[Jawlist] Weekly Science Report 12-14-18

Sat Dec 15 17:56:52 PST 2018

*Weekly Science Report*

*December 14, 2018*

*“We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.”*

Martin Luther King Jr.

Introduction

Steve Detwiler created this publication with the support of Graham Hancock
and the late 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*

Volcanic eruptions that depleted ocean oxygen may have set off the Great
Dying

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/volcanic-eruptions-depleted-ocean-oxygen-may-have-set-great-dying

Prehistoric Perico discovery fills Bradenton museum’s wish list

https://www.islander.org/2018/12/prehistoric-perico-discovery-fills-bradenton-museums-wish-list/?fbclid=IwAR0LSOT0qWcKMMtp9Fvx0SdeGBIi2eVKjrrqlkU9kpUSUbGPXSg6-FRKh5c

South African skeleton shows humans learned to walk upright in the trees

https://phys.org/news/2018-12-south-african-skeleton-humans-upright.html?fbclid=IwAR3c-dl9qChFbsnhGBY1nDjTGUBVGzUnghEU4I3Va09a8LGVGzYtBkvM3qc

Why Did Humans Lose Their Fur?

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/why-did-humans-evolve-lose-fur-180970980/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia&fbclid=IwAR3u-M3Lt5nDYCiOh53NBMg83ZxAKzDt9AjiveIfliJfCaNfTVVO6twprm4

Researchers consider whether supernovae killed off large ocean animals at
dawn of Pleistocene

https://phys.org/news/2018-12-supernovae-large-ocean-animals-dawn.html?fbclid=IwAR1lCIX2c7daRl2Bq3514fyGySpfi4B3etwUHhcvy8vKJVmoPLGuNYyxSLs

8,300-Year-Old Stone Snake Heads Reveal Stone Age Ritual Ceremonies

https://www.livescience.com/64284-stone-age-snake-sculptures.html

Researchers suggest ritual finger amputation may explain missing fingers in
Upper Paleolithic people
https://phys.org/news/2018-12-ritual-finger-amputation-fingers-upper.html

Corn Domestication May Have Taken Thousands of Years

https://www.archaeology.org/news/7247-181214-maize-domestication-process

Neanderthal DNA May Affect Skull Shape of Modern Humans
https://www.archaeology.org/news/7246-181214-neanderthal-skull-shape

Computing the origin of life

https://phys.org/news/2018-12-life.html

We Still Don’t Know Why the Reign of the Dinosaurs Ended
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/we-still-dont-know-why-reign-dinosaurs-ended-180971040/

*History*

Hindu monks, large crowds call on Modi to help build Ayodhya temple

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-india-election-religion/hindu-monks-large-crowds-call-on-modi-to-help-build-ayodhya-temple-idUSKBN1O805N

An Arab thinker invented economic theory 400 years before Adam Smith did

https://qz.com/1008371/an-arab-thinker-invented-economic-theory-400-years-before-adam-smith-did/?fbclid=IwAR0lOh7bLCH8ksJX6Mz6odceUzD4hItuyhnPQh86kdkF9C1dP_NKE-g_g_k

Biography Captures The Charisma And Confidence Of Photographer Inge Morath

https://www.npr.org/2018/12/10/674579667/biography-captures-the-charisma-and-confidence-of-photographer-inge-morath?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=2040

Temple Mount Activists Celebrate New Altar, but Plea to 'Practice Animal
Sacrifice' Rejected

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-jerusalem-municipality-rejects-plea-to-practice-animal-sacrifice-for-future-temple-1.6729388?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Visitor Attacks Art at the Denver Art Museum

https://www.westword.com/arts/denver-art-museum-arrested-after-destroying-art-11054523?fbclid=IwAR2wSZiwDLGaIreBUWFazITBWVxoRdCF0xjQF6XE_gj6yIY5siTtS236Xoo

Humanity is on path to self-destruction, warns UN special rapporteur

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2018/dec/10/humanity-is-on-path-to-self-destruction-warns-un-special-rapporteur-nils-melzer

Belgium’s Africa Museum Had a Racist Image. Can It Change That?

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/08/arts/design/africa-museum-belgium.html?action=click&module=Features&pgtype=Homepage&fbclid=IwAR3GffISrJikO8P9DjU0-lbvUkQNGeo-o66tG8NV4cWs0dn4ENddvuLzQ5o

Mystery Blast Sank The USS San Diego in 1918. New Report Reveals What
Happened

https://www.npr.org/2018/12/11/675661414/mystery-blast-sank-the-uss-san-diego-in-1918-new-report-reveals-what-happened?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Why a library fire feels like an ‘attack on humanity’

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/why-a-library-fire-feels-like-an-attack-on-humanity?fbclid=IwAR3bTaF2ZSC7IYbpVr9ApsheBYqefoYASifSPOhqEjHFWgIUjgnwobPmkM8

Aboriginal outrage over Lake Malbena fishing tour plans to include visits
to sacred cultural site

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-11-27/lake-malbena-developement-concerns-for-tas-aboriginal-community/10553720

Recently Deciphered 4,500-Year-Old Pillar Shows First Known Record of a
Border Dispute
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/pillar-first-evidence-neighbors-behaving-badly-180970969/

Ancient cemetery from the Mochica culture discovered in Chiclayo

https://perureports.com/ancient-cemetery-from-the-mochica-culture-discovered-in-chiclayo/8752/

Google opens virtual version of fire-ravaged Brazil museum

https://www.engadget.com/2018/12/13/google-national-museum-of-brazil-virtual-tour-street-view/?fbclid=IwAR193_i1-D0f43gv8RfpAnaBQ4cO-L1detpiOAys2gL12qE9ls9A8ImzMSk

*Archaeology*

Bodies of missing climbers discovered in Himalayas 30 years after
disappearance

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/bodies-of-missing-climbers-discovered-in-himalayas-30-years-after-disappearance/ar-BBQMQni?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=SL5FDHP

Israeli Excavation Reveals New Findings About the Ark of the Covenant

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium-israeli-excavation-reveals-new-findings-about-the-ark-of-the-covenant-1.6727179

Land of rock art and singing stones- Video

https://www.cnn.com/videos/travel/2018/11/30/gobustan-petroglyphs-gavel-dash.cnn?sr=twCNN120618301247PMVODtop

Man Unknowingly Buys 4,000-Year-Old Pottery at Flea Market, Uses It As
Toothbrush Holder

https://www.livescience.com/64247-pottery-made-before-jesus-flea-market.html

3D-printed reconstructions provide clues to ancient site

https://popular-archaeology.com/article/3d-printed-reconstructions-provide-clues-to-ancient-site/

Ancient grape seeds may link Sri Lankan trading port to Roman world

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/12/ancient-grape-seeds-may-link-sri-lankan-trading-port-roman-world

4,000-Year-Old Game Board Carved into the Earth Shows How Nomads Had Fun

https://www.livescience.com/64267-ancient-board-game-nomads-discovered.html

Earthquake struck Machu Picchu in 1450 study concludes
<https://www.peruviantimes.com/13/earthquake-struck-machu-picchu-in-1450-study-concludes/31027/>

https://www.peruviantimes.com/13/earthquake-struck-machu-picchu-in-1450-study-concludes/31027/

Inside a Native Stronghold

https://www.archaeology.org/issues/319-1811/letter-from/7074-california-modoc-war

*Egyptology*

Antiquities minister reveals major theft at Egyptian Museum

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20181210-antiquities-minister-reveals-major-theft-at-egyptian-museum/?fbclid=IwAR0GRvNFlSLc0b5UDD1zjGUeKkeL9tkPJOb72ELCE4EMggjHO0o_YJ_v39E

Swedish mission discovers 18th Dynasty tomb in Upper Egypt's Aswan

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/320034/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/Swedish-mission-discovers-th-Dynasty-tomb-in-Upper.aspx

*General Science*

The Revolution Will Be Driverless: Autonomous Cars Usher In Big Changes

https://www.npr.org/2018/12/10/675254096/the-revolution-will-be-driverless-autonomous-cars-usher-in-big-changes?sc=tw

Quantum Computing Needs You to Help Solve Its Core Mystery

https://www.wired.com/story/quantum-computing-needs-you-to-help-solve-its-core-mystery/?CNDID=41291302&CNDID=41291302&bxid=MjM5NjgxMjIxODk5S0&hasha=3ed15b3d4270f52ce4da5de4e5031836&hashb=9085a9ae56cc45a4e9bae24e2eaeaade6e04a43e&mbid=nl_121218_daily_list1_p1&utm_brand=wired&utm_mailing=WIRED%20NL%20121218%20(1)&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nl

NYU researchers pioneer machine learning to speed chemical discoveries,
reduce waste

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-12/ntso-nrp121318.php

*Physics, Earth and Space Sciences*   As Virgin Galactic Reaches Space,
Pilots Become Astronauts
https://www.wired.com/story/virgin-galactic-space-vss-unity-flight/?CNDID=41291302&CNDID=41291302&bxid=MjM5NjgxMjIxODk5S0&hasha=3ed15b3d4270f52ce4da5de4e5031836&hashb=9085a9ae56cc45a4e9bae24e2eaeaade6e04a43e&mbid=nl_121418_daily_list1_p3&utm_brand=wired&utm_mailing=WIRED%20NL%20121418%20(1)&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nl

It’s a Briefcase! It’s a Pizza Box! No, It’s a Mini Satellite

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/11/science/satellites-space-nasa.html

Giant Lasers Bring Distant Twinkling Stars Into Sharp Focus

https://www.wired.com/story/giant-lasers-distant-twinkling-stars-focus/?CNDID=41291302&CNDID=41291302&bxid=MjM5NjgxMjIxODk5S0&hasha=3ed15b3d4270f52ce4da5de4e5031836&hashb=9085a9ae56cc45a4e9bae24e2eaeaade6e04a43e&mbid=nl_121518_daily_list1_p3&utm_brand=wired&utm_mailing=WIRED%20NL%20121518%20(1)&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nl

*Time travel is possible – but only if you have an object with
infinite mass*

https://theconversation.com/time-travel-is-possible-but-only-if-you-have-an-object-with-infinite-mass-107063

Scientists identify vast underground ecosystem containing billions of
micro-organisms

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/dec/10/tread-softly-because-you-tread-on-23bn-tonnes-of-micro-organisms?CMP=fb_gu&fbclid=IwAR13Oy10zV4n_q7NW82g8MP2EGlSkttf86TvTfOiNv1tLT2LNvhJ9qNCCRE

OSIRIS-REx discovers water on asteroid, confirms Bennu as excellent mission
target

https://phys.org/news/2018-12-osiris-rex-asteroid-bennu-excellent-mission.html

NASA's Voyager 2 probe enters interstellar space

https://m.phys.org/news/2018-12-nasa-voyager-probe-interstellar-space.html

China Launches Probe Bound For A Historic Exploration Of The Far Side Of
The Moon

https://www.npr.org/2018/12/08/675006412/china-launches-probe-bound-for-a-historic-exploration-of-the-far-side-of-the-moo?sc=tw

A young star caught forming like a planet

https://phys.org/news/2018-12-young-star-caught-planet.html

NASA Won’t Be Going ‘Back’ to the Moon—It Wants to Go Beyond It
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/nasa-wont-go-back-moon-it-wants-go-beyond-180971033/

*Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources*

*Do climate policies ‘kill jobs’? An economist on why they don’t cause
massive unemployment*

https://theconversation.com/do-climate-policies-kill-jobs-an-economist-on-why-they-dont-cause-massive-unemployment-106928

Switch to clean energy and save $500 mln, aid agencies told

http://news.trust.org/item/20181210140941-i4oar

Trump plan to reclassify nuclear waste alarms environmental groups

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/trump-plan-reclassify-nuclear-waste-alarms-environmental-groups-n946126?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_ma

That was awkward — at world’s biggest climate conference, U.S. promotes
fossil fuels

https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/world/europe/that-was-awkward--at-worlds-biggest-climate-conference-us-promotes-fossil-fuels/2018/12/10/aa8600c4-f8ae-11e8-8642-c9718a256cbd_story.html

Illegal Mining, ‘Worse Than at Any Other Time,’ Threatens Amazon, Study
Finds

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/10/world/americas/amazon-illegal-mining.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytimesworld

Act on climate change to cut 'outrageous' pollution deaths - WHO

http://news.trust.org/item/20181205175558-h1rdb/

Interior Dept. officials downplayed federal wildlife experts' concerns
about Trump’s border wall, documents show

https://www.washingtonpost.com/energy-environment/2018/12/11/interior-officials-downplayed-federal-wildlife-experts-concerns-about-trumps-border-wall-documents-show/?fbclid=IwAR0zRdlbaP0zRG1Z2V5SDqyLeE7L-Uf_68kwnom_kzYfvdY9qrpxsFjbaOE&utm_term=.425ca2827d14

Ocean Cleanup fail? System in Great Pacific Garbage Patch to corral plastic
needs redesign

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/12/06/ocean-cleanup-system-great-pacific-garbage-patch-wont-hold-plastic/2231554002/

The Magic Kingdom Is Going Green

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/09/business/energy-environment/the-magic-kingdom-is-going-green.html?fbclid=IwAR3k0VV__nu49ro13KjcKAsvzlPm-wGH8SbupPfERg3U2m9h7NXs3GLywkw

Degrading permafrost puts Arctic infrastructure at risk by mid-century

https://phys.org/news/2018-12-degrading-permafrost-arctic-infrastructure-mid-century.html?fbclid=IwAR1_JmTW-n5Rf3cVH5Pn-Yugf8ctVScZmuxGvgitCyy7UYYccNE0TXV29hg

*Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences*   Two new books explore the
science and history of the 1918 flu pandemic
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/new-books-explore-science-history-1918-flu-pandemic?tgt=nr

This needle-studded patch could help heart patients heal

https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/needle-studded-patch-could-help-heart-patients-heal-ncna944791?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma

McDonald's sets timeline to cut antibiotics in beef supply

http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2018/12/mcdonalds-sets-timeline-cut-antibiotics-beef-supply

Counting the breaths of wild porpoises reveals their revved-up metabolism

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/counting-breaths-wild-porpoises-reveals-their-revved-metabolism

*Other*

Star Trek Popular Fan Film 'Axanar' Resumes Production

https://comicbook.com/startrek/2018/12/09/star-trek-axanar-resumes-production/?fbclid=IwAR3j5NKcelgLDjXk48hHrex6Qo6wdYKv-qWYbGYBJAZk4zyUFpAareBvEcg

Two contract employees die in Antarctica

https://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=297454&org=NSF&from=news

Dept. of Education to cancel $150 million in student loan debt

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/dept-education-cancel-150-million-student-loan-debt-n947821?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_ma

Additional Informational

Imagine a World Without Hate- Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KyvlMJefR4

The World is Better Because of Museums

https://www.aam-us.org/2018/12/07/the-world-is-better-because-of-museums/

America Before: The Key to Earth’s Lost Civilization by Graham Hancock
Talk, Apr 4: London, UK

https://www.alternatives.org.uk/event/america-key-earth%E2%80%99s-lost-civilization?fbclid=IwAR2jeoHdu8Ld-iTcbQQwhLY0eObG8pwZwL0oTpnPEfCjEENOk-v2m9ZyLhs
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