Weekly Science Report

June 7, 2019
 
“These virtues do not have ineffable meaning but offer a sense of morality-a way to be, and a
way to behave, as a member of the human family.”
Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah of the Kingdom of Jordan on being Muslim
 

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
 
Who Were the Ancestors of Native Americans? A Lost People in Siberia, Scientists Say
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/05/science/native-americans-genetics-siberia.html
 
Prehistoric stone engraved with horses found in France
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-48539803
 
Prehistoric humans invented stone tools multiple times, study finds
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/tools-invention-prehistoric-human-oldowan-stone-
weapons-arizona-state-university-a8942261.html
 
Scientists get a grip on sloth family tree
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-06/uoy-sga060519.php
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

History
 
Rebecca Winters: Mormon pioneer the center of attention as group plans to move her grave
https://www.starherald.com/features/lifestyle/rebecca-winters-mormon-pioneer-the-center-of-
attention-as-group/article_25bf1949-77fb-596e-bf92-b8879baee960.html
 
The RAF weathermen who helped save D-Day
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-48498383?fbclid=IwAR0x_8U8sYF9ec-
cr7FuFpJcalI2b9niZTXVCObX8w0y_6NwrevJbvWPKNA#
 
Stonewall Riot Apology: Police Actions Were ‘Wrong,’ Commissioner Admits
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/06/nyregion/stonewall-riots-nypd.html
 
Auschwitz Is Not a Metaphor
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/06/auschwitz-not-long-ago-not-far-away/591082/?
utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=the-atlantic&utm_source=facebook&utm_content=edit-
promo&utm_term=2019-06-06T10%3A00%3A03
 
Britain's mixed-race GI babies want to know why they were given away
https://edition.cnn.com/2019/06/05/europe/gi-babies-britain-dday-gbr-intl/index.html?
utm_term=link&utm_source=fbCNN&utm_medium=social&utm_content=2019-06-
06T15%3A34%3A00
 
The Lessons of 1944 Are in Jeopardy
https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/06/05/the-lessons-of-1944-are-in-jeopardy/
 
Army Sgt. Cread Shuey laid to rest in Marana 76 years after death in WWII prison camp
https://tucson.com/news/local/army-sgt-cread-shuey-laid-to-rest-in-marana-years/article_7caa41b6-
2334-5699-9591-a046e7051a05.html
 
Eid al-Fitr is coming. Here's what you should know about one of the biggest Islamic holy days
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2019/06/03/eid-al-fitr-2019-when-and-why-muslims-
celebrate/1268649001/?utm_source=R%26I+Clips+(Reporters)&utm_campaign=87491673dd-
EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_08_15_02_10_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_023b6
bc2e1-87491673dd-391847017&ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000090
 
Ancient Fingerprints Show Men and Women Both Made Pottery in the American Southwest
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ancient-fingerprints-show-both-women-and-men-
made-pottery-chaco-canyon-180972350/
 
D-Day Vets In Their 90s Parachute Into Normandy 75 Years Later, This Time To Cheers
https://www.npr.org/2019/06/05/730133581/d-day-vets-in-their-90s-parachute-into-normandy-75-
years-later-this-time-to-chee?sc=tw
 
Overlooked No More: Alan Turing, Condemned Code Breaker and Computer Visionary
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/05/obituaries/alan-turing-overlooked.html?smid=fb-
nytimes&smtyp=cur
 
'We were sworn to secrecy': Canadian women share stories of their efforts to help win WWII
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/d-day-code-breakers-women-1.5159789

Archaeology
 
Archaeologists search for elusive pre-Revolutionary War outpost in Rome
https://www.uticaod.com/news/20190606/archaeologists-search-for-elusive-pre-revolutionary-war-
outpost-in-rome
 
‘Archaeology of D-Day’ Aims to Preserve What the Soldiers Left Behind
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/05/world/europe/d-day-normandy-commemoration.html
 
Court throws book at BLM over fracking Chaco
https://www.hcn.org/articles/water-court-throws-book-at-blm-over-fracking-chaco
 
Mysterious 3,000-year-old fingerprints found at ancient site
https://www.foxnews.com/science/3000-year-old-fingerprints-found
 
'Blood Antiquities' Looted from War-Torn Yemen Bring in $1 Million at Auction
https://www.livescience.com/65641-yemen-blood-antiquities-investigation.html
 
Angkor Wat archaeological digs yield new clues to its civilization's decline
https://phys.org/news/2019-06-angkor-wat-archaeological-yield-clues.html
 
Epic Proportions
https://www.archaeology.org/issues/339-1905/trenches/7567-trenches-england-folkton-drums-
stonehenge-measurement
 
Neolithic Stone Structure Found in Cyprus
https://www.archaeology.org/news/7706-190607-cyprus-neolithic-building
 
More mysterious jars of the dead unearthed in Laos
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-06/anu-mmj060619.php

Egyptology
 
Nothing to report
 
 
 
 

General Science
 
Inside the Amazon Warehouse Where Humans and Machines Become One
https://www.wired.com/story/amazon-warehouse-robots/?
CNDID=41291302&CNDID=41291302&bxid=MjM5NjgxMjIxODk5S0&hasha=3ed15b3d4270f5
2ce4da5de4e5031836&hashb=9085a9ae56cc45a4e9bae24e2eaeaade6e04a43e&mbid=nl_060619_d
aily_list1_p4&source=DAILY_NEWSLETTER&utm_brand=wired&utm_mailing=WIRED%20NL
%20060619%20(1)&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nl
 
Robert Downey Jr. reveals plan to save the planet with robots and advanced technology
https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2019/06/05/robert-downey-jr-says-robotics-
nanotechnology-can-save-planet/1360908001/
 
Saab's new spy plane has a powerful piece of hardware on top
https://www.popsci.com/globaleye-awacs-aircraft-saab
 
 
 
 
 
Physics, Earth and Space Sciences
 
Why Does the Moon Keep Flashing Us?
https://www.space.com/gassy-moon-flashes.html?utm_source=notification
 
A Mythical Form of Space Propulsion Finally Gets a Real Test
https://www.wired.com/story/a-mythical-form-of-space-propulsion-finally-gets-a-real-test/?
CNDID=41291302&CNDID=41291302&bxid=MjM5NjgxMjIxODk5S0&hasha=3ed15b3d4270f5
2ce4da5de4e5031836&hashb=9085a9ae56cc45a4e9bae24e2eaeaade6e04a43e&mbid=nl_060519_d
aily_list1_p4&source=DAILY_NEWSLETTER&utm_brand=wired&utm_mailing=WIRED%20NL
%20060519%20(1)&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nl
 
NASA's Mars Helicopter Whirls Through Tests on Way to 2020 Launch
https://www.space.com/nasa-mars-helicopter-final-testing.html?utm_source=notification
 
NASA: The International Space Station Is Open for Commercial Business in Orbit
https://www.space.com/nasa-international-space-station-commercial-use.html
 
President Trump Appears to Throw Cold Water on NASA Moon Push
https://www.space.com/president-trump-tweet-nasa-moon-plans.html?utm_source=notification
 
Carnegie Mellon Rover And MoonArk Art Project Headed To The Moon
https://www.wesa.fm/post/carnegie-mellon-rover-and-moonark-art-project-headed-moon
 
Space weather affects your daily life. It’s time to start paying
attention.

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/613622/space-weather-
affects-your-daily-life-its-time-to-start-paying-attention/

Solved: How tides can trigger earthquakes

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-06/eiac-
sht060519.php

 
Detection of powerful winds driven by a supermassive black hole from La Palma
https://phys.org/news/2019-06-powerful-driven-supermassive-black-hole.html
 
 

Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy

Sources
 
$3 Million Settlement Revealed In High-Profile Fracking Case
https://www.npr.org/2019/06/04/729370149/-3-million-settlement-revealed-in-high-profile-
fracking-case?sc=tw
 
Organic Farming Has A Plastic Problem. One Solution Is Controversial

https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2019/06/07/729783773/
organic-farming-has-a-plastic-problem-one-solution-is-
controversial?sc=tw
 
Civilization could crumble by 2050 if we don't stop climate change now, new paper says
https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/civilization-could-
crumble-2050-if-we-don-t-stop-climate-ncna1013701?
cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_nw

 
Rapid change in coral reefs prompts global calls for a rethink
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-06/lu-rci060719.php
 
 

Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences

 
2 Chinese Babies With Edited Genes May Face Higher Risk Of Premature Death
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/06/03/727957768/2-chinese-babies-with-edited-
genes-may-face-higher-risk-of-premature-death?sc=tw
 
Why Octopuses Might Be The Next Lab Rats
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/06/03/727653152/why-octopuses-might-be-the-
next-lab-rats?sc=tw
 
Mapping the ocean's unseen heroes, one microbe at a time
https://phys.org/news/2019-06-ocean-unseen-heroes-microbe.html?
utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
 
Whale intelligence continues to amaze and dumbfound scientists
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/whale-intelligence-science-ocean-a8892636.html
 
U of G researchers discover meat-eating plant in Ontario, Canada
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-06/uog-uog060719.php
 
As Predicted, Some of Australia’s Turtles Are Going Extinct
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/as-predicted-some-of-australias-turtles-are-going-
extinct1/?redirect=1
 
 

Other
 
For Remote Communities In Scotland's Outer Hebrides, Mobile Libraries Are A Lifeline
https://www.npr.org/2019/06/08/719954225/for-remote-communities-in-scotlands-outer-hebrides-
mobile-libraries-are-a-lifeli?sc=tw
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Additional Informational
 
The WIRED Guide to Aliens
https://www.wired.com/story/wired-guide-aliens/?
CNDID=41291302&CNDID=41291302&bxid=MjM5NjgxMjIxODk5S0&hasha=3ed15b3d4270f5
2ce4da5de4e5031836&hashb=9085a9ae56cc45a4e9bae24e2eaeaade6e04a43e&mbid=nl_060519_d
aily_list3_p1&source=DAILY_NEWSLETTER&utm_brand=wired&utm_mailing=WIRED%20NL
%20060519%20(1)&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nl
 
One Thousand and Seventy-eight Blue Skies: Nazi concentration camps and killing centers across
Europe
https://www.ushmm.org/information/exhibitions/museum-exhibitions/blue-skies?
utm_source=mkto&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=1906MKTEM04593-horizontal-link-
1&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWTJZelpqTXhNRGxqT0RjMyIsInQiOiJ0aWlvSlBVRTFYdUVhMERYeXQy
QVYycFM5R3ltMmtLZ29XODN4elI3Ryt6cEdUXC9KMXdKbmVUaWUzVzZWaUxvSTBsSGp
KUVBGUUFORTlRV3U0dHp0eTlBckRwY3Nsclc3elk0U2NwQzFvTXdVekdcL080MGRuTUo2
K0QybVRKK2hvIn0%3D
 
Holocaust Encyclopedia, ANNE FRANK: BIOGRAPHY
https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/anne-frank-biography?
utm_source=mkto&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=1906MKTEM04593-feature-
button&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWTJZelpqTXhNRGxqT0RjMyIsInQiOiJ0aWlvSlBVRTFYdUVhMERYe
XQyQVYycFM5R3ltMmtLZ29XODN4elI3Ryt6cEdUXC9KMXdKbmVUaWUzVzZWaUxvSTBs
SGpKUVBGUUFORTlRV3U0dHp0eTlBckRwY3Nsclc3elk0U2NwQzFvTXdVekdcL080MGRuT
Uo2K0QybVRKK2hvIn0%3D
 
The Home of the Future Isn’t Smart—It’s ‘Living’ and Green
https://singularityhub.com/2019/01/30/the-home-of-the-future-isnt-smart-its-living-and-green/
amp/?__twitter_impression=true