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Weekly Science Report

March 1, 2019
 
"What is done cannot be undone, but one can prevent it happening again."
Anne Frank
 

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.
 
I hope you enjoy this publication and that the content challenges and inspires you!
 
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News Articles
 
Paleontology, Evolution and Prehistoric Studies
 
Siberia’s ancient ghost clan starts to surrender its secrets
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-00672-2
 
'Mama's Last Hug' Makes Case That Humans Are Not Alone In Experiencing Emotions
https://www.npr.org/2019/03/01/698902400/mamas-last-hug-makes-case-that-humans-are-not-
alone-in-experiencing-emotions?sc=tw
 
Scientists discover how surfaces may have helped early life on Earth begin
https://phys.org/news/2019-03-scientists-surfaces-early-life-earth.html
 
Susceptibility to Mental Illness May Have Helped Humans Adapt over the Millennia
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/susceptibility-to-mental-illness-may-have-helped-
humans-adapt-over-the-millennia/
 
 

History
 
New clues to the lost tomb of Alexander the Great discovered in Egypt
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/new-clues-to-the-lost-tomb-of-alexander-the-great-
discovered-in-egypt/ar-BBUbBp9?ocid=se
 
How I beat the Nazis: 100-year-old tells her story
https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/true-stories/how-i-beat-the-nazis-100yearold-tells-her-
story/news-story/f0440c119f31b7a2007ba4e918312f0d
 
Refugees Connect Their Personal Stories with a Museum’s Ancient Artifacts
https://hyperallergic.com/484835/global-guides-program-penn-museum/
 
Holocaust Museum Houston Seeks Artifact Donations To Expand Its Collection
https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/2019/02/22/322903/holocaust-museum-houston-
seeks-artifact-donations-to-expand-its-collection/?
utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=cpc&utm_content=fb-1-1-20190222-322903-
ca&utm_campaign=news-local
 
Do you speak Ladino? Meet the folks trying to save a dying language
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/do-you-speak-ladino-meet-folks-trying-save-dying-
language-n974056?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_ma
 
‘Say Nothing’ Unearths Buried Secrets in Northern Ireland
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/20/books/review-say-nothing-murder-northern-ireland-patrick-
radden-keefe.html
 
Met Museum to Return Prize Artifact Because It Was Stolen
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/15/arts/design/met-museum-stolen-coffin.html?
platform=hootsuite
 
Around 2,000 Artifacts Have Been Saved From the Ruins of Brazil’s National Museum Fire
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/around-2000-artifacts-have-been-saved-ruins-
brazils-national-museum-fire-180971510/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia
 
While seizing thousands of artifacts from an Indiana home, FBI makes "staggering" discovery
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fbi-speaks-out-on-seizing-artifacts-from-indiana-home-staggering-
discovery-of-human-bones/?ftag=COS-05-10aaa0g&utm_campaign=trueAnthem:
+Trending+Content&utm_content=5c760f7d4b73850001dc13b4&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm
_source=twitter
 
To Counter Anti-Semitism, French Women Find Strength In Diversity At Auschwitz
https://www.npr.org/2019/02/28/697805787/to-counter-anti-semitism-french-women-find-strength-
in-diversity-at-auschwitz?sc=tw
 
Silver and the Phoenician expansion
https://popular-archaeology.com/article/silver-and-the-phoenician-expansion/
 
Ancient Angkor’s mysterious decline may have been slow, not sudden
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/ancient-angkor-mysterious-decline-slow-not-sudden
 
Mount Vesuvius Didn't Kill Everyone in Pompeii. Where Did the Survivors Go?
https://www.livescience.com/64854-where-pompeii-refugees-fled.html
Archaeology
 
How climate change is revealing, and threatening, thawing relics
https://edition-m.cnn.com/2019/02/26/world/climate-change-threatens-archaeology-intl/index.html?
r=https%3A%2F%2Fedition.cnn.com
%2F&fbclid=IwAR0pCXKa79X7ZzSsElFVPSKDhAO38K7jC4KeV6GCsP1duvJFFVzRxhKO3G
k
 
Vandals Steal Head Of 800-Year-Old Mummy In Ireland
https://www.npr.org/2019/02/26/698097024/vandals-steal-head-of-800-year-old-mummy-in-
ireland?
utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_
content=20190226&fbclid=IwAR0Ox_6pIPmuh6vJuyZgy7aGqdBmCmcBQhBKcGJsnK9enOZd5
31BDNr_PZw
 
Non-destructive archaeology finds military fort beneath Alcatraz prison
https://www.theengineer.co.uk/alcatraz-non-destructive-archaeology/?
fbclid=IwAR2HczU4MnKE47jCy8vhnqnjoNhLbC1n0nimVWkvjSB-
tA_2awHms8f1F4Y#.XHfWRL_Y720.facebook
 
Remains of hundreds of Jews unearthed in Nazi-era mass grave in Belarus
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-belarus-massgrave-idUSKCN1QF24U?
utm_campaign=trueAnthem:
+Trending+Content&utm_content=5c760a274b73850001dc1315&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm
_source=twitter
 
18 Skeletons, 3 Buttons and a Revolutionary War Mystery
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/26/nyregion/lake-george-bones-found.html
 
Archaeological evidence shows Minoans used violence and were prepared for war
https://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/34666-archaeological-evidence-shows-minoans-
used-violence-and-prepared-for-war.html
 
2,000-year-old tattoo needle identified by archaeologists

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/2019/02/ancient-
tattoo-needle-southwest-archaeology/

Northwest Coast clam gardens nearly 2,000 years older than


previously thought -- study

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-02/sfu-
ncc022719.php

Egyptology
 
Stolen Mummy Feet, Arms and More Found Stashed in Speakers at Cairo Airport
https://www.livescience.com/64851-mummy-parts-recovered-airport.html
 
 
 
 
 

General Science
 
Spider silk could be used as robotic muscle
https://phys.org/news/2019-03-spider-silk-robotic-muscle.html
 
 
Physics, Earth and Space Sciences
 
Israel Launches Spacecraft To The Moon
https://www.npr.org/2019/02/21/696694642/israel-set-to-launch-spacecraft-to-the-moon?sc=tw
 
Trump orders creation of Space Force, but within Air Force
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/world/trump-orders-creation-of-space-force-but-within-air-
force
 
Apollo 11 review – eye-opening documentary is a five-star triumph
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/feb/25/apollo-11-review-eye-opening-documentary-is-a-
five-star-triumph?CMP=share_btn_fb&fbclid=IwAR0Yj67bOg9ThHgVZ9yi8kei_C2k0DrC6o8-
JvTl2xyBOrKsyJI38yMtGU0
 
'FarFarOut' is now the most distant solar system object ever seen
https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/farfarout-now-most-distant-solar-system-object-ever-seen-
ncna977066?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_ma
 
Five Teams Win NASA DALI Awards to Advance Future Lunar Missions
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2019/five-teams-win-nasa-dali-awards-to-advance-future-
lunar-missions
 
Chris Hadfield: Astronaut Life Is Much More Than a Spacewalk
https://www.wired.com/story/chris-hadfield-astronaut-life-is-much-more-than-a-spacewalk/?
CNDID=41291302&CNDID=41291302&bxid=MjM5NjgxMjIxODk5S0&hasha=3ed15b3d4270f5
2ce4da5de4e5031836&hashb=9085a9ae56cc45a4e9bae24e2eaeaade6e04a43e&mbid=nl_022719_d
aily_list3_p5&source=DAILY_NEWSLETTER&utm_brand=wired&utm_mailing=WIRED%20NL
%20022719%20(1)&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nl
 
Chinese scientists envision solar power station in space: report
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-02/27/c_137853992.htm
 
Using stardust grains, ASU scientists build new model for nova eruptions
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-02/asu-usg022819.php
 
Pluto and Charon's ancient scars reveal a dearth of small Kuiper Belt objects
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-02/aaft-pac022519.php
 
America's newest crew capsule rockets toward space station
https://phys.org/news/2019-03-america-crew-capsule-rockets-space.html
 
Hiding black hole found
https://phys.org/news/2019-03-black-hole.html
 
First evidence of planet-wide groundwater system on Mars
https://phys.org/news/2019-03-evidence-planet-wide-groundwater-mars.html
 
Fabiola Gianotti: ‘There is nothing more rewarding than discovering a new particle’
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/feb/23/fabiola-gianotti-interview-director-general-cern-
particle-physicist-large-hadron-collider

Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy


Sources
 
Fish stocks continuing to fall as oceans warm, study finds
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/feb/28/fish-stocks-continuing-to-fall-as-oceans-
warm-study-finds
 
New research from Arctic: Thawing permafrost peatlands may add to atmospheric CO2 burden
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-03/uoef-nrf030119.php
 
More humans always mean fewer African carnivores, right? Nope
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-03/msu-mha030119.php
 
Tree rings tell climate stories that technology can't
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-03/hu-trt030119.php
 
Catastrophic outlook for African savannahs due to rise in CO2 levels
https://phys.org/news/2019-03-catastrophic-outlook-african-savannahs-due.html
 
Atmospheric scientists offer climate change clues in new studies
https://phys.org/news/2019-03-atmospheric-scientists-climate-clues.html
 
Made From Microalgae, These Mardi Gras Beads Are Biodegradable
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/made-from-microalgae-these-mardi-gras-beads-are-
biodegradable-180971578/
 
 

Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences


 
World's Largest Bee Is Spotted For First Time In Decades
https://www.npr.org/2019/02/21/696626918/worlds-largest-bee-is-spotted-for-first-time-in-decades?
sc=tw
 

Heart attack patients taken directly to heart centers have


better long-term survival
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-03/esoc-hap022619.php
 
4 New DNA Letters Double Life's Alphabet
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/4-new-dna-letters-double-lifes-alphabet/
 
 
 
 
Other
 
Are we on the road to civilization collapse?
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20190218-are-we-on-the-road-to-civilisation-collapse?
ocid=ww.social.link.facebook
 
Who You See Before You Die: Hospice Documenting Patients’ Mysterious Dream Experiences
https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2019/02/25/hospice-buffalo-death-dreams-study/?
fbclid=IwAR3Pt8bM2YcwZ2nMHE798pudpRsLeck0J5eQKbtGrUO59h6wPovVYEj5ng8
 
There’s a talking gargoyle that is surprising visitors at DIA
https://kdvr.com/2019/02/28/theres-a-talking-gargoyle-that-is-surprising-visitors-at-dia/
 
The Decline of Historical Thinking
https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/the-decline-of-historical-thinking/amp?
__twitter_impression=true
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Additional Informational
 
Protecting America’s Collections:  Results from the Heritage Health Information Survey
https://www.imls.gov/sites/default/files/publications/documents/imls-hhis-report.pdf
 
The Oldest True Stories in the World
https://www.sapiens.org/language/oral-tradition/
 
Photos: The Ram-Headed Sphinx of Gebel el-Silsila
https://www.livescience.com/64869-photos-ram-headed-sphinx.html

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