[Jawlist] Weekly Science Report 6-15-18

Sun Jun 17 17:42:25 PDT 2018

*Weekly Science Report*

*June 15, 2018*

*“An understanding society cannot fall into the hands of racism.  Stand
together and build a foundation of peace. Yesterday’s lessons are
tomorrow’s warnings.”*

Robert Badinter

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*

Oldest Human Fossils Outside Africa Push Back Our Timeline…Again
<http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/deadthings/2018/01/25/oldest-human-fossils-outside-africa/>

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/deadthings/2018/01/25/oldest-human-fossils-outside-africa/#.WxaC8e4vwdU

The Startling Alternative Theory of How Humans Arrived in America
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/videos/category/history/the-startling-alternative-theory-of-how-huma/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20180604-daily-responsive&spMailingID=34583365&spUserID=NDkzNjg5MzU3MzY5S0&spJobID=1300412888&spReportId=MTMwMDQxMjg4OAS2#miQc0KbZw6bYqZvL.01

Why Grandmothers May Hold The Key To Human Evolution

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2018/06/07/617097908/why-grandmothers-may-hold-the-key-to-human-evolution?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20180607

Ancient mammal ancestor found and identified in China

https://phys.org/news/2018-06-ancient-mammal-ancestor-china.html

Secrets of extinct cow with face like a bulldog revealed

https://phys.org/news/2018-06-secrets-extinct-cow-bulldog-revealed.html

Tuqan Man, human remains buried 10,000 years ago, found on the Channel
Islands
https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/special-reports/outdoors/2018/06/13/ancient-remains-discovered-reburied-san-miguel-island-tuqan-man-channel-islands-santa-ynez-chumash/670609002/

*History*

A car crashed into a Little League game. The ‘brave’ man who died saving
kids had a dark secret.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/a-car-crashed-into-a-little-league-game-the-brave-man-who-died-saving-kids-had-a-dark-secret/ar-AAycP60?ocid=ob-fb-enus-580

A Soviet Ghost Town in the Arctic Circle, Pyramiden Stands Alone
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/soviet-ghost-town-arctic-circle-pyramiden-stands-alone-180951429/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia

In Russia, Scant Traces And Negative Memories Of A Century-Old U.S.
Intervention

https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2018/05/28/608455970/in-russia-scant-traces-and-negative-memories-of-a-century-old-u-s-intervention?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20180528

Trump invokes War of 1812 in testy call with Trudeau over tariffs

https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/06/politics/war-of-1812-donald-trump-justin-trudeau-tariff/index.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=fbCNN&utm_content=2018-06-06T17:05:49

This Picture Tells a Tragic Story of What Happened to Women After D-Day

http://time.com/5303229/women-after-d-day/?utm_source=facebook.com&xid=time_socialflow_facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=time

What Happens When a Bad-Tempered, Distractible Doofus Runs an Empire?

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/what-happens-when-a-bad-tempered-distractible-doofus-runs-an-empire?mbid=social_facebook

Rare silk Quran helps preserve Afghanistan's cultural heritage
<https://tribune.com.pk/story/1716921/3-rare-silk-koran-helps-preserve-afghanistans-cultural-heritage/>

https://tribune.com.pk/story/1716921/3-rare-silk-koran-helps-preserve-afghanistans-cultural-heritage/

'Race riot is a euphemism': Teachers learn why Tulsa race massacre is more
accurate term

http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/education/experts-explain-why-the-tulsa-race-riot-is-now-being/article_37e95c53-9f55-5ba8-8ffa-c5586946a420.html

What if Napoleon Hadn’t Lost Europe and Other Questions of Alternate History
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/what-if-napoleon-lost-europe-and-other-questions-alternate-history-180969326/#43rA3IAGUcUmRZLm.01

Travel diaries reveal Einstein's racist views

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/travel-diaries-reveal-einstein-s-racist-views-n882931?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_ma

A Stalin-era Gulag survivor never saw her husband again. USA TODAY found
him.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2018/06/14/gulag-survivor-never-saw-her-husband-again-usa-today-found-him/700776002/

Stephen Hawking's ashes buried in Westminster Abbey, between Darwin and
Newton

http://www.latimes.com/world/europe/la-fg-hawking-20180615-story.html

When Native Americans Were Slaughtered in the Name of ‘Civilization’

https://www.history.com/news/native-americans-genocide-united-states?utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1528904021

Large-scale whaling in north Scandinavia may date back to 6th century

https://phys.org/news/2018-06-large-scale-whaling-north-scandinavia-date.html

When America’s Most Prominent Socialist Was Jailed for Speaking Out Against
World War I
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/fiery-socialist-challenged-nations-role-wwi-180969386/

*Archaeology*

Scotland's castles vulnerable to climate change

https://www.nbcnews.com/video/scotland-s-castles-vulnerable-to-climate-change-1219745347962

AP Exclusive: Oregon tribe regains artifacts for 1-year show

https://apnews.com/27de8a80aab9413b9cb5c92dcbd207bc

Research illuminates inaccuracies in radiocarbon dating

https://phys.org/news/2018-06-cornell-illuminates-inaccuracies-radiocarbon-dating.html

A southern-hemisphere Stonehenge is found in Chile
https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2018/05/26/a-southern-hemisphere-stonehenge-is-found-in-chile?fsrc=scn/tw/te/rfd/pe

How Did Easter Islanders Lift Statues' 13-Ton Hats? Researchers May Have
The Answer

https://www.npr.org/2018/06/07/618087324/how-did-easter-islanders-lift-statues-13-ton-hats-researchers-may-have-the-answe?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

U.S. returns Christopher Columbus letter stolen from Vatican

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/u-s-returns-christopher-columbus-letter-stolen-vatican-n883086?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_ma
  Researchers Solve a Lingering Mystery About Easter Island’s Statues
https://www.seeker.com/culture/hat-trick-researchers-solve-a-lingering-mystery-about-easter-islands-statues

Research provides insights on World War II naval battle site

https://popular-archaeology.com/article/research-provides-insights-on-world-war-ii-naval-battle-site/

1,000 Year Old Clay Amulet with Arabic Blessing Discovered in City of David

http://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/jerusalem/1000-year-old-clay-amulet-with-arabic-blessing-discovered-in-city-of-david/2018/06/14/

Forgotten no more: Shell Oil preserves slave cemeteries

http://www.gettysburgtimes.com/news/national/article_a3da6c09-dbbe-5c63-b208-d8629f74105e.html

Discovering Saudi Arabia's hidden archaeological treasures

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/saudi-arabia-hidden-archaeology-alhijir-petra-charles-doughty-a8373686.html

3,000-Year-Old Geoglyphs May Depict the Heavens

https://www.livescience.com/62792-peru-geoglyphs-depict-heavens.html

New technique provides accurate dating of ancient skeletons

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-06/esoh-ntp061418.php

*Egyptology*

Egypt antiquities repatriation efforts rewarded in selection to chair
UNESCO’s anti-trafficking committee: Ministry official

http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/301910.aspx

*General Science*

Cosmic Ray Showers Crash Supercomputers. Here's What to Do About It

https://www.wired.com/story/cosmic-ray-showers-crash-supercomputers-heres-what-to-do-about-it/?CNDID=41291302&mbid=nl_060418_daily_list3_p3

How Saddam and ISIS Killed Iraqi Science

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-saddam-and-isis-killed-iraqi-science-180969097/

To Bring On the Robocars, Scientists Must Understand How Humans Ride

https://www.wired.com/story/michigan-mcity-self-driving-shuttle-research/?CNDID=41291302&mbid=nl_060518_daily_list1_p3

*Physics, Earth and Space Sciences*

China plans historic mission to the moon's 'dark' side

https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/china-plans-historic-mission-moon-s-dark-side-ncna883591?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_ma

Globular clusters 4 billion years younger than previously thought

https://phys.org/news/2018-06-globular-clusters-billion-years-younger.html

A major physics experiment just detected a particle that shouldn't exist

https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/major-physics-experiment-just-detected-particle-shouldn-t-exist-ncna879616?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_ma

Earth could have supported crust, life earlier than thought

https://phys.org/news/2018-06-earth-crust-life-earlier-thought.html

New insight into Earth's crust, mantle and outer core interactions

https://phys.org/news/2018-06-insight-earth-crust-mantle-outer.html

These Spinning Disks of Gas and Dust Reveal How Planets Get Made

https://www.wired.com/story/these-spinning-disks-of-gas-and-dust-reveal-how-planets-get-made/?CNDID=41291302&mbid=nl_060318_daily_list1_p1

NASA has a plan to let humans soar above the clouds on Venus

https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/nasa-has-plan-let-humans-soar-above-clouds-venus-ncna879851?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_ma

New Horizons wakes for historic Kuiper Belt flyby

https://phys.org/news/2018-06-horizons-historic-kuiper-belt-flyby.html

Juno solves 39-year old mystery of Jupiter lightning

https://phys.org/news/2018-06-juno-year-mystery-jupiter-lightning.html

More mystery objects detected near Milky Way's supermassive black hole

https://phys.org/news/2018-06-mystery-milky-supermassive-black-hole.html
  The Race to Send Robots to Mine the Ocean Floor
https://www.wired.com/story/the-race-to-send-robots-to-mine-the-ocean-floor/?CNDID=41291302&mbid=nl_060518_daily_list1_p2

Building Blocks of Life Found on Mars

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/building-blocks-of-life-found-on-mars/ar-AAylTuv?ocid=se

Speculative wormhole echoes could revolutionize astrophysics

https://phys.org/news/2018-06-speculative-wormhole-echoes-revolutionize-astrophysics.html

NASA lost contact with Opportunity Mars rover, but there's still hope

https://www.popsci.com/mars-rover-opportunity-dust-storm-sleep?src=SOC&dom=fb

Scientists discover three brand new planets hiding in our own galaxy

https://www.yahoo.com/news/scientists-three-brand-planets-hiding-122600500.html

New research reveals British Isles buried under ice sheets 2.5 million
years ago

https://phys.org/news/2018-06-reveals-british-isles-ice-sheets.html

Security row over EU Galileo satellite project as Britain is shut out

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jun/13/eu-member-states-block-uks-access-to-galileo-satellite-programme-after-brexit?CMP=fb_gu

NASA’s bold new plan to keep the ISS in orbit

https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/video/nasa-s-bold-new-plan-to-keep-the-iss-in-orbit-1255983171582?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_ma

A new experiment to understand dark matter

https://phys.org/news/2018-06-dark.html

*Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources*

The seed that could bring clean water to millions

https://phys.org/news/2018-06-seed-millions.html

Alien apocalypse: Can any civilization make it through climate change?

*https://phys.org/news/2018-06-alien-apocalypse-civilization-climate.html
<https://phys.org/news/2018-06-alien-apocalypse-civilization-climate.html>*

Chemical-feasting bacteria remove likely carcinogen from contaminated water

https://phys.org/news/2018-06-chemical-feasting-bacteria-carcinogen-contaminated.html

Climate Change Can Be Stopped by Turning Air Into Gasoline

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/06/its-possible-to-reverse-climate-change-suggests-major-new-study/562289/?utm_source=atlfb_test111_3

Alternatives to Cobalt, the Blood Diamond of Batteries

https://www.wired.com/story/alternatives-to-cobalt-the-blood-diamond-of-batteries/?CNDID=41291302&mbid=nl_060718_daily_list3_p3

*To conserve ocean life, marine reserves need to protect species that
move around*

https://theconversation.com/to-conserve-ocean-life-marine-reserves-need-to-protect-species-that-move-around-89907

Antarctica ramps up sea level rise

https://phys.org/news/2018-06-antarctica-ramps-sea.html

How to save Antarctica (and the rest of Earth too)

https://phys.org/news/2018-06-antarctica-rest-earth.html

Yosemite grove of giant sequoia trees reopens to public after $40M
restoration

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/yosemite-mariposa-grove-reopens-restoration-sequoia-trees/?ftag=COS-05-10aaa0h&utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+Trending+Content&utm_content=5b23691a04d301468947cf3f&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=facebook

Can we actually stop using fossil fuels?

https://www.popsci.com/can-we-stop-using-fossil-fuels?src=SOC&dom=fb

Critical plant gene takes unexpected detour that could boost biofuel yields

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-06/drnl-cpg061418.php

Mount Everest, the high-altitude rubbish dump

https://phys.org/news/2018-06-mount-everest-high-altitude-rubbish-dump.html

*Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences*

Did Science Miss Its Best Shot at an AIDS Vaccine?

https://www.wired.com/story/search-for-aids-vaccine/?CNDID=41291302&mbid=nl_060318_daily_list1_p4

Researchers take a step closer to developing a DNA test for liver cancer

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-06-closer-dna-liver-cancer.html

Clinic Claims Success In Making Babies With 3 Parents' DNA

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/06/06/615909572/inside-the-ukrainian-clinic-making-3-parent-babies-for-women-who-are-infertile?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20180606

Always look on the bright side of life, says CEO who raised EpiPen price by
more than 400%

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/la-fi-lazarus-mylan-epipen-drug-prices-20180605-story.html
  *Neurons made from blood cells – a new tool for understanding
brain diseases*
https://theconversation.com/neurons-made-from-blood-cells-a-new-tool-for-understanding-brain-diseases-97671

Nearly Half the Patents on Marine Genes Belong to Just One Company

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/nearly-half-all-patents-marine-genes-belong-just-one-company-180969325/#LWETUhlpccmkYq1H.01
  Adapt or die: Can evolution outrun climate change?
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/adapt-or-die-cbsn-originals/

Scientist launches hunt for Loch Ness 'monster DNA'

https://phys.org/news/2018-06-scientist-loch-ness-monster-dna.html

Research shows diet shift of beluga whales in Alaska inlet

https://phys.org/news/2018-06-diet-shift-beluga-whales-alaska.html

Human activity making mammals more nocturnal, study finds
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jun/14/human-activity-making-mammals-more-nocturnal-study-finds

*Other*

Florida Private Schools Teaching Students That Humans, Dinosaurs Roamed
Earth at the Same Time

http://www.newsweek.com/florida-private-schools-teaching-students-humans-dinosaurs-roamed-earth-same-954612?utm_campaign=NewsweekTwitter&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Social

The Responsibility of Immortality: Welcome to the New Transhumanism

https://www.wired.com/story/the-responsibility-of-immortality/?CNDID=41291302&mbid=nl_060518_daily_list3_p4

Star Wars and the Battle of the Ever-More-Toxic Fan Culture

https://www.wired.com/story/star-wars-toxic-fandom/?CNDID=41291302&mbid=nl_060718_daily_list1_p4

Additional Informational

Yahad in Unum Holocaust by Bullets Map

http://yahadmap.org/#map/

Scenes From D-Day, Then and Now

https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2014/06/scenes-from-d-day-then-and-now/100752/?utm_source=atlfb

>From Broken Glass: My Story of Finding Hope in Hitler’s Death Camps to
Inspire a New Generation

https://www.amazon.com/Broken-Glass-Finding-Hitler%C2%92s-Generation/dp/0316513040/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1528314503&sr=8-1&keywords=FROM+BROKEN+GLASS&dpID=41OD7lohO-L&preST=_SY291_BO1,204,203,200_QL40_&dpSrc=srch

TED Talks, The Danger of science denial

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

Ramadan: Muslims celebrate Eid around the world

https://www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-44485703

Dreaming Big... Innovations in Space

https://airandspace.si.edu/events/dreaming-big-innovations-space

Preserving and Modelling Egypt’s Wadi el-Hudi for the World

https://www.caorc.org/single-post/2018/06/13/Preserving-and-Modelling-Egypts-Wadi-el-Hudi-for-the-World
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