[Jawlist] Weekly Science Report 1-12-18

[Steve Detwiler]

*Weekly Science Report*

*January 12, 2018*



*“I’m a feminist.  I’ve been a female for a long time now.  It’d be stupid
not to be on my own side.”*

Maya Angelou



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*



Study of 385-million-year-old shark suggests humans and sharks shared
common ancestor 440 million years ago
https://phys.org/news/2018-01-million-year-old-shark-humans-sharks-common.html



Direct genetic evidence of founding population reveals story of first
Native Americans

https://phys.org/news/2018-01-reveals-evidence-population-ancient-native.html



Stone Tools in Saudi Arabia Could Offer “Out of Africa” Clues

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6240-171228-saudi-arabia-tools



Archaeology as blood sport: How the discovery of an ancient mastodon
ignited debate over humans’ arrival in North America

http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-cerutti-mastodon-20171222-htmlstory.html



Ancient Cave in China Filled With 45,000-Year-Old Stone Tools and Animal
Bones, New Excavation Reveals

http://www.newsweek.com/ancient-cave-china-45000-year-old-stone-toolsanimal-bones-excavation-768608



Ancient European Culture Known For Spectacular Cave Paintings Traced to
Even Older Middle Eastern Culture

http://www.newsweek.com/ancient-european-culture-spectacular-cave-painting-middle-east-762051



Mammal long thought extinct in Australia resurfaces

https://phys.org/news/2017-12-mammal-thought-extinct-australia-resurfaces.html



Giant extinct burrowing bat discovered in New Zealand

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-01/uons-geb010918.php



Genomic data suggest two main migrations into Scandinavia after the last
ice age

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-01/uu-gds010418.php



*The origin of ‘us’: what we know so far about where we humans come from*

https://theconversation.com/the-origin-of-us-what-we-know-so-far-about-where-we-humans-come-from-54385



Just off Israeli highway, 500,000-year-old site found

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/just-off-israeli-highway-500-000-year-old-site-found/ar-BBI4hcI?ocid=ob-fb-enus-580



Chemists discover plausible recipe for early life on Earth

https://phys.org/news/2018-01-chemists-plausible-recipe-early-life.html





*History*



It's Not That Hard To Avoid Normalizing Nazis

https://www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/548090/



Former guard at Nazi camp is the last remaining war collaborator ordered
out of the United States. Authorities want him gone before he dies

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/former-guard-at-nazi-camp-is-the-last-remaining-war-collaborator-ordered-out-of-the-united-states-authorities-want-him-gone-before-he-dies/ar-BBGP3Ud?ocid=se



The Christmas Truce miracle: Soldiers put down their guns to sing carols
and drink wine

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2017/12/24/the-christmas-truce-miracle-soldiers-put-down-their-guns-to-sing-carols-and-drink-wine/?utm_term=.36f51dbc569a



How Charles II Used Art to Bolster Britain’s Struggling Monarchy
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/how-charles-ii-used-art-bolster-britains-wounded-monarchy-180967522/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia



The Traumatic True History and Name List of the Dakota 38

https://indiancountrymedianetwork.com/history/traumatic-true-history-full-list-dakota-38/



How the High Museum in Atlanta Tripled Its Nonwhite Audience in Two Years

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/high-museum-atlanta-tripled-nonwhite-audience-two-years-1187954



The Most Awesome Codebreaker in World War II Was a Woman

https://www.wired.com/story/world-war-2-codebreakers-elizebeth-smith-friedman/?mbid=nl_122717_daily_list1_p1



Einstein’s Little-Known Passion Project? A Refrigerator

https://www.wired.com/story/einsteins-little-known-passion-project-a-refrigerator/?mbid=nl_122717_daily_list1_p3



The Modern History of Ornithology Starts with This Inquisitive Medieval
Emperor
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/modern-history-ornithology-starts-inquisitive-medieval-emperor-180967623/



Who was responsible for the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre?

http://www.history.com/news/ask-history/who-was-responsible-for-the-st-valentines-day-massacre



Do we still need UNESCO?

https://www.apollo-magazine.com/do-we-still-need-unesco/amp/?__twitter_impression=true



Virginia Tech class helps tell Holocaust stories by combing through Nazi
documents

http://www.roanoke.com/news/education/higher_education/virginia_tech/virginia-tech-class-helps-tell-holocaust-stories-by-combing-through/article_5402e0f1-418b-5522-996f-cffb167a0d13.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=user-share



1.5 Million Slavery Era Documents Will Be Digitized, Helping African
Americans to Learn About Their Lost Ancestors

http://www.openculture.com/2015/06/1-5-million-slavery-era-documents-will-be-digitized-helping-african-americans-to-learn-about-their-lost-ancestors.html



2,000-Year-Old Chinese Medical Texts Analysed

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6236-171227-china-medical-texts



>From Ptolemy to GPS, the Brief History of Maps
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/brief-history-maps-180963685/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia



The Murder of Rasputin, 100 Years Later
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/murder-rasputin-100-years-later-180961572/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia



Bringing Taíno Peoples Back Into History

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/bringing-taino-peoples-back-history-180967637/#uVCr05SeAS6JuURV.03



Scotland Yard Art and Antiques Unit re-formed

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/scotland-yard-art-and-antiques-unit-reformed-a3719641.html



Court rules 'Bookkeeper of Auschwitz', 96, must go to jail

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-nazi/court-rules-bookkeeper-of-auschwitz-96-must-go-to-jail-idUSKBN1EN12X



Federal judge tells Arizona it can’t ban Mexican American studies

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2017/12/28/federal-judge-tells-arizona-it-cant-ban-mexican-american-studies/?tid=sm_fb&utm_term=.e7971c58e977



Government admits 'losing' thousands of papers from National Archives

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/dec/26/government-admits-losing-thousands-of-papers-from-national-archives?CMP=fb_gu



Manhattan DA Launches First Antiquities Trafficking Unit
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/manhattan-da-launches-first-antiquities-trafficking-unit-180967607/#Y6krv6HfIuI8kIeY.99



Who Discovered the North Pole?

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/who-discovered-the-north-pole-116633746/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia



Thousands Once Spoke His Language in the Amazon. Now, He’s the Only One.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/thousands-once-spoke-his-language-in-the-amazon-now-he%E2%80%99s-the-only-one/ar-BBHmP6M?ocid=SL5FDHP



How Museums Are Becoming More Sensory-Friendly For Those with Autism
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/how-museums-are-becoming-more-sensory-friendly-for-those-with-autism-180967740/



The Strike That Brought MLK to Memphis
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/revisiting-sanitation-workers-strike-180967512/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia



The Book That Incited a Worldwide Fear of Overpopulation
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/book-incited-worldwide-fear-overpopulation-180967499/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia





The Ghosts of My Lai

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/ghosts-my-lai-180967497/



Kielce: The Post-Holocaust Pogrom That Poland Is Still Fighting Over
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/kielce-post-holocaust-pogrom-poland-still-fighting-over-180967681/



The Extraordinary Life of Nikola Tesla

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/extraordinary-life-nikola-tesla-180967758/#ITQwWIj5Pa1HmcC3.01



Our guide to the most important new museums and expansions in 2018

http://theartnewspaper.com/preview/museum-openings-january-2018



A new Leonardo? Scholarly show claims to reveal master’s hand

http://theartnewspaper.com/news/a-new-leonardo-show-on-connoisseurship-claims-to-reveal-master-s-hand



Scanning an Ancient Biblical Text That Humans Fear to Open

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/05/science/biblical-codes-morgan-library.html



How should museums respond to Donald Trump?

http://theartnewspaper.com/comment/how-should-museums-respond-to-donald-trump



The Reporter Who Helped Persuade FDR to Tell the Truth About War
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/reporter-who-helped-persuade-fdr-tell-truth-about-war-180967787/



‘Mississippi Burning’ KKK leader Killen dies in prison at 92

https://apnews.com/b59169039b81474c9dc257eabaca90a3



Why Did Greenland’s Vikings Vanish?

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/why-greenland-vikings-vanished-180962119/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia



Why getting rid of Costa Rica's army 70 years ago has been such a success

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2018/01/05/costa-rica-celebrate-70-years-no-army/977107001/



JFK files: CIA lined up actress for date with Jordan's King Hussein during
visit to United States

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/01/08/jfk-files-cia-lined-up-actress-date-jordans-king-hussein-during-visit-united-states/1012904001/



6 Explorers Who Disappeared

http://www.history.com/news/history-lists/6-explorers-who-disappeared?cmpid=Social_FBPAGE_HISTORY_20160220_371292744&linkId=21426342



What’s an Ancient Roman Temple Doing in Armenia?
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/whats-ancient-roman-temple-doing-armenia-1-180967756/#PWwPwC165Mm8EKjS.99



Visit the Only Village inside the Grand Canyon
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/visit-only-village-inside-grand-canyonso-remote-its-mail-delivered-mule-180955582/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia

*Archaeology*



Ancient astronomical observatory found in Cusco

https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.fr/2017/12/ancient-astronomical-observatory-found.html#QjrZP6P4wsRqPKGo.97



Beetles and bats threaten treasures of the medieval parish churches

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2017/dec/24/medieval-panel-paintings-beetles-bats-infestations-east-anglia



Cremated Soldier Found in Cooking Pot at Vast Roman Camp in Israel

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/1.831317



Did ancient irrigation technology travel Silk Road?

https://phys.org/news/2018-01-ancient-irrigation-technology-silk-road.html



The manuscripts saved by a monk

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-manuscripts-saved-by-a-monk/



Spotting the Sun

https://www.archaeology.org/issues/283-1801/trenches/6193-oman-esmeralda-astrolabe



The mammoth task of unearthing Petra

http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20160929-the-mammoth-task-of-unearthing-petra



Researchers Investigate Underwater Pottery Site in Japan

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6237-171227-japan-lake-pottery



Hot Property

https://www.archaeology.org/issues/283-1801/trenches/6194-trenches-saudi-arabia-lava-mounds



Tomb Door Engraved with Menorah Discovered in Israel
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/tomb-door-engraved-menorah-discovered-israel-180967647/#oiu7AklxEAkPwkBE.03



This Mass Grave Discovery Could Alter Roman History
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/videos/category/science/this-mass-grave-discovery-could-alter-roman/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia



Ancient Urn Discovered by Robot at Bottom of Japan’s Biggest Lake Mystifies
Archaeologists

http://www.newsweek.com/ancient-urn-discovered-robot-bottom-japan-biggest-lake-mystifies-761537?utm_campaign=NewsweekFacebookSF&utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Social



The Daughter of an Ex-Coal Executive Helped Lead Trump’s National Monuments
Review

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/coal-trump-monuments-review_us_5a3dbe56e4b06d1621b46552?ncid=engmodushpmg00000003



Louvre lays cornerstone of new conservation and storage facility

http://artdaily.com/news/101556/Louvre-lays-cornerstone-of-new-conservation-and-storage-facility#.WlJrf6inHIW



Archaeologists Find Gate to Headquarters of Famed “Ironclad” Sixth Legion
in Northern Israel
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/new-discoveries-unearthed-roman-legion-camp-near-armageddon-180967654/





Stone tool found in Pictou County estimated at about 3,000 years old

https://www.trurodaily.com/living/stone-tool-found-in-pictou-county-estimated-at-about-3000-years-old-173487/



Discovery of a 4,000-year-old military network in northern Syria

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-12/c-doa122117.php



Should museums display human remains from other cultures?

http://theartnewspaper.com/news/should-museums-display-human-remains-from-other-cultures



Pottery shard holds ancient example of kanji used in Japan

http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201801110030.html



Ancient board game has no parallel in Europe

https://spectator.sme.sk/c/20730977/ancient-board-game-has-no-parallel-in-europe.html



A Search for a Lost Hammer Led to the Largest Cache of Roman Treasure Ever
Found in Britain
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/search-lost-hammer-led-largest-cache-roman-treasure-ever-found-britain-180967263/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia



Greece to seek repatriation of looted antiquities seized from collector's
NYC home

http://ht.ly/MY2P30hGnVZ



Ancient China: 1,000-Year-Old Royal Palace Discovered

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/ancient-china-1000-year-old-royal-palace-discovered/ar-AAuA2zC?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=SL5FDHP



The mysterious, ancient Nine Domes Mosque of northern Afghanistan

http://artdaily.com/news/101553/The-mysterious--ancient-Nine-Domes-Mosque-of-northern-Afghanistan#.Wlj10K6nEdX









*Egyptology*



Ancient Egyptian Mummy's Skull and Dismembered Hands to be Returned to
Egypt 90 Years After Being Taken to the U.S.

http://www.newsweek.com/long-lost-skull-egyptian-mummy-stolen-us-grave-robber-be-returned-769557



Scan technique reveals secret writing in mummy cases

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-42357259



How 21st-Century Technology Is Shedding Light on a 2nd-Century Egyptian
Painting
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/how-new-imaging-technique-revealed-secrets-ancient-portrait-180967633/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia



Remains of royal ancient Egyptian artefacts uncovered in Tel Al-Pharaeen

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/286388/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/Remains-of-royal-ancient-Egyptian-artefacts-uncove.aspx



Cheops' pyramid: Is there an iron throne in the newly discovered chamber?

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-01/pdm-cpi011118.php









*General Science*



Cargo ships could soon sail without any humans on board

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/09/unmanned-ghost-ships-are-coming-to-our-oceans?utm_content=bufferd02a9&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer



21st-Century Repairman: The Robot in the Gas Main

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/26/nyregion/con-ed-robot.html?smid=li-share



America's Hottest Self-Driving Startup Hooks Up with VW and Hyundai

https://www.wired.com/story/aurora-urmson-volkswagen-hyundai/?mbid=nl_010418_daily_list3_p4



15 top science & tech leaders offer surprising predictions for 2018

https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/15-top-science-tech-leaders-offer-surprising-predictions-2018-ncna814196



As Artificial Intelligence Advances, Here Are Five Tough Projects for 2018

https://www.wired.com/story/as-artificial-intelligence-advances-here-are-five-projects-for-2018/?mbid=nl_010218_daily_list1_p4



The Race to Build the Hyperloop Could Fix Boring Old Planes and Trains

https://www.wired.com/story/hyperloop-spinoff-technology/?mbid=nl_010118_daily_list3_p2



2017 Was the Year the Robots Really, Truly Arrived?

https://www.wired.com/story/2017-was-the-year-the-robots-really-truly-arrived/?mbid=nl_123017_daily_list1_p1



Google’s AI Wizard Unveils a New Twist on Neural Networks

https://www.wired.com/story/googles-ai-wizard-unveils-a-new-twist-on-neural-networks/?mbid=nl_122917_daily_list3_p6



A Clever New Robotic 'Muscle' Seriously Lifts, Bro

*https://www.wired.com/story/a-clever-new-robotic-muscle-seriously-lifts-bro/?mbid=nl_010518_daily_list3_p3
<https://www.wired.com/story/a-clever-new-robotic-muscle-seriously-lifts-bro/?mbid=nl_010518_daily_list3_p3>*



Big Tech to join legal fight against Net Neutrality Repeal

*https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/05/technology/net-neutrality-lawsuit.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur
<https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/05/technology/net-neutrality-lawsuit.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur>*



*Universities must prepare for a *technology-enabled* future*

*https://theconversation.com/universities-must-prepare-for-a-technology-enabled-future-89354
<https://theconversation.com/universities-must-prepare-for-a-technology-enabled-future-89354>*



Please Do Not Assault the Towering Robot That Roams Walmart

*https://www.wired.com/story/please-do-not-assault-the-towering-robot-that-roams-walmart/?mbid=nl_011218_daily_list3_p3
<https://www.wired.com/story/please-do-not-assault-the-towering-robot-that-roams-walmart/?mbid=nl_011218_daily_list3_p3>*



Bell Helicopter offers a sneak peek of its first electric flying taxi

*https://www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2018/1/8/16865404/bell-helicopter-electric-air-taxi-uber-ces-2018?__twitter_impression=true
<https://www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2018/1/8/16865404/bell-helicopter-electric-air-taxi-uber-ces-2018?__twitter_impression=true>*



GM’s latest car gives up steering wheels, pedals — and human control

*https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/innovations/wp/2018/01/12/gms-latest-car-gives-up-steering-wheels-pedals-and-human-control/?utm_term=.423db76dc3f8
<https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/innovations/wp/2018/01/12/gms-latest-car-gives-up-steering-wheels-pedals-and-human-control/?utm_term=.423db76dc3f8>*

*Physics, Earth and Space Sciences*



Why the International Space Station Is the Single Best Thing We Did

https://www.wired.com/story/why-the-international-space-station-is-the-single-best-thing-we-did/?mbid=nl_122017_daily_list3_p4



'Weyl-Kondo semimetal': Physicists discover new type of quantum material

https://phys.org/news/2017-12-weyl-kondo-semimetal-physicists-quantum-material.html



SpaceX Rocket Launch Lights Up The California Sky, Freaks Out Some Residents

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/12/23/573194940/spacex-rocket-launch-lights-up-the-california-sky-freaks-out-some-residents?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=2052



'Oumuamua' space mystery may have been solved

https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/mystery-weird-oumuamua-space-object-may-have-been-solved-ncna831131?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_ma



Are we being watched? Tens of other worlds could spot the Earth

https://eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-09/ras-awb090817.php



How Is SpaceX Doing on Its Deep Space Ambitions?

https://www.wired.com/story/how-is-spacex-doing-on-its-deep-space-ambitions/?mbid=nl_123017_daily_list3_p1



What Does A Newly Born Pacific Island Say About Life On Mars?

https://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2017/12/26/573147008/what-does-a-newly-born-pacific-island-say-about-life-on-mars?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=2055



Computational astrophysics team uncloaks magnetic fields of cosmic events

https://m.phys.org/news/2018-01-astrophysics-team-uncloaks-magnetic-fields.html



Finnish start-up ICEYE's radical space radar solution

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-42648391



Robot swarms to map the seafloor

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-42335230



Steep slopes on Mars reveal structure of buried ice

https://phys.org/news/2018-01-deep-glaciers-mars.html



Citizen scientists discover five-planet system

https://phys.org/news/2018-01-citizen-scientists-five-planet.html



Possible lava tube skylights discovered near the North Pole of the Moon

https://phys.org/news/2018-01-lava-tube-skylights-north-pole.html



Molecular Clue to the Mystery of Carbon’s Cosmic Origin Uncovered

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/molecular-clue-to-the-mystery-of-carbon-rsquo-s-cosmic-origin-uncovered/







How Dark Matter Physicists Score Deals on Liquid Xenon

https://www.wired.com/story/how-dark-matter-physicists-score-deals-on-liquid-xenon/?CNDID=41291302&mbid=nl_011118_daily_list3_p4



Scientists Say Lost Ancient Continent Lies Beneath Island in Indian Ocean

http://www.history.com/news/scientists-say-lost-ancient-continent-lies-beneath-island-in-indian-ocean?cmpid=_FBPAGE_Brand+Building_20170201_795905124



The 280 million-year-old forest in the South Pole

http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/05/health/polar-forest-antarctica/index.html?sr=fbCNN010518polar-forest-antarctica0102PMStoryGal



This AI-Fortified Bot Will Build the First Homes for Humans on Mars

https://www.wired.com/story/this-ai-fortified-bot-will-build-the-first-homes-for-humans-on-mars/?mbid=nl_010618_daily_list3_p4



China's Tiangong-1 space lab to plunge to Earth by March

http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/05/asia/china-tiangong-1-return-to-earth-intl/index.html?sr=fbCNN010518china-tiangong-1-return-to-earth-intl0929AMVODtopLink



Gravitational waves measure the universe

https://phys.org/news/2018-01-gravitational-universe.html



Device creates negative mass—and a novel way to generate lasers

https://phys.org/news/2018-01-device-negative-massand-lasers.html









*Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources*



When Carl Sagan Warned the World About Nuclear Winter
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/when-carl-sagan-warned-world-about-nuclear-winter-180967198/#M7eIIjKA7oCLvhhT.03



Halogens can increase solar cell performance by 25 per cent

https://techxplore.com/news/2017-12-halogens-solar-cell-cent.html



Chinese scientists have found a fungus that could help save the planet - in
a rubbish dump in Pakistan

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/09/chinese-scientists-have-found-a-plastic-eating-fungus?utm_content=buffer12a63&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer



The World’s First Fully Solar-Powered Train Just Left the Station

https://futurism.com/worlds-first-fully-solar-powered-train-left-station/



Ikea to use mushroom packaging that will decompose in a garden within weeks

https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/mushroom-fungi-packaging-ikea-decompose-ecovative/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_content=global&utm_campaign=general-content&linkId=45766436



Katharine Hayhoe: 'The true threat is the delusion that our opinion of
science somehow alters its reality'

http://www.wired.co.uk/article/katherine-hayhoe-climate-change-clean-energy-interview



New desalination method offers low energy alternative to purify salty water

https://techxplore.com/news/2018-01-desalination-method-energy-alternative-purify.html



Scientists find surprising evidence of rapid changes in the Arctic

https://m.phys.org/news/2018-01-scientists-evidence-rapid-arctic.html



A fossil fuel technology that doesn't pollute

https://techxplore.com/news/2018-01-fossil-fuel-technology-doesnt-pollute.html



Streams can be sensors

http://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2017/streams-can-be-sensors/?utm_campaign=media-pitch&utm_medium=email



Planted buildings: is this the future of our cities or just an eco-fantasy?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/gardens-to-visit/planted-buildings-future-cities-just-eco-fantasy/amp/?__twitter_impression=true



Welcome To 'The Cleanest Village In India'

https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2017/12/24/573076457/welcome-to-the-cleanest-village-in-india?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=2053



Meet India's Forest Man: You'll Have To Kill Him Before You Kill The Trees

https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2017/12/26/572421590/hed-take-his-own-life-before-killing-a-tree-meet-india-s-forest-man?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=2055







Hawaii Aims For 100 Percent Renewable Energy by 2045

https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/hawaii-renewable-energy-2045/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_content=global&utm_campaign=general-content&linkId=45687565



North American waterways are becoming saltier and more alkaline

https://phys.org/news/2018-01-north-american-waterways-saltier-alkaline.html



Trump-appointed regulators reject plan to rescue coal and nuclear plants

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2018/01/08/trump-appointed-regulators-reject-plan-to-rescue-coal-and-nuclear-plants/?utm_term=.8faef8ddd9ec



Hybrid solid-state system harvests more hydrogen from water

https://newatlas.com/hybrid-system-better-hydrogen-production/52769/



North American waterways are becoming saltier and more alkaline

https://phys.org/news/2018-01-north-american-waterways-saltier-alkaline.html



Official who improperly helped Redskins owner cut down trees picked as
National Park Service deputy director

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2018/01/06/official-who-improperly-helped-redskins-owner-cut-down-trees-picked-as-national-park-service-deputy-director/?hpid=hp_hp-more-top-stories_parkservice-440am:homepage/story&utm_term=.1c442e939e81



First direct proof of ozone hole recovery due to chemicals ban

https://m.phys.org/news/2018-01-proof-ozone-hole-recovery-due.html



Nuclear Sphere: Weird Globe Could Revolutionize Fusion Energy

https://www.livescience.com/61298-new-fusion-reactor-uses-boron-and-hydrogen.html



New Florida City To Produce Its Own Power, Have Self-Driving Buses

http://miami.cbslocal.com/2018/01/09/florida-solar-city-babcock-ranch-future/



Urban farms 'critical' to combat hunger and adapt to climate change

http://news.trust.org/item/20180111102522-tb51m/



*Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences*



Silicon Valley's Immortalists Will Help Us All Stay Healthy

https://www.wired.com/story/silicon-valleys-immortalists-will-help-us-all-stay-healthy/?mbid=nl_121617_daily_list1_p1



Robotic device improves balance and gait in Parkinson's disease patients

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2017-12-robotic-device-gait-parkinson-disease.html



There’s more to Frankincense and Myrrh Than Meets the Eye
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/chemically-theres-lot-more-frankincense-and-myrrh-meets-eye-180953727/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia



Teenager Aims To Improve Breast Cancer Diagnosis in Poor Countries

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2017/12/26/564457899/teenager-aims-to-improve-breast-cancer-diagnosis-in-poor-countries?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=2055



How Congress Ignored Science and Fueled Antibiotic Resistance

https://www.wired.com/story/big-chicken/?mbid=nl_122717_daily_list3_p1



DNA analysis of ancient mummy, thought to have smallpox, points to
Hepatitis B instead

https://m.phys.org/news/2018-01-dna-analysis-ancient-mummy-thought.html



Spider's web inspires removable implant that may control type 1 diabetes

https://m.medicalxpress.com/news/2018-01-spider-web-implant-diabetes.html



No rise in autism in US in past three years: study

https://m.medicalxpress.com/news/2018-01-autism-years.html



Researchers report novel complementary effects of estrogen treatment in
multiple sclerosis

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2017-12-complementary-effects-estrogen-treatment-multiple.amp?__twitter_impression=true



With wrist-worn gadget, researchers capture real-life sleep for the first
time

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2017-12-wrist-worn-gadget-capture-real-life.amp?__twitter_impression=true



Berry gives boost to cervical cancer therapy

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2017-12-berry-boost-cervical-cancer-therapy.amp



Diabetes drug 'significantly reverses memory loss' in mice with Alzheimer's

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-01-diabetes-drug-significantly-reverses-memory.amp?__twitter_impression=true



Keeping egg cells fresh with epigenetics

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-01-egg-cells-fresh-epigenetics.amp



Researchers Gather Health Data For 'All of Us'

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/12/31/572674823/researchers-gather-health-data-for-all-of-us?sc=tw



Humans Made the Banana Perfect—But Soon, It'll Be Gone

https://www.wired.com/2017/03/humans-made-banana-perfect-soon-itll-gone/?mbid=nl_122917_daily_list1_p2



A non-addictive opioid painkiller with no side effects

https://m.phys.org/news/2018-01-nonaddictive-opioid-painkiller-side-effects.html



*Scientist at work: I’ve dived in hundreds of underwater caves hunting for
new forms of life*

https://theconversation.com/scientist-at-work-ive-dived-in-hundreds-of-underwater-caves-hunting-for-new-forms-of-life-88851



*Young doctors struggle to learn robotic surgery – so they are practicing
in the shadows*

https://theconversation.com/young-doctors-struggle-to-learn-robotic-surgery-so-they-are-practicing-in-the-shadows-89646



Scientists Figure Out How to Make Muscles from Scratch

https://www.wired.com/story/scientists-figure-out-how-to-make-muscles-from-scratch/?mbid=nl_010918_daily_list3_p3



Climate Change Means 'Virtually No Male Turtles' Born In A Key Nesting
Ground

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/01/10/576807635/climate-change-means-virtually-no-male-turtles-born-in-a-key-nesting-ground



Man As God: 'Frankenstein' Turns 200

https://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2018/01/10/577025147/man-as-god-frankenstein-turns-200?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20180110



Hero whale saves snorkeler from tiger shark in the Pacific Ocean

http://www.foxnews.com/science/2018/01/08/hero-whale-saves-snorkeler-from-tiger-shark-in-pacific-ocean.html?cmpid=prn_msn











*Other*



2 Navy Airmen and an Object That ‘Accelerated Like Nothing I’ve Ever Seen’

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/12/16/us/politics/unidentified-flying-object-navy.html?src=twr%3Fsmid%3Dfb-nytimes&smtyp=cur&referer=http://m.facebook.com/



‘I’ve Spent My Life Studying These Books That Say Decency Actually Matters’

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/12/sharon-brous-ikar-religious-left-trump/548483/?utm_source=atltw



Are Alien Civilizations Technologically Advanced?

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/are-alien-civilizations-technologically-advanced/



Star 'Treknology': Imagining the Future into Being

https://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2018/01/06/576249787/star-treknology-imagining-the-future-into-being



Seasteading: Come for the Algae Bacon, stay for the Freedom

https://www.wired.com/2018/01/geeks-guide-seasteading/?mbid=nl_010618_daily_list3_p3

























Additional Informational



Powering Science, NASA's Large Strategic Science Missions

https://www.nap.edu/catalog/24857/powering-science-nasas-large-strategic-science-missions



The Fix: The Full Treatment

https://blog.library.si.edu/blog/2017/12/22/fix-full-treatment/#.WlBAieQo7IW



50 notable works of nonfiction in 2017

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/50-notable-works-of-nonfiction-in-2017/2017/11/14/36063e26-af85-11e7-9e58-e6288544af98_story.html?utm_term=.e63a0c0d2d49



This is how a molten salt nuclear reactor works

https://www.popsci.com/molten-salt-nuclear-reactor?utm_content=buffer5eb39&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer



Condition Reporting for Collections and Historic Buildings Online Course,
Jan 22

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/condition-reporting-for-collections-and-historic-buildings-tickets-40321750441



2017 UN World Water Development Report, Wastewater: The Untapped Resource

http://www.unesco.org/new/en/natural-sciences/environment/water/wwap/wwdr/2017-wastewater-the-untapped-resource/



TED Talk, Brighter Than A Billion Suns: Imaging Life on Earth

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wvks-CTQe4Y&app=desktop



UNESCO World Heritage Center

http://whc.unesco.org/en/review/



In-Route to the Moon: Creating a More Resilient Civil Space Architecture,
Jan 17 in Washington DC

https://www.csis.org/events/en-route-moon-creating-more-resilient-civil-space-architecture?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=d0400b9ea9-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_09_26&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-d0400b9ea9-189939825



These Breathtaking Natural Wonders No Longer Exist

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/features/photography/natural-wonders-that-disappeared/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Social&utm_content=link_fb20171230travel-naturalwondersgonegallery2&utm_campaign=Content&sf176658283=1



Honanki Ruins: Photos Reveal Sprawling, Ancient Pueblos

https://www.livescience.com/60659-honanki-photos.html



Light of the Stars: Alien Worlds and the Fate of the Earth

https://www.amazon.com/Light-Stars-Alien-Worlds-Earth/dp/0393609014/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1514394920&sr=8-3&keywords=light+of+the+stars



TED Talk, How AI can bring on a second Industrial Revolution

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



National Museum of American History, Many Voices, One Nation

http://americanhistory.si.edu/many-voices-exhibition



U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services Strategic Plan

https://www.imls.gov/news-events/news-releases/imls-presents-new-strategic-plan-2018-2022
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