<div dir="ltr">The Weekly Science Report will resume publication on May 20th!<div><br></div><div><div>Weekly Science Report</div><div>April 29, 2016</div><div><br></div><div>“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” </div><div>John Quincy Adams</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div> </div><div>Introduction</div><div><br></div><div>I created this publication with the support of Graham Hancock and John Anthony West to share news and information on various disciplines to include paleontology, space sciences, genetics and archaeology.  My goal behind sharing this publication has always been very simple, by sharing knowledge we can make our world a better place.  Since the beginning of the internet age we have always heard of the world being drawn together but through my investigations I’ve never found a publication like the Weekly Science Report.  This publication is my contribution to bring people together and share ideas and discoveries with my fellow humans.</div><div><br></div><div>I hope you enjoy this publication and that the content challenges and inspires you!</div><div><br></div><div>Steve Detwiler</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div> </div><div>News Articles</div><div><br></div><div>Paleontology, Evolution and Prehistoric Studies</div><div><br></div><div>Taiwan finds 4,800-year-old fossil of mother cradling baby</div><div><a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/taiwan-finds-4-800-old-fossil-mother-cradling-150039478.html">https://www.yahoo.com/news/taiwan-finds-4-800-old-fossil-mother-cradling-150039478.html</a></div><div><br></div><div>Were these remote wild islands the center of everything?</div><div><a href="http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20151210-were-these-remote-wild-islands-the-centre-of-everything?utm_content=buffer04cb4&utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkedin.com&utm_campaign=buffer">http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20151210-were-these-remote-wild-islands-the-centre-of-everything?utm_content=buffer04cb4&utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkedin.com&utm_campaign=buffer</a></div><div><br></div><div>When It Came To Food, Neanderthals Weren't Exactly Picky Eaters</div><div><a href="http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/04/29/476032883/neanderthals-were-less-picky-eaters-than-early-humans">http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/04/29/476032883/neanderthals-were-less-picky-eaters-than-early-humans</a></div><div><br></div><div>Mysterious archaic humans left clues in a surprising place </div><div><a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2016/0328/Mysterious-archaic-humans-left-clues-in-a-surprising-place">http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2016/0328/Mysterious-archaic-humans-left-clues-in-a-surprising-place</a></div><div><br></div><div>Unearthing History: Mary Anning's Hunt for Prehistoric Ocean Giants</div><div><a href="http://ocean.si.edu/blog/unearthing-history-mary-annings-hunt-prehistoric-ocean-giants">http://ocean.si.edu/blog/unearthing-history-mary-annings-hunt-prehistoric-ocean-giants</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div> </div><div>History</div><div><br></div><div>Etruscan stone could help unravel enigma of one of Italy's first civilizations</div><div><a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/etruscan-stone-could-help-unravel-enigma-one-italys-095949391.html">https://www.yahoo.com/news/etruscan-stone-could-help-unravel-enigma-one-italys-095949391.html</a></div><div><br></div><div>Historian claims to have struck gold at Nazi bunker</div><div><a href="http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2016/04/23/Historian-claims-to-have-struck-gold-at-Nazi-bunker/9911461439148/">http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2016/04/23/Historian-claims-to-have-struck-gold-at-Nazi-bunker/9911461439148/</a></div><div><br></div><div>High alpine dairying may have begun over 3000 years ago</div><div><a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-04/p-had042216.php">http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-04/p-had042216.php</a></div><div><br></div><div>Iconic Collection of Delhi's Natural History Museum Consumed by Fire</div><div><a href="https://news.artnet.com/art-world/delhi-museum-consumed-by-fire-481895">https://news.artnet.com/art-world/delhi-museum-consumed-by-fire-481895</a></div><div><br></div><div>At Virginia home of President Monroe, a sizable revision of history</div><div><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/education/wp/2016/04/28/at-virginia-home-of-president-monroe-a-sizable-revision-of-history/?tid=sm_fb">https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/education/wp/2016/04/28/at-virginia-home-of-president-monroe-a-sizable-revision-of-history/?tid=sm_fb</a></div><div><br></div><div>Former SS Auschwitz guard apologizes at trial in Germany</div><div><a href="http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/former-ss-auschwitz-guard-apologizes-at-trial-in-germany/ar-BBspmI9?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=SL5FDHP">http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/former-ss-auschwitz-guard-apologizes-at-trial-in-germany/ar-BBspmI9?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=SL5FDHP</a></div><div><br></div><div> </div><div>Archaeology</div><div><br></div><div>Budj Bim heritage site to get $8m upgrade to help UNESCO bid</div><div><a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-04-24/government-to-spend-8m-to-improve-budj-bim-heritage-site/7353772?platform=hootsuite">http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-04-24/government-to-spend-8m-to-improve-budj-bim-heritage-site/7353772?platform=hootsuite</a></div><div><br></div><div>Unearthing the Atrocities of Nazi Death Camps</div><div><a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/unearthing-the-atrocities-of-nazi-death-camps/">http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/unearthing-the-atrocities-of-nazi-death-camps/</a></div><div><br></div><div>Wood remains believed to be from Christian cross of Spanish conquistador unearthed</div><div><a href="http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/lifestyle/2016/04/24/archeologists-unearth-christian-cross-believed-to-be-once-owned-by-spanish/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+feedburner%2FtHoDO+%28FOXNews.com%29">http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/lifestyle/2016/04/24/archeologists-unearth-christian-cross-believed-to-be-once-owned-by-spanish/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+feedburner%2FtHoDO+%28FOXNews.com%29</a></div><div><br></div><div>Romsey Abbey: The mystery of the hair in the coffin</div><div><a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-36094897">http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-36094897</a></div><div><br></div><div>The secret life of an archaeologist: soil in your sandwiches and sexism on sites</div><div><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/apr/25/secret-life-archaeologist-soil-sandwiches-sexism-sites">http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/apr/25/secret-life-archaeologist-soil-sandwiches-sexism-sites</a></div><div><br></div><div>Spanish Castle’s Restoration, Called ‘Disaster’ by Some, Wins Prize</div><div><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/16/world/europe/spanish-castles-restoration-called-disaster-by-some-wins-prize.html?_r=1">http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/16/world/europe/spanish-castles-restoration-called-disaster-by-some-wins-prize.html?_r=1</a></div><div><br></div><div>Probe confirms damage to 15th-century tomb at Makli</div><div><a href="http://www.dawn.com/news/1252478/probe-confirms-damage-to-15th-century-tomb-at-makli">http://www.dawn.com/news/1252478/probe-confirms-damage-to-15th-century-tomb-at-makli</a></div><div><br></div><div>Xi says protecting relics a priority</div><div><a href="http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2016-04/13/content_38232188.htm">http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2016-04/13/content_38232188.htm</a></div><div><br></div><div>Tomb raiding ringleader gets death penalty</div><div><a href="http://www.ecns.cn/2016/04-15/206782.shtml">http://www.ecns.cn/2016/04-15/206782.shtml</a></div><div><br></div><div>Islam North of the Pyrenees</div><div><a href="http://www.archaeology.org/issues/215-1605/trenches/4343-trenches-france-medieval-muslim-burial">http://www.archaeology.org/issues/215-1605/trenches/4343-trenches-france-medieval-muslim-burial</a></div><div><br></div><div>'Lost' Medieval Music Performed for the First Time in 1,000 Years</div><div><a href="http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/lost-medieval-music-performed-first-time-1000-years-180958892/?no-ist">http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/lost-medieval-music-performed-first-time-1000-years-180958892/?no-ist</a></div><div><br></div><div>Antiquities expert on Palmyra visit: 'Syria can’t possibly restore the destroyed artifacts'</div><div><a href="http://syriadirect.org/news/syrian-antiquities-expert-on-palmyra-visit-site-is-%E2%80%9830-damaged%E2%80%99/">http://syriadirect.org/news/syrian-antiquities-expert-on-palmyra-visit-site-is-%E2%80%9830-damaged%E2%80%99/</a></div><div><br></div><div>An ancient hydraulic system, envy of modern ones?</div><div><a href="http://www.citi.io/2016/04/13/an-ancient-hydraulic-system-envy-of-modern-ones/">http://www.citi.io/2016/04/13/an-ancient-hydraulic-system-envy-of-modern-ones/</a></div><div> </div><div>Egyptology</div><div><br></div><div>3,700-year-old scarab seal found by birdwatcher near Haifa</div><div><a href="http://www.timesofisrael.com/3700-year-old-scarab-seal-found-by-birdwatcher-near-haifa/?platform=hootsuite">http://www.timesofisrael.com/3700-year-old-scarab-seal-found-by-birdwatcher-near-haifa/?platform=hootsuite</a></div><div><br></div><div>Building for Egypt's First Female Pharaoh Discovered</div><div><a href="http://www.livescience.com/54476-building-for-queen-hatshepsut-discovered.html">http://www.livescience.com/54476-building-for-queen-hatshepsut-discovered.html</a></div><div><br></div><div>The Lost City of Akhenaten</div><div><a href="https://news.cnrs.fr/articles/the-lost-city-of-akhenaten">https://news.cnrs.fr/articles/the-lost-city-of-akhenaten</a> </div><div>General Science</div><div><br></div><div>Six maps that will make you rethink the world</div><div><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/04/29/six-maps-that-will-make-you-rethink-the-world/?tid=sm_fb">https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/04/29/six-maps-that-will-make-you-rethink-the-world/?tid=sm_fb</a></div><div><br></div><div>Inside Openai, Elon Musk’s wild plan to set artificial intelligence free</div><div><a href="http://www.wired.com/2016/04/openai-elon-musk-sam-altman-plan-to-set-artificial-intelligence-free/?mbid=nl_42716">http://www.wired.com/2016/04/openai-elon-musk-sam-altman-plan-to-set-artificial-intelligence-free/?mbid=nl_42716</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div> </div><div>Physics, Earth and Space Sciences</div><div><br></div><div>People are freaking out about ‘Mercury in retrograde.’ This is what’s really going on.</div><div><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2016/04/29/people-are-freaking-about-mercury-in-retrograde-this-is-whats-really-going-on/?tid=sm_fb">https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2016/04/29/people-are-freaking-about-mercury-in-retrograde-this-is-whats-really-going-on/?tid=sm_fb</a></div><div><br></div><div>Inside the lost cave world of the Amazon’s tepui mountains</div><div><a href="https://www.newscientist.com/article/2085733-inside-the-lost-cave-world-of-the-amazons-tepui-mountains/">https://www.newscientist.com/article/2085733-inside-the-lost-cave-world-of-the-amazons-tepui-mountains/</a></div><div><br></div><div>Einstein's theory of relativity faces satellite test</div><div><a href="http://phys.org/news/2016-04-einstein-theory-relativity-satellite.html">http://phys.org/news/2016-04-einstein-theory-relativity-satellite.html</a></div><div><br></div><div>Space companies feud over what to do with rockets in ICBM stockpile</div><div><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/2016/04/18/4d649cb2-057b-11e6-b283-e79d81c63c1b_story.html">https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/2016/04/18/4d649cb2-057b-11e6-b283-e79d81c63c1b_story.html</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div> </div><div>Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources</div><div><br></div><div>Turning ocean waves into electricity</div><div><a href="http://money.cnn.com/2016/04/19/technology/waves-columbia-power/index.html?sr=cnnmoneybin042116waves0930story">http://money.cnn.com/2016/04/19/technology/waves-columbia-power/index.html?sr=cnnmoneybin042116waves0930story</a></div><div><br></div><div>Japanese Priests Collected Almost Seven Centuries of Climate Data</div><div><a href="http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/japanese-priests-collected-almost-seven-centuries-climate-data-180958929/?utm_source=twitter.com&no-ist">http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/japanese-priests-collected-almost-seven-centuries-climate-data-180958929/?utm_source=twitter.com&no-ist</a></div><div><br></div><div>Global warming could deplete the oceans’ oxygen – with severe consequences</div><div><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/04/28/global-warming-could-deplete-the-oceans-oxygen-levels-with-severe-consequences/?tid=sm_fb">https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/04/28/global-warming-could-deplete-the-oceans-oxygen-levels-with-severe-consequences/?tid=sm_fb</a></div><div><br></div><div> </div><div>Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences</div><div><br></div><div>Johns Hopkins team develops wearable sensor for cystic fibrosis treatment</div><div><a href="http://hub.jhu.edu/2016/03/16/wearable-device-cystic-fibrosis-treatment">http://hub.jhu.edu/2016/03/16/wearable-device-cystic-fibrosis-treatment</a></div><div><br></div><div>Cambodia's last Royal Turtles on verge of extinction</div><div><a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/cambodias-last-royal-turtles-verge-extinction-172717288.html?nhp=1">https://www.yahoo.com/news/cambodias-last-royal-turtles-verge-extinction-172717288.html?nhp=1</a></div><div> </div><div>Other</div><div><br></div><div>These Are the Most Serious Catastrophic Threats Faced by Humanity</div><div><a href="http://gizmodo.com/these-are-the-most-serious-catastrophic-threats-faced-b-1773661869">http://gizmodo.com/these-are-the-most-serious-catastrophic-threats-faced-b-1773661869</a></div><div><br></div><div>An explorer explains how the Breakthrough Organization will search for alien life forms</div><div><a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/m/7d2f8093-cdb1-35a7-bb5e-6ee032445d46/ss_an-explorer-explains-how-the.html?nhp=1">https://www.yahoo.com/news/m/7d2f8093-cdb1-35a7-bb5e-6ee032445d46/ss_an-explorer-explains-how-the.html?nhp=1</a></div><div><br></div><div>Are we alone? Setting some limits to our uniqueness</div><div><a href="http://phys.org/news/2016-04-limits-uniqueness.html">http://phys.org/news/2016-04-limits-uniqueness.html</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div> </div><div>Additional Informational</div><div><br></div><div>Heritage sites one year after q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