[Jawlist] Weekly Science Report 11-24-17

Sat Nov 25 09:22:30 PST 2017

*Weekly Science Report*

*November 24, 2017*

*"Every son of Adam makes mistakes, and the best of those who make mistakes
are those who repent."*

Prophet Muhammad

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!

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News Articles   *Paleontology, Evolution and Prehistoric Studies*

Antarctica was once covered in Forests. We just found one of that fossilized

https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/11/ancient-fossil-forest-found-antarctica-gondwana-spd/?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=social&utm_term=content&utm_content=link_ngcfb20171119antarctica&sf173564283=1

Skeleton of a Massive Extinct Sea Cow Found on Siberian Island
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/massive-extince-sea-cow-skeleton-found-siberian-island-180967291/#kryci2BWvXQFCg8O.01

*6,*000-year*-old monument offers a tantalising glimpse of Britain’s
neolithic civilisation*

https://theconversation.com/6-000-year-old-monument-offers-a-tantalising-glimpse-of-britains-neolithic-civilisation-87730

Exceptionally Well-Preserved Dinosaur Had Hefty Armor and Elaborate
Camouflage

https://www.seeker.com/earth/animals/exceptionally-well-preserved-dinosaur-had-hefty-armor-and-elaborate-camouflage

Archaeologists say human evolution study used stolen bone

http://www.nature.com/news/archaeologists-say-human-evolution-study-used-stolen-bone-1.22984

The Oldest Life on Earth Has Been Discovered in Canada's Arctic

https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/mg4j88/oldest-life-quebec-canada-arctic?utm_campaign=global&utm_source=vicefbanz

Finding their inner bird: Using modern genomics to turn alligator scales
into birdlike feathers

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-11/mbae-fti111617.php

Ancient barley took high road to China

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-11/wuis-abt112017.php

*History*

The Museum of the Bible reflects the discouraging state of Christianity

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-museum-of-the-bible-reflects-the-discouraging-state-of-christianity/2017/11/17/0d8d419a-cbd4-11e7-aa96-54417592cf72_story.html?tid=ss_fb&utm_term=.ac0d082e80d9

The Army Veteran Who Became the First to Hike the Entire Appalachian Trail
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/army-veteran-became-first-hike-entire-appalachian-trail-180963678/

Wende Museum of Cold War artefacts spills its secrets in California

http://theartnewspaper.com/news/wende-museum-of-cold-war-archives-opens-new-space

Let New York’s new spy museum bring out the James Bond in you

http://theartnewspaper.com/blog/let-new-yorks-new-spy-museum-bring-out-the-james-bond-in-you

Five myths about American Indians

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/five-myths/five-myths-about-american-indians/2017/11/21/41081cb6-ce4f-11e7-a1a3-0d1e45a6de3d_story.html?utm_term=.f670259bbeab

Investigators: D.B. Cooper letter confirms suspect, FBI cover-up

http://m.seattlepi.com/local/article/D-B-Cooper-Seattle-FBI-cover-up-evidence-12357487.php?utm_campaign=twitter-mobile&utm_source=CMS%20Sharing%20Button&utm_medium=social

‘We’re searching to reclaim what was lost’: In museum archives, a tribe
urgently seeks proof of its past

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/11/11/were-searching-to-reclaim-what-was-lost-in-museum-archives-a-tribe-urgently-seeks-proof-of-its-past/?utm_term=.f06739cc99b8

Native Americans marking Thanksgiving with day of mourning

https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2017/11/23/native-americans-marking-thanksgiving-with-day-of-mourning?s_campaign=bcom%3Asocialflow%3Afacebook

102-year-old survivor reunites with newly discovered nephew

https://apnews.com/1883d7e2d9474026acde33c1e3b6ce57

Painting looted from Hitler withdrawn from auction in Cologne

http://theartnewspaper.com/news/painting-looted-from-hitler-withdrawn-from-auction-in-cologne

Helping the poor is a 'Passport to Paradise,' Pope says

https://www.yahoo.com/news/helping-poor-passport-paradise-pope-says-110139329.html?utm_content=buffer127f2&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

How Scientists Identified the Oldest Known Solar Eclipse … Using the Bible

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-scientists-identified-oldest-known-solar-eclipse-bible-180967135/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia

Rare Magical Manuscripts Go on Display at the British Library
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/rare-magical-manuscripts-exhibit-180967185/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia

JFK's assassination aided by his bad back, records show

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/jfks-assassination-aided-by-his-bad-back-records-show/ar-BBFtwpE?li=BBnbfcL&ocid=SL5FDHP

Review: Oldman's a rousing Churchill in 'Darkest Hour'

https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/reviews/review-oldmans-a-rousing-churchill-in-darkest-hour/ar-BBF6jO6?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=SL5FDHP

So You Just Bought a $450 Million Leonardo da Vinci Painting. Now What?

https://news.artnet.com/market/so-you-just-bought-a-450-million-da-vinci-now-what-1156268

ISRAEL: DAUGHTER OF HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR FACES DEPORTATION OVER FATHER’S
ALLEGED CHRISTIAN CONVERSION

http://www.newsweek.com/israel-daughter-holocaust-survivor-faces-deportation-over-fathers-christian-717874

A Struggling Historic Library Says It Needs to Sell Its Art

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/17/arts/design/sothebys-james-prendergast-library-jamestown-art-sale.html?ribbon-ad-idx=2&rref=arts%2Fdesign&module=Ribbon&version=origin&region=Header&action=click&contentCollection=Art+%26+Design&pgtype=article

The Thibodaux Massacre Left 60 African-Americans Dead and Spelled the End
of Unionized Farm Labor in the South for Decades
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/thibodaux-massacre-left-60-african-americans-dead-and-spelled-end-unionized-farm-labor-south-decades-180967289/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia

Native American Students Fight Discrimination By Celebrating Their Heritage

https://www.npr.org/2017/11/16/563311015/native-american-students-fight-discrimination-by-celebrating-their-heritage?utm_campaign=storyshare&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social

In poet John Keats’ letters, a man full of life just before he died

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/in-poet-john-keats-letters-a-man-full-of-life-just-before-he-died?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=pbsofficial&utm_campaign=newshour&linkId=100000001509020

The True Story Behind Plymouth Rock

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/the-true-story-behind-plymouth-rock-639690/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia

What Pilgrims Heard When They Arrived in America
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/documentary-theater-program-brings-back-sacred-sounds-pilgrims-and-native-americans-180961164/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia

Review: ‘Bombshell’ Tells the Amazing Story of Hedy Lamarr, the Star and
Inventor

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/23/movies/bombshell-the-hedy-lamarr-story-review-.html

*You must remember this: Casablanca turns 75 and remains a classic of
wartime propaganda*

https://theconversation.com/you-must-remember-this-casablanca-turns-75-and-remains-a-classic-of-wartime-propaganda-87113?utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#link_time=1511525139

They Comfort Strangers, So No One Dies Alone

https://www.npr.org/2017/11/24/565948727/they-comfort-strangers-so-no-one-dies-alone?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=2052

*Archaeology*

Still standing: how an ancient clock tower survived Italy's deadly
earthquake

https://theconversation.com/amp/still-standing-how-an-ancient-clock-tower-survived-italys-deadly-earthquake-64548

Skeletons could provide clues to who wrote or protected the Dead Sea Scrolls

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/skeletons-could-provide-clues-who-wrote-or-protected-dead-sea-scrolls?tgt=nr

48 feet long 'Sleeping Buddha" statue unearthed in Haripur district
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.fr/2017/11/48-feet-long-sleeping-buddha-statue.html#Q2FkZ2aos1wSkZp5.97

2,400-year-old horse and chariot pit unearthed in China

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-11/14/c_136749918_2.htm

THE THEFT OF THE GODS

https://psmag.com/magazine/the-theft-of-the-gods-stealing-sacred-hopi-ceremonial-objects

On the Iraq border archaeological digs are a minefield – in every sense

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/nov/22/is-conflict-damage-really-damage-archaeology-iran-iraq-war?CMP=twt_a-science_b-gdnscience

The Lion City's Glorious Past

https://www.archaeology.org/issues/278-1711/letter-from/5998-letter-from-singapore

Reading the White Shaman Mural

https://www.archaeology.org/issues/274-1711/features/5996-reading-the-white-shaman-mural

Male Skeletons Unearthed at Qumran

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6109-171120-israel-qumran-skeletons

'Indiana Joan': 95-year-old accused of looting Middle East tombs

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-42109046

Nazca Lines: New Giant Geoglyph of Orca Discovered in Peru Desert Sheds
Light on Enigmatic Monuments

http://www.newsweek.com/nazca-lines-peru-orca-geoglyph-desert-monuments-712544

2,000-year-old tool offers new proof of Japan’s earliest writing

http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201711140051.html

Dating the Presence of Archeological Cultures During the Upper Paleolithic

http://popular-archaeology.com/issue/fall-2017/article/dating-the-presence-of-archeological-cultures-during-the-upper-paleolithic

Ancient Ruins Discovered Under Lake in Turkey

https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/11/underwater-fortress-urartu-lake-van-turkey-archaeology-video-spd/?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=social&utm_term=content&utm_content=link_ngcfb20171124ancientruins&sf173566408=1

*Egyptology*

A temple for Isis dating back to Ancient Egypt era unearthed

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/32821/A-temple-for-Isis-dating-back-to-Ancient-Egypt-era

Minister of Antiquities: 33,000 Egyptian Artefacts are Missing

https://aawsat.com/english/home/article/1091481/minister-antiquities-33000-egyptian-artefacts-are-missing

Ancient Roman Shipwrecks Full of Treasure and a 'Royal Head of Crystal'
Discovered in Egypt

http://www.newsweek.com/ancient-roman-shipwrecks-full-treasure-and-royal-head-crystal-discovered-egypt-718359

Ancient Egypt: Sandstone Carving in 2,000-Year-Old Temple Reveals New
Details About Alexander The Great’s Successor

http://www.newsweek.com/ancient-egypt-kom-ombo-temple-720975

*General Science*

This Robot Snake Means You No Harm, Really

*https://www.wired.com/story/this-robot-snake-means-you-no-harm-really/?CNDID=41291302&mbid=nl_ipwarming_daily_list3_p2
<https://www.wired.com/story/this-robot-snake-means-you-no-harm-really/?CNDID=41291302&mbid=nl_ipwarming_daily_list3_p2>*

China Challenges Nvidia's Hold on Artificial Intelligence Chips

*https://www.wired.com/story/china-challenges-nvidias-hold-on-artificial-intelligence-chips/?mbid=nl_112017_daily_list1_p4
<https://www.wired.com/story/china-challenges-nvidias-hold-on-artificial-intelligence-chips/?mbid=nl_112017_daily_list1_p4>*

The Hydroponic, Robotic Future of Farming in Greenhouses

*https://www.wired.com/story/the-hydroponic-robotic-future-of-farming-in-greenhouses-at-iron-ox/?mbid=nl_112017_daily_list3_p2
<https://www.wired.com/story/the-hydroponic-robotic-future-of-farming-in-greenhouses-at-iron-ox/?mbid=nl_112017_daily_list3_p2>*

Darkest material on Earth will create a 'schism in space' for Winter
Olympics

http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/15/world/vantablack-blackest-black-material/?sr=tfbCNN111717vantablack-blackest-black-material0258PMVODtop

*Physics, Earth and Space Sciences*

Voyager 1, the Farthest-Reaching Spacecraft Ever, Marks 40 Years in Space

https://www.seeker.com/space/exploration/voyager-1-the-farthest-reaching-spacecraft-ever-marks-40-years-in-space

Last Days? How NASA Monitors Space For Events That Could End the World

http://www.newsweek.com/nibiru-doomsday-prophecy-how-nasa-monitors-space-events-could-end-world-715778?utm_campaign=NewsweekTwitter&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Social

Bizarre Interstellar Asteroid Is Unlike Any Observed In Solar System

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/bizarre-interstellar-asteroid-is-unlike-any-observed-in-solar-system/ar-BBFpgWs?ocid=ob-fb-enus-580

Behind the Scenes as NASA Tests the Most Powerful Rocket Ever

https://www.wired.com/2017/11/behind-the-scenes-nasa-tests-most-powerful-rocket-ever/?mbid=nl_112117_daily_list1_p1

Earth's Rotation Is Mysteriously Slowing Down: Experts Predict Uptick In
2018 Earthquakes

https://www.forbes.com/sites/trevornace/2017/11/20/earths-rotation-is-mysteriously-slowing-down-experts-predict-uptick-in-2018-earthquakes/#51ddc94c6f24

We just beamed a signal at space aliens. Was that a bad idea?

https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/we-just-beamed-signal-space-aliens-was-bad-idea-ncna822446?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_ma

Iconic Arecibo Observatory saved from Demolition

https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/11/arecibo-observatory-saved-demolition-seti-space-science/?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=social&utm_term=content&utm_content=link_ngcfb20171121largetelescope&sf173565333=1

Self-Taught Rocket Scientist Will Launch From California This Weekend
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/self-taught-rocket-scientist-will-launch-over-california-town-weekend-180967303/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia

Uranus is probably full of giant diamonds

https://www.popsci.com/uranus-neptune-diamond-rain?con=TrueAnthem&dom=tw&lnk=TATW&src=SOC&utm_campaign=&utm_content=5a17844904d301281462242c&utm_medium=&utm_source
=

Hot News from the Antarctic Underground

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/hot-news-from-the-antarctic-underground

Previous evidence of water on Mars now identified as grain flows

https://eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-11/ugs-peo112017.php

An international group of scientists reveals the mystery about the origin
of gold

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-11/uog-aig112117.php

A flat-Earther's plan to launch himself in a homemade rocket just hit a
speed bump

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/a-flat-earther-s-plan-to-launch-himself-in-a-homemade-rocket-just-hit-a-speed-bump/ar-BBFBwAe?ocid=ob-fb-enus-580

*Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources*

Turning poop into power: how Kenyans are cooking up a cleaner climate

http://news.trust.org/item/20171122132116-8vvwj/

Major boost for global bioeconomy

https://www.innovatorsmag.com/major-boost-for-global-bioeconomy/

Why Isn’t the Bond Market More Worried About Climate Change?

http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2017/10/the_bond_industry_isn_t_worried_about_climate_change.html?wpsrc=sh_all_dt_tw_top

Trump delays new policy on importing elephant parts

https://apnews.com/457e895e968f444eb46a19da77f52562

Tesla has built the world's biggest battery in Australia

http://money.cnn.com/2017/11/23/technology/tesla-south-australia-battery-wind-farm/index.html?sr=fbCNN112317tesla-south-australia-battery-wind-farm0827PMStoryLink

*To succeed, large ocean sanctuaries need to benefit both sea life
and people*

https://theconversation.com/to-succeed-large-ocean-sanctuaries-need-to-benefit-both-sea-life-and-people-86977

Mexico Establishes Largest Marine Protected Area in North America
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/mexico-declares-north-americas-largest-marine-reserve-180967309/

Think Hurricane Harvey's Flooding Was Bad? Just Wait until 2100

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/think-hurricane-harveys-flooding-was-bad-just-wait-until-2100/

'Trash islands' off Central America indicate ocean pollution problem

https://phys.org/news/2017-11-trash-islands-central-america-ocean.html

Jordan’s Za’atari camp goes green with new solar plant

http://www.unhcr.org/uk/news/latest/2017/11/5a0ab9854/jordans-zaatari-camp-green-new-solar-plant.html

*Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences*

Would You Put the Genetically Modified Arctic Apple in Your Pie?

https://www.wired.com/story/genetically-modified-arctic-apple-targets-consumers-not-farmers/?mbid=nl_112217_daily_list1_p3

California's Hepatitis A Outbreak Is the Future Poking Us in the Face

https://www.wired.com/story/californias-hepatitis-a-outbreak-is-the-future-poking-us-in-the-face/?mbid=nl_112017_daily_list1_p2

Self-Driving Car Tech Can Help Another Form of Transport: Wheelchairs

https://www.wired.com/story/self-driving-car-tech-can-help-another-form-of-transport-wheelchairs/?mbid=nl_111817_daily_list3_p2

Using magnets to control chemical reactions that target release of
medicines inside the body

https://phys.org/news/2017-11-magnets-chemical-reactions-medicines-body.html

Sequencing all 24 human chromosomes uncovers rare disorders

https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/sequencing-all-24-human-chromosomes-uncovers-rare-disorders

Male Humpback Dolphins Woo Mates By Presenting Sponges as Gifts
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/dolphins-woo-mates-presenting-sponges-and-wearing-them-hats-180967298/#25cluZtVBTbVKahP.01

Cetaceans’ Big Brains Are Linked to Their Rich Social Life

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/cetaceans-rsquo-big-brains-are-linked-to-their-rich-social-life/

Biology's Beloved Amphibian--the Axolotl--Is Racing toward Extinction

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/biologys-beloved-amphibian-the-axolotl-is-racing-toward-extinction1/

Plague likely a Stone Age arrival to central Europe

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-11/mpif-pla111717.php

Scientists Genetically Engineer a Form of Gluten-Free Wheat

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/scientists-genetically-engineer-a-form-of-gluten-free-wheat/

Hearing implant uses lasers to shoot sound into your ear

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2154338-hearing-implant-uses-lasers-to-shoot-sound-into-your-ear/?cmpid=SOC|NSNS|2017-Echobox&utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#link_time=1511542287

*Other*

METI's First Message Is a Music Lesson for Aliens

https://www.wired.com/story/metis-first-message-is-a-music-lesson-for-aliens/?CNDID=41291302&mbid=nl_ipwarming_daily_list1_p3

Why 400 professors are urging students to avoid University of Rochester

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/why-400-professors-are-urging-students-to-avoid-university-of-rochester/ar-BBFs3Pd?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=SL5FDHP

Miami Artists Bypass Wynwood and Set Up Shop in Liberty City

https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/Miami-Artists-Bypass-Wynwood-and-Set-Up-Shop-in-Liberty-City-459529533.html

This new museum wants to prove that cutting-edge art is for everyone — so
entry is free

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article186149418.html

Additional Informational

The Place Where All the Bigfoot Believers Unite

https://www.wired.com/story/bigfoot-conference-photo-gallery/?CNDID=41291302&mbid=nl_ipwarming_daily_list3_p3

Spectacular Images Reveal Mysterious Stone Structures in Saudi Arabia

https://www.livescience.com/60917-photos-mysterious-stone-structures-gates-saudi-arabia.html

Explore the new ICCROM website!
<http://www.iccrom.org/explore-the-new-iccrom-website/>

http://www.iccrom.org/explore-the-new-iccrom-website/
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