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Weekly Science Report 1st March 2019
Weekly Science Report 1st March 2019
Weekly Science Report 1st March 2019
March 1, 2019
"What is done cannot be undone, but one can prevent it happening again."
Anne Frank
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.
I hope you enjoy this publication and that the content challenges and inspires you!
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News Articles
Paleontology, Evolution and Prehistoric Studies
Siberia’s ancient ghost clan starts to surrender its secrets
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-00672-2
'Mama's Last Hug' Makes Case That Humans Are Not Alone In Experiencing Emotions
https://www.npr.org/2019/03/01/698902400/mamas-last-hug-makes-case-that-humans-are-not-
alone-in-experiencing-emotions?sc=tw
Scientists discover how surfaces may have helped early life on Earth begin
https://phys.org/news/2019-03-scientists-surfaces-early-life-earth.html
Susceptibility to Mental Illness May Have Helped Humans Adapt over the Millennia
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/susceptibility-to-mental-illness-may-have-helped-
humans-adapt-over-the-millennia/
History
New clues to the lost tomb of Alexander the Great discovered in Egypt
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/new-clues-to-the-lost-tomb-of-alexander-the-great-
discovered-in-egypt/ar-BBUbBp9?ocid=se
How I beat the Nazis: 100-year-old tells her story
https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/true-stories/how-i-beat-the-nazis-100yearold-tells-her-
story/news-story/f0440c119f31b7a2007ba4e918312f0d
Refugees Connect Their Personal Stories with a Museum’s Ancient Artifacts
https://hyperallergic.com/484835/global-guides-program-penn-museum/
Holocaust Museum Houston Seeks Artifact Donations To Expand Its Collection
https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/2019/02/22/322903/holocaust-museum-houston-
seeks-artifact-donations-to-expand-its-collection/?
utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=cpc&utm_content=fb-1-1-20190222-322903-
ca&utm_campaign=news-local
Do you speak Ladino? Meet the folks trying to save a dying language
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/do-you-speak-ladino-meet-folks-trying-save-dying-
language-n974056?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_ma
‘Say Nothing’ Unearths Buried Secrets in Northern Ireland
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/20/books/review-say-nothing-murder-northern-ireland-patrick-
radden-keefe.html
Met Museum to Return Prize Artifact Because It Was Stolen
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/15/arts/design/met-museum-stolen-coffin.html?
platform=hootsuite
Around 2,000 Artifacts Have Been Saved From the Ruins of Brazil’s National Museum Fire
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/around-2000-artifacts-have-been-saved-ruins-
brazils-national-museum-fire-180971510/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia
While seizing thousands of artifacts from an Indiana home, FBI makes "staggering" discovery
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fbi-speaks-out-on-seizing-artifacts-from-indiana-home-staggering-
discovery-of-human-bones/?ftag=COS-05-10aaa0g&utm_campaign=trueAnthem:
+Trending+Content&utm_content=5c760f7d4b73850001dc13b4&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm
_source=twitter
To Counter Anti-Semitism, French Women Find Strength In Diversity At Auschwitz
https://www.npr.org/2019/02/28/697805787/to-counter-anti-semitism-french-women-find-strength-
in-diversity-at-auschwitz?sc=tw
Silver and the Phoenician expansion
https://popular-archaeology.com/article/silver-and-the-phoenician-expansion/
Ancient Angkor’s mysterious decline may have been slow, not sudden
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/ancient-angkor-mysterious-decline-slow-not-sudden
Mount Vesuvius Didn't Kill Everyone in Pompeii. Where Did the Survivors Go?
https://www.livescience.com/64854-where-pompeii-refugees-fled.html
Archaeology
How climate change is revealing, and threatening, thawing relics
https://edition-m.cnn.com/2019/02/26/world/climate-change-threatens-archaeology-intl/index.html?
r=https%3A%2F%2Fedition.cnn.com
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Vandals Steal Head Of 800-Year-Old Mummy In Ireland
https://www.npr.org/2019/02/26/698097024/vandals-steal-head-of-800-year-old-mummy-in-
ireland?
utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_
content=20190226&fbclid=IwAR0Ox_6pIPmuh6vJuyZgy7aGqdBmCmcBQhBKcGJsnK9enOZd5
31BDNr_PZw
Non-destructive archaeology finds military fort beneath Alcatraz prison
https://www.theengineer.co.uk/alcatraz-non-destructive-archaeology/?
fbclid=IwAR2HczU4MnKE47jCy8vhnqnjoNhLbC1n0nimVWkvjSB-
tA_2awHms8f1F4Y#.XHfWRL_Y720.facebook
Remains of hundreds of Jews unearthed in Nazi-era mass grave in Belarus
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-belarus-massgrave-idUSKCN1QF24U?
utm_campaign=trueAnthem:
+Trending+Content&utm_content=5c760a274b73850001dc1315&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm
_source=twitter
18 Skeletons, 3 Buttons and a Revolutionary War Mystery
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/26/nyregion/lake-george-bones-found.html
Archaeological evidence shows Minoans used violence and were prepared for war
https://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/34666-archaeological-evidence-shows-minoans-
used-violence-and-prepared-for-war.html
2,000-year-old tattoo needle identified by archaeologists
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/2019/02/ancient-
tattoo-needle-southwest-archaeology/
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-02/sfu-
ncc022719.php
Egyptology
Stolen Mummy Feet, Arms and More Found Stashed in Speakers at Cairo Airport
https://www.livescience.com/64851-mummy-parts-recovered-airport.html
General Science
Spider silk could be used as robotic muscle
https://phys.org/news/2019-03-spider-silk-robotic-muscle.html
Physics, Earth and Space Sciences
Israel Launches Spacecraft To The Moon
https://www.npr.org/2019/02/21/696694642/israel-set-to-launch-spacecraft-to-the-moon?sc=tw
Trump orders creation of Space Force, but within Air Force
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/world/trump-orders-creation-of-space-force-but-within-air-
force
Apollo 11 review – eye-opening documentary is a five-star triumph
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/feb/25/apollo-11-review-eye-opening-documentary-is-a-
five-star-triumph?CMP=share_btn_fb&fbclid=IwAR0Yj67bOg9ThHgVZ9yi8kei_C2k0DrC6o8-
JvTl2xyBOrKsyJI38yMtGU0
'FarFarOut' is now the most distant solar system object ever seen
https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/farfarout-now-most-distant-solar-system-object-ever-seen-
ncna977066?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_ma
Five Teams Win NASA DALI Awards to Advance Future Lunar Missions
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2019/five-teams-win-nasa-dali-awards-to-advance-future-
lunar-missions
Chris Hadfield: Astronaut Life Is Much More Than a Spacewalk
https://www.wired.com/story/chris-hadfield-astronaut-life-is-much-more-than-a-spacewalk/?
CNDID=41291302&CNDID=41291302&bxid=MjM5NjgxMjIxODk5S0&hasha=3ed15b3d4270f5
2ce4da5de4e5031836&hashb=9085a9ae56cc45a4e9bae24e2eaeaade6e04a43e&mbid=nl_022719_d
aily_list3_p5&source=DAILY_NEWSLETTER&utm_brand=wired&utm_mailing=WIRED%20NL
%20022719%20(1)&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nl
Chinese scientists envision solar power station in space: report
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-02/27/c_137853992.htm
Using stardust grains, ASU scientists build new model for nova eruptions
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-02/asu-usg022819.php
Pluto and Charon's ancient scars reveal a dearth of small Kuiper Belt objects
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-02/aaft-pac022519.php
America's newest crew capsule rockets toward space station
https://phys.org/news/2019-03-america-crew-capsule-rockets-space.html
Hiding black hole found
https://phys.org/news/2019-03-black-hole.html
First evidence of planet-wide groundwater system on Mars
https://phys.org/news/2019-03-evidence-planet-wide-groundwater-mars.html
Fabiola Gianotti: ‘There is nothing more rewarding than discovering a new particle’
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/feb/23/fabiola-gianotti-interview-director-general-cern-
particle-physicist-large-hadron-collider
Additional Informational
Protecting America’s Collections: Results from the Heritage Health Information Survey
https://www.imls.gov/sites/default/files/publications/documents/imls-hhis-report.pdf
The Oldest True Stories in the World
https://www.sapiens.org/language/oral-tradition/
Photos: The Ram-Headed Sphinx of Gebel el-Silsila
https://www.livescience.com/64869-photos-ram-headed-sphinx.html