[Jawlist] Weekly Science Report 9-14-18

Sun Sep 16 18:35:16 PDT 2018

*Weekly Science Report*

*September 14, 2018*

*“Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify
the hunters.”*

African Proverb

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*

World's oldest brewery discovered, was making beer 13,000 years ago

http://www.foxnews.com/science/2018/09/14/worlds-oldest-brewery-discovered-was-making-beer-13000-years-ago.html

What Ötzi the Iceman’s Tattoos Reveal About Copper Age Medical Practices
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/what-otzi-icemans-tattoos-reveal-about-copper-age-medical-practices-180970244/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia

Climate change could affect human evolution. Here's how.

https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/climate-change-could-affect-human-evolution-here-s-how-ncna907276?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_ma

'Oldest known drawing' found on tiny rock in South Africa

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-45501205#
<https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-45501205>

Nuclear Technology May Help Bring Early Mammal Evolution Into Focus
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/nuclear-technology-may-help-bring-early-mammal-evolution-into-focus-180970263/

*History*

Brazil's Museum Fire Proves Cultural Memory Needs a Digital Backup

https://www.wired.com/story/brazil-museum-fire-digital-archives/?CNDID=41291302&mbid=nl_090918_backchannel_list3_p2

Van Gogh: it was suicide, not murder

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/blog/van-gogh-it-was-suicide-not-murder

Was the Philosopher Julia Kristeva a Cold War Collaborator?

https://www.newyorker.com/news/dispatch/was-the-philosopher-julia-kristeva-a-cold-war-collaborator?mbid=contentmarketing_facebook_citizennet_paid_news_was-the-philosopher-julia-kristeva-a-cold-war-collaborator_5-8-visit

History lesson: Scholars take aim at racist views of Middle Ages

https://www.csmonitor.com/EqualEd/2018/0912/History-lesson-Scholars-take-aim-at-racist-views-of-Middle-Ages?cmpid=FB&utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1536780214

Maori language, once shunned, enjoying renaissance in New Zealand

http://www.staradvertiser.com/2018/09/16/nyt/maori-language-once-shunned-enjoying-renaissance-in-new-zealand/

The Senator Who Stood Up to Joseph McCarthy When No One Else Would
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/senator-who-stood-joseph-mccarthy-when-no-one-else-would-180970279/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia

Tensions flare after fire destroys Brazil museum in 'tragedy foretold'

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-fire-museum/rios-200-year-old-national-museum-hit-by-massive-fire-idUSKCN1LJ00L

‘Five Came Back’ Review: Hollywood Filmmakers On Front Lines Of WWII As
Told In Brilliant Netflix Series

https://deadline.com/2017/03/five-came-back-review-hollywood-filmmakers-world-war-ii-netflix-documentary-1202047241/

What Iran’s dazzling art tells us about its civilization?

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20180323-what-irans-dazzling-art-tells-us-about-its-civilisation

The Lost Children of the Lidice Massacre
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/story-lidice-massacre-180970242/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia

Ralph Waldo Emerson’s Call to Save America

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/09/ralph-waldo-emerson-save-america/569830/?utm_source=facebook&utm_content=edit-promo&utm_campaign=the-atlantic&utm_term=2018-09-13T10%3A15%3A03&utm_medium=social
  Understanding 6th-century barbarian social organization & migration
through paleogenomics
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-09/ifas-u6b091018.php
*Archaeology*

Ancient altar reveals Mayan 'Game of Thrones' dynasty

https://www.france24.com/en/20180914-ancient-altar-reveals-mayan-game-thrones-dynasty

Wild animals were routinely captured and traded in ancient Mesoamerica

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-09/p-waw090518.php

Scotland’s largest haul of prehistoric pottery found
https://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/scotland-s-largest-haul-of-prehistoric-pottery-found-1-4798794

Thousands of objects discovered in Scandinavia's first Viking city

https://phys.org/news/2018-09-thousands-scandinavia-viking-city.html

Ancient bird bones redate human activity in Madagascar by 6,000 years
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-09/zsol-abb091218.php
*Egyptology*

More Than 800 Egyptian Tombs Revealed in Ancient Burial Ground

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/more-than-800-egyptian-tombs-revealed-in-ancient-burial-ground/ar-BBNcbpe?ocid=ob-fb-enus-580

*General Science*

HP's New 3-D Printers Build Items Not of Plastic but of Steel

*https://www.wired.com/story/hps-3d-printers-build-items-of-steel/?CNDID=41291302&mbid=nl_091018_daily_list1_p1
<https://www.wired.com/story/hps-3d-printers-build-items-of-steel/?CNDID=41291302&mbid=nl_091018_daily_list1_p1>*

New photonic chip promises more robust quantum computers

*https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-09/cfqc-npc090718.php
<https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-09/cfqc-npc090718.php>*

The Environment’s New Clothes: Biodegradable Textiles Grown from Live
Organisms
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-environments-new-clothes-biodegradable-textiles-grown-from-live-organisms/

*Physics, Earth and Space Sciences*   Mission Unstoppable: Inside the
All-Female Trek to the North Pole
https://www.wired.com/story/inside-all-female-trek-to-north-pole/?CNDID=41291302&mbid=nl_090918_backchannel_list1_p1
  Companies in the Cosmos

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2018/business/companies-in-the-cosmos-the-new-space-race/?utm_term=.3fe05a361569

We've Finally Photographed The Crash Site of a Lost Lunar Orbiter

https://www.sciencealert.com/we-ve-finally-photographed-the-crash-site-of-a-lost-lunar-orbiter

SpaceX announces new plan to send tourist around Moon

https://phys.org/news/2018-09-spacex-tourist-moon.html

What are the Ingredients of a Baby Solar System?

https://www.scientificamerican.com/custom-media/what-are-the-ingredients-of-a-baby-solar-system/?mvt=i&mvn=0364c554d0c9415faada01659fdba0f2&mvp=NA-SCIEAMERLIVE-11237933&mvl=HomePopular

*Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources*

US city pushes green power on the international stage

https://news.un.org/en/audio/2018/09/1018781

These Solar Panels Don't Need Sun; They Harvest Energy From Rain

https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/new-solar-panels-work-in-sun-rain/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_content=global&utm_campaign=general-content&linkId=56558325

Garbage patch clean up: Group deploys huge device to collect ocean plastic

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/garbage-patch-clean-group-deploys-huge-device-collect-ocean-plastic-n907776?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_ma

Estimate of carbon in indigenous lands rises five-fold

https://www.scidev.net/global/forestry/news/estimate-of-carbon-in-indigenous-lands-rises-five-fold.html

*Climate change will reshape the world’s agricultural trade*

https://theconversation.com/climate-change-will-reshape-the-worlds-agricultural-trade-102721

Governor Moonbeam: California to launch its ‘own damn satellite’

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/09/14/california-jerry-brown-climate-change-satellite-825346

As the Ice Melts, NASA will be watching

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/14/climate/nasa-ice-satellite-launch.html

Could A Ban On Fishing In International Waters Become A Reality?

https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2018/09/14/647441547/could-a-ban-on-fishing-in-international-waters-become-a-reality?sc=tw

California Sets Goal Of 100 Percent Clean Electric Power By 2045

https://www.npr.org/2018/09/10/646373423/california-sets-goal-of-100-percent-renewable-electric-power-by-2045?sc=tw

A Scientist Dreams Up A Plan To Stop The Sahara From Expanding

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2018/09/09/645539064/so-maybe-stopping-the-sahara-from-expanding-isn-t-an-impossible-dream?sc=tw

Giant Trap Is Deployed to Catch Plastic Littering the Pacific Ocean

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/giant-trap-is-deployed-to-catch-plastic-littering-the-pacific-ocean/ar-BBN5qLz?ocid=ob-fb-enus-580

Eyes in the sky aim to protect Earth's rainforests, resources

https://phys.org/news/2018-09-eyes-sky-aim-earth-rainforests.html

*Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences*   Infectious Theory Of
Alzheimer's Disease Draws Fresh Interest
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/09/09/645629133/infectious-theory-of-alzheimers-disease-draws-fresh-interest

This Hyper-Real Robot Will Cry and Bleed on Med Students

https://www.wired.com/story/hal-robot/?CNDID=41291302&mbid=nl_090918_daily_list1_p1

The Hidden Link Between Farm Antibiotics and Human Illness

https://www.wired.com/story/farm-antibiotics-human-illness-hidden-link/?CNDID=41291302&mbid=nl_090818_daily_list1_p1

Discreetly Tracking Down Sex Partners To Stop A Surge In STDs

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/09/08/645624754/discreetly-tracking-down-sex-partners-to-stop-a-surge-in-stds?sc=tw

*Discovering the ancient origin of cystic fibrosis, the most common genetic
disease in Caucasians*
https://theconversation.com/discovering-the-ancient-origin-of-cystic-fibrosis-the-most-common-genetic-disease-in-caucasians-100499

10 things I wish people understood about suicide

https://www.vox.com/2015/1/23/7868621/suicide-help

Endangered young killer whale declared dead, but search continues

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/endangered-young-killer-whale-declared-dead-search-continues-n909531?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_ma

*Other*

The Lore Of Bigfoot Lives On At North Carolina Bigfoot Festival

https://www.npr.org/2018/09/09/645999422/the-lore-of-bigfoot-lives-on-at-north-carolina-bigfoot-festival

'Star Trek' at 50: How the TV Series Inspired a Boy to Become a Scientist

https://www.rand.org/blog/2016/08/star-trek-at-50-how-the-tv-series-inspired-a-boy-to.html?adbsc=social_20180909_2529281&adbid=1038582009340223489&adbpl=tw&adbpr=22545453

Additional Informational

Future State Podcast – Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpdj8MUtDQ8&feature=share

UNESCO Revive the spirit of Mosul

https://en.unesco.org/projects/the-spirit-of-mosul

Sneak Peak: 15,000 Year-Old Pre-Clovis at Wakulla Springs

https://www.archaeologicalconservancy.org/sneak-peak-15000-year-old-pre-clovis-at-wakulla-springs/
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