Weekly Science Report

November 2, 2018
 
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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
 
You Thought Modern Life Was Bad. This Neanderthal Child Was Eaten By a Giant Bird
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/poor-neanderthal-child-was-eaten-giant-bird-
180970524/?utm_source=keywee-
facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia&utm_campaign=keywee_mobile&kwp_0=1016669&fb
clid=IwAR037lt9LRY35ziMoROyWsu6tYvQJpGVkC4PSxp7ZUCtSC8EU34WcI7wG3c
 
The Indians of the Ecuadorian Amazon were using cocoa 5,300 years ago
https://popular-archaeology.com/article/the-indians-of-the-ecuadorian-amazon-were-using-cocoa-
5300-years-ago/
 
A Very Long Way to Eat Rhino
https://www.archaeology.org/issues/310-1809/trenches/6868-trenches-philippines-middle-
pleistocene-rhinoceros-feast
 
Paleontologists discover new sauropod species in Argentina
https://phys.org/news/2018-11-paleontologists-sauropod-species-argentina.html
 
Neandertal teeth reveal the earliest known signs of lead exposure
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/neandertal-teeth-reveal-earliest-known-signs-lead-exposure?
tgt=nr
 
 

History
 
A Deadly Hunt for Hidden Treasure Spawns an Online Mystery
https://www.wired.com/story/forrest-fenn-treasure-online-mystery/?
CNDID=41291302&CNDID=41291302&MD5=3ed15b3d4270f52ce4da5de4e5031836&SHA1=90
85a9ae56cc45a4e9bae24e2eaeaade6e04a43e&bxid=MjM5NjgxMjIxODk5S0&mbid=nl_102718_d
aily_list1_p3&utm_brand=wired&utm_mailing=WIRED%20NL
%20102718%20(1)&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nl
 
Birthright citizenship: A Trump-inspired history lesson on the 14th Amendment
https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2018/10/30/birthright-citizenship-trump-inspired-history-
lesson-th-amendment/?fbclid=IwAR1jn71Mp3ZSWW52MVUCgPrZg6OLK-
2pTZJbpOwj6wT1XGXRvz5hX9CsFiw&utm_term=.fe6cd030e31f
 
Scorsese, DiCaprio to direct, star in Killers of the Flower Moon, Osage Murders
https://newsmaven.io/indiancountrytoday/news/scorsese-dicaprio-to-direct-star-in-killers-of-the-
flower-moon-osage-murders-vl70KeczW0mwVbQGAZt6FA/
 
N.J. Holocaust survivor: I worry Kristallnacht could happen again 
http://www2.philly.com/philly/opinion/commentary/pittsburgh-synagogue-shooting-kristallnacht-
holocaust-survivor-20181030.html?__vfz=medium
%3Dsharebar&fbclid=IwAR00e4PO4s967mApxzTB8JDU8S0VXpG9xpNfsCN7ALtpSW7QynFez
-QujSQ

Discovery of velvet bag may solve gory mystery of Walter Raleigh’s missing head
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2018/oct/28/walter-raleigh-bag-severed-head-gory-
mystery?CMP=share_btn_fb&fbclid=IwAR1m3tqG6suCFQVsOC9LKWHWXNrR71-
fW6iF_HMrCqTwXW7ONWGyDi24uCs
 
Human remains found near Vatican's Rome Embassy revive 1983 cold case
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/human-remains-found-near-vatican-s-rome-embassy-revive-
1983-n926626?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_nw
 
Auschwitz memorial wants to prosecute neo-fascist for her 'humanly awful' T-shirt
https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/31/europe/auschwitz-t-shirt-intl-trnd/index.html?
utm_medium=social&utm_source=fbCNN&utm_content=2018-11-
01T09%3A31%3A03&utm_term=link
 
Interior northwest Indians used tobacco long before European contact
https://popular-archaeology.com/article/interior-northwest-indians-used-tobacco-long-before-
european-contact/
 
 
 
 
 
 
Archaeology
 
Vandalism and neglect haunt Libya's ancient heritage sites
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-libya-archaeology/vandalism-and-neglect-haunt-libyas-ancient-
heritage-sites-idUSKCN1MX25B
 
Guam Preservation Board irked at Navy's clearing of ancient village
http://www.kuam.com/story/39373749/2018/10/29/guam-preservation-trust-irked-at-navys-
clearing-of-ancient-village?fbclid=IwAR24hHKg7JwuGzSut5ksn6j-
7WmApm_IApMRFB3F3u2RolkHO-X5nnhBSyI#.W9bymoaHPlY.facebook
 
Centuries-old sculptures discovered in Peru
https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/centuries-old-wooden-statues-discovered-peru/index.html?
utm_medium=social&utm_source=twCNNi&utm_content=2018-10-24T13:22:31
 
Rare 3,000-year-old Assyrian art work expected to fetch more than $10M at auction
https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/assyrian-relief-panel/index.html?
utm_source=twCNN&utm_medium=social&utm_content=2018-10-
30T00%3A32%3A01&utm_term=image
 
Ritual Cemeteries—For Cows and Then Humans—Plot Pastoralist Expansion Across Africa
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/ritual-cemeteries-cows-humans-pastoralist-
expansion-across-africa-180970683/?
utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20181101-daily-
responsive&spMailingID=37031863&spUserID=NDkzNjg5MzU3MzY5S0&spJobID=1400112759
&spReportId=MTQwMDExMjc1OQS2
 
'Story of a nation': HS2 archaeological dig begins in UK's biggest excavation
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/oct/26/story-of-a-nation-hs2-rail-archaeological-dig-
begins-in-uks-biggest-excavation
 
Probing the secrets of Sardis
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2018/10/harvard-archaeologists-probe-the-secrets-of-sardis/
 
 
 

Egyptology
 
This 4,500-Year-Old Ramp Contraption May Have Been Used to Build Egypt's Great Pyramid
https://www.livescience.com/63978-great-pyramid-ramp-discovered.html
 
The Rulers of Foreign Lands
https://www.archaeology.org/issues/309-1809/features/6855-egypt-hyksos-foreign-dynasty
 
 
 
 
 

General Science
 
This Tiny Drone Uses Friction to Pull More Than Its Own Weight
https://www.wired.com/story/how-a-tiny-drone-can-pull-objects-way-heavier-than-itself/?
CNDID=41291302&CNDID=41291302&bxid=MjM5NjgxMjIxODk5S0&hasha=3ed15b3d4270f5
2ce4da5de4e5031836&hashb=9085a9ae56cc45a4e9bae24e2eaeaade6e04a43e&mbid=nl_103018_d
aily_list1_p1&utm_brand=wired&utm_mailing=WIRED%20NL
%20103018%20(1)%20remainder&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nl
 
NUS researchers turn plastic bottle waste into ultralight super material
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-11/nuos-nrt110218.php

Physics, Earth and Space Sciences

 
Chinese privately developed rocket fails to reach orbit
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-space-landspace/chinese-privately-developed-rocket-fails-
to-reach-orbit-idUSKCN1N2078

Sir Martin Rees says a physics experiment could swallow up the entire universe
https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/sir-martin-rees-fears-physics-experiment-could-swallow-
entire-universe-ncna924396?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_ma
 
NASA spacecraft sets record for closest approach to sun
https://apnews.com/51f523bc21324386a52f8f838d1290b1?
fbclid=IwAR06RqgzyafFE8J4I2YDPhwiwDFX6RpldLEl-VfDEBZrkrPHfhzP-TuA1Bg
 
After finding thousands of planets, NASA's Kepler mission ends
https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/30/us/nasa-kepler-mission-ends/index.html?
utm_medium=social&utm_content=2018-10-
31T13%3A01%3A03&utm_source=fbCNN&utm_term=link
 
New insights on comet tails are blowing in the solar wind
https://phys.org/news/2018-11-insights-comet-tails-solar.html
 
New quantum criticality discovered in superconductivity
https://phys.org/news/2018-11-quantum-criticality-superconductivity.html
 
The Galactic Collision That Reshaped Our Milky Way
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-galactic-collision-that-reshaped-our-milky-way/
 

Hubble has been busy since coming back online

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/hubble-telescope-has-
been-busy-coming-back-online?tgt=nr
 
Dawn, the first spacecraft to orbit 2 alien worlds, has gone silent
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/dawn-spacecraft-nasa-asteroid-belt-ceres-silent?tgt=nr
 
 

Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy

Sources
 
Climate confusion: Content and strategies, not controversy, are the biggest challenges for science
teachers
https://www.brookings.edu/blog/brown-center-chalkboard/2018/10/30/climate-confusion-content-
and-strategies-not-controversy-are-the-biggest-challenges-for-science-teachers/
 
How do we cope with demands for water as we enter an era of scarcity?
https://engineering.stanford.edu/magazine/article/how-do-we-cope-demands-water-we-enter-era-
scarcity?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=paid&utm_campaign=content-
promo&utm_content=10182018
 
Researchers achieve breakthrough in process to produce hydrogen fuel
https://phys.org/news/2018-10-breakthrough-hydrogen-fuel.html
 
Carbon Capture Is Messy and Fraught—But Might Be Essential
https://www.wired.com/story/carbon-capture-is-messy-and-fraughtbut-might-be-essential/?
CNDID=41291302&CNDID=41291302&MD5=3ed15b3d4270f52ce4da5de4e5031836&SHA1=90
85a9ae56cc45a4e9bae24e2eaeaade6e04a43e&bxid=MjM5NjgxMjIxODk5S0&mbid=nl_102918_d
aily_list1_p3&utm_brand=wired&utm_mailing=WIRED%20NL
%20102918%20(1)&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nl
 
How one scientist convinces skeptics that faith and climate action aren't at odds
https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/how-one-scientist-convinces-skeptics-faith-climate-action-
aren-t-ncna920746?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_ma
 
Solar arrays could be used as resources for plant productivity, study shows
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-11-solar-arrays-resources-productivity.html
 
Ozone hole modest despite optimum conditions for ozone depletion
https://phys.org/news/2018-11-ozone-hole-modest-optimum-conditions.html
 
Underwater Meadows of Seagrass Could Be the Ideal Carbon Sinks
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/underwater-meadows-seagrass-could-be-ideal-
carbon-sinks-180970686/
 
 
 

Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences

 
He Promised to Restore Damaged Hearts. Harvard Says His Lab Fabricated Research.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/29/health/dr-piero-anversa-harvard-retraction.html
 
Paralyzed man walks again thanks to spinal implant
https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/01/health/spinal-cord-walk-research-intl/index.html?
utm_content=2018-11-
01T10%3A31%3A02&utm_medium=social&utm_term=link&utm_source=fbCNN
 
Unraveling a genetic network linked to autism
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-11/uot-uag110218.php
 
Tying the knot: New DNA nanostructures
https://phys.org/news/2018-11-tying-dna-nanostructures.html
 
Molecular virologist fights influenza at the molecular level
https://phys.org/news/2018-11-molecular-virologist-influenza.html
 
The Universal Flu Shot Moves Within Reach
https://www.scientificamerican.com/custom-media/mount-sinai/the-universal-flu-shot-moves-
within-reach/?mvt=i&mvn=73e28e8f19874d4091e12237ce7dd3a2&mvp=NA-SCIEAMERLIVE-
11237933&mvl=HomeLatest
 
 

Other
 
Woman Who Claims To Have Had Sex With 20 Ghosts Now Engaged To One
https://www.yahoo.com/news/woman-claims-had-sex-20-012941045.html
 
New method could lead to more powerful quantum sensors
https://phys.org/news/2018-11-method-powerful-quantum-sensors.html?fbclid=IwAR2DrY63-
fQ6eBZKKHBCpjtJotzWWOjQfb1jqLOSOgwgw8xsgxyBOdt6SYU
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Additional Informational
 
Thingvellir National Park, Iceland
https://www.archaeology.org/issues/317-1811/trenches/7062-trenches-thingvellir-iceland