[Jawlist] Weekly Science Report 1-25-19

Sun Jan 27 11:55:42 PST 2019

*Weekly Science Report*

*January 25, 2019*

*“In the end the character of a civilization is encased in its structures.”*

Frank Gehry

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*

A surprisingly early replacement of Neanderthals by modern humans in
southern Spain

https://phys.org/news/2019-01-surprisingly-early-neanderthals-modern-humans.html

Dogs may have helped ancient Middle Easterners hunt small game

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/dogs-may-have-helped-ancient-middle-easterners-hunt-small-game

Fire And Feces May Reveal An Early Human Presence In Alaska

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jenniferraff/2019/01/12/fire-and-feces-may-reveal-an-early-human-presence-in-alaska/#f206b16762c6

'Incredibly rare' find in Western Isles prehistoric forest

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-46890793

Neanderthal hunting spears could kill at a distance

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-01/ucl-nhs012319.php

Otago researcher contributes piece to the puzzle of baleen whales' evolution

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-01/uoo-orc012119.php

A surprisingly early replacement of Neanderthals by modern humans in
southern Spain

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-01/uos-ase012119.php

This ancient stegosaurus-platypus mashup has everything

https://www.popsci.com/stegosaurus-platypus-mashup-triassic

*History*

Newseum to close at end of 2019; Johns Hopkins to buy building

https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/newseum-to-close-at-end-of-2019-johns-hopkins-to-buy-building/65-8ed066e8-95ac-446d-89d9-3ea6d748e27d?fbclid=IwAR0tX9GYUFy80AVsQS6Kf0KGlzA004wiSMqQGf8D9DuI9zSIklSfUIuQtkk

Hitler-owned book hints at plans for North American Holocaust

https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/25/americas/holocaust-canada-north-america-blueprint-scli-intl/index.html?utm_medium=social&utm_term=link&utm_content=2019-01-26T04%3A00%3A26&utm_source=fbCNN

Cultural heritage at risk: From Venice the technologies of the future

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-11/ucfv-cha112818.php?fbclid=IwAR3xpEWwfP4xv8glfMOmLWx1229I0qxj-SsFnihEcF2seOLqoJt3LQwN1eU

Libraries’ Surprising Special Collections

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/libraries-surprising-special-collections-54792335/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia

Nazi's paintings now fund foundation for Jews

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/nazi-s-paintings-now-fund-foundation-jews-n960876?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_nw

Seminole Tribe Pushes Smithsonian On Repatriation Policies

http://seminoletribune.org/seminole-tribe-pushes-smithsonian-on-repatriation-policies/

Notre Dame to cover 19th century Columbus murals due to portrayal of Native
Americans
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/notre-dame-murals-columbus-1.4987183

Sands of time

https://www.telegraphindia.com/science/sands-of-time/cid/1682294

Is Ancient DNA Research Revealing New Truths — or Falling Into Old Traps?

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/17/magazine/ancient-dna-paleogenomics.html

Iva d’Aquino Toguri Remains the Only U.S. Citizen Convicted of Treason Who
Has Ever Been Pardoned
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/iva-daquino-toguri-remains-only-us-citizen-convicted-treason-who-has-ever-been-pardoned-180961818/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia

Tony Mendez, The 'Argo' Spy Who Rescued Americans In Iran, Dies At 78

https://www.npr.org/2019/01/19/686942870/tony-mendez-the-argo-spy-who-rescued-americans-in-iran-dies-at-78?sc=tw

*Digital technology offers new ways to teach lessons from the Holocaust*

https://theconversation.com/digital-technology-offers-new-ways-to-teach-lessons-from-the-holocaust-102023

*Inside the Kingdom of Hayti, ‘the Wakanda of the Western Hemisphere’*

https://theconversation.com/inside-the-kingdom-of-hayti-the-wakanda-of-the-western-hemisphere-108250

Germany and France to establish joint culture institutes

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/germany-and-france-to-establish-joint-culture-institutes

When Saharan sands glittered with gold: how the world's largest desert was
a major medieval trade route

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/preview/when-saharan-sands-glittered-with-gold

*Archaeology*

Reports: Archaeologists find 30,000 artifacts along Detroit River

https://amp.freep.com/amp/2545900002?__twitter_impression=true

A new generation takes up the hunt for Dead Sea Scrolls

https://in.reuters.com/article/archaeology-deadsea-scrolls/a-new-generation-takes-up-the-hunt-for-dead-sea-scrolls-idINKCN1PG1KW

Remains of 2 Beothuk people to be transferred from Scotland to Canada

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/beothuk-remains-transfer-1.4986453

'Ancient' Scottish stone circle was built in 1990s

https://amp.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/jan/21/ancient-scottish-stone-circle-was-built-in-1990s?__twitter_impression=true

Grave Belonging to Iron Age Warrior Discovered in Northern Iran

https://ifpnews.com/exclusive/grave-belonging-to-iron-age-warrior-discovered-in-northern-iran/

Algeria's ancient pyramid tombs still shrouded in mystery

https://phys.org/news/2019-01-algeria-ancient-pyramid-tombs-shrouded.html

Strange carvings greeted early West Virginia explorers

https://wvexplorer.com/2019/01/12/strange-carvings-greeted-west-virginia-explorers/

Ancient 'Tomb' Unearthed in Guatemala Turns Out to Be Maya Steam Bath

https://www.livescience.com/64495-ancient-maya-steam-bath.html

Rare ground-painting found in ancient Chinese tomb

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-01/16/c_137748712.htm

Archaeologists find clues for ‘important’ Ayyubid settlement

http://www.jordantimes.com/news/local/archaeologists-find-clues-%E2%80%98important%E2%80%99-ayyubid-settlement

How the Kerala floods unearthed a site filled with ancient terracotta
figures

https://www.thehindu.com/society/how-the-kerala-floods-unearthed-a-site-filled-with-ancient-terracotta-figures/article26026694.ece

*Egyptology*

Getty wraps up conservation effort at King Tutankhamen's tomb

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/getty-wraps-up-conservation-effort-at-king-tutankhamen-s-tomb

Magnificent Dendera Temple to Be Turned Into An Open-Air Museum

https://egyptianstreets.com/2019/01/15/magnificent-dendera-temple-to-be-turned-into-an-open-air-museum/

Damage to Ancient Carving of Egyptian Couple Was Meant to Hurt Them in the
Afterlife

https://www.livescience.com/64514-ancient-egyptian-carving-afterlife.html

*General Science*

Nanotechnology enables engineers to weld previously un-weldable aluminum
alloy

*https://phys.org/news/2019-01-nanotechnology-enables-weld-previously-un-weldable.html
<https://phys.org/news/2019-01-nanotechnology-enables-weld-previously-un-weldable.html>*

*Physics, Earth and Space Sciences*

Earth's oldest rock was found by Apollo 14 astronauts -- on the moon

https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/24/world/earth-oldest-rock-moon/index.html?utm_source=fbCNN&utm_content=2019-01-25T13%3A01%3A04&utm_term=link&utm_medium=social

Indian Ocean depths to be explored for the first time

https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/indian-ocean-depths-be-explored-first-time-n962071?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_nw

Unlocking graphene's superconducting powers with a twist and a squeeze

https://phys.org/news/2019-01-graphene-superconducting-powers.html

Solar System Still Reels From Ancient Star Intrusion

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2018/03/22/scholz-star-flyby/#.XEylN1xKjIV

Watch Blue Origin Launch a Rocket Stuffed With NASA Gear

https://www.wired.com/story/watch-blue-origin-launch-a-rocket-stuffed-with-nasa-gear/?CNDID=41291302&CNDID=41291302&bxid=MjM5NjgxMjIxODk5S0&hasha=3ed15b3d4270f52ce4da5de4e5031836&hashb=9085a9ae56cc45a4e9bae24e2eaeaade6e04a43e&mbid=nl_012319_daily_list1_p3&source=DAILY_NEWSLETTER&utm_brand=wired&utm_mailing=WIRED%20NL%20012319%20(1)&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nl

The European Space Agency plans to start mining for natural resources on
the moon

https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/22/europe/mining-on-moon-trnd/index.html?utm_term=link&utm_content=2019-01-22T19%3A29%3A11&utm_source=fbCNN&utm_medium=social

Mystery orbits in outermost reaches of solar system not caused by 'Planet
Nine'

https://phys.org/news/2019-01-mystery-orbits-outermost-solar-planet.html

*What the moon’s craters reveal about the Earth’s history*
https://theconversation.com/what-the-moons-craters-reveal-about-the-earths-history-109692

Do microbes control the formation of giant copper deposits?

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-01/gsoa-dmc012519.php

A landscape unseen in over 40,000 years

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-01/uoca-alu012519.php

Stellar winds, the source material for the universe, are clumpy

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-01/ps-swt012419.php

How to escape a black hole: simulations provide new clues about powerful
plasma jets

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-01/dbnl-hte012419.php

Testing Hawking radiation in laboratory black hole analogues

https://phys.org/news/2019-01-hawking-laboratory-black-hole-analogues.html

*Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources*

The Water in Your Toilet Could Fight Climate Change One Day

https://www.wired.com/story/the-water-in-your-toilet-could-fight-climate-change-one-day/?CNDID=41291302&CNDID=41291302&bxid=MjM5NjgxMjIxODk5S0&hasha=3ed15b3d4270f52ce4da5de4e5031836&hashb=9085a9ae56cc45a4e9bae24e2eaeaade6e04a43e&mbid=nl_012319_daily_list3_p1&source=DAILY_NEWSLETTER&utm_brand=wired&utm_mailing=WIRED%20NL%20012319%20(1)&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nl

Shutdown imperils NASA’s decadelong ice-measuring campaign

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/01/shutdown-imperils-nasa-s-decadelong-ice-measuring-campaign?utm_source=64&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=AAAS-

See the Staggering Impact Humans Have Had on the World’s Oceans
http://time.com/collection-post/5502588/oceans-in-peril/?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=socialflowtw&utm_campaign=time&xid=time_socialflow_twitter

*Can genetic engineering save disappearing forests?*
https://theconversation.com/can-genetic-engineering-save-disappearing-forests-109793

Fault lines are no barrier to safe storage of CO2 below ground

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-01/uoe-fla012419.php

Envisioned 'octopus farms' would have far-reaching and detrimental
environmental impact

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-01/nyu-ef012419.php

*Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences*

Alligators freeze in North Carolina swamp with noses above ice

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/alligators-frozen-north-carolina-swamp-with-noses-above-ice/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab6a&linkId=62818537

In surprising reversal, scientists find a cellular process that stops
cancer before it starts
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-01-reversal-scientists-cellular-cancer.html

Before Black Lung, The Hawks Nest Tunnel Disaster Killed Hundreds

https://www.npr.org/2019/01/20/685821214/before-black-lung-the-hawks-nest-tunnel-disaster-killed-hundreds?sc=tw

Researchers Find A Web Of Factors Behind Multiple Sclerosis

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/01/21/684495345/researchers-find-a-web-of-factors-behind-multiple-sclerosis?sc=tw

*Gene drive technology makes mouse offspring inherit specific traits
from parents*

https://theconversation.com/gene-drive-technology-makes-mouse-offspring-inherit-specific-traits-from-parents-110145

'Training gym' for lab-grown heart cells: Engineering researchers design
new platform

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-01/uotf-gf012219.php

Complete Axolotl Genome Could Reveal the Secret of Regenerating Tissues
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/complete-axolotl-genome-could-reveal-secret-regenerating-tissues-180971335/

*Other*

The Unsolved Mystery of the Lubbock Lights UFO Sightings

https://www.history.com/news/lubbock-lights-ufo-sightings

When a Harvard Professor Talks About Aliens

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/01/oumuamua-interstellar-harvard-astrophysicist/580948/?utm_campaign=the-atlantic&utm_content=5c4c057d9ebbef0001902427_ta&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook

*What a *16th-century* mystic can teach us about making good decisions*

https://theconversation.com/what-a-16th-century-mystic-can-teach-us-about-making-good-decisions-109705

Advanced Extraterrestrials as an Approximation to God

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/advanced-extraterrestrials-as-an-approximation-to-god/

Additional Informational

Humanity is more important than money — it’s time for capitalism to get an
upgrade

https://ideas.ted.com/humanity-is-more-important-than-money-its-time-for-capitalism-to-get-an-upgrade/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

2019 International Holocaust Remembrance Day Commemoration- Video

https://www.ushmm.org/watch/ihrd-2019?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTjJSa1pUWTBOMlF6TnpCayIsInQiOiJEVzIrKzgxR2g0YVorUVFiOFpkWjMxNmlEclh4QkVqa21PRWpcL1YxWXRmdnFETlQ4ZzI0Rld5R3d3NlAzVUxsVkc1Vnpqd1pUNEN6V2tjM212blNcL3NITjU3anhYMzJwRmFIWFRzS1o0YkpaOXFlQ1lKeTRIY0hqOVNIYU85SXFUIn0%3D
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