[Jawlist] Weekly Science Report 7-20-18

Sun Jul 22 15:39:11 PDT 2018

*Weekly Science Report*

*July 20, 2018*

*"Part of being optimistic is keeping one’s head pointed toward the sun,
one’s feet moving forward."*

Nelson Mandela

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*

World's oldest bread found at prehistoric site in Jordan

https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/world-s-oldest-bread-found-prehistoric-site-jordan-n891921?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_ma

Where Our Human Ancestors Made an Impression

https://www.hakaimagazine.com/features/where-our-human-ancestors-made-an-impression/

9,000-year-old Neolithic City Discovered in Jerusalem Valley

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium.MAGAZINE-9-000-year-old-neolithic-city-discovered-in-jerusalem-valley-1.6271740

Japan’s love affair with fish began very early

https://cosmosmagazine.com/archaeology/japan-s-love-affair-with-fish-began-very-early

Neanderthals Really Were All Fired Up
<http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/deadthings/2018/07/19/neanderthals-fired-up/>

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/deadthings/2018/07/19/neanderthals-fired-up/#.W1T6eay0XIV

New Spiky-Headed Armored Dinosaur Discovered in Utah Was Basically a Tank

https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/animals/a22498612/armored-dinosaur-utah-akainacephalus-johnsoni/

*History*

Zuckerberg’s Holocaust comment puts Facebook on the spot

https://apnews.com/a653916ee0ac406bb92970f61a4c9f17/Zuckerberg:-Holocaust-deniers-won't-be-banned-from-Facebook

Court documents detail theft of rare maps, books, prints from Carnegie
Library

http://www.post-gazette.com/local/city/2018/06/29/carnegie-library-pittsburgh-rare-books-stolen-search-warrants-gregroy-prioire-jonathan-schulman/stories/201806280184

He Preyed on Men Who Wanted to Be Priests. Then He Became a Cardinal

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/16/us/cardinal-mccarrick-abuse-priest.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur

Audrey Azoulay, first UNESCO Director-General to be received by the Chinese
President

https://en.unesco.org/news/audrey-azoulay-first-unesco-director-general-be-received-chinese-president

Wreckage of plane missing since 1997 found in Michigan, believed to belong
to couple that vanished

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/wreckage-of-plane-missing-since-1997-found-in-michigan-believed-to-belong-to-couple-that-vanished/ar-AAA9GJH?ocid=ob-fb-enus-580

Nelson Mandela's Prison Letters: 'One Day I Will Be Back At Home'

https://www.npr.org/2018/07/17/629742101/nelson-mandelas-prison-letters-one-day-i-will-be-back-at-home?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20180718

Paradise lost: Why Morocco's Akchour is a victim of its own success

http://www.middleeasteye.net/in-depth/features/moroccos-akchour-cascades-tranquil-hideaway-turned-haven-nature-lovers-2015394758

Nazis in their 90s: Germany intensifies hunt for war criminals still at
large

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2018/07/17/germany-nazi-killers-einsatzgruppen/768938002/

How a Tiny Cape Cod Town Survived World War I’s Only Attack on American Soi
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-tiny-cape-cod-town-survived-world-war-is-only-attack-american-soil-180969691/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia

Stolen WB Yeats letters identified at Princeton University

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/jul/09/wb-yeats-stolen-letters-collection-identified-princeton-university

Fresh DNA tests authenticate bones of Russia tsar, family

https://phys.org/news/2018-07-fresh-dna-authenticate-bones-russia.html

A Soviet Ace Shot Down Nazi Pilots With Great Skill, But Her Feats Are
Mostly Forgotten Today
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/soviet-ace-shot-down-nazi-pilots-with-great-skill-but-her-feats-are-mostly-forgotten-today-180969698/

*Archaeology*

Traces of Lost Society Found in 'Pristine' Cloud Forest

http://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/traces-of-lost-society-found-in-pristine-cloud-forest/ar-AAAacIX?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=SL5FDHP

Forensic research (once again) suggests the Shroud of Turin is fake

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/religion/forensic-research-once-again-suggests-shroud-turin-fake-n892251?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_ma

Demolish or restore discoloured Taj Mahal, India's Supreme Court tells
government

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/demolish-or-restore-discoloured-taj-mahal-india-s-supreme-court-tells-government

Warship rumored to carry hoard of gold found on ocean floor

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/warship-rumored-to-carry-hoard-of-gold-found-on-ocean-floor/ar-AAAhNd9?ocid=ob-fb-enus-580

Did archaeological group solve the ‘Beeswax Ship’ mystery?

http://mynorthwest.com/1054670/did-archaeological-group-solve-the-beeswax-ship-mystery/

*Climate change and looters threaten the archaeology of Mongolia*

http://theconversation.com/climate-change-and-looters-threaten-the-archaeology-of-mongolia-91853

'Archaeological enigma' accidentally uncovered in Rome during routine works

https://www.thelocal.it/20180717/archaeological-enigma-rome-tiber-remains-church-villa

Old Theban port of Chalcis: A medieval maritime crossroads in Greece

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-07/c-otp071818.php

Archaeologists uncover ‘find of a lifetime’ tomb

https://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/news/uk/archaeologists-uncover-find-of-a-lifetime-tomb/

The City at the Beginning of the World

https://www.archaeology.org/issues/303-1807/features/6684-maya-urban-grid

Sun Storm

https://www.archaeology.org/issues/304-1807/from-the-trenches/6700-trenches-mexico-aztec-stone-disk

Century-Old Burials of 95 Convict Slaves Uncovered in Texas

https://www.livescience.com/63115-convict-laborer-graves-texas.html

*Egyptology*

Egyptian archaeologists reveal contents of mysterious giant sarcophagus in
Alexandria

https://www.yahoo.com/news/egyptian-archaeologists-reveal-contents-mysterious-155149901.html

Archaeological chambers uncovered in Alexandria

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/41/306778/Heritage/GrecoRoman/Archaeological-chambers-uncovered-in-Alexandria-.aspx

Honoring Osiris

https://www.archaeology.org/issues/304-1807/from-the-trenches/6698-trenches-egypt-luxor-karnak-osiris-chapel

*General Science*

The Complex Engineering of the Simple Hook That Could Make Drone Deliveries
Real

*https://www.wired.com/story/wing-alphabet-x-drone-engineering/?CNDID=41291302&mbid=nl_071618_daily_list1_p2
<https://www.wired.com/story/wing-alphabet-x-drone-engineering/?CNDID=41291302&mbid=nl_071618_daily_list1_p2>*

Planners tout Pittsburgh-to Chicago hyperloop to local officials

http://www.post-gazette.com/news/transportation/2018/07/17/Pittsburgh-Columbus-Chicago-Virgin-Hyperloop-One-studies-begin/stories/201807170173

MIT is making a device that can 'hear' the words you say silently

https://www.popsci.com/device-hears-your-silent-speech?con=TrueAnthem&dom=fb&lnk=TA&src=SOC&utm_campaign=&utm_content=5b4f32d84b738500072dcdef&utm_medium=&utm_source
=

AI Innovators Take Pledge Against Autonomous Killer Weapons

https://www.npr.org/2018/07/18/630146884/ai-innovators-take-pledge-against-autonomous-killer-weapons?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20180719

Google wants to make programming quantum computers easier

*https://www.technologyreview.com/s/611673/google-wants-to-make-programming-quantum-computers-easier/
<https://www.technologyreview.com/s/611673/google-wants-to-make-programming-quantum-computers-easier/>*

DARPA has competition plans for insect-scale robots

*https://techxplore.com/news/2018-07-darpa-competition-insect-scale-robots.html
<https://techxplore.com/news/2018-07-darpa-competition-insect-scale-robots.html>*

*Physics, Earth and Space Sciences*   NASA's mission to touch the sun
launches soon
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/nasas-mission-to-touch-the-sun-launches-soon/ar-BBKRmIu?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=LENOVODHP17
  How Does NASA Test For Spacecraft Safety? Brutalize a Replica
https://www.wired.com/story/inside-the-test-chamber-for-nasas-astronaut-vehicle-double/?CNDID=41291302&mbid=nl_071518_daily_list1_p2

The Hunt for Earth’s Deep Hidden Oceans

https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-hunt-for-earths-deep-hidden-oceans-20180711/

A DOZEN NEW MOONS OF JUPITER DISCOVERED, INCLUDING ONE “ODDBALL”

https://carnegiescience.edu/news/dozen-new-moons-jupiter-discovered-including-one-%E2%80%9Coddball%E2%80%9D

Are we truly alone in the cosmos? New study casts doubt on rise of alien
life in our galaxy

https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/are-we-truly-alone-cosmos-new-study-casts-doubt-rise-ncna891286?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_ma

Wanted: Inspiring name for Europe's 2020 Mars rover

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-44889596

NASA Could Have People Living on the Moon in 8 Years. And That's Just the
Beginning

http://time.com/5342743/nasa-moon-mars/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&xid=time_socialflow_facebook&utm_campaign=time

Physicists Go Small: Let's Put A Particle Accelerator On A Chip

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/07/18/630101228/physicists-go-small-lets-put-a-particle-accelerator-on-a-chip?sc=tw

Alien Solar System Could Harbor Life
<http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2018/07/20/alien-solar-system-could-have-life/>

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2018/07/20/alien-solar-system-could-have-life/#.W1T7wKy0XIU

Discovering structure in the outer corona

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-07/nsfc-dsi071818.php

World's fastest man-made spinning object could help study quantum mechanics

https://phys.org/news/2018-07-world-fastest-man-made-quantum-mechanics.html

Did a rogue star change the makeup of our solar system?

https://phys.org/news/2018-07-rogue-star-makeup-solar.html

Where to search for signs of life on Titan

https://phys.org/news/2018-07-life-titan.html

Researchers study gravitational lensing around an extremely dense galaxy
cluster

https://phys.org/news/2018-07-gravitational-lensing-extremely-dense-galaxy.html

*Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources*

Latin America's largest solar park turns Mexican desert green

https://phys.org/news/2018-07-latin-america-largest-solar-mexican.html

New research calculates capacity of North American forests to sequester
carbon

https://phys.org/news/2018-07-capacity-north-american-forests-sequester.html

A Giant Iceberg Grounded Itself Near a Greenland Town

https://www.wired.com/story/in-greenland-iceberg-shedding-is-a-tourist-attraction-and-a-threat/?CNDID=41291302&mbid=nl_071818_daily_list3_p1

In the Sahel, solar power can help ward off extremism – official

http://news.trust.org/item/20180717191258-tammz/

Aerial Images Capture Swathes of Amazon Rainforest Destroyed by Gold Mining

https://www.wired.com/story/amazon-rainforest-gold-mining-gallery/?CNDID=41291302&mbid=nl_071918_daily_list3_p5

The Future of Oil Demand: Peak, Plateau, or Plummet?

https://www.csis.org/analysis/future-oil-demand-peak-plateau-or-plummet?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=1603678923-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_03_29_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-1603678923-189939825

Powering ships with plastic in Amsterdam

https://www.unenvironment.org/news-and-stories/story/powering-ships-plastic-amsterdam

Church of England votes to withdraw funds from companies that contribute to
climate change

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/church-of-england-climate-change-investment-withdraw-paris-agreement-fossil-fuels-a8437781.html

National parks could get much-needed money for upkeep through bipartisan
bill

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/national-parks-needed-money-upkeep-bipartisan-bill/story?id=56545636&cid=share_facebook_widget

EPA proposal to limit science studies draws more opposition

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/epa-proposal-to-limit-science-studies-draws-more-opposition

How Rwanda Tidied Up Its Streets (And The Rest Of The Country, Too)

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2018/07/18/628364015/how-rwanda-tidied-up-its-streets-and-the-rest-of-the-country-too?sc=tw

New study puts a figure on sea-level rise following Antarctic ice shelves'
collapse

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-07/egu-nsp071618.php

How to build efficient organic solar cells

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-07/lu-htb071618.php

Wave energy converters are not geared towards the increase in energy over
the last century

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-07/uotb-wec072018.php

Rising global meat consumption 'will devastate environment'

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jul/19/rising-global-meat-consumption-will-devastate-environment

*Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences*

Mob slaughters nearly 300 crocodiles in wildlife preserve after Indonesia
man is killed

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2018/07/16/mob-slaughters-nearly-300-crocodiles-after-man-killed-indonesia/787388002/

Africa's Oldest Trees Are Dying, and Scientists Are Stumped

https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/06/oldest-tress-africa-baobabs-dead-climate-science/?cmpid=org=ngp::mc=social::src=twitter::cmp=editorial::add=tw20180715science-resurfafricaoldesttrees::rid=&sf193679639=1

What You and a Platypus Have in Common? Mysterious ‘Genes’ That Jump
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/where-you-got-your-genes-may-surprise-you-180969704/#ggdLhzjWDZyES72R.01

Trump administration proposes stripping some endangered species protections

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-wildlife/trump-administration-proposes-stripping-some-endangered-species-protections-idUSKBN1K92YY?utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+Trending+Content&utm_content=5b51480104d301439bfe4fbf&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=facebook

Paralyzed mice with spinal cord injury made to walk again

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-07-paralyzed-mice-spinal-cord-injury.html
  Nuclear Bomb Sensors Eavesdrop on Whales
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/nuclear-bomb-sensors-eavesdrop-on-whales/

Potential DNA Damage from CRISPR “Seriously Underestimated,” Study Finds
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/potential-dna-damage-from-crispr-seriously-underestimated-study-finds/

*Other*

A Virgin Mary statue has been ‘weeping’ olive oil. Church leaders can’t
explain it.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2018/07/18/a-virgin-mary-statue-has-been-weeping-olive-oil-church-leaders-cant-explain-it/?utm_term=.99de7db29a45

You’re living in a new geologic age. It’s called the Meghalayan

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/living-new-geologic-age-called-meghalayan

Additional Informational

The Story of Co-op Solar in Nine Graphics

https://www.electric.coop/the-story-of-co-op-solar-in-nine-graphics/

Lifting Farmers out of Poverty Design XPrize Challenge

https://www.herox.com/xprizevisioneers-2018-design-challenge/56-farmers

WHEN HUMANITY’S OLDEST DREAM BECAME REALITY

https://www.forallmoonkind.org/2018/07/19/moon-landing-oldest-dream-becomes-reality/

6 Foreign-Born Heroes of the American Revolution

https://www.history.com/news/6-foreign-born-heroes-of-the-american-revolution?utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1532015467

Annual Nelson Mandela Lecture delivered by President Barack Obama- Video

https://www.nelsonmandela.org/content/page/annual-lecture-2018
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