Weekly Science Report

April 20, 2018

“For in the final analysis, our most basic common link, is that we all inhabit this
small planet, we all breathe the same air, we all cherish our children's futures, and
we are all mortal.”
President John F. Kennedy

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

Mass extinction crisis triggered expansion of dinosaurs

https://phys.org/news/2018-04-mass-extinction-crisis-triggered-expansion.html

The Link Between Neanderthal DNA and Depression Risk

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/02/neanderthal-dna-affects-depression-risk-today/
462345/?utm_source=atlfb

First an alga, then a squid, enigmatic fossil is actually a fish

https://phys.org/news/2018-04-alga-squid-enigmatic-fossil-fish.html

The Great Chinese Dinosaur Boom

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/great-chinese-dino-boom-180968745/
#KMTYRuc8PtZT1d1z.01

How to Talk With Evangelicals About Evolution

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-to-talk-evangelicals-evolution-180968839/?
utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia

Unprecedented wave of large-mammal extinctions linked to ancient humans

https://phys.org/news/2018-04-unprecedented-large-mammal-extinctions-linked-ancient.html

Evolution has turned a tribe of 'superhuman' Indonesians into 'human seals'

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5636543/Evolution-turned-tribe-superhuman-Indonesians-
human-seals-dive-200ft.html

Amazing Greek Cave Art Found to be Over 11,000 Years Old

http://greece.greekreporter.com/2018/04/11/amazing-greek-cave-art-found-to-be-over-11000-years-old/
History

Test case for Nazi-looted artworks rules in favour of Holocaust victim's heirs on Egon Schiele pictures

https://www.antiquestradegazette.com/news/2018/test-case-for-nazi-looted-artworks-rules-in-favour-of-
holocaust-victims-heirs-on-egon-schiele-pictures/?utm_content=social-
7jm6a&utm_medium=social&utm_source=SocialMedia&utm_campaign=SocialPilot

Invited to the UK decades ago, now they must prove they're British

https://edition.cnn.com/2018/04/16/europe/uk-windrush-generation-intl/index.html?sr=fbCNN041618uk-
windrush-generation-intl0504PMStory

Former Auschwitz guard charged with accessory to murder

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/former-auschwitz-guard-charged-accessory-murder-n866556?
cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_ma

A Statue of a Doctor Who Experimented on Enslaved People Was Removed From Central Park
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/will-statues-doctor-who-experimented-enslaved-people-come-
down-next-180964600/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia

Polish ghetto survivor worries about rising nationalism

https://apnews.com/566ae206508f4ac1a6b5dbfc22fc7f9b

Compared to nomadic communities, Silk Road cities were urban food deserts

https://phys.org/news/2018-04-nomadic-silk-road-cities-urban.html

Bearing witness to Cambodia’s horror, 20 years after Pol Pot’s death

https://theconversation.com/bearing-witness-to-cambodias-horror-20-years-after-pol-pots-death-94541

Wanted: Volunteers who like history ... and can read cursive

https://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/2018/0406/Wanted-Volunteers-who-like-history-and-can-read-
cursive

Talle Zahhak on peak of prosperity in Parthian-Achaemenid era

http://www.irna.ir/en/News/82890495

Hans Asperger ‘Actively Assisted’ Nazi Eugenics Policies, Study Claims

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/hans-asperger-actively-assisted-nazi-eugenics-policies-study-
claims-180968845/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia
This ancient Maya city may have helped the Snake King dynasty spread

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/ancient-maya-city-snake-king-dynasty-la-corona-archaeology

Archaeology

War savages ancient sites in Yemen and Iraq, destroying archaeological record

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/04/war-savages-ancient-sites-yemen-and-iraq-destroying-
archaeological-record

India Taj Mahal minarets damaged in storm

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-43735757

Tribal Members Trained and Hired to Hunt for Resources of Cultural Value

https://www.usda.gov/media/blog/2018/04/13/tribal-members-trained-and-hired-hunt-resources-cultural-value

Boy unearths lost treasure of 10th century Danish king

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/boy-unearths-lost-treasure-of-10th-century-danish-king/ar-
AAvY491?ocid=ob-fb-enus-580

Check Out the World’s Largest Archive Digitally Preserving At-Risk Heritage Sites
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/project-launches-digitally-preserve-risk-heritage-sites-around-
world-180968799/#zUYLt3C2bYEqb5Zx.01

The Hunt for the Notorious U-Boat UB-29

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/hunt-notorious-uboat-ub29-180968733/?
utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia

Why ‘amateur’ finds need to reach pundits before press

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/why-amateur-finds-need-to-reach-pundits-before-press/
articleshow/63633360.cms

Ancient henge is unearthed in Raunds by archaeologists

http://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-england-northamptonshire-43814450/ancient-henge-is-unearthed-in-raunds-
by-archaeologists?intlink_from_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.com%2Fnews%2Ftopics%2Fc1038wnxyy0t
%2Farchaeology&link_location=live-reporting-map

Archaeological Survey of India to clean 7 neglected monuments in Vidarbha region

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/asi-to-clean-7-neglected-monuments-in-vid-region/
articleshow/63821624.cms

Missing Nazi Submarine Found Near Denmark; Spoiler: Hitler Is Probably Not Onboard

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/04/19/604169042/missing-nazi-submarine-found-near-
denmark-spoiler-hitler-is-probably-not-on-boar?
utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20
180420

Spanish family win six-year battle to exhume bodies of relatives killed by Franco

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/04/19/spanish-family-win-six-year-battle-exhume-bodies-relatives-
killed/

Egyptology

Ancient Egyptian Incantations Tell of Biblical Human Sacrifice

https://www.livescience.com/62324-ancient-egyptian-papyrus-biblical-human-sacrifice.html
General Science

Google's New AI Head Is So Smart He Doesn't Need AI

https://www.wired.com/story/googles-new-ai-head-is-so-smart-he-doesnt-need-ai/?
CNDID=41291302&mbid=nl_041818_daily_list1_p3

Physics, Earth and Space Sciences

The Planet That Took Us Beyond the Solar System

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/04/tess-exoplanet-nasa-51-pegasi/558011/?
utm_source=atlfb

NASA's new satellite will scan the cosmos for alien worlds

https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/nasa-s-new-satellite-will-scan-cosmos-alien-worlds-ncna865831?
cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_ma

Study: Diamond from the sky may have come from 'lost planet'

https://phys.org/news/2018-04-diamond-sky-lost-planet.html

Mud in this small Japanese island could change the global economy

https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/16/asia/japan-rare-earth-metals-find-china-economy-trnd/index.html?
sr=fbCNN041618japan-rare-earth-metals-find-china-economy-trnd0125PMStoryLink

After failure to launch, Republican senator switches vote to save Trump's NASA nominee

https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/18/politics/james-bridenstine-confirmation-vote/index.html

An Unexpected Asteroid Buzzed by Earth Last Sunday

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/asteroid-flew-earth-unexpectedly-sunday-180968818/?
utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia

New research seeks to optimize space travel efficiency

https://phys.org/news/2018-04-optimize-space-efficiency.html

Trouble Detected in Infamous Dark Matter Signal

https://www.wired.com/story/trouble-detected-in-infamous-dark-matter-signal/?
CNDID=41291302&mbid=nl_041818_daily_list3_p1

Getting a crew to Mars: Here's how NASA is tackling the mind-bending to-do list

http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/mars-mission-challenges-nasa-orion-mauna-loa-habitat-1.4611532

Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources

It’s risky out there! That’s why PSUs Outing Club can no longer go outside

http://www.post-gazette.com/news/education/2018/04/18/Penn-state-university-ends-Outing-Club-trips/
stories/201804180168?utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook

The Trump administration’s new migratory bird policy undermines a century of conservation

https://theconversation.com/the-trump-administrations-new-migratory-bird-policy-undermines-a-century-of-
conservation-95038

Exclusive first look: Daisy is Apple's new robot that eats iPhones and spits out recyclable parts

https://www.popsci.com/apple-iphone-recycling-robot-daisy?src=SOC&dom=fb

Will rising carbon dioxide levels really boost plant growth?

https://phys.org/news/2018-04-carbon-dioxide-boost-plantgrowth.html

Scientists accidentally create mutant enzyme that eats plastic bottles

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/apr/16/scientists-accidentally-create-mutant-enzyme-that-eats-plastic-
bottles?CMP=share_btn_link
The UK Just Went 55 Hours Without Using Coal for the First Time Ever

https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/uk-55-hours-coal-free-power/?
utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_content=global&utm_campaign=general-
content&linkId=50742424

Climate change could alter ocean food chains, leading to far fewer fish in the sea

https://theconversation.com/climate-change-could-alter-ocean-food-chains-leading-to-far-fewer-fish-in-the-
sea-93114

Why nuclear fusion is gaining steam – again

https://theconversation.com/why-nuclear-fusion-is-gaining-steam-again-93775

Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences

Epstein-Barr virus protein can “switch on” risk genes for autoimmune diseases

https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/epstein-barr-virus-protein-can-switch-risk-genes-
autoimmune-diseases

Merck Immunotherapy Drug Shines In Lung Cancer Study

https://www.npr.org/2018/04/16/602980973/merck-immunotherapy-drug-shines-in-lung-cancer-study?
utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20
180417

My Son Pioneered an Epilepsy Drug Derived From Marijuana. An FDA Panel Just Approved it

https://www.wired.com/story/my-son-pioneered-an-epilepsy-drug-derived-from-marijuana-an-fda-panel-just-
approved-it/?CNDID=41291302&mbid=nl_042018_daily_list1_p4

Mystery disease spreads, threatens coral reefs in the Lower Florida Keys

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/science/mystery-disease-spreads-threatens-coral-reefs-in-the-lower-florida-keys/ar-
AAw9HWa?ocid=LENOVODHP17
Other

The Evangelical Bishop Who Stopped Believing In Hell, Now On Netflix

https://www.npr.org/2018/04/15/602350247/the-evangelical-bishop-who-stopped-believing-in-hell-now-on-
netflix?
utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20
180415

Additional Informational

UNESCO Courier, 2018-2

https://en.unesco.org/courier/2018-2

Breathtaking virtual tour of the Moon in 4K

https://edition.cnn.com/videos/world/2018/04/12/nasa-4k-moon-virtual-tour-bks-lon-orig.cnn/video/playlists/
mobile-digital-shorts/

Yad Vashem, The Oneg Shabbat Archives

http://www.yadvashem.org/yv/en/exhibitions/ringelblum/index.asp?
utm_source=social&utm_medium=fb&utm_campaign=warsaw_en

The Silurian hypothesis: would it be possible to detect an industrial civilization in the geological record?
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/international-journal-of-astrobiology/article/silurian-hypothesis-
would-it-be-possible-to-detect-an-industrial-civilization-in-the-geological-record/
77818514AA6907750B8F4339F7C70EC6

God Is Not a Christian, Nor a Jew, Muslim, Hindu...: God Dwells with Us, in Us, Around Us, as Us

https://www.amazon.com/God-Not-Christian-Muslim-Hindu/dp/1416584447/ref=sr_1_1?
ie=UTF8&qid=1523901321&sr=8-1&keywords=God+Is+Not+a+Christian

20 Cultural and Natural Wonders in Danger

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/lists/unesco-world-heritage-sites-in-danger/