[Jawlist] Weekly Science Report 7-5-19

Sun Jul 7 11:33:00 PDT 2019

*Weekly Science Report*

*July 5, 2019*

*“Diversity, what truly makes America great”*

*Steve Detwiler*

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*

Neanderthal Fashion Statement

https://www.archaeology.org/issues/346-1907/trenches/7718-trenches-neanderthal-golden-eagles

Bonobo diet of aquatic greens may hold clues to human evolution

https://phys.org/news/2019-07-bonobo-diet-aquatic-greens-clues.html?fbclid=IwAR2VyGkhd7NJAV6a5FbLbOrFE1VcoZskE5fmcCxcBlKbbWnM5nZqakpHIJk

Murder in the Paleolithic? Evidence of violence behind human skull remains

*https://popular-archaeology.com/article/murder-in-the-paleolithic-evidence-of-violence-behind-human-skull-remains/
<https://popular-archaeology.com/article/murder-in-the-paleolithic-evidence-of-violence-behind-human-skull-remains/>*

You Say What You Eat
https://www.archaeology.org/issues/346-1907/trenches/7748-trenches-physical-linguistic-development

*History*

Ancient DNA Sheds New Light on the Biblical Philistines
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/ancient-dna-sheds-new-light-biblical-philistines-180972561/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia&fbclid=IwAR2kKke-wuPat2efI3Reb8JUGxpNEN_f_UFGOBBHYe8w3ZKuooPSaZyiAZE

After Confederate statues, America’s culture war targets Betsy Ross and a
founding father

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/after-confederate-statues-americas-culture-war-targets-betsy-ross-and-a-founding-father/2019/07/04/c87e8b5e-9d9b-11e9-b27f-ed2942f73d70_story.html?utm_term=.f736bab425b2

Overlooked No More: Ralph Lazo, Who Voluntarily Lived in an Internment Camp

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/03/obituaries/ralph-lazo-overlooked.html

One of D-Day’s most famous, heroic assaults may have been unnecessary
https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2019/06/02/one-d-days-most-famous-heroic-assaults-may-have-been-unnecessary/?utm_term=.0417e52e2c52

The Hand of Native American Women, Visible at Last
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/31/arts/design/native-american-women-art.html

Still-life painting looted by Nazis to return to Florence
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-italy-germany-artwork/still-life-painting-looted-by-nazis-to-return-to-florence-idUSKCN1TU0JB
  Where’s the Debate on Francis Scott Key’s Slave-Holding Legacy?
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/wheres-debate-francis-scott-keys-slave-holding-legacy-180959550/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia&fbclid=IwAR1eczxj45MrY_sApWbDHSRPzVAe-IJfcqjevQOC6HYzuCS1e-106LMLbK0
  An ancient forest in Iran and a bird sanctuary in China: Discover
UNESCO's new World Heritage sites
https://www.euronews.com/2019/07/05/an-ancient-forest-in-iran-and-a-bird-sanctuary-in-china-discover-unesco-s-new-world-herita

Here are 4 significant ways that Leonardo da Vinci changed the world

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/05/four-ways-in-which-leonardo-da-vinci-was-ahead-of-his-time

Eva Kor, a Holocaust survivor and forgiveness advocate, dies at 85

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2019/07/04/us/eva-kor-holocaust-survivor-dies-trnd/index.html

Secret Israeli unit hiding documents to undermine history of Nakba: Report

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/secret-israeli-unit-hiding-documents-undermine-history-nakba-report

How the Iroquois Great Law of Peace Shaped U.S. Democracy

https://www.pbs.org/native-america/blogs/native-voices/how-the-iroquois-great-law-of-peace-shaped-us-democracy/

The Disturbing Resilience of Scientific Racism

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/disturbing-resilience-scientific-racism-180972243/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia

*Visiting national parks could change your thinking about patriotism*

https://theconversation.com/visiting-national-parks-could-change-your-thinking-about-patriotism-115350

*I’ve started acknowledging the people who lived on this land first – and
you should too*

https://theconversation.com/ive-started-acknowledging-the-people-who-lived-on-this-land-first-and-you-should-too-118496

Newly-discovered 1,600-year-old mosaic sheds light on ancient Judaism

https://popular-archaeology.com/article/newly-discovered-1600-year-old-mosaic-sheds-light-on-ancient-judaism/

Spanish River High's principal refused to call the Holocaust a fact

https://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/20190705/spanish-river-highs-principal-refused-to-call-holocaust-fact?template=ampart&__twitter_impression=true

*Archaeology*

In Afghanistan, experts work to restore a trove of Buddha figurines smashed
by the Taliban

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/in-afghanistan-experts-work-to-restore-a-trove-of-buddha-figurines-smashed-by-the-taliban/2019/07/03/e1781e6a-910a-11e9-956a-88c291ab5c38_story.html?utm_term=.83483dcd28b8

Laser-Shooting Planes Uncover the Horror and Humanity of World War I

https://www.wired.com/story/lidar-archaeology-world-war-1-ypres-salient-belgium/?CNDID=41291302&CNDID=41291302&bxid=MjM5NjgxMjIxODk5S0&hasha=3ed15b3d4270f52ce4da5de4e5031836&hashb=9085a9ae56cc45a4e9bae24e2eaeaade6e04a43e&mbid=nl_070419_engagement_list1_p1&source=ENGAGEMENT_NEWSLETTER&utm_brand=wired&utm_mailing=Engagement%20NL%20070419%20(1)&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nl

“Burning libraries:” The race to save Canada’s coastal archaeological sites
before they’re washed away

https://www.canadiangeographic.ca/article/burning-libraries-race-save-canadas-coastal-archaeological-sites-theyre-washed-away#.XResZW4y6Js.facebook

Fort Recovery battlefield reshaped by Ball State archaeologists' research

https://www.thestarpress.com/story/news/local/2019/07/05/fort-recovery-battlefield-studied-by-ball-state-university-archaeologists/1639210001/?fbclid=IwAR3tAGGmJZonAvEjCXfyUFCU4bQn0zOd37K-_8KK5jH4ohOwvVA3blquoEQ

Aliph global protection fund announces 14 projects across multiple war zones

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/aliph-global-protection-fund-announces-14-projects-across-world-war-zones

Archaeologists discover more than 150,000 historical artifacts near
downtown Houston

https://www.mysanantonio.com/life/article/Archaeologists-discover-150-000-artifacts-Houston-14050550.php

British POW Camp Site Investigated

https://www.archaeology.org/news/7805-190705-lodge-moor-camp

*Egyptology*

Auction house sells ancient relic Egypt claims was stolen in 1970s

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/egypt-christies-auction-house-king-tut-bust-art-theft-a8989081.html

Dive beneath the pyramids of Egypt’s black pharaohs

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/2019/07/dive-ancient-pyramid-nuri-sudan/

The Unseen Mummy Chamber

https://www.archaeology.org/issues/346-1907/trenches/7720-trenches-egypt-aswan-tomb

*General Science*

AI-designed heat pumps consume less energy

https://techxplore.com/news/2019-07-ai-designed-consume-energy.html?fbclid=IwAR0sim3DqerSmuFh5Xg7kG6-LJJtJHtI3BmjLO9xA7BCyvgIRcdVLisRSIw

*Physics, Earth and Space Sciences*

'Oumuamua is not an alien spacecraft: study

https://phys.org/news/2019-07-oumuamua-alien-spacecraft.html?fbclid=IwAR37XimE320v1kbTtpUCa5aORV4OlZ4y0FrL233mEFbXkKLjM42Kk4_EaUo

New Analysis Techniques Unearth a Trove of Unusual Minerals

https://www.wired.com/story/geologists-discover-specks-new-minerals-earths-extremes/?CNDID=41291302&CNDID=41291302&bxid=MjM5NjgxMjIxODk5S0&hasha=3ed15b3d4270f52ce4da5de4e5031836&hashb=9085a9ae56cc45a4e9bae24e2eaeaade6e04a43e&mbid=nl_070119_daily_list3_p3&source=DAILY_NEWSLETTER&utm_brand=wired&utm_mailing=WIRED%20NL%20070119%20(1)&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nl

Guardians of Apollo: the curators preserving the Moon mission's legacy

https://phys.org/news/2019-06-guardians-apollo-curators-moon-mission.html

Former NASA Flight Director Gene Kranz Restores Mission Control In Houston

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/nasa/2019/07/02/338550/former-nasa-flight-director-gene-kranz-restores-mission-control-in-houston/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=cpc&utm_content=fb-1-9-20190702-338550-ca&utm_campaign=news-healthscience

Why Nasa’s next Moon mission can’t be an Apollo retread

https://www.ft.com/content/5adc069a-9d27-11e9-b8ce-8b459ed04726?accessToken=zwAAAWvEMfnQkc9a3AaanScR6dO4zotFntBHJg.MEUCIQDStuxG6j3jQisEu94jf1DgVKV6X7qASdNNJPuT-Y4O4AIgP76deTm4ckp6BO7Set6Pu8rLfvqVdXSoqTbyJLmoFXA&sharetype=gift%3Ftoken%3Dade7bf0d-9f81-483b-9828-6d58000b55e3&fbclid=IwAR2itIZ-AJo2PC6qbXCMBe1YT1fWOnjS2zszP98mjK9E2shF3yGFOlxZaLQ

This map shows that Mars and Earth aren't that different

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/07/map-of-mars-the-geology-of-the-red-planet

Mysterious X-37B Military Space Plane Caught on Camera (Photo)

https://www.space.com/x-37b-space-plane-skywatcher-photo.html?utm_source=notification

Artificial gravity breaks free from science fiction

https://phys.org/news/2019-07-artificial-gravity-free-science-fiction.html?fbclid=IwAR1dxBE3QXO1WpnXem9bi_MCJqHgfDnk5Eux-k9TmiAgCaLr7N4c1TA8FDI

Physicist finds loose thread of string theory puzzle

https://phys.org/news/2019-07-physicist-loose-thread-theory-puzzle.html?fbclid=IwAR3IQLbaAQfTIHhdm7YCqBuA9duZZCle8l5eow2FeIwcq7Fd1ad6xMkm1TQ

Deep-CEE: The AI deep learning tool helping astronomers explore deep space

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-07/ras-dta062919.php

Scientists discover the biggest seaweed bloom in the world

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-07/uosf-sdt070119.php

Collision course: Amateur astronomers play a part in efforts to keep space
safe

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-07/ras-cca070219.php

Scientists combine light and matter to make particles with new behaviors

https://phys.org/news/2019-07-scientists-combine-particles-behaviors.html

The mission of a lifetime: a drone on Titan in 2034 (Update)

https://phys.org/news/2019-07-mission-lifetime-drone-titan.html

Astronomers Don't Know What to Make of This Incredibly Bizarre Star

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/astronomers-dont-know-what-to-make-of-this-incredibly-bizarre-star/

*Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources*

Environmentalists removed more than 40 tons of trash from the Pacific --
and it barely made a dent

https://edition.cnn.com/2019/06/30/us/40-tons-plastic-ocean-removal-trnd/index.html?utm_source=twCNNi&utm_medium=social&utm_content=2019-07-01T03%3A07%3A26&utm_term=link

How to protect corals facing climate change

https://phys.org/news/2019-07-corals-climate.html?fbclid=IwAR3FgDOr1DNBS7MT75HZxeStKgQiaP9xFVKfQVFFkue7EuXjYk785SY9Mag

How Georgia Became A Surprising Bright Spot In The U.S. Solar Industry

https://www.npr.org/2019/06/24/733795962/how-georgia-became-a-surprising-bright-spot-in-the-u-s-solar-industry

Biscayne National’s mangroves are full of trash. Paddleboarders are helping
clean up park.

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/environment/article232144597.html

Global agriculture: Impending threats to biodiversity

https://phys.org/news/2019-06-global-agriculture-impending-threats-biodiversity.html

How trees could save the climate
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-07/ez-htc070319.php

Safer Nuclear Reactors Are on the Way

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/safer-nuclear-reactors-are-on-the-way/

How Hydroponic School Gardens Can Cultivate Food Justice, Year-Round

https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2019/07/07/737789983/how-hydroponic-school-gardens-can-cultivate-food-justice-year-round

*Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences*

The Woman Who Revealed the Missing Link Between Viruses and Cancer
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/woman-who-revealed-missing-link-between-viruses-and-cancer-180972427/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia&fbclid=IwAR2uyRLmcBnvQealE_BDChCnoa6pS6R78oAjCxg5nMfjA4LONC6uA43mbXo

New Markers For Alzheimer's Disease Could Aid Diagnosis And Speed Up Drug
Development

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/07/04/738478841/new-markers-for-alzheimers-disease-could-aid-diagnosis-and-speed-up-drug-develop?sc=tw

Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, top deputy ordered to stand trial in 2020

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-crime-theranos/theranos-founder-elizabeth-holmes-top-deputy-ordered-to-stand-trial-in-2020-idUSKCN1TU01N

New Weapons Against Cancer: Millions of Bacteria Programmed to Kill

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/03/science/cancer-bacteria-immune-system.html

Strain of common cold virus could revolutionize treatment of bladder cancer

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-07/uos-soc070319.php

Triplet-targeted therapy improves survival for patients with advanced
colorectal cancer and BRAF mutations

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-07/uotm-tti070319.php

Computing hubs in the hippocampus and cortex

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-07-hubs-hippocampus-cortex.html

Surgery restores arm function in some paralysed patients: study

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-07-surgery-arm-function-paralysed-patients.html

*Other*

Nothing to report

Additional Informational

TED Talk, Changing the soundtrack of the ocean

https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=1s&v=Z8XxAfGBcOo&app=desktop

TED Talk, Start somewhere. Anywhere

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qMnHVvVIG0&app=desktop

What we learned from walking in the footsteps of Harriet Tubman

https://ideas.ted.com/what-we-learned-from-walking-in-the-footsteps-of-harriet-tubman/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

TED Talk, the next step in Nanotechnology

https://www.ted.com/talks/george_tulevski_the_next_step_in_nanotechnology

TED Talk, Help discover Ancient Ruins before it’s too Late

https://www.ted.com/talks/sarah_parcak_help_discover_ancient_ruins_before_it_s_too_late?utm_campaign=social&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=t.co&utm_content=talk&utm_term=science
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