[Jawlist] Weekly Science Report 1-17-20

[Steve Detwiler]

*Weekly Science Report*

*January 17, 2020*



*“We honor the best of who we are as a nation and seek lessons in our
country’s imperfections.  Our role is not to define for others but to
inspire discovery, to question our assumptions, to uphold our nation’s
democratic principles and to challenge each other to rise above what was
and achieve the ideal of what can be.”*

National Park Service





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*



A fresh look at the demise of an ancient human species over 100,000 years
ago

https://phys.org/news/2019-12-fresh-demise-ancient-human-species.html



In death of dinosaurs, it was all about the asteroid—not volcanoes

https://phys.org/news/2020-01-death-dinosaurs-asteroidnot-volcanoes.html?fbclid=IwAR06X2NcG6W6ASAGWbtJ23ws1BMZCtj5OY8Ja269gTUnIaOinbnyHht_Fkc



Neanderthals 'dived in the ocean' for shellfish

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-51128639?fbclid=IwAR2kZ_C7p0335Qy1MWgr2Fq_wauxtNwXmcuRnzX51XJRW8aGCbgBdKeETTY



How Did Humans Boil Water Before the Invention of Pots?

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2020/01/how-did-humans-cook-before-the-invention-of-pots/605008/



Study traces evolution of acoustic communication

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-01/uoa-ste011620.php



Human-caused biodiversity decline started millions of years ago

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-01/uog-hcb011720.php







*History*



Archivist and bookseller plead guilty to pilfering $8M in rare texts from
Carnegie Library

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2020/01/14/carnegie-library-book-theft/?fbclid=IwAR3Me6DwX3Ui8HEOTave3YwHEUWzRfBuB8qdXOCTZ4YWYHWYOlDg1HJmtQ8



The battle for Notre Dame
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/entertainment/notre-dame-history/?fbclid=IwAR1rTPVmxI1cPgfqVd4Et8M6qwRHWvpwp4uC3XHMIU3lCMUX0Sbv0zMpF5Q&utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook



Astounded Scholars Just Found What Appears to Be a Previously Unknown Work
by Albrecht Dürer in a Church’s Gift Shop

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/durer-discovery-vienna-souvenir-shop-1750233?utm_content=bufferbd3fe&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=news&fbclid=IwAR2Ex_lyrVj3YASbDZN8MH9OEbG8SZbIRKLu3r6HMAYsVXTyRPmVhv4ODX4



How The CIA Overthrew Iran's Democracy In 4 Days

https://www.npr.org/2019/01/31/690363402/how-the-cia-overthrew-irans-democracy-in-four-days



Great-great-grandson of Wounded Knee commander asks for forgiveness

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-apology-nativeamericans-idUSKBN1XI05I



Benedict XVI has asked Cardinal Sarah to have his name removed from the
book on priestly celibacy

https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2020/01/14/benedict-xvi-has-asked-cardinal-sarah-have-his-name-removed-book-priestly-celibacy?fbclid=IwAR34V_-WZCAiUtkd5M2IkEhiZWSPd9F8U74_OffUIKtFDm4CHYqh4EYCkEM



No new lead on Dresden museum jewelry heist, say German prosecutors

https://www.dw.com/en/no-new-lead-on-dresden-museum-jewelry-heist-say-german-prosecutors/a-51953713



Nazi loot expert joins Louvre to investigate its wartime acquisitions

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/amp/news/emmanuelle-polack-joins-the-louvre



A story of genocide, survival and resilience: Blackfeet Nation remembers
Baker Massacre

https://www.greatfallstribune.com/story/news/2020/01/16/montana-blackfeet-nation-tribe-baker-massacre-150th-anniversary/4434910002/?utm_content=buffer1d12d&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer&fbclid=IwAR3HO_HAUK5YQFddHklm4f-nAujHMbzszUocZ8krJEfUOVfDQmxvwXkwq3g



Picasso painting attacked at Tate Modern

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-50956400?fbclid=IwAR19_RG85Ndx5rRZ2bE5CbYiVYOpMig0-Y5fpbucca7WGbQO-WaAn9PbYsY



New plans to protect Alaska's History

https://www.ktuu.com/content/news/New-plans-to-protect-Alaskas-History-566995901.html?fbclid=IwAR2VD3Oai_x1GZLW1jmI4a7hAqcaILy4Q197G-eUUrVzQOaxP1TadlnLZYE





Hopi Look To Tourism, Ranching For Income After Coal Power Plant Closure

https://www.npr.org/2020/01/14/795286529/hopi-look-to-tourism-ranching-for-income-after-coal-power-plant-closure?sc=18&f=1001



In Rare Move, Pope Francis Appoints A Woman To A Senior Vatican Position

https://www.npr.org/2020/01/15/796648791/in-rare-move-pope-francis-appoints-a-woman-to-a-senior-vatican-position?sc=18&f=1001



Lozen: The badass warrior woman you've probably never heard of

https://mashable.com/2016/01/13/wtf-history-lozen/



Sweeping recommendations would overhaul Maine’s Indian land claims act

https://www.centralmaine.com/2020/01/14/reports-recommends-sweeping-changes-to-1980-settlement-act-with-maine-tribes/?utm_content=bufferab6d0&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer



How a Nazi-looted painting entered an Israeli museum

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/how-a-nazi-looted-painting-entered-an-israeli-museum



*Trump’s Twitter threat to destroy Iran’s cultural sites is a
historic mistake*

https://theconversation.com/trumps-twitter-threat-to-destroy-irans-cultural-sites-is-a-historic-mistake-129405



*Remembering American saint Elizabeth Seton’s legacy and how it continues
to inspire work with immigrants*

https://theconversation.com/remembering-american-saint-elizabeth-setons-legacy-and-how-it-continues-to-inspire-work-with-immigrants-108874



*Building a digital archive for decaying paper documents, preserving
centuries of records about enslaved people*

https://theconversation.com/building-a-digital-archive-for-decaying-paper-documents-preserving-centuries-of-records-about-enslaved-people-127684



Way We Were: Honoring sacred lands, remembering lives lost

https://www.parkrecord.com/news/way-we-were-honoring-sacred-lands-remembering-lives-lost/?utm_content=buffer50760&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer



Navy Aircraft Carrier to Be Named for Black Pearl Harbor Veteran

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/18/us/doris-miller-aircraft-carrier.html



Poland Urged to Look for Nazi-Looted Art Still Held in Its Museums

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/12/arts/design/poland-nazi-looted-art.html#click=https://t.co/tiXIH47z0M



‘A long time to wait’: Virginia passes Equal Rights Amendment in historic
vote

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/2020/01/15/0475d51a-36f1-11ea-9541-9107303481a4_story.html













*Archaeology*



Tomb Containing Three Generations of Warrior Women Unearthed in Russia

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/tomb-containing-three-generations-amazon-warrior-women-unearthed-russia-180973877/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia&fbclid=IwAR0NqNanvRybTSj050RIt_7monlhh7YT9y1obRV4ysbIPgGl6_NRhZ4ipaw



Political dispute threatens existence of Arizona Archaeological CouncilTop
of Form

Bottom of Form

https://tucson.com/news/local/political-dispute-threatens-existence-of-arizona-archaeological-council/article_dae61109-dae9-55a5-ae8b-26d96fafb537.html?fbclid=IwAR3VQcsFKWX0BXz1b97AgrxoagiMHVv1Njrt14kaDdoAmSf0boTXBYkoryM



50 Graves of Slaves Who Toiled at a Roman Villa Unearthed in England

https://www.livescience.com/50-roman-burials-discovered-in-england.html



Cryptic suicide note raises suspicions of foul play in Turkish
archaeologist's death

https://www.dailysabah.com/turkey/2020/01/17/cryptic-suicide-note-raises-suspicions-of-foul-play-in-turkish-archaeologists-death



Bolivian tourists arrested in Perú for damaging iconic Machu Picchu
archaeological site

https://www.theyucatantimes.com/2020/01/bolivian-tourists-arrested-in-peru-for-damaging-iconic-machu-picchu-archaeological-site/



Buddha heirloom returned to Sri Lanka by Hampshire family

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-england-hampshire-51105006/buddha-heirloom-returned-to-sri-lanka-by-hampshire-family



Native Americans Were Original Residents of Nation's Capital

https://www.voanews.com/usa/native-americans-were-original-residents-nations-capital



Archaeologists suggest restoring canal surrounding ancient citadel

https://en.vietnamplus.vn/archaeologists-suggest-restoring-canal-surrounding-ancient-citadel/167349.vnp



Assyrian Reliefs Excavated in Northern Iraq

https://www.archaeology.org/news/8361-200117-iraq-assyrian-reliefs



Peru’s Pachacamac Idol Analyzed

https://www.archaeology.org/news/8360-200117-peru-pachacamac-idol

















*Egyptology*



Nothing to report









*General Science*



Computers Are Learning to See in Higher Dimensions

https://www.wired.com/story/computers-are-learning-to-see-in-higher-dimensions/?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_011220&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nl&utm_term=list1_p3



Scientists use stem cells from frogs to build first living robots

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/jan/13/scientists-use-stem-cells-from-frogs-to-build-first-living-robots?CMP=fb_gu&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1578956281

*Physics, Earth and Space Sciences*



Jupiter may not have caused our solar system's 'Great Divide' after all

https://www.space.com/solar-system-great-divide-predate-jupiter.html?utm_source=notification



Helicopter gunship pilot, 36, who flew more than 150 missions in
Afghanistan and earned the nickname 'Jaws' becomes the FIRST
Iranian-American astronaut and praises space exploration for 'uniting' the
countries

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7878739/Marine-major-36-Iranian-American-astronaut-praises-space-exploration-uniting-us.html



Scientists Sent Mighty Mice To Space To Improve Treatments Back On Earth

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/01/16/796316186/scientists-sent-mighty-mice-to-space-to-improve-treatments-back-on-earth?sc=18&f=1001



Potential super-Earth found orbiting the nearest star from our sun

https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/15/world/proxima-centauri-second-planet-scn/index.html



Commander Sworn In As First Member Of New Space Force

https://www.npr.org/2020/01/14/796405754/commander-sworn-in-as-first-member-of-new-space-force?sc=18&f=1001



'Melting rock' models predict mechanical origins of earthquakes

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-01/du-rm011420.php



When David poses as Goliath

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-01/uoe-wdp011720.php



Rough seas delay escape test for SpaceX crew capsule

https://phys.org/news/2020-01-rough-seas-spacex-crew-capsule.html



Here and gone: Outbound comets are likely of extra-solar origin

https://phys.org/news/2020-01-outbound-comets-extra-solar.html

*Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources*



Submarine Hobbyists Help Researchers On Montana's Flathead Lake

https://www.npr.org/2019/09/02/755571204/submarine-hobbyists-help-researchers-on-montanas-flathead-lake?sc=tw



Germany agrees plan to phase out coal power by 2038

https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-europe-51133534?__twitter_impression=true



The new, safer nuclear reactors that might help stop climate change

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/612940/the-new-safer-nuclear-reactors-that-might-help-stop-climate-change/



This is what energy resilience could look like

https://www.greenbiz.com/article/what-energy-resilience-could-look?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_term=&utm_content=nrecanews_1a3d8166-c119-4c5d-be69-7ffde602e1ee&utm_campaign=
  *Microwaving sewage waste may make it safe to use as fertilizer on crops *
https://theconversation.com/microwaving-sewage-waste-may-make-it-safe-to-use-as-fertilizer-on-crops-128776



Mobile protected areas needed to protect biodiversity in the high seas

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-01/uow-mpa011020.php





*Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences*



Can Today’s Whale Species Survive the Age of Humans?

https://relay.nationalgeographic.com/proxy/distribution/public/amp/animals/2018/08/can-today_s-whale-species-survive-the-age-of-humans-?__twitter_impression=true



Dolphin mom adopts whale calf—a first

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2019/07/bottlenose-dolphins-adoption-oceans-calves/



Meet the pioneering scientists transforming medicine for millions of people

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sponsor-story/regeneron/2020/01/13/meet-pioneering-scientists-transforming-medicine-millions-people/4302453002/?fbclid=IwAR1S3_s54QzoGzsyCZv8KGLTeAkXbtiBL3j1n7m6_e8j8FBz1g_FAJ8wXII



'A Lifeline' For Doctors Helps Them Treat Postpartum Depression

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/01/15/794943944/a-lifeline-for-doctors-helps-them-treat-postpartum-depression?sc=18&f=1001



Embryo Research To Reduce Need For In Vitro Fertilization Raises Ethical
Concerns

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/01/15/796018096/embryo-research-to-reduce-need-for-in-vitro-fertilization-raises-ethical-concern?sc=18&f=1001
  *3D printing of body parts is coming fast – but regulations are not ready*
https://theconversation.com/3d-printing-of-body-parts-is-coming-fast-but-regulations-are-not-ready-128691


The mysterious, legendary giant squid's genome is revealed

https://phys.org/news/2020-01-mysterious-legendary-giant-squid-genome.html



Rich rewards: Scientists reveal ADHD medication's effect on the brain

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-01/oios-rrs011720.php



New tumor-driving mutations discovered in the under-explored regions of the
cancer genome

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-01-tumor-driving-mutations-under-explored-regions-cancer.html



Kill Switch for CRISPR Could Make Gene Editing Safer

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/kill-switch-for-crispr-could-make-gene-editing-safer/













*Other*



Nothing to report























Additional Informational



50 Years of Science, Service, and Stewardship- Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hVukYLG5m4&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR1dMidUiKhQ_uZvjivLP17Y9RSCLRLxuHiyxtDv8_fINNH2eUtLxltj1Do



The Italian Resistance and the Ardeatine Caves Massacre

https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/italian-resistance-and-ardeatine-caves-massacre?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=social



The NuScale SMR: Now Nuclear Goes ‘Off the Grid’

https://www.nei.org/news/2018/nuscale-smr-now-nuclear-goes-off-grid



Advanced Nuclear: Advanced reactors expand the possibilities of nuclear for
clean energy and beyond.

https://www.nei.org/advocacy/build-new-reactors/advanced-nuclear
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