turning-kauai-into-a-renewable-energy-paradise?mbid=nl_81017_p6&CNDID=41291302



*Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences*



New approach makes it easier to find novel drugs

https://phys.org/news/2017-08-approach-easier-drugs.html



A FIRST: NEW WEBSITE REVEALS ORIGIN OF GENETIC SAMPLES AND DATE COLLECTED

http://insider.si.edu/2017/08/first-new-website-reveals-origin-genetic-samples-time-collected/



This Robotic Harness Could Help People Relearn to Walk After Injury
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/robotic-harness-help-paralyzed-walk-180964323/#RsFtDPx6ecFzoomZ.01



This doctor put a 3D printed skull bone into a man's head. It could mark a
new era.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/nation-now/2017/08/07/3-d-printed-skull-bone-mans-head-could-mark-new-era-medicine/545184001/



Breakthrough device heals organs with a single touch

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2017-08-breakthrough-device.html





*Other*



*Reengineering elevators could transform *21st-century* cities*

https://theconversation.com/reengineering-elevators-could-transform-21st-century-cities-81439



























Additional Informational



John Anthony West Crowdfund Campaign

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



Statement on Confederate Memorials: Confronting Difficult History

https://savingplaces.org/press-center/media-resources/national-trust-statement-on-confederate-memorials#.WZdvpOTD_IX



Modern Mysteries: The Prehistoric Towers of Hovenweep National Monument

https://www.nationalparks.org/connect/blog/modern-mysteries-prehistoric-towers-hovenweep-national-monument



PLATEAU PEOPLES' WEB PORTAL

http://plateauportal.libraries.wsu.edu/



The Banality of Evil: Why We Must Respond Forcefully to Racism

http://rabbijoeblack.blogspot.com/2017/08/the-banility-of-evil-why-we-respond.html?m=1



Ultraconserved words point to deep language ancestry across Eurasia

http://www.pnas.org/content/110/21/8471/T1.expansion.html



24 Extraordinary Photos of Immigrants Passing Though Ellis Island

https://www.buzzfeed.com/gabrielsanchez/24-extraordinary-photos-of-immigrants-passing-though-ellis-i?utm_term=.kcP7b8bYbb#.pf4bEKEBEE



Fake news: sound bites on a burning topic

http://en.unesco.org/courier/2017-july-september/fake-news-sound-bites-burning-topic?language=es



Solar Pumping: A Cheaper and Cleaner Way to Access Groundwater

http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/video/2016/12/19/solar-pumping



Mahatma Gandhi: 'Soldier of peace'

http://edition.cnn.com/2017/08/08/asia/gallery/gandhi-inspiring-quotes/index.html?sr=twCNN081117gallery1122AMStoryGal



National Geographic Fellow Sarah Parcak Wins Antiquity Prize 2017

https://www.nationalgeographic.org/newsroom/national-geographic-fellow-sarah-parcak-wins-antiquity-prize-2017
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