[Jawlist] Weekly Science Report 3-15-19

Sun Mar 17 20:24:43 PDT 2019

*Weekly Science Report*

*March 15, 2019*

*“Part of the changing relationship with National Parks as we evolved as a
nation went from scenery to science.  The scenery was obviously it was
overwhelming it was stunning.  The science is not so obvious, science
embraces mystery and it begins to look into the future the way most people
can’t perceive.  It asks questions most people don’t ask, and it says we
need to hold onto these places, and I can’t give you a precise reason why,
but the reason will come along later and if we don’t have them we will
never be able to explore the questions we are asking.  So, they hold the
answers to questions we have not even yet learn to ask.*

Kim Heacox, The National Parks: America’s Best Idea

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*

Men who lived in Spain 4500 years ago left almost no male genetic legacy
today

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/03/men-who-lived-spain-4500-years-ago-left-almost-no-descendants-alive-today?r3f_986=https://www.google.com/

Neolithic Britons travelled across country for regular mass national feasts
4,500 years ago, new research claims
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/neolithic-britons-mass-feasts-stonehenge-avebury-wiltshire-dorset-cardiff-university-sheffield-a8821651.html

Hominids may have hunted rabbits as far back as 400,000 years ago

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/hominids-hunt-rabbits-stone-age

Changes in Diet May Have Fostered Changes in Speech

https://www.archaeology.org/news/7476-190315-diet-bite-language

Genomes Offer Clues to Population History of Iberia

https://www.archaeology.org/news/7475-190315-spain-ancient-genomes

*History*

‘China Could Have Been a Very Different Country.’ A Search for Family
Reveals a Lost Moment

https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-could-have-been-a-very-different-country-a-search-for-family-reveals-a-lost-moment-11551974189

Smithsonian Shortens Folklife Festival On National Mall To Just 2 Days

https://www.npr.org/2019/03/14/703602525/smithsonian-shortens-folklife-festival-on-national-mall-to-just-2-days?sc=tw

Hitler's goddaughter Edda Goering dead at 80, buried secretly in unmarked
grave in Germany

https://www.foxnews.com/world/hitlers-goddaughter-edda-goering-dead-at-80-buried-secretly-in-unmarked-grave-in-germany?cmpid=prn_msn

The social impact of museums working with refugees and migrants

https://www.museumnext.com/2019/03/the-social-impact-of-museums-working-with-refugees-and-migrants/

'Pocahontas And The English Boys' Bridged 2 Wildly Different Cultures

https://www.npr.org/2019/03/12/698699742/pocahontas-and-the-english-boys-bridged-2-wildly-different-cultures?sc=tw

For Priest Turned Professor, 'Holy Envy' Is Key To Appreciating World
Religions

https://www.npr.org/2019/03/11/702175258/for-priest-turned-professor-holy-envy-is-key-to-appreciating-world-religions?sc=tw

The Library of Congress wants to attract more visitors. Will that undermine
its mission?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/the-library-of-congress-wants-to-attract-more-visitors-will-that-compromise-its-scholarly-mission/2019/03/07/582d590e-1a90-11e9-8813-cb9dec761e73_story.html?utm_term=.1c8fb3fe3ba8

Turkish police seize ancient manuscript stolen from Syrian museum

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkish-police-seize-ancient-manuscript-stolen-from-syrian-museum-141839

French Painting Stolen by Nazis in 1940 Raid to Be Returned to Owner's
Descendants

https://www.livescience.com/64996-gurlitt-nazi-loot-painting-identified.html

*Archaeology*

Bodies found in missing climbers search

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-derbyshire-47509067?ns_source=facebook&ns_campaign=bbcnews&ocid=socialflow_facebook&ns_mchannel=social&fbclid=IwAR2ybSthDa01zkQV0MR4-hXdsBLNFtbTN0c22GXvq9fgwzYCv-huhQq2JHI&fbclid=IwAR0Tf_n0N6R2Xp2g0ncxW4_AFSgdI_ZEhV6NCZeWquq8IFBr7yBAeU5jztM

Massacre of Children in Peru Might Have Been a Sacrifice to Stop Bad Weather

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/06/science/peru-child-sacrifice.html

*Ancient DNA is a powerful tool for studying the past – when archaeologists
and geneticists work together*
https://theconversation.com/ancient-dna-is-a-powerful-tool-for-studying-the-past-when-archaeologists-and-geneticists-work-together-111127

Sea otters' stone tools provide new clues for archeologists

https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/sea-otter-animal-archeology-stone-tools-1.4792446

Study of old slave quarters in Maryland leads to scientific breakthrough

https://wtop.com/anne-arundel-county/2019/03/study-of-old-slave-quarters-in-maryland-leads-to-scientific-breakthrough/slide/1/

China discovers bamboo slips recording rules of ancient board game

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-03/13/c_137892029.htm

Old Stone Fort built to protect Ohio settlers, but likely not by French
explorer

https://www.dispatch.com/news/20190303/archaeology-old-stone-fort-built-to-protect-ohio-settlers-but-likely-not-by-french-explorer

Maya ritual cave ‘untouched’ for 1,000 years stuns archaeologists

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/2019/03/maya-ritual-balamku-cave-stuns-archaeologists/

Searching for the ships Cortés burned before destroying the Aztecs

https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/02/archaeologists-search-yucatan-coast-for-hernan-cortes-lost-ships/

Pafos excavations show Agora was much larger than previously assumed

https://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/34777-pafos-excavations-show-agora-was-much-larger-than-previously-assumed.html

*Egyptology*

Nothing to report

*General Science*

10 Women in Science and Tech Who Should Be Household Names

https://www.wired.com/story/10-women-science-tech-household-names/?CNDID=41291302&CNDID=41291302&bxid=MjM5NjgxMjIxODk5S0&hasha=3ed15b3d4270f52ce4da5de4e5031836&hashb=9085a9ae56cc45a4e9bae24e2eaeaade6e04a43e&mbid=nl_031019_daily_list1_p4&source=DAILY_NEWSLETTER&utm_brand=wired&utm_mailing=WIRED%20NL%20031019%20(1)&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nl

Trump calls for cutting National Science Foundation funding by $1 billion
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/433507-trump-proposes-cutting-national-science-foundation-budget-by-billion-dollars
  U.S. Army is investing $72 million into CMU for artificial intelligence
research
https://www.post-gazette.com/business/tech-news/2019/03/11/cmu-army-ai-pittsburgh-farnam-jahanian-artificial-intelligence-defense/stories/201903110135?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook_Pittsburgh_Post-Gazette

Researchers develop 'acoustic metamaterial' that cancels sound

https://m.phys.org/news/2019-03-acoustic-metamaterial-cancels.html

4-D printing multi-metal products with a desktop electrochemical 3-D printer

https://techxplore.com/news/2019-03-d-multi-metal-products-desktop-electrochemical.html

*Physics, Earth and Space Sciences*   Astronomers Think They Can Explain
Mysterious Cosmic Bursts
https://www.wired.com/story/astronomers-think-they-can-explain-mysterious-fast-radio-bursts/?CNDID=41291302&CNDID=41291302&bxid=MjM5NjgxMjIxODk5S0&hasha=3ed15b3d4270f52ce4da5de4e5031836&hashb=9085a9ae56cc45a4e9bae24e2eaeaade6e04a43e&mbid=nl_031019_daily_list1_p2&source=DAILY_NEWSLETTER&utm_brand=wired&utm_mailing=WIRED%20NL%20031019%20(1)&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nl
  NASA's Supersize Space Launch System Might Be Doomed
https://www.wired.com/story/nasas-super-sized-space-launch-system-might-be-doomed/?CNDID=41291302&CNDID=41291302&bxid=MjM5NjgxMjIxODk5S0&hasha=3ed15b3d4270f52ce4da5de4e5031836&hashb=9085a9ae56cc45a4e9bae24e2eaeaade6e04a43e&mbid=nl_031419_daily_list3_p2&source=DAILY_NEWSLETTER&utm_brand=wired&utm_mailing=WIRED%20NL%20031419%20(1)&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nl

'Enormous' solar storm struck Earth more than 2,600 years ago: study

https://beta.ctvnews.ca/national/sci-tech/2019/3/12/1_4332835.html

Solar farms in space could be renewable energy's next frontier

https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/solar-farms-space-could-be-renewable-energy-s-next-frontier-ncna967451?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_ma

SpaceX CEO Musk's security clearance under review over pot use: official

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-tesla-musk-idUSKCN1QO2FZ?utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+Trending+Content&utm_content=5c819cd400bd47000112ab2f&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=facebook

Where's My Warp Drive?

http://discovermagazine.com/2015/july-aug/31-wheres-my-warp-drive

Quantum sensing method measures minuscule magnetic fields

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-03/miot-qsm031519.php

Researchers measure near-perfect performance in low-cost semiconductors

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-03/su-rmn031519.php

New 3-D map will help solve long-standing cosmic mysteries

https://phys.org/news/2019-03-d-long-standing-cosmic-mysteries.html

Dormant viruses activate during spaceflight

https://phys.org/news/2019-03-dormant-viruses-spaceflight.html

A NASA spacecraft may have explored the edges of an early Mars sea in 1997

https://phys.org/news/2019-03-nasa-spacecraft-explored-edges-early.html

Cooking up alien atmospheres on Earth

https://phys.org/news/2019-03-cooking-alien-atmospheres-earth.html

*Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources*

The World's Recycling Is in Chaos. Here's What Has to Happen

https://www.wired.com/story/the-worlds-recycling-is-in-chaos-heres-what-has-to-happen/?CNDID=41291302&CNDID=41291302&bxid=MjM5NjgxMjIxODk5S0&hasha=3ed15b3d4270f52ce4da5de4e5031836&hashb=9085a9ae56cc45a4e9bae24e2eaeaade6e04a43e&mbid=nl_031319_daily_list3_p2&source=DAILY_NEWSLETTER&utm_brand=wired&utm_mailing=WIRED%20NL%20031319%20(1)&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nl

The Side Effects of Solar Geoengineering Could Be Minimal

https://www.wired.com/story/the-side-effects-of-solar-geoengineering/?CNDID=41291302&CNDID=41291302&bxid=MjM5NjgxMjIxODk5S0&hasha=3ed15b3d4270f52ce4da5de4e5031836&hashb=9085a9ae56cc45a4e9bae24e2eaeaade6e04a43e&mbid=nl_031519_daily_list3_p5&source=DAILY_NEWSLETTER&utm_brand=wired&utm_mailing=WIRED%20NL%20031519%20(1)&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nl

It's 2050 And This Is How We Stopped Climate Change

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2019/03/11/688876374/its-2050-and-this-is-how-we-stopped-climate-change?sc=tw

*Newly discovered *cold-tolerant* plants from Siberia could promote
clean bioenergy*

https://theconversation.com/newly-discovered-cold-tolerant-plants-from-siberia-could-promote-clean-bioenergy-110871

*Underwater mudslides are the biggest threat to offshore drilling, and
energy companies aren’t ready for them*

https://theconversation.com/underwater-mudslides-are-the-biggest-threat-to-offshore-drilling-and-energy-companies-arent-ready-for-them-111904

*Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences*

Amid Tourism Push, Concern Grows Over Indonesia's Komodo Dragons
https://www.npr.org/2019/03/12/702155579/amid-tourism-push-concern-grows-over-indonesias-komodo-dragons?sc=tw

Team discovers double helix structure in synthetic macromolecule

https://phys.org/news/2019-03-team-helix-synthetic-macromolecule.html
  A Trump official said seismic air gun tests don’t hurt whales. So a
congressman blasted him with an air horn.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2019/03/08/trump-official-said-seismic-air-gun-tests-dont-hurt-whales-so-congressman-blasted-him-with-an-air-horn/?utm_term=.eca8ca4ac57f

Mysterious Type Of Killer Whale, Sought After For Years, Found In Southern
Ocean

https://www.npr.org/2019/03/07/701101633/new-whale-species

Narwhals spend at least half time diving for food, can fast for several
days after meal
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-03/p-nsa030619.php

Scientists left camera traps to record wild apes -- watch what happens

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-03/cp-slc030719.php

Seeing through a robot's eyes helps those with profound motor impairments

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-03/giot-sta031519.php

New cardiac pump clinically superior, safer for patients

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-03-cardiac-clinically-superior-safer-patients.html

Teen Inventor Designs Noninvasive Allergy Screen Using Genetics and Machine
Learning
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/teen-inventor-designs-noninvasive-allergy-screen-using-genetics-and-machine-learning-180971692/

*Other*

A Child Explains Why He Built a Nuclear Reactor in His Playroom

https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/3kgjvn/jackson-oswalt-explains-why-he-built-a-nuclear-reactor-in-his-playroom

Additional Informational

Space Photos of the Week: The Moon Needs Sunscreen

https://www.wired.com/story/space-photos-of-the-week-moon-sunscreen/?CNDID=41291302&CNDID=41291302&bxid=MjM5NjgxMjIxODk5S0&hasha=3ed15b3d4270f52ce4da5de4e5031836&hashb=9085a9ae56cc45a4e9bae24e2eaeaade6e04a43e&mbid=nl_031019_daily_list3_p2&source=DAILY_NEWSLETTER&utm_brand=wired&utm_mailing=WIRED%20NL%20031019%20(1)&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nl

TED Talk, The Disarming Case to act right now on Climate Change

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