[Jawlist] Weekly Science Report 7-14-17

Steve Detwiler steveorange2011 at gmail.com
Sat Jul 15 21:34:28 PDT 2017


*Weekly Science Report*

*July 14, 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*



In a Lost Baby Tooth, Scientists Find Ancient Denisovan DNA

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/07/science/denisovans-baby-tooth-molar-dna.html?mwrsm=Email



Copper axe owned by Neolithic hunter Ötzi the Iceman came all the way from
Tuscany

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/07/07/copper-axe-owned-neolithic-hunter-otzi-iceman-came-way-tuscany/



Dead heads: Turkish site reveals more evidence of Neolithic 'skull cult'

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/jun/28/turkish-site-evidence-of-neolithic-skull-cult-gobekli-tepe



Alabama's 60,000-year-old underwater forest spills its secrets in new
documentary

http://www.al.com/news/mobile/index.ssf/2017/06/underwater_forest_discovered_alabama.html





*History*



High-Status Indigenous Family Brought Back to Life With Digital
Reconstruction
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/indigenous-family-brought-back-life-digital-reconstruction-180963921/#BXLRPSvAD49DXy4o.01



Have Israel's Religious Authorities 'Blacklisted' 160 Rabbis?

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/07/09/536270818/have-israels-religious-authorities-blacklisted-160-rabbis?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20170709



*Will global warming change Native American religious practices?*

https://theconversation.com/will-global-warming-change-native-american-religious-practices-79894



Are museums still relevant?

http://www.cnn.com/travel/article/are-museums-still-relevant/



New Jersey Museum Holds A Stash Of 221-Year-Old Madeira Wine

http://www.npr.org/2017/07/14/537276241/new-jersey-museum-holds-a-stash-221-year-old-madeira-wine?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20170714



Japanese Blogger Points Out Timeline Flaw In Supposed Earhart Photo

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/07/11/536620463/japanese-blogger-points-out-timeline-flaw-in-supposed-earhart-photo?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20170711



Isis persecution of Christians not justified by Prophet Mohammed's
teachings, says study

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/isis-christian-islam-muslim-prophet-mohammed-study-a6932021.html?cmpid=facebook-post&ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000090



Online Map Charts Massacres of Indigenous Australians
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/online-map-charts-massacres-indigenous-australians-180963971/#ucUsqC1bry2TbuQ7.01



Pope Francis Announces New Path To Sainthood

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/07/11/536689074/pope-francis-announces-new-path-to-sainthood?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20170711



Senators To Trump: Hands off America’s National Monuments

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/senators-trump-national-monument-review_us_5964d108e4b09b587d62097b?utm_campaign=hp_fb_pages&utm_source=main_fb&utm_medium=facebook&ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000063



Berlin’s First ‘Liberal Mosque’ and Its Female Leader Fight for ‘Modern’
Islam Despite Threats

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/berlin-s-first-liberal-mosque-its-female-leader-fight-modern-n781666?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_nw







A new campaign confronts Islamophobia by introducing Oklahoma Muslims to
their neighbors

http://okgazette.com/2017/07/13/a-new-campaign-confronts-islamophobia-by-introducing-oklahoma-muslims-to-their-neighbors/



Muslim Photographer’s Ambitious Project Seeks To Showcase Islam’s Diversity

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/muslims-of-america-carlos-guzman-photo-series_us_5964ee9ee4b09b587d6240cb



New monument to the people of Malaga Island offers ‘healing and closure’

http://www.pressherald.com/2017/07/14/acknowledging-the-scars-of-maines-malaga-island/



Two National Monuments Survive Trump Administration Review

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/craters-of-the-moon-hanford-reach-national-monuments-review_us_5967a1e1e4b0a8d46d12fc8f?ncid=APPLENEWS00001



*Archaeology*



1,500-year-old manuscript by 'father of medicine' Hippocrates unearthed in
ancient Egypt

https://www.nowscience.co.uk/single-post/2017/07/11/1500-year-old-manuscript-by-father-of-medicine-Hippocrates-unearthed-in-ancient-Egypt



Antiques Roadshow expert finds Roman site in his own back garden after
amateur archaeological dig

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/07/07/antiques-roadshow-expert-finds-roman-site-back-garden-amateur/?WT.mc_id=tmg_share_fb



Putting the pieces back together after the earthquake

http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2017/07/11/putting-the-pieces-back-together-after-the-earthquake/



UNESCO 2017: Which sites have been added to the World Heritage List?

http://www.cnn.com/travel/article/unesco-2017-world-heritage-sites/index.html



Do We Need to Rebuild Historic Sites Ruined by Terrorism?

http://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/do-we-need-to-rebuild-historic-sites-ruined-by-terrorism



'Incredible' burial mound near Stonehenge to be excavated

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-wiltshire-40567819



Lasers to the rescue! Slime & grime set to be removed from Jefferson
Memorial

http://www.wusa9.com/news/local/dc/lasers-to-the-rescue-slime-grime-set-to-be-removed-from-jefferson-memorial/454422888



Cambodia's new World Heritage Site is 25 straight kilometers of ruins

http://www.chinapost.com.tw/asia/2017/07/11/499323/cambodia's-new.htm



Dozens of intact brains discovered in an 80-year-old mass grave

http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/14/health/brains-mass-grave-trnd/index.html?sr=fbCNN071417brains-mass-grave-trnd1028AMStory



EU to crack down on art-funded terrorism

https://euobserver.com/justice/138522



Hundreds of stone tombs discovered in land of "dead fire"

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/hundreds-of-stone-tombs-discovered-in-land-of-dead-fire/?ftag=COS-05-10aaa0h&utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+Trending+Content&utm_content=596891e904d3015332352486&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=facebook



Archaeologists Learning More about Pensacola’s Pre-Luna Period

https://creo.uwf.edu/archaeologists-learning-pensacolas-pre-luna-period/





*Egyptology*



Nothing to report

*General Science*



Inside Google’s Internet Justice League and it’s AI powered war on Trolls

*https://www.wired.com/2016/09/inside-googles-internet-justice-league-ai-powered-war-trolls/?mbid=nl_7817_p4&CNDID=41291302
<https://www.wired.com/2016/09/inside-googles-internet-justice-league-ai-powered-war-trolls/?mbid=nl_7817_p4&CNDID=41291302>*



T-pod may be the cargo drone of the highways

*http://newatlas.com/t-pod-driverless-transport-truck/50354/
<http://newatlas.com/t-pod-driverless-transport-truck/50354/>*



Banks Deploy AI to Cut Off Terrorists’ Funding

https://www.wired.com/story/quantaverse-ai-terrorist-funding/?mbid=nl_71017_p6&CNDID=41291302



The Sideways Elevator of the Future Is Here, and It's Wild

https://www.wired.com/story/the-sideways-elevator-of-the-future-is-here?mbid=nl_7917_p1&CNDID=41291302



Glider aims for new heights and rare scientific data

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/07/glider-aims-new-heights-and-rare-scientific-data



This New Ceramic Coating Gets Us Closer to Reliable Hypersonic Air Travel

*http://www.sciencealert.com/this-ceramic-solution-gets-us-closer-to-hypersonic-air-travel
<http://www.sciencealert.com/this-ceramic-solution-gets-us-closer-to-hypersonic-air-travel>*







*Physics, Earth and Space Sciences*



Pence cheers space business but offers no policy details

https://aerospaceamerica.aiaa.org/pence-cheers-space-business-but-offers-no-policy-details/



How NASA plans to knock asteroids heading toward Earth off course

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/nasa-asteroid-defense-dart-double-asteroid-redirection-test/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab6a&linkId=39546274



Physicists read Maxwell's Demon's mind

https://phys.org/news/2017-07-physicists-maxwell-demon-mind.html



NASA Spacecraft Gets Up Close With Jupiter's Great Red Spot

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/07/10/535977281/nasa-spacecraft-gets-up-close-with-jupiters-great-red-spot?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20170710



Here's how we might save fallen astronauts on the moon

https://www.cnet.com/news/astronauts-moon-moonwalker-european-space-agency-rescue-system-esa/#ftag=COS-05-10aaa0i



Trump Wanted NASA to Fly Past the Moon and They Just Said "No"

https://www.yahoo.com/style/trump-wanted-nasa-fly-past-004000845.html



Print, Then Heat for Self-Assembling Space Stations
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/print-then-heat-self-assembling-space-stations-180963997/#yGGy9DmhhwMGb55g.01



Perspectives on the future of space exploration

http://www.mckinsey.com/industries/aerospace-and-defense/our-insights/perspectives-on-the-future-of-space-exploration?cid=soc-web



Strange Noise in Gravitational-Wave Data Sparks Debate

https://www.wired.com/story/strange-noise-in-gravitational-wave-data-sparks-debate/?mbid=nl_71017_p2&CNDID=41291302



Tiny, Laser-Beaming Satellites Could Communicate With Mars

https://www.wired.com/story/tiny-laser-beaming-satellites-could-communicate-with-mars/?mbid=nl_71017_p4&CNDID=41291302

<https://www.fastcompany.com/40432980/forget-starfleet-academy-future-astronauts-will-be-trained-by-these-companies>

Forget Starfleet Academy—Future Astronauts Will Be Trained By These
Companies
<https://www.fastcompany.com/40432980/forget-starfleet-academy-future-astronauts-will-be-trained-by-these-companies>

https://www.fastcompany.com/40432980/forget-starfleet-academy-future-astronauts-will-be-trained-by-these-companies



NASA planning August release of Mars robotic exploration architecture

http://spacenews.com/nasa-planning-august-release-of-mars-robotic-exploration-architecture/



Smallest-ever star discovered by astronomers

https://phys.org/news/2017-07-smallest-ever-star-astronomers.html



As space junk soars, science turns to nature for ideas

https://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2017/0703/As-space-junk-soars-science-turns-to-nature-for-ideas?cmpid=TW





We Need to Focus on Space; We Don’t Need a ‘Space Corps’

http://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2017/07/we-need-focus-space-we-dont-need-space-corps/139360/?oref=DefenseOneFB



UA Astronomers Track the Birth of a 'Super-Earth'

https://uanews.arizona.edu/story/ua-astronomers-track-birth-superearth



Why Researchers Need Better Space Dirt

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-researchers-need-better-space-dirt/?wt.mc=SA_Facebook-Share



Freight Farms Builds Farms in Shipping Containers, and NASA Wants to Launch
Them to Space

http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/green-tech/a27200/freight-farms-shipping-containers-nasa-launch-space/



Why The First Complete Map of the Ocean Floor Is Stirring Controversial
Waters

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/first-complete-map-ocean-floor-stirring-controversial-waters-180963993/#8uvyD1Qej3rBV7ZW.01



Experience A 'Dark Sky Park' In Florida

http://news.wgcu.org/post/experience-dark-sky-park-florida



*Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources*



Hot, Dry Madrid Aims For A Cooler, Greener Future

http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2017/07/09/495905421/hot-dry-madrid-aims-for-a-cooler-greener-future?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20170709



The World’s First Power Plant To Combine Hydro And Solar Opens In Portugal

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/hydro-solar-plant_us_595f96dee4b02e9bdb0c0fa6?utm_campaign=hp_fb_pages&utm_source=main_fb&utm_medium=facebook&ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000063



While Corals Die Along The Great Barrier Reef, Humans Struggle To Adjust

http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2017/07/09/535754962/while-corals-die-along-the-great-barrier-reef-humans-struggle-to-adjust?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20170709



'Biological annihilation:' Earth’s 6th mass extinction is underway

https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/science/2017/07/10/earth-faces-sixth-mass-extinction/465655001/



*If we stopped emitting greenhouse gases right now, would we stop
climate change?*

https://theconversation.com/if-we-stopped-emitting-greenhouse-gases-right-now-would-we-stop-climate-change-78882



Climate change threatens nomadic life in Morocco

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/07/04/morocco-nomadic-life-danger-climate-change/440637001/



Village women transform into clean energy entrepreneurs in Nepal initiative

*http://news.trust.org/item/20170711131505-tuseu/
<http://news.trust.org/item/20170711131505-tuseu/>*



Hunting And Fishing Groups Are Starting To Turn On Trump’s Interior
Secretary

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ryan-zinke-hunting-fishing-groups_us_596685afe4b0a8d46d11cae8?utm_campaign=hp_fb_pages&utm_source=main_fb&utm_medium=facebook&ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000063



US Farms Could Suffer as the Arctic Heats Up

https://www.wired.com/story/us-farms-could-suffer-as-the-arctic-heats-up/?mbid=nl_71017_p3&CNDID=41291302



Stalagmites from Iranian Cave Foretell Grim Future for Middle East Climate

http://rsmas.miami.edu/news-events/press-releases/2017/stalagmites-from-iranian-cave-foretell-grim-future-for-middle-east-climate/



Rooftop Solar Dims Under Pressure From Utility Lobbyists

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/08/climate/rooftop-solar-panels-tax-credits-utility-companies-lobbying.html



Republicans reject Trump’s plan to cut $300 million for Great Lakes cleanup

https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2017/07/13/republicans-reject-trumps-plan-to-cut-300-million-for-great-lakes-cleanup.html





Could a solution to reducing aviation emissions be found in the Arabian
Desert?

http://edition.cnn.com/2017/07/12/middleeast/iseas-abu-dhabi-aviation-biofuel/index.html?sr=fbCNN071317iseas-abu-dhabi-aviation-biofuel0418PMStory



The rare Trump appointment that is actually making scientists very happy

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/07/13/the-rare-trump-appointment-that-is-actually-making-scientists-very-happy/?tid=sm_fb&utm_term=.d971e450a497



Doomsday narratives about climate change don't work. But here's what does

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jul/12/doomsday-narratives-climate-change-dangerous-wrong



In Poland, a Battle for the Fate of Europe’s Last Ancient Forest

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/11/world/europe/poland-bialowieza-forest-logging.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur





*Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences*



Micromotors are powered by bacteria, controlled by light

https://phys.org/news/2017-07-micromotors-powered-bacteria.html



*Other*



Religious leaders get high on magic mushrooms ingredient – for science

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/jul/08/religious-leaders-get-high-on-magic-mushrooms-ingredient-for-science



Watch Hyperloop One ace its first full-system test inside a vacuum tube

http://mashable.com/2017/07/12/hyperloop-one-successful-test/?utm_cid=mash-com-fb-main-link#wAqVBLDviiqI



Maths 'genius' Maryam Mirzakhani dies, aged 40

https://www.yahoo.com/news/maths-genius-maryam-mirzakhani-dies-aged-40-132902162.html

























Additional Informational



John Anthony West Crowdfund Campaign

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



7 People Suspected of Being Jack the Ripper

http://www.history.com/news/history-lists/who-was-jack-the-ripper-6-tantalizing-theories?cmpid=FACEBOOK_FBPAGE__20170711&linkId=39608465



New World Heritage Sites Already Under Threat From Climate Change

http://blog.ucsusa.org/adam-markham/new-world-heritage-sites-already-under-threat-from-climate-change



The American civil war then and now

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/ng-interactive/2015/jun/22/american-civil-war-photography-interactive



Americans for the Arts Statement on Action by the U.S. House Appropriations
Subcommittee on the Interior

http://www.americansforthearts.org/news-room/press-releases/americans-for-the-arts-statement-on-action-by-the-us-house-appropriations-subcommittee-on-the



National Monuments Under Review: A Look at the Trump Administration’s
Executive Order on the Antiquities Act Webinar Recording

http://forum.savingplaces.org/blogs/janelle-diluccia/2017/07/07/forum-webinar-national-monuments-under-review-a-look-at-the-trump-administrations-executive-order-on-the-antiquities-act#.WV-al4-KGzs.twitter



Dispelling the Myths Around the Hobby Lobby Antiquities Case

https://hyperallergic.com/390355/dispelling-the-myths-around-the-hobby-lobby-antiquities-case/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sw



8 Reasons Julie Payette Is a Badass Global Citizen

https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/julie-payette-governor-general/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_content=global&utm_campaign=general-content&linkId=39736111
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