Weekly Science Report 4th Jan 2019

Weekly Science Report
January 4, 2019

“Here lies officers and men, black and white, rich and poor together. Here are Protestants,
Catholics and Jews together. Among these men there is no discrimination, no prejudices, no
hatred. Whoever of us raises his hand in hate against his brother or thinks himself superior to
those who happen to be in a minority makes of this ceremony and the bloody sacrifice it
commemorates an empty hollow mockery. We here solemnly swear that this will not be in
vain. Out of this will come we promise the birth of a new freedom for the sons of men
everywhere.”
Rabbi Gilsen, U.S. Marine Corps
World War II

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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News Articles

Paleontology, Evolution and Prehistoric Studies

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/?
CNDID=41291302&CNDID=41291302&bxid=MjM5NjgxMjIxODk5S0&hasha=3ed15b3d4270f5
2ce4da5de4e5031836&hashb=9085a9ae56cc45a4e9bae24e2eaeaade6e04a43e&mbid=nl_010119_d
aily_list1_p3&utm_brand=wired&utm_mailing=WIRED%20NL
%20010119%20(1)&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nl

A prehistoric treasure Göbeklitepe to mark Turkish tourism in 2019
https://www.dailysabah.com/tourism/2018/12/26/a-prehistoric-treasure-gobeklitepe-to-mark-
turkish-tourism-in-2019/amp?__twitter_impression=true

'Digital museum' brings millions of fossils out of the dark
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-46497406

13,000-year-old human footprints found off Canada's Pacific coast
https://eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-03/p-1oh032118.php

Mammals cannot evolve fast enough to escape current extinction crisis
https://eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-10/au-mce101118.php

Take a dive into Smithsonian’s massive and amazing ‘whale warehouses’
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/take-a-dive-into-smithsonians-massive-
and-amazing-whale-warehouses/2018/12/13/403c3002-fe45-11e8-862a-b6a6f3ce8199_story.html?
noredirect=on&utm_term=.36a2cddce32e

T-rrific: rare dinosaur fossils crown major Smithsonian makeover
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/jan/01/t-rrific-rare-dinosaur-fossils-crown-major-
smithsonian-makeover

Did a gigantic bird really eat a Neanderthal child?
https://www.popsci.com/neanderthal-child-bones-giant-bird?
con=TrueAnthem&dom=fb&lnk=TA&src=SOC&utm_campaign&utm_content=5c2f0b8b3ed3f000
01eaf893&utm_medium&utm_source&fbclid=IwAR0_TMze86I_LJOWVXUOtQcuCIVOSSPe0G
X5GhggxnBpFzHXhVTAjLcXTQI

Mammoth DNA found in Cambodia market items
https://phys.org/news/2019-01-mammoth-dna-cambodia-items.html?fbclid=IwAR3g-
qrG9hseb8CUBP_8vcW_DL3vWpeevfaM2bUjlZlENH8fJz-cPcvRWOk

Archaeologists Identify Oldest Known Human Burial in Lower Central America
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-identify-oldest-known-human-burial-
lower-central-america-180971166/
History

The uncontacted tribes of Brazil face genocide under Jair Bolsonaro
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/dec/31/tribes-brazil-genocide-jair-bolsonaro?
CMP=fb_gu

Will U.S. Withdrawal from Unesco Affect Heritage Sites?
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/12/travel/withdrawal-unesco-heritage-sites.html

2018 in museums: big ethics questions dominate the field
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/analysis/2018-in-museums

How Museums Are Using Facebook Live
https://www.museumnext.com/2018/12/how-museums-are-successfully-using-facebook-live/

The Governor Who Couldn’t Vote: Why History Forgot Oregon’s 1st Female Head Of State
https://www.opb.org/news/article/carolyn-b-shelton-chamberlain-oregon-governor-history/#

Why Jefferson’s vision of American Islam matters today
https://theconversation.com/amp/why-jeffersons-vision-of-american-islam-matters-today-97915

Brazil’s National Museum closes the year on a poignant note
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/brazil-s-national-museum-closes-the-year-on-a-poignant-
note

In Response to Exploding Visitor Numbers, Venice Will Now Start Charging Tourists an Entrance
Fee
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/venice-entrance-fee-tax-2019-1429798?fbclid=IwAR0a-
MDkitKXwauSA9sNCIXh-r0G_3L2VACVYofa5HDh4MH9jICjDNwDWdU

Italy's Uffizi Gallery wants Nazi-looted artwork back from Germany
https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/uffizi-artwork-nazis-scli-intl/index.html?
utm_source=fbCNNi&utm_content=2019-01-
02T16%3A59%3A07&utm_medium=social&utm_term=link

Chip By Chip, Restoring The Damaged Washington National Cathedral
https://www.npr.org/2018/12/20/678335148/chip-by-chip-restoring-the-damaged-washington-
national-cathedral?
utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_
content=20190101

She’s ‘in a race against time’ to rescue Holocaust evidence
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/article223669385.html

'Come to take you home': A pipe, a tribe, a quest to reclaim the past
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2018/12/19/minnesota-prairie-island-tribal-pipe-reclaimed-auction

Let Them Eat Heritage
https://hyperallergic.com/477122/let-them-eat-heritage/?
fbclid=IwAR3nCtVxYXwU6G83Ad0HPWcLpO4FcAXHGnHTK0U_bnfxdblQay9SS5lmjms

First women to enter India temple in centuries now in hiding as protests rage
https://edition.cnn.com/2019/01/03/asia/india-kerala-temple-intl/index.html?

‘Shameful’: As U.S. Government Shutdown Forces Museums to Shutter, Artists Respond
http://www.artnews.com/2019/01/02/shameful-u-s-government-shutdown-forces-museums-shutter-
artists-respond/?fbclid=IwAR1dgi24KkxCrLoZ3nV-pzTK6DQjhaa8-
pPraoQaLTblJnA94FF5ktU60J0

15,000 murders a day: August-October 1942 were the Holocaust's deadliest months
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2019/01/02/holocaust-death-camps-15-000-murdered-
per-day-august-october-1942/2463662002/?
fbclid=IwAR3W4zqtW_EoWWB3mUheqNib8N3vw8rKV-rWcowbYBYdFrvQAlcK2C0p9ew

How the Dust Bowl Made Americans Refugees in Their Own Country
https://www.history.com/news/dust-bowl-migrants-california?
cmpid=FACEBOOK_FBPAGE__20190104&linkId=61944549

Construction set to resume later this year on American Indian Cultural Center and Museum
https://kfor.com/2019/01/04/construction-set-to-resume-later-this-year-on-american-indian-cultural-
center-and-museum/?utm_campaign=trueAnthem
%3A+Trending+Content&utm_content=5c2f912b04d30127e3b7739d&utm_medium=trueAnthem
&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR2OtODhjXrglM9KPPMMO9PVyZERubRPYDwo5asE3Ep
BiiS_ox-aP00Cpb4

The Dark Side of the Grimm Fairy Tales
https://www.history.com/news/the-dark-side-of-the-grimm-fairy-tales?

His Love For Books Reads Like Poetry
https://www.npr.org/2019/01/04/678645947/his-love-for-books-reads-like-poetry?
utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_
content=20190104&fbclid=IwAR0NvqeDGGbmNj5KmYQsmX-ggYkszpz3kkpCRyhhCdDKszR-
bbQTM0afHs8

Solomon: the wealthy, wise king of Israel
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/people-in-the-bible/story-king-solomon-wise-temple/?
cmpid=org=ngp::mc=social::src=twitter::cmp=editorial::add=tw20190104culture-
solomonking::rid=&sf205394449=1

Other Duties as Assigned
https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2019/01/02/mission-creep-other-duties-as-assigned/

HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR REUNITES WITH FAMILY THAT HID HER IN A CELLAR
http://sfi.usc.edu/news/2018/12/23841-holocaust-survivor-reunites-family-hid-her-cellar
How climate change caused the world's first empire to collapse
https://phys.org/news/2019-01-climate-world-empire-
collapse.html

Archaeology

Laser Scan Reveals Fate of Nazi U-Boat Sunk Near Outer Banks Coas
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/laser-scan-reveals-fate-wwii-u-boat-sunk-near-outer-
banks-coast-180971132/#3U9vqaQhqZb5MOZ2.03

Mexican experts discover first temple of god depicted as skinned human corpse
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/02/mexico-flayed-lord-temple-fertility-god-skinned-
human-corpse?CMP=twt_gu&__twitter_impression=true

British archaeologists explore hidden world of Roman ruins beneath the world’s first cathedral
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/12/22/british-archaeologists-explore-hidden-world-roman-
ruins-beneath/amp/

Catapult ball fired at Edinburgh Castle in 13th century siege discovered in hotel site dig
https://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/catapult-ball-fired-at-edinburgh-castle-in-13th-century-siege-
discovered-in-hotel-site-dig-1-4849752

Ancient Nikouria decree, missing for almost a century, rediscovered on Amorgos
http://www.ekathimerini.com/236088/article/ekathimerini/life/ancient-nikouria-decree-missing-for-
almost-a-century-rediscovered-on-amorgos

Medieval Weapon Uncovered Near Scottish Castle
https://www.archaeology.org/news/7271-181231-scotland-siege-trebuchet?
utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

India's Anonymous Artists
https://www.archaeology.org/issues/325-1901/trenches/7210-trenches-india-petroglyphs

Hush-hush archaeology
http://sdcitybeat.com/news-and-opinion/news/hush-hush-archaeology/?
fbclid=IwAR3MFBMoShPYiwszs7XuHCuB4xWfiuRaj4QsD27Ibh-ZQIJX64pofiqd0b0

Decoding the Ancient Secrets of White Shaman
http://discovermagazine.com/2012/may/11-decoding-ancient-secrets-of-white-shaman?
utm_source=dscfb&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=dscfb&fbclid=IwAR0cb7Lumy9xPko2d
okah6G3086oHiW5ZZoB0IW2nmSv158Uv6zHoHfdGSY

Skara Brae, an ancient village made of stone, could be lost to climate change
https://www.yaleclimateconnections.org/2019/01/stone-age-village-could-be-lost/?
fbclid=IwAR3z59IUpWt1WhJei_CC_ZjuRF14iNAelG6Sz3ab4kPIdt_R4Z23uIPBH6o

Jordan Retrieves 58 Smuggled Antiquities from Canada
https://aawsat.com/english/home/article/1528966/jordan-retrieves-58-smuggled-antiquities-canada
Egyptology

Mummy Workshop
https://www.archaeology.org/issues/323-1901/features/7204-egypt-saqqara-mummy-workshop

Pharaoh: the arrogant king punished by God
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/people-in-the-bible/pharaoh-king-punished-god/?
cmpid=org=ngp::mc=social::src=facebook::cmp=editorial::add=fb20190104culture-
pharaoh::rid=&sf205348300=1

General Science

Meet the High Schooler Shaking Up Artificial Intelligence
https://www.wired.com/story/meet-the-high-schooler-shaking-up-artificial-intelligence/?

Data storage using individual molecules
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-12/uob-dsu121718.php?
utm_source=64&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=EurekAlert!-
(@EurekAlert)&utm_term=EurekAlert&utm_content=AAAS

MIT researchers develop novel 3D printing method for transparent glass
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-12/mali-mrd122718.php

Buzz grows on 'flying cars' ahead of major tech show
https://phys.org/news/2019-01-cars-major-tech.html?
fbclid=IwAR2oKZda0DKkA8STpPbfJAyWbWJoViWWh1t_aFsnAgucn5HVT1ZEkb--ztg
Physics, Earth and Space Sciences

The Most Distant Place We’ve Visited
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/31/opinion/technology/ultima-thule-new-horizons.html

Nancy Grace Roman, 'Mother Of Hubble' Space Telescope, Has Died, At Age 93
https://www.npr.org/2018/12/30/680994535/nancy-grace-roman-mother-of-hubble-space-telescope-
has-died?sc=tw

Submersible Is First to Reach Bottom of Atlantic Ocean
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/private-submarine-first-reach-bottom-atlantic-ocean-
180971144/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia

Finally, New Horizons' First Photos of Ultima Thule
https://www.wired.com/story/new-horizons-first-photos-ultima-thule/?

Where did the hot Neptunes go? A shrinking planet holds the answer
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-12/udg-wdt121218.php?

Illuminating nanoparticle growth with X-rays
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-12/dnl-ing122618.php

After historic flyby, New Horizons probe treks deeper on hunt for moons
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-space-new-horizons/after-historic-flyby-new-horizons-probe-
treks-deeper-on-hunt-for-moons-idUSKCN1OX1ZM

New nanosatellite system captures better imagery at lower cost
https://phys.org/news/2019-01-nanosatellite-captures-imagery.html?
fbclid=IwAR0UMIcNnVg4UjtDqhPIwTkgeXCPC3z9DpjCmnpuJfse8pep1QTMB-msfz0

China just landed a spacecraft on the moon's far side. Here's what Chang'e 4 will teach us.
https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/china-just-landed-spacecraft-moon-s-far-side-here-s-
ncna954466?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_nw

An Entire Layer of Earth's History Could Have Been Ripped Away by Ice
https://www.history.com/news/earth-crust-great-uncomformity-theory?

China begins first surface exploration of moon's far side
https://phys.org/news/2019-01-chinese-rover-exploring-dark-side.html

Researchers find bottom of Pacific getting colder, possibly due to Little Ice Age
https://phys.org/news/2019-01-bottom-pacific-colder-possibly-due.html

Tiny satellites could be 'guide stars' for huge next-generation telescopes
https://phys.org/news/2019-01-tiny-satellites-stars-huge-next-generation.html
Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy

Sources

Scientists reveal technique to make 'unlimited renewable energy' by boosting photosynthesis using a
'dormant' chemical found in algae
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6131079/Scientists-invented-way-create-unlimited-
renewable-energy.html?ito=social-facebook

Interior Proposing to Ignore Certain ‘Burdensome’ FOIA Requests
https://news.bloombergenvironment.com/environment-and-energy/interior-proposing-to-ignore-
certain-burdensome-foia-requests?
utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=ehsdesk&utm_campaign=2019-01-02T14%3A24%3A16

Rise of carbon dioxide–absorbing mountains in tropics may set thermostat for global climate
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/12/rise-carbon-dioxide-absorbing-mountains-tropics-may-
set-thermostat-global-climate?utm_source=64&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=AAAS-
(@aaas)&utm_term=WebEd&utm_content=AAAS

Greenland ice melting 'even in winter'
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-46646203

Biogas guzzlers: Karachi's public buses to run on cow poo
https://af.reuters.com/article/energyOilNews/idAFL8N1Y43ZZ

Ocean Cleanup device breaks down, well before ridding Pacific of plastics
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ocean-cleanup-device-breaks-down-well-ridding-pacific-
plastics-n954446?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_nw

Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences

Vaccine for Honeybees Could Be a Tool to Fight Population Decline
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/23/science/bee-vaccine-
honeybee.html

Breath test to detect multiple cancers early begins large trial
https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/03/health/breath-test-cancer-
gbr-scli-intl/index.html?
utm_medium=social&utm_content=2019-01-
03T16%3A24%3A02&utm_term=link&utm_source=fbCNN

This Bill Gates-backed start-up is fighting world hunger by
making your avocados last longer
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/12/31/bill-gates-backed-apeel-
sciences-makes-fruit-avocados-last-longer.html?
__source=twitter%7Cmain

Wireless 'pacemaker for the brain' could offer new treatment for neurological disorders
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-12/uoc--wf122718.php?

Melbourne geneticists make new discovery about how a baby's sex is determined
https://eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-12/uom-mgm121218.php

Scientists Have 'Hacked Photosynthesis' In Search Of More Productive Crops
https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2019/01/03/681941779/scientists-have-hacked-photosynthesis-
in-search-of-more-productive-crops?sc=tw

How Jean Bennett Found a Way to Treat Hereditary Blindness in Children
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/how-jean-bennett-found-way-treat-hereditary-
blindness-children-180971168/?
utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia&fbclid=IwAR3oLJZabVLXFHhEAAyNip
q-9PoZ6gYR_ex_XyAM6NYC7PZhYJAGqlnCa1k

An errant editing enzyme promotes tumor suppressor loss and leukemia propagation
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-01/uoc--
aee010319.php

Our bodies may cure themselves of diabetes in the future
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-01/tuob-obm010419.php

A new hope in treating neurodegenerative disease
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-01/dgi-anh010419.php

Other

China closer to equipping warships with electromagnetic railguns, state media reports
https://edition.cnn.com/2019/01/04/asia/china-pla-navy-railgun-intl/index.html?

Additional Informational

The Lazy Person’s Guide to Saving the World
https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/takeaction/

UNESCO Revive the spirit of Mosul
https://en.unesco.org/projects/the-spirit-of-mosul

We are Still In, Cultural Institutions are Still In
https://www.wearestillin.com/news/cultural-institutions-are-still

Why Holocaust Analogies Are Dangerous
https://medium.com/@HolocaustMuseum/why-holocaust-analogies-are-dangerous-4cc55ac575d8?
mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWm1JMFltTTBZemxqTXpkbSIsInQiOiJWV3lsTGp5XC9aWGJMQ2p0RVdZaG
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FWWxNVG8ifQ%3D%3D

12 Years That Shook the World Podcast
https://www.ushmm.org/learn/12-years-that-shook-the-world-podcast?
utm_source=mkto&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=1901MKTEM04286-horizontal-photo-
1&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWm1JMFltTTBZemxqTXpkbSIsInQiOiJWV3lsTGp5XC9aWGJMQ2p0RVdZ
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