Weekly Science Report

May 31, 2019

 
“You never loose. Every effort you make is a contribution to success. The work you start may
be completed at some other time by some other people. But when you make a sincere effort
toward a good end, you contribute to its ultimate attainment”.
Elmer R. Anderson, A Mans Reach
 

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

Ancient star explosions could have led early humans to walk upright
https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/ancient-star-explosions-could-have-led-early-humans-
walk-upright-ncna1012016?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma
 
The Smithsonian’s renewed fossil hall sends a forceful message about climate change
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/the-smithsonians-renewed-fossil-hall-
sends-a-forceful-message-about-climate-change/2019/05/25/bc896212-78d2-11e9-b3f5-
5673edf2d127_story.html?utm_term=.9586b13dd930
 
Storm Hannah uncovers Borth 'sunken' underwater forest
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-48407795?
ns_source=facebook&ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbcnews&ocid=socialflow_facebook&f
bclid=IwAR0jnqilbkT62qqSXRXlPpYyeuca3GvvGWY8ZQ8-
4r_v4NJaGlnpdxP4dTA&fbclid=IwAR2hAALjz2bPN_GWCcy0ZUIYBl4clE9c46CVgtvJoT6u5S
Xizc3dlaMmLjo
 
Volcanic eruption witnessed by prehistoric humans
https://phys.org/news/2019-05-volcanic-eruption-witnessed-prehistoric-humans.html?
fbclid=IwAR2lp_QsVSgr0zJLcyEw_47FXL0Y8oBP9T-WOqdZC--pYd5fJBoc51_0jUs
 
Ancient feces reveal parasites in 8,000-year-old village of Çatalhöyük
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-05/uoc-afr052419.php
 
Ancient DNA tells the story of the first herders and farmers in east Africa
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-05/slu-adt052819.php
 
 
 
 
 

History
 
Isle of Skye: Tourists urged to 'slow down, see less and experience more' of the island
https://www.scotsman.com/heritage/isle-of-skye-tourists-urged-to-slow-down-see-less-and-
experience-more-of-the-island-1-4938263
 
Italy's new ruins: heritage sites being lost to neglect and looting
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/may/28/italys-new-ruins-heritage-sites-being-lost-to-
neglect-and-looting
 
‘The Louvre Is Suffocating’: Staff at Paris’s Top Museum Go on Strike as Visitor Numbers Surge
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/louvre-strike-may-27-1557757
 
Lonnie Bunch to become new Smithsonian Institution leader
https://www.apnews.com/e562596ad2a44321b4fa0e90c3377eab
 
A little-known WWII catastrophe: 1,015 lost after a radio-guided bomb took out the Rohna
https://www.post-gazette.com/news/nation/2019/05/27/A-little-known-WWII-catastrophe-a-radio-
guided-bomb-took-out-the-Rohna-of-the-coast-of-North-Africa/stories/201905260017?
utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook_Pittsburgh_Post-Gazette
 
A slave became a Revolutionary War hero. Now, 151 years late, he's being honored
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/05/27/151-years-late-revolutionary-war-vet-
honored/1252732001/
 
The lost Louvre of Uzbekistan: the museum that hid art banned by Stalin
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2019/may/21/lost-louvre-uzbekistan-savitsky-museum-
banned-art-stalin
 
Atomic Veterans Were Silenced for 50 Years. Now, They’re
Talking- Video

https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/590299/atomic-
soldiers/?utm_medium=social&utm_content=edit-
promo&utm_term=2019-05-
27T17%3A51%3A45&utm_campaign=the-
atlantic&utm_source=facebook
 
Historical war crimes: an amnesty for British soldiers?
https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2019/may/30/historical-war-crimes-an-amnesty-for-
british-soldiers?
utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1559182825
 
In Tribe v. State Cases, Supreme Court Shifts Support to Native Americans
https://www.governing.com/topics/public-justice-safety/gov-tribal-rights-supreme-court-ruling-
native-americans.html
 
How the Ancient Maya Adapted to Climate Change
https://www.citylab.com/environment/2019/05/climate-change-ancient-maya-drought-irrigation/
589816/?utm_campaign=citylab&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_content=edit-
promo&utm_term=2019-05-21T10%3A57%3A20

 
 
 
 
 
Yes, Witches Are Real. I Know Because I Am One
http://time.com/5597693/real-women-witches/?
utm_medium=socialflowfb&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=time&xid=time_socialflo
w_facebook&fbclid=IwAR0U74VGkSM1403fV4H-qQgSQ8KJdZuz7suiTZ-3Mleh-FUQsH5fLyr-
0d0&fbclid=IwAR1eAKTUm4D4RcRGiffDek7czZLvKjxbyubqTc70jDuzubAPDGl14xw_Hpg
 
Meet Stagecoach Mary, the Daring Black Pioneer Who Protected Wild West Stagecoaches
https://www.history.com/news/meet-stagecoach-mary-the-daring-black-pioneer-who-protected-
wild-west-stagecoaches?
source=history&platform=facebook&postid=sf103458635&sf103458635=1&fbclid=IwAR3wMxy
ZQLssm5LOapPr4-YsJan3e2IxBOK8foqY6HD3x0fQ83I9Lb_XjZ0
 
France’s Senate Requires That Notre-Dame’s Iconic Spire Be Rebuilt ‘Exactly as It Was’
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/frances-senate-votes-rebuild-notre-dames-iconic-
spire-exactly-it-was-180972306/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia
 
Rosa Parks and Helen Keller will soon have statues on the grounds of the Alabama Capitol
https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/30/us/rosa-parks-helen-keller-alabama-capitol-trnd/index.html?
utm_medium=social&utm_content=2019-05-
30T19%3A22%3A30&utm_source=fbCNN&utm_term=link&fbclid=IwAR2EDT-
H97TpzSY4_sLuPIqVvk47B7pbw9BpT4pRpYuw5VjXzXoHhNl-NBA
 
The Hidden Power Behind D-Day
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/hidden-power-behind-d-day-180972313/?
utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia&fbclid=IwAR1zjNRu48-
FgnLxfD_p_9dxmTatOQu9gXvb6KkTtM6V7uJH3apsMDbEbIY

Bringing Back Moche Badminton

https://www.archaeology.org/issues/337-1905/features/7541-
bringing-back-moche-badminton

Archaeology
 
Remnants of Ancient Civilizations Are Still Around Us, But They’re Vanishing Fast
https://www.sarasotamagazine.com/articles/2019/5/30/ancient-civilizations
 
Rising Seas Swallowed Countless Archaeological Sites. Scientists Want Them Back
http://discovermagazine.com/2019/june/return-to-aquaterra?
utm_source=dscfb&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=dscfb
 
Archaeology takes veterans back to the battlefield
https://connectingvets.radio.com/articles/saratoga-national-histrorical-park-veterans-dig-finding-
history?
fbclid=IwAR3V_1TL3fZNESmEXvYNXjJnPdQXQHawVkzF8h_P19il_pqCVPgNDQdnioo
 
Montana tribe rips Trump administration over federal coal leasing
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-coal-tribe/montana-tribe-rips-trump-administration-over-
federal-coal-leasing-idUSKCN1SZ2WQ?fbclid=IwAR1GN4CuzjVxyoX-
g1XJxOfAkZrSAw8wRxqIKqqMYOlnS3zTAp52igjjPVM
 
Burial Mound Found on Kindergarten Playground Was Used for 2,000 Years
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/burial-mound-found-kindergarten-playground-was-
used-2000-years-180972305/?
utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia&fbclid=IwAR2suY45VPguoYgh-
iBNvYWhZprTwoSn7PlKedlpM-AxvJmXOf5g7_J1NrM
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Egyptology
 
Polish archeologists claim discovery of oldest church in Egypt
https://www.egyptindependent.com/polish-archeologists-claim-discovery-of-oldest-church-in-
egypt/
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

General Science
 
Nothing to report

Physics, Earth and Space Sciences

 
NASA's New Nuclear Reactor Could Change Space Exploration
http://discovermagazine.com/2019/march/nasas-powerful-plan?
utm_source=dscfb&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=dscfb&fbclid=IwAR2NXeQWVF9eQ6j
_wIEomypJN-btzv6lYFvq2hlVKcG3DJrvNV0H4kb-7ms
 
NASA head rules out SpaceX rockets for 2024 moon mission

https://www.cnet.com/news/nasa-head-rules-out-spacex-
rockets-for-2024-moon-mission/?ftag=COS-05-
10aaa0h&utm_campaign=trueAnthem
%3A+Trending+Content&utm_content=5ce9cc90c3070b0001
dca218&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=facebook

 
Scientists revisit the cold case of cold fusion
https://phys.org/news/2019-05-scientists-revisit-cold-case-fusion.html
 
Will Elon Musk’s Starlink satellites harm astronomy? Here’s what we know.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2019/05/elon-musk-starlink-internet-satellites-trouble-
for-astronomy-light-pollution/?
cmpid=org=ngp::mc=social::src=facebook::cmp=editorial::add=fb20190530science-
elonmustsatellitepollution::rid=&sf213515393=1&fbclid=IwAR36Smgn0sL4CJQI8bP_Z9TY12y2
_VkWS7ZLsWkFJZNJ57S0qMfh6CHSzaU
 
Ammonia detected on the surface of Pluto, hints at subterranean water
https://phys.org/news/2019-05-ammonia-surface-pluto-hints-subterranean.html?
fbclid=IwAR2yzqapWK410gDU4zzRxSmafgpf2sPCoNonU3MrcPAoQdHIk2l8xRP9m_o
 
Big Space Challenges Could Put NASA's Europa Missions on Ice
https://www.space.com/europa-clipper-lander-missions-nasa-challenges.html
 
Breakthrough Needed? Starshot Interstellar-Flight Project Faces Challenges
https://www.space.com/interstellar-flight-breakthrough-starshot-challenges.html
 
US and Japan to Cooperate on Return to the Moon
https://www.space.com/us-japan-cooperation-moon-return.html
 
Amid Deadly Season On Everest, Nepal Has No Plans To Issue Fewer Permits
https://www.npr.org/2019/05/28/727707684/after-deadly-season-on-everest-nepal-has-no-plans-to-
issue-fewer-permits?sc=tw
 
Physicists create stable, strongly magnetized plasma jet in laboratory
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-05/dppl-pcs053119.php
 
Subaru Telescope captures 1800 exploding stars
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-05/kift-stc053019.php
 
NASA plans to send equipment to Moon from 2020
https://phys.org/news/2019-05-nasa-equipment-moon.html
 
Three ways to travel at (nearly) the speed of light
https://phys.org/news/2019-05-ways.html
 
Study provides new insights into stellar population and gas outflow in the central region of NGC
1068
https://phys.org/news/2019-05-insights-stellar-population-gas-outflow.html
Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy
Sources
 
Climate change: ‘We’ve created a civilisation hell bent on destroying itself – I’m terrified’,
writes Earth scientist
https://theconversation.com/climate-change-weve-created-a-civilisation-hell-bent-on-destroying-
itself-im-terrified-writes-earth-scientist-113055
 
Attempt to weaken Brazil law protecting forests fails
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-environment-idUSKCN1T0005?
utm_campaign=trueAnthem:
+Trending+Content&utm_content=5cef406a2866ef00011cd6e0&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_
source=twitter
 

Better conservation through satellites

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-05/wcs-
bct053119.php
 
New research shows how habitat loss can destabilise ecosystems
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-05/su-nrs053119.php
 
A warming Arctic produces weather extremes in our latitudes
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-05/awih-awa052819.php
 
Conservationists find protected areas worldwide are shrinking
https://phys.org/news/2019-05-conservationists-areas-worldwide.html
 
Hydrogen-power electric flying vehicle: Long road to liftoff
https://techxplore.com/news/2019-05-hydrogen-power-electric-vehicle-road-liftoff.html
 
 
 
 

Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences

 
H.I.V. Is Reported Cured in a Second Patient, a Milestone in the Global AIDS Epidemic

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/04/health/aids-cure-london-
patient.html

 
Last male Sumatran rhino in Malaysia dies
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2019/05/last-sumatran-rhino-malaysia-dies/?
cmpid=org=ngp::mc=social::src=facebook::cmp=editorial::add=fb20190527animals-
lastmalesumatranrhino::rid=&sf213370006=1
 
Million-person U.S. study of genes and health stumbles over including Native American groups
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/05/million-person-us-study-genes-and-health-stumbles-
over-including-native-american-groups
 
Transgenic fungus rapidly killed malaria mosquitoes in West African study
https://phys.org/news/2019-05-transgenic-fungus-rapidly-malaria-mosquitoes.html?
fbclid=IwAR3dPE_7RYb5arbNUdVT0FAEM0EyJ97EV_G-tITwneKjj4dUNN1NYQhkML0
 
For the first time, scientists recreate cell division—outside a cell
https://phys.org/news/2019-05-scientists-recreate-cell-divisionoutside.html?
fbclid=IwAR1gYSd6QNdxbvnOeg-ESSzP2ugG0iZn7s0dtPRZaSWx0hTBTyHLRmZqNh4
 
Classification system based on co-occurring conditions may
provide insight into autism

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-05/rpi-
csb052919.php
 

Immunotherapy boosts survival outlook for lung cancer

patients: study

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-06-immunotherapy-
boosts-survival-outlook-lung.html

Other
 
'Giant Tic Tac' and Other Hypersonic UFOs Spotted by Navy Pilots
https://www.space.com/ufo-sightings-us-pilots.html
 
Former Head of Pentagon's Secret UFO Program Has Some (Strange) Stories to Tell
https://www.space.com/ufo-pentagon-history-channel.html?utm_source=notification
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Additional Informational
 
America's 11 most endangered historic places
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/11-most-endangered-places-2019/index.html
 
Are You Ready to Live in Space?
https://inspacenews.com/are-you-ready-to-live-in-space/?
utm_source=Insider&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=Insider%20-%20ET%20-
%20AMU
 
Weeksville, a Haven for Free African-Americans Before the Civil War, Is Fighting for Survival
https://www.aam-us.org/wire/nytimes/weeksville-a-haven-for-free-african-americans-before-the-
civil-war-is-fighting-for-survival/
 
TED Talk, The Magic of the Fibonacci numbers- Video
https://www.ted.com/talks/arthur_benjamin_the_magic_of_fibonacci_numbers
 
PEW, Vicksburg National Military Park Factsheet
https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/fact-sheets/2017/10/vicksburg-national-
military-park?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fixourparksus
 
ICOMOS, Project Anqa Final report
https://www.icomos.org/en/78-english-categories/58932-project-anqa-final-report
 
DOE Releases New Study Highlighting the Untapped Potential of Geothermal Energy in the United
States
https://www.energy.gov/articles/doe-releases-new-study-highlighting-untapped-potential-
geothermal-energy-united-states?
fbclid=IwAR3YTNt4YNeUMi3GzxQFIX25vVzQVNvkFxEzkoMLJCLtOS1UCDDIaCmJ8Ak
 
How Stony Brook Is Reshaping Global Conservation and Sustainability
https://sponsored.chronicle.com/StonyBrookUniversity/index.html?fbclid=IwAR0mZZ9BUcuAtgd-
kGXhGpce9q5EKh29BQVxY1Qom_KoI9vfHtAosVW3Fb4