[Jawlist] Weekly Science Report 6-7-19

[Steve Detwiler]

*Weekly Science Report*

*June 7, 2019*



*“These virtues do not have ineffable meaning but offer a sense of
morality-a way to be, and a way to behave, as a member of the human
family.”*

Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah of the Kingdom of Jordan on being Muslim





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*



Who Were the Ancestors of Native Americans? A Lost People in Siberia,
Scientists Say

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/05/science/native-americans-genetics-siberia.html



Prehistoric stone engraved with horses found in France

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-48539803



Prehistoric humans invented stone tools multiple times, study finds

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/tools-invention-prehistoric-human-oldowan-stone-weapons-arizona-state-university-a8942261.html



Scientists get a grip on sloth family tree

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-06/uoy-sga060519.php

















*History*



Rebecca Winters: Mormon pioneer the center of attention as group plans to
move her grave

https://www.starherald.com/features/lifestyle/rebecca-winters-mormon-pioneer-the-center-of-attention-as-group/article_25bf1949-77fb-596e-bf92-b8879baee960.html



The RAF weathermen who helped save D-Day

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-48498383?fbclid=IwAR0x_8U8sYF9ec-cr7FuFpJcalI2b9niZTXVCObX8w0y_6NwrevJbvWPKNA#
<https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-48498383?fbclid=IwAR0x_8U8sYF9ec-cr7FuFpJcalI2b9niZTXVCObX8w0y_6NwrevJbvWPKNA>



Stonewall Riot Apology: Police Actions Were ‘Wrong,’ Commissioner Admits

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/06/nyregion/stonewall-riots-nypd.html



Auschwitz Is Not a Metaphor

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/06/auschwitz-not-long-ago-not-far-away/591082/?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=the-atlantic&utm_source=facebook&utm_content=edit-promo&utm_term=2019-06-06T10%3A00%3A03



Britain's mixed-race GI babies want to know why they were given away

https://edition.cnn.com/2019/06/05/europe/gi-babies-britain-dday-gbr-intl/index.html?utm_term=link&utm_source=fbCNN&utm_medium=social&utm_content=2019-06-06T15%3A34%3A00



The Lessons of 1944 Are in Jeopardy

https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/06/05/the-lessons-of-1944-are-in-jeopardy/



Army Sgt. Cread Shuey laid to rest in Marana 76 years after death in WWII
prison camp

https://tucson.com/news/local/army-sgt-cread-shuey-laid-to-rest-in-marana-years/article_7caa41b6-2334-5699-9591-a046e7051a05.html



Eid al-Fitr is coming. Here's what you should know about one of the biggest
Islamic holy days

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2019/06/03/eid-al-fitr-2019-when-and-why-muslims-celebrate/1268649001/?utm_source=R%26I+Clips+(Reporters)&utm_campaign=87491673dd-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_08_15_02_10_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_023b6bc2e1-87491673dd-391847017&ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000090



Ancient Fingerprints Show Men and Women Both Made Pottery in the American
Southwest

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ancient-fingerprints-show-both-women-and-men-made-pottery-chaco-canyon-180972350/



D-Day Vets In Their 90s Parachute Into Normandy 75 Years Later, This Time
To Cheers

https://www.npr.org/2019/06/05/730133581/d-day-vets-in-their-90s-parachute-into-normandy-75-years-later-this-time-to-chee?sc=tw



Overlooked No More: Alan Turing, Condemned Code Breaker and Computer
Visionary

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/05/obituaries/alan-turing-overlooked.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur



'We were sworn to secrecy': Canadian women share stories of their efforts
to help win WWII

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/d-day-code-breakers-women-1.5159789


*Archaeology*



Archaeologists search for elusive pre-Revolutionary War outpost in Rome

https://www.uticaod.com/news/20190606/archaeologists-search-for-elusive-pre-revolutionary-war-outpost-in-rome



‘Archaeology of D-Day’ Aims to Preserve What the Soldiers Left Behind

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/05/world/europe/d-day-normandy-commemoration.html



Court throws book at BLM over fracking Chaco

https://www.hcn.org/articles/water-court-throws-book-at-blm-over-fracking-chaco



Mysterious 3,000-year-old fingerprints found at ancient site

https://www.foxnews.com/science/3000-year-old-fingerprints-found



'Blood Antiquities' Looted from War-Torn Yemen Bring in $1 Million at
Auction

https://www.livescience.com/65641-yemen-blood-antiquities-investigation.html



Angkor Wat archaeological digs yield new clues to its civilization's decline

https://phys.org/news/2019-06-angkor-wat-archaeological-yield-clues.html



Epic Proportions

https://www.archaeology.org/issues/339-1905/trenches/7567-trenches-england-folkton-drums-stonehenge-measurement



Neolithic Stone Structure Found in Cyprus

https://www.archaeology.org/news/7706-190607-cyprus-neolithic-building



More mysterious jars of the dead unearthed in Laos

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-06/anu-mmj060619.php

*Egyptology*



Nothing to report









*General Science*



Inside the Amazon Warehouse Where Humans and Machines Become One

https://www.wired.com/story/amazon-warehouse-robots/?CNDID=41291302&CNDID=41291302&bxid=MjM5NjgxMjIxODk5S0&hasha=3ed15b3d4270f52ce4da5de4e5031836&hashb=9085a9ae56cc45a4e9bae24e2eaeaade6e04a43e&mbid=nl_060619_daily_list1_p4&source=DAILY_NEWSLETTER&utm_brand=wired&utm_mailing=WIRED%20NL%20060619%20(1)&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nl



Robert Downey Jr. reveals plan to save the planet with robots and advanced
technology

https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2019/06/05/robert-downey-jr-says-robotics-nanotechnology-can-save-planet/1360908001/



Saab's new spy plane has a powerful piece of hardware on top

https://www.popsci.com/globaleye-awacs-aircraft-saab











*Physics, Earth and Space Sciences*



Why Does the Moon Keep Flashing Us?

https://www.space.com/gassy-moon-flashes.html?utm_source=notification



A Mythical Form of Space Propulsion Finally Gets a Real Test

https://www.wired.com/story/a-mythical-form-of-space-propulsion-finally-gets-a-real-test/?CNDID=41291302&CNDID=41291302&bxid=MjM5NjgxMjIxODk5S0&hasha=3ed15b3d4270f52ce4da5de4e5031836&hashb=9085a9ae56cc45a4e9bae24e2eaeaade6e04a43e&mbid=nl_060519_daily_list1_p4&source=DAILY_NEWSLETTER&utm_brand=wired&utm_mailing=WIRED%20NL%20060519%20(1)&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nl



NASA's Mars Helicopter Whirls Through Tests on Way to 2020 Launch

https://www.space.com/nasa-mars-helicopter-final-testing.html?utm_source=notification



NASA: The International Space Station Is Open for Commercial Business in
Orbit

https://www.space.com/nasa-international-space-station-commercial-use.html



President Trump Appears to Throw Cold Water on NASA Moon Push

https://www.space.com/president-trump-tweet-nasa-moon-plans.html?utm_source=notification



Carnegie Mellon Rover And MoonArk Art Project Headed To The Moon

https://www.wesa.fm/post/carnegie-mellon-rover-and-moonark-art-project-headed-moon


Space weather affects your daily life. It’s time to start paying attention.
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/613622/space-weather-affects-your-daily-life-its-time-to-start-paying-attention/
  Solved: How tides can trigger earthquakes
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-06/eiac-sht060519.php

Detection of powerful winds driven by a supermassive black hole from La
Palma

https://phys.org/news/2019-06-powerful-driven-supermassive-black-hole.html





*Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources*



$3 Million Settlement Revealed In High-Profile Fracking Case

https://www.npr.org/2019/06/04/729370149/-3-million-settlement-revealed-in-high-profile-fracking-case?sc=tw



Organic Farming Has A Plastic Problem. One Solution Is Controversial
https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2019/06/07/729783773/organic-farming-has-a-plastic-problem-one-solution-is-controversial?sc=tw



Civilization could crumble by 2050 if we don't stop climate change now, new
paper says
https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/civilization-could-crumble-2050-if-we-don-t-stop-climate-ncna1013701?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_nw


Rapid change in coral reefs prompts global calls for a rethink

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-06/lu-rci060719.php





*Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences*



2 Chinese Babies With Edited Genes May Face Higher Risk Of Premature Death

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/06/03/727957768/2-chinese-babies-with-edited-genes-may-face-higher-risk-of-premature-death?sc=tw



Why Octopuses Might Be The Next Lab Rats

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/06/03/727653152/why-octopuses-might-be-the-next-lab-rats?sc=tw



Mapping the ocean's unseen heroes, one microbe at a time

https://phys.org/news/2019-06-ocean-unseen-heroes-microbe.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter



Whale intelligence continues to amaze and dumbfound scientists

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/whale-intelligence-science-ocean-a8892636.html



U of G researchers discover meat-eating plant in Ontario, Canada

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-06/uog-uog060719.php



As Predicted, Some of Australia’s Turtles Are Going Extinct

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/as-predicted-some-of-australias-turtles-are-going-extinct1/?redirect=1





*Other*



For Remote Communities In Scotland's Outer Hebrides, Mobile Libraries Are A
Lifeline

https://www.npr.org/2019/06/08/719954225/for-remote-communities-in-scotlands-outer-hebrides-mobile-libraries-are-a-lifeli?sc=tw



























Additional Informational



The WIRED Guide to Aliens

https://www.wired.com/story/wired-guide-aliens/?CNDID=41291302&CNDID=41291302&bxid=MjM5NjgxMjIxODk5S0&hasha=3ed15b3d4270f52ce4da5de4e5031836&hashb=9085a9ae56cc45a4e9bae24e2eaeaade6e04a43e&mbid=nl_060519_daily_list3_p1&source=DAILY_NEWSLETTER&utm_brand=wired&utm_mailing=WIRED%20NL%20060519%20(1)&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nl



One Thousand and Seventy-eight Blue Skies: Nazi concentration camps and
killing centers across Europe

https://www.ushmm.org/information/exhibitions/museum-exhibitions/blue-skies?utm_source=mkto&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=1906MKTEM04593-horizontal-link-1&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWTJZelpqTXhNRGxqT0RjMyIsInQiOiJ0aWlvSlBVRTFYdUVhMERYeXQyQVYycFM5R3ltMmtLZ29XODN4elI3Ryt6cEdUXC9KMXdKbmVUaWUzVzZWaUxvSTBsSGpKUVBGUUFORTlRV3U0dHp0eTlBckRwY3Nsclc3elk0U2NwQzFvTXdVekdcL080MGRuTUo2K0QybVRKK2hvIn0%3D



Holocaust Encyclopedia, ANNE FRANK: BIOGRAPHY

https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/anne-frank-biography?utm_source=mkto&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=1906MKTEM04593-feature-button&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWTJZelpqTXhNRGxqT0RjMyIsInQiOiJ0aWlvSlBVRTFYdUVhMERYeXQyQVYycFM5R3ltMmtLZ29XODN4elI3Ryt6cEdUXC9KMXdKbmVUaWUzVzZWaUxvSTBsSGpKUVBGUUFORTlRV3U0dHp0eTlBckRwY3Nsclc3elk0U2NwQzFvTXdVekdcL080MGRuTUo2K0QybVRKK2hvIn0%3D



The Home of the Future Isn’t Smart—It’s ‘Living’ and Green

https://singularityhub.com/2019/01/30/the-home-of-the-future-isnt-smart-its-living-and-green/amp/?__twitter_impression=true
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