[Jawlist] Weekly Science Report 11-16-18

[Steve Detwiler]

*Weekly Science Report*

*November 16, 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



*Table of Contents*



Introduction. 2 <#_Toc396567381>

News Articles. 3 <#_Toc396567382>

Paleontology, Evolution and Prehistoric Studies. 3 <#_Toc396567383>

History. 4 <#_Toc396567384>

Archaeology. 6 <#_Toc396567385>

Egyptology. 7 <#_Toc396567386>

General Science. 8 <#_Toc396567387>

Physics, Earth and Space Sciences. 9 <#_Toc396567388>

Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources. 10
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Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences. 11 <#_Toc396567390>

Other 12 <#_Toc396567391>

Additional Informational 13 <#_Toc396567392>



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*



Ice Age Cave Art Found Under Layers of Centuries-Old Graffiti

https://www.livescience.com/64099-cave-art-under-graffiti.html



Late Miocene ape maxilla (upper jaw) discovered in western India

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-11/p-lma110818.php



Weasel-Like Fossils Reveal Evolutionary Clues of the First Mammals
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/weasel-like-fossils-reveal-clues-about-evolution-first-mammals-180970836/



Humans Are Just as Violent as Neanderthals, Scientists Conclude

https://www.history.com/news/neanderthal-violence-discovery?cmpid=FACEBOOK_FBPAGE__20181114&linkId=59631674









*History*



Climate change likely caused migration, demise of ancient Indus Valley
civilization

https://popular-archaeology.com/article/climate-change-likely-caused-migration-demise-of-ancient-indus-valley-civilization/



A lost ancient city built by Trojan War captives has been found, Greek
officials say

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2018/11/13/lost-ancient-city-built-by-trojan-war-captives-has-been-found-greek-officials-say/?utm_term=.8c45262137d1



Handwritten Einstein letter auctioned off for nearly $40,000

https://apnews.com/c0210d91eba342759a107b605f98f753?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=AP



Young Jonestown survivors built new lives amid grief, scorn

https://www.apnews.com/08719a0375204841ba4efaa718b96dff?fbclid=IwAR09Y-K6prqOglxhSL9vT9gdqXrjqwTbhgamfFCPQ2t6eOb3SgjRDhJSyo4



A World War II hero returns to Germany to solve a mystery -- and meet an
enemy

https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/10/us/ww2-reunion-us-german-veterans/index.html



Fewer foreign students coming to United States for second year in row,
survey finds

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/fewer-foreign-students-coming-united-states-second-year-row-survey-n935701?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_ma



Photo Of Hitler Posing With A Girl Who Had A Jewish Grandmother Auctioned
For $11.5K

https://www.npr.org/2018/11/14/667965101/photo-of-hitler-posing-with-a-girl-who-had-a-jewish-grandmother-auctioned-for-11?sc=tw



The Cost of Courage: The 2 Couples Who Rescued My Family From The Nazis

https://www.npr.org/2018/11/14/663061471/the-cost-of-courage-the-two-couples-who-rescued-my-family-from-the-nazis?sc=tw



Verdict On Khmer Rouge Leaders Is First To Officially Acknowledge Regime's
Genocide

https://www.npr.org/2018/11/16/668505535/verdict-on-khmer-rouge-leaders-is-first-to-officially-acknowledge-regimes-genoci



The forgotten Muslim heroes who fought for Britain in the trenches

https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2017/nov/12/forgotten-muslim-heroes-fought-for-britain-first-world-war?__twitter_impression=true



The Chemists’ War

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/10/science/chemical-weapons-world-war-1-armistice.html



Mysterious Suitcase Helps Connecticut Man Discover His Grandfather's WWII
Service

https://www.npr.org/2018/11/12/666363999/mysterious-suitcase-helps-connecticut-man-discover-his-grandfathers-wwii-service?sc=tw



What you don't know about America's Islamic heritage

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2018/11/16/islam-america-muslims-religion-president-trump-american/1736878002/?fbclid=IwAR05dRXs5HOrRJi1m0UCsP4iI2u0GCdXywHaKXgjcWgWbz0Z9aK1Ro2i8wE







Did Colonists Give Infected Blankets to Native Americans as Biological
Warfare?

https://www.history.com/news/colonists-native-americans-smallpox-blankets?cmpid=FACEBOOK_FBPAGE__20181115&linkId=59695717









*Archaeology*



Hundreds of Tiny Terracotta Warriors Found Guarding 2,100-Year-Old Chinese
Site

https://www.livescience.com/64071-mini-terracotta-army-discovered-china.html



Archaeologists discover 15th century indigenous tombs in Bolivia

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-bolivia-archaeology/archaeologists-discover-15th-century-indigenous-tombs-in-bolivia-idUSKCN1NJ2P8



Excavators find tombs buried in Bolivia 500 years ago

https://phys.org/news/2018-11-excavators-tombs-bolivia-years.html









*Egyptology*



3,700 year-old skeletons of woman, fetus discovered in Egypt's Aswan

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/316308/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/,yearold-skeletons-of-woman,-fetus-discovered-in-E.aspx



Ancient Egyptians discovered Algol's variability 3,000 years before western
astronomers

https://phys.org/news/2018-11-ancient-egyptians-algol-variability-years.html



Archaeologists Discover Dozens Of Cat Mummies, 100 Cat Statues In Ancient
Tomb

https://www.npr.org/2018/11/11/666704847/archaeologists-discover-dozens-of-cat-mummies-100-cat-statues-in-ancient-tomb?sc=tw













*General Science*



A Material to Save the World?

*https://www.scientificamerican.com/custom-media/pictet/a-material-to-save-the-world/?mvt=i&mvn=0f6a1c3d8dc048a18834c00b27bfb7e3&mvp=NA-SCIEAMERLIVE-11237933&mvl=HomePopular
<https://www.scientificamerican.com/custom-media/pictet/a-material-to-save-the-world/?mvt=i&mvn=0f6a1c3d8dc048a18834c00b27bfb7e3&mvp=NA-SCIEAMERLIVE-11237933&mvl=HomePopular>*



How to Teach Artificial Intelligence Some Common Sense

https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-teach-artificial-intelligence-common-sense/?CNDID=41291302&CNDID=41291302&bxid=MjM5NjgxMjIxODk5S0&hasha=3ed15b3d4270f52ce4da5de4e5031836&hashb=9085a9ae56cc45a4e9bae24e2eaeaade6e04a43e&mbid=nl_111318_daily_list1_p1&utm_brand=wired&utm_mailing=WIRED%20NL%20111318%20(1)&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nl



Fei-Fei Li's Quest to Make AI Better for Humanity

https://www.wired.com/story/fei-fei-li-artificial-intelligence-humanity/?CNDID=41291302&CNDID=41291302&bxid=MjM5NjgxMjIxODk5S0&hasha=3ed15b3d4270f52ce4da5de4e5031836&hashb=9085a9ae56cc45a4e9bae24e2eaeaade6e04a43e&mbid=nl_111518_daily_list1_p2&utm_brand=wired&utm_mailing=WIRED%20NL%20111518%20(1)&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nl



Facebook Failed to Police How Its Partners Handled User Data

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/12/technology/facebook-data-privacy-users.html?fbclid=IwAR0am-olMx0Mjyg5rkKmHQcgKYsmLVNBN73BnvZsW5hTGkVtkQRKjGQBT1g

*Physics, Earth and Space Sciences*   Overflowing crater lakes carved
canyons across Mars
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-11/uota-ocl111418.php
Astronomers
Discover Second-Closest Known Exoplanet
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/astronomers-discover-second-closest-exoplanet-180970818/



New space industry emerges: on-orbit servicing

https://phys.org/news/2018-11-space-industry-emerges-on-orbit_1.html



SpaceX gets nod to put 12,000 satellites in orbit

https://phys.org/news/2018-11-spacex-satellites-orbit.html



Infinite-dimensional symmetry opens up possibility of a new physics—and new
particles

https://phys.org/news/2018-11-infinite-dimensional-symmetry-possibility-physicsand-particles.html



Scientists confirm massive impact crater beneath Greenland's ice

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/scientists-confirm-massive-impact-crater-beneath-greenlands-ice/ar-BBPJfyv?li=BBnbfcL&ocid=SL5FDHP



*Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources*



Climate change may be dissolving the ocean floor. Here's why we should be
worried.

https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/climate-change-may-be-dissolving-ocean-floor-here-s-why-ncna935261?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_ma



China's 'artificial sun' reaches 100 million degrees Celsius marking
milestone for nuclear fusion

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-11-15/china-attempts-to-create-an-artificial-sun/10495536?smid=Page:%20ABC%20News-Facebook_Organic&WT.tsrc=Facebook_Organic&sf202329061=1



As Brazil’s Far Right Leader Threatens the Amazon, One Tribe Pushes Back

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/10/world/americas/brazil-indigenous-mining-bolsonaro.html



EPA official arrested on felony ethics charges in Ala

https://chicago.suntimes.com/environment/trey-glenn-epa-official-arrested-felony-ethics-charges-alabama/





*Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences*   Scientists produce 3D
chemical maps of single bacteria
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-11/dnl-sp3111618.php


New way to look at cell membranes could change the way we study disease

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-11/uoo-nwt111618.php



The Genius Neuroscientist Who Might Hold the Key to True AI

https://www.wired.com/story/karl-friston-free-energy-principle-artificial-intelligence/?CNDID=41291302&CNDID=41291302&bxid=MjM5NjgxMjIxODk5S0&hasha=3ed15b3d4270f52ce4da5de4e5031836&hashb=9085a9ae56cc45a4e9bae24e2eaeaade6e04a43e&mbid=nl_111318_daily_list1_p4&utm_brand=wired&utm_mailing=WIRED%20NL%20111318%20(1)&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nl



Gene-edited food is coming, but will shoppers buy?

https://phys.org/news/2018-11-gene-edited-food-shoppers.html?fbclid=IwAR2Cq6aal-QaTjZp0Qj5JIBxyQumk_rgfhwInvwz16kIN5P1LUUPT-j86nE



UPMC Children’s Hospital Researchers Working On ‘Groundbreaking’ Procedure
To Cure Diabetes

https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2018/11/14/upmc-childrens-hospital-pittsburgh-diabetes-cure-research/#.W-zpq73ZRWg.facebook



In China, Desperate Patients Smuggle Drugs. Or Make Their Own.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/11/business/china-drugs-smuggled-homemade.html



*Other*



UFOs spotted off Irish coast under investigation

https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-europe-46181662?__twitter_impression=true



The Impact of Technology on Democracy

https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-impact-of-technology-on-democracy-1541943796



Stan Lee Is Dead at 95; Superhero of Marvel Comics

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/12/obituaries/stan-lee-dead.html























Additional Informational



It's time to take a stand for nature

http://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/blog/2018/time-to-take-a-stand-for-nature.html



U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, Application - 2019–2020 Museum Teacher
Fellowship Program

https://events.ushmm.org/profile/form/index.cfm?PKformID=0x45810abcd&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTXpabE1qSTJNemc1TTJZeCIsInQiOiJnd0FSeFNXY2gwVUM1RkNtWjFZMmZ3aWlNdXVKckpDY3NETHVjQmgzRlU1SnpMd0NtZmxQWDlwUlN2U1U2VXhmcUZ3dU9kSFg2R3Vmd3ZTWVVPTElxRTREUTY2bDY0T3VCN25DZWdEbFlFNEFSV2JoVm9jcGM3V2JcLzlcL0V3NDlaIn0%3D



2019 Arthur and Rochelle Belfer National Conference for Educators, July
22-27: Washington DC

https://www.ushmm.org/online-calendar/event/NALIHEBELFER0719?utm_source=mkto&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=1907LHEEM04132&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTXpabE1qSTJNemc1TTJZeCIsInQiOiJnd0FSeFNXY2gwVUM1RkNtWjFZMmZ3aWlNdXVKckpDY3NETHVjQmgzRlU1SnpMd0NtZmxQWDlwUlN2U1U2VXhmcUZ3dU9kSFg2R3Vmd3ZTWVVPTElxRTREUTY2bDY0T3VCN25DZWdEbFlFNEFSV2JoVm9jcGM3V2JcLzlcL0V3NDlaIn0%3D
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