Weekly Science Report

November 16, 2018

 
“An understanding society cannot fall into the hands of racism.  Stand together and build a
foundation of peace. Yesterday’s lessons are tomorrow’s warnings.”
Robert Badinter
 
Table of Contents
 
Introduction
News Articles
Paleontology, Evolution and Prehistoric Studies
History
Archaeology
Egyptology
General Science
Physics, Earth and Space Sciences
Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources
Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences
Other
Additional Informational
 

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
 
Ice Age Cave Art Found Under Layers of Centuries-Old Graffiti
https://www.livescience.com/64099-cave-art-under-graffiti.html
 
Late Miocene ape maxilla (upper jaw) discovered in western India
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-11/p-lma110818.php
 
Weasel-Like Fossils Reveal Evolutionary Clues of the First Mammals
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/weasel-like-fossils-reveal-clues-about-evolution-
first-mammals-180970836/
 
Humans Are Just as Violent as Neanderthals, Scientists Conclude
https://www.history.com/news/neanderthal-violence-discovery?
cmpid=FACEBOOK_FBPAGE__20181114&linkId=59631674
 
 
 
 

History
 
Climate change likely caused migration, demise of ancient Indus Valley civilization
https://popular-archaeology.com/article/climate-change-likely-caused-migration-demise-of-ancient-
indus-valley-civilization/
 
A lost ancient city built by Trojan War captives has been found, Greek officials say
https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2018/11/13/lost-ancient-city-built-by-trojan-war-captives-
has-been-found-greek-officials-say/?utm_term=.8c45262137d1
 
Handwritten Einstein letter auctioned off for nearly $40,000
https://apnews.com/c0210d91eba342759a107b605f98f753?
utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=AP
 
Young Jonestown survivors built new lives amid grief, scorn
https://www.apnews.com/08719a0375204841ba4efaa718b96dff?fbclid=IwAR09Y-
K6prqOglxhSL9vT9gdqXrjqwTbhgamfFCPQ2t6eOb3SgjRDhJSyo4
 
A World War II hero returns to Germany to solve a mystery -- and meet an enemy
https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/10/us/ww2-reunion-us-german-veterans/index.html
 
Fewer foreign students coming to United States for second year in row, survey finds
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/fewer-foreign-students-coming-united-states-
second-year-row-survey-n935701?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_ma
 
Photo Of Hitler Posing With A Girl Who Had A Jewish Grandmother Auctioned For $11.5K
https://www.npr.org/2018/11/14/667965101/photo-of-hitler-posing-with-a-girl-who-had-a-jewish-
grandmother-auctioned-for-11?sc=tw
 
The Cost of Courage: The 2 Couples Who Rescued My Family From The Nazis
https://www.npr.org/2018/11/14/663061471/the-cost-of-courage-the-two-couples-who-rescued-my-
family-from-the-nazis?sc=tw
 
Verdict On Khmer Rouge Leaders Is First To Officially Acknowledge Regime's Genocide
https://www.npr.org/2018/11/16/668505535/verdict-on-khmer-rouge-leaders-is-first-to-officially-
acknowledge-regimes-genoci
 
The forgotten Muslim heroes who fought for Britain in the trenches
https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2017/nov/12/forgotten-muslim-heroes-fought-for-britain-first-
world-war?__twitter_impression=true
 
The Chemists’ War
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/10/science/chemical-weapons-world-war-1-armistice.html
 
Mysterious Suitcase Helps Connecticut Man Discover His Grandfather's WWII Service
https://www.npr.org/2018/11/12/666363999/mysterious-suitcase-helps-connecticut-man-discover-
his-grandfathers-wwii-service?sc=tw
 
What you don't know about America's Islamic heritage
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2018/11/16/islam-america-muslims-religion-president-
trump-american/1736878002/?
fbclid=IwAR05dRXs5HOrRJi1m0UCsP4iI2u0GCdXywHaKXgjcWgWbz0Z9aK1Ro2i8wE
 
 
 
Did Colonists Give Infected Blankets to Native Americans as Biological Warfare?
https://www.history.com/news/colonists-native-americans-smallpox-blankets?
cmpid=FACEBOOK_FBPAGE__20181115&linkId=59695717
 
 
 
 

Archaeology
 
Hundreds of Tiny Terracotta Warriors Found Guarding 2,100-Year-Old Chinese Site
https://www.livescience.com/64071-mini-terracotta-army-discovered-china.html
 
Archaeologists discover 15th century indigenous tombs in Bolivia
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-bolivia-archaeology/archaeologists-discover-15th-century-
indigenous-tombs-in-bolivia-idUSKCN1NJ2P8
 
Excavators find tombs buried in Bolivia 500 years ago
https://phys.org/news/2018-11-excavators-tombs-bolivia-years.html
 
 
 
 

Egyptology
 
3,700 year-old skeletons of woman, fetus discovered in Egypt's Aswan
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/316308/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/,yearold-skeletons-
of-woman,-fetus-discovered-in-E.aspx
 
Ancient Egyptians discovered Algol's variability 3,000 years before western astronomers
https://phys.org/news/2018-11-ancient-egyptians-algol-variability-years.html
 
Archaeologists Discover Dozens Of Cat Mummies, 100 Cat Statues In Ancient Tomb
https://www.npr.org/2018/11/11/666704847/archaeologists-discover-dozens-of-cat-mummies-100-
cat-statues-in-ancient-tomb?sc=tw
 
 
 
 
 
 
General Science
 
A Material to Save the World?
https://www.scientificamerican.com/custom-media/pictet/a-material-to-save-the-world/?
mvt=i&mvn=0f6a1c3d8dc048a18834c00b27bfb7e3&mvp=NA-SCIEAMERLIVE-
11237933&mvl=HomePopular
 
How to Teach Artificial Intelligence Some Common Sense
https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-teach-artificial-intelligence-common-sense/?
CNDID=41291302&CNDID=41291302&bxid=MjM5NjgxMjIxODk5S0&hasha=3ed15b3d4270f5
2ce4da5de4e5031836&hashb=9085a9ae56cc45a4e9bae24e2eaeaade6e04a43e&mbid=nl_111318_d
aily_list1_p1&utm_brand=wired&utm_mailing=WIRED%20NL
%20111318%20(1)&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nl
 
Fei-Fei Li's Quest to Make AI Better for Humanity
https://www.wired.com/story/fei-fei-li-artificial-intelligence-humanity/?
CNDID=41291302&CNDID=41291302&bxid=MjM5NjgxMjIxODk5S0&hasha=3ed15b3d4270f5
2ce4da5de4e5031836&hashb=9085a9ae56cc45a4e9bae24e2eaeaade6e04a43e&mbid=nl_111518_d
aily_list1_p2&utm_brand=wired&utm_mailing=WIRED%20NL
%20111518%20(1)&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nl
 
Facebook Failed to Police How Its Partners Handled User Data
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/12/technology/facebook-data-privacy-users.html?
fbclid=IwAR0am-olMx0Mjyg5rkKmHQcgKYsmLVNBN73BnvZsW5hTGkVtkQRKjGQBT1g
Physics, Earth and Space Sciences

Overflowing crater lakes carved canyons across Mars

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-11/uota-
ocl111418.php

Astronomers Discover Second-Closest Known Exoplanet

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/
astronomers-discover-second-closest-exoplanet-180970818/
 
New space industry emerges: on-orbit servicing
https://phys.org/news/2018-11-space-industry-emerges-on-orbit_1.html
 
SpaceX gets nod to put 12,000 satellites in orbit
https://phys.org/news/2018-11-spacex-satellites-orbit.html
 
Infinite-dimensional symmetry opens up possibility of a new physics—and new particles
https://phys.org/news/2018-11-infinite-dimensional-symmetry-possibility-physicsand-particles.html
 
Scientists confirm massive impact crater beneath Greenland's ice
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/scientists-confirm-massive-impact-crater-beneath-
greenlands-ice/ar-BBPJfyv?li=BBnbfcL&ocid=SL5FDHP
 

 
Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy
Sources
 
Climate change may be dissolving the ocean floor. Here's why we should be worried.
https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/climate-change-may-be-dissolving-ocean-floor-here-s-
why-ncna935261?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_ma
 
China's 'artificial sun' reaches 100 million degrees Celsius marking milestone for nuclear fusion
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-11-15/china-attempts-to-create-an-artificial-sun/10495536?
smid=Page:%20ABC%20News-Facebook_Organic&WT.tsrc=Facebook_Organic&sf202329061=1
 
As Brazil’s Far Right Leader Threatens the Amazon, One Tribe Pushes Back
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/10/world/americas/brazil-indigenous-mining-bolsonaro.html
 
EPA official arrested on felony ethics charges in Ala
https://chicago.suntimes.com/environment/trey-glenn-epa-official-arrested-felony-ethics-charges-
alabama/
 
 

Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences

Scientists produce 3D chemical maps of single bacteria

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-11/dnl-
sp3111618.php
 
New way to look at cell membranes could change the way we
study disease
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-11/uoo-nwt111618.php
 
The Genius Neuroscientist Who Might Hold the Key to True AI
https://www.wired.com/story/karl-friston-free-energy-principle-artificial-intelligence/?
CNDID=41291302&CNDID=41291302&bxid=MjM5NjgxMjIxODk5S0&hasha=3ed15b3d4270f5
2ce4da5de4e5031836&hashb=9085a9ae56cc45a4e9bae24e2eaeaade6e04a43e&mbid=nl_111318_d
aily_list1_p4&utm_brand=wired&utm_mailing=WIRED%20NL
%20111318%20(1)&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nl
 
Gene-edited food is coming, but will shoppers buy?
https://phys.org/news/2018-11-gene-edited-food-shoppers.html?fbclid=IwAR2Cq6aal-
QaTjZp0Qj5JIBxyQumk_rgfhwInvwz16kIN5P1LUUPT-j86nE
 
UPMC Children’s Hospital Researchers Working On ‘Groundbreaking’ Procedure To Cure Diabetes
https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2018/11/14/upmc-childrens-hospital-pittsburgh-diabetes-cure-
research/#.W-zpq73ZRWg.facebook
 
In China, Desperate Patients Smuggle Drugs. Or Make Their Own.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/11/business/china-drugs-smuggled-homemade.html
 

Other
 
UFOs spotted off Irish coast under investigation
https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-europe-46181662?__twitter_impression=true
 
The Impact of Technology on Democracy
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-impact-of-technology-on-democracy-1541943796
 
Stan Lee Is Dead at 95; Superhero of Marvel Comics
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/12/obituaries/stan-lee-dead.html
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Additional Informational
 
It's time to take a stand for nature
http://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/blog/2018/time-to-take-a-stand-for-nature.html
 
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, Application - 2019–2020 Museum Teacher Fellowship Program
https://events.ushmm.org/profile/form/index.cfm?
PKformID=0x45810abcd&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTXpabE1qSTJNemc1TTJZeCIsInQiOiJnd0FSeFNXY
2gwVUM1RkNtWjFZMmZ3aWlNdXVKckpDY3NETHVjQmgzRlU1SnpMd0NtZmxQWDlwUlN
2U1U2VXhmcUZ3dU9kSFg2R3Vmd3ZTWVVPTElxRTREUTY2bDY0T3VCN25DZWdEbFlFN
EFSV2JoVm9jcGM3V2JcLzlcL0V3NDlaIn0%3D
 
2019 Arthur and Rochelle Belfer National Conference for Educators, July 22-27: Washington DC
https://www.ushmm.org/online-calendar/event/NALIHEBELFER0719?
utm_source=mkto&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=1907LHEEM04132&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiT
XpabE1qSTJNemc1TTJZeCIsInQiOiJnd0FSeFNXY2gwVUM1RkNtWjFZMmZ3aWlNdXVKckp
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VVPTElxRTREUTY2bDY0T3VCN25DZWdEbFlFNEFSV2JoVm9jcGM3V2JcLzlcL0V3NDlaIn0
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