[Jawlist] Weekly Science Report 12-15-17

[Steve Detwiler]

*Weekly Science Report*

*December 15, 2017*



*“We are the ones we have been waiting for.”*

Alice Walker



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!



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News Articles   *Paleontology, Evolution and Prehistoric Studies*



'Once in a lifetime find': Dinosaur tail discovered trapped in amber

http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/08/health/dinosaur-tail-trapped-in-amber-trnd/index.html



Ancient Fishing Hooks Found at Burial Site Could Rewrite Our Understanding
of Pleistocene Gender Roles

http://www.newsweek.com/ancient-fishing-hooks-found-burial-site-could-rewrite-our-understanding-744265



Nuclear technology unlocks 50-million-year-old time capsules

https://phys.org/news/2017-12-nuclear-technology-million-year-old-capsules.html#jCp





*History*



What Archaeologists and Historians Are Finding about the Heroine of a
Beloved Young Adult Novel
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/what-archaeologists-and-historians-are-finding-about-heroine-beloved-young-adult-novel-180967401/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia



In 1219, St. Francis crossed Crusade lines to meet Egypt's sultan. What can
we learn from their encounter?

https://www.americamagazine.org/arts-culture/2017/12/08/1219-st-francis-crossed-crusade-lines-meet-egypts-sultan-what-can-we-learn?utm_content=buffer8c9df&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer



Emily Dickinson Was Fiercer than You Think
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/emily-dickinson-fiercer-than-think-180962479/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia



Victoria and Abdul: The Friendship that Scandalized England
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/victoria-and-abdul-friendship-scandalized-england-180964959/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia



Why do we still have to explain why Holocaust denial is wrong?

https://www.newstatesman.com/world/2017/09/why-do-we-still-have-explain-why-holocaust-denial-wrong



The Incredible Linguistic Diversity of Tibet Is disappearing
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/incredible-linguistic-diversity-tibet-disappearing-180967513/#rfW1c0fRZy7vlLpl.01



The British Museum's New Ancient Indus Exhibit

https://www.harappa.com/blog/british-museums-new-ancient-indus-exhibit



French officials accused of 'complicity' in Rwanda genocide

http://edition.cnn.com/2017/12/13/africa/french-officials-rwanda-genocide/index.html?sr=fbCNN121317french-officials-rwanda-genocide1245PMStory



How Religion and Greed Toppled the Templars

http://www.history.com/shows/knightfall/pages/how-religion-and-greed-toppled-the-templars



Unraveling a Secret

http://discovermagazine.com/2017/oct/unraveling-a-secret



Why Muslims See the Crusades So Differently from Christians

http://www.history.com/news/why-muslims-see-the-crusades-so-differently-from-christians



UNESCO Director-General Launches Global Report Re-shaping Cultural Policies

https://en.unesco.org/news/unesco-director-general-launches-global-report-re-shaping-cultural-policies



Genetics preserves traces of ancient resistance to Inca rule

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/12/171212090550.htm







How Climate Change Influenced Sociopolitical Development of Ancient Indian
Civilizations

http://popular-archaeology.com/issue/fall-2017/article/how-climate-change-influenced-sociopolitical-development-of-ancient-indian-civilizations



Study tracks historic movement of Maori groups

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11958208



Two Centuries Ago, Pennsylvania Almost Razed Independence Hall to Make Way
for Private Development

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/amazon-or-independence-hall-development-v-preservation-city-philadelphia-180967463/



*Archaeology*



Muslim Tomb Found During Jerusalem Roadwork Deemed 'Not Ancient,' Will Be
Paved Over

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-1.828459



Take a Virtual Tour of a Mysterious Pictish Cave in Scotland
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-create-3d-model-mysterious-bone-filled-cave-scotland-180967443/#fBHE0TssHmXAE29K.01



Archaeologists Are Only Just Beginning to Reveal the Secrets Hidden in
These Ancient Manuscripts
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/archaeologoists-only-just-beginning-reveal-secrets-hidden-ancient-manuscripts-180967455/#dLsQZDZJR2A2FD8e.01



Oldest Latin Bible to return to UK after over 1,300 years

http://gulfnews.com/news/europe/uk/oldest-latin-bible-to-return-to-uk-after-over-1-300-years-1.2134520



Indonesian island found to be unusually rich in cave paintings

https://phys.org/news/2017-12-indonesian-island-unusually-rich-cave.html



Spy satellites are revealing Afghanistan’s lost empires

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/12/spy-satellites-are-revealing-afghanistan-s-lost-empires



Evidence of 'special site' for Bronze Age burials near Loch Ness

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-42351956



New underwater discoveries in Greece reveal ancient Roman engineering

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/dec/14/new-underwater-discoveries-in-greece-reveal-ancient-roman-engineering



Archaeologists unearth record of ancient Assyria’s demise

https://popular-archaeology.com/issue/june-2013/article/archaeologists-unearth-record-of-ancient-assyrias-demise



Ancient feces reveal parasites described in earliest Greek medical texts

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-12/uoc-afr121117.php



‘It’s a beautiful specimen’: Dugout canoe may be first found in area,
archaeologist says

http://staugustine.com/news/local-news/2017-12-16/it-s-beautiful-specimen-dugout-canoe-may-be-first-found-area



*Egyptology*



The Greatest Clash in Egyptian Archaeology May Be Fading, But Anger Lives On
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/greatest-clash-egyptian-archaeology-fading-anger-lives-on-180967452/#dsdOAZ8tH642U2Fo.01



Linen-Wrapped Mummy Found Inside 3,500-Year-Old Tomb in Luxor

https://www.livescience.com/61163-two-ancient-egyptian-tombs-discovered.html#undefined.uxfs



Treasures from King Tut’s Tomb Are Going on a Blockbuster World Tour

https://news.artnet.com/exhibitions/king-tut-100th-anniversary-world-tour-1164650#.WjKy8pyogTA.facebook



New discoveries in Aswan including child burials, small Artemis statue

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/285343/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/New-discoveries-in-Aswan-including-child-burials,-.aspx









*General Science*



The FCC Just Killed Net Neutrality. Now What?

*https://www.wired.com/story/after-fcc-vote-net-neutrality-fight-moves-to-courts-congress/?mbid=nl_121417_daily_list1_p3
<https://www.wired.com/story/after-fcc-vote-net-neutrality-fight-moves-to-courts-congress/?mbid=nl_121417_daily_list1_p3>*



We Are Witnessing the Return of Supersonic Travel

*https://futurism.com/witnessing-return-supersonic-travel/
<https://futurism.com/witnessing-return-supersonic-travel/>*











*Physics, Earth and Space Sciences*



2 Bizarre Ancient Galaxies Found in a Colossal Sea of Dark Matter

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/2-bizarre-ancient-galaxies-found-in-a-colossal-sea-of-dark-matter/ar-BBGz92L?ocid=ob-fb-enus-580



No alien 'signals' from cigar-shaped asteroid: researchers

https://m.phys.org/news/2017-12-alien-cigar-shaped-asteroid.html#



Trump Announces That the Moon Is Astronauts’ Next Destination

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/11/science/trump-moon-space-directive.html?smid=fb-share



NASA's Juno Probes the Depths of Jupiter's Great Red Spot

https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/2017/12/11



Earth’s Mysterious Hum Recorded in the Deep Sea for the First Time
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/mysterious-world-hum-recorded-seafloor-first-time-180967487/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia



Dinosaurs Were Around Before Saturn Had Rings
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/dinosaurs-probably-older-saturns-rings-180967565/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia



Eight planets found orbiting distant star, NASA says

http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/14/us/nasa-kepler-announcement-eight-planets-kepler-90/index.html?sr=fbCNN121417nasa-kepler-announcement-eight-planets-kepler-900132PMStoryLink



SpaceX Set to Launch a Reusable Rocket to the ISS

https://www.wired.com/story/spacex-set-to-launch-a-reusable-rocket-to-the-iss/?mbid=nl_121217_daily_list3_p2



Nasa's New Horizons probe strikes distant gold

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-42333783#



UAE looks to Mars for STEM inspiration

http://edition.cnn.com/2017/12/07/middleeast/dubai-uae-mars-mission-global-gateway/index.html











*Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources*



France lures U.S. scientists with anti-Trump climate grants

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/france-climate-scientists-donald-trump-make-our-planet-great-again-grants/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab6a&linkId=45753931



A poisonous past: At Monticello Mill, the story of uranium’s deadly legacy

https://durangoherald.com/articles/199145-a-poisonous-past-at-monticello-mill-the-story-of-uraniums-deadly-legacy



BU Trustees Approve Aggressive Climate Action Plan

http://www.bu.edu/today/2017/bu-trustees-approve-aggressive-climate-action-plan/



Interior secretary pushing controversial road project

http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/10/politics/alaska-izembek-road-zinke-invs/index.html?sr=fbCNN121017alaska-izembek-road-zinke-invs0418PMVODtop



Rethinking Electric Power, Prompted by Politics and Disaster

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/11/us/rethinking-electric-power-prompted-by-politics-and-disaster.html



The Dirty Secret of the World’s Plan to Avert Climate Disaster

https://www.wired.com/story/the-dirty-secret-of-the-worlds-plan-to-avert-climate-disaster/?mbid=nl_121117_daily_list3_p2



Climate Change Could Take the Air Out of Wind Farms

https://www.wired.com/story/climate-change-could-take-the-air-out-of-wind-farms/?mbid=nl_121217_daily_list3_p4



As “Climate Change” Fades from Government Sites, a Struggle to Archive Data

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/as-climate-change-fades-from-government-sites-a-struggle-to-archive-data/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share_button



Miami Citizens Become Scientists to Study Rising Seas

https://www.voanews.com/a/miami-citizens-become-scientists-study-rising-seas/4154775.html



Zinke reprimanded park head after climate tweets

http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/364994-zinke-reprimanded-park-head-after-climate-tweets



Cemeteries Turn To Swamps As Alaska's Permafrost Melts

https://www.npr.org/2017/12/16/571300619/cemeteries-turn-to-swamps-as-alaskas-permafrost-melts?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=2045



Engineers develop floating solar fuels rig for seawater electrolysis

https://phys.org/news/2017-12-solar-fuels-rig-seawater-electrolysis.html



Researching How To Fight Climate Change With Geoengineering

https://www.npr.org/2017/12/17/571443704/researching-fighting-climate-change-with-geoengineering



This city in Alaska is warming so fast, algorithms removed the data because
it seemed unreal

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2017/12/12/barrow-is-warming-so-fast-algorithms-removed-the-data-because-it-seemed-unreal/?hpid=hp_hp-more-top-stories-2_alaska-warming-230pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.e7c2ee2c46a6

*Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences*



Officials: Whales, after deadly year, could become extinct

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/officials-whales-deadly-year-extinct-51699640



Huntington’s breakthrough may stop disease

http://www.bbc.com/news/health-42308341?ocid=socialflow_facebook&ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbcnews&ns_source=facebook



CDC banned from using 'evidence-based' and 'science-based' in official
documents: report

http://thehill.com/news-by-subject/healthcare/365204-trump-admin-bans-cdc-from-using-evidence-based-and-science-based



Mammal long thought extinct in Australia resurfaces

https://phys.org/news/2017-12-mammal-thought-extinct-australia-resurfaces.html



Study prompts new ideas on cancers' origins

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2017-12-prompts-ideas-cancers.html





*Other*



Yelang Valley: Meet the man who built his own castle

http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-asia-42066724/yelang-valley-meet-the-man-who-built-his-own-castle



America’s Lost Einsteins

https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/12/innovation-income-chetty/547202/?utm_content=buffer5ecbf&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer



Minneapolis Institute of Art gets big grant to study empathy

http://www.startribune.com/minneapolis-institute-of-art-gets-big-grant-to-study-empathy/463943223/



Secret Pentagon Program Spent Millions To Research UFOs

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/12/17/571446881/secret-pentagon-program-spent-millions-to-research-ufos























Additional Informational


TED Talk, Adventures of an interplanetary architect

https://www.ted.com/talks/xavier_de_kestelier_adventures_of_an_interplanetary_architect?utm_campaign=social&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_content=talk&utm_term=art-design



Project BLUE BOOK - Unidentified Flying Objects

https://www.archives.gov/research/military/air-force/ufos.html



Infographic: How we’ll live on Mars

https://ideas.ted.com/infographic-how-well-live-on-mars/?utm_campaign=social&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_content=ideas-blog&utm_term=science



In pictures: Art Basel in Miami Beach Public sector

http://theartnewspaper.com/news/in-pictures-art-basel-in-miami-beach-public-sector



Where Women Reign: An Intimate Look Inside a Rare Kingdom

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/proof/2017/08/portraits-of-chinese-Mosuo-matriarchs/



Museum Calls Attention to Crisis in South Sudan with Special Exhibition

https://www.ushmm.org/confront-genocide/genocide-prevention-blog/museum-calls-attention-to-crisis-in-south-sudan-with-special-exhibition-1



Top 10 Archaeological Discoveries of 2017

https://www.archaeology.org/issues/281-1801/features/6163-top-10-discoveries-of-2017
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