[Jawlist] Weekly Science Report 2-22-19

Steve Detwiler steveorange2011 at gmail.com
Sat Feb 23 19:29:12 PST 2019


*Weekly Science Report*

*February 22, 2019*



*“History is a vast early warning system.”*

Norman Cousins





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*



Zambia’s Most Famous Skulls Might Finally Be Headed Home

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/02/zambian-skull-londons-natural-history-museum/582820/?utm_source=twitter&utm_content=edit-promo&utm_term=2019-02-18T14%3A34%3A02&utm_campaign=the-atlantic&utm_medium=social


Obsidian Trade in Poland Dates Back At Least 20,000 Years

https://www.archaeology.org/news/7428-190222-paleolithic-poland-obsidian



Neanderthals Were Inbreeding. Did it Help Cause Their Extinction?
<http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/2019/02/23/mounting-evidence-for-neanderthal-inbreeding/>

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/2019/02/23/mounting-evidence-for-neanderthal-inbreeding/#.XHIIKKzsbIU



Half-a-billion-year-old weird wonder worm finally gets its place in the
tree of life

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-02/uob-hww021819.php



Extinct weasel relative with confounding skull likely ate meat with a side
of veggies

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-02/amon-ewr022219.php



Foxes were domesticated by humans in the Bronze Age

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-02/f-sf-fwd022119.php



Did Great White Sharks Drive Megalodon to Extinction?
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/great-white-sharks-could-be-responsible-megalodons-extinction-180971512/











*History*



Colonial Williamsburg Serves Up The Past So You Can Try A Taste Of History

https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2019/02/17/693507713/colonial-williamsburg-serves-up-the-past-so-you-can-try-a-taste-of-history



When Nazis Took Manhattan

https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2019/02/20/695941323/when-nazis-took-manhattan?sc=tw



Tasmania's dark history involved dozens of Aboriginal massacres, how should
we recognise them?

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-02-13/bid-to-mark-tasmanian-aboriginal-massacres-like-cape-grim/10803516



Charles Dickens Tried to Banish His Wife to an Asylum, Letters Show

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/23/world/europe/charles-dickens-wife-asylum.html?smid=tw-nytimesworld&smtyp=cur



A Ride to Valhalla

https://www.archaeology.org/issues/332-1903/trenches/7375-trenches-iceland-viking-horse-burials



Was There A Real King Arthur?

https://www.archaeology.org/issues/322-1901/sidebars/7285-was-there-a-real-king-arthur



Emma, Carrie, Vivian: How A Family Became A Test Case For Forced
Sterilizations

https://www.npr.org/2019/02/17/695574984/emma-carrie-vivian-how-a-family-became-a-test-case-for-forced-sterilizations



In Search of George Washington Carver’s True Legacy
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/search-george-washington-carvers-true-legacy-180971538/



‘Prosecuting Evil’ Review: At 98, His Passion for Justice Hasn’t Dimmed

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/21/movies/prosecuting-evil-review.html?fbclid=IwAR1ardsNxFrHo0qEF9I5eHcwloGBaq0GVbs-ATpJST6GqTeL1kaz-ktB7i4



*Archaeology*



ASU archaeologist appointed to NAGPRA federal advisory committee

https://asunow.asu.edu/20190221-asu-archaeologist-appointed-nagpra-federal-advisory-committee



Excavations at Kunal village open up more doors to pre-Harappan period

https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/excavations-at-kunal-village-open-up-more-doors-to-pre-harappan-period/article26299035.ece



Saudi Arabia seeks to entice visitors with pre-Islamic sites
https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2019/02/saudi-seeks-to-entice-visitors-with-pre-islamic-sites.html



Inca Ritual Baths Fed by Waterfall Reveals More of Its Secrets

https://www.livescience.com/64845-inca-ceremonial-baths-archaeology.html



Customs Letter About a Long-Lost Suitcase Leads to Artifacts from Desert
with Early 'Jesus' Painting

https://www.livescience.com/64798-lost-artifacts-shivta.html?utm_source=notification



Libya's ancient ruins blighted by theft, shunned by tourists

https://www.euronews.com/2019/02/20/libyas-ancient-ruins-blighted-by-theft-shunned-by-tourists



*Egyptology*



Egypt's Eternal City

https://www.archaeology.org/issues/331-1903/features/7371-egypt-heliopolis-excavations











*General Science*



CAN THIS QUANTUM-COMPUTING GENIUS BEAT OUT IBM AND GOOGLE?

https://www.ozy.com/rising-stars/can-this-quantum-computing-genius-beat-out-ibm-and-google/79169





*Physics, Earth and Space Sciences*



Space probe fires bullet into asteroid

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/space-probe-fires-bullet-into-asteroid/ar-BBTUeHB?ocid=se



Watch SpaceX Launch the First Private Lunar Lander

https://www.wired.com/story/watch-as-spacex-launches-the-first-private-lunar-lander/?CNDID=41291302&CNDID=41291302&bxid=MjM5NjgxMjIxODk5S0&hasha=3ed15b3d4270f52ce4da5de4e5031836&hashb=9085a9ae56cc45a4e9bae24e2eaeaade6e04a43e&mbid=nl_022219_daily_list3_p2&source=DAILY_NEWSLETTER&utm_brand=wired&utm_mailing=WIRED%20NL%20022219%20(1)&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nl



NASA’s Space Shuttle Rises From the Dead to Power New Vehicles

https://www.wired.com/story/nasas-space-shuttle-rises-from-the-dead-to-power-new-vehicles/?CNDID=41291302&CNDID=41291302&bxid=MjM5NjgxMjIxODk5S0&hasha=3ed15b3d4270f52ce4da5de4e5031836&hashb=9085a9ae56cc45a4e9bae24e2eaeaade6e04a43e&mbid=nl_022219_daily_list1_p4&source=DAILY_NEWSLETTER&utm_brand=wired&utm_mailing=WIRED%20NL%20022219%20(1)&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nl



Boaty McBoatface Gears Up for Epic Swim Across the Arctic

https://www.wired.com/story/boaty-mcboatface-gears-up-for-an-epic-swim-across-the-arctic/?CNDID=41291302&CNDID=41291302&bxid=MjM5NjgxMjIxODk5S0&hasha=3ed15b3d4270f52ce4da5de4e5031836&hashb=9085a9ae56cc45a4e9bae24e2eaeaade6e04a43e&mbid=nl_022019_daily_list1_p1&source=DAILY_NEWSLETTER&utm_brand=wired&utm_mailing=WIRED%20NL%20022019%20(1)&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nl



*Protecting human heritage on the moon: Don’t let ‘one small step’ become
one giant mistake*

https://theconversation.com/protecting-human-heritage-on-the-moon-dont-let-one-small-step-become-one-giant-mistake-111020



Virgin Galactic reaches edge of space again in step toward launching paying
passengers

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/virgin-galactic-test-flight-spaceshiptwo-launch-reaches-edge-of-space-again-launching-paying-passengers-today/



New Horizons spacecraft returns its sharpest views of Ultima Thule

https://phys.org/news/2019-02-horizons-spacecraft-sharpest-views-ultima.html



After a reset, Сuriosity is operating normally

https://phys.org/news/2019-02-reset-uriosity.html



NASA greenlights SpaceX crew capsule test to ISS

https://phys.org/news/2019-02-nasa-greenlights-spacex-crew-capsule.html



Israel’s Private Lunar Lander Blasts Off for the Moon
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/first-private-lunar-lander-blasts-off-moon-180971544/



Boy, 12, said to have created nuclear reaction in playroom lab

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/feb/22/boy-12-said-to-have-created-nuclear-reaction-in-playroom-lab



Mountain Range More Rugged Than the Rockies Found Buried Deep Within Earth

https://www.livescience.com/64811-rugged-mountains-earth-mantle.html?utm_source=notification

*Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources*



Danish economist chosen as new UN environment chief

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/feb/15/danish-economist-inger-andersen-chosen-new-un-environment-chief


New Hydrogen-Powered Hyundai: a Gas to Drive, a Pain to Fuel

https://www.wired.com/story/hyundai-nexo-review-hydrogen-fuel-cell-electric/?CNDID=41291302&CNDID=41291302&bxid=MjM5NjgxMjIxODk5S0&hasha=3ed15b3d4270f52ce4da5de4e5031836&hashb=9085a9ae56cc45a4e9bae24e2eaeaade6e04a43e&mbid=nl_022219_daily_list1_p2&source=DAILY_NEWSLETTER&utm_brand=wired&utm_mailing=WIRED%20NL%20022219%20(1)&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nl



Massive Loss Of Thousands Of Hives Afflicts Orchard Growers And Beekeepers

https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2019/02/18/694301239/massive-loss-of-thousands-of-hives-afflicts-orchard-growers-and-beekeepers?sc=tw



Where Jesus once preached, the holy waters are draining away

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/feb/23/israel-where-jesus-preached-holy-waters-draining-away-sea-of-galilee-river-jordan?CMP=twt_gu


Record-breaking jet stream accelerates air travel; flight clocks in at 801
mph
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/record-breaking-jet-stream-accelerates-air-travel-el-nino-polar-vortex/



Captured carbon dioxide converts into oxalic acid to process rare earth
elements

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-02/mtu-ccd022219.php



Ikea curtains break down pollutants, highlight interest in fabric purifiers

https://techxplore.com/news/2019-02-ikea-curtains-pollutants-highlight-fabric.html



Solving the jet/cocoon riddle of a gravitational wave event

https://phys.org/news/2019-02-jetcocoon-riddle-gravitational-event.html



An approach for motion planning on asteroid surfaces with irregular gravity
fields

https://techxplore.com/news/2019-02-approach-motion-asteroid-surfaces-irregular.html



In Siberia, Toxic Black Snow Reveals the Toll of Coal Mining
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/siberia-toxic-black-snow-reveals-toll-coal-mining-180971525/



ARCTIC CAULDRON

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2018/national/arctic-lakes-are-bubbling-and-hissing-with-dangerous-greenhouse-gases/?fbclid=IwAR1Tr5hdYSBd56Xwnu-m3wflL2wv5jbn1hrh0Jy_z30UcXOEZYuJFHsjJJI&utm_term=.b59b8c3d5123



*Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences*



Scientific Duo Gets Back To Basics To Make Childbirth Safer

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/02/18/693635055/scientific-duo-gets-back-to-basics-to-make-childbirth-safer


Life after cancer: More survivors live longer, face new health challenges

https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/50-states/2019/02/13/life-after-cancer-survivors-oncology-survivorship-plans-long-term-health/2794121002/



Scientists Release Controversial Genetically Modified Mosquitoes In
High-Security Lab

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2019/02/20/693735499/scientists-release-controversial-genetically-modified-mosquitoes-in-high-securit?sc=tw



Pioneering study could offer protection to patients with rare genetic
disease

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-02/uob-psc022119.php





*Other*



For a Black Mathematician, What It’s Like to Be the ‘Only One’

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/18/us/edray-goins-black-mathematicians.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur



Uranium Ore Stored At Grand Canyon Park Museum May Or May Not Pose Health
Risk

https://www.npr.org/2019/02/19/696001017/grand-canyon-museum-reportedly-had-buckets-of-uranium-sitting-around-for-18-year?sc=tw



Is There Another 'You' Out There In A Parallel Universe?

https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2016/11/18/is-there-another-you-out-there-in-a-parallel-universe/#76e26440634f



The Secret Origins of the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence

http://discovermagazine.com/2019/mar/setis-secret-origin-story

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