[Jawlist] Weekly Science Report 10-13-17

Sun Oct 15 17:32:17 PDT 2017

*Weekly Science Report*

*October 13, 2017*

*“The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.”*

Saint Augustine

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*

Genome-wide data from a 40,000-year-old man in China reveals complicated
genetic history of Asia

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-10/caos-gdf101317.php

Evolution: The beneficiaries of mass extinction

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-10/uob-etb100917.php

New ichthyosaur species, long gone, found in a storeroom

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-10/uon-ni100917.php

Amazon farmers discovered the secret of domesticating wild rice 4,000 years
ago

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-10/uoe-afd100817.php

Researchers reconstruct how Neanderthals grew

http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/09/2017/researchers-reconstruct-how-neanderthals-grew

*History*

Why Palestine needs national library more than presidential palace
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2017/10/palestines-national-library-first-step-to-gathering-archive.html

*For Native Americans, a river is more than a ‘person,’ it is also a
sacred place*

https://theconversation.com/for-native-americans-a-river-is-more-than-a-person-it-is-also-a-sacred-place-85302

U.S. to pull out of UNESCO over concerns of 'anti-Israel bias'

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/10/12/u-s-pull-out-unesco-amid-palestinian-tensions/757117001/

Did early Easter Islanders sail to South America before Europeans?

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/10/did-early-easter-islanders-sail-south-america-europeans

When 20,000 American Nazis Descended Upon New York City

https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/542499/marshall-curry-nazi-rally-madison-square-garden-1939/

School district removes 'To Kill a Mockingbird' from reading lists for the
most alarming reason

http://mashable.com/2017/10/14/to-kill-a-mockingbird-banned-biloxi-mississippi/?utm_cid=mash-com-fb-socmed-link#3Cde80usImqU

Lots of Sweet Potatoes Could’ve Made Easter Island a Bustling Place
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/easter-island-couldve-been-fairly-crowded-180965020/#xa1MrSQbl3GFa0Jq.01

Will Trump allow release of secret JFK assassination papers?

https://www.apnews.com/3c52928fa9c142529497f606d7089883

This Is Why France Invaded Mexico

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/videos/category/history/this-is-why-france-invaded-mexico/

Collection of Eleanor Roosevelt’s Writing Captures the First Lady’s Lasting
Relevance

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/collection-eleanor-roosevelt-writing-captures-first-lady-lasting-relevance-180965229/

Scientists Analyze DNA of Canada’s Lost Beothuk People

https://www.archaeology.org/news/5986-171013-canada-beothuk-dna

>From Prejudice to Pride

https://www.hakaimagazine.com/features/prejudice-pride

Audrey Azoulay, former French culture minister, to be Unesco’s next
director-general

http://theartnewspaper.com/news/audrey-azoulay-former-french-culture-minister-to-be-unesco's-next-director-general

*Archaeology*

Archaeologists decipher 3,200-year-old stone telling of invasion of
mysterious sea people

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/archaeologists-decipher-ancient-stone-turkey-invasion-mysterious-sea-people-luwain-hieroglyphic-a7992141.html

Peru: Inca citadel remains found in Cusco

http://www.andina.com.pe/Ingles/noticia-peru-inca-citadel-remains-found-in-cusco-686051.aspx

The Invisible Poems Hidden in One of the World's Oldest Libraries

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/08/sinai-peninsula-hidden-texts/536313/

Why did Vikings have 'Allah' embroidered into funeral clothes?

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-41567391

The making of medieval bling

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-10/acs-tmo101117.php

Reconstructed Auschwitz Letter Reveals Horrors Endured by Forced Laborer
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/reconstructed-auschwitz-letter-reveals-horrors-endured-forced-laborer-180965238/

Rwanda: Archaeologists Discover Ancient King's Artifact

http://allafrica.com/stories/201710110018.html

Megalithic Tombs on the Brink of Destruction

http://popular-archaeology.com/issue/fall-2017/article/megalithic-tombs-on-the-brink-of-destruction

*Egyptology*

Archaeologists unearth largest-ever discovered obelisk fragment from
Egypt’s Old Kingdom

http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/278261.aspx

French-Swiss archaeological mission unearth mini-pyramid in Saqqara

http://www.egyptindependent.com/french-swiss-archaeological-mission-unearth-mini-pyramid-saqqara/

*General Science*

Google Offers Help to Industries It Helps to Destroy

*https://www.wired.com/story/google-offers-help-to-industries-it-helps-to-destroy?mbid=nl_101317_daily
<https://www.wired.com/story/google-offers-help-to-industries-it-helps-to-destroy?mbid=nl_101317_daily>*

Humanity Gets a Laser-Shooting, Drone-Slaying Dune Buggy

*https://www.wired.com/story/raytheon-drone-laser-dune-buggy?mbid=nl_101217_daily
<https://www.wired.com/story/raytheon-drone-laser-dune-buggy?mbid=nl_101217_daily>*

The US Postal Service Is Building a Self-Driving Mail Truck

*https://www.wired.com/story/postal-service-office-self-driving-mail-trucks?mbid=nl_101017_daily
<https://www.wired.com/story/postal-service-office-self-driving-mail-trucks?mbid=nl_101017_daily>*

New Theory Cracks Open the Black Box of Deep Neural Networks

*https://www.wired.com/story/new-theory-deep-learning?mbid=nl_100817_daily&CNDID=%%CUST_ID%%
<https://www.wired.com/story/new-theory-deep-learning?mbid=nl_100817_daily&CNDID=%25%25CUST_ID%25%25>*

*Physics, Earth and Space Sciences*

Meet the Geek Who Tracks Rogue Satellites With Coat Hangers

https://www.wired.com/story/meet-the-geek-who-tracks-rogue-satellites-with-coat-hangers?mbid=nl_101317_daily

New NASA study suggests moon once had an atmosphere

https://m.phys.org/news/2017-10-nasa-moon-atmosphere.html

Ring discovered around 'potato-shaped' dwarf planet Haumea

http://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2017-10-12/ring-found-around-potato-shaped-dwarf-planet-haumea/9034498?section=science

Half the universe’s missing matter has just been finally found

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2149742-half-the-universes-missing-matter-has-just-been-finally-found/

Extreme methane rainstorms appear to have a key role in shaping Titan's icy
surface

https://phys.org/news/2017-10-extreme-methane-rainstorms-key-role.html

*Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources*

How stoves can help solve a global pollution crisis

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/how-to-cut-global-pollution-using-solar-cooking/

How global warming is drying up the North American monsoon

https://phys.org/news/2017-10-global-north-american-monsoon.html

Death of the Nile

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/death_of_the_nile

Giant hole reopens in Antarctic ice for the first time in 40 years

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/giant-hole-reopens-in-antarctica-ice-for-the-first-time-in-40-years/

NASA Satellite Reveals Source of El Niño–Fueled Carbon Dioxide Spike

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/nasa-satellite-reveals-source-of-el-nino-fueled-carbon-dioxide-spike/

Ceramic Pump That Takes the Heat Promises Cheap, Efficient Grid Storage

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/609093/ceramic-pump-that-takes-the-heat-promises-cheap-efficient-grid-storage/

*Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences*

This New Alzheimer’s Test Looks Beyond a Single Problem Gene

https://www.wired.com/story/polygenic-alzheimers-test-predicts-age-of-disease-onset?mbid=nl_101017_daily

FDA Vote Sets Stage for Gene Therapy’s Future

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/609075/fda-vote-sets-stage-for-gene-therapys-future/

*Other*

Women Scientists Report Sexual Harassment On Boston University Expeditions

https://www.yahoo.com/news/women-scientists-report-sexual-harassment-162234608.html?utm_content=bufferbb935&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Where's the Proof That Mindfulness Meditation Works?

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/wheres-the-proof-that-mindfulness-meditation-works1/

Meet Mr. Mumler, the Man Who “Captured” Lincoln’s Ghost on Camera
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/meet-mr-mumler-man-who-captured-lincolns-ghost-camera-180965090/

Additional Informational

The Lion Man: an Ice Age masterpiece
<http://blog.britishmuseum.org/the-lion-man-an-ice-age-masterpiece/>

http://blog.britishmuseum.org/the-lion-man-an-ice-age-masterpiece/

TED Talks, Why people of different faiths are painting their houses of
worship yellow

https://www.ted.com/talks/nabila_alibhai_why_people_of_different_faiths_are_painting_their_houses_of_worship_yellow

The Lush Billion-Tree Spectacle of China's Great Green Wall

https://www.wired.com/story/ian-teh-chinas-great-green-wall?mbid=nl_101017_daily

We Need a NASA Administrator Who Stands Up for Science

https://secure.ucsusa.org/onlineactions/CEVS143t_E-D-ScehUj4QA2?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fb

Protecting the Past Conference, Dec 2-4: Tunis, Tunisia

http://www.protectingthepast.com/
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