Weekly Science Report

December 15, 2017

We are the ones we have been waiting for.

Alice Walker

Table of Contents
Introduction ....................................................................................................................... 2
News Articles .................................................................................................................... 3
Paleontology, Evolution and Prehistoric Studies ............................................................ 3
History ............................................................................................................................. 4
Archaeology .................................................................................................................... 6
Egyptology ....................................................................................................................... 7
General Science .............................................................................................................. 8
Physics, Earth and Space Sciences ............................................................................... 9
Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources ................................. 10
Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences .................................................................. 11
Other .............................................................................................................................. 12
Additional Informational ................................................................................................ 13
 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. Detwilers 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

'Once in a lifetime find': Dinosaur tail discovered trapped in amber

http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/08/health/dinosaur-tail-trapped-in-amber-trnd/index.html

Ancient Fishing Hooks Found at Burial Site Could Rewrite Our Understanding of Pleistocene
Gender Roles
http://www.newsweek.com/ancient-fishing-hooks-found-burial-site-could-rewrite-our-
understanding-744265

Nuclear technology unlocks 50-million-year-old time capsules

https://phys.org/news/2017-12-nuclear-technology-million-year-old-capsules.html#jCp
History

What Archaeologists and Historians Are Finding about the Heroine of a Beloved Young Adult
Novel
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/what-archaeologists-and-historians-are-finding-about-
heroine-beloved-young-adult-novel-
180967401/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia

In 1219, St. Francis crossed Crusade lines to meet Egypt's sultan. What can we learn from their
encounter?
https://www.americamagazine.org/arts-culture/2017/12/08/1219-st-francis-crossed-crusade-lines-
meet-egypts-sultan-what-can-we-
learn?utm_content=buffer8c9df&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaig
n=buffer

Emily Dickinson Was Fiercer than You Think

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/emily-dickinson-fiercer-than-think-
180962479/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia

Victoria and Abdul: The Friendship that Scandalized England

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/victoria-and-abdul-friendship-scandalized-england-
180964959/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia

Why do we still have to explain why Holocaust denial is wrong?

https://www.newstatesman.com/world/2017/09/why-do-we-still-have-explain-why-holocaust-
denial-wrong

The Incredible Linguistic Diversity of Tibet Is disappearing

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/incredible-linguistic-diversity-tibet-disappearing-
180967513/#rfW1c0fRZy7vlLpl.01

The British Museum's New Ancient Indus Exhibit

https://www.harappa.com/blog/british-museums-new-ancient-indus-exhibit

French officials accused of 'complicity' in Rwanda genocide

http://edition.cnn.com/2017/12/13/africa/french-officials-rwanda-
genocide/index.html?sr=fbCNN121317french-officials-rwanda-genocide1245PMStory

How Religion and Greed Toppled the Templars

http://www.history.com/shows/knightfall/pages/how-religion-and-greed-toppled-the-templars

Unraveling a Secret
http://discovermagazine.com/2017/oct/unraveling-a-secret

Why Muslims See the Crusades So Differently from Christians

http://www.history.com/news/why-muslims-see-the-crusades-so-differently-from-christians

UNESCO Director-General Launches Global Report Re-shaping Cultural Policies

https://en.unesco.org/news/unesco-director-general-launches-global-report-re-shaping-cultural-
policies

Genetics preserves traces of ancient resistance to Inca rule

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/12/171212090550.htm
How Climate Change Influenced Sociopolitical Development of Ancient Indian Civilizations
http://popular-archaeology.com/issue/fall-2017/article/how-climate-change-influenced-
sociopolitical-development-of-ancient-indian-civilizations

Study tracks historic movement of Maori groups

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11958208

Two Centuries Ago, Pennsylvania Almost Razed Independence Hall to Make Way for Private
Development
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/amazon-or-independence-hall-development-v-
preservation-city-philadelphia-180967463/
Archaeology

Muslim Tomb Found During Jerusalem Roadwork Deemed 'Not Ancient,' Will Be Paved Over
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-1.828459

Take a Virtual Tour of a Mysterious Pictish Cave in Scotland

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-create-3d-model-mysterious-bone-
filled-cave-scotland-180967443/#fBHE0TssHmXAE29K.01

Archaeologists Are Only Just Beginning to Reveal the Secrets Hidden in These Ancient
Manuscripts
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/archaeologoists-only-just-beginning-reveal-secrets-
hidden-ancient-manuscripts-180967455/#dLsQZDZJR2A2FD8e.01

OLDEST LATIN BIBLE TO RETURN TO UK AFTER OVER 1,300 YEARS

http://gulfnews.com/news/europe/uk/oldest-latin-bible-to-return-to-uk-after-over-1-300-years-
1.2134520

Indonesian island found to be unusually rich in cave paintings

https://phys.org/news/2017-12-indonesian-island-unusually-rich-cave.html

Spy satellites are revealing Afghanistans lost empires

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/12/spy-satellites-are-revealing-afghanistan-s-lost-empires

Evidence of 'special site' for Bronze Age burials near Loch Ness
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-42351956

New underwater discoveries in Greece reveal ancient Roman engineering

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/dec/14/new-underwater-discoveries-in-greece-reveal-
ancient-roman-engineering

Archaeologists unearth record of ancient Assyrias demise

https://popular-archaeology.com/issue/june-2013/article/archaeologists-unearth-record-of-
ancient-assyrias-demise

Ancient feces reveal parasites described in earliest Greek medical texts

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-12/uoc-afr121117.php

Its a beautiful specimen: Dugout canoe may be first found in area, archaeologist says
http://staugustine.com/news/local-news/2017-12-16/it-s-beautiful-specimen-dugout-canoe-may-
be-first-found-area
Egyptology

The Greatest Clash in Egyptian Archaeology May Be Fading, But Anger Lives On
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/greatest-clash-egyptian-archaeology-fading-anger-lives-
on-180967452/#dsdOAZ8tH642U2Fo.01

Linen-Wrapped Mummy Found Inside 3,500-Year-Old Tomb in Luxor

https://www.livescience.com/61163-two-ancient-egyptian-tombs-discovered.html#undefined.uxfs

Tr easures from King Tuts Tomb Are Going on a Blockbuster W orld Tour
https://news.artnet.com/exhibitions/king-tut-100th-anniversary-world-tour-
1164650#.WjKy8pyogTA.facebook

New discoveries in Aswan including child burials, small Artemis statue

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/285343/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/New-discoveries-
in-Aswan-including-child-burials,-.aspx
General Science

The FCC Just Killed Net Neutrality. Now What?

https://www.wired.com/story/after-fcc-vote-net-neutrality-fight-moves-to-courts-
congress/?mbid=nl_121417_daily_list1_p3

We Are Witnessing the Return of Supersonic Travel

https://futurism.com/witnessing-return-supersonic-travel/
Physics, Earth and Space Sciences

2 Bizarre Ancient Galaxies Found in a Colossal Sea of Dark Matter

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/2-bizarre-ancient-galaxies-found-in-a-colossal-sea-
of-dark-matter/ar-BBGz92L?ocid=ob-fb-enus-580

No alien 'signals' from cigar-shaped asteroid: researchers

https://m.phys.org/news/2017-12-alien-cigar-shaped-asteroid.html#

Trump Announces That the Moon Is Astronauts Next Destination

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/11/science/trump-moon-space-directive.html?smid=fb-share

NASA's Juno Probes the Depths of Jupiter's Great Red Spot

https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/2017/12/11

Earths Mysterious Hum Recorded in the Deep Sea for the First Time
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/mysterious-world-hum-recorded-seafloor-first-time-
180967487/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia

Dinosaurs Were Around Before Saturn Had Rings

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/dinosaurs-probably-older-saturns-rings-
180967565/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia

Eight planets found orbiting distant star, NASA says

http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/14/us/nasa-kepler-announcement-eight-planets-kepler-
90/index.html?sr=fbCNN121417nasa-kepler-announcement-eight-planets-kepler-
900132PMStoryLink

SpaceX Set to Launch a Reusable Rocket to the ISS

https://www.wired.com/story/spacex-set-to-launch-a-reusable-rocket-to-the-
iss/?mbid=nl_121217_daily_list3_p2

Nasa's New Horizons probe strikes distant gold

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-42333783#

UAE looks to Mars for STEM inspiration

http://edition.cnn.com/2017/12/07/middleeast/dubai-uae-mars-mission-global-gateway/index.html
Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources

France lures U.S. scientists with anti-Trump climate grants

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/france-climate-scientists-donald-trump-make-our-planet-great-
again-grants/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab6a&linkId=45753931

A poisonous past: At Monticello Mill, the story of uraniums deadly legacy

https://durangoherald.com/articles/199145-a-poisonous-past-at-monticello-mill-the-story-of-
uraniums-deadly-legacy

BU Trustees Approve Aggressive Climate Action Plan

http://www.bu.edu/today/2017/bu-trustees-approve-aggressive-climate-action-plan/

Interior secretary pushing controversial road project

http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/10/politics/alaska-izembek-road-zinke-
invs/index.html?sr=fbCNN121017alaska-izembek-road-zinke-invs0418PMVODtop

Rethinking Electric Power, Prompted by Politics and Disaster

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/11/us/rethinking-electric-power-prompted-by-politics-and-
disaster.html

The Dirty Secret of the Worlds Plan to Avert Climate Disaster

https://www.wired.com/story/the-dirty-secret-of-the-worlds-plan-to-avert-climate-
disaster/?mbid=nl_121117_daily_list3_p2

Climate Change Could Take the Air Out of Wind Farms

https://www.wired.com/story/climate-change-could-take-the-air-out-of-wind-
farms/?mbid=nl_121217_daily_list3_p4

As Climate Change Fades from Government Sites, a Struggle to Archive Data

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/as-climate-change-fades-from-government-sites-a-
struggle-to-archive-data/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share_button

Miami Citizens Become Scientists to Study Rising Seas

https://www.voanews.com/a/miami-citizens-become-scientists-study-rising-seas/4154775.html

Zinke reprimanded park head after climate tweets

http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/364994-zinke-reprimanded-park-head-after-climate-
tweets

Cemeteries Turn To Swamps As Alaska's Permafrost Melts

https://www.npr.org/2017/12/16/571300619/cemeteries-turn-to-swamps-as-alaskas-permafrost-
melts?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews
&utm_content=2045

Engineers develop floating solar fuels rig for seawater electrolysis

https://phys.org/news/2017-12-solar-fuels-rig-seawater-electrolysis.html

Researching How To Fight Climate Change With Geoengineering

https://www.npr.org/2017/12/17/571443704/researching-fighting-climate-change-with-
geoengineering

This city in Alaska is warming so fast, algorithms removed the data because it seemed unreal
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2017/12/12/barrow-is-warming-
so-fast-algorithms-removed-the-data-because-it-seemed-unreal/?hpid=hp_hp-more-top-stories-
2_alaska-warming-230pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.e7c2ee2c46a6
Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences

Officials: Whales, after deadly year, could become extinct

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/officials-whales-deadly-year-extinct-51699640

Huntingtons breakthrough may stop disease

http://www.bbc.com/news/health-
42308341?ocid=socialflow_facebook&ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbcnews&ns_source=
facebook

CDC banned from using 'evidence-based' and 'science-based' in official documents: report
http://thehill.com/news-by-subject/healthcare/365204-trump-admin-bans-cdc-from-using-
evidence-based-and-science-based

Mammal long thought extinct in Australia resurfaces

https://phys.org/news/2017-12-mammal-thought-extinct-australia-resurfaces.html

Study prompts new ideas on cancers' origins

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2017-12-prompts-ideas-cancers.html
Other

Yelang Valley: Meet the man who built his own castle
http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-asia-42066724/yelang-valley-meet-the-man-who-built-his-
own-castle

Americas Lost Einsteins

https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/12/innovation-income-
chetty/547202/?utm_content=buffer5ecbf&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm
_campaign=buffer

Minneapolis Institute of Art gets big grant to study empathy

http://www.startribune.com/minneapolis-institute-of-art-gets-big-grant-to-study-
empathy/463943223/

Secret Pentagon Program Spent Millions To Research UFOs

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/12/17/571446881/secret-pentagon-program-spent-
millions-to-research-ufos
 Additional Informational
TED Talk, Adventures of an interplanetary architect
https://www.ted.com/talks/xavier_de_kestelier_adventures_of_an_interplanetary_architect?utm_c
ampaign=social&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_content=talk&utm_term
=art-design

Project BLUE BOOK - Unidentified Flying Objects

https://www.archives.gov/research/military/air-force/ufos.html

Infographic: How well live on Mars

https://ideas.ted.com/infographic-how-well-live-on-
mars/?utm_campaign=social&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_content=id
eas-blog&utm_term=science

In pictures: Art Basel in Miami Beach Public sector

http://theartnewspaper.com/news/in-pictures-art-basel-in-miami-beach-public-sector

Where Women Reign: An Intimate Look Inside a Rare Kingdom

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/proof/2017/08/portraits-of-chinese-Mosuo-
matriarchs/

Museum Calls Attention to Crisis in South Sudan with Special Exhibition

https://www.ushmm.org/confront-genocide/genocide-prevention-blog/museum-calls-attention-to-
crisis-in-south-sudan-with-special-exhibition-1

Top 10 Archaeological Discoveries of 2017

https://www.archaeology.org/issues/281-1801/features/6163-top-10-discoveries-of-2017