[Jawlist] Weekly Science Report 5-4-18

[Steve Detwiler]

*Weekly Science Report*

*May 4, 2018*



*“Humanity's thirst for natural resources can only be sustained if we adapt
our patterns of consumption. Competition for necessities like water, food
and land will inevitably intensify. To meet the challenge of climate change
and environmental depletion we must all cooperate.”**Humanity’s thirst for
natural resources can only be sustained if we adapt our patterns of
consumption. Competition for necessities like water, food and land will
inevitably intensify. To meet the challenge of climate change and
environmental depletion we must all cooperate.Humanity’s thirst for natural
resources can only be sustained if we adapt our patterns of consumption.
Competition for necessities like water, food and land will inevitably
intensify. To meet the challenge of climate change and environmental
depletion we must all cooperate.*

Dalai Lama




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*



Neandertals, Stone Age people may have voyaged the Mediterranean

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/04/neandertals-stone-age-people-may-have-voyaged-mediterranean



Ice Age Artists at Chauvet Cave Made Charcoal From Pine to Draw

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/MAGAZINE--1.6029115



Homo sapiens spread to Asia earlier than once believed

http://discovery.economist.com/features?aid=5694790160&csid=socialpr&utm_source=Facebook-Instagram&utm_medium=PaidSocial&utm_campaign=Globally-Curious&utm_content=GLOBAL-RT-Hub+web-1v90d&cid1=d/sn/fb/n/n/n/paid/n/n/SMB/n/content/n/evergreen&cid3=UM&dclid=CPrxjo6B0toCFRS_Twod6FAKvg



Wooden Statue Found in Late 1890s Likely Dates Back More Than 11,000 Years
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/statue-found-late-1890s-likely-dates-back-more-11000-years-180968895/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia



Here's the face of a man who lived in Japan about 27,000 years ago

http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201804210040.html



Is this 100,000-year-old hashtag the first humanmade symbol—or just a
pretty decoration?

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/04/100000-year-old-hashtag-first-human-symbol-or-just-pretty-decoration



How to hunt a giant sloth—according to ancient human footprints

https://phys.org/news/2018-04-giant-slothaccording-ancient-humanfootprints.html



Did neolithic man practise surgery on cows?

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/apr/19/did-neolithic-man-practice-trepanning-on-cows?CMP=share_btn_fb



700,000-Year-Old Stone Tools Point to Mysterious Human Relative

https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/05/stone-tools-rhinoceros-luzon-philippines-ancient-hominins-science/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Social&utm_content=link_tw20180502news-firsthumansphilippines&utm_campaign&sf188529944=1





*History*



Augmented Reality Is Transforming Museums

https://www.wired.com/story/augmented-reality-art-museums?mbid=nl_042418_daily_list1_p1&CNDID=41291302


*Ancient Amazonians lived sustainably – and this matters for
conservation today*

https://theconversation.com/ancient-amazonians-lived-sustainably-and-this-matters-for-conservation-today-93455



Archaeologists say early Caribbeans were not 'savage cannibals', as
colonists wrote

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/24/archeology-caribbean-carib-people-cannibalism-colonial-history-wrong



What Will The Holocaust Museum Look Like Without Survivors?

https://wamu.org/story/18/04/24/will-holocaust-museum-look-like-without-survivors/



In Donald Trump, Israelis hear echoes of an ancient emperor

https://www.yahoo.com/news/donald-trump-israelis-hear-echoes-ancient-emperor-155859705.html



*Guide to the classics: the Epic of Gilgamesh*

https://theconversation.com/guide-to-the-classics-the-epic-of-gilgamesh-73444



*Guide to the Classics: Virgil’s Aeneid*

https://theconversation.com/guide-to-the-classics-virgils-aeneid-85459



A History Nerd Will Get to Spend the Summer Guiding Visitors Through 4,000
Years of History
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/best-summer-job-working-4000-years-worth-history-180968908/



Indus Valley people did not have genetic contribution from the steppes:
Head of Ancient DNA Lab testing Rakhigarhi samples

http://www.caravanmagazine.in/vantage/indus-valley-genetic-contribution-steppes-rakhigarhi



In latest JFK files, some tantalizing nuggets — and stuff that makes you go
'huh?'

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/article209931519.html



Unraveling the Genetic History of a First Nations People
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/mapping-history-first-nations-people-through-their-genes-180968899/#AFs03slfxJyrzq04.01



This New Virtual Reality Experience Drops You In Hiroshima Right After It’s
Been Bombed
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/new-virtual-reality-experience-drops-you-hiroshima-right-after-its-been-bombed-180968903/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia



Israel’s Mossad spy agency shrouded in mystery and mystique

https://apnews.com/f9494cfb335d453eab17ec0d93d2bf99/Israel's-Mossad-spy-agency-shrouded-in-mystery-and-mystique



Holocaust row: Abbas accused of anti-Semitism

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-43967600



Germany to fund museum investigations into provenance of colonial-era
artefacts

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/germany-to-fund-museum-investigations-into-provenance-of-colonial-era-artefacts



*Nazis pressed ham radio hobbyists to serve the Third Reich – but surviving
came at a price*

https://theconversation.com/nazis-pressed-ham-radio-hobbyists-to-serve-the-third-reich-but-surviving-came-at-a-price-90510



Museum 25th Anniversary Marks Bold Vision and Campaign Extension

https://www.ushmm.org/information/press/press-releases/museum-25th-anniversary-marks-bold-vision-and-campaign-extension?utm_source=mkto&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=1805MKTEM03879-hotizontal-link-2&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWXpjNFlUbGpPV1F5WW1JMCIsInQiOiJwTHR1U21oNEc3M0YyblVaU1ErU2NETzMxSWVVRUtsUHpwQ1lHYnplcUpyb0xlVlNoUnVNc1c4SGI2N1JWQW50Vkd2bTZHNkRybDc4SzdcL2hPcU9YdzBGQWwxdlVuSHh2SnVTT1p1TDQ0b0V4QkI3N1piclVHVktoV3Y4QzM5UGcifQ%3D%3D



Museums Still Can’t Agree on How to Talk About the 1945 Atomic Bombing of
Japan

https://www.history.com/news/atomic-bomb-hiroshima-nagasaki-museum-controversy-los-alamos?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#link_time=1524050136



The Doctored 'Memoir' of a Jewish Boy Kidnapped by the Vatican

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/04/edgardo-mortara-doctored-memoir/554948/?utm_source=atltw



In a reversal, Speaker Ryan says the House chaplain will remain in his post

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/in-a-reversal-speaker-ryan-says-the-house-chaplain-will-remain-in-his-post/ar-AAwHXTU?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=LENOVODHP17



Expert disease detective unravels mysterious illness that killed famed 12th
century sultan

https://phys.org/news/2018-05-expert-disease-unravels-mysterious-illness.html



New Director Of Air And Space Museum Is The First Woman To Hold The Job

https://www.npr.org/2018/04/30/607076266/new-director-of-air-and-space-museum-is-the-first-woman-to-hold-the-job?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20180501



Rare Interviews With Hitler’s Inner Circle Reveal What Truly Happened on
“The Day Hitler Died”
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/rare-interviews-adolph-hitler-inner-circle-smithsonian-channel-180957283/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia















*Archaeology*



Archaeologists find hundreds of ancient tombs in SW China

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-04/29/c_137145345.htm



Mysterious mummy found in Iran could be father of last shah

https://www.apnews.com/a950f574657c4996ad211c15387beaef



Peru child sacrifice discovery may be largest in history

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-43928277


Mysterious shipwreck discovered in Great Lakes believed to be nearly 200
years old
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/mysterious-shipwreck-discovered-in-great-lakes-believed-to-be-nearly-200-years-old/ar-AAwhNtP?li=BBnbfcL&ocid=LENOVODHP17
  Thessaloniki subway dig unearths secrets of 'city under the city'
http://www.digitaljournal.com/news/world/thessaloniki-subway-dig-unearths-secrets-of-city-under-the-city/article/520915
  Ancient graffiti preserved by lava, researching depression in the UK
https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2018/04/28/ancient-graffiti-preserved-lava-researching-depression-uk-campus-briefs/560115002/


Medieval grave reveals rare 'coffin birth' and neurosurgery

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/medieval-grave-reveals-rare-coffin-birth-and-neurosurgery/ar-AAwm5lU?ocid=ob-fb-enus-580



Those ancient artifacts that were illegally smuggled to Hobby Lobby are
headed home to Iraq

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/those-ancient-artifacts-that-were-illegally-smuggled-to-hobby-lobby-are-headed-home-to-iraq/ar-AAwDoOM?li=BBnbfcL



Some of Hobby Lobby’s Smuggled Artifacts May Come From Lost Sumerian City
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/artifacts-seized-hobby-lobby-may-come-lost-sumerian-city-180968931/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia



Shackleton's lost ship 'Endurance' to be target of new expedition

https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/scientists-scour-seafloor-shackleton-s-doomed-ship-endurance-ncna865041



1,500-Year-Old Massacre Unearthed in Sweden

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/1500-year-old-massacre-unearthed-sweden-180968904/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia









*Egyptology*



Chariots! Swords! Action!

http://www.providencejournal.com/news/20180422/chariots-swords-action



Grand Egyptian Museum Conference Building on fire

http://www.egypttoday.com/Article/1/48938/BREAKING-Grand-Egyptian-Museum-Conference-Building-on-fire



How 2 Massive Carvings Found Near Egypt Pyramid Were Rescued from Looters

https://www.livescience.com/62468-massive-carvings-rescued-egypt-looting.html







*General Science*



Five myths about artificial intelligence

*https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/five-myths/five-myths-about-artificial-intelligence/2018/04/27/76c35408-4959-11e8-827e-190efaf1f1ee_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.51714b3994d0
<https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/five-myths/five-myths-about-artificial-intelligence/2018/04/27/76c35408-4959-11e8-827e-190efaf1f1ee_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.51714b3994d0>*



A 100-Drone Swarm, Dropped from Jets, Plans Its Own Moves

*https://www.technologyreview.com/s/603337/a-100-drone-swarm-dropped-from-jets-plans-its-own-moves/?utm_campaign=technology_review&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social
<https://www.technologyreview.com/s/603337/a-100-drone-swarm-dropped-from-jets-plans-its-own-moves/?utm_campaign=technology_review&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social>*



How Many G's Will the Hyperloop Pull in Its Next Test?

*https://www.wired.com/story/how-many-gs-will-the-hyperloop-pull-in-its-next-test/?mbid=social_fb_sci
<https://www.wired.com/story/how-many-gs-will-the-hyperloop-pull-in-its-next-test/?mbid=social_fb_sci>*



The Lab Making Robots Walk Through Fire and Ride Segways

*https://www.wired.com/story/the-lab-making-robots-walk-through-fire-and-ride-segways/?CNDID=41291302&mbid=nl_042618_daily_list3_p3
<https://www.wired.com/story/the-lab-making-robots-walk-through-fire-and-ride-segways/?CNDID=41291302&mbid=nl_042618_daily_list3_p3>*



Amateur mathematician partially solves 60-year-old problem

*https://phys.org/news/2018-04-amateur-mathematician-partially-year-old-problem.html
<https://phys.org/news/2018-04-amateur-mathematician-partially-year-old-problem.html>*



This Conductive Paint Turns Walls Into Giant Touchscreens
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/this-conductive-paint-turns-walls-into-giant-touchscreens-180968922/#v3ZZMO4Os5xrfL8x.01











*Physics, Earth and Space Sciences*



Space agencies intent on mission to deliver Mars rocks to Earth

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-43907326#
<http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-43907326>



Why robotic bees may be the next visitors to Mars

https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/why-robotic-bees-may-be-next-visitors-mars-ncna864391?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_ma



New Star Map Could Change Everything We Know About the Milky Way
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/new-star-catalogue-will-change-everything-we-know-about-milky-way-180968891/?no-cache/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia



Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen paradox observed in many-particle system for the
first time

https://phys.org/news/2018-04-einstein-podolsky-rosen-paradox-many-particle.html



NASA Mars Mission Faces Setback After Heat Shield Cracks Under Pressure

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/04/27/606349244/nasa-mars-mission-faces-setback-after-heat-shield-cracks-under-pressure?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20180427
  Man in moon may soon be Chinese
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201804/25/WS5adfb705a3105cdcf651a458.html



NASA Expands Plans for Moon Exploration: More Missions, More Science

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-expands-plans-for-moon-exploration-more-missions-more-science



Why parts of Earth have barely changed in 3 billion years

https://phys.org/news/2018-05-earth-billion-years.html



Trump raises the specter of a Space Force as he congratulates Army’s
football team

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-raises-the-specter-of-a-space-force-as-he-congratulates-the-armys-football-team/2018/05/01/b17d6966-4d5b-11e8-b725-92c89fe3ca4c_story.html?utm_term=.38b6955f6acc



Taming the multiverse—Stephen Hawking's final theory about the big bang

https://phys.org/news/2018-05-multiversestephen-hawking-theory-big.html



Physicists find signs of a time crystal

https://phys.org/news/2018-05-physicists-crystal.html



Three black teens are finalists in a NASA competition. Hackers spewing
racism tried to ruin their odds.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/three-black-teens-are-finalists-in-a-nasa-competition-then-hackers-spewing-racism-tried-to-ruin-their-odds/2018/05/02/a702f53e-4d72-11e8-84a0-458a1aa9ac0a_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.1b99d9c49231



*Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources*


World's first ocean plastic-cleaning machine set to tackle Great Pacific
Garbage Patch
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/ocean-plastic-cleanup-machine-great-pacific-garbage-patch-launch-boyan-slat-a8317226.html?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#link_time=1524430264
  Bill Gates Backs Plan for Earth-Monitoring Cameras
https://www.pcmag.com/news/360534/bill-gates-softbank-airbus-back-earth-monitoring-project
  Earth Day: it is about equity as well as the environment
https://www.brookings.edu/blog/social-mobility-memos/2018/04/21/earth-day-it-is-about-equity-as-well-as-the-environment/
  11 easy ways you can help save the planet this Earth Day
https://www.popsci.com/earth-day-cut-down-on-waste   Trump in Earth Day
message notes need for ‘market-driven economy’ to protect environment
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/384335-trump-in-earth-day-message-notes-need-for-market-driven-economy-to
  US won't restore Yellowstone grizzly bear protections
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/us-wont-restore-yellowstone-grizzly-bear-protections/ar-AAwr6xx?ocid=se



The EPA Declared That Burning Wood Is Carbon Neutral. It’s Actually a Lot
More Complicated
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/epa-declares-burning-wood-carbon-neutral-180968880/#VfmjKVH8LjLYj7ZK.01


*US rivers are becoming saltier – and it’s not just from treating roads
in winter*
https://theconversation.com/us-rivers-are-becoming-saltier-and-its-not-just-from-treating-roads-in-winter-92648



Biggest coal-burning power plant in the West is most likely shutting down

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/biggest-coal-burning-power-plant-west-most-likely-shutting-down-n864981



Exclusive: U.S. EPA grants biofuels waiver to billionaire Icahn's oil
refinery - sources

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-biofuels-epa-icahn-exclusive/exclusive-u-s-epa-grants-biofuels-waiver-to-billionaire-icahns-oil-refinery-sources-idUSKBN1I10YB?utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+Trending+Content&utm_content=5ae7148804d3015de535a1be&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=facebook



Chemical Weapons Dumped in the Ocean After World War II Could Threaten
Waters Worldwide
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/decaying-weapons-world-war-II-threaten-waters-worldwide-180961046/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia



2 top Pruitt aides leave EPA amid ethics investigations

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/2-top-pruitt-aides-leave-epa-amid-ethics-investigations-n870486?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_ma



Researchers develop water-based battery to store solar and wind energy

https://techxplore.com/news/2018-04-water-based-battery-solar-energy.html

*Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences*

A New Startup Wants to Use Crispr to Diagnose Disease

https://www.wired.com/story/a-new-startup-wants-to-use-crispr-to-diagnose-disease/?CNDID=41291302&mbid=nl_042818_daily_list1_p3



The Dying Scientist and His Rogue Vaccine Trial

https://www.wired.com/story/infectious-rogue-vaccine-trial/?CNDID=41291302&mbid=nl_050218_daily_list3_p1



This Kangaroo Rat Was Just Spotted For the First Time in 30 years
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/kangaroo-rat-native-baja-california-isnt-extinct-after-all-180968926/#U0jqYFAe3EA0YIGc.01





*Other*



An Indian Politician Claimed Ancient Hindus Invented the Internet

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/04/india-ancient-internet/558725/?utm_source=atlfb_test15_1



Should We Try to Colonize Other Worlds or Stay and Fix Earth?

https://thesciencepage.com/should-we-try-to-colonize-other-worlds-or-stay-and-fix-earth-2/



























Additional Informational



The Armenian Genocide (1915-16): Overview

https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/the-armenian-genocide-1915-16-overview



Stealing Her Legacy Back From the Nazi Past

https://medium.com/@HolocaustMuseum/surprise-youre-jewish-f141d5ecf633



Commemorating the Museum’s 25th Anniversary

https://engage.ushmm.org/2018-25th-highlights.html?utm_source=mkto&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=1805MKTEM03879-feature-button&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWXpjNFlUbGpPV1F5WW1JMCIsInQiOiJwTHR1U21oNEc3M0YyblVaU1ErU2NETzMxSWVVRUtsUHpwQ1lHYnplcUpyb0xlVlNoUnVNc1c4SGI2N1JWQW50Vkd2bTZHNkRybDc4SzdcL2hPcU9YdzBGQWwxdlVuSHh2SnVTT1p1TDQ0b0V4QkI3N1piclVHVktoV3Y4QzM5UGcifQ%3D%3D



The Big Questions of Holocaust History

https://www.ushmm.org/watch/big-questions?utm_source=mkto&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=1805MKTEM03879-event-text-button&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWXpjNFlUbGpPV1F5WW1JMCIsInQiOiJwTHR1U21oNEc3M0YyblVaU1ErU2NETzMxSWVVRUtsUHpwQ1lHYnplcUpyb0xlVlNoUnVNc1c4SGI2N1JWQW50Vkd2bTZHNkRybDc4SzdcL2hPcU9YdzBGQWwxdlVuSHh2SnVTT1p1TDQ0b0V4QkI3N1piclVHVktoV3Y4QzM5UGcifQ%3D%3D



Buried, eaten, sacrificed: Archaeological dog remains from Trans-Baikal,
Siberia

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352226718300060
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