[Jawlist] Weekly Science Report 11-2-18

[Steve Detwiler]

*Weekly Science Report*

*November 2, 2018*



*“Good thoughts, Good words and Good deeds.”*

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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*



You Thought Modern Life Was Bad. This Neanderthal Child Was Eaten By a
Giant Bird
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/poor-neanderthal-child-was-eaten-giant-bird-180970524/?utm_source=keywee-facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia&utm_campaign=keywee_mobile&kwp_0=1016669&fbclid=IwAR037lt9LRY35ziMoROyWsu6tYvQJpGVkC4PSxp7ZUCtSC8EU34WcI7wG3c



The Indians of the Ecuadorian Amazon were using cocoa 5,300 years ago

https://popular-archaeology.com/article/the-indians-of-the-ecuadorian-amazon-were-using-cocoa-5300-years-ago/



A Very Long Way to Eat Rhino

https://www.archaeology.org/issues/310-1809/trenches/6868-trenches-philippines-middle-pleistocene-rhinoceros-feast



Paleontologists discover new sauropod species in Argentina

https://phys.org/news/2018-11-paleontologists-sauropod-species-argentina.html



Neandertal teeth reveal the earliest known signs of lead exposure

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/neandertal-teeth-reveal-earliest-known-signs-lead-exposure?tgt=nr





*History*



A Deadly Hunt for Hidden Treasure Spawns an Online Mystery

https://www.wired.com/story/forrest-fenn-treasure-online-mystery/?CNDID=41291302&CNDID=41291302&MD5=3ed15b3d4270f52ce4da5de4e5031836&SHA1=9085a9ae56cc45a4e9bae24e2eaeaade6e04a43e&bxid=MjM5NjgxMjIxODk5S0&mbid=nl_102718_daily_list1_p3&utm_brand=wired&utm_mailing=WIRED%20NL%20102718%20(1)&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nl



Birthright citizenship: A Trump-inspired history lesson on the 14th
Amendment

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2018/10/30/birthright-citizenship-trump-inspired-history-lesson-th-amendment/?fbclid=IwAR1jn71Mp3ZSWW52MVUCgPrZg6OLK-2pTZJbpOwj6wT1XGXRvz5hX9CsFiw&utm_term=.fe6cd030e31f



Scorsese, DiCaprio to direct, star in Killers of the Flower Moon, Osage
Murders

https://newsmaven.io/indiancountrytoday/news/scorsese-dicaprio-to-direct-star-in-killers-of-the-flower-moon-osage-murders-vl70KeczW0mwVbQGAZt6FA/



N.J. Holocaust survivor: I worry Kristallnacht could happen again

http://www2.philly.com/philly/opinion/commentary/pittsburgh-synagogue-shooting-kristallnacht-holocaust-survivor-20181030.html?__vfz=medium%3Dsharebar&fbclid=IwAR00e4PO4s967mApxzTB8JDU8S0VXpG9xpNfsCN7ALtpSW7QynFez-QujSQ


Discovery of velvet bag may solve gory mystery of Walter Raleigh’s missing
head

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2018/oct/28/walter-raleigh-bag-severed-head-gory-mystery?CMP=share_btn_fb&fbclid=IwAR1m3tqG6suCFQVsOC9LKWHWXNrR71-fW6iF_HMrCqTwXW7ONWGyDi24uCs



Human remains found near Vatican's Rome Embassy revive 1983 cold case

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/human-remains-found-near-vatican-s-rome-embassy-revive-1983-n926626?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_nw



Auschwitz memorial wants to prosecute neo-fascist for her 'humanly awful'
T-shirt

https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/31/europe/auschwitz-t-shirt-intl-trnd/index.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=fbCNN&utm_content=2018-11-01T09%3A31%3A03&utm_term=link



Interior northwest Indians used tobacco long before European contact

https://popular-archaeology.com/article/interior-northwest-indians-used-tobacco-long-before-european-contact/













*Archaeology*



Vandalism and neglect haunt Libya's ancient heritage sites

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-libya-archaeology/vandalism-and-neglect-haunt-libyas-ancient-heritage-sites-idUSKCN1MX25B



Guam Preservation Board irked at Navy's clearing of ancient village

http://www.kuam.com/story/39373749/2018/10/29/guam-preservation-trust-irked-at-navys-clearing-of-ancient-village?fbclid=IwAR24hHKg7JwuGzSut5ksn6j-7WmApm_IApMRFB3F3u2RolkHO-X5nnhBSyI#.W9bymoaHPlY.facebook



Centuries-old sculptures discovered in Peru

https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/centuries-old-wooden-statues-discovered-peru/index.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twCNNi&utm_content=2018-10-24T13:22:31



Rare 3,000-year-old Assyrian art work expected to fetch more than $10M at
auction

https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/assyrian-relief-panel/index.html?utm_source=twCNN&utm_medium=social&utm_content=2018-10-30T00%3A32%3A01&utm_term=image



Ritual Cemeteries—For Cows and Then Humans—Plot Pastoralist Expansion
Across Africa
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/ritual-cemeteries-cows-humans-pastoralist-expansion-across-africa-180970683/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20181101-daily-responsive&spMailingID=37031863&spUserID=NDkzNjg5MzU3MzY5S0&spJobID=1400112759&spReportId=MTQwMDExMjc1OQS2



'Story of a nation': HS2 archaeological dig begins in UK's biggest
excavation

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/oct/26/story-of-a-nation-hs2-rail-archaeological-dig-begins-in-uks-biggest-excavation



Probing the secrets of Sardis

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2018/10/harvard-archaeologists-probe-the-secrets-of-sardis/







*Egyptology*



This 4,500-Year-Old Ramp Contraption May Have Been Used to Build Egypt's
Great Pyramid

https://www.livescience.com/63978-great-pyramid-ramp-discovered.html



The Rulers of Foreign Lands

https://www.archaeology.org/issues/309-1809/features/6855-egypt-hyksos-foreign-dynasty











*General Science*



This Tiny Drone Uses Friction to Pull More Than Its Own Weight

https://www.wired.com/story/how-a-tiny-drone-can-pull-objects-way-heavier-than-itself/?CNDID=41291302&CNDID=41291302&bxid=MjM5NjgxMjIxODk5S0&hasha=3ed15b3d4270f52ce4da5de4e5031836&hashb=9085a9ae56cc45a4e9bae24e2eaeaade6e04a43e&mbid=nl_103018_daily_list1_p1&utm_brand=wired&utm_mailing=WIRED%20NL%20103018%20(1)%20remainder&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nl



NUS researchers turn plastic bottle waste into ultralight super material

*https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-11/nuos-nrt110218.php
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*Physics, Earth and Space Sciences*



Chinese privately developed rocket fails to reach orbit

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-space-landspace/chinese-privately-developed-rocket-fails-to-reach-orbit-idUSKCN1N2078


Sir Martin Rees says a physics experiment could swallow up the entire
universe

https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/sir-martin-rees-fears-physics-experiment-could-swallow-entire-universe-ncna924396?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_ma



NASA spacecraft sets record for closest approach to sun

https://apnews.com/51f523bc21324386a52f8f838d1290b1?fbclid=IwAR06RqgzyafFE8J4I2YDPhwiwDFX6RpldLEl-VfDEBZrkrPHfhzP-TuA1Bg



After finding thousands of planets, NASA's Kepler mission ends

https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/30/us/nasa-kepler-mission-ends/index.html?utm_medium=social&utm_content=2018-10-31T13%3A01%3A03&utm_source=fbCNN&utm_term=link



New insights on comet tails are blowing in the solar wind

https://phys.org/news/2018-11-insights-comet-tails-solar.html



New quantum criticality discovered in superconductivity

https://phys.org/news/2018-11-quantum-criticality-superconductivity.html



The Galactic Collision That Reshaped Our Milky Way

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-galactic-collision-that-reshaped-our-milky-way/


Hubble has been busy since coming back online
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/hubble-telescope-has-been-busy-coming-back-online?tgt=nr



Dawn, the first spacecraft to orbit 2 alien worlds, has gone silent

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/dawn-spacecraft-nasa-asteroid-belt-ceres-silent?tgt=nr





*Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources*



Climate confusion: Content and strategies, not controversy, are the biggest
challenges for science teachers

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/brown-center-chalkboard/2018/10/30/climate-confusion-content-and-strategies-not-controversy-are-the-biggest-challenges-for-science-teachers/



How do we cope with demands for water as we enter an era of scarcity?

https://engineering.stanford.edu/magazine/article/how-do-we-cope-demands-water-we-enter-era-scarcity?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=paid&utm_campaign=content-promo&utm_content=10182018



Researchers achieve breakthrough in process to produce hydrogen fuel

https://phys.org/news/2018-10-breakthrough-hydrogen-fuel.html



Carbon Capture Is Messy and Fraught—But Might Be Essential

https://www.wired.com/story/carbon-capture-is-messy-and-fraughtbut-might-be-essential/?CNDID=41291302&CNDID=41291302&MD5=3ed15b3d4270f52ce4da5de4e5031836&SHA1=9085a9ae56cc45a4e9bae24e2eaeaade6e04a43e&bxid=MjM5NjgxMjIxODk5S0&mbid=nl_102918_daily_list1_p3&utm_brand=wired&utm_mailing=WIRED%20NL%20102918%20(1)&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nl



How one scientist convinces skeptics that faith and climate action aren't
at odds

https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/how-one-scientist-convinces-skeptics-faith-climate-action-aren-t-ncna920746?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_ma



Solar arrays could be used as resources for plant productivity, study shows

https://techxplore.com/news/2018-11-solar-arrays-resources-productivity.html



Ozone hole modest despite optimum conditions for ozone depletion

https://phys.org/news/2018-11-ozone-hole-modest-optimum-conditions.html



Underwater Meadows of Seagrass Could Be the Ideal Carbon Sinks
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/underwater-meadows-seagrass-could-be-ideal-carbon-sinks-180970686/







*Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences*



He Promised to Restore Damaged Hearts. Harvard Says His Lab Fabricated
Research.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/29/health/dr-piero-anversa-harvard-retraction.html



Paralyzed man walks again thanks to spinal implant

https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/01/health/spinal-cord-walk-research-intl/index.html?utm_content=2018-11-01T10%3A31%3A02&utm_medium=social&utm_term=link&utm_source=fbCNN



Unraveling a genetic network linked to autism

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-11/uot-uag110218.php



Tying the knot: New DNA nanostructures

https://phys.org/news/2018-11-tying-dna-nanostructures.html



Molecular virologist fights influenza at the molecular level

https://phys.org/news/2018-11-molecular-virologist-influenza.html



The Universal Flu Shot Moves Within Reach

https://www.scientificamerican.com/custom-media/mount-sinai/the-universal-flu-shot-moves-within-reach/?mvt=i&mvn=73e28e8f19874d4091e12237ce7dd3a2&mvp=NA-SCIEAMERLIVE-11237933&mvl=HomeLatest





*Other*



Woman Who Claims To Have Had Sex With 20 Ghosts Now Engaged To One

https://www.yahoo.com/news/woman-claims-had-sex-20-012941045.html



New method could lead to more powerful quantum sensors

https://phys.org/news/2018-11-method-powerful-quantum-sensors.html?fbclid=IwAR2DrY63-fQ6eBZKKHBCpjtJotzWWOjQfb1jqLOSOgwgw8xsgxyBOdt6SYU























Additional Informational



Thingvellir National Park, Iceland

https://www.archaeology.org/issues/317-1811/trenches/7062-trenches-thingvellir-iceland
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