From steveorange2011 at gmail.com Sun Jul 19 17:01:14 2020 From: steveorange2011 at gmail.com (Steve Detwiler) Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2020 20:01:14 -0400 Subject: [Jawlist] Weekly Science Report 7-17-20 Message-ID: *Weekly Science Report* *July 17, 2020* *?These virtues do not have ineffable meaning but offer a sense of morality-a way to be, and a way to behave, as a member of the human family.?* Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah of the Kingdom of Jordan on being Muslim 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. 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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* Spinosaurus Makes Waves https://www.npr.org/2020/05/19/859162022/spinosaurus-makes-waves?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_term=nprnews&utm_campaign=npr Study finds asteroid impact, not volcanoes, made the Earth uninhabitable for dinosaurs: 'Only plausible explanation' https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/06/30/dinosaurs-earth-killed-asteroid-impact-new-study-confirms/5350191002/ 120,000-year-old necklace tells of the origin of string https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/07/ancient-seashell-beads-may-help-unravel-the-origins-of-string/?fbclid=IwAR20EFJ8It8jeLE6XrlXFFTtsAF5uHj0btGsq471U8NDGP8tUi7GNhqluVc Archaeologists date earliest known occupation of North America https://phys.org/news/2020-07-archaeologists-date-earliest-occupation-north.html Hand Axe Made 1.4 Million Years Ago Shows Unexpected Sophistication https://www.haaretz.com/amp/archaeology/.premium-hand-axe-made-1-4-million-years-ago-was-oddly-sophisticated-1.8990818 How we found the earliest glass production south of the Sahara, and what it means https://phys.org/news/2020-07-earliest-glass-production-south-sahara.html *History* Tulsa?s ugly racial history: From Trail of Tears to deadly 1921 race massacre https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2020/06/20/tulsa-timeline-race-massacre-trump-rally-juneteenth/?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook How Christians Destroyed the Ancient World https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/08/books/review/catherine-nixey-darkening-age.html Historians question Trump?s choice of ?heroes? for national garden monument https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/historians-question-trumps-choice-of-heroes-for-national-garden-monument/2020/07/04/4a33932a-be33-11ea-80b9-40ece9a701dc_story.html?fbclid=IwAR2obCC2TAayskLLFPOGS9NfNU052prgzV-OGXi0mPnfngA9SdkBfqKos-c Reclaiming Rumi: How Islam was erased from the Persian poet's work https://english.alaraby.co.uk/english/society/2020/6/16/how-islam-was-erased-from-rumis-poetry?fbclid=IwAR2ypSps5C1x1b1-vr5xjDXSc9yDl8BpcB_jzPSDGnNK3ZSI1MiHSQBUmhg What Woodrow Wilson Cost My Grandfather https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/24/opinion/what-woodrow-wilson-cost-my-grandfather.html?fbclid=IwAR2xM0-KBCA-gNWkVaIh8W03tDgz2AtW_yAkRwphk0Pyt3E3OiUn4OpLO-A *Islam?s *anti-racist* message from the 7th century still resonates today* https://theconversation.com/islams-anti-racist-message-from-the-7th-century-still-resonates-today-141575 Indigenous Americans had contact with Polynesians 800 years ago, DNA reveals https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/08/indigenous-americans-polynesians-dna-800-years-ago?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Gmail&fbclid=IwAR3abkY8lmt1SHimMmVojCuPg0r61lc6CI_4U_zAfph4VyF-q2tkg5D8y1Y The Fight Over Monuments of Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest Holds a Lesson About Whiteness in America https://time.com/5865573/nathan-bedford-forrest-statues/?fbclid=IwAR1Bzd6Wn9IGnnQLiS522qMrLqbYhDmc0I00nohRoPQhuG5Dcu_Zf1z1Sl0 25 years after Srebrenica massacre, int'l crimes are still difficult to prosecute https://www.pri.org/stories/2020-07-10/25-years-after-srebrenica-massacre-intl-crimes-are-still-difficult-prosecute?utm_source=R%26I%20Clips%20(Reporters)&utm_campaign=5fb7b079a0-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_08_15_02_10_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_023b6bc2e1-5fb7b079a0-391847017&ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000090&fbclid=IwAR2_szELxjDqVxhM-51OsXhnR05OhFjVEdjous9ys-ubJm1gYn_s5JE_sVs Statues Of Conquistador Juan De O?ate Come Down As New Mexico Wrestles With History https://www.npr.org/2020/07/13/890122729/statues-of-conquistador-juan-de-o-ate-come-down-as-new-mexico-wrestles-with-hist?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_term=nprnews&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr Rwanda's Genocide Ended 26 Years Ago. Survivors Are Still Finding Mass Graves https://www.npr.org/2020/07/16/891815028/rwandas-genocide-ended-26-years-ago-survivors-are-still-finding-mass-graves?sc=18&f=1001 Abigail Kawananakoa donates $15,000 to help Iolani Palace pay its bills https://www.staradvertiser.com/2020/07/16/breaking-news/abigail-kawananakoa-donates-15000-to-help-iolani-palace-pay-its-bills/ Holocaust survivor reunites with family of U.S. soldier who left her life-changing note https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/holocaust-survivor-reunites-family-u-s-soldier-who-left-her-n1233755 Huge Atlas statue to guard Sicily's Temple of Zeus once more https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2020/jul/14/huge-atlas-statue-to-guard-sicilys-temple-of-zeus-once-more Multi-disciplinary study provides evidence of forced migration by pre-colonial Incas https://phys.org/news/2020-07-multi-disciplinary-evidence-migration-pre-colonial-incas.html Rewriting history: New evidence challenges Euro-centric narrative of early colonization https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-07/wuis-rhn071520.php *Archaeology* A Long Revered Relic Is Found to Be Europe?s Oldest Surviving Wooden Statue https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/19/world/europe/christ-statue-lucca-italy.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur Climate change is having a calamitous effect on Indigenous archeological sites in Canada?s North https://www.universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/climate-change-is-having-a-calamitous-effect-on-indigenous-archeological-sites-in-canadas-north/?fbclid=IwAR3nUMeXLj6GZF9oFRLC5N_MWOHZB-N01Wvc9Z31VmhZnXOR4pOWVdCdZo4 Digging up forgotten kingdoms, Saudis unearth ancient identity https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2020/0601/Digging-up-forgotten-kingdoms-Saudis-unearth-ancient-identity?cmpid=kwcpc&kwp_0=1675615&kwp_4=4952925&kwp_1=2103402 Archaeologists find ancient Aboriginal sites underwater, off the coast of Australia https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/01/australia/aboriginal-archaeological-sites-underwater-scli-intl-scn/index.html 11,000-year-old mine in underwater cave surprises archaeologists https://api.nationalgeographic.com/distribution/public/amp/history/2020/07/11000-year-old-mine-underwater-cave-surprises-archaeologists Why the Whiteness of Archaeology Is a Problem https://www.sapiens.org/archaeology/archaeology-diversity/?fbclid=IwAR0FPdxI6UWlPd9i_6q1xtlRU3MnC4uAij07n40F2ecILjrNDPoauM46C_0 Excavation Begins For Possible Mass Grave From 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre https://www.npr.org/sections/live-updates-protests-for-racial-justice/2020/07/14/890785747/excavation-begins-for-possible-mass-grave-from-1921-tulsa-race-massacre?sc=18&f=1001 Stonehenge tunnel decision delayed by archaeological find https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-wiltshire-53420160 Biblical site of Ziklag finally identified? https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/biblical-site-of-ziklag-finally-identified-635127 How Germany?s 4,000-year-old answer to Stonehenge shows that Brexit is 'nonsense' https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/germany-s-stonehenge-sheds-light-on-prehistoric-ties-to-britain *Egyptology* ?Invasion? of ancient Egypt may have actually been immigrant uprising https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/07/invasion-ancient-egypt-may-have-actually-been-immigrant-uprising Egyptian archaeological team opens door on ancient treasure trove https://www.arabnews.com/node/1705196/art-culture CT scan reveals the story behind the ?mummy of the screaming woman? from Deir El-Bahari?s Royal Cachette *http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContentP/9/374722/Heritage/CT-scan-reveals-the-story-behind-the-%E2%80%98mummy-of-the.aspx * Ancient Egyptian wall discovered in Nagaa Hamadi *https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/89702/Ancient-Egyptian-wall-discovered-in-Nagaa-Hamadi * 'Sensational' Egypt find offers clues in hunt for Cleopatra?s tomb *https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/jul/12/sensational-egypt-find-offers-clues-in-hunt-for-cleopatras-tomb * *General Science* Nothing to report *Physics, Earth and Space Sciences* The Rebel Physicist on the Hunt for a Better Story Than Quantum Mechanics https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/25/magazine/angelo-bassi-quantum-mechanic.html NASA Discovers Huge Potential Caches of Metal On the Moon https://futurism.com/nasa-potential-caches-metal-moon International Asteroid Day: A look at NASA's first planetary defense mission https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/30/world/asteroid-day-2020-nasa-dimorphos-dart-scn-trnd/index.html Separating gamma-ray bursts: Students make critical breakthrough https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-07/uoc-sgb071720.php New insight into the origin of water on the earth https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-07/hu-nii071720.php Solar Orbiter returns first data, snaps closest pictures of the Sun https://phys.org/news/2020-07-solar-orbiter-snaps-closest-pictures.html *Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources* California developer of 'micro' nuclear reactor aims to prove environmentalist doubters wrong https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/energy/california-developer-of-micro-nuclear-reactor-aims-to-prove-environmentalist-doubters-wrong Bacteria that eats metal accidentally discovered by scientists https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/07/16/world/metal-eating-bacteria-intl-scli-scn/index.html Tulane scientists build high-performing hybrid solar energy converter https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-07/tu-tsb071520.php Fish reef domes a boon for environment, recreational fishing https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-07/uons-frd071520.php A call to arms: Enlisting private land owners in conservation https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-07/sje-act071720.php Replacing lithium with sodium in batteries https://phys.org/news/2020-07-lithium-sodium-batteries.html *Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences* 60% of fish species could be unable to survive in current areas by 2100 ? study https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jul/02/fish-species-survival-climate-warming-study A Family Secret Inspired A New Book About Leprosy https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/07/16/891362870/a-family-secret-inspired-a-new-book-about-leprosy?sc=18&f=1001 Experts' high-flying study reveals secrets of soaring birds https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-07/su-ehs071420.php *Mexico City buried its rivers to prevent disease and unwittingly created a dry, polluted city where *COVID-19* now thrives* https://theconversation.com/mexico-city-buried-its-rivers-to-prevent-disease-and-unwittingly-created-a-dry-polluted-city-where-covid-19-now-thrives-139622 Device found able to reduce noise in simulated neonatal intensive care unit https://techxplore.com/news/2020-07-device-noise-simulated-neonatal-intensive.html Sperm discovery reveals clue to genetic 'immortality' https://phys.org/news/2020-07-sperm-discovery-reveals-clue-genetic.html *Other* Experts call for regulation after latest botched art restoration in Spain https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/jun/22/experts-call-for-regulation-after-latest-botched-art-restoration-in-spain Are UFOs a threat? We need to investigate, says former head of secret US program https://www.livescience.com/unidentified-ufos-history-channel.html?fbclid=IwAR1PvKmZLGpDw8zqBNs_w5VDYvmNpsgRFKSFpqasYCByfL2lmFL-6ml8Bqs *What Buddhism and science can teach each other ? and us ? about the universe* https://theconversation.com/what-buddhism-and-science-can-teach-each-other-and-us-about-the-universe-134322 Additional Informational SOCIAL SCIENTISTS AWARDED NATIONAL PARKS SERVICE GRANT https://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2020/social-scientists-awarded-national-parks-service-grant/?fbclid=IwAR1qz0vV49m0JAd-sPm1iwSzhW6LLdS5IXR4He3PZDb_N-_5FNoNgQpmYW0#.Xwcf3OMOYrE.facebook The Cross of Redemption: Uncollected Writings https://www.amazon.com/Cross-Redemption-Uncollected-Writings-International/dp/0307275965/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=The+Cross+of+Redemption%3A+Uncollected+Writings&qid=1593536675&sr=8-1 VIDEO: Frederick Douglass' Descendants Deliver His 'Fourth Of July' Speech https://www.npr.org/2020/07/03/884832594/video-frederick-douglass-descendants-read-his-fourth-of-july-speech?utm_campaign=npr&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_term=nprnews&utm_medium=social Reverse Inclusion During Lockdown. The Experience of the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow https://icom.museum/en/news/reverse-inclusion-during-lockdown-the-experience-of-the-pushkin-state-museum-of-fine-arts-moscow/ How Museums in Botswana are Contributing to the Fight Against Climate Change https://icom.museum/en/news/how-botswanian-museums-are-contributing-to-the-fight-against-climate-change/ Community Responsive Programming at the Myseum of Toronto during COVID-19 https://icom.museum/en/news/community-responsive-programming-at-the-myseum-of-toronto-during-covid-19/ Museums for Equality: The Time is Now https://icom.museum/en/news/museums-for-equality-the-time-is-now/ Asteroid Day Digital https://mailchi.mp/asteroidday/asteroid-day-2020-thats-a-wrap?e=dee220d1a0 The Good Ancestor: How to Think Long Term in a Short Term World https://www.amazon.com/Good-Ancestor-Think-Long-Term-Short-Term-ebook/dp/B08519T8NM/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=The+Good+Ancestor%3A+How+to+Think+Long+Term+in+a+Short+Term+World&qid=1595009606&sr=8-1 *Hair Trigger* This game was developed to engage new audiences about nuclear threats, specifically the dangers of the risky hair-trigger status of U.S. and Russian nuclear weapons. https://hairtriggergame.org/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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