[Jawlist] Weekly Science Report 2-1-19

Steve Detwiler steveorange2011 at gmail.com
Sun Feb 3 11:15:39 PST 2019


*Weekly Science Report*

*February 1, 2019*



*“I believe in humanity. We are an incredible species. We're still just a
child creature, we're still being nasty to each other. And all children go
through those phases. We're growing up, we're moving into adolescence now.
When we grow up - man, we're going to be something!
<https://www.azquotes.com/quote/764157>”*

Gene Roddenberry





Introduction



Steve Detwiler created this publication with the support of Graham Hancock
and the late 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*



This cave sheltered some of the first known humans 300,000 years ago
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/this-cave-sheltered-some-of-the-first-known-humans-300000-years-ago/ar-BBSY7BR?ocid=se


Unexpected DNA link: A Kennewick man shares paternal lineage with Kennewick
Man

https://www.nbcrightnow.com/check-it-out/unexpected-dna-link-a-kennewick-man-shares-paternal-lineage-with/article_0d1dd9d8-192e-11e9-a8d2-fb6538151077.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=user-share



Human Footprints Off Canadian Coast Pre-date End Of Last Ice Age

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/deadthings/2018/03/28/human-footprints/#.XFMIc1VKhQJ
  DNA from a newly unearthed Alaska graveyard offers fresh knowledge about
ancient Arctic populations
https://www.arctictoday.com/dna-from-a-newly-unearthed-alaska-graveyard-offers-fresh-knowledge-about-ancient-arctic-populations/?fbclid=IwAR2QVXhVkkLXsziwv4699IoLlXCdB48UmeITrEoNDLhqEcdhTE_BLy7U88Y



Crossing the Timor

https://popular-archaeology.com/article/crossing-the-timor/



Humans colonized diverse environments in Southeast Asia and Oceania during
the Pleistocene

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-01/mpif-hcd012819.php



How predatory plankton created modern ecosystems after 'Snowball Earth'

https://phys.org/news/2019-02-predatory-plankton-modern-ecosystems-snowball.html



*History*



The Passamaquoddy Reclaim Their Culture Through Digital Repatriation

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-passamaquoddy-reclaim-their-culture-through-digital-repatriation?fbclid=IwAR3uqUjs0A6B1cpQh-NMecJiYmJehJ5M1oYPd-IkOiuv3LEPj5v5d8SytP4



Tory peer involved in controversial sale of Iraqi antiquities

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/tory-peer-involved-in-controversial-sale-of-iraqi-antiquities



Merlin tale fragments discovered in Bristol archives

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2019/jan/30/undiscovered-merlin-tale-fragments-found-in-bristol-archives?CMP=fb_gu



Holocaust survivor helps track art looted from Hungary

https://amp.detroitnews.com/amp/2514670002?__twitter_impression=true



Study Finds Art Museums Are Slowly Becoming More Diverse, but Progress Is
‘Uneven’
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/art-museums-are-becoming-more-diverse-progress-uneven-180971373/#HazLc337eZfwTFyj.03



Frank Blaichman, 96, Dies; Led Jewish Fighters in World War II

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/25/obituaries/frank-blaichman-dead.html



Eichmann's Best Man Lived and Died in Syria

https://www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/383296/



What Iran’s revolution looked like from inside the shah’s palace

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2019/01/24/what-irans-revolution-looked-like-from-inside-the-shahs-palace/amp/?__twitter_impression=true



DNA test squashes decades-long ‘doppelganger conspiracy’ about Rudolf Hess

https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/national/health-science/dna-test-squashes-decades-long-doppelganger-conspiracy-about-rudolf-hess/2019/01/25/abb231de-1e8d-11e9-8e21-59a09ff1e2a1_story.html?__twitter_impression=true



Dakar’s Museum of Black Civilizations is a vital step for a people
reclaiming their history

https://qz.com/africa/1533523/dakars-museum-of-black-civilizations-tells-africas-story/amp/?__twitter_impression=true



*How will generations that didn’t experience the Holocaust remember it?*

https://theconversation.com/how-will-generations-that-didnt-experience-the-holocaust-remember-it-110137



*What are Muslim prayer rugs?*

https://theconversation.com/what-are-muslim-prayer-rugs-110406



The Monk Who Taught the World Mindfulness Awaits the End of This Life

http://time.com/5511729/monk-mindfulness-art-of-dying/?xid=tcoshare



The Ethics of Killing Baby Hitler

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2015/10/killing-baby-hitler-ethics/412273/?utm_campaign=the-atlantic&utm_content=5c439def9ebbef0001a69c7e_ta&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook



Pakistan’s Crumbling Cultural Heritage

https://thediplomat.com/2019/01/pakistans-crumbling-cultural-heritage/



The Interior Department is running mainly without Senate-confirmed leaders.
It just opted to keep it that way

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2019/01/30/interior-department-is-running-mainly-without-senate-confirmed-leaders-it-just-opted-keep-it-that-way/?utm_term=.17577c47686e



Benefits For Navy Victims Of Agent Orange – Just 50 Years Later

https://www.npr.org/2019/01/30/689919270/benefits-for-navy-victims-of-agent-orange-just-50-years-later?sc=tw



Morton Sobell, convicted in Rosenberg atomic bomb spy trial, dies at 101

https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/local/obituaries/morton-sobell-convicted-in-rosenberg-atomic-bomb-spy-trial-dies-at-101/2019/01/30/4ae88196-24d7-11e9-90cd-dedb0c92dc17_story.html?__twitter_impression=true



S. Koreans mourn death of wartime sex slave who fought Tokyo

https://apnews.com/2443dd5958b9476ab953f421e7e4986d



Women Have Made Gains in Museum Leadership, But Progress Has Been More
Incremental for People of Color, a New Study Says

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/women-museum-leadership-diversity-study-1450213?fbclid=IwAR1-TjLfip2t3An7doFXte5Opr-3ygIHeITGAefC7C0SZqRadJ9xyoc9sho#.XFSJPnyGIP1.facebook









*Archaeology*



Archaeologists in South Africa discover 'lost city' using laser technology

http://www.africanews.com/2019/01/29/archaeologists-in-south-africa-discover-lost-city-using-laser-technology/



Scientists discover ancient Mayan city hidden under Guatemalan jungle

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/feb/03/scientists-discover-ancient-mayan-city-hidden-under-guatemalan-jungle?CMP=share_btn_link



Ancient fortress reveals how prehistoric civilizations of Central Asia lived

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-02/arsc-afr010619.php



Archaeology: Were ancient writings, giants pulled from Ohio burial mounds?
Ummm, no

https://www.dispatch.com/news/20190127/archaeology-were-ancient-writings-giants-pulled-from-ohio-burial-mounds-ummm-no



Archeological findings confirm oral history of Lake Babine First Nation in
northern B.C.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/lake-babine-archeology-1.4991792







*Egyptology*



A Madrid mummy is found to be a pharaoh’s eye doctor

https://elpais.com/elpais/2019/01/07/inenglish/1546880586_334568.amp.html



Archaeologists find Rome-era tombs in Egypt’s Western Desert

https://apnews.com/345efb62765d4c7e84efbd971ed77cd2



Egyptian Antiquities Ministry announces new archeological discovery in Minya

https://ww.egyptindependent.com/egyptian-antiquities-ministry-announces-new-archeological-discovery-in-minya/













*General Science*



3D printing method creates objects in one piece

https://www.llnl.gov/news/3d-printing-method-creates-objects-one-piece



The World’s Fastest Supercomputer Breaks an AI Record

https://www.wired.com/story/worlds-fastest-supercomputer-breaks-ai-record/?CNDID=41291302&CNDID=41291302&bxid=MjM5NjgxMjIxODk5S0&hasha=3ed15b3d4270f52ce4da5de4e5031836&hashb=9085a9ae56cc45a4e9bae24e2eaeaade6e04a43e&mbid=nl_020119_daily_list1_p4&source=DAILY_NEWSLETTER&utm_brand=wired&utm_mailing=WIRED%20NL%20020119%20(1)&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nl



Clever timing makes computers produce less heat—even below Landauer's limit

https://phys.org/news/2019-01-clever-heateven-landauer-limit.html



An Underwater Skin Sensor Lets Swimmers Track Their Sweat

https://www.wired.com/story/an-underwater-skin-sensor-lets-swimmers-track-their-sweat/?CNDID=41291302&CNDID=41291302&bxid=MjM5NjgxMjIxODk5S0&hasha=3ed15b3d4270f52ce4da5de4e5031836&hashb=9085a9ae56cc45a4e9bae24e2eaeaade6e04a43e&mbid=nl_012719_daily_list3_p4&source=DAILY_NEWSLETTER&utm_brand=wired&utm_mailing=WIRED%20NL%20012719%20(1)&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nl



In our Wi-Fi world, the internet still depends on undersea cables

https://theconversation.com/in-our-wi-fi-world-the-internet-still-depends-on-undersea-cables-49936



Alaska Schools Get Faster Internet—Partly Thanks to Global Warming

https://www.wired.com/story/alaska-schools-get-faster-internet-partly-thanks-global-warming/?CNDID=41291302&CNDID=41291302&bxid=MjM5NjgxMjIxODk5S0&hasha=3ed15b3d4270f52ce4da5de4e5031836&hashb=9085a9ae56cc45a4e9bae24e2eaeaade6e04a43e&mbid=nl_012819_daily_list3_p1&source=DAILY_NEWSLETTER&utm_brand=wired&utm_mailing=WIRED%20NL%20012819%20(1)&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nl



Scientists 'hijack' open-access quantum computer to tease out quantum
secrets

https://phys.org/news/2019-02-scientists-hijack-open-access-quantum-secrets.html



Magnetic teeth hold promise for materials and energy

https://phys.org/news/2019-02-magnetic-teeth-materials-energy.html









*Physics, Earth and Space Sciences*   Long Ago, Venus Looked Strikingly
Similar to Earth

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2016/08/12/venus-was-once-and-earth-twin/?utm_source=dscfb&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=dscfb#.XFIxkFxKjIW



Active galaxies point to new physics of cosmic expansion

https://phys.org/news/2019-01-galaxies-physics-cosmic-expansion.html



Data From a Dead Satellite Reveals Lost Continents Under Antarctica

https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/yw7z95/data-from-a-dead-satellite-reveals-lost-continents-under-antarctica?utm_source=vicefbus



Planetary collision that formed the moon made life possible on Earth

https://phys.org/news/2019-01-planetary-collision-moon-life-earth.html


It’s Time to Rethink Who’s Best Suited for Space Travel
https://www.wired.com/story/its-time-to-rethink-whos-best-suited-for-space-travel/?CNDID=41291302&CNDID=41291302&bxid=MjM5NjgxMjIxODk5S0&hasha=3ed15b3d4270f52ce4da5de4e5031836&hashb=9085a9ae56cc45a4e9bae24e2eaeaade6e04a43e&mbid=nl_012719_daily_list3_p2&source=DAILY_NEWSLETTER&utm_brand=wired&utm_mailing=WIRED%20NL%20012719%20(1)&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nl
  And Now, the Weather: Mars-like, With a Chance of Apocalypse
https://www.wired.com/story/and-now-the-weather-mars-like-with-a-chance-of-apocalypse/?CNDID=41291302&CNDID=41291302&bxid=MjM5NjgxMjIxODk5S0&hasha=3ed15b3d4270f52ce4da5de4e5031836&hashb=9085a9ae56cc45a4e9bae24e2eaeaade6e04a43e&mbid=nl_012919_daily_list1_p1&source=DAILY_NEWSLETTER&utm_brand=wired&utm_mailing=WIRED%20NL%20012919%20(1)&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nl



BREATHTAKING PHOTOS OF A WORLD WITHOUT LIGHT POLLUTION

https://www.wired.com/2017/04/gavin-heffernan-harun-mehmedinovic-skyglow/amp?__twitter_impression=true



Video from Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity shows stunning view of Earth from
the edge of space

https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/amp/ncna948206?__twitter_impression=true



Private company launches “Largest Fleet of Satellites in Human History” to
photograph Earth

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/private-company-launches-largest-fleet-of-satellites-in-human-history-to-photograph-earth-60-minutes/



SpaceX Revs Its Engines as It Gets Closer to Crewed Flight

https://www.wired.com/story/spacex-revs-its-engines-as-it-gets-closer-to-crewed-flight/?CNDID=41291302&CNDID=41291302&bxid=MjM5NjgxMjIxODk5S0&hasha=3ed15b3d4270f52ce4da5de4e5031836&hashb=9085a9ae56cc45a4e9bae24e2eaeaade6e04a43e&mbid=nl_012819_daily_list3_p3&source=DAILY_NEWSLETTER&utm_brand=wired&utm_mailing=WIRED%20NL%20012819%20(1)&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nl



New research uses Curiosity rover to measure gravity on Mars

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-01/uom-nru013119.php



The 'stuff' of the universe keeps changing

https://phys.org/news/2019-02-universe.html



Variations in seafloor create freak ocean waves

https://phys.org/news/2019-02-variations-seafloor-freak-ocean.html



Astrophysicist Mercedes Lopez-Morales Is Grooming the Next Generation of
Planet Hunters
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/astrophysicist-mercedes-lopez-morales-is-grooming-next-generation-of-planet-hunters-180971191/



A Smithsonian Researcher Reflects on What It Will Take to Land Humans on
Mars

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/smithsonian-researcher-reflects-what-it-will-take-land-humans-mars-180971333/



*Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources*



America colonisation ‘cooled Earth's climate’

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-47063973?ns_mchannel=social&ocid=socialflow_facebook&ns_source=facebook&ns_campaign=bbcnews



Gas find in North Sea hailed as 'biggest in a decade'

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-47041270?ns_source=facebook&ns_campaign=bbcnews&ns_mchannel=social&ocid=socialflow_facebook



Germany to shutter all 84 coal-fired plants to fight climate change

https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/427182-germany-to-shut-down-all-84-of-its-coal-fired-plants-to-fight



Converting Wi-Fi signals to electricity with new 2-D materials

https://techxplore.com/news/2019-01-wi-fi-electricity-d-materials.html



Global Seed Vault Gets Its Millionth Donation and a $13 Million Update
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/global-seed-vault-hit-one-million-mark-donation-gets-13-million-upgrade-180968267/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia


*Amazon deforestation, already rising, may spike under Bolsonaro*

https://theconversation.com/amazon-deforestation-already-rising-may-spike-under-bolsonaro-109940



With Better Climate Data, A Push To Use It To Prepare For Climate Impacts

https://www.npr.org/2019/01/30/690090608/with-better-climate-data-a-push-to-use-it-to-prepare-for-climate-impacts?sc=tw



Nepalese Rice Farmers Boost Yields By Sowing Fewer Plants And Cutting Water

https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2019/01/30/689685891/nepalese-rice-farmers-boost-yields-by-sowing-fewer-plants-and-cutting-water?sc=tw



Massive Starfish Die-Off Is Tied To Global Warming

https://www.npr.org/2019/01/30/690003678/massive-starfish-die-off-is-tied-to-global-warming?sc=tw



US moves ahead with oil leases near sacred park

https://apnews.com/cb5aa97fc7b243a3baef02a3ab1ff0f4


Study reveals wildlife is abundant in Chernobyl
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-01/uog-srw013119.php



Antarctic meltwater streams shed light on longstanding hydrological mystery

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-02/uoca-ams012819.php



'Inkjet' solar panels poised to revolutionise green energy

https://techxplore.com/news/2019-02-inkjet-solar-panels-poised-revolutionise.html









*Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences*   The ‘Complete’ Cancer Cure
Story Is Both Bogus and Tragic
https://www.wired.com/story/the-complete-cancer-cure-story-is-both-bogus-and-tragic/?CNDID=41291302&CNDID=41291302&bxid=MjM5NjgxMjIxODk5S0&hasha=3ed15b3d4270f52ce4da5de4e5031836&hashb=9085a9ae56cc45a4e9bae24e2eaeaade6e04a43e&mbid=nl_013119_daily_list1_p1&source=DAILY_NEWSLETTER&utm_brand=wired&utm_mailing=WIRED%20NL%20013119%20(1)&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nl



Emerging evidence of an impending Parkinson's disease pandemic identified
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-01-emerging-evidence-impending-parkinson-disease.html


These Patients Had Sickle-Cell Disease. Experimental Therapies Might Have
Cured Them.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/27/health/sickle-cell-gene-therapy.html



Pesticides Are Harming Bees in Literally Every Possible Way

https://www.wired.com/story/pesticides-are-harming-bees-in-literally-every-possible-way/?CNDID=41291302&CNDID=41291302&bxid=MjM5NjgxMjIxODk5S0&hasha=3ed15b3d4270f52ce4da5de4e5031836&hashb=9085a9ae56cc45a4e9bae24e2eaeaade6e04a43e&mbid=nl_012719_daily_list1_p4&source=DAILY_NEWSLETTER&utm_brand=wired&utm_mailing=WIRED%20NL%20012719%20(1)&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nl



Sonar can scare whales to death, new study shows

https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/sonar-can-scare-whales-death-new-study-shows-ncna964801?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma



Nanoparticles may promote cancer metastasis

https://phys.org/news/2019-02-nanoparticles-cancer-metastasis.html



Should the Himalayan Wolf Be Classified as a New Species?
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/should-himalayan-wolf-be-classified-new-species-180971396/





*Other*



Can Norway win the global race to build a 'floating tunnel'?

https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/norway-underwater-floating-tunnel-intl/index.html?utm_term=link&utm_medium=social&utm_source=fbCNNi&utm_content=2019-01-29T05%3A31%3A03



The Arctic Village With Satellite TV But No Running Water

https://www.wired.com/story/greenland-ice-sheet-photo-gallery/?CNDID=41291302&CNDID=41291302&bxid=MjM5NjgxMjIxODk5S0&hasha=3ed15b3d4270f52ce4da5de4e5031836&hashb=9085a9ae56cc45a4e9bae24e2eaeaade6e04a43e&mbid=nl_012919_daily_list3_p4&source=DAILY_NEWSLETTER&utm_brand=wired&utm_mailing=WIRED%20NL%20012919%20(1)&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nl



Engineer's 'metallic wood' has the strength of titanium and the density of
water

https://phys.org/news/2019-01-metallic-wood-strength-titanium-density.html



Behind the scenes: Making of "Hamilton" in Puerto Rico

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hamilton-puerto-rico-behind-the-scenes/?ftag=COS-05-10aaa0h&utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+Trending+Content&utm_content=5c396b6a04d3013677478fd3&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=facebook























Additional Informational



The WIRED Guide to Commercial Human Space Flight

https://www.wired.com/story/wired-guide-commercial-space-flight/?CNDID=41291302&CNDID=41291302&bxid=MjM5NjgxMjIxODk5S0&hasha=3ed15b3d4270f52ce4da5de4e5031836&hashb=9085a9ae56cc45a4e9bae24e2eaeaade6e04a43e&mbid=nl_020119_daily_list3_p2&source=DAILY_NEWSLETTER&utm_brand=wired&utm_mailing=WIRED%20NL%20020119%20(1)&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nl



Space Photos of the Week: Jupiter Is a Storm-Eat-Storm World

https://www.wired.com/story/space-photos-of-the-week-jupiter-storms/?CNDID=41291302&CNDID=41291302&bxid=MjM5NjgxMjIxODk5S0&hasha=3ed15b3d4270f52ce4da5de4e5031836&hashb=9085a9ae56cc45a4e9bae24e2eaeaade6e04a43e&mbid=nl_012719_daily_list1_p3&source=DAILY_NEWSLETTER&utm_brand=wired&utm_mailing=WIRED%20NL%20012719%20(1)&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nl
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