[Jawlist] Weekly Science Report 6-2-17

[Steve Detwiler]

*Weekly Science Report*

*June 2, 2017*



*“In the face of evil, we must summon our capacity for good.  In the face
of hate, we must love.  In the face of cruelty, we must live with empathy
and compassion.  We must never be bystanders to injustice or indifferent to
suffering.”*

President Barack Obama



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*



We're on the brink of mass extinction—but there's still time to pull back

https://phys.org/news/2017-05-brink-mass-extinctionbut.html



Domesticated rice dated back 9,400 years in China

https://phys.org/news/2017-05-domesticated-rice-dated-years-china.html



Volcanic 'geoengineering' may have caused a climate catastrophe that killed
most animal species

https://phys.org/news/2017-05-volcanic-geoengineering-climate-catastrophe-animal.html



Huaca Prieta Provides More Proof of What Indians Already Knew

https://indiancountrymedianetwork.com/history/traditional-societies/huaca-prieta-provides-proof-indians-already-knew/



Collagen from a Tyrannosaurus rex bone proves Jurassic Park will never exist

https://phys.org/news/2017-06-collagen-tyrannosaurus-rex-bone-jurassic.html



Malta’s Hypogeum, One of the World’s Best Preserved Prehistoric Sites,
Reopens to the Public
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/maltas-hypogeum-one-worlds-best-preserved-prehistoric-sites-reopens-public-180963397/#PSQM8DZpqXI5xDeQ.99



Tunnel diggers stumble upon surprise find: ancient giant sloth

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/ancient-giant-sloth-discovered-by-tunnel-diggers/



New research reveals earliest directly dated rock paintings from southern
Africa

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-06/uotw-nrr060117.php



Paleobiologists make intriguing new discoveries about dinosaurs' ancestors

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-05/kfu-pmi053117.php



Groundwater 'pit stops' enabled survival and migration of our ancient
ancestors

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-05/cu-gs052617.php



Life on terra firma began with an invasion

https://phys.org/news/2017-06-life-terra-firma-began-invasion.html



Mystery solved: Scientists reconstruct 10,300-year-old bison hunt

http://www.kansas.com/news/local/article153093719.html



Neuroarchaeology used to investigate early stone tool production

http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/05/2017/neuroarchaeology-used-to-investigate-early-stone-tool-production





*History*



Meet the 19-year-old racing to preserve the stories of WWII veterans

http://www.scpr.org/programs/take-two/2017/05/25/56996/meet-the-19-year-old-racing-to-preserve-the-storie/



Battle for the Aleutians: WWII’s Forgotten Alaskan Campaign

http://www.history.com/news/battle-for-the-aleutians-wwiis-forgotten-alaskan-campaign?cmpid=FACEBOOK_FBPAGE__20170602&linkId=38306398



The Jews of Warsaw Buried the Truth So It Would Survive Them

https://medium.com/@HolocaustMuseum/the-jews-of-warsaw-buried-the-truth-so-it-would-survive-them-84a46b47f385?sf84543831=1



Videotapes Are Becoming Unwatchable As Archivists Work To Save Them

http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2017/06/03/529155865/videotapes-are-becoming-unwatchable-as-archivists-work-to-save-them?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20170603



When an Unplayable Record Preserves a Long-Lost Language

https://creators.vice.com/en_us/article/long-lost-record-preserves-dead-alaskan-language



Bill Calls for Congressional Gold Medal for Chinese-American WWII Vets

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/bill-calls-congressional-gold-medal-chinese-american-wwii-vets-n757951



General de Gaulle: France's noble, exasperating icon

http://www.economist.com/node/16374536?fsrc=scn/fb/te/bl/ed/



Ex-Auschwitz guard Reinhold Hanning, 95, dies year after being convicted

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/06/01/former-auschwitz-guard-reinhold-hanning-95-dies-year-after-being-convicted-nazi-germany-ss/102376508/



Why It’s So Hard to Find the Original Owners of Nazi-Looted Art
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/why-its-so-hard-find-real-owners-nazi-looted-art-180963513/



Edith Wharton Recruited the World’s Greatest Artists to Raise Money for WWI
Refugees
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/edith-wharton-recruited-worlds-greatest-artists-raise-money-wwi-refugees-180963493/



After the Battle

http://www.archaeology.org/issues/255-1705/features/5465-scotland-dunbar-battle



The Blackener’s Cave

http://www.archaeology.org/issues/255-1705/features/5468-iceland-surtshellir-viking-cave



Jerusalem dig sheds light on 2,000-year-old eating habits of local Jews

http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Jerusalem-excavation-reveals-diet-of-ancient-Israelites-during-Second-Temple-period-494148



Indian origins pinpointed using genetic evidence from current populace

http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/05/2017/indian-origins-pinpointed-using-genetic-evidence-from-current-populace

*Archaeology*



Samples from Haryana excavation site to be sent for carbon dating

http://indianexpress.com/article/india/samples-from-haryana-excavation-site-to-be-sent-for-carbon-dating/



"Space archaeology" transforms how ancient sites are discovered

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/space-archaeology-transforms-how-ancient-sites-are-discovered/?utm_content=bufferabee1&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer



Venice world heritage status under threat

https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2017/may/26/venice-tourists-cruise-ships-pollution-italy-biennale



Prominent Art Family Entangled in ISIS Antiquities-Looting Investigations

https://www.wsj.com/articles/prominent-art-family-entangled-in-investigations-of-looted-antiquities-1496246740?mod=e2tw



Why was a teenager with bone cancer buried on Witch Hill in Panama?

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-06/stri-wwa060117.php



This Interactive Map Visualizes "At Risk" Archaeological Sites In The
Mediterranean World

https://www.forbes.com/sites/drsarahbond/2017/06/02/this-interactive-map-visualizes-at-risk-archaeological-sites-in-the-mediterranean-world/#79bed6c3362b



Laser technology uncovers 1,600-year-old Christian frescoes in Rome's
biggest catacomb

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/05/30/laser-technology-uncovers-1600-year-old-christian-frescoes-romes/



Significant finds from underwater excavation on Delos island in Greece

http://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/25532-significant-finds-from-underwater-excavation-at-delos-island-in-greece.html



Ceramic Heads of Possible Goddesses Discovered in Ancient Waste Dump

http://www.livescience.com/59294-ceramic-heads-discovered-ancient-waste-dump.html







*Egyptology*



The first genome data from ancient Egyptian mummies

https://phys.org/news/2017-05-genome-ancient-egyptian-mummies.html



Lost Egyptian Artifact Found in Michigan

http://www.archaeology.org/news/5600-170602-egyptian-stele-faience



Documentation work begins

http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/News/20616.aspx



Ten Late Period tombs uncovered in Aswan

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/269999/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/Ten-Late-Period-tombs-uncovered-in-Aswan.aspx







*General Science*



Researcher's 'miracle material' discovery could end cracked smart devices

https://phys.org/news/2017-06-miracle-material-discovery-smart-devices.html



'Instantly rechargeable' battery could change the future of electric and
hybrid automobiles

https://techxplore.com/news/2017-06-instantly-rechargeable-battery-future-electric.html











*Physics, Earth and Space Sciences*



Researchers uncover new gravitational wave characteristics

https://phys.org/news/2017-05-uncover-gravitational-characteristics.html



Citizen scientists uncover a cold new world near sun

https://phys.org/news/2017-06-citizen-scientists-uncover-cold-world.html



UM researchers find new way to measure hurricanes: ‘gravity waves’

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weather/hurricane/article150882007.html



Paul Allen’s built the World’s largest plane to fling satellites into space

https://www.wired.com/2017/06/paul-allen-built-worlds-largest-plane-fling-satellites-space/?mbid=nl_6217_p2&CNDID=41291302



Physicists find another gravitational wave to suggest Einstein was right

https://www.wired.com/2017/06/physicists-find-another-gravitational-wave-prove-einstein-right/?mbid=nl_6217_p3&CNDID=41291302



Bigelow Aerospace founder says commercial world will lead in space

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/bigelow-aerospace-founder-says-commercial-world-will-lead-in-space/



NASA to Make Announcement About First Mission to Touch Sun

https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-to-make-announcement-about-first-mission-to-touch-sun



Do stars fall quietly into black holes, or crash into something utterly
unknown?

https://phys.org/news/2017-05-stars-fall-quietly-black-holes.html



30 pages of calculations settle a 30-year debate over a mysterious new
phase of matter

https://phys.org/news/2017-05-pages-year-debate-mysterious-phase.html



The world's most powerful X-ray laser beam creates 'molecular black hole'

https://phys.org/news/2017-05-world-powerful-x-ray-laser-molecular.html



A new twist on uranium's origin story, by CSU scientists

https://phys.org/news/2017-06-uranium-story-csu-scientists.html



UNESCO global ocean science report, first stock taking of global ocean
science

http://en.unesco.org/news/unesco-global-ocean-science-report-first-stock-taking-global-ocean-science



NASA’s GPS-Like Deep Space Navigation Experiment Set to Launch on SpaceX
Rocket

https://www.seeker.com/space/nasas-gps-like-deep-space-navigation-experiment-set-to-launch-on-spacex-rocket



SpaceX blasts off cargo using recycled spaceship

https://phys.org/news/2017-06-spacex-blasts-cargo-recycled-spaceship.html







*Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources*



A Farm Journalist Tells Farmers What They'd Rather Not Hear About Climate
Change

http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/06/02/531223294/a-farm-journalist-tells-farmers-what-theyd-rather-not-hear-about-climate-change?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20170602



Trump misunderstood MIT climate research, university officials say

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-climatechange-trump-mit-idUSKBN18S6L0?utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+Trending+Content&utm_content=5930abb104d30123a0683425&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=facebook



Why Climate Skeptics Are Wrong

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-climate-skeptics-are-wrong/?WT.mc_id=SA_FB_ENGYSUS_OSNP



Wind Project in Wyoming Envisions Coal Miners as Trainees

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/21/business/energy-environment/wind-turbine-job-training-wyoming.html?_r=2&mtrref=www.globalcitizen.org



Global Warming Gas Can Now Be Extracted from Air and Resold

http://www.livescience.com/59308-facility-captures-carbon-dioxide-from-atmosphere.html



Crack in Antarctic ice shelf could create one of the biggest icebergs in
history

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/antarctic-ice-shelf-biggest-iceberg-in-history/



Chemical 'dance' of cobalt catalysis could pave way to solar fuels

https://phys.org/news/2017-06-chemical-cobalt-catalysis-pave-solar.html



Plasmonics could bring sustainable society, desalination tech

https://phys.org/news/2017-06-plasmonics-sustainable-society-desalination-tech.html



Scientists directly observe light-to-energy transfer in new solar cell
materials

https://phys.org/news/2017-06-scientists-light-to-energy-solar-cell-materials.html





*Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences*



Researchers discover first human antibodies that work against all
ebolaviruses

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2017-05-human-antibodies-ebolaviruses.html



Here’s the visual proof of why vaccines do more good than harm

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/04/heres-visual-proof-why-vaccines-do-more-good-harm



NIH scientists try to crack the brain’s memory codes

https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/nih-scientists-try-crack-brains-memory-codes



Resurrected: A Controversial Trial to Bring the Dead Back to Life

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/resurrected-a-controversial-trial-to-bring-the-dead-back-to-life/?WT.mc_id=SA_FB_HLTH_NEWS



The lionfish zapper hits the open seas

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/lionfish-zapper-hits-open-seas/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=pbsofficial&utm_campaign=newshour



Living fossil challenges thinking on brain evolution

https://phys.org/news/2017-05-fossil-brain-evolution.html



Human tests suggest young blood cuts cancer and Alzheimer’s risk

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2133311-human-tests-suggest-young-blood-cuts-cancer-and-alzheimers-risk/?cmpid=SOC|NSNS|2017-Echobox&utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#link_time=1496319524



Treatment extends life for some with advanced prostate cancer

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2017-06-treatment-life-advanced-prostate-cancer.html



Gene therapy could 'turn off' severe allergies

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2017-06-gene-therapy-severe-allergies.html





*Other*



Some of us are complicit in racism

http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/29/opinions/letter-religious-leaders-opinion-held/index.html



5 women scholars in Islam you should know

https://www.mysalaam.com/en/story/5-women-scholars-in-islam-you-should-know/SALAAM01062017084609



Sci-Fi Authors Are Banding Together to Write Roadmaps for Our Future

https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/sci-fi-authors-are-banding-together-to-write-roadmaps-for-our-future



In Public Understanding Of Science, Alternative Facts Are The Norm

http://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2017/05/29/527892222/in-public-understanding-of-science-alternative-facts-are-the-norm?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20170529



Aerospace Executive ‘Absolutely Convinced’ There Are Aliens On Earth

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/robert-bigelow-ufos-aliens-on-earth_us_592ca03ce4b0065b20b7bfb7?ncid=edlinkushpmg00000313



Invisibilia: A Man Discovers The Terrible Emotion Locked In A Word

http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/06/01/529876861/an-anthropologist-discovers-the-terrible-emotion-locked-in-a-word?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20170601



















Additional Informational



John Anthony West Crowdfund Campaign

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



Lucy Jones: scientists need to create “scientifically-defensible” stories

https://blogs.agu.org/sciencecommunication/2017/05/24/lucy-jones-scientists-need-create-scientifically-defensible-stories/



The last Muslim King in Spain

http://www.heritagedaily.com/2017/05/the-last-muslim-king-in-spain/114961



Space Agencies on Asteroid Day LIVE

https://blog.asteroidday.org/2017/06/02/space-agencies-asteroid-day-broadcast/



Trump Uses Executive Power to Shirk Responsibility on Climate Change

https://www.npca.org/articles/1507-trump-uses-executive-power-to-shirk-responsibility-on-climate-change#sm.00001ps3gghpm5d2lysy5o4iag4a6
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