[Jawlist] Weekly Science Report 2-7-20

Sun Feb 9 10:48:44 PST 2020

*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.  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:

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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 Çatalhöyük
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
<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
<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
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