[Jawlist] Weekly Science Report 3-17-17

Sun Mar 19 17:49:45 PDT 2017

*Weekly Science Report*

*March 17, 2017*

*“Human history becomes more and more a race between education and
catastrophe.”*
H.G. Wells

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*

Forget Mammoths, We Could Bring Dinosaurs and Neanderthals Back to Life

https://futurism.com/forget-mammoths-we-could-bring-dinosaurs-and-neanderthals-back-to-life/

New Mexico paleontologist uncovers new dinosaur species

https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/03/09/new-mexico-paleontologist-uncovers-new-dinosaur-species/21878755/?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00001357

Agriculture, dietary changes, and adaptations in fat metabolism from
ancient to modern Europeans

https://phys.org/news/2017-03-agriculture-dietary-fat-metabolism-ancient.html

Did humans create the Sahara Desert?

https://phys.org/news/2017-03-humans-sahara.html

*History*

*Largest deportation campaign in US history is no match for Trump’s plan*

https://theconversation.com/largest-deportation-campaign-in-us-history-is-no-match-for-trumps-plan-73651

Scientists Decode the Mysterious ‘Mona Lisa’ Smile Once and for All

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/scientists-decode-mysterious-mona-lisa-smile-889421

Poland confirms 98-year-old Minnesota man was Nazi commander, seeks
extradition

http://www.latimes.com/nation/ct-minnesota-nazi-commander-20170313-story.html

Mother Divine, Who Took Over Her Husband’s Cult, Dies at 91

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/14/us/mother-divine-dead-peace-mission-leader.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur&_r=0

Physicist declassifies rescued nuclear test films

https://www.llnl.gov/news/physicist-declassifies-rescued-nuclear-test-films

A Shelter for Art Caught in the Crossfire

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/11/arts/louvre-shelter-for-art-caught-in-the-crossfire.html?_r=0

Titanic sank due to enormous uncontrollable fire, not iceberg, experts claim

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/titanic-sank-due-to-enormous-uncontrollable-fire-not-iceberg-experts-claim/ar-BByhwZu?ocid=ob-fb-enus-580

*Archaeology*

Impressive Tomb of Celtic Prince Found in France

http://www.seeker.com/impressive-tomb-of-celtic-prince-found-in-france-1769580018.html

Less damage to ancient Palmyra than feared, Syrian antiquities chief says

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-palmyra-idUSKBN16A1L2?platform=hootsuite

Scientists Shoot Stones to Study War’s Impact on Heritage Sites
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/researchers-shoot-stone-blocks-study-impact-warfare-heritage-sites-180962323/?platform=hootsuite

Ancient Tomb Decorated with Vibrant Murals Found in China

http://www.livescience.com/58232-ancient-tomb-decorated-with-vibrant-murals-found-in-china.html

Presentation suggests archeology as a force for social change

https://historiccity.com/2017/staugustine/news/florida/presentation-suggests-archeology-as-a-force-for-social-change-67507

Genghis Khan: Could satellites help find his tomb?

http://www.bbc.com/news/business-39038615

*Egyptology*

Egypt's underwater antiquities travel the world

http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2017/03/egypt-alexandria-sunken-antiquities-display-world-tourism.html?utm_source=Boomtrain&utm_medium=manual&utm_campaign=20170306&bt_ee=afQaNf1iEwfW1H2lKOvzklruXWWYPBMEseLa1j6zgC/5f%208UMUtKojankciv05IW&bt_ts=1488823106308

Egypt Pharaoh statue 'not Ramses II but different ruler'

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-39298218

*General Science*

Supersonic planes are making a comeback without that earth shaking boom

*https://www.wired.com/2017/03/supersonic-planes-mounting-comeback-without-earth-shaking-boom/?mbid=nl_31517_p3&CNDID=41291302
<https://www.wired.com/2017/03/supersonic-planes-mounting-comeback-without-earth-shaking-boom/?mbid=nl_31517_p3&CNDID=41291302>*

Intel’s 15 Billion reasons why an AI chip revolution has arrived

*https://www.wired.com/2017/03/intels-15-billion-reasons-ai-chip-revolution-arrived/?mbid=nl_31417_p4&CNDID=41291302
<https://www.wired.com/2017/03/intels-15-billion-reasons-ai-chip-revolution-arrived/?mbid=nl_31417_p4&CNDID=41291302>*

As Moore's law ends, brain-like computers begin

https://techxplore.com/news/2017-03-law-brain-like.html

Let a Robot Be Your Museum Tour Guide

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/14/arts/design/museums-experiment-with-robots-as-guides.html?_r=1

*Physics, Earth and Space Sciences*

NASA Spacecraft Has Close Call With One of Mars’ Moons
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/nasa-spacecraft-has-close-call-one-mars-moons-180962377/

NASA wants to create the coolest spot in the universe

https://phys.org/news/2017-03-nasa-coolest-universe.html

Red Planet may once have been completely under water, say Mars scientists

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/03/06/red-planet-may-have-completely-underwater-say-mars-scientists/

The future of space colonization – terraforming or space habitats?

https://phys.org/news/2017-03-future-space-colonization-terraforming-habitats.html

Private Space Stations Could Orbit the Moon by 2020, Robert Bigelow Says

http://www.space.com/35978-private-moon-refueling-station-by-2020.html

Earth’s best defense against killer asteroids needs cash

https://www.wired.com/2017/02/arecibo-telescope-can-save-us-asteroids/?mbid=social_twitter

Mysterious isolated object investigated by astronomers

https://phys.org/news/2017-03-mysterious-isolated-astronomers.html

Meridional wind on Venus was detected for the first time in both hemispheres

https://phys.org/news/2017-03-meridional-venus-hemispheres.html

Space is bigger than NASA

http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/transportation/323969-space-is-bigger-than-just-nasa#.WMqWhxVR0kY.facebook

Astronomers observe a dying red giant star's final act

https://phys.org/news/2017-03-astronomers-dying-red-giant-star.html

Trump Budget Kills NASA Asteroid Mission and the Space Agency's Education
Office

http://www.seeker.com/trump-spending-plan-kills-nasa-asteroid-mission-boosts-space-science-2316865149.html?utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=dnewssocial

Scientists make the case to restore Pluto's planet status

https://phys.org/news/2017-03-scientists-case-pluto-planet-status.html

Walking With Venus' Wind

http://discovermagazine.com/2017/april-2017/walking-with-venus-wind

*Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources*

Amazon to install solar panels on a bunch of its fulfillment centers

http://mashable.com/2017/03/02/amazon-solar-panels-fulfillment-centers/?utm_cid=mash-prod-email-topstories&utm_emailalert=daily&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily&utm_sid=5312cb98f9c510f432bb1e7d#bjXvT7rxRkq9

New materials could turn water into the fuel of the future

https://phys.org/news/2017-03-materials-fuel-future.html

Germany’s Billion-Dollar Nuclear Fusion Device Works With ‘Unprecedented
Accuracy’

https://explorist.futurism.com/germanys-billion-dollar-nuclear-fusion-device-works-with-unprecedented-accuracy/

Renewable energy storage gets boost from Namibian meteoritePlants might
have saved Earth from Permanent Ice Age

https://www.wired.com/2017/03/plants-might-saved-earth-permanent-ice-age/?mbid=nl_31317_p8&CNDID=41291302

Building an Island to Power Northern Europe

https://www.citylab.com/tech/2017/03/power-islands/519189/

*Curbing climate change has a dollar value — here’s how and why we
measure it*

https://theconversation.com/curbing-climate-change-has-a-dollar-value-heres-how-and-why-we-measure-it-70882

Trump begins rollback of Obama's car pollution standards to curb emissions

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/mar/15/car-pollution-carbon-emissions-obama-trump-epa

Large Sections of Australia’s Great Reef Are Now Dead, Scientists Find

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/15/science/great-barrier-reef-coral-climate-change-dieoff.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur&_r=1

Clean energy could spark a trade war between the US and China

https://www.wired.com/2017/03/us-china-clean-energy/?mbid=nl_31617_p8&CNDID=41291302

China's premier unveils smog-busting plan to 'make skies blue again'

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/mar/05/china-premier-li-keqiang-unveils-smog-busting-plan-to-make-skies-blue-again-air-pollution

Boaty McBoatface to go on its first Antarctic mission

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/mar/13/boaty-mcboatface-to-go-on-first-antarctic-mission?CMP=fb_gu

Scientists harness solar power to produce clean hydrogen from biomass

https://techxplore.com/news/2017-03-scientists-harness-solar-power-hydrogen.html

Solar Experiment Lets Neighbors Trade Energy Among Themselves

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/13/business/energy-environment/brooklyn-solar-grid-energy-trading.html?mwrsm=Facebook&_r=0

Ship crashes into 'pristine' coral reef, captain may be charged

http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/15/asia/raja-ampat-ship-coral-reef/index.html?sr=fbcnni031517raja-ampat-ship-coral-reef0330PMStoryLink&linkId=35501212

*Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences*

Visualizing the genome: Researchers create first 3-D structures of active
DNA

https://phys.org/news/2017-03-visualizing-genome-d-dna.html

Humpback whales are organizing in huge numbers, and no one knows why

http://www.popsci.com/humpback-whales-are-organizing

*Other*

Humanity might have received a signal from aliens that it isn’t checking,
says Harvard professor

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/fast-radio-bursts-frbs-aliens-exist-probes-harvard-avi-loeb-message-a7622056.html

PBS Fires Back at Trump’s Budget Elimination: Costs Small, Benefits Tangible

http://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/pbs-fires-back-at-trump%E2%80%99s-budget-elimination-costs-small-benefits-tangible/ar-BBycmIu?li=BBnbfcL&ocid=SL5FDHP

Additional Informational

Climate Change and the Health of Nations: Famines, Fevers, and the Fate of
Populations

https://www.amazon.com/Climate-Change-Health-Nations-Populations-ebook/dp/B06W57324L/ref=mt_kindle?_encoding=UTF8&me
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International Council of Museums, Disaster Risk Management Committee

http://icom.museum/the-committees/standing-committees/standing-committee/disaster-risk-management-committee/L/4/

The Sunken Cities of Titikaka: Just Gilded Fables, or the Relics of an
Ancient History that is Being Suppressed?

https://grahamhancock.com/trumand2/

National Park Service, Teaching with Historic Places

https://www.nps.gov/subjects/teachingwithhistoricplaces/index.htm

Resistance and Its Price

https://medium.com/@HolocaustMuseum/resistance-and-its-price-81e3b1b5f43a?sf62793111=1#.2wwfe84rw
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