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ones we have been waiting for.”<span></span></span></b></p>

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Detwiler created this publication with the support of Graham Hancock and 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
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<h2 style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><a name="_Toc396567383"><u><span style="font-size:11pt;font-weight:normal">Paleontology, Evolution and Prehistoric
Studies</span></u></a><u><span style="font-size:11pt;font-weight:normal"><span></span></span></u></h2>

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<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,38,38)">'Once in a lifetime find': Dinosaur
tail discovered trapped in amber<span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/08/health/dinosaur-tail-trapped-in-amber-trnd/index.html">http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/08/health/dinosaur-tail-trapped-in-amber-trnd/index.html</a><span></span></span></p>

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<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Ancient Fishing Hooks Found at Burial Site Could Rewrite
Our Understanding of Pleistocene Gender Roles<span></span></span></p>

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<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Nuclear
technology unlocks 50-million-year-old time capsules<span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://phys.org/news/2017-12-nuclear-technology-million-year-old-capsules.html#jCp">https://phys.org/news/2017-12-nuclear-technology-million-year-old-capsules.html#jCp</a><span></span></span></p>

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<h2 style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><a name="_Toc396567384"><u><span style="font-size:11pt;font-weight:normal">History</span></u></a><u><span style="font-size:11pt;font-weight:normal"><span></span></span></u></h2>

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<p class="gmail-MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">What
Archaeologists and Historians Are Finding about the Heroine of a Beloved Young
Adult Novel<br>
</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/what-archaeologists-and-historians-are-finding-about-heroine-beloved-young-adult-novel-180967401/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia"><span lang="EN">https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/what-archaeologists-and-historians-are-finding-about-heroine-beloved-young-adult-novel-180967401/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia</span></a></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span></span></span></p>

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<p class="gmail-MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;letter-spacing:-0.15pt">In 1219, St. Francis crossed Crusade lines to meet
Egypt's sultan. What can we learn from their encounter?<span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.americamagazine.org/arts-culture/2017/12/08/1219-st-francis-crossed-crusade-lines-meet-egypts-sultan-what-can-we-learn?utm_content=buffer8c9df&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer">https://www.americamagazine.org/arts-culture/2017/12/08/1219-st-francis-crossed-crusade-lines-meet-egypts-sultan-what-can-we-learn?utm_content=buffer8c9df&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer</a><span></span></span></p>

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<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Emily Dickinson Was Fiercer than You Think</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/emily-dickinson-fiercer-than-think-180962479/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia">https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/emily-dickinson-fiercer-than-think-180962479/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia</a><span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink"><span></span></span></span></p>

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<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Victoria and Abdul: The Friendship that
Scandalized England</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/victoria-and-abdul-friendship-scandalized-england-180964959/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia">https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/victoria-and-abdul-friendship-scandalized-england-180964959/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia</a><span></span></span></p>

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<p class="gmail-MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Why do we still have to explain why Holocaust denial
is wrong?<span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.newstatesman.com/world/2017/09/why-do-we-still-have-explain-why-holocaust-denial-wrong">https://www.newstatesman.com/world/2017/09/why-do-we-still-have-explain-why-holocaust-denial-wrong</a><span style="color:black"><span></span></span></span></p>

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Incredible Linguistic Diversity of Tibet Is disappearing<br>
</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/incredible-linguistic-diversity-tibet-disappearing-180967513/#rfW1c0fRZy7vlLpl.01"><span lang="EN">https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/incredible-linguistic-diversity-tibet-disappearing-180967513/#rfW1c0fRZy7vlLpl.01</span></a></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span></span></span></p>

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Museum's New Ancient Indus Exhibit<span></span></span></p>

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genocide<span></span></span></p>

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<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(1,1,1);letter-spacing:0.25pt">How Religion and Greed Toppled the Templars<span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://www.history.com/shows/knightfall/pages/how-religion-and-greed-toppled-the-templars">http://www.history.com/shows/knightfall/pages/how-religion-and-greed-toppled-the-templars</a><span></span></span></p>

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<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Unraveling a Secret<span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://discovermagazine.com/2017/oct/unraveling-a-secret">http://discovermagazine.com/2017/oct/unraveling-a-secret</a><span></span></span></p>

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<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(24,24,24)">Why Muslims See the Crusades So Differently from Christians<span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://www.history.com/news/why-muslims-see-the-crusades-so-differently-from-christians">http://www.history.com/news/why-muslims-see-the-crusades-so-differently-from-christians</a><span></span></span></p>

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<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">UNESCO Director-General Launches Global Report Re-shaping
Cultural Policies<span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://en.unesco.org/news/unesco-director-general-launches-global-report-re-shaping-cultural-policies">https://en.unesco.org/news/unesco-director-general-launches-global-report-re-shaping-cultural-policies</a><span></span></span></p>

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<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Genetics preserves traces of ancient resistance to Inca
rule<span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/12/171212090550.htm">https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/12/171212090550.htm</a><span></span></span></p>

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<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">How
Climate Change Influenced Sociopolitical Development of Ancient Indian
Civilizations<span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://popular-archaeology.com/issue/fall-2017/article/how-climate-change-influenced-sociopolitical-development-of-ancient-indian-civilizations">http://popular-archaeology.com/issue/fall-2017/article/how-climate-change-influenced-sociopolitical-development-of-ancient-indian-civilizations</a><span></span></span></p>

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<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Study tracks historic movement of Maori groups<span></span></span></p>

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Centuries Ago, Pennsylvania Almost Razed Independence Hall to Make Way for Private
Development<span></span></span></p>

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Tomb Found During Jerusalem Roadwork Deemed 'Not Ancient,' Will Be Paved Over<span></span></span></p>

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in Scotland</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-create-3d-model-mysterious-bone-filled-cave-scotland-180967443/#fBHE0TssHmXAE29K.01">https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-create-3d-model-mysterious-bone-filled-cave-scotland-180967443/#fBHE0TssHmXAE29K.01</a><span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Archaeologists Are Only Just Beginning to Reveal
the Secrets Hidden in These Ancient Manuscripts</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/archaeologoists-only-just-beginning-reveal-secrets-hidden-ancient-manuscripts-180967455/#dLsQZDZJR2A2FD8e.01">https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/archaeologoists-only-just-beginning-reveal-secrets-hidden-ancient-manuscripts-180967455/#dLsQZDZJR2A2FD8e.01</a><span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);text-transform:uppercase">Oldest Latin Bible to return to UK
after over 1,300 years<span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://gulfnews.com/news/europe/uk/oldest-latin-bible-to-return-to-uk-after-over-1-300-years-1.2134520">http://gulfnews.com/news/europe/uk/oldest-latin-bible-to-return-to-uk-after-over-1-300-years-1.2134520</a><span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Indonesian
island found to be unusually rich in cave paintings<span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://phys.org/news/2017-12-indonesian-island-unusually-rich-cave.html">https://phys.org/news/2017-12-indonesian-island-unusually-rich-cave.html</a><span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Spy satellites
are revealing Afghanistan’s lost empires<span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/12/spy-satellites-are-revealing-afghanistan-s-lost-empires">http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/12/spy-satellites-are-revealing-afghanistan-s-lost-empires</a><span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(30,30,30)">Evidence of 'special site' for Bronze Age
burials near Loch Ness<span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-42351956">http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-42351956</a><span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">New underwater discoveries in Greece reveal ancient Roman
engineering <span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/dec/14/new-underwater-discoveries-in-greece-reveal-ancient-roman-engineering">https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/dec/14/new-underwater-discoveries-in-greece-reveal-ancient-roman-engineering</a><span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Archaeologists
unearth record of ancient Assyria’s demise<span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://popular-archaeology.com/issue/june-2013/article/archaeologists-unearth-record-of-ancient-assyrias-demise">https://popular-archaeology.com/issue/june-2013/article/archaeologists-unearth-record-of-ancient-assyrias-demise</a><span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;letter-spacing:-0.25pt">Ancient
feces reveal parasites described in earliest Greek medical texts <span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-12/uoc-afr121117.php">https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-12/uoc-afr121117.php</a><span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">‘It’s a beautiful specimen’: Dugout canoe may be first
found in area, archaeologist says<span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://staugustine.com/news/local-news/2017-12-16/it-s-beautiful-specimen-dugout-canoe-may-be-first-found-area">http://staugustine.com/news/local-news/2017-12-16/it-s-beautiful-specimen-dugout-canoe-may-be-first-found-area</a><span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span lang="EN"> </span></p>

<b><i><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br clear="all" style="break-before: page;">
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<h2 style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><a name="_Toc396567386"><u><span style="font-size:11pt;font-weight:normal">Egyptology</span></u></a><u><span style="font-size:11pt;font-weight:normal"><span></span></span></u></h2>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">The Greatest Clash in Egyptian Archaeology May Be
Fading, But Anger Lives On</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/greatest-clash-egyptian-archaeology-fading-anger-lives-on-180967452/#dsdOAZ8tH642U2Fo.01">https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/greatest-clash-egyptian-archaeology-fading-anger-lives-on-180967452/#dsdOAZ8tH642U2Fo.01</a><span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Linen-Wrapped Mummy Found Inside 3,500-Year-Old Tomb
in Luxor<span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.livescience.com/61163-two-ancient-egyptian-tombs-discovered.html#undefined.uxfs">https://www.livescience.com/61163-two-ancient-egyptian-tombs-discovered.html#undefined.uxfs</a><span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;letter-spacing:1.5pt">Treasures from King
Tut’s Tomb Are Going on a Blockbuster World Tour<span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://news.artnet.com/exhibitions/king-tut-100th-anniversary-world-tour-1164650#.WjKy8pyogTA.facebook">https://news.artnet.com/exhibitions/king-tut-100th-anniversary-world-tour-1164650#.WjKy8pyogTA.facebook</a><span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">New discoveries
in Aswan including child burials, small Artemis statue<span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/285343/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/New-discoveries-in-Aswan-including-child-burials,-.aspx">http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/285343/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/New-discoveries-in-Aswan-including-child-burials,-.aspx</a><span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:24pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif"><span> </span></span></b></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:24pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif"><span> </span></span></b></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:24pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif"><span> </span></span></b></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p>

<b><i><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br clear="all" style="break-before: page;">
</span></i></b>

<h2 style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><a name="_Toc396567387"><u><span style="font-size:11pt;font-weight:normal">General Science</span></u></a><u><span style="font-size:11pt;font-weight:normal"><span></span></span></u></h2>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></u></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span class="gmail-logo-bartitle3"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">The FCC Just Killed Net
Neutrality. Now What?</span><span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/after-fcc-vote-net-neutrality-fight-moves-to-courts-congress/?mbid=nl_121417_daily_list1_p3">https://www.wired.com/story/after-fcc-vote-net-neutrality-fight-moves-to-courts-congress/?mbid=nl_121417_daily_list1_p3</a><span></span></span></u></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></u></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">We
Are Witnessing the Return of Supersonic Travel<span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://futurism.com/witnessing-return-supersonic-travel/">https://futurism.com/witnessing-return-supersonic-travel/</a><span></span></span></u></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span><span style="text-decoration-line:none"> </span></span></span></u></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span><span style="text-decoration-line:none"> </span></span></span></u></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span><span style="text-decoration-line:none"> </span></span></span></u></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span><span style="text-decoration-line:none"> </span></span></span></u></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span><span style="text-decoration-line:none"> </span></span></span></u></p>

<b><i><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br clear="all" style="break-before: page;">
</span></i></b>

<h2 style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><a name="_Toc396567388"><u><span style="font-size:11pt;font-weight:normal">Physics, Earth and Space Sciences</span></u></a><u><span style="font-size:11pt;font-weight:normal"><span></span></span></u></h2>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">2
Bizarre Ancient Galaxies Found in a Colossal Sea of Dark Matter<span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/2-bizarre-ancient-galaxies-found-in-a-colossal-sea-of-dark-matter/ar-BBGz92L?ocid=ob-fb-enus-580">http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/2-bizarre-ancient-galaxies-found-in-a-colossal-sea-of-dark-matter/ar-BBGz92L?ocid=ob-fb-enus-580</a><span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> </span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">No alien 'signals' from
cigar-shaped asteroid: researchers</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;text-transform:uppercase;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><a href="https://m.phys.org/news/2017-12-alien-cigar-shaped-asteroid.html#">https://m.phys.org/news/2017-12-alien-cigar-shaped-asteroid.html#</a><span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33);text-transform:uppercase;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span> </span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Trump
Announces That the Moon Is Astronauts’ Next Destination<span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/11/science/trump-moon-space-directive.html?smid=fb-share">https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/11/science/trump-moon-space-directive.html?smid=fb-share</a><span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">NASA's
Juno Probes the Depths of Jupiter's Great Red Spot<span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/2017/12/11">https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/2017/12/11</a><span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Earth’s
Mysterious Hum Recorded in the Deep Sea for the First Time<br>
</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/mysterious-world-hum-recorded-seafloor-first-time-180967487/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia">https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/mysterious-world-hum-recorded-seafloor-first-time-180967487/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia</a><span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Dinosaurs
Were Around Before Saturn Had Rings<br>
<a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/dinosaurs-probably-older-saturns-rings-180967565/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia">https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/dinosaurs-probably-older-saturns-rings-180967565/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia</a><span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> </span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,38,38)">Eight
planets found orbiting distant star, NASA says<span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/14/us/nasa-kepler-announcement-eight-planets-kepler-90/index.html?sr=fbCNN121417nasa-kepler-announcement-eight-planets-kepler-900132PMStoryLink">http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/14/us/nasa-kepler-announcement-eight-planets-kepler-90/index.html?sr=fbCNN121417nasa-kepler-announcement-eight-planets-kepler-900132PMStoryLink</a><span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> </span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span class="gmail-logo-bartitle3"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">SpaceX
Set to Launch a Reusable Rocket to the ISS</span><span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/spacex-set-to-launch-a-reusable-rocket-to-the-iss/?mbid=nl_121217_daily_list3_p2">https://www.wired.com/story/spacex-set-to-launch-a-reusable-rocket-to-the-iss/?mbid=nl_121217_daily_list3_p2</a><span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> </span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(30,30,30)">Nasa's
New Horizons probe strikes distant gold<span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-42333783#">http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-42333783#</a><span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> </span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,38,38)">UAE
looks to Mars for STEM inspiration<span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2017/12/07/middleeast/dubai-uae-mars-mission-global-gateway/index.html">http://edition.cnn.com/2017/12/07/middleeast/dubai-uae-mars-mission-global-gateway/index.html</a><span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> </span></p>

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<h2 style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><a name="_Toc396567389"><u><span style="font-size:11pt;font-weight:normal">Environment, Climate Change and
Alternative Energy Sources</span></u></a><u><span style="font-size:11pt;font-weight:normal"><span></span></span></u></h2>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">France lures U.S. scientists with anti-Trump climate
grants<span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/france-climate-scientists-donald-trump-make-our-planet-great-again-grants/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab6a&linkId=45753931">https://www.cbsnews.com/news/france-climate-scientists-donald-trump-make-our-planet-great-again-grants/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab6a&linkId=45753931</a><span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">A poisonous past: At Monticello
Mill, the story of uranium’s deadly legacy<span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://durangoherald.com/articles/199145-a-poisonous-past-at-monticello-mill-the-story-of-uraniums-deadly-legacy">https://durangoherald.com/articles/199145-a-poisonous-past-at-monticello-mill-the-story-of-uraniums-deadly-legacy</a><span></span></span></p>

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<p class="gmail-MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,17,17)">BU Trustees Approve
Aggressive Climate Action Plan<span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://www.bu.edu/today/2017/bu-trustees-approve-aggressive-climate-action-plan/"><span lang="EN">http://www.bu.edu/today/2017/bu-trustees-approve-aggressive-climate-action-plan/</span></a></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,38,38)">Interior secretary pushing
controversial road project<span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/10/politics/alaska-izembek-road-zinke-invs/index.html?sr=fbCNN121017alaska-izembek-road-zinke-invs0418PMVODtop">http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/10/politics/alaska-izembek-road-zinke-invs/index.html?sr=fbCNN121017alaska-izembek-road-zinke-invs0418PMVODtop</a><span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Rethinking Electric Power, Prompted by Politics and
Disaster<span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/11/us/rethinking-electric-power-prompted-by-politics-and-disaster.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/11/us/rethinking-electric-power-prompted-by-politics-and-disaster.html</a><span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span class="gmail-logo-bartitle3"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">The Dirty Secret of the World’s
Plan to Avert Climate Disaster</span><span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/the-dirty-secret-of-the-worlds-plan-to-avert-climate-disaster/?mbid=nl_121117_daily_list3_p2">https://www.wired.com/story/the-dirty-secret-of-the-worlds-plan-to-avert-climate-disaster/?mbid=nl_121117_daily_list3_p2</a><span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span class="gmail-logo-bartitle3"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Climate Change Could Take the Air
Out of Wind Farms</span><span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/climate-change-could-take-the-air-out-of-wind-farms/?mbid=nl_121217_daily_list3_p4">https://www.wired.com/story/climate-change-could-take-the-air-out-of-wind-farms/?mbid=nl_121217_daily_list3_p4</a><span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">As
“Climate Change” Fades from Government Sites, a Struggle to Archive Data<span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/as-climate-change-fades-from-government-sites-a-struggle-to-archive-data/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share_button">https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/as-climate-change-fades-from-government-sites-a-struggle-to-archive-data/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share_button</a><span></span></span></p>

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<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Miami Citizens Become Scientists
to Study Rising Seas<span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.voanews.com/a/miami-citizens-become-scientists-study-rising-seas/4154775.html">https://www.voanews.com/a/miami-citizens-become-scientists-study-rising-seas/4154775.html</a><span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Zinke reprimanded park head
after climate tweets<span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/364994-zinke-reprimanded-park-head-after-climate-tweets">http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/364994-zinke-reprimanded-park-head-after-climate-tweets</a><span></span></span></p>

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<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Cemeteries Turn To
Swamps As Alaska's Permafrost Melts<span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.npr.org/2017/12/16/571300619/cemeteries-turn-to-swamps-as-alaskas-permafrost-melts?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=2045">https://www.npr.org/2017/12/16/571300619/cemeteries-turn-to-swamps-as-alaskas-permafrost-melts?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=2045</a><span></span></span></p>

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<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Engineers
develop floating solar fuels rig for seawater electrolysis<span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://phys.org/news/2017-12-solar-fuels-rig-seawater-electrolysis.html">https://phys.org/news/2017-12-solar-fuels-rig-seawater-electrolysis.html</a><span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Researching How To
Fight Climate Change With Geoengineering<span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.npr.org/2017/12/17/571443704/researching-fighting-climate-change-with-geoengineering">https://www.npr.org/2017/12/17/571443704/researching-fighting-climate-change-with-geoengineering</a><span></span></span></p>

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<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">This city in Alaska is warming so fast, algorithms
removed the data because it seemed unreal<span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2017/12/12/barrow-is-warming-so-fast-algorithms-removed-the-data-because-it-seemed-unreal/?hpid=hp_hp-more-top-stories-2_alaska-warming-230pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.e7c2ee2c46a6">https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2017/12/12/barrow-is-warming-so-fast-algorithms-removed-the-data-because-it-seemed-unreal/?hpid=hp_hp-more-top-stories-2_alaska-warming-230pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.e7c2ee2c46a6</a></span><span></span></p>

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<h2 style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><a name="_Toc396567390"><u><span style="font-size:11pt;font-weight:normal">Biological, Genetics and Medical
Sciences</span></u></a><u><span style="font-size:11pt;font-weight:normal"><span></span></span></u></h2>

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<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Officials: Whales, after deadly year, could become
extinct<span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/officials-whales-deadly-year-extinct-51699640">http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/officials-whales-deadly-year-extinct-51699640</a><span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(30,30,30)"> </span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(30,30,30)">Huntington’s
breakthrough may stop disease<span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/health-42308341?ocid=socialflow_facebook&ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbcnews&ns_source=facebook"><span lang="EN">http://www.bbc.com/news/health-42308341?ocid=socialflow_facebook&ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbcnews&ns_source=facebook</span></a></span><span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span></span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">CDC banned from using 'evidence-based' and 'science-based' in official
documents: report<span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><a href="http://thehill.com/news-by-subject/healthcare/365204-trump-admin-bans-cdc-from-using-evidence-based-and-science-based">http://thehill.com/news-by-subject/healthcare/365204-trump-admin-bans-cdc-from-using-evidence-based-and-science-based</a><span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> </span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Mammal long thought extinct in Australia
resurfaces<span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://phys.org/news/2017-12-mammal-thought-extinct-australia-resurfaces.html">https://phys.org/news/2017-12-mammal-thought-extinct-australia-resurfaces.html</a><span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> </span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Study prompts new ideas on cancers' origins<span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://medicalxpress.com/news/2017-12-prompts-ideas-cancers.html">https://medicalxpress.com/news/2017-12-prompts-ideas-cancers.html</a><span></span></span></p>

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<h2 style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><a name="_Toc396567391"><u><span style="font-size:11pt;font-weight:normal">Other</span></u></a><u><span style="font-size:11pt;font-weight:normal"><span></span></span></u></h2>

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<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Yelang Valley: Meet the man who built his own castle<span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-asia-42066724/yelang-valley-meet-the-man-who-built-his-own-castle">http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-asia-42066724/yelang-valley-meet-the-man-who-built-his-own-castle</a><span></span></span></p>

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<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">America’s Lost Einsteins<span></span></span></p>

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<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Minneapolis Institute of Art gets big grant to study
empathy<span></span></span></p>

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<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Museum Calls Attention to Crisis
in South Sudan with Special Exhibition<span></span></span></p>

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