Weekly Science Report

April 5, 2019
 
“The basis of this knowledge Gnosis, the fundamental principles on which all the teachings rested,
was the essential inherent divine nature of man, and the consequent possibility of becoming by self-
knowledge a god-like being”.
William Kingsland
 

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
 
Fossils show worldwide catastrophe on the day the dinosaurs died
https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2019/03/29/fossils-show-world-wide-catastrophe-day-
dinosaurs-died/?utm_term=.86f883aa12fd
 
Ancient Four-Legged Whale Swam Across Oceans, Walked Across Continents
https://www.livescience.com/65156-ancient-four-legged-whale.html?utm_source=notification
 
Last of the giants: What killed off Madagascar’s megafauna a thousand years ago?
https://theconversation.com/last-of-the-giants-what-killed-off-madagascars-megafauna-a-
thousand-years-ago-112672

History
 
Biodiversity and hope flourish at Palestine's first natural history museum
https://www.middleeasteye.net/discover/biodiversity-and-hope-flourish-palestines-first-natural-
history-museum
 
When a selfie goes too far: How Holocaust memorial sites around Europe combat social media
disrespect
https://abcnews.go.com/International/selfie-holocaust-memorial-sites-europe-combat-social-media/
story?id=62025268
 
The Story We've Been Told About America's National Parks Is Incomplete
http://time.com/5562258/indigenous-environmental-justice/?xid=tcoshare#227864b9-40f2-4a4a-
a566-839ff8da1ea1?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social-share-
article
 
Vladimir Nabokov, Literary Refugee
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/02/opinion/vladimir-nabokov-literary-refugee.html
 
‘A very deep kind of patriotism’: Memorial to honor Native American veterans is coming to the
Mall
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/a-very-deep-kind-of-patriotism-memorial-to-honor-native-
american-veterans-is-coming-to-the-mall/2019/03/27/6cfcfe44-4b04-11e9-b79a-
961983b7e0cd_story.html?fbclid=IwAR0-
Om3rBdsEbYbDCJQv6X7CGSdDaEHUCaXGQgEhKxgXAKNMvjtoeVxN2aw&utm_term=.88c5
3889a393
 
American man charged with trying to steal part of rail tracks from Auschwitz
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/american-man-charged-trying-steal-part-rail-tracks-
auschwitz-n989906?
cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_nw&fbclid=IwAR3_sTRzJFReDqbfWqzF2BBsXJmdbkSau9adcjxGPmhupbi2
emnieApQLC0
 
How museums are stepping up exhibition design
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/feature/exhibition-design-the-art-of-seeking-attention?
fbclid=IwAR0lT_FwBphMeE79cBnD6_VyUEOB_-DmIyN6PNitcWEIlK8D_ekMeRfD_As
 
Afghan Students Learn to Combat Illicit Trafficking of Cultural Property
https://uanews.arizona.edu/story/afghan-students-learn-combat-illicit-trafficking-cultural-property
 
Investigators Recover Jewels Taken From Rome’s Etruscan Museum
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/02/world/europe/rome-jewels-etruscan-museum.html
 
A national treasure of Native American art in Los Angeles is looking for a new owner
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/a-national-treasure-of-native-american-art-in-los-angeles-
is-looking-for-a-new-owner
 
Art venues have half the budget of science museums for temporary exhibitions, new report finds
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/new-report-delves-into-hidden-economics-of-museum-
exhibitions
 
Erdogan says museum and former cathedral Hagia Sophia will become a mosque again
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/erdogan-says-museum-and-former-cathedral-hagia-sophia-
will-become-a-mosque-again
 
Archaeology
 
1,500-year-old garbage dumps reveal city’s surprising collapse

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/2019/03/ancient-
garbage-dump-elusa-reveals-surprising-city-collapse/
 

Can an Archaeological Dig Change the Future of Jerusalem?

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/03/30/opinion/sunday/jerusalem-city-of-david-israel-
dig.html
 
What Can Fingerprints Tell Us About Ancient Artisans?
https://hyperallergic.com/491765/what-can-fingerprints-tell-us-about-ancient-artisans/
 
Colombia court embargoes treasure from Spanish ship amid legal battle
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-colombia-treasure/colombia-court-embargoes-treasure-from-
spanish-ship-amid-legal-battle-idUSKCN1RE2F0
 
Archaeologists discover 'exceptional' site at Lake Titicaca
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/apr/01/archaeologists-discover-exceptional-site-at-lake-
titicaca?
CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other&fbclid=IwAR3YBgJG0pjuGlC0NzjPi8J6byqg92GJCpNGvGcKdOb
WeLXoNiA_YZQACrs
 
Teen Boy Discovers Long-Lost Medieval Gravestones in Scottish Churchyard
https://www.livescience.com/65128-teen-discovers-lost-medieval-gravestones.html?
utm_source=notification
 
 

Egyptology
 
Noble's tomb found in Egypt dates back to early pharaohs
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/nobles-tomb-found-in-egypt-dates-back-to-early-pharaohs/
ar-BBVwSNu?li=BBnbfcL&ocid=SL5FDHP
 
60 Ancient Egyptian Mummies Entombed Together Died 'Bloody, Fearsome Deaths'
https://www.livescience.com/65158-mass-grave-ancient-egypt-soldiers.html?
utm_source=notification
 
Early Egyptian Queen Revealed in 5,000-Year-Old Hieroglyphs
https://www.livescience.com/53406-early-egyptian-queen-revealed-in-hieroglyphs.html?
fbclid=IwAR39VDSwrPkwAI654Z2fcZpiI1NbfVXRCU6b_YFjcaTq0Bl5sHobYw_3C8M
 
 
 
 
 

General Science
 

Inside the High-Stakes Race to Make Quantum Computers

Work

https://www.wired.com/story/inside-the-high-stakes-race-to-
make-quantum-computers-work/?
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ODk5S0&hasha=3ed15b3d4270f52ce4da5de4e5031836&hashb
=9085a9ae56cc45a4e9bae24e2eaeaade6e04a43e&mbid=nl_040
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MIT and NASA engineers demonstrate a new kind of airplane wing
http://news.mit.edu/2019/engineers-demonstrate-lighter-flexible-airplane-wing-0401

Physics, Earth and Space Sciences

 
Plan to Mine the Moon Gives Australia Opening in New Space Era
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-04-01/plan-to-mine-the-moon-gives-australia-
opening-in-new-space-era?cmpid=socialflow-twitter-business&utm_campaign=socialflow-
organic&utm_medium=social&utm_content=business&utm_source=twitter
 
India anti-satellite missile test a 'terrible thing,' NASA chief says
https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/02/india/nasa-india-anti-missile-test-intl/index.html
 
NASA Announces $100,000 Winners of Virtual 3D-Printed Mars Habitats
https://www.space.com/3d-printed-mars-habitats-nasa-prizes.html?utm_source=notification
 
Physics Is Pointing Inexorably to Mind
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/physics-is-pointing-inexorably-to-mind/
 

Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy

Sources
 

The World Might Actually Run Out of People

https://www.wired.com/story/the-world-might-actually-run-out-of-people/?
CNDID=41291302&CNDID=41291302&bxid=MjM5NjgxMjIxODk5S0&hasha=3ed15b3d4270f5
2ce4da5de4e5031836&hashb=9085a9ae56cc45a4e9bae24e2eaeaade6e04a43e&mbid=nl_040119_p
aywall-
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mailing=Paywall%20Reminder%20NL%20040119%20(1)&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nl
 
This Scary Map Shows How Climate Change Will Transform
Your City

https://www.wired.com/story/this-scary-map-shows-how-
climate-change-will-transform-your-city/?
CNDID=41291302&CNDID=41291302&bxid=MjM5NjgxMjIx
ODk5S0&hasha=3ed15b3d4270f52ce4da5de4e5031836&hashb
=9085a9ae56cc45a4e9bae24e2eaeaade6e04a43e&mbid=nl_040
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Interior Dept. approved far more oil and gas permits during shutdown than previously known
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2019/03/27/politics/bernhardt-interior-approved-permits-shutdown/
index.html?__twitter_impression=true
 
Coursey: Interior needs to manage public lands for multiple uses, including wildlife conservation

https://trib.com/news/state-and-regional/coursey-interior-
needs-to-manage-public-lands-for-multiple-uses/
article_7ae819b6-99a2-5fdc-8dbf-fb8ccddfb4cf.html#tracking-
source=home-the-latest

 
As the World Warms, Clouds Could Disappear—Catastrophically
https://www.wired.com/story/as-the-world-warms-clouds-could-disappear-catastrophically/?
CNDID=41291302&CNDID=41291302&bxid=MjM5NjgxMjIxODk5S0&hasha=3ed15b3d4270f5
2ce4da5de4e5031836&hashb=9085a9ae56cc45a4e9bae24e2eaeaade6e04a43e&mbid=nl_033119_d
aily_list3_p2&source=DAILY_NEWSLETTER&utm_brand=wired&utm_mailing=WIRED%20NL
%20033119%20(1)&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nl

 
The Lost History of One of the World’s Strangest Science Experiments
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/29/sunday-review/
biosphere-2-climate-change.html
 
A Key To Peace In Afghanistan? Consider Conservation, Says One Scientist
https://www.npr.org/2019/03/31/693228402/a-key-to-peace-in-afghanistan-consider-conservation-
says-one-scientist?sc=tw
 
High seas could be protected by 'global treaty'
https://news.sky.com/story/high-seas-could-be-protected-by-global-treaty-11683256
 

Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences

 
FDA, N.Y. attorney general take steps to police stem cell industry
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/fda-sends-letters-to-20-companies-in-
attempt-to-rein-in-stem-cell-industry/2019/04/03/7e01556e-564e-11e9-8ef3-
fbd41a2ce4d5_story.html?utm_term=.ee99deca2649#click=https://t.co/XLEYbcJmxp
 
Komodo considers tourist ban to help boost dragon numbers
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/04/tourists-banned-from-home-of-komodo-dragon-
as-smugglers-eye-dwindling-numbers?
utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1554343303
 
NIH police yank Iranian graduate student from lab as agency clamps down on security
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/nih-police-yank-iranian-graduate-student-
from-lab-as-agency-clamps-down-on-security/2019/04/03/79f98bca-555a-11e9-8ef3-
fbd41a2ce4d5_story.html?
fbclid=IwAR3hWBkLBzS0QXbqXi23ZuZVSNp2JEIUpOZMpsvYkTyWhvj4H1DIltn7Ams&nore
direct=on&utm_term=.86ae954522a8
 
A Mysterious Infection, Spanning the Globe in a Climate of Secrecy
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/06/health/drug-resistant-candida-auris.html?
fbclid=IwAR26ZHbUkexRt4VA6RRWYQL3M-UZ38k_ZX9Pjhrhh1agI-nE6Iff4olV190
 
The Adult Brain Does Grow New Neurons After All, Study Says
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-adult-brain-does-grow-new-neurons-after-all-study-
says/

Other
 
What Happens When Techno-Utopians Actually Run a Country
https://www.wired.com/story/italy-five-star-movement-techno-utopians/?
CNDID=41291302&CNDID=41291302&bxid=MjM5NjgxMjIxODk5S0&hasha=3ed15b3d4270f5
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mailing=Paywall%20Reminder%20NL%20040119%20(1)&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nl
 
Pope Francis: Don’t be afraid that God has allowed different religions in the world
https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2019/04/03/pope-francis-dont-be-afraid-god-has-allowed-
different-religions-world
 
Military Tries Out Fish as Underwater Spies
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/military-tries-out-fish-as-underwater-spies/
 
7 unexpected things that libraries offer besides books
https://theconversation.com/7-unexpected-things-that-libraries-offer-besides-books-111895
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Additional Informational
 
First Word: Messages from Holocaust Survivors
https://www.ushmm.org/information/about-the-museum/museum-publications/memory-and-action/
first-word-messages-from-holocaust-survivors?
utm_source=mkto&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=1904MKTEM04468-feature-
button&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTm1ReVpUaGpOalptT0RrNCIsInQiOiI5OFZVTkc3OFJBb0MxTko4SE
9aTVhNVVVMOGtqZHFFczhKWDhlem9va0xxcnhkZURsNHYyTFprbkV5Q2JDZjRmTE9hQ05
PSDBFVjlVXC91RjdHa2prMVJwWDZaK0NKbXpZNVhBS0Y3Vk5DVkU5aldKVDdMUU9ZU
W5xdzdrb1hBdHdSdjJ1RjdSZmQxKzRreVNIb0V4ZkZBPT0ifQ%3D%3D
 
A new Bronze Age shipwreck with ingots in the west of Antalya—preliminary results
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00310328.2019.1579467?journalCode=ypeq20&
 
ORACUL, How Old Is Human Civilization Kickstarter Campaign
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/oracul/how-old-is-human-civilization?
fbclid=IwAR02BO9GXUlgPOBbv2fKMXB8S5MAZaXiX_3KPH7uxBaRYWq5JnRuE9YhLWY
 
Heritage on fire: who’s next: Fire risk management for cultural heritage Seminar, June 26-28: Rio
de Janeiro
https://www.iccrom.org/news/heritage-fire-whos-next