[Jawlist] Weekly Science Report 4-6-18

Sat Apr 7 14:10:49 PDT 2018

*Weekly Science Report*

*April 6, 2018*

*“You know the greatest danger facing us is ourselves, an irrational fear
of the unknown. But there’s no such thing as the unknown– only things
temporarily hidden, temporarily not understood.”*

James T. Kirk

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*

Fluted Spear Points Prove Early Native Americans Liked to Travel

http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/native-americans-fluted-spear-points-05878.html

‘Historic’ agreement resolves dispute over Chauvet cave (and replica)
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/historic-agreement-resolves-dispute-over-chauvet-cave-and-replica
  New technology reveals secrets of famous Neandertal skeleton La Ferrassie
1 https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-03/bu-ntr032718.php   Found
the oldest Neanderthal wooden tools in the Iberian Peninsula
https://phys.org/news/2018-04-oldest-neanderthal-wooden-tools-iberian.html
  Oldest
Human Footprints in North America Discovered: Here's What They Reveal
https://www.livescience.com/62153-oldest-human-footprints-in-north-america.html
*History*

The Americanization of an Ancient Faith

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/03/coptic-church/555515/

Can peace be taught?

https://en.unesco.org/courier/2018-1/chto-takoe-mir-i-mozhno-li-emu-nauchit

Denmark Gets First Public Statue of a Black Woman, a ‘Rebel Queen’

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/31/world/europe/denmark-statue-black-woman.html?smid=nytcore-ipad-share&smprod=nytcore-ipad

Daniel Barenboim tries bridging the Middle East conflict with music

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/daniel-barenboim-tries-bridging-the-middle-east-conflict-with-music/

Why Scientists Are Starting to Care About Cultures That Talk to Whales
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science/talking-to-whales-180968698/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia

Anna Chennault: 'Steel butterfly' who charmed US and China

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-43650637

London dealer ordered to return Egon Schiele works worth $5m to heirs of
Holocaust victims

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/richard-nagy-ordered-to-return-egon-schiele-watercolours-to-heirs-of-holocaust-victims

Italian far right wants to turn Fascist HQ into mega-museum

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/italian-far-right-wants-to-turn-fascist-hq-into-mega-museum

JFK's 'secret' doomsday map revealed

https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/06/us/jfk-cuban-missile-crisis-map-auction/index.html

Witnesses forever changed by MLK’s final days

https://apnews.com/72defa0c32fe4fa9a8c5255b0ac3a1b1

Who killed Martin Luther King Jr.? His family believes James Earl Ray was
framed.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/who-killed-martin-luther-king-jr-his-family-believes-james-earl-ray-was-framed/ar-AAvhFJF?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=SL5FDHP

Woman kept silent about witnessing MLK Jr.'s assassination, until now

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/woman-kept-silent-about-witnessing-mlk-jr-s-assassination-until-now/ar-AAvpRyA?ocid=ob-fb-enus-580

Johan van Hulst, Who Helped Save Hundreds of Children During the Holocaust,
Has Died at 107
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/johan-van-hulst-who-helped-save-hundreds-children-during-holocaust-has-died-107-180968647/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia

More than 150 Years Later, Canada Exonerates Six Indigenous Chiefs Hanged
in 1864
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/canada-exonerates-six-indigenous-chiefs-hanged-1864-180968606/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia

In Broad Daylight: The Secret Procedures behind the Holocaust by Bullets

https://www.albertine.com/events/in-broad-daylight-the-secret-procedures-behind-the-holocaust-by-bullets/

Genetics of the modern heirs of the Incas shed new lights about their
origins and lineages

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-04/udsm-got040518.php

400-year-old documents reveal evidence of Japanese opium production and
winemaking

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-04/ku-4yd040218.php

Compared to nomadic communities, Silk Road cities were urban food deserts

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-03/wuis-ct032318.php

Even Though He Is Revered Today, MLK Was Widely Disliked by the American
Public When He Was Killed
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/why-martin-luther-king-had-75-percent-disapproval-rating-year-he-died-180968664/

Women ran things in ancient Peru, a new study argues

https://mg.co.za/article/2018-04-04-women-ran-things-in-ancient-peru-a-new-study-argues

*Archaeology*

The Mystery of Roanoke Endures Yet Another Cruel Twist
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/mystery-roanoke-endures-yet-another-cruel-twist-180962837/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia

Can technology unravel the secrets sealed by Mt. Vesuvius 2,000 years ago?

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/herculaneum-scrolls-can-technology-unravel-the-secrets-sealed-by-mt-vesuvius-2000-years-ago/

Massive Ancient Drawings Found in Peruvian Desert

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/massive-ancient-drawings-found-in-peruvian-desert/ar-AAvvXJd?ocid=se

Christie's Paris to auction scientist Ilya Prigogine's collection of
pre-Columbian artefacts

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/christie-s-paris-to-auction-scientist-ilya-prigogine-s-collection-of-ancient-mezcala-artefacts

*Rights of the dead and the living clash when scientists extract DNA from
human remains*
https://theconversation.com/rights-of-the-dead-and-the-living-clash-when-scientists-extract-dna-from-human-remains-94284

War can destroy cultural heritage twice – in conflict and in clean-up

https://horizon-magazine.eu/article/war-can-destroy-cultural-heritage-twice-conflict-and-clean_en.html

Restoration works on 5,000-year-old Perga’s ancient theater to begin soon

https://www.dailysabah.com/history/2018/02/21/restoration-works-on-5000-year-old-pergas-ancient-theater-to-begin-soon

Mapping the ancient Wabanaki canoe routes of yesteryear

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/wabanaki-canoe-routes-mapping-1.4601748

See them before they vanish: Europe's most under-threat heritage sites

http://www.euronews.com/2018/03/15/see-them-before-they-vanish-europe-s-most-under-threat-heritage-sites

The destruction of Mecca

https://www.economist.com/news/middle-east-and-africa/21717992-middle-easts-largest-building-project-has-effaced-1400-years-islamic?fsrc=scn/fb/te/bl/ed/makingwayforpilgrimsthedestructionofmecca
  The Search for the Sultan’s Tomb
https://www.archaeology.org/issues/292-1803/letter-from/6344-hungary-search-for-suleiman
  Swiss researchers try to get ancient Roman fridge working (again)
https://www.thelocal.ch/20180403/swiss-researchers-try-to-get-ancient-roman-fridge-working-again-history

Computer simulations show Viking's sunstone to be very accurate

https://phys.org/news/2018-04-simulations-viking-sunstone-accurate.html

1,500-Year-Old Coin Stash Leaves Archaeologists with Mystery

https://www.livescience.com/62192-ancient-coin-stash-leaves-mystery.html

*Egyptology*

The F.B.I. and the Mystery of the Mummy’s Head

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/02/science/mummy-head-fbi-dna.html

A new experience at the Field Museum allows visitors to access a hidden
Egyptian chapel

https://www.timeout.com/chicago/news/a-new-experience-at-the-field-museum-allows-visitors-to-access-a-hidden-egyptian-chapel-040218

Tut’s Mesopotamian Side

https://www.archaeology.org/issues/291-1803/trenches/6351-trenches-egypt-tutankhamun

Remains of Graeco-Roman temple discovered near Egypt's Siwa Oasis

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/41/295033/Heritage/GrecoRoman/Remains-of-GraecoRoman-temple-discovered-near-Siwa.aspx

*General Science*

IBM unveils world’s smallest computer

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/ibm-worlds-smallest-computer-blockchain-think-2018-conference-a8264841.html?linkId=50031662

*Physics, Earth and Space Sciences*

Interplanetary CubeSats Are Go!

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/life-unbounded/interplanetary-cubesats-are-go/

Large crack in East African Rift is evidence of continent splitting in two

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/large-crack-in-east-african-rift-is-evidence-of-continent-splitting-in-two?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=pbsofficial&utm_campaign=newshour&linkId=100000002151421

*Space weather threatens *high-tech* life*

https://theconversation.com/space-weather-threatens-high-tech-life-92711

The Woman Who Knows Everything About the Universe

https://www.wired.com/story/the-woman-who-knows-everything-about-the-universe/?CNDID=41291302&mbid=nl_040418_daily_list3_p3

NASA wants to extend Boeing’s first crewed flight to the International
Space Station

https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/6/17206484/nasa-boeing-starliner-test-flight-commercial-crew

First luxury hotel in space announced

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/aurora-station-luxury-space-hotel/index.html

The Rockstar Geologist Who Mapped the Minerals of the Cosmos
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/smithsonians-rockstar-geologist-who-mapped-minerals-cosmos-180968640/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia

Chris Hadfield: Before we colonize Mars, we should settle the moon

https://www.nbcnews.com/think/video/chris-hadfield-before-we-colonize-mars-we-should-settle-the-moon-1198901315899

FCC approves SpaceX's space internet plans

https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/video/fcc-approves-spacex-s-space-internet-plans-1199216195741

The center of the Milky Way is teeming with black holes

https://apnews.com/ac6ac9edadf949cda02c0a85bc9bc359

Five Things to Know About NASA’s Supersonic X-Plane
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonianmag/five-things-know-about-nasas-newest-x-plane-180968685/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia

Virgin Galactic chalks up successful supersonic test flight
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/virgin-galactic-spaceshiptwo-successful-supersonic-test-flight-today-2018-04-05/
  Hunting mystery giant lightning from space
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-43585113   Space junk demo
mission launches http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-43584070   How
many stars to expect in Gaia's second data release
https://phys.org/news/2018-04-stars-gaia.html
*Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources*

*Why EPA’s *U-turn* on auto efficiency rules gives China the upper hand*

https://theconversation.com/why-epas-u-turn-on-auto-efficiency-rules-gives-china-the-upper-hand-93840

Leaked memo: Pruitt taking control of Clean Water Act determinations

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/leaked-memo-pruitt-taking-control-of-clean-water-act-determinations/ar-AAvs8kE?ocid=se

Patagonia vs. Donald Trump

https://www.gq.com/story/patagonia-versus-donald-trump

*Coral reefs are in crisis – but scientists are finding effective ways to
restore them*
https://theconversation.com/coral-reefs-are-in-crisis-but-scientists-are-finding-effective-ways-to-restore-them-92506

EPA poised to roll back car pollution rules

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/epa-poised-to-roll-back-car-pollution-rules/?ftag=COS-05-10aaa0h&utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+Trending+Content&utm_content=5ac0ae1a04d3016511c6076c&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=facebook

Water purification breakthrough uses sunlight and 'hydrogels'

https://phys.org/news/2018-04-purification-breakthrough-sunlight-hydrogels.html

*Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences*   Baleen Whales Intermingled as
They Evolved, and Share DNA with Distant Cousins
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/04/science/baleen-whales-evolution-genome.html

These tiny robots could be disease-fighting machines inside the body

https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/these-tiny-robots-could-be-disease-fighting-machines-inside-body-ncna861451

Great white shark interrupts police operation by stalking dinghy

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/great-white-shark-interrupts-police-operation-by-stalking-dinghy/ar-AAvtncc?ocid=ob-fb-enus-280
  The whales who love to sing in the dark
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-43630716   HIV cell dysfunction
discovery sheds light on how virus works
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-04-hiv-cell-dysfunction-discovery-virus.html
  Orangutans Use Plant Extracts to Treat Pain
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/orangutans-use-plant-extracts-to-treat-pain/

*Other*

Study Theology, Even If You Don't Believe in God

https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2013/10/study-theology-even-if-you-dont-believe-in-god/280999/?utm_source=atlfb

Americans tell Interior to take a hike over proposed national park fee
increase

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2018/04/02/americans-tell-interior-to-take-a-hike-over-proposed-national-park-fee-increase/?utm_term=.37203a6fcbbc

Algorithms reveal patterns to help fight against fake news

https://techxplore.com/news/2018-03-algorithms-reveal-patterns-fake-news.html

Oklahoma teacher: ‘I’d be on food stamps’ without second job

https://apnews.com/e1119c4610574046aabc5091e5f57952

Oklahoma teachers are posting their crumbling textbooks online

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/oklahoma-teachers-are-posting-their-crumbling-textbooks-online?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=pbsofficial&utm_campaign=newshour&linkId=100000002161382

50 Years Later, '2001: A Space Odyssey' Is Still A Cinematic Landmark

https://www.npr.org/2018/04/03/599121542/50-years-later-2001-a-space-odyssey-is-still-a-cinematic-landmark?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20180403

A different spin on superconductivity—Unusual particle interactions open up
new possibilities in exotic materials
https://phys.org/news/2018-04-superconductivityunusual-particle-interactions-possibilities-exotic.html

Additional Informational

A New Vision for the Collection at the Getty Villa

http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/a-new-vision-for-the-collection-at-the-getty-villa/

U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, Days of Remembrance:
http://ow.ly/M8Ne30jneCa

   - What are the Days of Remembrance: http://ow.ly/Yng630jneBR
   - First Person: Conversations with Holocaust Survivors:
   http://ow.ly/NnZU30jneBy
   - Holocaust Encyclopedia, Warsaw Ghetto Uprising:
   http://ow.ly/UWs530jneBg

The Main Sanctuary of Amun-Re in the Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir El-Bahari

http://templeofhatshepsut.uw.edu.pl/files/babajagula/MSAsmall.pdf

West Eastern Divan Orchestra

https://www.west-eastern-divan.org/
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