[Jawlist] Weekly Science Report 1-4-19

Steve Detwiler steveorange2011 at gmail.com
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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