[Jawlist] Weekly Science Report 9-29-17

Sun Oct 1 08:43:30 PDT 2017

*Weekly Science Report*

*September 29, 2017*

*“Differences are not intended to separate, to alienate. We are different
precisely in order to realize our need of one another.”*

Archbishop Desmond Tutu

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*

Turkey's 12,000-year-old Hasankeyf settlement faces obliteration

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/29/turkeys-12000-year-old-hasankeyf-citadel-faces-obliteration?platform=hootsuite

Fossil footprints challenge established theories of human evolution

https://phys.org/news/2017-08-fossil-footprints-theories-human-evolution.html

Cave Explorers Find New Fossils of Mysterious Human Relative

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/09/ancient-humans-homo-naledi-lee-berger-paleontology-science/?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=social&utm_term=content&utm_content=link_ngcfb20170921newbones&sf115241797=1

Morocco opens an investigation into the selling of dinosaur fossils on the
Internet

https://english.alarabiya.net/en/variety/2017/09/06/Morocco-opens-an-investigation-into-the-selling-of-dinosaur-fossils-on-the-Internet.html?platform=hootsuite

*History*

Centuries-Old Stolen Copy of Christopher Columbus Letter Recovered in U.S.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/centuries-old-stolen-copy-of-christopher-columbus-letter-recovered-in-u-s-1503596048

Trump’s chilling contempt for future generations

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trumps-chilling-contempt-for-future-generations/2017/08/25/baf58b86-89bb-11e7-961d-2f373b3977ee_story.html?utm_term=.e026656ddec1

Unearthing Hickam’s 14 ‘unknowns’

http://www.staradvertiser.com/2017/08/28/hawaii-news/unearthing-hickams-14-unknowns/?HSA=1821c1cab1a0be76c65dfeac65574b44c5c5d2d7

Scientists find languages not used since Dark Ages among ancient
manuscripts recovered from monastery

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/lost-languages-found-ancient-manuscript-parchment-saint-catherine-monastery-sinai-peninsula-egypt-a7916346.html

*Public vs private art collections: who controls our cultural heritage?*

http://theconversation.com/public-vs-private-art-collections-who-controls-our-cultural-heritage-80594

Wadada Leo Smith's Defiant And Fearless Elegy For Emmett Till (In 360˚ VR)

http://www.npr.org/2017/08/28/546019369/wadada-leo-smiths-defiant-and-fearless-elegy-for-emmett-till-in-360-vr?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20170828

Why America Needs a Slavery Museum

https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/402172/the-only-american-museum-about-slavery/?utm_source=FB_ATL_P_402172_1

Courageous WWII Spy Jeannie Rousseau Has Died at 98
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/wwii-spy-jeannie-rousseau-has-died-98-180964677/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia

British Museum plans sweeping redisplay of world cultures

http://theartnewspaper.com/news/british-museum-plans-sweeping-redisplay-of-world-cultures

Winemaking History: 5,000-Year-Old Wine Found In Italy

http://www.ibtimes.com/winemaking-history-5000-year-old-wine-found-italy-2582453

New evidence of Viking warrior women might not be what it seems

https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/09/have-we-finally-found-hard-evidence-for-viking-warrior-women/

History of zero pushed back 500 years by ancient Indian text

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2147450-history-of-zero-pushed-back-500-years-by-ancient-indian-text/#.WbyiRpg9rHc.facebook

*Massachusetts executed two Italian immigrants 90 years ago: Why the global
fallout still matters*

https://theconversation.com/massachusetts-executed-two-italian-immigrants-90-years-ago-why-the-global-fallout-still-matters-82416

How the Islamic world can reclaim its role in science

http://www.scidev.net/global/capacity-building/opinion/how-the-islamic-world-can-reclaim-its-role-in-science.html

Stanislav Petrov, Soviet Officer Who Helped Avert Nuclear War, Is Dead at 77

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/18/world/europe/stanislav-petrov-nuclear-war-dead.html?smid=tw-share

How The CIA Found A Soviet Sub — Without The Soviets Knowing

http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2017/09/18/549535352/how-the-cia-found-a-soviet-sub-without-the-soviets-knowing?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20170918

Ken Burns And Lynn Novick On 'The Vietnam War'

http://www.npr.org/2017/09/17/551604269/ken-burns-and-lynn-novick-on-the-vietnam-war

UK’s restitution powers to be extended indefinitely for Nazi-era loot

http://theartnewspaper.com/news/uk's-spoliation-powers-to-be-extended-indefinitely-for-nazi-era-loot

>From the KKK to Darfur, Reflecting on Evil as a Deliberate Act

https://hyperallergic.com/397781/from-the-kkk-to-darfur-reflecting-on-evil-as-a-deliberate-act/

OCD Art Thief Accused of Amassing an ‘Aladdin’s Cave’ of Stolen Works in
France—and Carefully Labeling Each One

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/french-art-thief-aladdin-cave-wonders-1032884?utm_content=from_&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Europe+July+25&utm_term=New+Euro+%2B+Newsletter+List

US museums challenge Trump’s immigration ban in court

http://theartnewspaper.com/news/us-museums-help-challenge-trump's-immigration-ban-in-court

Can you solve this new Amelia Earhart mystery?

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/09/26/can-you-solve-new-amelia-earhart-mystery/706254001/

The Greeks really do have near-mythical origins, ancient DNA reveals

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/08/greeks-really-do-have-near-mythical-origins-ancient-dna-reveals?utm_content=buffera689d&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

*Archaeology*

The 9 Most Spectacular Lost Cities in the World

http://time.com/3684054/lost-cities/

After the Hobby Lobby scandal, a spotlight on antiquities sales in Israel

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/08/16/after-hobby-lobby-scandal-spotlight-antiquities-sales-israel/573894001/?platform=hootsuite

How we lost the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

http://www.salon.com/2017/08/20/how-we-lost-the-seven-wonders-of-the-ancient-world/

Historic Equipment Burns At Yosemite Mt. Sugar Pine Railroad

http://sierranewsonline.com/historic-equipment-burns-at-yosemite-mt-sugar-pine-railroad/

Underwater ruins of lost Roman city discovered in Tunisia

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/roman-city-discovered-underwater-ruins-tunisia-tsunami-neapolis-nabuel-cathage-a7924181.html

Rare Roman mosaic found during Berkshire community project

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/sep/02/rare-roman-mosaic-found-berkshire-archaeology-project-boxford?CMP=share_btn_fb

Castle of the Sealand kings: Discovering ancient Iraq’s rebel rulers

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/sep/01/castle-sealand-kings-ancient-iraqs-rebel-rulers?CMP=share_btn_fb

Canoe Found After Hurricane Irma Eyed As Piece Of Florida History

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/canoe-hurricane-irma-historical-artifact_us_59be70a6e4b02da0e1429d17?utm_campaign=hp_fb_pages&utm_source=main_fb&utm_medium=facebook&ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000063

German WW1 U-boat found off Belgian coast

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-41318195

Exceptionally Preserved Ancient Ships Discovered in the Black Sea
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/another-fleet-ancient-ships-discovered-black-sea-180964978/#3jGDKpOdEw4vjfrH.01

Ancient British stone circles were used for ‘Neolithic parties’, study finds

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/orkney-stone-circles-neolithic-parties-study-a7957846.html

City archaeologist recalls 27 years of unearthing St. Augustine’s hidden
treasures

http://staugustine.com/news/local-news/2017-09-25/digging-history-city-archaeologist-recalls-27-years-unearthing-st

Archaeologists Don't Always Need to Dig—They've Got Drones

https://www.wired.com/story/archaeologists-dont-always-need-to-digtheyve-got-drones?mbid=nl_092217_daily&CNDID=%%CUST_ID%%

House “older than Stonehenge” found in East Ayrshire field
http://www.scotsman.com/news/house-older-than-stonehenge-found-in-east-ayrshire-field-1-4566488

Alexander’s the Great lost 2,000 year old city found by drones

http://nypost.com/2017/09/25/alexander-the-greats-lost-2000-year-old-city-found-by-drones/

*Egyptology*

4,300-Year-Old Statue Head Depicts Mystery Pharaoh

https://www.livescience.com/60270-ancient-statue-head-depicts-mystery-pharaoh.html

Sphinx, Baboon and Cat Statues Found in Ancient Egyptian Burial

https://www.livescience.com/60484-egyptian-statues-found-in-pit.html

Egypt's Great Pyramid: The New Evidence

http://www.channel4.com/programmes/egypts-great-pyramid-the-new-evidence

Fatwa allowing illegal antiquities excavation triggers ire in Egypt
http://ht.ly/mkfQ30fpOio

Two toes of King Psamtik I statue excavated in Matariya

http://www.egyptindependent.com/two-toes-king-psamtik-statue-excavated-matariya/

*General Science*

Raising Wages to Help Workers Could Actually Help Robots Replace Them

*https://www.wired.com/story/raising-wages-to-help-workers-could-actually-help-robots-replace-them?mbid=nl_091517_daily&CNDID=%%CUST_ID%%
<https://www.wired.com/story/raising-wages-to-help-workers-could-actually-help-robots-replace-them?mbid=nl_091517_daily&CNDID=%25%25CUST_ID%25%25>*

Boeing Planes Could Fire Lasers From Their Noses to Spot Turbulence

*https://www.wired.com/story/boeing-jaxa-turbulence-lidar-laser?mbid=nl_091517_daily&CNDID=%%CUST_ID%%
<https://www.wired.com/story/boeing-jaxa-turbulence-lidar-laser?mbid=nl_091517_daily&CNDID=%25%25CUST_ID%25%25>*

U.N. aviation agency to call for global drone registry

*http://www.reuters.com/article/us-aviation-drones/u-n-aviation-agency-to-call-for-global-drone-registry-idUSKCN1BJ2CL
<http://www.reuters.com/article/us-aviation-drones/u-n-aviation-agency-to-call-for-global-drone-registry-idUSKCN1BJ2CL>*

Apple’s ‘Neural Engine’ Infuses the iPhone With AI Smarts

*https://www.wired.com/story/apples-neural-engine-infuses-the-iphone-with-ai-smarts?mbid=nl_091317_daily&CNDID=%%CUST_ID%%
<https://www.wired.com/story/apples-neural-engine-infuses-the-iphone-with-ai-smarts?mbid=nl_091317_daily&CNDID=%25%25CUST_ID%25%25>*

4 U.S. Mega-Regions Advance in Hyperloop Competition

*https://nextcity.org/daily/entry/hyperloop-location-city-winners-competition
<https://nextcity.org/daily/entry/hyperloop-location-city-winners-competition>*

Intel’s New Chip Design Takes Pointers From Your Brain

*https://www.wired.com/story/intels-new-chip-design-takes-pointers-from-your-brain?mbid=nl_092517_daily&CNDID=%%CUST_ID%%
<https://www.wired.com/story/intels-new-chip-design-takes-pointers-from-your-brain?mbid=nl_092517_daily&CNDID=%25%25CUST_ID%25%25>*

*Physics, Earth and Space Sciences*

The Universe Needs You: To Help in the Hunt for Planet 9
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/using-internet-democratize-hunt-distant-worlds-180964639/#stxdbU8HrUiXlLYy.01

NASA Unveils Its First Spaceplane Since The Shuttle

https://www.yahoo.com/news/nasa-unveils-first-spaceplane-since-123902750.html

Chris Hadfield: We should live on the moon before a trip to Mars

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2144864-chris-hadfield-we-should-live-on-the-moon-before-a-trip-to-mars/

Black hole models contradicted by hands-on tests at Sandia’s Z machine

https://share-ng.sandia.gov/news/resources/news_releases/black_hole/#.Waa2QrKGNQK

Scientists Detect Mysterious Radio Signals From Deep Space

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/deep-space-radio-bursts_us_59a7bbcbe4b07e81d35530b7?utm_campaign=hp_fb_pages&utm_source=main_fb&utm_medium=facebook&ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000063

Trump's 'America First' Policies Won't Work in Space

https://www.wired.com/story/trumps-america-first-policies-wont-work-in-space/

NASA Statement on Nomination for Agency Administrator

https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-statement-on-nomination-for-agency-administrator

Physicists Want to Rebuild Quantum Theory From Scratch

https://www.wired.com/story/physicists-want-to-rebuild-quantum-theory-from-scratch?mbid=nl_090217_daily&CNDID=%%CUST_ID%%

Watch Live as NASA's Cassini Finally Faces Its Fiery Doom

https://www.wired.com/story/nasas-cassini-saturn-mission-finally-faces-its-fiery-doom?mbid=nl_091517_daily&CNDID=%%CUST_ID%%

Trump picks NASA chief, NOAA second-in-command

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/09/breaking-trump-picks-nasa-chief-noaa-second-command

*Massive sunspots and huge solar flares mean unexpected space weather
for Earth*

https://theconversation.com/massive-sunspots-and-huge-solar-flares-mean-unexpected-space-weather-for-earth-83677

NASA Preparing Call for Proposals for Commercial Lunar Landers

https://www.space.com/38107-nasa-proposals-for-commercial-lunar-landers.html

*Seeds in space – how well can they survive harsh, *non-Earth* conditions?*

https://theconversation.com/seeds-in-space-how-well-can-they-survive-harsh-non-earth-conditions-81803

Hubble discovers a unique type of object in the Solar System

https://phys.org/news/2017-09-hubble-unique-solar.html

Something Completely Bizarre Is Currently Flying Through Our Solar System

https://www.yahoo.com/news/something-completely-bizarre-currently-flying-160216708.html?utm_content=buffer8ad17&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

NASA’S OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Slingshots Past Earth

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2017/osiris-rex-spacecraft-slingshots-past-earth

Hurricane Damages Giant Radio Telescope—Why It Matters

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/09/arecibo-radio-telescope-damaged-puerto-rico-hurricane-maria-science/

Grave of Europe's 1st Moon Orbiter Finally Found

https://www.space.com/38279-europe-first-moon-orbiter-grave-found.html

Elon Musk's Mars Colonization Plan Now Includes Intercity Rocket Travel

https://www.wired.com/story/musks-new-mars-plan?mbid=nl_092917_daily&CNDID=%%CUST_ID%%

Zealandia drilling reveals secrets of sunken lost continent

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/27/zealandia-drilling-reveals-secrets-of-sunken-lost-continent

NASA Designed This Low-Tech Rover to Survive Venus

https://www.wired.com/story/nasa-low-tech-rover?mbid=nl_092517_daily&CNDID=%%CUST_ID%%

*Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources*

Flexible Batteries May Soon Be Printed Right On Your Clothes
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/flexible-batteries-may-soon-be-printed-right-your-clothes-180964683/#B93YpddO8m8bwpDa.01

Navajo solar plant breaks new ground

http://azdailysun.com/news/local/navajo-solar-plant-breaks-new-ground/article_fdfc63da-6a33-5fbb-bfe9-7d174a31700f.html

Thorium could power the next generation of nuclear reactors

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2145535-thorium-could-power-the-next-generation-of-nuclear-reactors/?cmpid=SOC|NSNS|2017-Echobox&utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#link_time=1504001909

Draft U.S. National Climate Assessment Confirms Fundamental Truths of
Climate Change

http://www.wri.org/blog/2017/08/draft-us-national-climate-assessment-confirms-fundamental-truths-climate-change?sthash.wkKYaysC.mjjo

White House says no change in position on Paris climate agreement

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/09/16/reports-trump-administration-may-not-pull-out-paris-climate-agreement/673988001/

*How solar power can protect the US military from threats to the
electric grid*

https://theconversation.com/how-solar-power-can-protect-the-us-military-from-threats-to-the-electric-grid-83698

Ambitious 1.5C Paris climate target is still possible, new analysis shows

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/sep/18/ambitious-15c-paris-climate-target-is-still-possible-new-analysis-shows?CMP=twt_gu

It's a small world after all, say scientists warning of sand scarcity

https://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2017/0914/It-s-a-small-world-after-all-say-scientists-warning-of-sand-scarcity?cmpid=TW

Antarctic ice is melting so fast the whole continent may be at risk by 2100

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/oct/12/antarctic-ice-melting-so-fast-whole-continent-may-be-at-risk-by-2100

*Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences*

Researchers on Kauai encounter new whale-dolphin hybrid

http://www.kitv.com/story/36185895/researchers-on-kauai-encounter-new-whale-dolphin-hybrid

What it takes to be a Human Echo chamber

https://www.wired.com/2017/08/takes-expert-human-echolocator?mbid=nl_083117_daily&CNDID=%%CUST_ID%%

23andMe Is Digging Through Your Data for a Parkinson's Cure

https://www.wired.com/story/23andme-is-digging-through-your-data-for-a-parkinsons-cure?mbid=nl_091317_daily&CNDID=%%CUST_ID%%

*Evolutionary geneticists spot natural selection happening now in people*

https://theconversation.com/evolutionary-geneticists-spot-natural-selection-happening-now-in-people-83621

A Wild Bison Was Spotted in Germany for the First Time in Two Centuries.
Then It Was Shot

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/first-wild-bison-spotted-two-centuries-germany-shot-180964986/#KvqvSASY8M6Ty2vX.01

The Post-Antibiotic Era Is Here. Now What?

https://www.wired.com/story/the-post-antibiotic-era-is-here-now-what?mbid=nl_092517_daily&CNDID=%%CUST_ID%%

*Other*

Hundreds Of Christian Leaders Denounce Anti-LGBTQ ‘Nashville Statement’

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/hundreds-of-christian-leaders-release-lgbtq-affirming-response-to-nashville-statement_us_59a71bcee4b0a8d14572cf35?utm_campaign=hp_fb_pages&utm_source=main_fb&utm_medium=facebook&ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000063

The Growing Threat of Fake News

http://www.conferenceboard.ca/topics/security-safety/commentaries/17-08-14/the_growing_threat_of_fake_news.aspx?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=kbtweet

The world as we know it is about to end — again — if you believe this
biblical doomsday claim

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/the-world-as-we-know-it-is-about-to-end-%E2%80%94-again-%E2%80%94-if-you-believe-this-biblical-doomsday-claim/ar-AAs56IJ?ocid=ob-fb-enus-580

Additional Informational

Brand New Spin On John Lennon's Classic Is Putting Tears In Everyone's Eyes

https://www.apost.com/en/blog/brand-new-spin-on-john-lennons-classic-is-putting-tears-in-everyones-eyes/1802/?debug=false&utm_source=fb&utm_medium=fb_1503815046562182_apost_en&utm_term=USA_en&utm_campaign=blog_1802&utm_content=72&vt=1503862639&sl=10

A resurgent exploration of the moon's surface

https://www.washingtonpost.com/apps/g/page/national/a-resurgent-exploration-of-the-moons-surface/771/

Jewish Legacy Rediscovered in Wake of Nazis and Communists

https://medium.com/@HolocaustMuseum/surprise-youre-jewish-f141d5ecf633?sf115840524=1

Mexico City Was Built on an Ancient Lake Bed. That Makes Earthquakes Much
Worse.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/09/22/world/americas/mexico-city-earthquake-lake-bed-geology.html

Endangered Heritage: Emergency Evacuation of Heritage Collections

http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0024/002466/246684E.pdf

Humanity’s cultural history captured in 5-minute film

http://www.nature.com/news/humanity-s-cultural-history-captured-in-5-minute-film-1.15650

The origins of metallurgy in China

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/origins-of-metallurgy-in-china/69E7A6EE63F38C7D5B2B0612E48DE264
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