Weekly Science Report

May 24, 2019

 
“You may write me down in history with your bitter, twisted lies, you may trod me in the very
dirt but still, like dust, I'll rise.”
Maya Angelou
 

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

'Reconstruction' begins of stone age lands lost to North Sea

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/may/08/mapping-
begins-of-lands-lost-to-north-sea-during-the-stone-age
 
Earliest evidence of the cooking and eating of starch
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-05/uotw-eeo051719.php
 
Humans Crawled Through a Cave 14,000 Years Ago. We Can Still See Their Perfectly Preserved
Footprints.
https://www.livescience.com/65476-ancient-human-footprints-in-cave.html
 
Abrupt Climate Change Led to a Dramatic Decline in South American Populations 8,000 Years Ago
https://www.sciencetimes.com/articles/21520/20190509/abrupt-climate-change-led-to-a-dramatic-
decline-in-south-american-populations-8-000-years-ago.htm
 
Reimagining the Megalodon, the World’s Most Terrifying Sea Creature
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/reimagining-megalodon-worlds-most-
terrifying-sea-creature-180972193/
 
I’m an evolutionary biologist – here’s why this ancient fungal fossil discovery is so revealing
https://theconversation.com/im-an-evolutionary-biologist-heres-why-this-ancient-fungal-fossil-
discovery-is-so-revealing-117488
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
History
 
In Search of Ancient Morocco
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/15/t-magazine/morocco-travel-draa-valley.html
 
A Secret Paris Museum and an Aristocratic Family Decimated by the Holocaust
https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts-and-culture/a9474/camondo-museum-paris/
 
The Shoah’s Other Lost Children
https://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/285054/the-shoahs-other-lost-children?
utm_source=tabletmagazinelist&utm_campaign=9b8ccb0dd8-
EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_05_21_02_08&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c308bf8edb-
9b8ccb0dd8-207867597
 
Germany to return Portuguese Stone Cross to Namibia
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-48309694
 
Leonardo da Vinci’s Visionary Notebooks Now Online: Browse 570 Digitized Pages
http://www.openculture.com/2017/07/leonardo-da-vincis-visionary-notebooks-now-online-browse-
570-digitized-pages.html
 
In 1945, a Japanese Balloon Bomb Killed Six Americans, Five of Them Children, in Oregon
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/1945-japanese-balloon-bomb-killed-six-americansfive-
them-children-oregon-180972259/?fbclid=IwAR2f5FoXcj2ESBb3MH06rSzOx2-
UGWVH4X7o4HGacwAIS5BKyI9EgNj3tdw#QvoZPoygxzScyD3d.01
 
The Harriet Tubman $20 bill was set for 2020. Now the Trump administration says it won't happen
for years
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/harriet-tubman-20-bill-2020-release-delayed-trump-administration-
says-it-wont-happen-for-years-2019-05-22/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab6a&linkId=67926266
 
More Than 1,000 Holocaust Victims Are Buried In Belarus After Mass Grave Discovered
https://www.npr.org/2019/05/22/725728990/more-than-1-000-holocaust-victims-are-buried-in-
belarus-after-mass-grave-discove?
utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_
content=20190522&fbclid=IwAR0uBEok_ucOMoa_jQRDIsrGBct9KQgCIyG3aBIWkMfPo-
JA4sGu2fsoA9o
 
Bristol academic cracks Voynich code, solving century-old mystery of medieval text
https://popular-archaeology.com/article/bristol-academic-cracks-voynich-code-solving-century-old-
mystery-of-medieval-text/
 
Archaeological discovery upends a piece of Barbados history
https://phys.org/news/2019-05-archaeological-discovery-upends-piece-barbados.html
 
Marshall Islands Stick Chart
https://www.archaeology.org/issues/337-1905/features/7551-maps-marshall-islands-stick-chart
 
Artifacts and Remains of Korean War Dead Found at DMZ
https://www.archaeology.org/news/7677-190524-korea-human-remains
 
Did Leonardo da Vinci have ADHD?
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-05/kcl-dld052219.php
 
 
Cocktails with Cleopatra?
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-05/thuo-cwc052219.php
 
Initially threatened by change, people adapt to societal diversity over time
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-05/puww-itb052319.php
 
The history of China’s Muslims and what’s behind their persecution
https://theconversation.com/the-history-of-chinas-muslims-and-whats-behind-their-persecution-
117365
 
The American GI in WWII, uncensored
https://theconversation.com/the-american-gi-in-wwii-uncensored-113243
 
What Ramadan means to Muslims: 4 essential reads
https://theconversation.com/what-ramadan-means-to-muslims-4-essential-reads-116629
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Archaeology
 
Colonial Cooling
https://www.archaeology.org/issues/339-1905/trenches/7555-trenches-americas-colonial-climate
 
Centuries-old irrigation system shows how to manage scarce water
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2019/05/acequias/?
cmpid=org=ngp::mc=social::src=twitter::cmp=editorial::add=tw20190519env-
acequiaswater::rid=&sf212946238=1
 
Relics of Rebel Slave Fort Unearthed by Hurricane Michael
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/relics-rebel-slave-fort-unearthed-hurricane-michael-
180972117/#choYUCvgUjLMdWI5.01
 
Missing part of Stonehenge returned 60 years on
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-wiltshire-48190588#
 
Land managers say this important archaeological site in southern Utah was vandalized
https://www.deseretnews.com/article/900071561/land-managers-say-this-important-archaeological-
site-in-southern-utah-was-vandalized.html
 
UA Students Discover 1,800-year-old Footprint 'Snapshot' of Athabascan Ancestors' Culture
https://fm.kuac.org/post/ua-students-discover-1800-year-old-footprint-snapshot-athabascan-
ancestors-culture
 
Where did ancient Spanish coins found in Utah’s Glen Canyon come from?
https://www.sltrib.com/news/environment/2019/05/22/where-did-ancient-spanish/
 
6,000 year old Aboriginal Aquaculture Farm Proposed For UNESCO List
https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/6000-y-o-Aboriginal-Aquaculture-Farm-Proposed-For-
UNESCO-List-20190523-0003.html
 
Ultra-rare discovery reveals how ancient Celtic warriors fought – 2,400 years ago
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/celtic-shield-leicestershire-archaeologist-
ancient-warfare-a8927871.html
 
More Mysterious 'Jars of The Dead' Have Been Discovered in Laos
https://www.sciencealert.com/archaeologists-discover-even-more-of-those-mysterious-jars-of-the-
dead-in-laos
 
Large Mound in Russia Reveals 2,500-Year-Old Skeletons of Elite Nomadic Tribesmen...And a
Horse Head
https://www.livescience.com/65498-ancient-russia-burials-elite-nomads.html
 
Bones unidentified for centuries may belong to one of England’s most historically important queens
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/winchester-cathedral-anglo-saxon-bones-
queen-emma-king-remains-wessex-a8915861.html
 
Temple of Nemesis discovered under remains of ancient Mytilini theatre
https://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/35586-temple-of-nemesis-discovered-under-
remains-of-ancient-mytilini-theatre-in-greece.html
 
Unique Iron Age shield gives insight into prehistoric technology
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-05/uoy-uia052319.php
 
 
Clotilda: Last US slave ship discovered among gators, snakes
https://phys.org/news/2019-05-clotilda-slave-ship-gators-snakes.html
 
‘World Heritage’ site selection is Eurocentric – and that shapes which historic places get love
and money
https://theconversation.com/world-heritage-site-selection-is-eurocentric-and-that-shapes-
which-historic-places-get-love-and-money-115898
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Egyptology
 
Ancient Egyptians Built This 4-Towered Fortress More Than 2,600 Years Ago
https://www.livescience.com/65521-ancient-egyptian-fortress-found.html
 
Ancient tomb discovered in Egypt dating back 4,500 years
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/egypt-news-giza-pyramids-cemetery-find-
tomb-a8900076.html
 
 
 
 
 
 

General Science
 
Inside Facebook's New Robotics Lab, Where AI and Machines Friend One Another
https://www.wired.com/story/facebook-robots/?
CNDID=41291302&CNDID=41291302&bxid=MjM5NjgxMjIxODk5S0&hasha=3ed15b3d4270f5
2ce4da5de4e5031836&hashb=9085a9ae56cc45a4e9bae24e2eaeaade6e04a43e&mbid=nl_052019_d
aily_list1_p1&source=DAILY_NEWSLETTER&utm_brand=wired&utm_mailing=WIRED%20NL
%20052019%20(1)&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nl
 
'Neural Lander' uses AI to land drones smoothly
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-05/ciot-lu052419.php
 
Tapping the power of AI and high-performance computing to extend evolution to superconductors
https://phys.org/news/2019-05-power-ai-high-performance-evolution-superconductors.html
 
 

Physics, Earth and Space Sciences

 
Elon Musk Says It's 'So Far, So Good' for SpaceX's 1st 60 Starlink Satellites
https://www.space.com/elon-musk-says-spacex-starlink-satellites-doing-well.html?
utm_source=notification
 
The Pentagon Launched Another Space Agency. Do We Need It?
https://www.wired.com/story/the-pentagon-launched-another-space-agency-do-we-need-it/?
CNDID=41291302&CNDID=41291302&bxid=MjM5NjgxMjIxODk5S0&hasha=3ed15b3d4270f5
2ce4da5de4e5031836&hashb=9085a9ae56cc45a4e9bae24e2eaeaade6e04a43e&mbid=nl_052519_d
aily_list3_p3&source=DAILY_NEWSLETTER&utm_brand=wired&utm_mailing=WIRED%20NL
%20052519%20(1)&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nl
 
Formation of the moon brought water to Earth
https://phys.org/news/2019-05-formation-moon-brought-earth.html
 
The International Space Station has found its scientific calling
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/05/international-space-station-has-found-its-scientific-
calling
 
Israel Space Agency Gives $5.6 Million to Help Launch Second Shot at Moon
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/israel-space-agency-gives-5-6-million-to-help-launch-second-
shot-at-moon-1.7214622
 
A Rocket Built by Students Reached Space for the First Time
https://www.wired.com/story/a-rocket-built-by-students-reached-space-for-the-first-time/?
CNDID=41291302&CNDID=41291302&bxid=MjM5NjgxMjIxODk5S0&hasha=3ed15b3d4270f5
2ce4da5de4e5031836&hashb=9085a9ae56cc45a4e9bae24e2eaeaade6e04a43e&mbid=nl_052219_d
aily_list1_p2&source=DAILY_NEWSLETTER&utm_brand=wired&utm_mailing=WIRED%20NL
%20052219%20(1)&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nl
 
Geologists Just Discovered a Source of Volcanoes Deeper Than Ever Before
https://www.sciencealert.com/geologists-have-just-discovered-a-new-way-volcanoes-can-form
 
Three more dead on Everest amid concerns about congestion near summit
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/three-more-dead-everest-amid-concerns-about-congestion-
near-summit-n1009586?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_ma&fbclid=IwAR2t1L41_NwK-
d_wZzid5LV_HpG8vo_2wqcu1_R7abgWBbI_D4F2Ycqpw68
 
On Mars, sands shift to a different drum
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-05/uoa-oms052319.php
 
Origami-inspired materials could soften the blow for reusable spacecraft
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-05/uow-omc051319.php
 
Scientists uncover exotic matter in the sun's atmosphere
https://phys.org/news/2019-05-scientists-uncover-exotic-sun-atmosphere.html
 
Comet inspires chemistry for making breathable oxygen on Mars
https://phys.org/news/2019-05-comet-chemistry-breathable-oxygen-mars.html
 
Adding a carbon atom transforms 2-D semiconducting material
https://phys.org/news/2019-05-adding-carbon-atom-d-semiconducting.html
 
Hubble spies curious galaxy moving a little closer
https://phys.org/news/2019-05-hubble-spies-curious-galaxy-closer.html
 
Scientists discover ancient seawater preserved from the last Ice Age
https://phys.org/news/2019-05-scientists-ancient-seawater-ice-age.html
 
A Total Solar Eclipse 100 Years Ago Proved Einstein’s General Relativity
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/total-solar-eclipse-100-years-ago-proved-
einsteins-general-relativity-180972278/
 
 
 
 
 
 

Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy

Sources
 
At Baltimore's National Aquarium, Climate Change Presents Challenges Inside And Out
https://www.npr.org/2019/05/05/720041305/at-the-baltimore-aquarium-climate-change-presents-
challenges-both-inside-and-out?
utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_
content=20190505
 
Climate change affects the genetic diversity of a species
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-05/c-ub-cca052319.php
 
 

Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences

 
Mysterious surge in dead gray whales concerns scientists

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2019/05/17/us/dead-gray-whales-
high-numbers/index.html
 
At $2.1 Million, New Gene Therapy Is The Most Expensive Drug Ever

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/
2019/05/24/725404168/at-2-125-million-new-gene-therapy-is-
the-most-expensive-drug-ever?sc=tw

 
New HIV Map Offers Most Detailed Look Yet At The Epidemic
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2019/05/15/723564110/new-hiv-map-offers-most-
detailed-look-yet-at-the-epidemic?sc=tw
 
Turkey's whirling dervish guide to coping with pain and a broken heart
https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/17/health/chasing-life-turkey-whirling-dervish-pain-broken-heart/
index.html?no-st=1558620591
 
Scientists solve a century-old mystery to treat asthma and airway inflammation
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-05-scientists-century-old-mystery-asthma-airway.html?
fbclid=IwAR3tqF7RknZTy0JdbasO-EReizAjWRZRBxM5m_NhhUlpKgse3K1Jf1Wdtls

Scientists discover signalling circuit boards inside body's cells

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-05/uoe-
sds052319.php
 
Biomarkers help tailor diuretic use in acute heart failure patients
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-05/esoc-bht052419.php
 
Engineering B cells to express pathogen-specific antibodies to protect against infection
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-05-cells-pathogen-specific-antibodies-infection.html
 
The Next Wave of Immuno-Oncology
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/the-next-wave-of-immuno-oncology/
 
 

Other
 
How Dead Aliens Could Help Save Humanity
https://www.space.com/dead-intelligent-aliens-save-humanity.html?utm_source=notification
 
After decades of pushing bachelor’s degrees, U.S. needs more tradespeople
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/education/decades-pushing-bachelors-degrees-u-s-needs-
tradespeople?
fbclid=IwAR3V9eI5Qjukw9PoSG2VV15KT5ueP9ycRYH51cxBe12XYvQXdwF_3wTTHtI
 
Mister Rogers honored with first annual statewide day of kindness in Pennsylvania
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mister-rogers-honored-with-first-annual-statewide-day-of-
kindness-in-pennsylvania-143-day/?fbclid=IwAR0hSz4je6Fe-9ynVhZCmzf-
rI9ZXYBMCJ8sG42zMLVWU2Mb5PaWniHAVtE
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Additional Informational
 
NASA Mars 2020 Mission Website
https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/
 
NASA, Dawn Spacecraft Website
https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/dawn/overview/
 
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, Voyage of the St. Louis
https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/voyage-of-the-st-louis-1?
utm_source=mkto&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=1905MKTEM04572-feature-
button&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWXpJd05tTXdNVFpoTVRVMSIsInQiOiJCZXVMTjloak5oY1RWS0Vn
ZUhTbUdEcUJrMWR2eXoxa3hmd280NUtPQ24xWkNDQXgwdEZmb0JsVGhnVmpuXC8wNGJ
JSkhEbFpXTWVCRUNJaXJvNlluSWlweVwvQ2ZlOCtpY2V1ZHFTRXBxbXVmc1hzTFo0YnlIY
kFvb1Y1V1RONHB0In0%3D
 
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, Origins of Neo-Nazi and White Supremacist Terms and
Symbols
https://www.ushmm.org/confront-antisemitism?
utm_source=mkto&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=1905MKTEM04540-feature-
button&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWXpCbU1tSmxaak16WldWaiIsInQiOiJrbDVOODJpaTlNWkxvc1Bja2Z
ybjZHbVRveFwvRGRBamM0K3lYc04wOXZGbmo1dUNXRnJCREVyVFZVbjFDMEErQ1VHX
C9EUHA2SVwvUjFybzNycTlqYVwvbjZRdFR4a0pUV0hiSWhsWUdxdkJ1T0dxdHZ2bnZOMX
A3YldPMGlRNW1OdFYifQ%3D%3D
 
Museum Welcomes Vatican Archive Announcement
https://www.ushmm.org/information/press/press-releases/museum-vatican-archives-statement?
utm_source=mkto&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=1905MKTEM04540-three-col-link-
3&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWXpCbU1tSmxaak16WldWaiIsInQiOiJrbDVOODJpaTlNWkxvc1Bja2ZybjZ
HbVRveFwvRGRBamM0K3lYc04wOXZGbmo1dUNXRnJCREVyVFZVbjFDMEErQ1VHXC9E
UHA2SVwvUjFybzNycTlqYVwvbjZRdFR4a0pUV0hiSWhsWUdxdkJ1T0dxdHZ2bnZOMXA3Yl
dPMGlRNW1OdFYifQ%3D%3D
 
Reserve Treaty Land Rights Program- Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=wDPtZTvi2Co&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR224FuGtkhfSAYQ7HX5bhV0_5O7RvBT_nIpw
W_2Qu0ylsGxBw8pD_MvTio
 
Ted Talk, My identity is a superpower obstacle
https://www.ted.com/talks/america_ferrera_my_identity_is_a_superpower_not_an_obstacle?
utm_campaign=social&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_content=talk&ut
m_term=humanities&fbclid=IwAR1Wi0jvd7mbZ69JfmcEgkVuucEePDTExVB42Nl_1DgC7EHqb
9S94wB8NDo
 
 
Intercultural Innovation Award
This award is a partnership between the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) and the
BMW Group that selects and supports the most innovative grassroots projects that encourage
intercultural dialogue and work toward a more peaceful and socially inclusive world by building
mutual respect among peoples of different cultural and religious identities, rejecting violent
extremism and embracing diversity.
 
Eligible to apply for the Intercultural Innovation Award are not-for-profit organizations managing
projects focused on promoting intercultural dialogue and understanding, and who are willing to
expand their range of action. Examples include projects in the fields of combating xenophobia,
education for global citizenship, interfaith dialogue, migration and integration, prevention of violent
extremism, as well as initiatives addressing the needs of specific groups in promoting intercultural
understanding (e.g. faith-based, youth, women, media, etc.).
 
The deadline to apply is May 31st.
 
Details are available at: https://interculturalinnovation.org/