Weekly Science Report

February 2, 2018

“History is not the past it is the present. We carry our history with us, we are our
history. If we pretend otherwise we are literary are criminals.”
James Baldwin

Introduction

Steve 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 discoveries with his fellow humans.

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News Articles

Paleontology, Evolution and Prehistoric Studies

Ancient lake reveals a colorful past

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-01/uoy-alr012618.php
The origin of snakes -- new evolutionary scenario presented

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-01/uoh-too012518.php

New Thoughts on Human Brain Evolution

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6302-180125-modern-human-brains?
utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

3.5 Billion-Year-Old Fossils Challenge Ideas About Earth’s Start

https://www.wired.com/story/35-billion-year-old-fossils-challenge-ideas-about-earths-start/?
mbid=nl_012718_daily_shortdek_list3_p3

New bus-sized dinosaur species discovered in Egyptian desert

https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/new-bus-sized-dinosaur-species-discovered-egyptian-desert-n842396?
cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_nw

Dinosaur and Ancient Mammal Stomping Ground Found in NASA Parking Lot
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/dinos-and-early-mammals-romped-nasas-doorstep-
180968023/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia

Indian stone tools could dramatically push back date when modern humans first left Africa

https://theconversation.com/indian-stone-tools-could-dramatically-push-back-date-when-modern-humans-
first-left-africa-90867

Research suggests toward end of Ice Age, humans witnessed fires larger than dinosaur killer, thanks to a
cosmic impact
https://phys.org/news/2018-02-ice-age-human-witnessed-larger.html

Was Australopithecus an Artist?

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/01/arts/design/nasher-sculpture-center-dallas-first-sculpture-review.html?
rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fdesign

Why Two Anthropologists Reconstructed Prehistoric Weaponry

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/weapon-reconstruction-arctic-hunter-gatherer?
utm_content=bufferce4e4&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
History

Professors discover copy of Jesus' secret revelations to his brother

https://m.phys.org/news/2017-11-professors-jesus-secret-revelations-brother.html#

Let the events of 1918 shape your travels in 2018

http://www.latimes.com/travel/deals/la-tr-18-centennials-in-18-20180107-htmlstory.html

A Holocaust survivor teaches his grandchildren to raise their voices

https://www.today.com/parents/holocaust-survivor-shares-his-story-younger-generation-t121776

A historic Holocaust awareness awakening in Saudi Arabia, of all places: Applaud this significant step from
the heart of Islam

http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/holocaust-awareness-awakening-saudi-arabia-places-article-
1.3780749?cid=bitly

How the children of Nazi Germany remember WWII

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20180123-how-the-children-of-nazi-germany-remember-world-war-two

David Adjaye's Museum of African American History wins prestigious Beazley Design prize

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/smithsonian-awarded-beazley-design-prize

New twists in probe of Natalie Wood’s mysterious 1981 death

https://apnews.com/7d99f5f9f741424f8313cc63a886067e?
utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=AP

The Last Swiss Holocaust Survivors: Keeping the memory alive

http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=58471#.Wm8aja6nFQJ

Movie shifts focus away from Kamehameha and Lili‘uokalani

http://www.staradvertiser.com/2018/01/28/hawaii-news/movie-shifts-focus-away-from-kamehameha-and-
liliuokalani/?HSA=d0c79f5e0059daafa85005c516d0a49f649790d6
Why This Film Based on a 16th-Century Poem Has Sparked Violent Protests in India
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/film-based-16th-century-poem-sparks-violent-protests-india-
180967955/#ziGYgmc0GeZYybRm.01

Paris’ most famous landmarks under threat from rising Seine floodwaters

http://www.news.com.au/world/europe/paris-most-famous-landmarks-under-threat-from-rising-seine-
floodwaters/news-story/f59a70c2ffe45cf503b04ffe58dd68ab

Body found in Arkansas River in June identified as Colorado treasure hunter

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/body-found-in-arkansas-river-in-june-identified-as-colorado-treasure-
hunter/ar-BBIpNE3?li=BBnbfcL&ocid=SL5FDHP

Bob Crane's son recalls 'Hogan's Heroes' star's double life, grisly 1978 murder

https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/celebrity/bob-cranes-son-recalls-hogans-heroes-stars-double-life-
grisly-1978-murder/ar-BBIv4YT?li=BBnbfcL&ocid=SL5FDHP

There Are Over 200 Bodies on Mount Everest, and They’re Used as Landmarks
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/there-are-over-200-bodies-on-mount-everest-and-theyre-
used-as-landmarks-146904416/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia

Hawaii's 'last princess' fights for control of her fortune

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/hawaiis-last-princess-fights-for-control-of-her-fortune/ar-BBIxPVK?
li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=SL5FDHP

The Harlem Hellfighters: A 104 year retrospective

https://www.army.mil/article/189579/the_harlem_hellfighters_a_104_year_retrospective
Archaeology

'A loss as great as Palmyra': Syrian temple of Ain Dara severely damaged by Turkish forces

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/-a-loss-as-great-as-palmyra-syrian-temple-of-ain-dara-severely-damaged-by-
turkish-forces

Gold treasure recovered from 1857 shipwreck to make debut

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/gold-treasure-recovered-from-1857-shipwreck-to-make-debut/ar-
BBIn5NO?li=BBnbfcL&ocid=SL5FDHP

Hunting for the ancient lost farms of North America

https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/01/hunting-for-the-ancient-lost-farms-of-north-america/

Rediscovered: 250 Missing Feet of the Berlin Wall

https://www.citylab.com/life/2018/01/rediscovered-250-missing-feet-of-the-berlin-wall/551363/?utm_source=fbb

Explore the Largest Known Early Map of the World, Assembled for the First Time

https://hyperallergic.com/420690/urbano-monte-world-map-1544/?
utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sw

Truck Driver Plows Over Peru's 2,000-Year-Old Nazca Lines, Leaving 'Deep Scars'

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/01/31/582269403/truck-driver-plows-over-perus-2-000-year-
old-nazca-lines-leaving-deep-scars?
utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=201
80131

Iraq, with UNESCO’s help, to rebuild historic Mosul minaret next week

https://www.iraqinews.com/features/iraq-unescos-help-rebuild-historic-mosul-minaret-next-week/

A modern land run? Trump move opens Utah to mining claims under 1872 law

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-utah-mining/a-modern-land-run-trump-move-opens-utah-to-
mining-claims-under-1872-law-idUSKBN1FK1MA

Tribal leaders slam Utah Rep. Curtis’ bill to redraw Bears Ears, say management plan is tribal ‘in name only’
https://www.sltrib.com/news/environment/2018/01/30/tribal-leaders-slam-utah-rep-curtis-bill-to-redraw-of-
bears-ears-say-his-management-plan-is-tribal-in-name-only/

Exclusive: Laser Scans Reveal Maya "Megalopolis" Below Guatemalan Jungle

https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/02/maya-laser-lidar-guatemala-pacunam/?
utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Social&utm_content=link_tw20180201news-
lidarscans&utm_campaign=Content&sf181008746=1

Ancient statues return to Lebanon as war on smuggling intensifies

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-lebanon-antiquities/ancient-statues-return-to-lebanon-as-war-on-smuggling-
intensifies-idUSKBN1FM220

The Destruction and Looting of Idlib's Ancient Heritage by Extremists

http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/syriasource/the-destruction-and-looting-of-idlib-s-ancient-heritage-by-extremists

Egyptology

Crocodile Mummy Genes Confirm an Ancient Egyptian Hypothesis

https://www.inverse.com/article/40813-what-we-can-learn-from-crocodile-mummies

Taking A 3D Virtual Tour Of A Colorful Ancient Egyptian Monastery

https://www.forbes.com/sites/drsarahbond/2018/01/20/taking-a-3d-virtual-tour-of-a-colorful-ancient-egyptian-
monastery/#7cd015646b24

Three Burial Shafts Found at Egypt’s Abusir Necropolis

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6319-180201-egypt-abusir-shafts

Search Resumes for Hidden Chambers In King Tut's Tomb

https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/02/king-tut-tomb-hidden-chamber-scan-egypt/?
utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Social&utm_content=link_tw20180202news-
kingtuttombscans&utm_campaign=Content&sf181081393=1

Who broke the Sphinx’s nose?

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/40663/Who-broke-the-Sphinx’s-nose?platform=hootsuite
General Science

Quantum race accelerates development of silicon quantum chip

https://eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-01/duot-qra012518.php

Nearly 9,000 DACA Teachers Face An Uncertain Future

https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2018/01/29/579682676/nearly-9-000-daca-teachers-face-an-uncertain-
future?
utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20
180129

Artificial intelligence is the weapon of the next Cold War

https://theconversation.com/artificial-intelligence-is-the-weapon-of-the-next-cold-war-86086

This Pastor Is Putting His Faith in a Virtual Reality Church

https://www.wired.com/story/virtual-reality-church/

The End of Data without Borders

https://www.wired.com/story/overseas-data-regulation/

NASA Tests New Alloy to Fold Wings in Flight

https://www.nasa.gov/centers/armstrong/feature/nasa-tests-new-alloy-to-fold-wings-in-flight.html

Physics, Earth and Space Sciences

At One NASA Lab, Art and Science Share The Same Orbit

https://www.npr.org/2018/01/28/581006370/at-one-nasa-lab-art-and-science-share-the-same-orbit?
utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20
180128

Astronauts Living in Space Can Eat Bacteria That Feed on Human Waste

http://www.newsweek.com/astronauts-living-space-can-eat-bacteria-feed-human-waste-791883

Mysterious high-energy particles could come from black hole jets

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/mysterious-high-energy-particles-could-come-black-hole-jets

Portable DNA Sequencer Searches for Life in Extraterrestrial-Like Conditions

https://www.space.com/39509-portable-dna-sequencer-search-for-life-tech.html?
utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social

Google Lunar X Prize Teams Plan to Keep Shooting for the Moon

https://www.space.com/39506-google-lunar-xprize-teams-moon-plans.html?
utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social

Super Blue Blood Moon Will Force NASA to Shut Down Lunar Spacecraft Instruments

https://www.space.com/39507-super-blue-blood-moon-nasa-lro-spacecraft.html?
utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social

NASA Sends Historic Apollo Mission Control Consoles to Kansas to be Restored

https://www.space.com/39503-nasa-apollo-mission-control-restoration-cosmosphere.html?
utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social

NASA's GOLD Instrument, SES-14 Satellite on Track After Launch Anomaly

https://www.space.com/39504-nasa-gold-back-on-track-launch-anomaly.html?
utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social

Amateur astronomer discovers a revived NASA satellite

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/01/amateur-astronomer-discovers-revived-nasa-satellite

How NASA Plans to Send Humans Back to the Moon

https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/01/nasa-orion-recovery-tests-humans-moon-space-science/?
utm_source=fb&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=Content&utm_term=content&utm_content=link_ngcfb20
180130backtothemoon&sf180351218=1

UCF Seeks New Way to Mine Moon for Water

https://today.ucf.edu/ucf-seeks-new-way-mine-moon-water/

Shooting for the Moon--This Time to Stay

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/shooting-for-the-moon-this-time-to-stay/

Researchers Find a Chunk of North America Stuck to Australia

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/chunk-north-america-stuck-australia-180967936/?
utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia

Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources

How Much Longer Can Coastal Cities Survive? Robots Swimming Under Ice in Antarctica Will Deliver the Countdown

http://www.newsweek.com/how-much-longer-can-coastal-cities-survive-robots-under-melting-ice-antarctica-790088?
utm_campaign=NewsweekTwitter&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Social

The Beguiling Science of Making Planet-Saving Pavement

https://www.wired.com/story/pavement-environment-science/?mbid=nl_012718_daily_shortdek_list3_p1

Hanoi enjoyed just 38 days of clean air in 2017 –report

http://news.trust.org/item/20180130032756-ovx1u/

Can scientists learn to make ‘nature forecasts’ just as we forecast the weather?

https://theconversation.com/can-scientists-learn-to-make-nature-forecasts-just-as-we-forecast-the-weather-90822

Tesla’s Australian Battery Shows It Can Also Make Huge Profits

https://futurism.com/teslas-australian-battery-shows-can-make-huge-profits/

Trump's false claims about the polar ice caps

http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/29/politics/trump-false-claim-polar-ice-caps/index.html?sr=fbCNN013018trump-
false-claim-polar-ice-caps1236PMStory

Trump’s Tax Bill a “Poke in the Eye” to America’s Solar Future

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/trumps-tax-bill-a-poke-in-the-eye-to-americas-solar-future/?
utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sa-editorial-
social&utm_content&utm_term=tech_

New NJ gov overturns Christie's decision on cap and trade

http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/371282-new-nj-gov-overturns-christies-decision-on-cap-and-trade

E.P.A. Blocks Obama-Era Clean Water Rule

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/31/climate/trump-water-wotus.html
Astronaut Thomas Pesquet: ‘Earth is just a big spaceship with a crew. It needs looking after’

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/feb/02/astronaut-thomas-pesquet-earth-is-just-a-big-spaceship-
with-a-very-big-crew-?CMP=twt_a-science_b-gdnscience
Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences

What are memories made of? New study sheds light on key protein

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-01-memories-key-protein.html

Warm-air blowers direct pathogens to surgical site, computer model shows

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-01-warm-air-blowers-pathogens-surgical-site.html

Study may point to new ways to reverse insulin resistance

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-01-ways-reverse-insulin-resistance.html

New genetic test can predict adverse reactions to epilepsy drug

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-01-genetic-adverse-reactions-epilepsy-drug.html

Patients Are Experimenting With Ketamine to Treat Depression

https://www.wired.com/story/patients-are-experimenting-with-ketamine-to-treat-depression/?
mbid=nl_012818_daily_shortdek_list1_p3

How a Single Gene Could Become a Volume Knob for Pain

https://www.wired.com/2017/04/the-cure-for-pain/?mbid=nl_012818_daily_shortdek_list1_p4

Big Pharma Has the Flu

https://www.wired.com/story/flu-vaccine-big-pharma/
A Family’s Race to Cure a Daughter’s Genetic Disease

https://www.wired.com/story/a-familys-race-to-cure-a-daughters-genetic-disease/

Human genome decoded with pocket-sized device

https://phys.org/news/2018-01-human-genome-decoded-pocket-sized-device.html

Axolotl genome sequenced, revealing regeneration genes

https://newatlas.com/axolotl-genome-sequenced-regeneration/53119/

AI is helping turn the tide against flu in two important ways

https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/ai-helping-turn-tide-against-flu-two-important-ways-ncna840746?
cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_mc

Other

Algorithms are making American inequality worse

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/610026/algorithms-are-making-american-inequality-worse/?
utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_content=2018-01-
28&utm_campaign=Technology+Review

UNESCO and CNRS launch InsSciDE project for European Science Diplomacy

https://en.unesco.org/news/unesco-and-cnrs-launch-insscide-project-european-science-diplomacy

The spiritual message hidden in 'Star Wars'

https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/26/us/star-wars-religion/index.html

How to Design Beacons for Humanity's Afterlife

https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-design-beacons-for-humanitys-afterlife/

The Strava Heat Map and the End of Secrets

https://www.wired.com/story/strava-heat-map-military-bases-fitness-trackers-privacy/
Is this the end of civilisation? We could take a different path

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jan/24/end-civilisation-take-different-path?
CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Additional Informational

Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History Global Volcanism Program

http://volcano.si.axismaps.io/

Holocaust Denial and Distortion

https://www.ushmm.org/confront-antisemitism/holocaust-denial-and-distortion#

International Holocaust Remembrance Day Commemoration Recording

https://www.ushmm.org/watch/ihrd-2018?
utm_source=mkto&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=1802MKTEM03658-event-text-
button&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTjJNeU1ERmhOMlU0TW1aaCIsInQiOiIzSngyTjErS3Z2Tkw3Z2dkWjViNHZqbm5ud
UV0ZGs2dHQyUTNIVmFTRzR0REMwWHU1SGppK2hNbWpHVzBQcWFTRUx6UTdTbjNoYjVHOHZkMTN6
cHdBRFpTT3IrMkIrSkQ2bnBGaEtmeFwvY0pqVlU2MEZIcjRpNTlJb3paS2w4UWkifQ%3D%3D

Holocaust Encyclopedia, the Reichstag Fire

https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/the-reichstag-fire?
utm_source=mkto&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=1802MKTEM03658-three-col-link-
3&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTjJNeU1ERmhOMlU0TW1aaCIsInQiOiIzSngyTjErS3Z2Tkw3Z2dkWjViNHZqbm5udUV0Z
Gs2dHQyUTNIVmFTRzR0REMwWHU1SGppK2hNbWpHVzBQcWFTRUx6UTdTbjNoYjVHOHZkMTN6cHdB
RFpTT3IrMkIrSkQ2bnBGaEtmeFwvY0pqVlU2MEZIcjRpNTlJb3paS2w4UWkifQ%3D%3D

Friends Indeed: The American Friends Service Committee Collection

https://www.ushmm.org/collections/the-museums-collections/curators-corner/friends-indeed-the-american-
friends-service-committee-collection?
utm_source=mkto&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=1802MKTEM03658-three-col-link-
2&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTjJNeU1ERmhOMlU0TW1aaCIsInQiOiIzSngyTjErS3Z2Tkw3Z2dkWjViNHZqbm5udUV0Z
Gs2dHQyUTNIVmFTRzR0REMwWHU1SGppK2hNbWpHVzBQcWFTRUx6UTdTbjNoYjVHOHZkMTN6cHdB
RFpTT3IrMkIrSkQ2bnBGaEtmeFwvY0pqVlU2MEZIcjRpNTlJb3paS2w4UWkifQ%3D%3D

Sanskirt Online Library

http://sanskritlibrary.org

The Viking Great Army in England: new dates from the Repton charnel

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/viking-great-army-in-england-new-dates-from-the-
repton-charnel/30DFE4A0D5581DEBC8B43096A37985EE