[Jawlist] Weekly Science Report 3-23-18

[Steve Detwiler]

*Weekly Science Report*

*March 23, 2018*



*"Egyptian civilization was not a development, it was a legacy" *
John Anthony West




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*



Skilled female potters travelled around the Baltic nearly 5000 years ago

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-03/uoh-sfp032218.php



Entomologist confirms first Saharan farming 10,000 years ago

http://popular-archaeology.com/issue/winter-2018/article/entomologist-confirms-first-saharan-farming-10-000-years-ago



Discovery of sophisticated 115,000-year-old bone tools in China

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180319220955.htm



Ancient climate shifts may have sparked human ingenuity and networking

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/ancient-climate-shifts-may-have-sparked-human-ingenuity-and-networking





*History*



Why We Need to Start Building Monuments to Groundbreaking Women
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/why-we-need-start-building-monuments-groundbreaking-women-180968306/



Trump’s Nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize Was Apparently Forged. Twice.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/28/world/europe/nobel-peace-prize-trump-fake-nomination.html



What Did Jesus Look Like? Probably Not What You Think

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/what-did-jesus-look-like-probably-not-what-you-think/ar-BBJGTwL?ocid=ob-fb-enus-580



The Persistent Crime of Nazi-Looted Art

https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2018/03/cornelius-gurlitt-nazi-looted-art/554936/?utm_source=atlfb



How Technology Is Transforming The Museum Experience

https://www.forbes.com/sites/delltechnologies/2018/01/17/how-technology-is-transforming-the-museum-experience/amp/?__twitter_impression=true



In Winston Churchill, Hollywood rewards a mass murderer

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/global-opinions/wp/2018/03/10/in-winston-churchill-hollywood-rewards-a-mass-murderer/?utm_term=.6fd7554bae65



Firebombs Over Tokyo

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2002/07/firebombs-over-tokyo/302547/



"Bookkeeper of Auschwitz" dies before starting sentence: Spiegel

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-nazi/bookkeeper-of-auschwitz-dies-before-starting-sentence-spiegel-idUSKCN1GO2CL



After 5 Years As Pope, Francis' Charismatic Image Has Taken Some Hits

https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2018/03/12/592872104/after-5-years-as-pope-francis-charismatic-image-has-taken-some-hits



'National Geographic' Reckons With Its Past: 'For Decades, Our Coverage Was
Racist'

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/03/12/592982327/national-geographic-reckons-with-its-past-for-decades-our-coverage-was-racist?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20180312



Who stole 314 items from the Carnegie Library rare books room?

http://www.post-gazette.com/ae/books/2018/03/19/Carnegie-Library-rare-atlases-maps-books-Japanese-prints-stolen-Oliver-Room/stories/201803190007?utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook



Italy and the Addis Ababa massacre

https://www.economist.com/news/books-and-arts/21725277-italians-it-was-garden-variety-colonial-atrocity-ethiopians-it-was-modern?fsrc=scn/fb/te/bl/ed/italyandtheaddisababamassacre



WASP Pursued Love of Flying, Fought for Women Vets’ Recognition

https://www.defense.gov/News/Article/Article/689318/wasp-pursued-love-of-flying-fought-for-women-vets-recognition/





America Abroad: 'Islam and the Cosmos'

https://www.mprnews.org/story/2018/03/20/islam_and_the_cosmos



The English Governess at the Siamese Court

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1870/04/the-english-governess-at-the-siamese-court/306406/?utm_source=atlfb



Escaping Poverty Requires Almost 20 Years with Nearly Nothing Going Wrong

https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/04/economic-inequality/524610/



An Icelandic Epic Predicted a Fiery End for Pagan Gods, and Then This
Volcano Erupted

https://www.livescience.com/62069-iceland-volcano-christianity.html













*Archaeology*



A Race Against Time to Excavate an Ancient African Civilization

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/02/erosion-and-development-threaten-ancient-nubian-sites/554003/?utm_source=twb



Billionaire explorer discovers sunken US WWII aircraft carrier

https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/05/politics/uss-lexington-aircraft-carrier-wreckage-found/index.html?sr=twCNNp030518uss-lexington-aircraft-carrier-wreckage-found0626PMStory&CNNPolitics=Tw



Oil Was Central in Decision to Shrink Bears Ears Monument, Emails Show

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/03/02/climate/bears-ears-national-monument.html?referer=http://m.facebook.com/



New underwater discoveries in Greece reveal ancient Roman engineering

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/dec/14/new-underwater-discoveries-in-greece-reveal-ancient-roman-engineering



Thessaloniki Metro Dig Reveals More Ancient Greek Finds

http://greece.greekreporter.com/2018/02/21/thessaloniki-metro-dig-reveals-more-ancient-greek-finds/



Amelia Earhart: Island bones 'likely' belonged to famed pilot

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43323944



New archaeological discoveries in Oman

https://thepeninsulaqatar.com/article/24/01/2018/New-archaeological-discoveries-in-Oman



Infamous USS Juneau that sank during WWII with five Sullivan brothers
aboard discovered in Pacific

https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/nation-now/2018/03/20/sullivan-brothers-uss-juneau-found-pacific/440821002/



Survey reveals architectural wealth of Petra region

http://www.jordantimes.com/news/local/survey-reveals-architectural-wealth-petra-region



New Pompeii district to be uncovered

http://www.ansa.it/english/news/lifestyle/arts/2018/03/09/new-pompeii-district-to-be-uncovered_da827ba3-84fa-4b7b-9d04-c87e38258f30.html



Archaeologists Closer to Finding Lost Viking Settlement

*https://www.livescience.com/61937-lost-viking-settlement-search.html
<https://www.livescience.com/61937-lost-viking-settlement-search.html>*



Remains of Roman aqueduct uncovered in Spain after Storm Emma

*https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/03/06/remains-roman-aqueduct-uncovered-spain-storm-emma/amp/?__twitter_impression=true
<https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/03/06/remains-roman-aqueduct-uncovered-spain-storm-emma/amp/?__twitter_impression=true>*



Kanopolis Lake seeking information on vandalism

*http://www.nwk.usace.army.mil/Media/News-Releases/Article/1461373/kanopolis-lake-seeking-information-on-vandalism/
<http://www.nwk.usace.army.mil/Media/News-Releases/Article/1461373/kanopolis-lake-seeking-information-on-vandalism/>*


*Virtual archaeology: how we achieved the first *long-distance* reconstruction
of a cultural artefact*

*https://theconversation.com/virtual-archaeology-how-we-achieved-the-first-long-distance-reconstruction-of-a-cultural-artefact-91725
<https://theconversation.com/virtual-archaeology-how-we-achieved-the-first-long-distance-reconstruction-of-a-cultural-artefact-91725>*



It’s Disturbingly Easy to Buy Iraq’s Archeological Treasures

*https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/03/iraq-war-archeology-invasion/555200/?utm_source=atlfb
<https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/03/iraq-war-archeology-invasion/555200/?utm_source=atlfb>*



Researchers finally solve mystery of 'alien' skeleton

https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/22/health/atacama-skeleton-mystery/index.html?sr=fbCNN032218atacama-skeleton-mystery0148PMStoryLink



Hidden medical text read for the first time in a thousand years

https://phys.org/news/2018-03-hidden-medical-text-thousand-years.html



Ancient Peru: Dozens of Tombs Reveal Child Sacrifices and Hoard of
Archaeological Treasures

http://www.newsweek.com/child-sacrifice-ancient-peru-chimu-archaeology-856529



'Lost city' revealed in South Africa using laser technology

http://www.foxnews.com/science/2018/03/22/lost-city-revealed-in-south-africa-using-laser-technology.html



Feds sell leases on archaeologically rich southern Utah lands for oil and
gas

https://www.sltrib.com/news/environment/2018/03/20/feds-hold-another-auction-of-archaeologically-rich-southern-utah-lands-for-oil-and-gas/



4,000-year-old Sumerian port found in southern Iraq

https://www.dailysabah.com/history/2018/03/20/4000-year-old-sumerian-port-found-in-southern-iraq





*Egyptology*



Tel Basta Museum inaugurated in Egypt's Zagazig

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/44/292036/Heritage/Museums/Tel-Basta-Museum-inaugurated-in-Egypts-Zagazig.aspx



Some Of The Oldest-Ever Tattoos Found On Egyptian Mummies

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/03/02/590347574/some-of-the-oldest-ever-tattoos-found-on-egyptian-mummies?sc=tw



Solar alignments in Ancient Egypt: Chapels of the Sacred Horizon

http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/292945.aspx



Mysterious Head of a Pharaoh Discovered by Swansea Egyptologist

http://www.swansea.ac.uk/press-office/latest-news/mysteriousheadofapharaohdiscoveredbyswanseaegyptologist.php







*General Science*



Spoof, Jam, Destroy: Why We Need a Backup for GPS

*https://www.wired.com/story/spoof-jam-destroy-why-we-need-a-backup-for-gps/
<https://www.wired.com/story/spoof-jam-destroy-why-we-need-a-backup-for-gps/>*



The Transformer of Autonomous Farmbots Can Do 100 Jobs on Its Own

*https://www.wired.com/story/dot-power-autonomous-farming/
<https://www.wired.com/story/dot-power-autonomous-farming/>*



The Quest to Bring 3-D-Printed Homes to the Developing World

*https://www.wired.com/story/new-story-3-d-printed-house/?CNDID=41291302&mbid=nl_031318_daily_list1_p4
<https://www.wired.com/story/new-story-3-d-printed-house/?CNDID=41291302&mbid=nl_031318_daily_list1_p4>*



Breaking the Law: Lawrence Livermore, Department of Energy look to shatter
Moore’s Law through quantum computing

https://www.llnl.gov/news/breaking-law-lawrence-livermore-department-energy-look-shatter-moore’s-law-through-quantum
<https://www.llnl.gov/news/breaking-law-lawrence-livermore-department-energy-look-shatter-moore's-law-through-quantum>











*Physics, Earth and Space Sciences*



How Should We Design Cities On Mars?
<https://www.fastcodesign.com/90160936/how-should-we-design-cities-on-mars>

https://www.fastcodesign.com/90160936/how-should-we-design-cities-on-mars



Elusive Higgs-Like State Created in Exotic Materials

https://www.wired.com/story/elusive-higgs-like-state-created-in-exotic-materials/



How Fast Can Gravitational Wave Detection Get?

https://www.wired.com/story/ligo-data-sifting/



Trump boosts ‘space force’ idea, says U.S. will reach Mars ‘very soon’

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/13/trump-marks-space-program-460591



How Did Astronaut DNA Become 'Fake News'?

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/03/scott-kelly-dna-fake-news/555794/?utm_source=atlfb



The Massive Prize Luring Miners to the Stars

https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2018-asteroid-mining/



Do we live in a multiverse? Stephen Hawking submitted a final paper days
before his death

https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/nation-now/2018/03/19/stephen-hawking-submitted-final-paper-days-before-his-death-and-could-lead-discover-parallel-univers/437237002/



There’s a small chance an asteroid will smack into Earth in 2135. NASA is
working on a plan.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/there-s-a-small-chance-an-asteroid-will-smack-into-earth-in-2135-nasa-is-working-on-a-plan/ar-BBKrq7V?ocid=ob-fb-enus-580



Our 1st interstellar visitor likely came from 2-star system

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/our-1st-interstellar-visitor-likely-came-from-2-star-system/ar-BBKqRai?ocid=ob-fb-enus-580



Evidence that a star disturbed prehistory solar system comets

https://phys.org/news/2018-03-evidence-star-disturbed-prehistory-solar.html



Alien life in our Solar System? Study hints at Saturn's moon

https://phys.org/news/2018-02-alien-life-solar-hints-saturn.html



*Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources*



>From Almonds To Rice, Climate Change Could Slash California Crop Yields By
2050

https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2018/03/02/590056872/from-almonds-to-rice-climate-change-could-slash-california-crop-yields-by-2050



Relying on renewables alone significantly inflates the cost of overhauling
energy

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/610366/relying-on-renewables-alone-would-significantly-raise-the-cost-of-overhauling-the-energy/



Diesel cars will be banned in Rome by 2024

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/02/diesel-cars-will-be-banned-in-rome-by-2024?utm_content=buffer5de48&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer



To Fight Pollution, He's Reinventing The Mongolian Tent

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2018/03/04/589271101/to-fight-pollution-hes-reinventing-the-mongolian-tent?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20180304



Nature calling: Crammed cities go green for climate, health

http://news.trust.org/item/20180305130021-f5d5o/



*Cutting pollution in the Chesapeake Bay has helped underwater
grasses rebound*

https://theconversation.com/cutting-pollution-in-the-chesapeake-bay-has-helped-underwater-grasses-rebound-92716



EPA chief's clean-water rollback shaped by secrecy, luxury travel and
handpicked audiences

http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-pruitt-secrecy-20180302-story.html



Nuclear fusion on brink of being realized, say MIT scientists

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/mar/09/nuclear-fusion-on-brink-of-being-realised-say-mit-scientists?CMP=share_btn_link



Trump's Interior Secretary Claimed Wind Power Leads to Global Warming. His
Numbers Are Wrong

http://time.com/5187877/donald-trump-wind-power-ryan-zinke-birds-global-warming/



Can Humans Survive on Water Vapor Alone?

https://www.wired.com/story/hydropanels-suck-water-out-of-thin-air/



Getting Climate Change Right: In Light Of The Stars

https://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2018/03/09/591906007/getting-climate-change-right-in-light-of-the-stars



Rain or shine: new solar cell captures energy from raindrops

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/mar/13/rain-or-shine-new-solar-cell-captures-energy-from-raindrops?CMP=share_btn_tw



Decline In Hunters Threatens How U.S. Pays For Conservation

https://www.npr.org/2018/03/20/593001800/decline-in-hunters-threatens-how-u-s-pays-for-conservation?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20180320





Who owns water? The US landowners putting barbed wire across rivers

https://amp.theguardian.com/environment/2018/mar/15/privatized-rivers-us-public-lands-waterways



Congress Says Biomass Is Carbon-Neutral, but Scientists Disagree

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/congress-says-biomass-is-carbon-neutral-but-scientists-disagree/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sa-editorial-social&utm_content=&utm_term=sustainability_partner_

*Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences*



The Fight Against Cancer Is Increasingly Personal

https://www.scientificamerican.com/custom-media/the-fight-against-cancer-is-increasingly-personal/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sa-custom-social&utm_content=link-post&sf183120526=1



Anti-vaccine attitudes go deeper than education

https://www.scidev.net/global/health/news/anti-vaccine-attitudes-go-deeper-than-education.html



The Decentralized Internet Is Here, With Some Glitches

https://www.wired.com/story/the-decentralized-internet-is-here-with-some-glitches/



Inside the Company Delivering the Next Generation of Cancer Therapies

https://www.wired.com/story/inside-the-company-delivering-the-next-generation-of-cancer-therapies/



Medicine’s Long, Thin Supply Chain

https://www.wired.com/story/medicines-long-thin-supply-chain/



How to Hack Evolution

https://www.scientificamerican.com/custom-media/jnj-champions-of-science/how-to-hack-evolution/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sa-custom-social&utm_content=link-post&sf184069678=1



World’s last male northern white rhino, Sudan, dies

https://apnews.com/2de9d081adec407c9690b23544ab2e78



Neuroscience Has a Lot To Learn from Buddhism

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2017/12/buddhism-and-neuroscience/548120/?utm_source=atlfb



A Biohacker Regrets Publicly Injecting Himself With CRISPR

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/02/biohacking-stunts-crispr/553511/?utm_source=atlfb



*Other*



Ursula K. Le Guin's Sci-Fi Novel 'The Telling' Getting Big-Screen Adaptation

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ursula-k-le-guins-sci-fi-novel-telling-heading-big-screen-1089286



The 12 books every aspiring leader should read, according to a Stanford
professor

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/02/12-books-every-aspiring-leader-should-read-according-to-a-stanford-professor?utm_content=buffer938e1&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer



Social Inequality Will Not Be Solved By an App

https://www.wired.com/story/social-inequality-will-not-be-solved-by-an-app/



The Arts Contributed a Staggering $763 Billion to US Economy, According to
New Data

https://hyperallergic.com/430820/the-arts-contributed-a-staggering-763-billion-to-us-economy-according-to-new-data/?mc_cid=4a6cba29a3&mc_eid=665935dec8



Footage of mysterious object above ocean stuns military personnel
<https://nypost.com/2018/03/10/footage-of-mysterious-object-above-ocean-stuns-military-personnel/>

https://nypost.com/2018/03/10/footage-of-mysterious-object-above-ocean-stuns-military-personnel/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=facebook_app



Facebook suspends data firm with Trump ties

https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/17/politics/facebook-cambridge-analytica/index.html



A Creationist Sues the Grand Canyon for Religious Discrimination

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/05/grand-canyon-creationism/526467/?utm_source=atlfb



MIT Accidentally Discovered A New Way To Make Metal

https://futurism.com/mit-accidentally-discovered-a-new-way-to-make-metal/

























Additional Informational



NOAA’s Life-Saving Research is on the Chopping Block in FY19 Federal Budget

https://blog.ucsusa.org/brenda-ekwurzel/noaas-life-saving-research-is-on-the-chopping-block-in-fy19-federal-budget?platform=hootsuite



U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, Some were Neighbors

http://somewereneighbors.ushmm.org/#/exhibitions/workers/un2997



The Quest to Colonize the Cosmos: How Billionaires are Changing the Space
Industry, Apr 4: Washington DC

https://aerospace.csis.org/events/quest-colonize-cosmos-billionaires-changing-space-industry/?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=6297fddba3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_09_26&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-6297fddba3-189939825



Inside a Cold War-era nuclear missile bunker

https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/look-inside-a-cold-war-era-nuclear-missile-bunker/?ftag=ACQ449302a



Call to Action: Immediate Threat to Archaeological Sites in Utah

https://heritagecoalition.org/call-action-immediate-threat-archaeological-sites-utah/



The Jews of Warsaw Buried the Truth So It Would Survive Them

https://medium.com/@HolocaustMuseum/the-jews-of-warsaw-buried-the-truth-so-it-would-survive-them-84a46b47f385



UNESCO 2017-2018 World Heritage Map Published

http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/1799



U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, This Preschool Teacher Risked Her Life to
Save Her Students

https://medium.com/@HolocaustMuseum/a-preschool-teacher-risked-her-life-to-save-her-students-29e5c94fd8ca
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