[Jawlist] Weekly Science Report 5-24-19

[Steve Detwiler]

*Weekly Science Report*

*May 24, 2019*



*“You may write me down in history with your bitter, twisted lies, you may
trod me in the very dirt but still, like dust, I'll rise.”*

Maya Angelou




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*


'Reconstruction' begins of stone age lands lost to North Sea
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/may/08/mapping-begins-of-lands-lost-to-north-sea-during-the-stone-age



Earliest evidence of the cooking and eating of starch

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-05/uotw-eeo051719.php



Humans Crawled Through a Cave 14,000 Years Ago. We Can Still See Their
Perfectly Preserved Footprints.

https://www.livescience.com/65476-ancient-human-footprints-in-cave.html



Abrupt Climate Change Led to a Dramatic Decline in South American
Populations 8,000 Years Ago

https://www.sciencetimes.com/articles/21520/20190509/abrupt-climate-change-led-to-a-dramatic-decline-in-south-american-populations-8-000-years-ago.htm



Reimagining the Megalodon, the World’s Most Terrifying Sea Creature
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/reimagining-megalodon-worlds-most-terrifying-sea-creature-180972193/



*I’m an evolutionary biologist – here’s why this ancient fungal fossil
discovery is so revealing*

https://theconversation.com/im-an-evolutionary-biologist-heres-why-this-ancient-fungal-fossil-discovery-is-so-revealing-117488





















*History*



In Search of Ancient Morocco

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/15/t-magazine/morocco-travel-draa-valley.html



A Secret Paris Museum and an Aristocratic Family Decimated by the Holocaust

https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts-and-culture/a9474/camondo-museum-paris/



The Shoah’s Other Lost Children

https://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/285054/the-shoahs-other-lost-children?utm_source=tabletmagazinelist&utm_campaign=9b8ccb0dd8-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_05_21_02_08&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c308bf8edb-9b8ccb0dd8-207867597



Germany to return Portuguese Stone Cross to Namibia

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-48309694



Leonardo da Vinci’s Visionary Notebooks Now Online: Browse 570 Digitized
Pages

http://www.openculture.com/2017/07/leonardo-da-vincis-visionary-notebooks-now-online-browse-570-digitized-pages.html



In 1945, a Japanese Balloon Bomb Killed Six Americans, Five of Them
Children, in Oregon
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/1945-japanese-balloon-bomb-killed-six-americansfive-them-children-oregon-180972259/?fbclid=IwAR2f5FoXcj2ESBb3MH06rSzOx2-UGWVH4X7o4HGacwAIS5BKyI9EgNj3tdw#QvoZPoygxzScyD3d.01



The Harriet Tubman $20 bill was set for 2020. Now the Trump administration
says it won't happen for years

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/harriet-tubman-20-bill-2020-release-delayed-trump-administration-says-it-wont-happen-for-years-2019-05-22/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab6a&linkId=67926266



More Than 1,000 Holocaust Victims Are Buried In Belarus After Mass Grave
Discovered

https://www.npr.org/2019/05/22/725728990/more-than-1-000-holocaust-victims-are-buried-in-belarus-after-mass-grave-discove?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20190522&fbclid=IwAR0uBEok_ucOMoa_jQRDIsrGBct9KQgCIyG3aBIWkMfPo-JA4sGu2fsoA9o



Bristol academic cracks Voynich code, solving century-old mystery of
medieval text

https://popular-archaeology.com/article/bristol-academic-cracks-voynich-code-solving-century-old-mystery-of-medieval-text/



Archaeological discovery upends a piece of Barbados history

https://phys.org/news/2019-05-archaeological-discovery-upends-piece-barbados.html



Marshall Islands Stick Chart

https://www.archaeology.org/issues/337-1905/features/7551-maps-marshall-islands-stick-chart



Artifacts and Remains of Korean War Dead Found at DMZ

https://www.archaeology.org/news/7677-190524-korea-human-remains



Did Leonardo da Vinci have ADHD?

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-05/kcl-dld052219.php





Cocktails with Cleopatra?

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-05/thuo-cwc052219.php



Initially threatened by change, people adapt to societal diversity over time

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-05/puww-itb052319.php



*The history of China’s Muslims and what’s behind their persecution*

https://theconversation.com/the-history-of-chinas-muslims-and-whats-behind-their-persecution-117365



*The American GI in WWII, uncensored*

https://theconversation.com/the-american-gi-in-wwii-uncensored-113243



*What Ramadan means to Muslims: 4 essential reads*

https://theconversation.com/what-ramadan-means-to-muslims-4-essential-reads-116629



























*Archaeology*



Colonial Cooling

https://www.archaeology.org/issues/339-1905/trenches/7555-trenches-americas-colonial-climate



Centuries-old irrigation system shows how to manage scarce water

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2019/05/acequias/?cmpid=org=ngp::mc=social::src=twitter::cmp=editorial::add=tw20190519env-acequiaswater::rid=&sf212946238=1



Relics of Rebel Slave Fort Unearthed by Hurricane Michael
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/relics-rebel-slave-fort-unearthed-hurricane-michael-180972117/#choYUCvgUjLMdWI5.01



Missing part of Stonehenge returned 60 years on

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-wiltshire-48190588#
<https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-wiltshire-48190588>



Land managers say this important archaeological site in southern Utah was
vandalized

https://www.deseretnews.com/article/900071561/land-managers-say-this-important-archaeological-site-in-southern-utah-was-vandalized.html



UA Students Discover 1,800-year-old Footprint 'Snapshot' of Athabascan
Ancestors' Culture

https://fm.kuac.org/post/ua-students-discover-1800-year-old-footprint-snapshot-athabascan-ancestors-culture



Where did ancient Spanish coins found in Utah’s Glen Canyon come from?

https://www.sltrib.com/news/environment/2019/05/22/where-did-ancient-spanish/



6,000 year old Aboriginal Aquaculture Farm Proposed For UNESCO List

https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/6000-y-o-Aboriginal-Aquaculture-Farm-Proposed-For-UNESCO-List-20190523-0003.html



Ultra-rare discovery reveals how ancient Celtic warriors fought – 2,400
years ago

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/celtic-shield-leicestershire-archaeologist-ancient-warfare-a8927871.html



More Mysterious 'Jars of The Dead' Have Been Discovered in Laos

https://www.sciencealert.com/archaeologists-discover-even-more-of-those-mysterious-jars-of-the-dead-in-laos



Large Mound in Russia Reveals 2,500-Year-Old Skeletons of Elite Nomadic
Tribesmen...And a Horse Head

https://www.livescience.com/65498-ancient-russia-burials-elite-nomads.html



Bones unidentified for centuries may belong to one of England’s most
historically important queens

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/winchester-cathedral-anglo-saxon-bones-queen-emma-king-remains-wessex-a8915861.html



Temple of Nemesis discovered under remains of ancient Mytilini theatre

https://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/35586-temple-of-nemesis-discovered-under-remains-of-ancient-mytilini-theatre-in-greece.html



Unique Iron Age shield gives insight into prehistoric technology

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-05/uoy-uia052319.php





Clotilda: Last US slave ship discovered among gators, snakes

https://phys.org/news/2019-05-clotilda-slave-ship-gators-snakes.html



*‘World Heritage’ site selection is Eurocentric – and that shapes which
historic places get love and money*

*https://theconversation.com/world-heritage-site-selection-is-eurocentric-and-that-shapes-which-historic-places-get-love-and-money-115898
<https://theconversation.com/world-heritage-site-selection-is-eurocentric-and-that-shapes-which-historic-places-get-love-and-money-115898>*



















*Egyptology*



Ancient Egyptians Built This 4-Towered Fortress More Than 2,600 Years Ago

https://www.livescience.com/65521-ancient-egyptian-fortress-found.html



Ancient tomb discovered in Egypt dating back 4,500 years

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/egypt-news-giza-pyramids-cemetery-find-tomb-a8900076.html













*General Science*



Inside Facebook's New Robotics Lab, Where AI and Machines Friend One Another

https://www.wired.com/story/facebook-robots/?CNDID=41291302&CNDID=41291302&bxid=MjM5NjgxMjIxODk5S0&hasha=3ed15b3d4270f52ce4da5de4e5031836&hashb=9085a9ae56cc45a4e9bae24e2eaeaade6e04a43e&mbid=nl_052019_daily_list1_p1&source=DAILY_NEWSLETTER&utm_brand=wired&utm_mailing=WIRED%20NL%20052019%20(1)&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nl



'Neural Lander' uses AI to land drones smoothly

*https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-05/ciot-lu052419.php
<https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-05/ciot-lu052419.php>*



Tapping the power of AI and high-performance computing to extend evolution
to superconductors

*https://phys.org/news/2019-05-power-ai-high-performance-evolution-superconductors.html
<https://phys.org/news/2019-05-power-ai-high-performance-evolution-superconductors.html>*





*Physics, Earth and Space Sciences*



Elon Musk Says It's 'So Far, So Good' for SpaceX's 1st 60 Starlink
Satellites

https://www.space.com/elon-musk-says-spacex-starlink-satellites-doing-well.html?utm_source=notification



The Pentagon Launched Another Space Agency. Do We Need It?

https://www.wired.com/story/the-pentagon-launched-another-space-agency-do-we-need-it/?CNDID=41291302&CNDID=41291302&bxid=MjM5NjgxMjIxODk5S0&hasha=3ed15b3d4270f52ce4da5de4e5031836&hashb=9085a9ae56cc45a4e9bae24e2eaeaade6e04a43e&mbid=nl_052519_daily_list3_p3&source=DAILY_NEWSLETTER&utm_brand=wired&utm_mailing=WIRED%20NL%20052519%20(1)&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nl



Formation of the moon brought water to Earth

https://phys.org/news/2019-05-formation-moon-brought-earth.html



The International Space Station has found its scientific calling

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/05/international-space-station-has-found-its-scientific-calling



Israel Space Agency Gives $5.6 Million to Help Launch Second Shot at Moon

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/israel-space-agency-gives-5-6-million-to-help-launch-second-shot-at-moon-1.7214622



A Rocket Built by Students Reached Space for the First Time

https://www.wired.com/story/a-rocket-built-by-students-reached-space-for-the-first-time/?CNDID=41291302&CNDID=41291302&bxid=MjM5NjgxMjIxODk5S0&hasha=3ed15b3d4270f52ce4da5de4e5031836&hashb=9085a9ae56cc45a4e9bae24e2eaeaade6e04a43e&mbid=nl_052219_daily_list1_p2&source=DAILY_NEWSLETTER&utm_brand=wired&utm_mailing=WIRED%20NL%20052219%20(1)&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nl



Geologists Just Discovered a Source of Volcanoes Deeper Than Ever Before

https://www.sciencealert.com/geologists-have-just-discovered-a-new-way-volcanoes-can-form



Three more dead on Everest amid concerns about congestion near summit

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/three-more-dead-everest-amid-concerns-about-congestion-near-summit-n1009586?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_ma&fbclid=IwAR2t1L41_NwK-d_wZzid5LV_HpG8vo_2wqcu1_R7abgWBbI_D4F2Ycqpw68



On Mars, sands shift to a different drum

*https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-05/uoa-oms052319.php
<https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-05/uoa-oms052319.php>*



Origami-inspired materials could soften the blow for reusable spacecraft

*https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-05/uow-omc051319.php
<https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-05/uow-omc051319.php>*



Scientists uncover exotic matter in the sun's atmosphere

*https://phys.org/news/2019-05-scientists-uncover-exotic-sun-atmosphere.html
<https://phys.org/news/2019-05-scientists-uncover-exotic-sun-atmosphere.html>*



Comet inspires chemistry for making breathable oxygen on Mars

*https://phys.org/news/2019-05-comet-chemistry-breathable-oxygen-mars.html
<https://phys.org/news/2019-05-comet-chemistry-breathable-oxygen-mars.html>*



Adding a carbon atom transforms 2-D semiconducting material

*https://phys.org/news/2019-05-adding-carbon-atom-d-semiconducting.html
<https://phys.org/news/2019-05-adding-carbon-atom-d-semiconducting.html>*



Hubble spies curious galaxy moving a little closer

*https://phys.org/news/2019-05-hubble-spies-curious-galaxy-closer.html
<https://phys.org/news/2019-05-hubble-spies-curious-galaxy-closer.html>*



Scientists discover ancient seawater preserved from the last Ice Age

*https://phys.org/news/2019-05-scientists-ancient-seawater-ice-age.html
<https://phys.org/news/2019-05-scientists-ancient-seawater-ice-age.html>*



A Total Solar Eclipse 100 Years Ago Proved Einstein’s General Relativity

*https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/total-solar-eclipse-100-years-ago-proved-einsteins-general-relativity-180972278/
<https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/total-solar-eclipse-100-years-ago-proved-einsteins-general-relativity-180972278/>*













*Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources*



At Baltimore's National Aquarium, Climate Change Presents Challenges Inside
And Out

https://www.npr.org/2019/05/05/720041305/at-the-baltimore-aquarium-climate-change-presents-challenges-both-inside-and-out?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20190505



Climate change affects the genetic diversity of a species

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-05/c-ub-cca052319.php





*Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences*

Mysterious surge in dead gray whales concerns scientists
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2019/05/17/us/dead-gray-whales-high-numbers/index.html



At $2.1 Million, New Gene Therapy Is The Most Expensive Drug Ever
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/05/24/725404168/at-2-125-million-new-gene-therapy-is-the-most-expensive-drug-ever?sc=tw


New HIV Map Offers Most Detailed Look Yet At The Epidemic

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2019/05/15/723564110/new-hiv-map-offers-most-detailed-look-yet-at-the-epidemic?sc=tw



Turkey's whirling dervish guide to coping with pain and a broken heart

https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/17/health/chasing-life-turkey-whirling-dervish-pain-broken-heart/index.html?no-st=1558620591



Scientists solve a century-old mystery to treat asthma and airway
inflammation

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-05-scientists-century-old-mystery-asthma-airway.html?fbclid=IwAR3tqF7RknZTy0JdbasO-EReizAjWRZRBxM5m_NhhUlpKgse3K1Jf1Wdtls
  Scientists discover signalling circuit boards inside body's cells
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-05/uoe-sds052319.php



Biomarkers help tailor diuretic use in acute heart failure patients

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-05/esoc-bht052419.php



Engineering B cells to express pathogen-specific antibodies to protect
against infection

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-05-cells-pathogen-specific-antibodies-infection.html



The Next Wave of Immuno-Oncology

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/the-next-wave-of-immuno-oncology/





*Other*



How Dead Aliens Could Help Save Humanity

https://www.space.com/dead-intelligent-aliens-save-humanity.html?utm_source=notification



After decades of pushing bachelor’s degrees, U.S. needs more tradespeople

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/education/decades-pushing-bachelors-degrees-u-s-needs-tradespeople?fbclid=IwAR3V9eI5Qjukw9PoSG2VV15KT5ueP9ycRYH51cxBe12XYvQXdwF_3wTTHtI



Mister Rogers honored with first annual statewide day of kindness in
Pennsylvania

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mister-rogers-honored-with-first-annual-statewide-day-of-kindness-in-pennsylvania-143-day/?fbclid=IwAR0hSz4je6Fe-9ynVhZCmzf-rI9ZXYBMCJ8sG42zMLVWU2Mb5PaWniHAVtE

















Additional Informational



NASA Mars 2020 Mission Website

https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/



NASA, Dawn Spacecraft Website

https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/dawn/overview/



U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, Voyage of the St. Louis

https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/voyage-of-the-st-louis-1?utm_source=mkto&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=1905MKTEM04572-feature-button&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWXpJd05tTXdNVFpoTVRVMSIsInQiOiJCZXVMTjloak5oY1RWS0VnZUhTbUdEcUJrMWR2eXoxa3hmd280NUtPQ24xWkNDQXgwdEZmb0JsVGhnVmpuXC8wNGJJSkhEbFpXTWVCRUNJaXJvNlluSWlweVwvQ2ZlOCtpY2V1ZHFTRXBxbXVmc1hzTFo0YnlIYkFvb1Y1V1RONHB0In0%3D



U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, Origins of Neo-Nazi and White Supremacist
Terms and Symbols

https://www.ushmm.org/confront-antisemitism?utm_source=mkto&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=1905MKTEM04540-feature-button&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWXpCbU1tSmxaak16WldWaiIsInQiOiJrbDVOODJpaTlNWkxvc1Bja2ZybjZHbVRveFwvRGRBamM0K3lYc04wOXZGbmo1dUNXRnJCREVyVFZVbjFDMEErQ1VHXC9EUHA2SVwvUjFybzNycTlqYVwvbjZRdFR4a0pUV0hiSWhsWUdxdkJ1T0dxdHZ2bnZOMXA3YldPMGlRNW1OdFYifQ%3D%3D



Museum Welcomes Vatican Archive Announcement

https://www.ushmm.org/information/press/press-releases/museum-vatican-archives-statement?utm_source=mkto&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=1905MKTEM04540-three-col-link-3&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWXpCbU1tSmxaak16WldWaiIsInQiOiJrbDVOODJpaTlNWkxvc1Bja2ZybjZHbVRveFwvRGRBamM0K3lYc04wOXZGbmo1dUNXRnJCREVyVFZVbjFDMEErQ1VHXC9EUHA2SVwvUjFybzNycTlqYVwvbjZRdFR4a0pUV0hiSWhsWUdxdkJ1T0dxdHZ2bnZOMXA3YldPMGlRNW1OdFYifQ%3D%3D



Reserve Treaty Land Rights Program- Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDPtZTvi2Co&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR224FuGtkhfSAYQ7HX5bhV0_5O7RvBT_nIpwW_2Qu0ylsGxBw8pD_MvTio



Ted Talk, My identity is a superpower obstacle

https://www.ted.com/talks/america_ferrera_my_identity_is_a_superpower_not_an_obstacle?utm_campaign=social&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_content=talk&utm_term=humanities&fbclid=IwAR1Wi0jvd7mbZ69JfmcEgkVuucEePDTExVB42Nl_1DgC7EHqb9S94wB8NDo





*Intercultural Innovation Award *

This award is a partnership between the United Nations Alliance of
Civilizations (UNAOC) and the BMW Group that selects and supports the most
innovative grassroots projects that encourage intercultural dialogue and
work toward a more peaceful and socially inclusive world by building mutual
respect among peoples of different cultural and religious identities,
rejecting violent extremism and embracing diversity.



Eligible to apply for the Intercultural Innovation Award are not-for-profit
organizations managing projects focused on promoting intercultural dialogue
and understanding, and who are willing to expand their range of action.
Examples include projects in the fields of combating xenophobia, education
for global citizenship, interfaith dialogue, migration and integration,
prevention of violent extremism, as well as initiatives addressing the
needs of specific groups in promoting intercultural understanding (e.g.
faith-based, youth, women, media, etc.).



The deadline to apply is May 31st.



Details are available at: https://interculturalinnovation.org/
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