[Jawlist] Weekly Science Report

Sun Feb 5 16:14:13 PST 2017

*Weekly Science Report*

*February 3, 2017*

*“Our culture has accepted two huge lies.  The first is that if you
disagree with someone’s lifestyle, you must fear or hate them.  The second
is that to love someone means you agree with everything they believe or
do.  Both are nonsense.  You don’t have to compromise convictions to be
compassionate.”*

Rick Warren

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*

Bag-like sea creature was humans' oldest known ancestor

https://phys.org/news/2017-01-bag-like-sea-creature-humans-oldest.html

Baltic hunter-gatherers began farming without influence of migration,
ancient DNA suggests

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-02/tcd-bhb020117.php

Ancient DNA reveals 'continuity' between Stone Age and modern populations
in East Asia

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-02/uoc-adr013117.php

Anthropologists uncover art by (really) old masters -- 38,000 year-old
engravings

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-01/nyu-aua012717.php

*History*

Cipher War: After a century of failing to crack an ancient script,
linguists turn to machines

http://www.theverge.com/2017/1/25/14371450/indus-valley-civilization-ancient-seals-symbols-language-algorithms-ai

Two women, one cause

https://www.1843magazine.com/features/two-women-one-cause

Germany struggles with remnants of the Reich

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2016/0228/Germany-struggles-with-remnants-of-the-Reich?cmpid=FB

Poland puts detailed list of Auschwitz SS guards online

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/poland-puts-detailed-list-of-auschwitz-ss-guards-online/2017/01/30/e2938090-e6e5-11e6-903d-9b11ed7d8d2a_story.html?tid=ss_tw-bottom&utm_term=.6dab203b7913

Historians' global research project reconstructs slavery's stolen lives

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/01/31/historians-global-research-project-reconstructs-slaverys-stolen-lives/97312150/

Priest uncovers more horrors of Holocaust

http://www.kare11.com/mb/entertainment/television/programs/breaking-the-news/priest-uncovers-more-horrors-of-holocaust/393692650

Calling the Holocaust ‘sad’ is the first step towards denying it ever
happened

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jan/30/calling-the-holocaust-sad-is-the-first-step-towards-denying-it-ever-happened?CMP=fb_gu

How an unknown monumental palace rewrites ancient Greek history

http://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/1.768416

The Children Who Went Up In Smoke
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-children-who-went-up-in-smoke-172429802/?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=socialmedia

The Mass Shooting That Reshaped the Canadian Debate About Guns and
Political Identity
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/mass-shooting-reshaped-canadian-debate-about-guns-and-political-identity-180962013/

What the Director of the African American History Museum Says About the New
Emmett Till Revelations
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/what-director-african-american-history-museum-says-about-new-emmett-till-revvelations-180962025/

Caterina Sforza: Fearless Regent and Scientist of 15th-Century Italy

https://www.neh.gov/humanities/2017/winter/curio/caterina-sforza-fearless-regent-and-scientist-15th-century-italy

Climate change drove population decline in New World before Europeans
arrived

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-01/iuui-isc013117.php

The ancient Indus civilization's adaptation to climate change

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-01/uoc-tai012617.php

Scientists unlock secrets of oldest surviving global trade map

https://phys.org/news/2017-02-scientists-secrets-oldest-surviving-global.html

Ancient barley seeds give insight into history of Canary Islands

http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/01/2017/ancient-barley-seeds-give-insight-into-history-of-canary-islands

*Archaeology*

Ancient Mayan Superhighways Found in the Guatemala Jungle

http://www.seeker.com/ancient-mayan-superhighways-found-in-the-guatemala-jungle-2219303581.html

'Priceless' ancient artefacts found hidden in Isil commander's house in
Mosul

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/01/26/priceless-ancient-artifacts-found-hidden-isil-commanders-house/

Spain's drought reveals lost worlds

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/inpictures/2017/01/spain-drought-reveals-lost-worlds-170128072138481.html

A no-strike list may shield Yemen’s ancient treasures from war

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2118745-a-no-strike-list-may-shield-yemens-ancient-treasures-from-war/?platform=hootsuite

Archeologists may have unearthed King Solomon's legendary mines

http://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/2017/01/27/archeologists-may-have-unearthed-king-solomon's-legendary-mines/97132300/

Rock Art Sites Discovered in Tibet

http://www.archaeology.org/news/5250-170203-tibet-rock-art

Abu Dhabi archaeologists unearth rare, well-preserved Stone Age house

http://www.thenational.ae/uae/heritage/abu-dhabi-archaeologists-unearth-rare-well-preserved-stone-age-house

Iron Age secrets exhumed from riches-filled crypt

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/iron-age-secrets-exhumed-riches-filled-crypt

Scientists divided over whether 'Furku.Al' rock inscription is genuinely
the work of Vikings

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/01/22/scientists-divided-whether-furkual-rock-inscription-genuinely/

*Egyptology*

Ancient Egyptian's Baboon Obsession Laid Hidden Within Luxor Tomb

http://www.seeker.com/ancient-egyptians-baboon-obsession-laid-hidden-within-luxor-tomb-2232890200.html

*General Science*

Inside the “tunnel” Elon Musk is building under Los Angeles

*https://www.wired.com/2017/01/inside-tunnel-elon-musk-already-digging-los-angeles/?mbid=nl_13117_p2&CNDID=41291302
<https://www.wired.com/2017/01/inside-tunnel-elon-musk-already-digging-los-angeles/?mbid=nl_13117_p2&CNDID=41291302>*

AI is about to learn more like Humans-with a little uncertainty

*https://www.wired.com/2017/02/ai-learn-like-humans-little-uncertainty/?mbid=nl_2317_p1&CNDID=41291302
<https://www.wired.com/2017/02/ai-learn-like-humans-little-uncertainty/?mbid=nl_2317_p1&CNDID=41291302>*

India is planning to give free WiFi to more than 1,000 villages

http://money.cnn.com/2017/01/30/technology/india-free-wifi-villages/index.html?sr=fbcnni013017india-free-wifi-villages0930AMStoryLink&linkId=33912467

Tech companies pull ads from Breitbart

*http://www.cbsnews.com/news/tech-companies-boycott-breitbart/
<http://www.cbsnews.com/news/tech-companies-boycott-breitbart/>*

Quantum computer 'construction plan' drawn up

*http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-38811255
<http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-38811255>*

March for Science Set for Earth Day

*https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/march-for-science-set-for-earth-day/
<https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/march-for-science-set-for-earth-day/>*

*Physics, Earth and Space Sciences*

First results on Scott Kelly after year in space reveal space travel
changes DNA

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/01/31/going-into-space-affects-dna-astronaut-twins/97295132/

What a Japanese spacecraft saw on Venus is literally a huge discovery

http://www.blastr.com/2017-1-25/akatsuki-venus-gravity-waves?__source=Blastr_True_Anthem_Blastr_Facebook&utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&utm_content=588ec85504d3013c23b2c8bd&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=facebook

Long-lost continent found submerged deep under Indian Ocean

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2119963-long-lost-continent-found-submerged-deep-under-indian-ocean/?utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_source=Twitter&utm_term=Autofeed&cmpid=SOC%7cNSNS%7c2017-Echobox#link_time=1485907263

Milky Way galaxy is being pushed across the universe

http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/31/world/milky-way-dipole-repeller-space-trnd/index.html?sr=fbCNN020117milky-way-dipole-repeller-space-trnd0631AMStoryGalLink&linkId=33995864

The rare phenomenon that lit up Wyoming's sky

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-rare-phenomenon-that-lit-up-wyomings-sky-this-week/

Physicists reach milestone in atomic observation

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/physicists-reach-milestone-particle-atom-cell-observation/

Scientists record breach in magnetic field

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-38849147

How Many People Would We Need To Colonize Another Earth?

http://www.seeker.com/how-many-people-would-we-need-to-colonize-another-earth-2233477743.html

Earth's water may have originally been formed deep within its mantle, study
shows

https://phys.org/news/2017-02-earth-deep-mantle.html

Researchers model superluminous supernova in 2-D for the first time

https://phys.org/news/2017-02-superluminous-supernova-d.html

150-Year Journey to Alpha Centauri Proposed

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/150-year-journey-to-alpha-centauri-proposed-video/

*Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources*

Hawaii Aims For 100 Percent Renewable Energy by 2045

https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/hawaii-renewable-energy-2045/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_content=global&utm_campaign=general-content&linkId=33869669

Ireland is set to become the first country to completely stop funding
fossil fuels

http://www.sciencealert.com/ireland-is-set-to-become-the-first-country-to-completely-stop-funding-fossil-fuels

US utilities seek sun as Trump sides with coal, fossil fuels

https://apnews.com/6b1eb78d85fc4c6b82f13194aa150fb4/US-utilities-seek-sun-as-Trump-sides-with-coal,-fossil-fuels

Former Park Service director speaks out against Trump administration

https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/former-park-service-director-speaks-out-against-trump-administration/2017/01/30/5db07e98-e738-11e6-bf6f-301b6b443624_story.html?tid=sm_fb&utm_term=.5f676d51cb9a

Tesla batteries help power small North Carolina island

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/tesla-batteries-help-power-small-north-carolina-island/434536/

After a massive backlash, a Republican yanks his bill to sell off public
lands

http://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2017/2/2/14479462/chaffetz-public-lands-backlash

Car ban fails to curb air pollution in Mexico City

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-38840076

Flipping the switch on ammonia production: Process generates electricity
instead of consuming energy
https://phys.org/news/2017-02-flipping-ammonia-production-electricity-consuming.html

Scientists Develop a "Better Way" to Produce Renewable Hydrogen

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/plugged-in/scientists-develop-a-better-way-to-produce-renewable-hydrogen/

*Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences*

World’s smallest porpoise on brink of extinction, scientists warn

https://www.yahoo.com/news/mexicos-vaquita-porpoise-close-extinction-30-left-020711892.html

The Loneliest Whale in the World?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/style/2017/01/26/the-loneliest-whale-in-the-world/

Fantasy No Longer: Blood Biopsies Detect Tumor DNA, Could Catch Cancer
Earlier

http://www.wbur.org/commonhealth/2017/01/30/blood-biopsies-cancer-dna

Mystery radiation ‘clouds’ may pose risk to air travelers

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2120295-mystery-radiation-clouds-may-pose-risk-to-air-travellers/

*Other*

“I was a stranger and you did not welcome me.”

http://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2017/01/28/i-was-stranger-and-you-did-not-welcome-me

Tenn. Governor Seeks Free Community College For All Adults

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/01/31/512617450/tenn-governor-seeks-free-community-college-for-all-adults?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20170131

Getting Personal

https://www.wired.com/brandlab/2017/01/getting-personal/?mbid=nl_2217_p3&CNDID=41291302

Additional Informational

Building a toolbox for nonviolent resistance: MLTalks with Jamila Raqib and
Joi Ito- Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMv9QjDZwjQ

1945-2015 Rebuilding Dresden

http://mashable.com/2017/01/28/rebuilding-dresden/?utm_cid=hp-h-15

The Great Pyramid Hoax: The Conspiracy to Conceal the True History of
Ancient Egypt

https://www.amazon.com/Great-Pyramid-Hoax-Conspiracy-Conceal/dp/159143789X/
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