[Jawlist] Weekly Science Report 11-17-17

Sat Nov 18 20:24:42 PST 2017

*Weekly Science Report*

*November 17, 2017*

*"Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves; and,
under a just God, cannot long retain it." *
Abraham Lincoln

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.

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News Articles   *Paleontology, Evolution and Prehistoric Studies*

One of the largest animals to fly: Fearsome pterosaur the size of a PLANE
that feasted on baby dinosaurs 70 million years ago is discovered in
Mongolia
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5039613/Flying-predator-size-plane-discovered-Mongolia.html

The very first living thing is still alive inside each one of us

https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23631500-500-the-very-first-living-thing-is-still-alive-inside-each-one-of-us/?cmpid=SOC|NSNS|2017-Echobox&utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#link_time=1510328976

Prehistoric, Dinosaur-Era Shark With Insane Teeth Found Swimming Off Coast
of Portugal

http://www.newsweek.com/dinosaur-era-frilled-shark-insane-teeth-found-portugal-708764?utm_campaign=NewsweekTwitter&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Social

Study Suggests Farmers and Hunter-Gatherers Coexisted

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6083-171109?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

T. rex arms, wiggly beluga heads, and tentacle-nosed moles: smart evolution
sometimes looks stupid

https://www.popsci.com/evolution-looks-silly?con=TrueAnthem&dom=tw&src=SOC&utm_campaign=&utm_content=5a0772e504d30138bbe3ad5e&utm_medium=&utm_source
=

300,000-year-old skulls that look shockingly like ours could rewrite the
human origin story

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/skulls-found-morocco-human-origins-discover-archaeology-a8047906.html

Neanderthals survived at least 3,000 years longer in Spain than previously
thought

http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/11/2017/neanderthals-survived-at-least-3000-years-longer-in-spain-than-previously-thought

Human arrivals wiped out the Caribbean’s giant ground sloths

https://www.newscientist.com/article/human-arrivals-wiped-caribbeans-giant-ground-sloths/?cmpid=SOC%7cNSNS%7c2017-Echobox&utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#link_time=1510569354

Evidence of world's earliest winemaking uncovered by archaeologists

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/nov/13/evidence-of-worlds-earliest-winemaking-uncovered-by-archaeologists

Ancient Hominin Skull From China Suggests Humans Didn't Evolve Just From
African Ancestors

http://www.newsweek.com/archaeology-skull-evolution-homo-sapiens-homo-erectus-human-710973

These may be the world’s first images of dogs—and they’re wearing leashes

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/11/these-may-be-world-s-first-images-dogs-and-they-re-wearing-leashes

*History*

Museum of the Bible, built by Hobby Lobby owner, opens in DC

https://apnews.com/6cd722f5ba1b401fa9d6dbc4252fe8d4

Two Navajo women may have been America’s first GI Janes

https://www.abqjournal.com/887174/were-navajo-women-first-gi-janes.html

After the Civil War, African-American Veterans Created a Home of Their Own:
Unionville
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/civil-war-african-american-veterans-town-own-unionville-180964398/?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=socialmedia

Duterte wants Trump to return historic spoils of war taken in 1901

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/duterte-to-ask-trump-to-return-historic-spoils-of-war-seized-in-1901/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab7e&linkId=44619808

>From "Invalid Corps" to full active duty: America's disabled soldiers
return to war

http://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/invalid-corps-full-active-duty-americas-disabled-soldiers-return-war

A mother's solace: A letter from a World War I enemy

http://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/WWI-letter

How to Remember a War Without Glory?

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/10/arts/design/ypres-exhibitions-world-war-i.html?rref=collection/sectioncollection/design&utm_content=buffer32027&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Traditions of service: Master Sergeant and Lipan Apache War Chief Chuck
Boers
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-museum-american-indian/2017/11/11/traditions-service-msg-and-lipan-apache-war-chief-johancharles-chuck-boers/

There weren’t any witches in Salem in 1693. But there sure are now.

https://www.vox.com/identities/2017/10/30/16560092/salem-witch-trials-magic-halloween-witchcraft-arthur-miller-crucible-past?platform=hootsuite

Chinese Village Keeps Alive a Tradition of Indigo Dyeing

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/12/world/asia/china-indigo-dyeing.html?smid=tw-nytimesworld&smtyp=cur

My great-grandparents died in the Holocaust but now I want German
citizenship

*https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/nov/12/great-grandparents-died-in-holocaust-now-i-want-german-citizenship-brexit-vote?CMP=twt_gu
<https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/nov/12/great-grandparents-died-in-holocaust-now-i-want-german-citizenship-brexit-vote?CMP=twt_gu>*

States battle the federal government for control of public lands. They both
have long trampled on Native American rights.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/states-battle-the-federal-government-for-control-of-public-lands-they-both-have-long-trampled-on-native-american-rights/ar-BBEKZMM?ocid=ob-fb-enus-580

Woman to Translate the ‘Odyssey’ Into English

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/02/magazine/the-first-woman-to-translate-the-odyssey-into-english.html

*What the first Thanksgiving dinner actually looked like*

https://theconversation.com/what-the-first-thanksgiving-dinner-actually-looked-like-85714

*Did early Christians believe that Mary was a teenager? It’s complicated*

https://theconversation.com/did-early-christians-believe-that-mary-was-a-teenager-its-complicated-87422

Japan to scrutinize U.N. recommendation on ‘comfort women’

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/11/17/national/japan-scrutinize-u-n-recommendation-comfort-women/#.WhB52eQo7IW

Mystery at the new Bible museum: Are its Dead Sea Scrolls fake?

http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/17/us/bible-museum-fakes/index.html

Stunning new images celebrate Kenyan female icon who stood up to
colonialists

http://edition.cnn.com/2017/11/13/africa/images-celebrate-kenyan-female-icon/index.html?sr=fbCNN111317images-celebrate-kenyan-female-icon1246PMStory

Ancient Babylonian Tablet Identified as the World’s Oldest Trigonometry
Table

https://www.seeker.com/culture/history/ancient-babylonian-tablet-identified-as-the-worlds-oldest-trigonometry-table

Arab American National Museum exhibit 'Them' puts racial, ethnic hate on
display

http://www.freep.com/story/entertainment/2017/10/27/exhibit-hate-bigotry-racism-misogyny-arab-american-national-museum-jim-crow-museum/771721001/

Historical artifacts stolen from Silver Springs museum

http://www.ocala.com/news/20171110/historical-artifacts-stolen-from-silver-springs-museum

The Little House on the Prairie Was Built on Native American Land
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/little-house-prairie-was-built-native-american-land-180962020/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia

The Ancient Roman Cult That Continues to Vex Scholars

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/mithraic-mysteries?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=atlas-page

TRUE FORENSIC SCIENCE: A 36 year old murder mystery solved

http://www.hawaiireporter.com/true-forensic-science-36-year-old-murder-mystery-solved/

British explorer Benedict Allen 'alive and well' in Papua New Guinea

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/nov/16/benedict-allen-british-explorer-benedict-allen-found-alive-in-papua-new-guinea?CMP=fb_gu

Zendaya To Star In Film About First Black Graduate Of Vassar Who Passed As
White

https://www.yahoo.com/news/zendaya-star-film-first-black-225508201.html?utm_content=buffer05f1b&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

New Portrait of Lord Nelson Found, Scars and All
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/new-portrait-lord-nelson-found-scars-and-all-180967205/#wkjLks6eom0W4djI.01

The Real-Life Story of Maria von Trapp
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/real-life-story-maria-von-trapp-180967182/#wbhoqdxBPuzD22AH.01

Before the Fall of the Roman Republic, Income Inequality and Xenophobia
Threatened Its Foundations
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/fall-roman-republic-income-inequality-and-xenophobia-threatened-its-foundations-180967249/#HKQopOztCIcdrgrC.01

*Archaeology*

Votive figurines discovered at Anavlochos massif excavation on Crete

http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/11/2017/votive-figurines-discovered-at-anavlochos-massif-excavation-on-crete

Teenager’s Bones Recovered from Scottish Cave

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6085-171109-scotland-eigg-cave

Two Enigmatic Nigerian Figures Reunited After a Century Apart
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/two-enigmatic-nigerian-figures-reunited-after-century-apart-180967087/?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=socialmedia

Ancient China: 100 Horse Skeletons Discovered in 2,400-Year-Old Burial Pit
Next to Tomb of Lord

http://www.newsweek.com/ancient-china-100-horse-skeletons-discovered-2400-year-old-burial-pit-next-705286?utm_campaign=NewsweekFacebookSF&utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Social

Pictish Carving of Large-Nosed Warrior Found in Scotland
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/pictish-carving-large-nosed-warrior-found-scotland-180967091/#5RgoMyuOLZmXY4jd.01

Panama's pre-Hispanic golden artifacts stored out of sight

https://phys.org/news/2017-11-panama-pre-hispanic-golden-artifacts-sight.html

Christchurch heritage restoration wins UNESCO award

https://www.newsroom.co.nz/2017/11/06/58442/christchurch-heritage-restoration-wins-unesco-award

Ancient Peruvian mural at Ventarrón destroyed in fire

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-41972208

Grand Staircase-Escalante monument will be pruned by half, Hatch official
says

http://www.sltrib.com/news/environment/2017/11/14/grand-staircase-escalante-monument-will-be-pruned-by-half-hatch-official-says/

The Archaeologists Saving Miami's History From the Sea

https://www.citylab.com/environment/2017/11/climate-change-could-wash-away-thousands-of-years-of-history/545810/

New McDonalds Has a Cool Design Element: an Ancient Roman Road
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/new-mcdonalds-has-cool-design-element-ancient-roman-road-180962289/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia

*Egyptology*

Ancient Egyptian Papyrus Reveals Pharaohs Knew Secret of Advanced Ink
Technology 2,000 Years Ago

http://www.newsweek.com/ancient-egyptian-papyrus-reveals-pharaohs-knew-secret-advanced-ink-technology-708822?utm_campaign=NewsweekFacebookSF&utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Social

Master replicators resurrect an ancient Egyptian tomb in Switzerland

http://www.cnn.com/style/article/details-pharaoh-seti-tomb-replica-egypt/index.html?sr=fbCNN111317undefined0741AMStory

Ancient Egyptian Artifacts from King Tut’s Tomb Shown for First Time After
Being Locked Away for 95 Years

https://www.yahoo.com/news/ancient-egyptian-artifacts-king-tut-002824780.html?utm_content=bufferb775d&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

*General Science*

IBM Just Announced a 50-Qubit Quantum Computer

*https://futurism.com/ibm-announced-50-qubit-quantum-computer/
<https://futurism.com/ibm-announced-50-qubit-quantum-computer/>*

Boston Dynamics' Atlas Robot Does Backflips Now and It's Full-Tilt Insane

*https://www.wired.com/story/atlas-robot-does-backflips-now/?mbid=nl_111717_daily_list3_p2
<https://www.wired.com/story/atlas-robot-does-backflips-now/?mbid=nl_111717_daily_list3_p2>*

China's supercomputers race past US to world dominance

https://www.cnet.com/news/china-surpasses-us-in-supercomputer-usage-on-top-500-list/#ftag=COS-05-10aaa0j

*Physics, Earth and Space Sciences*

What's that in the sky: UAE residents stumped over flaming object overhead

https://www.thenational.ae/uae/what-s-that-in-the-sky-uae-residents-stumped-over-flaming-object-overhead-1.667793

A Huge Plume of Magma Is Bulging against Antarctica

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-huge-plume-of-magma-is-bulging-against-antarctica/?sf162477044=1

Everything Worth Knowing About ... Asteroids

http://discovermagazine.com/2017/jul-aug/asteroids

High-altitude observatory sheds light on origin of excess anti-matter

https://phys.org/news/2017-11-high-altitude-observatory-excess-anti-matter.html

The Moon Express MX-1E Lander Is Heading for the Moon or Bust

https://www.wired.com/story/the-moon-express-mx-1e-lander-is-heading-for-the-moon-or-bust/?mbid=nl_111717_daily_list3_p5

Spaceplane meant to resupply the space station pulled off a successful
glide flight this weekend

https://www.theverge.com/2017/11/13/16643094/sierra-nevada-corporation-dream-chaser-nasa-commercial-cargo-program-free-flight

Newly discovered nearby planet could support life

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/newly-discovered-nearby-planet-could-support-life/ar-BBEZlpK?li=BBnbfcL&ocid=SL5FDHP

*Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources*

Agriculture can curb planet warming emissions "immediately" - U.N.

http://news.trust.org/item/20171110134415-lnldi/

Some Chinese coal ash too radioactive for reuse

https://eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-11/du-scc110917.php

After 100 Years, This Entire Forest Will Be Turned into Mystery Manuscripts

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/visit-norways-future-library-currently-baby-forest-form-180967056/#TePWfOqFPH3pBWpP.01

Scientists work to harness power from Hawaii’s waves

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/scientists-work-to-harness-power-from-hawaiis-waves?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=pbsofficial&utm_campaign=newshour&linkId=100000001459059

Researchers take next step toward fusion energy

https://phys.org/news/2017-11-fusion-energy.html

The climate has changed before. But this is different – look at the
archeological record

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/nov/09/the-climate-has-changed-before-but-this-is-different-look-at-the-archeological-record?CMP=share_btn_tw

Engineers create stable plasma ring in open air

https://phys.org/news/2017-11-stable-plasma-air.html

Algae plague raises doubts about voluntary runoff prevention

https://apnews.com/8ca7048f5cff4b45a634296a358f7309

Tesla unveils electric truck and world’s fastest production car

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/autos/tesla-unveils-electric-truck-world-s-fastest-production-car-n821746?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_ma

*Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences*

Big cheetah-like feline captured in Pennsylvania

http://wjactv.com/news/state/big-cheetah-like-feline-captured-in-pennsylvania

Landmark study may impact standard stroke treatment guidelines

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2017-11-landmark-impact-standard-treatment-guidelines.html

Meet the very good dogs who hunt down invasive species

https://www.popsci.com/dog-sniff-invasive-species?con=TrueAnthem&dom=tw&src=SOC&utm_campaign=&utm_content=5a0764d504d30120e692ff0c&utm_medium=&utm_source
=

6 Medical Innovations That Moved from The Battlefield to Mainstream Medicine

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/6-medical-innovations-that-moved-from-the-battlefield-to-mainstream-medicine/?sf162470083=1

Discovering a protein's role in gene expression

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2017-11-protein-role-gene.html

Understanding the Berlin patient's unexpected cure

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2017-11-berlin-patient-unexpected.html

Risk of cholera epidemics estimated with new rule-book

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2017-11-cholera-epidemics-rule-book.html

Rare genetic mutation found in Amish community could combat ageing

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/nov/15/rare-genetic-mutation-found-in-amish-community-could-combat-ageing?CMP=fb_gu

CTE Was Confirmed in a Living Person for the First Time. And It's a Veteran
NFL Player

http://time.com/5027149/cte-found-living-nfl-player/?utm_campaign=time&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&xid=time_socialflow_twitter

This Gene-Editing Tech Might Be Too Dangerous To Unleash

https://www.wired.com/story/this-gene-editing-tech-might-be-too-dangerous-to-unleash/?mbid=nl_111717_daily_list3_p3

Inside the Race to Hack the Human Brain

https://www.wired.com/story/inside-the-race-to-build-a-brain-machine-interface/?mbid=nl_111717_editorsnote_list1_p1

First Digital Pill Approved to Worries About Biomedical ‘Big Brother’

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/13/health/digital-pill-fda.html

Scientists Save a Kid By Growing a Whole New Skin For Him

https://www.wired.com/story/scientists-save-a-kid-by-growing-a-whole-new-skin-for-him/?CNDID=41291302&mbid=nl_ipwarming_daily_list1_p2

A Zombie Gene Protects Elephants From Cancer

https://www.wired.com/story/a-zombie-gene-protects-elephants-from-cancer/?mbid=nl_111217_daily_list3_p4

Bill Gates' newest mission: Curing Alzheimer's

http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/13/health/bill-gates-announcement-alzheimers/index.html?sr=fbCNN111317bill-gates-announcement-alzheimers0532PMVODtop

In a year of federal data restrictions, NIH library is a ‘safe harbor for
information,’ its director vows

https://www.statnews.com/2017/10/17/data-restrictions-nih-library-nlm/

US scientists try 1st gene editing in the body

https://apnews.com/4ae98919b52e43d8a8960e0e260feb0a

*Other*

Grad Students Are Freaking Out About the GOP Tax Plan. They Should Be

https://www.wired.com/story/grad-students-are-freaking-out-about-the-gops-tax-plan-they-should-be/

Inside the First Church of Artificial Intelligence

https://www.wired.com/story/anthony-levandowski-artificial-intelligence-religion/?mbid=nl_111617_daily_list1_p2

Pope Francis reaffirms primacy of conscience amid criticism of ‘Amoris
Laetitia’

https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2017/11/11/pope-francis-reaffirms-primacy-conscience-amid-criticism-amoris-laetitia

What a Smithsonian Folklorist Thinks about Marvel’s Cleaned-Up Version of
Thor

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/what-smithsonian-folklorist-thinks-about-marvels-cleaned-version-thor-180967052/

Researchers use 3-D printers to turn century-old theory into complex
schwarzites

https://phys.org/news/2017-11-d-printers-century-old-theory-complex.html

Additional Informational

How to Pack a Cultural Suitcase

https://medium.com/@marcyrockman/how-to-pack-a-cultural-suitcase-d8c02a6c455d?platform=hootsuite

Explore Mars, Inc. E-Newsletter

http://mailchi.mp/exploremars/explore-mars-participates-awesome-con-1688333?e=1310e0e934

TRADE, MERCHANTS, AND THE LOST CITIES OF THE BRONZE AGE

http://papers.nber.org/tmp/40056-w23992.pdf
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