[Jawlist] Weekly Science Report 1-4-19

Sat Jan 5 17:09:47 PST 2019

Good Evening Everyone,

I'll resume publication on January 18th.

Steve Detwiler

*Weekly Science Report*

*January 4, 2019*

*“Here lies officers and men, black and white, rich and poor together.
Here are Protestants, Catholics and Jews together.  Among these men there
is no discrimination, no prejudices, no hatred.  Whoever of us raises his
hand in hate against his brother or thinks himself superior to those who
happen to be in a minority makes of this ceremony and the bloody sacrifice
it commemorates an empty hollow mockery.   We here solemnly swear that this
will not be in vain.  Out of this will come we promise the birth of a new
freedom for the sons of men everywhere.”*

Rabbi Gilsen, U.S. Marine Corps

World War II

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*

3.5 Billion-Year-Old Fossils Challenge Ideas About Earth’s Start

https://www.wired.com/story/35-billion-year-old-fossils-challenge-ideas-about-earths-start/?CNDID=41291302&CNDID=41291302&bxid=MjM5NjgxMjIxODk5S0&hasha=3ed15b3d4270f52ce4da5de4e5031836&hashb=9085a9ae56cc45a4e9bae24e2eaeaade6e04a43e&mbid=nl_010119_daily_list1_p3&utm_brand=wired&utm_mailing=WIRED%20NL%20010119%20(1)&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nl

A prehistoric treasure Göbeklitepe to mark Turkish tourism in 2019

https://www.dailysabah.com/tourism/2018/12/26/a-prehistoric-treasure-gobeklitepe-to-mark-turkish-tourism-in-2019/amp?__twitter_impression=true

'Digital museum' brings millions of fossils out of the dark

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-46497406

13,000-year-old human footprints found off Canada's Pacific coast

https://eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-03/p-1oh032118.php

Mammals cannot evolve fast enough to escape current extinction crisis

https://eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-10/au-mce101118.php

Take a dive into Smithsonian’s massive and amazing ‘whale warehouses’

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/take-a-dive-into-smithsonians-massive-and-amazing-whale-warehouses/2018/12/13/403c3002-fe45-11e8-862a-b6a6f3ce8199_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.36a2cddce32e

T-rrific: rare dinosaur fossils crown major Smithsonian makeover

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/jan/01/t-rrific-rare-dinosaur-fossils-crown-major-smithsonian-makeover

Did a gigantic bird really eat a Neanderthal child?

https://www.popsci.com/neanderthal-child-bones-giant-bird?con=TrueAnthem&dom=fb&lnk=TA&src=SOC&utm_campaign&utm_content=5c2f0b8b3ed3f00001eaf893&utm_medium&utm_source&fbclid=IwAR0_TMze86I_LJOWVXUOtQcuCIVOSSPe0GX5GhggxnBpFzHXhVTAjLcXTQI

Mammoth DNA found in Cambodia market items

https://phys.org/news/2019-01-mammoth-dna-cambodia-items.html?fbclid=IwAR3g-qrG9hseb8CUBP_8vcW_DL3vWpeevfaM2bUjlZlENH8fJz-cPcvRWOk

Archaeologists Identify Oldest Known Human Burial in Lower Central America
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-identify-oldest-known-human-burial-lower-central-america-180971166/

*History*

The uncontacted tribes of Brazil face genocide under Jair Bolsonaro

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/dec/31/tribes-brazil-genocide-jair-bolsonaro?CMP=fb_gu

Will U.S. Withdrawal from Unesco Affect Heritage Sites?

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/12/travel/withdrawal-unesco-heritage-sites.html

2018 in museums: big ethics questions dominate the field

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/analysis/2018-in-museums

How Museums Are Using Facebook Live

https://www.museumnext.com/2018/12/how-museums-are-successfully-using-facebook-live/

The Governor Who Couldn’t Vote: Why History Forgot Oregon’s 1st Female Head
Of State

https://www.opb.org/news/article/carolyn-b-shelton-chamberlain-oregon-governor-history/#

Why Jefferson’s vision of American Islam matters today

https://theconversation.com/amp/why-jeffersons-vision-of-american-islam-matters-today-97915

Brazil’s National Museum closes the year on a poignant note

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/brazil-s-national-museum-closes-the-year-on-a-poignant-note

In Response to Exploding Visitor Numbers, Venice Will Now Start Charging
Tourists an Entrance Fee

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/venice-entrance-fee-tax-2019-1429798?fbclid=IwAR0a-MDkitKXwauSA9sNCIXh-r0G_3L2VACVYofa5HDh4MH9jICjDNwDWdU

Italy's Uffizi Gallery wants Nazi-looted artwork back from Germany

https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/uffizi-artwork-nazis-scli-intl/index.html?utm_source=fbCNNi&utm_content=2019-01-02T16%3A59%3A07&utm_medium=social&utm_term=link

Chip By Chip, Restoring The Damaged Washington National Cathedral

https://www.npr.org/2018/12/20/678335148/chip-by-chip-restoring-the-damaged-washington-national-cathedral?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20190101

She’s ‘in a race against time’ to rescue Holocaust evidence

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/article223669385.html

'Come to take you home': A pipe, a tribe, a quest to reclaim the past

https://www.mprnews.org/story/2018/12/19/minnesota-prairie-island-tribal-pipe-reclaimed-auction

Let Them Eat Heritage

https://hyperallergic.com/477122/let-them-eat-heritage/?fbclid=IwAR3nCtVxYXwU6G83Ad0HPWcLpO4FcAXHGnHTK0U_bnfxdblQay9SS5lmjms

First women to enter India temple in centuries now in hiding as protests
rage

https://edition.cnn.com/2019/01/03/asia/india-kerala-temple-intl/index.html?utm_source=fbCNNi&utm_content=2019-01-03T08%3A46%3A54&utm_medium=social&utm_term=link

‘Shameful’: As U.S. Government Shutdown Forces Museums to Shutter, Artists
Respond

http://www.artnews.com/2019/01/02/shameful-u-s-government-shutdown-forces-museums-shutter-artists-respond/?fbclid=IwAR1dgi24KkxCrLoZ3nV-pzTK6DQjhaa8-pPraoQaLTblJnA94FF5ktU60J0

15,000 murders a day: August-October 1942 were the Holocaust's deadliest
months

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2019/01/02/holocaust-death-camps-15-000-murdered-per-day-august-october-1942/2463662002/?fbclid=IwAR3W4zqtW_EoWWB3mUheqNib8N3vw8rKV-rWcowbYBYdFrvQAlcK2C0p9ew

How the Dust Bowl Made Americans Refugees in Their Own Country

https://www.history.com/news/dust-bowl-migrants-california?cmpid=FACEBOOK_FBPAGE__20190104&linkId=61944549

Construction set to resume later this year on American Indian Cultural
Center and Museum

https://kfor.com/2019/01/04/construction-set-to-resume-later-this-year-on-american-indian-cultural-center-and-museum/?utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+Trending+Content&utm_content=5c2f912b04d30127e3b7739d&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR2OtODhjXrglM9KPPMMO9PVyZERubRPYDwo5asE3EpBiiS_ox-aP00Cpb4

The Dark Side of the Grimm Fairy Tales

https://www.history.com/news/the-dark-side-of-the-grimm-fairy-tales?cmpid=FACEBOOK_FBPAGE__20190104&linkId=61949929

His Love For Books Reads Like Poetry

https://www.npr.org/2019/01/04/678645947/his-love-for-books-reads-like-poetry?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20190104&fbclid=IwAR0NvqeDGGbmNj5KmYQsmX-ggYkszpz3kkpCRyhhCdDKszR-bbQTM0afHs8

Solomon: the wealthy, wise king of Israel

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/people-in-the-bible/story-king-solomon-wise-temple/?cmpid=org=ngp::mc=social::src=twitter::cmp=editorial::add=tw20190104culture-solomonking::rid=&sf205394449=1

Other Duties as Assigned

https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2019/01/02/mission-creep-other-duties-as-assigned/

HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR REUNITES WITH FAMILY THAT HID HER IN A CELLAR

http://sfi.usc.edu/news/2018/12/23841-holocaust-survivor-reunites-family-hid-her-cellar
  How climate change caused the world's first empire to collapse
https://phys.org/news/2019-01-climate-world-empire-collapse.html

*Archaeology*

Laser Scan Reveals Fate of Nazi U-Boat Sunk Near Outer Banks Coas
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/laser-scan-reveals-fate-wwii-u-boat-sunk-near-outer-banks-coast-180971132/#3U9vqaQhqZb5MOZ2.03

Mexican experts discover first temple of god depicted as skinned human
corpse

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/02/mexico-flayed-lord-temple-fertility-god-skinned-human-corpse?CMP=twt_gu&__twitter_impression=true

British archaeologists explore hidden world of Roman ruins beneath the
world’s first cathedral

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/12/22/british-archaeologists-explore-hidden-world-roman-ruins-beneath/amp/

Catapult ball fired at Edinburgh Castle in 13th century siege discovered in
hotel site dig
https://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/catapult-ball-fired-at-edinburgh-castle-in-13th-century-siege-discovered-in-hotel-site-dig-1-4849752

Ancient Nikouria decree, missing for almost a century, rediscovered on
Amorgos

http://www.ekathimerini.com/236088/article/ekathimerini/life/ancient-nikouria-decree-missing-for-almost-a-century-rediscovered-on-amorgos

Medieval Weapon Uncovered Near Scottish Castle

https://www.archaeology.org/news/7271-181231-scotland-siege-trebuchet?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

India's Anonymous Artists

https://www.archaeology.org/issues/325-1901/trenches/7210-trenches-india-petroglyphs

Hush-hush archaeology

http://sdcitybeat.com/news-and-opinion/news/hush-hush-archaeology/?fbclid=IwAR3MFBMoShPYiwszs7XuHCuB4xWfiuRaj4QsD27Ibh-ZQIJX64pofiqd0b0

Decoding the Ancient Secrets of White Shaman

http://discovermagazine.com/2012/may/11-decoding-ancient-secrets-of-white-shaman?utm_source=dscfb&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=dscfb&fbclid=IwAR0cb7Lumy9xPko2dokah6G3086oHiW5ZZoB0IW2nmSv158Uv6zHoHfdGSY

Skara Brae, an ancient village made of stone, could be lost to climate
change

https://www.yaleclimateconnections.org/2019/01/stone-age-village-could-be-lost/?fbclid=IwAR3z59IUpWt1WhJei_CC_ZjuRF14iNAelG6Sz3ab4kPIdt_R4Z23uIPBH6o

Jordan Retrieves 58 Smuggled Antiquities from Canada

https://aawsat.com/english/home/article/1528966/jordan-retrieves-58-smuggled-antiquities-canada

*Egyptology*

Mummy Workshop

https://www.archaeology.org/issues/323-1901/features/7204-egypt-saqqara-mummy-workshop

Pharaoh: the arrogant king punished by God

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/people-in-the-bible/pharaoh-king-punished-god/?cmpid=org=ngp::mc=social::src=facebook::cmp=editorial::add=fb20190104culture-pharaoh::rid=&sf205348300=1

*General Science*

Meet the High Schooler Shaking Up Artificial Intelligence

*https://www.wired.com/story/meet-the-high-schooler-shaking-up-artificial-intelligence/?CNDID=41291302&CNDID=41291302&bxid=MjM5NjgxMjIxODk5S0&hasha=3ed15b3d4270f52ce4da5de4e5031836&hashb=9085a9ae56cc45a4e9bae24e2eaeaade6e04a43e&mbid=nl_010119_daily_list3_p1&utm_brand=wired&utm_mailing=WIRED%20NL%20010119%20(1)&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nl
<https://www.wired.com/story/meet-the-high-schooler-shaking-up-artificial-intelligence/?CNDID=41291302&CNDID=41291302&bxid=MjM5NjgxMjIxODk5S0&hasha=3ed15b3d4270f52ce4da5de4e5031836&hashb=9085a9ae56cc45a4e9bae24e2eaeaade6e04a43e&mbid=nl_010119_daily_list3_p1&utm_brand=wired&utm_mailing=WIRED%20NL%20010119%20(1)&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nl>*

Data storage using individual molecules

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-12/uob-dsu121718.php?utm_source=64&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=EurekAlert!-(@EurekAlert)&utm_term=EurekAlert&utm_content=AAAS

MIT researchers develop novel 3D printing method for transparent glass

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-12/mali-mrd122718.php

Buzz grows on 'flying cars' ahead of major tech show

https://phys.org/news/2019-01-cars-major-tech.html?fbclid=IwAR2oKZda0DKkA8STpPbfJAyWbWJoViWWh1t_aFsnAgucn5HVT1ZEkb--ztg

*Physics, Earth and Space Sciences*

The Most Distant Place We’ve Visited

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/31/opinion/technology/ultima-thule-new-horizons.html

Nancy Grace Roman, 'Mother Of Hubble' Space Telescope, Has Died, At Age 93

https://www.npr.org/2018/12/30/680994535/nancy-grace-roman-mother-of-hubble-space-telescope-has-died?sc=tw

Submersible Is First to Reach Bottom of Atlantic Ocean
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/private-submarine-first-reach-bottom-atlantic-ocean-180971144/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia

Finally, New Horizons' First Photos of Ultima Thule

https://www.wired.com/story/new-horizons-first-photos-ultima-thule/?CNDID=41291302&CNDID=41291302&bxid=MjM5NjgxMjIxODk5S0&hasha=3ed15b3d4270f52ce4da5de4e5031836&hashb=9085a9ae56cc45a4e9bae24e2eaeaade6e04a43e&mbid=nl_010419_daily_list1_p2&utm_brand=wired&utm_mailing=WIRED%20NL%20010419%20(1)&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nl

Where did the hot Neptunes go? A shrinking planet holds the answer

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-12/udg-wdt121218.php?utm_source=64&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=EurekAlert!-(@EurekAlert)&utm_term=EurekAlert&utm_content=AAAS

Illuminating nanoparticle growth with X-rays

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-12/dnl-ing122618.php

After historic flyby, New Horizons probe treks deeper on hunt for moons

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-space-new-horizons/after-historic-flyby-new-horizons-probe-treks-deeper-on-hunt-for-moons-idUSKCN1OX1ZM

New nanosatellite system captures better imagery at lower cost

https://phys.org/news/2019-01-nanosatellite-captures-imagery.html?fbclid=IwAR0UMIcNnVg4UjtDqhPIwTkgeXCPC3z9DpjCmnpuJfse8pep1QTMB-msfz0

China just landed a spacecraft on the moon's far side. Here's what Chang'e
4 will teach us.

https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/china-just-landed-spacecraft-moon-s-far-side-here-s-ncna954466?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_nw

An Entire Layer of Earth's History Could Have Been Ripped Away by Ice

https://www.history.com/news/earth-crust-great-uncomformity-theory?cmpid=FACEBOOK_FBPAGE__20190103&linkId=61901216

China begins first surface exploration of moon's far side

https://phys.org/news/2019-01-chinese-rover-exploring-dark-side.html

Researchers find bottom of Pacific getting colder, possibly due to Little
Ice Age

https://phys.org/news/2019-01-bottom-pacific-colder-possibly-due.html

Tiny satellites could be 'guide stars' for huge next-generation telescopes

https://phys.org/news/2019-01-tiny-satellites-stars-huge-next-generation.html

*Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources*

Scientists reveal technique to make 'unlimited renewable energy' by
boosting photosynthesis using a 'dormant' chemical found in algae

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6131079/Scientists-invented-way-create-unlimited-renewable-energy.html?ito=social-facebook

Interior Proposing to Ignore Certain ‘Burdensome’ FOIA Requests

https://news.bloombergenvironment.com/environment-and-energy/interior-proposing-to-ignore-certain-burdensome-foia-requests?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=ehsdesk&utm_campaign=2019-01-02T14%3A24%3A16

Rise of carbon dioxide–absorbing mountains in tropics may set thermostat
for global climate

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/12/rise-carbon-dioxide-absorbing-mountains-tropics-may-set-thermostat-global-climate?utm_source=64&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=AAAS-(@aaas)&utm_term=WebEd&utm_content=AAAS

Greenland ice melting 'even in winter'

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-46646203

Biogas guzzlers: Karachi's public buses to run on cow poo

https://af.reuters.com/article/energyOilNews/idAFL8N1Y43ZZ

Ocean Cleanup device breaks down, well before ridding Pacific of plastics

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ocean-cleanup-device-breaks-down-well-ridding-pacific-plastics-n954446?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_nw

*Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences*

Vaccine for Honeybees Could Be a Tool to Fight Population Decline
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/23/science/bee-vaccine-honeybee.html

Breath test to detect multiple cancers early begins large trial
https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/03/health/breath-test-cancer-gbr-scli-intl/index.html?utm_medium=social&utm_content=2019-01-03T16%3A24%3A02&utm_term=link&utm_source=fbCNN

This Bill Gates-backed start-up is fighting world hunger by making your
avocados last longer
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/12/31/bill-gates-backed-apeel-sciences-makes-fruit-avocados-last-longer.html?__source=twitter%7Cmain

Wireless 'pacemaker for the brain' could offer new treatment for
neurological disorders

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-12/uoc--wf122718.php?utm_source=64&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=EurekAlert!-(@EurekAlert)&utm_term=EurekAlert&utm_content=AAAS

Melbourne geneticists make new discovery about how a baby's sex is
determined

*https://eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-12/uom-mgm121218.php
<https://eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-12/uom-mgm121218.php>*

Scientists Have 'Hacked Photosynthesis' In Search Of More Productive Crops

https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2019/01/03/681941779/scientists-have-hacked-photosynthesis-in-search-of-more-productive-crops?sc=tw

How Jean Bennett Found a Way to Treat Hereditary Blindness in Children
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/how-jean-bennett-found-way-treat-hereditary-blindness-children-180971168/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia&fbclid=IwAR3oLJZabVLXFHhEAAyNipq-9PoZ6gYR_ex_XyAM6NYC7PZhYJAGqlnCa1k

An errant editing enzyme promotes tumor suppressor loss and leukemia
propagation
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-01/uoc--aee010319.php

Our bodies may cure themselves of diabetes in the future

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-01/tuob-obm010419.php

A new hope in treating neurodegenerative disease

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-01/dgi-anh010419.php

*Other*

China closer to equipping warships with electromagnetic railguns, state
media reports

https://edition.cnn.com/2019/01/04/asia/china-pla-navy-railgun-intl/index.html?utm_source=fbCNNi&utm_content=2019-01-04T09%3A31%3A03&utm_medium=social&utm_term=link

Additional Informational

The Lazy Person’s Guide to Saving the World

https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/takeaction/

UNESCO Revive the spirit of Mosul

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

We are Still In, Cultural Institutions are Still In

https://www.wearestillin.com/news/cultural-institutions-are-still

Why Holocaust Analogies Are Dangerous

https://medium.com/@HolocaustMuseum/why-holocaust-analogies-are-dangerous-4cc55ac575d8?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWm1JMFltTTBZemxqTXpkbSIsInQiOiJWV3lsTGp5XC9aWGJMQ2p0RVdZaGtMNE5KbnNpTEw1MkRwU01cL2YwMkVwZSs2dW1NUElrUkR1M0ZaWjdJRnpKQ3J0aXBuRTE4Ylg1dWc3VUs2TlhDbUU1bjRldlRQdEJ6eUtreWpcL3NieEFJWGtoYjJoZkJSVk5UanBcL0VFWWxNVG8ifQ%3D%3D

12 Years That Shook the World Podcast

https://www.ushmm.org/learn/12-years-that-shook-the-world-podcast?utm_source=mkto&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=1901MKTEM04286-horizontal-photo-1&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWm1JMFltTTBZemxqTXpkbSIsInQiOiJWV3lsTGp5XC9aWGJMQ2p0RVdZaGtMNE5KbnNpTEw1MkRwU01cL2YwMkVwZSs2dW1NUElrUkR1M0ZaWjdJRnpKQ3J0aXBuRTE4Ylg1dWc3VUs2TlhDbUU1bjRldlRQdEJ6eUtreWpcL3NieEFJWGtoYjJoZkJSVk5UanBcL0VFWWxNVG8ifQ%3D%3D
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