Weekly Science Report

March 16, 2018

“If the concept of God has any validity or any use, it can only be to make us larger,
freer and more loving. If God cannot do this, then it is time we got rid of him.”
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

127-million-year-old baby bird fossil sheds light on avian evolution

https://phys.org/news/2018-03-million-year-old-baby-bird-fossil-avian.html

Why Won't The Old Caveman Stereotypes For Neanderthals Die?

https://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2018/03/05/589858179/why-won-t-the-old-caveman-stereotypes-die?
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Mammals share mechanisms controlling the heart with a 400 million-year-old fish

https://phys.org/news/2018-03-mammals-mechanisms-heart-million-year-old-fish.html

What’s a “Missing Link”?

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/whats-missing-link-180968327/#VqlzSjh7F0ZOp19i.01

Humans thrived in South Africa through the Toba super-volcanic eruption about 74,000 years ago

https://phys.org/news/2018-03-humans-south-africa-toba-super-volcanic.html

How Cheese, Wheat and Alcohol Shaped Human Evolution

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-cheese-wheat-and-alcohol-shaped-human-evolution-
180968455/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia

Compassion helped Neanderthals to survive, new study reveals

https://phys.org/news/2018-03-compassion-neanderthals-survive-reveals.html

What Doomed the Pterosaurs?

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/what-doomed-pterosaurs-180968462/
#PXDrcOhmsLBmG8Kb.01

History

Early Women’s Rights Activists Wanted Much More than Suffrage

http://www.history.com/news/early-womens-rights-movement-beyond-suffrage

This Miami park already has two museums. Does it really have room for two more?

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/downtown-miami/article203545174.html

By rewriting history, Hindu nationalists aim to assert their dominance over India
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-india-modi-culture-specialreport/special-report-by-rewriting-history-hindu-
nationalists-aim-to-assert-their-dominance-over-india-idUSKCN1GI170?utm_source=applenews

Two Museum Directors Say It’s Time to Tell the Unvarnished History of the U.S.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/two-museum-directors-say-its-time-tell-
unvarnished-history-us-180968341/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia

How Native American Slaveholders Complicate the Trail of Tears Narrative

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/how-native-american-slaveholders-complicate-trail-
tears-narrative-180968339/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia

Palestinian Museum's digital archive project to preserve heritage

https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2018/03/palestinian-museum-to-create-digital-archive.html

How I Learned About the “Cult of the Lost Cause”

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-i-learned-about-cult-lost-cause-180968426/?
utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia

Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU premieres photographs of the Hongkew Ghetto

http://artdaily.com/news/103068/Jewish-Museum-of-Florida-FIU-premieres-photographs-of-the-Hongkew-
Ghetto#.WqkYn2rwZQK

London Mayor Sadiq Khan Reads Aloud Racist Tweets About

Himselfhttps://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/london-mayor-sadiq-khan-racist-tweets-south-by-sou/?
utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_content=global&utm_campaign=general-
content&linkId=49200354

More than 100 years later, the 'great mystery' of the vanished USS Cyclops remains unsolved

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/more-than-100-years-later-the-great-mystery-of-the-vanished-uss-
cyclops-remains-unsolved/ar-BBKd48A?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=SL5FDHP

50 years ago, the My Lai massacre shamed the US military

https://apnews.com/4268e3e8a0554d59b71638479503111a

Advocates fight to save grant that helps preserve history of World War II internment

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/advocates-fight-save-grant-helps-preserve-history-world-war-
ii-n856351?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_ma
Archaeology

How archaeologists discovered an ancient Assyrian city – and lost it again

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/feb/07/archaeologists-discovered-an-ancient-assyrian-city-only-
to-lose-it-again

Researcher: New forensic analysis indicates bones were Amelia Earhart's

https://phys.org/news/2018-03-forensic-analysis-bones-amelia-earhart.html

Report suggests drones to protect Turkish antiquities

https://aa.com.tr/en/culture-and-art/report-suggests-drones-to-protect-turkish-antiquities/1082530?
platform=hootsuite

Redcar beach ancient woodland uncovered by weather

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-tees-43309633

Dogs trained to sniff out ancient treasures looted from Syria

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/mar/11/dogs-trained-to-sniff-out-ancient-treasures-looted-
from-syria?platform=hootsuite

Ancient Mayan relics, Ice Age human remains found hidden in world's biggest underwater cave

https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/ancient-mayan-relics-ice-age-human-remains-found-hidden-worlds-biggest-
underwater-cave-1662800

Easter Island is Eroding

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/03/14/climate/easter-island-erosion.html?
mtrref=www.facebook.com&gwh=C1A2A91E19752A824C4DD04313DE8CA4&gwt=pay

Egyptology

Nothing to report
General Science

Russia says it has successfully tested advanced hypersonic missile

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/russia-says-it-has-successfully-tested-advanced-hypersonic-missile/
ar-BBK7dei?ocid=ob-fb-enus-580

Physics, Earth and Space Sciences

Donor star breathes life into zombie companion

https://phys.org/news/2018-03-donor-star-life-zombie-companion.html

Scientists crack 70-year-old mystery of how magnetic waves heat the sun

https://phys.org/news/2018-03-scientists-year-old-mystery-magnetic-sun.html

DARPA Sees Clear Path to Faster Cheaper Space Technology

https://www.space.com/39875-darpa-wants-faster-cheaper-space-technology.html

Super-deep diamond provides first evidence in nature of Earth's fourth most abundant mineral

https://phys.org/news/2018-03-super-deep-diamond-evidence-nature-earth.html

Elon Musk: Mars rocket will fly 'short flights' next year

http://money.cnn.com/2018/03/11/technology/future/spacex-elon-musk-mars-bfr/index.html

15 New Planets Discovered Near Solar System

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/15-new-planets-discovered-near-solar-system/ar-BBK7yov?
ocid=ob-fb-enus-580

'Star Trek' hero wants you to join humanity's first mission to the sun

https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/star-trek-hero-wants-you-join-humanity-s-first-mission-
ncna855466?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_ma
China Test Flies Reusable Space Plane Prototype

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/china-test-flies-reusable-space-plane-prototype/ar-BBK68Fm?
ocid=ob-fb-enus-580

Michio Kaku foretells humanity's extraordinary future

https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/michio-kaku-sees-amazing-things-our-future-except-those-scary-
ncna851226?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_ma

NASA's InSight mission will give Mars a long-overdue 'health checkup'

https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/nasa-s-insight-mission-will-give-mars-long-overdue-health-
ncna855186

Antarctica's seafloor is teeming with life, rare submersible footage shows

https://mashable.com/2018/03/08/antarctica-ocean-life-blue-planet-video/?utm_cid=mash-com-fb-main-
link#00lf6oJeCqqt

Elon Musk: we must colonize Mars to preserve our species in a third world war

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/mar/11/elon-musk-colonise-mars-third-world-war?CMP=fb_gu

There’s No One Steering the Ship at NASA

https://www-bloomberg-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bloomberg.com/amp/news/articles/2018-03-12/
there-s-no-one-steering-the-ship-at-nasa

Who Needs $20 Million? Moon Race Still on Without Google's Prize

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-03-11/space-explorers-now-shoot-for-the-moon-without-
google-s-prize

What Does Trump Mean By 'Space Force'?

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/03/trump-space-force-nasa/555560/

Stephen Hawking, Who Examined the Universe and Explained Black Holes, Dies at 76

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/stephen-hawking-who-examined-the-universe-and-explained-black-
holes-dies-at-76/ar-BBKbCIm?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=SL5FDHP

Moon bases being planned now may show us how to live off-planet

https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/moon-bases-being-planned-now-may-show-us-how-live-
ncna855826?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_ma

China aiming to be first to Moon's south pole and establish research base, lunar program official says
https://gbtimes.com/china-aiming-to-be-first-to-moons-south-pole-and-establish-research-base-lunar-
program-official-says?cat=chinas-space-program

Astronomers discover galaxies spin like clockwork

https://phys.org/news/2018-03-astronomers-galaxies-clockwork.html

Live High Definition Video From Mars? NASA Is Getting Ready

https://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2018/03/14/592910837/live-high-definition-video-from-mars-
nasa-is-getting-ready?
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Researchers demonstrate existence of new form of electronic matter

https://phys.org/news/2018-03-electronic.html

Scientists design conceptual asteroid deflector and evaluate it against massive potential threat

https://phys.org/news/2018-03-scientists-asteroid-deflector-massive-potential.html

Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources

Trump admin to allow elephant trophy imports on 'case-by-case' basis

https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/06/politics/elephant-trophies-trump/index.html?sr=fbCNN030618elephant-
trophies-trump1233PMStoryLink

The Nature Conservancy and the Government of Quintana Roo Announce Innovative Financial Mechanism
for Insuring and Conserving Coral Reefs

https://www.nature.org/newsfeatures/pressreleases/the-nature-conservancy-and-the-government-of-
quintana-roo-announce-innovativ.xml

As India offers up cash and advice, sunny nations form a solar alliance

http://news.trust.org/item/20180312134257-fbj3c/

Fishing Boats 'Going Dark' Raise Suspicion Of Illegal Catches, Report Says

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/03/11/592802471/fishing-boats-going-dark-raise-suspicion-of-
illegal-catches-report-says?
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UN-World Bank panel report calls for ‘fundamental shift’ in water management

https://news.un.org/en/story/2018/03/1004982

Laser-heated nanowires produce micro-scale nuclear fusion with record efficiency

https://phys.org/news/2018-03-laser-heated-nanowires-micro-scale-nuclear-fusion.html

Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences

An Alzheimer's Drug Has Been Shown to Help Teeth Repair Cavities Naturally

https://www.sciencealert.com/alzheimer-s-drug-could-be-used-to-regrow-teeth-six-weeks

Newly Engineered Antibody Can Fight Back Against 99 Percent of HIV Strains

https://futurism.com/newly-engineered-antibody-can-fight-back-against-99-percent-of-hiv-strains/

Stroke Survivor Walks Again After Doctors Inject Stem Cells Directly into Brain

https://futurism.com/stroke-survivor-walks-again-after-doctors-inject-stem-cells-directly-into-brain/

Unraveling the Genetics Behind Why Some People “See” Sound and “Hear” Color
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/researchers-begin-unravel-how-some-people-see-sound-and-
hear-color-180968374/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia

Autism's social deficits are reversed by an anti-cancer drug

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-03-autism-social-deficits-reversed-anti-cancer.html

"Paris of the oceans" pact crucial to save seas, says WWF head

http://news.trust.org/item/20180310153926-6m7gp/

Can Machine Learning Find Medical Meaning in a Mess of Genes?

https://www.wired.com/story/can-machine-learning-find-medical-meaning-in-a-mess-of-genes?
mbid=nl_031218_daily_list3_p5&CNDID=41291302

Native American tribe in Miami pushing for release of Seaquarium orca

https://www.local10.com/news/local-10-investigates/tribe-in-miami-pushing-for-release-of-seaquarium-orca
SXSW: Ray Kurzweil Says DNA Is "Outdated Software" Biotech Can "Reprogram"

https://www.inverse.com/article/42256-sxsw-2018-dna-out-dated-software-biotech-can-reprogram

A 4-Minute Surgery That Can Give Sight To The Blind

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2018/02/22/577602059/the-miracle-of-cataract-surgery-the-blind-
can-see-again?
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Astronaut's DNA no longer matches that of his identical twin, NASA finds

https://edition.cnn.com/2018/03/14/health/scott-kelly-dna-nasa-twins-study/index.html?
sr=fbCNN031518scott-kelly-dna-nasa-twins-study0218AMVODtop

Permanent artificial heart is playing for keeps

https://newatlas.com/ohsu-permanent-artificial-heart/53755/

Why a Study on Opioids Ignited a Twitter Firestorm

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2018/03/moral-hazard-opioid/555389/?utm_source=atlfb

Other

THE VATICAN HOSTS A HACKATHON

https://www.wired.com/story/vatican-hackathon-2018?mbid=nl_030818_daily_list3_p3&CNDID=41291302

The Grim Conclusions of the Largest-Ever Study of Fake News

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/03/largest-study-ever-fake-news-mit-twitter/555104/?
utm_campaign=newsletter_subscription&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nuzzel
 Additional Informational

Holocaust Encyclopedia, Bystanders

https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/bystanders

Graham Hancock’s Response to an Archaeologist at Göbekli Tepe

https://grahamhancock.com/dainesm3/

Federal Bureau of Investigation, National Stolen Art File

https://www.fbi.gov/investigate/violent-crime/art-theft/national-stolen-art-file

THE GERMAN CHURCHES AND THE NAZI STATE

https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/the-german-churches-and-the-nazi-state

Carnegie Council, the Lost History of Prosecuting Axis War Crimes, with Dan Plesch

https://www.carnegiecouncil.org/studio/multimedia/20180227-the-lost-history-of-prosecuting-axis-
war-crimes-dan-plesch

11 Inspirational Stephen Hawking Quotes That Will Fill You with Wonder

https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/stephen-hawking-quotes-wonder-dead-death-died-beau/?
utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_content=global&utm_campaign=general-
content&linkId=49239237

Cambridge University, Professor Stephen Hawking 1942 - 2018

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrVVvXOIwQc