From steveorange2011 at gmail.com Sun Feb 9 10:48:44 2020 From: steveorange2011 at gmail.com (Steve Detwiler) Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2020 13:48:44 -0500 Subject: [Jawlist] Weekly Science Report 2-7-20 Message-ID: *Weekly Science Report* *February 7, 2020* *?Time?s always moving on. Nothing can stop it. The question is whether we use our time well or not. We can't do anything about the past, but what happens in the future depends on what we do now. We can create a happier future by remembering that in being human we are all the same.?* Dalai Lama 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. 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The Weekly Science Report is also on social media at: - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/weeklysciencerpt/ - Twitter: https://twitter.com/wklysciencerpt News Articles *Paleontology, Evolution and Prehistoric Studies* How the placenta evolved from an ancient virus https://whyy.org/segments/the-placenta-went-viral-and-protomammals-were-born/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=ad&utm_campaign=socialmarketing&utm_content=sanditon&fbclid=IwAR2XXjcAT5H8I7KI0bRnVnh-8wmnJMKjBls0oh-uFXME4WKBeCnLs7dpQ6k Driven by Earth's orbit, climate changes in Africa may have aided human migration https://phys.org/news/2020-01-driven-earth-orbit-climate-africa.html?fbclid=IwAR1tFYr_HMulHN9aEwhs9R068Ezs-IqBAHWLUi97D_346qKeGyevzemYBCo Africans carry surprising amount of Neanderthal DNA https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/01/africans-carry-surprising-amount-neanderthal-dna?utm_campaign=SciMag&utm_source=JHubbard&utm_medium=Facebook 9,900-year-old Mexican female skeleton distinct from other early American settlers https://phys.org/news/2020-02-year-old-mexican-female-skeleton-distinct.html?fbclid=IwAR1reGoip7ChYHrGZCZMvR6UEej3WMLTAdLN0FyfbuPFU_d2BJHTRI-1u78 Fossils of largest theropod to date found in Australia https://phys.org/news/2020-01-fossils-largest-theropod-date-australia.html?fbclid=IwAR3jF78fXxX-R13jEvKwmyxRINNrGFtxDmEcmHx5Bnn_vUDJD1qkoVaH-G0 *History* WHAT WE LOST IN THE MUSEUM OF CHINESE IN AMERICA FIRE https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/what-we-lost-in-the-museum-of-chinese-in-america-fire Survivors call for end to world indifference at Auschwitz memorial https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/27/auschwitz-survivors-75th-anniversary-commemoration?CMP=fb_gu&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR1NZErlk6HFxjt-bK39mg03Ek-HndQMatYagXu7v9zHAY3fVPnYeg4RPaw#Echobox=1580165652 HOW AN ASTONISHING HOLOCAUST DIARY RESURFACED IN AMERICA https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/astonishing-holocaust-diary-hidden-world-70-years-resurfaced-america-180970534/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia&fbclid=IwAR2qYN3LgMmzPjYRQ9Deqtb3zbecxpni1cCOgHX3WEr1Flf-YDSNgB5Gvek Historians: Sobibor death camp photos may feature Demjanjuk https://apnews.com/83037ea123935d3ffec209f50cc4f799?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=AP&fbclid=IwAR2sCNG9as3oVcsldkdV-yVzrAZSnVs-hj4UYILHlSckAIjlwIOiB3117JQ Photos of Nazis at Sobibor death camp are the first of their kind https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/photos-of-nazis-at-sobibor-killing-center-are-the-first-of-their-kind/2020/01/27/829f7c52-4114-11ea-99c7-1dfd4241a2fe_story.html?fbclid=IwAR1odF978MfcMu4OkNFXgLHJY4eLR-nT9jJn4wLIt360USMYt9NG6-2MaXQ First Native written play comes to come to Yale Rep https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2020/01/29/first-native-written-play-comes-to-come-to-yale-rep/?fbclid=IwAR0vddvRIco5Plm9SS0TINagrY6W1nKjYTHatOT6MeeDHC0h5VRAYX-RGu0&utm_content=buffer1030e&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer Why Moroccan Scholar Ibn Battuta May Be the Greatest Explorer of all Time https://www.history.com/news/why-arab-scholar-ibn-battuta-is-the-greatest-explorer-of-all-time Native American groups take issue with Library of Congress posting tribal stories https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/01/29/native-american-groups-library-of-congress/4599637002/?utm_content=bufferc1d26&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer Dallas Museum of Art Displayed a Stolen Bronze Statue of a Nepalese Deity, Art Historian Claims https://www.dallasobserver.com/arts/the-dallas-museum-of-art-might-have-unknowingly-displayed-a-stolen-nepalese-statue-11856706 Preserving history: Archaeologist presents findings on Donner Pass at national conference https://www.sierrasun.com/news/local/preserving-history-archaeologist-presents-findings-on-donner-pass-at-national-conference/ Prehistoric finds on Greek island of Santorini hint at tsunami before volcano eruption https://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/38813-prehistoric-finds-on-greek-island-of-santorini-hint-at-tsunami-before-eruption.html Easter Island society did not collapse prior to European contact, new research shows https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-02/bu-eis020620.php *Archaeology* Ship long thought to have disappeared in Bermuda Triangle found off St. Augustine https://www.news4jax.com/news/morning-show/2020/01/30/a-ship-long-thought-to-have-disappeared-into-the-bermuda-triangle-has-been-found/?__vfz=medium%3Dsharebar&fbclid=IwAR3q7UsfmtQtg4eXedOuM7tv_M-iJaiFq5Bgf2SM8N2GbTjVpDacXMOo1lE Must Reads: Archaeologists explore a rural field in Kansas, and a lost city emerges https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-kansas-lost-city-20180819-htmlstory.html?fbclid=IwAR1UtEJ51ZtReNkax_Lldnmzhv-kWT-XUWy9G-Dq5QiDED_0s3KBKjasggY Grave fears held for thousands of rock art sites after bushfires lay bare irrevocable damage https://amp.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/feb/02/grave-fears-held-for-thousands-of-rock-art-sites-after-bushfires-lay-bare-irrevocable-damage?__twitter_impression=true This Czech Well May Be the World?s Oldest Wooden Structure https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/czech-well-may-be-worlds-oldest-wooden-structure-180974137/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia&fbclid=IwAR0mWV62QqkbqhnC0vnIwR_SqM2Gq1UcUIFJRN68oltewnYOdrIwiX0pWZY Australia bushfire taken toll on ancient Aboriginal sites, say archaeologists https://www.ibtimes.sg/australia-bushfire-taken-toll-ancient-aboriginal-sites-say-archaeologists-38214 Trump Administration Finalizes Plans To Allow Development On Downsized Monuments https://www.npr.org/2020/02/06/803467297/trump-administration-finalizes-plans-to-allow-development-on-downsized-monuments?sc=18&f=1001 What Happens When Antiquities Are Obliterated? A Sociologist Investigates. https://news.virginia.edu/content/what-happens-when-antiquities-are-obliterated-sociologist-investigates Mosaic X-rays reveal Peruvian mummy mysteries https://phys.org/news/2020-02-mosaic-x-rays-reveal-peruvian-mummy.html Anthropomorphic Figurine Carved From Wild Ass Foot Discovered in Ancient City of ?atalh?y?k https://www.newsweek.com/catalhoyuk-ancient-city-figurine-donkey-bone-1485819 The Ins and Outs of Indigenous Archaeology https://thebatesstudent.com/2020/02/05/the-ins-and-outs-of-indigenous-archaeology/ *Egyptology* Nothing to report *General Science* Artificial intelligence 'sees' quantum advantages *https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-02/miop-ai020420.php * Improving AI's ability to identify students who need help *https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-02/ncsu-iaa020520.php * *Physics, Earth and Space Sciences* Mysterious particles spewing from Antarctica defy physics https://www.space.com/antarctic-neutrino-mystery-deepens.html?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=dlvr.it Telescope captures most detailed pictures yet of the sun https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/jan/29/solar-telescope-captures-most-detailed-pictures-yet-the-sun?CMP=fb_gu&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR0b9Z6wGI1M5L3KdDCHDikxYvkTvzQFtEnffi4PfJtQln18HdjHPiubY-k#Echobox=1580321525 'Curious and curiouser!' Meteorite chunk contains unexpected evidence of presolar grains https://phys.org/news/2020-01-curious-curiouser-meteorite-chunk-unexpected.html?fbclid=IwAR0_ziIeWu8iFN-P28rZS8eTcdq5_cOOm1709jSWdHnInxLAFWU-UTs3pVY NASA shutting down space telescope, infrared eyes to cosmos https://phys.org/news/2020-01-nasa-space-telescope-infrared-eyes.html?fbclid=IwAR2JE3N4M2tPn9--20tcOsbJenCmnRf9RvNH85WvV1V5-mIMP0JvK992WmY A New Form Of Northern Lights Discovered In Finland ? By Amateur Sky Watchers https://www.npr.org/2020/01/30/801195065/a-new-form-of-northern-lights-discovered-in-finland-by-amateur-sky-watchers?sc=18&f=1001 Space Traffic Is Surging, And Critics Worry There Could Be A Crash https://www.npr.org/2020/01/29/800433686/space-traffic-is-surging-and-critics-worry-there-could-be-a-crash?sc=18&f=1001 Galaxy formation simulated without dark matter https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-02/uob-gfs020720.php Defective software could have doomed Boeing's crew capsule https://phys.org/news/2020-02-defective-software-doomed-boeing-crew.html Solar Orbiter set to reveal Sun's secrets https://phys.org/news/2020-02-solar-orbiter-reveal-sun-secrets.html Can polarity-inverted membranes self-assemble on Saturn's moon Titan? https://phys.org/news/2020-02-polarity-inverted-membranes-self-assemble-saturn-moon.html The 120-year old cold case for the Grignard reaction is finally solved https://phys.org/news/2020-02-year-cold-case-grignard-reaction.html A New Experiment Hopes to Solve Quantum Mechanics? Biggest Mystery https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/new-experiment-hopes-solve-quantum-mechanics-biggest-mystery-180974132/ *Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources* Plants Are Now Sprouting High in Himalayas as the Planet Warms https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/climate-change-may-be-causing-more-plants-sprout-himalayas-180973944/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia&fbclid=IwAR3RsZsEWG1Xm1BDwMIs0Dt68YuEUrJnoBgcsq_xdAiCK5CJXxBYJ4n4Hc4 Patterns of thinning of Antarctica's biggest glacier are opposite to previously observed https://phys.org/news/2020-01-patterns-thinning-antarctica-biggest-glacier.html?fbclid=IwAR2JCSDx_TwNHeB3iD_n3MCgZ8bBV0i9Qu_UVIHqFKCY_UFnDg-x0JbpZjg Trump weakened environmental laws after BP lobbying https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/jan/23/trump-weakened-environmental-laws-after-bp-lobbying Climate change linked to African locust invasion http://news.trust.org/item/20200129162104-dctmm/ Colossal oysters have disappeared from Florida's 'most pristine' coastlines https://phys.org/news/2020-02-colossal-oysters-florida-pristine-coastlines.html?fbclid=IwAR2kpx53zqVp3dBdMx1LvzJz3cIImqLOWnuQSvwQLt8JamNh_t3S8Wba7HQ Lasers etch a 'perfect' solar energy absorber https://phys.org/news/2020-02-lasers-etch-solar-energy-absorber.html?fbclid=IwAR2PdxpbOb718HhO9icx4Ndon0mXisj8TiTZEal9lLUqsI5Z5JrdgcypfZE Cherokees become the first US-based tribe to deposit traditional heirloom seeds in the Arctic vault https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/05/us/cherokee-nation-svalbard-global-seed-vault-trnd/index.html?utm_medium=social&utm_content=2020-02-06T02%3A02%3A23&utm_source=fbCNN&utm_term=link&fbclid=IwAR25aKBsEz2AP3Z2Q4fVoj7kAiijQDEUJLF6UotsLDwzXmWurqM-nkpd9FM Multiple eco-crises could trigger 'systemic collapse': scientists https://phys.org/news/2020-02-multiple-eco-crises-trigger-collapse-scientists.html?fbclid=IwAR3IAQio1QLRopZF63PqZ8vWtX16V_jZd-crCHWHotfL-1qO7ZVSRm7LTb8 Antarctica melting: Climate change and the journey to the 'doomsday glacier' https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-51097309 Bumblebees Are Disappearing Because Of Extreme Heat https://www.npr.org/2020/02/06/803130948/bumblebees-are-disappearing-because-of-extreme-heat?sc=18&f=1001 Next generation of greenhouses may be fully solar powered https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-02/ncsu-ngo020720.php Simple, solar-powered water desalination https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-02/miot-ssw020720.php Antarctica appears to have broken a heat record https://phys.org/news/2020-02-antarctica-broken.html New research to help identify safe sites for nuclear waste storage https://phys.org/news/2020-02-safe-sites-nuclear-storage.html *Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences* 'Time is brain' ? Internet connectivity key to new stroke treatment https://www.sent-trib.com/news/time-is-brain-internet-connectivity-key-to-new-stroke-treatment/article_b6461c2e-405a-11ea-8782-d7440c7b835a.html?mode=jqm Scientists Find Imperfections In 'Minibrains' That Raise Questions For Research https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/01/29/800939741/scientists-find-imperfections-in-minibrains-that-raise-questions-for-research?sc=18&f=1001 Handheld 3-D skin printer demonstrates accelerated healing of large, severe burns https://techxplore.com/news/2020-02-handheld-d-skin-printer-large.html?fbclid=IwAR2uGb3eIFk7H8Fsxq-cpUtD0fGB5bjDSP3-vqvrD2gFdkmnPZihJj1d0w0 Survey: Alaska?s Cook Inlet beluga whales continue decline https://apnews.com/591a1bbc70b8e8da4839357e6a2396d6?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=APWestRegion&utm_campaign=SocialFlow Crispr'd Cells Show Promise in First US Human Safety Trial https://www.wired.com/story/crisprd-cells-show-promise-in-first-us-human-safety-trial/?bxid=5bd6790424c17c1048020acb&cndid=41291302&esrc=twitter-newsletter-c&source=EDT_WIR_NEWSLETTER_0_DAILY_ZZ&utm_brand=wired&utm_campaign=aud-dev&utm_mailing=WIR_Daily_020620&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nl&utm_term=list1_p3 First-of-its-kind hydrogel platform enables on-demand production of medicines, chemicals https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-02/uota-fhp020320.php New platform for composing genetic programs in mammalian cells https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-02/nu-npf020720.php Mapping the future direction for bioprinting research https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-02/ip-mtf020520.php *Other* ?Bigfoot? spotted? Washington state traffic camera shows mysterious figure https://globalnews.ca/news/6456218/bigfoot-traffic-camera/?utm_medium=Facebook&utm_source=GlobalNational&fbclid=IwAR22YSJOKcdlKqUCA2WxtB5qXIFUze1tszLmovy3BkKEwxUBh1MGj71x0u8 'Hamilton' movie with original Broadway cast coming to theaters https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/movies/hamilton-movie-original-broadway-cast-coming-theaters-n1128891 Additional Informational U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum Genocide Prevention Website https://www.ushmm.org/genocide-prevention?fbclid=IwAR2hNGu-gpd7M9p4-s23joMu8a5BFLJNHt_xkEmUlCkhXFAF9z3CRnj2b9c Remembering the Horrors of Auschwitz- Video https://www.smithsonianmag.com/videos/category/history/remembering-the-horrors-of-auschwitz/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia&fbclid=IwAR1DKEe49RlO0sOltjeOL8xZVPLuMz0Uk19cAOIkm1n017_ARiPufv-c2Yc UNESCO, Education about the Holocaust and genocide https://en.unesco.org/themes/holocaust-genocide-education?fbclid=IwAR11TB0CLLrTQ_Hr1QxE9YAqXtizEkAkGnlNdAE7EXpHBGck14SJagggpck ?Carry our stories forward?: Holocaust survivors share powerful testimonies at UN https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/01/1056122?fbclid=IwAR3dB2pu9U_LKsoMu--R0Ms4gv_6yywoj3LP_wPZ1ZOhoRuBa-qJWtqNvEk Google Arts and Culture, Heritage on the Edge https://artsandculture.google.com/project/heritage-on-the-edge One Small Change: Irish Primary school kids climate change rap- Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuR7VN_Q06g&feature=youtu.be&app=desktop Australian Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Material, Bushfire Crisis Website https://www.aiccm.org.au/disaster/2020Bushfire What You Need to Know about the Administration's Proposed NEPA Changes Webinar, Feb 10 https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/987466299884254475?fbclid=IwAR0_O2NBwzpqRa051XXTwzkMEZWsVg41diL5NEujhu5EOIh2RZThVBBFVFQ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From steveorange2011 at gmail.com Sun Feb 16 21:52:09 2020 From: steveorange2011 at gmail.com (Steve Detwiler) Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2020 00:52:09 -0500 Subject: [Jawlist] Weekly Science Report 2-14-20 Message-ID: *Weekly Science Report* *February 14, 2020* *?Time?s always moving on. Nothing can stop it. The question is whether we use our time well or not. We can't do anything about the past, but what happens in the future depends on what we do now. We can create a happier future by remembering that in being human we are all the same.?* Dalai Lama 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! The Weekly Science Report is also on social media at: - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/weeklysciencerpt/ - Twitter: https://twitter.com/wklysciencerpt News Articles *Paleontology, Evolution and Prehistoric Studies* 'Ghost' DNA In West Africans Complicates Story Of Human Origins https://www.npr.org/2020/02/12/805237120/ghost-dna-in-west-africans-complicates-story-of-human-origins?sc=18&f=1001 Countries demand their fossils back, forcing natural history museums to confront their past https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/03/countries-demand-their-fossils-back-forcing-natural-history-museums-confront-their-past Maps of a now-submerged land help reconstruct the lives of ancient Europeans https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/02/maps-now-submerged-land-help-reconstruct-lives-ancient-europeans How did dinosaur parents know when their kids had a fever? https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-02/thuo-hdd021320.php 5,200-year-old grains in the eastern Altai Mountains redate trans-Eurasian crop exchange https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-02/mpif-5gi021420.php *History* The black liberators who helped defeat the Nazis and free the Dutch get their due https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2020/02/11/black-soldiers-wwii-dutch-liberation/?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook Pennsylvania Museum Discovers Unidentified Rembrandt Portrait in Its Collection https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/rembrandt-portrait-discovered-collection-pennsylvania-museum-180974177/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia Malcolm X Doc Prompts 'Reexamination' Of Iconic Leader's Assassination Investigation https://www.npr.org/2020/02/11/804933076/malcolm-x-doc-prompts-reexamination-of-iconic-leader-s-assassination-investigati?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_term=nprnews&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=npr&fbclid=IwAR3VFc4ad21VYBMOL2emu0OYsWk4uzTnq4LD3Z9RYKfSBfvNy50NI2GBYdA Why Maine?s tribal chiefs are worried about new push to restore their sovereignty https://bangordailynews.com/2020/02/03/politics/why-tribal-chiefs-are-worried-about-maines-response-to-a-new-sovereignty-push/ Pope Francis Won't Allow Married Men As Priests, Women As Deacons https://www.npr.org/2020/02/12/805174586/pope-francis-wont-allow-church-to-ordain-women-and-married-men-in-south-america?sc=18&f=1001 House Votes To Revive Equal Rights Amendment, Removing Ratification Deadline https://www.npr.org/2020/02/13/805647054/house-votes-to-revive-equal-rights-amendment-removing-ratification-deadline?utm_term=nprnews&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&fbclid=IwAR0T-j11-neJFw_Jy9PiFV7fI2zSXp7wICkNosPs_4oTlbT5yMhrygXrsrc Should a horrible past be exhumed? https://www.nationalgeographic.com/newsletters/history/2020/02/should-horrible-past-exhumed-february-10/?fbclid=IwAR2IKPKFj4QdRzTGUXbP3SSBhKZGDp9a-nijWRT7n17xlZjK8swD3rtxlOs Arabic calligraphy to be registered as UNESCO intangible heritage https://www.arabnews.com/node/1622031/saudi-arabia?fbclid=IwAR2-fi_sLwot3vyVMhlKtkQqEvET0ThiMAVKsNeBn4eGiSldIFFLeH_KJow 'You Shall Never Be a Bystander.' How We Learn About the Holocaust When the Last Survivors Are Gone https://time.com/5772511/learn-holocaust-last-survivors-gone/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial&utm_term=ideas_&linkId=81302810 Mel Mermelstein Survived Auschwitz, Then Sued Holocaust Deniers in Court https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/mel-mermelstein-survived-auschwitz-then-sued-holocaust-deniers-court-180970123/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia After more than 150 years, New Zealand recognises 'extinct' Moriori people https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/14/after-more-than-150-years-new-zealand-recognises-extinct-moriori-people The search for Delhi's lost city of Indraprastha https://www.thenational.ae/lifestyle/travel/the-search-for-delhi-s-lost-city-of-indraprastha-1.977739 *Archaeology* Damage in 2014 to Trail of Tears in Coker Creek, Tenn., now repaired https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/local/story/2020/feb/09/damage-now-repaired-trail-of-tears/515309/?utm_content=bufferb3ebd&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer Laser scan may one day aid Notre Dame?s restorers https://www.theartnewspaper.com/amp/news/interpreting-a-laser-scan-that-may-one-day-aid-notre-dame-s-restorers?__twitter_impression=true How Do You Move a 320-Year-Old House Across an Ocean? https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/japanese-house-moving-huntington-library-california.amp Sacred Native American site in Arizona blasted for border wall construction https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/02/07/tohono-oodham-sacred-site-monument-hill-blasted-border-wall/4698174002/ UC San Diego Receives $1.3M from Koret Foundation to Support Marine Archaeology Research https://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/pressrelease/uc-san-diego-receives-1.3m-from-koret-foundation-to-support-binational-collaboration-on-marine-arch 800-year-old spiral rock carvings marked the solstices for Native Americans https://www.livescience.com/spiral-petroglyphs-southwest-marked-solstices.html *Egyptology* Prehistoric Clay Coffin Burials Uncovered in Northern Egypt https://www.archaeology.org/news/8460-200214-egypt-prehistory-cemetery *General Science* What Scientists Can Learn From Alien Hunters https://www.wired.com/story/what-scientists-can-learn-from-alien-hunters/?bxid=5bd6790424c17c1048020acb&cndid=41291302&esrc=twitter-newsletter-c&source=EDT_WIR_NEWSLETTER_0_DAILY_ZZ&utm_brand=wired&utm_campaign=aud-dev&utm_mailing=WIR_Daily_021020&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nl&utm_term=list2_p1 *Research in China is complicated by the Communist Party?s influence, says researcher who worked there* https://theconversation.com/research-in-china-is-complicated-by-the-communist-partys-influence-says-researcher-who-worked-there-131277?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR1i5B9vRG1m0Mu8ok-QP05l-p5DPm8qXP9t8JojlcN56tOulEp2FOKGtuw#Echobox=1581113433 *Physics, Earth and Space Sciences* Solar probe embarks on unprecedented mission to map sun's polar regions https://www.reuters.com/article/us-space-exploration-sun/solar-probe-embarks-on-unprecedented-mission-to-map-suns-polar-regions-idUSKBN2030MB Something in Deep Space Is Sending Signals to Earth in Steady 16-Day Cycles https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/wxexwz/something-in-deep-space-is-sending-signals-to-earth-in-steady-16-day-cycles Space Force says Russian satellites are following American satellite https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/10/politics/russian-satellites-following-american-satellites-space-force/index.html?utm_term=link&utm_source=fbCNN&utm_content=2020-02-11T03%3A32%3A01&utm_medium=social Solar wind samples suggest new physics of massive solar ejections https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-02/uoha-sws021420.php ESO telescope sees surface of dim Betelgeuse https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-02/e-ets021420.php Earth's cousins: Upcoming missions to look for 'biosignatures' in exoplanet atmospheres https://phys.org/news/2020-02-earth-cousins-upcoming-missions-biosignatures.html New technologies, strategies expanding search for extraterrestrial life https://phys.org/news/2020-02-technologies-strategies-extraterrestrial-life.html *Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources* Trump Withholding $823 Million for Clean Energy, Democrats Say https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-02-05/trump-withholding-823-million-for-clean-energy-democrats-say?fbclid=IwAR0FIYiQhnoORPqYWUkoaYFX25XMjMgT1nR-OEE-rKyk63TeiPknW0gzsck How learning about fish can help us save the Amazon rainforest https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-02/fm-hla021320.php Flight of fancy? Aviation industry tries to go green https://phys.org/news/2020-02-flight-aviation-industry-green.html NASA flights detect millions of Arctic methane hotspots https://phys.org/news/2020-02-nasa-flights-millions-arctic-methane.html *Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences* This bizarre virus has genes never seen before in any life-form https://www.livescience.com/new-ameoba-virus-discovered.html?utm_source=notification Immune discovery 'may treat all cancer' https://www.bbc.com/news/health-51182451?ns_campaign=bbcnews&ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=facebook&ocid=socialflow_facebook Molecule offers hope for halting Parkinson's https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-02/pu-moh021420.php AI helps predict heart attacks and stroke https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-02/ucl-ahp021320.php New CRISPR-based tool can probe and control several genetic circuits at once https://phys.org/news/2020-02-crispr-based-tool-probe-genetic-circuits.html *Other* Harvard, Yale Accused Of Failing To Report Hundreds Of Millions In Foreign Donations https://www.npr.org/2020/02/13/805548681/harvard-yale-targets-of-education-department-probe-into-foreign-donations?sc=18&f=1001 Additional Informational Strategic Implications of NASA's Moon to Mars Plan Webcast, March 5 https://www.csis.org/events/strategic-implications-nasas-moon-mars-plan?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=c731d23770-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_10_04_06_07_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-c731d23770-189939825 Venus: Exploration, Research and Colonization https://inspacenews.com/venus-exploration-research-and-colonization-part-i/ President Trump?s Proposed Budget Cuts Target National Parks https://www.npca.org/articles/2457-president-trump-s-proposed-budget-cuts-target-national-parks NEH Statement on Proposed FY 2021 Budget https://www.neh.gov/news/neh-statement-proposed-fy-2021-budget OceanX and NOAA join to advance ocean exploration and mapping https://www.noaa.gov/media-release/oceanx-and-noaa-join-to-advance-ocean-exploration-and-mapping Planetary Society, NASA's FY 2021 Budget https://www.planetary.org/get-involved/be-a-space-advocate/become-an-expert/fy2021-nasa-budget.html Statement from Australia's Natural History Museum Directors https://australianmuseum.net.au/about/organisation/media-centre/statement-australia-natural-history-museum-directors/?fbclid=IwAR0VkNddIgAXFQCm3lxWtZFP3s7ZDtRXJ7bWcdza-kmKhUW3rwwJ2ZGh-GU UNESCO Intercultural Dialogue Website https://en.unesco.org/interculturaldialogue/ TED Talk, Lessons from Auschwitz: The power of our words - Benjamin Zander- Video https://ed.ted.com/lessons/lessons-from-auschwitz-the-power-of-our-words-benjamin-zander -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The Weekly Science Report is also on social media at: - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/weeklysciencerpt/ - Twitter: https://twitter.com/wklysciencerpt News Articles *Paleontology, Evolution and Prehistoric Studies* Neanderthal 'skeleton' is first found in a decade https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-51532781 Were ancient humans Vegetarians? https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8025705/Were-ancient-humans-VEGETARIANS-65-000-year-old-archaeology-site-shows-diet-fruits-nuts.html New Study Results Consistent With Dog Domestication During Ice Age https://news.uark.edu/articles/52277/new-study-results-consistent-with-dog-domestication-during-ice-age In Search of Prehistoric Potatoes https://www.archaeology.org/issues/374-2003/letter-from/8449-four-corners-potato Fossilized wing gives clues about Labrador's biodiversity during the Cretaceous https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-02/mu-fwg022120.php Frozen bird turns out to be 46,000-year-old horned lark https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-02/su-fbt022120.php *History* USS Arizona survivor Donald Stratton dies at 97 https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2020/02/16/uss-arizona-survivor-donald-stratton-has-died-at-97/ *Think the US is more polarized than ever? You don?t know history* https://theconversation.com/think-the-us-is-more-polarized-than-ever-you-dont-know-history-131600 Early Novel Written By Free Black Woman Called Out Racism Among Abolitionists https://www.npr.org/2020/02/15/805991106/early-novel-written-by-free-black-woman-called-out-racism-among-abolitionists?sc=18&f=1001 Precious Ethiopian Crown Returned ? After 21 Years Stashed In A Dutch Apartment https://www.npr.org/2020/02/20/807778909/precious-ethiopian-crown-returned-after-21-years-stashed-in-a-dutch-apartment?sc=18&f=1001 The Next Smithsonian Might Be A Women's History Museum https://www.npr.org/local/305/2020/02/14/806036607/the-next-smithsonian-might-be-a-women-s-history-museum Ancient Academia https://www.archaeology.org/issues/372-2003/digs/8437-digs-iraq-assyrian-scholars *Archaeology* Iconic Plymouth Rock, other landmarks vandalized, covered in graffiti https://www.wcvb.com/article/iconic-plymouth-rock-other-landmarks-vandalized-covered-in-graffiti/30965270 Developer made promises 6 years ago, but Tequesta artifacts are still not on display https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/downtown-miami/article238922413.html?fbclid=IwAR1LOPogpUyqupl1lufG5tIXN-cmK6Y0nirYUQP5_9-UdCZE7XTBLfYnTvQ Angkor Wat May Owe Its Existence to an Engineering Catastrophe https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/angkor-wat-reservoir-engineering-catastrophe-180974227/ Grave circles found under football pitch could be 3,000 years old https://www.brusselstimes.com/all-news/art-culture/96298/grave-circles-found-under-football-pitch-could-be-3000-years-old-bronze-age-human-settlements-cremated-schellebelle/ Trove of artifacts from HMS Erebus help shed light on last days of doomed Franklin expedition https://nationalpost.com/news/trove-of-artifacts-from-hms-erebus-help-shed-light-on-last-days-of-doomed-franklin-expedition Archaeologists discover lost city that may have conquered the kingdom of Midas https://phys.org/news/2020-02-archaeologists-lost-city-conquered-kingdom.html Ancient ?megasites? may reshape the history of the first cities https://www.sciencenews.org/article/ancient-urban-megasites-may-reshape-history-first-cities Archaeologists receive letter from biblical era https://phys.org/news/2020-02-archaeologists-letter-biblical-era.html *Egyptology* Is this Nefertiti?s tomb? Radar clues reignite debate over hidden chambers *https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-00465-y?fbclid=IwAR3F-yM4jh8INMPO3qqt_lUKxZ7X17GKkTP76X4LpQhvEyKPc-aF0J1MdHI * Israeli swimmer's discovery of Egyptian artifact met with suspicion in Cairo https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2020/02/egyptian-artifact-discovered-israel-raises-suspicion.html Dozens of ancient Egyptian graves found with rare clay coffins https://www.livescience.com/ancient-egypt-clay-graves.html?utm_source=notification *General Science* Nothing to report *Physics, Earth and Space Sciences* The lost continent of Zealandia hides clues to the Ring of Fire's birth https://www.livescience.com/zealandia-tied-to-ring-of-fire.html *Hackers could shut down satellites ? or turn them into weapons* https://theconversation.com/hackers-could-shut-down-satellites-or-turn-them-into-weapons-130932 Trump Unveils New Space Force Logo, Inciting 'Star Trek' Fan Outrage https://www.npr.org/2020/01/24/799396583/trump-unveils-new-space-force-logo-inciting-star-trek-fan-outrage?sc=18&f=1001 Beyond the brim, Sombrero Galaxy's halo suggests turbulent past https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-02/nsfc-btb022020.php How newborn stars prepare for the birth of planets https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-02/nrao-hns022020.php Compact dark object search: Scanning Earth's core with superconducting gravimeters https://phys.org/news/2020-02-compact-dark-scanning-earth-core.html How earthquakes deform gravity https://phys.org/news/2020-02-earthquakes-deform-gravity.html Scientists predict state of matter that can conduct both electricity and energy perfectly https://phys.org/news/2020-02-scientists-state-electricity-energy-perfectly.html *Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources* Two giant icebergs broke off Antarctica. Here's what that means for the continent's health. https://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/two-giant-icebergs-broke-antarctica-here-s-what-means-continent-n1138821?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma New findings: Pacific marine national monuments do not harm fishing industry https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-02/uoha-nfp021920.php A plan to save Earth's oceans https://phys.org/news/2020-02-earth-oceans.html Offshore wind farms could power much of coastal China: study https://techxplore.com/news/2020-02-offshore-farms-power-coastal-china.html *Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences* UCF Researchers Develop Device That Mimics Brain Cells Used for Human Vision https://www.ucf.edu/news/ucf-researchers-develop-device-that-mimics-brain-cells-used-for-human-vision/ The answer to lactose intolerance might be in Mongolia https://www.popsci.com/story/science/lactose-intolerance-microbiome/ Pill-sized 'heater' could increase accessibility in diagnosing infectious disease https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-02/uotf-pc022020.php Changing what heart cells eat could help them regenerate https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-02-heart-cells-regenerate.html Why do whales migrate? They return to the tropics to shed their skin, scientists say https://phys.org/news/2020-02-whales-migrate-tropics-skin-scientists.html *Other* 6 Decades Later, This Atomic Vet Is Finishing His Music Education https://www.npr.org/2020/01/25/799295142/6-decades-later-this-atomic-vet-is-finishing-his-music-education?sc=18&f=1001 Additional Informational SAA Protests Destruction of Archaeological and Native American Cultural Sites at Border Wall https://www.saa.org/quick-nav/saa-media-room/saa-news/2020/02/11/saa-protests-destruction-of-archaeological-and-native-american-cultural-sites-at-border-wall These Photos Show the Harsh Reality of Life in WWII Japanese-American Internment Camps https://www.history.com/news/japanese-internment-camp-wwii-photos?source=history&platform=facebook&postid=sf117619961&sf117619961=1&fbclid=IwAR2FjO5qo9mTLOywKy99AThZRI7EeOeDFedLxqG0opALWIf_C966iuFd-CM Teaching the Holocaust and Human Behaviour in the Classroom Webinar, Feb 26 https://www.facinghistory.org/calendar/web2020uk2-teaching-holocaust-and-human-behaviour-classroom Photos: Squashed skull of 70,000-year-old Neanderthal discovered in cave https://www.livescience.com/photos-neanderthal-burial-shanidar-cave.html?utm_source=notification -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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