Weekly Science Report April 22, 2016

“How could the Greeks ever forgive their Catholic brothers, whose swords still dripped with Christian blood, and who had betrayed and violated their

holiest shrines.” Pope Innocent III on the sacking of Constantinople

Table of Contents

Introduction ....................................................................................................................... 2 News Articles .................................................................................................................... 3

Paleontology, Evolution and Prehistoric Studies ............................................................ 3 History ............................................................................................................................. 4 Archaeology .................................................................................................................... 6 Egyptology ....................................................................................................................... 8 General Science .............................................................................................................. 9 Physics, Earth and Space Sciences ............................................................................. 10 Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources ................................. 11 Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences .................................................................. 12 Other .............................................................................................................................. 13

Additional Informational ................................................................................................ 14

Introduction I created this publication with the support of Graham Hancock and John Anthony West to share news and information on various disciplines to include paleontology, space sciences, genetics and archaeology. My goal behind sharing this publication has always been very simple, by sharing knowledge we can make our world a better place. Since the beginning of the internet age we have always heard of the world being drawn together but through my investigations I’ve never found a publication like the Weekly Science Report. This publication is my contribution to bring people together and share ideas and discoveries with my fellow humans.

I hope you enjoy this publication and that the content challenges and inspires you!

Steve Detwiler

News Articles

Paleontology, Evolution and Prehistoric Studies Study: Dinosaurs Were Declining Long Before Asteroid Hit http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/study-dinosaurs-declining-long-asteroid-hit-38489576 Team studies whether Americans were descendants of original modern humans http://phys.org/news/2016-04-team-americans-descendants-modern-humans.html Discovery of 13-million-year-old croc suggests parallel evolution of 'telescoping' eyes http://phys.org/news/2016-04-million-year-old-storyteller-crocodylian-fossils-evidence.html 21-million-year-old fossil is North America’s first monkey https://www.newscientist.com/article/2085277-21-million-year-old-fossil-is-north-americas-first-monkey/

History The Librarian Who Saved Timbuktu’s Cultural Treasures From al Qaeda http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-librarian-who-saved-timbuktus-cultural-treasures-from-al-qaeda-1460729998 Vikings may have first taken to seas to find women, slaves http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/04/vikings-may-have-first-taken-seas-find-women-slaves?utm_source=newsfromscience&utm_medium=facebook-text&utm_campaign=vikings-3660 Italy retrieves three works looted from Tuscan villa by the Nazis http://theartnewspaper.com/news/italy-retrieves-three-works-looted-from-the-grand-duke-of-luxembourg-by-the-nazis-/ Horrors Pile Up Quietly In 'The Other Slavery' http://www.npr.org/2016/04/17/471622218/horrors-pile-up-quietly-in-the-other-slavery?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20160417 The world's first ghetto, 500 years later http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/21/world/cnnphotos-venice-ghetto-anniversary/index.html Palmyra’s legacy is everywhere – and ISIS could never have erased it http://www.apollo-magazine.com/palmyras-legacy-is-everywhere-and-isis-could-never-have-erased-it/?utm_content=bufferca2d4&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer The Historical Reenactor Accuracy Wars http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-historical-reenactor-accuracy-wars?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=smithsonian Phylogenetic analyses suggests fairy tales are much older than thought http://phys.org/news/2016-01-phylogenetic-analyses-fairy-tales-older.html#jCp The Indian from Rhode Island Who Won the Boston Marathon—Twice http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2014/04/21/indian-rhode-island-who-won-boston-marathon-twice-154541 Visiting museums like the Louvre is terrible, and there’s no fair solution https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/act-four/wp/2016/04/19/visiting-museums-like-the-louvre-is-terrible-and-theres-no-fair-solution/?tid=sm_fb Titanic artifacts reveal gruesome discovery of tragic ship's last lifeboat http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/titanic-artifacts-reveal-gruesome-discovery-of-tragic-ships-last-lifeboat/ar-BBrYMrz?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=SL5FDHP India still wants the UK to give the Kohinoor diamond back http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/20/asia/india-kohinoor-diamond/index.html?sr=fbcnni042016india-kohinoor-diamond0542AMStoryLink&linkId=23619485 Where did the Etruscans come from? The linguistic and genetic clues are piling up. http://www.pri.org/stories/2016-04-15/where-did-etruscan-people-come-we-still-dont-know-linguistic-and-genetic-clues

Treasury Decides To Put Harriet Tubman On $20 Bill http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/04/20/474983292/treasury-decides-to-put-harriet-tubman-on-20-bill Obama will break Armenian genocide promise (again) https://www.yahoo.com/news/obama-will-break-armenian-genocide-promise-again-201843146.html The Mundari: The tribe dying for their cows http://edition.cnn.com/2016/04/22/africa/mundari-tribe-cattle-photography/index.html?sr=cnnifb

Archaeology Hildersham church loo flushes out ancient skeletons http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-35984957 15 skeletons found at Harappan site in Hisar’s Rakhigarhi village http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/haryana/15-skeletons-found-at-harappan-site-in-hisar-s-rakhigarhi-village/221923.html Palmyra Arch Destroyed by ISIS Rises Again in Central London http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/palmyra-arch-destroyed-isis-rises-again-central-london-180958848/?no-ist As the Arctic Erodes, Archaeologists Are Racing to Protect Ancient Treasures http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/arctic-erodes-archaeologists-are-racing-protect-ancient-treasures-180957933/?no-ist&utm_content=buffer9a379&utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkedin.com&utm_campaign=buffer Did Aztec rulers sacrifice their STAFF? http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3417150/Did-Aztec-rulers-sacrifice-STAFF-Bones-reveals-victims-served-elite-killed-Great-Temple-Tenochtitl-n.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&utm_content=buffer0a5ab&utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkedin.com&utm_campaign=buffer Global universities unite for ‘critical moment’ to advance cultural heritage preservation http://news.yale.edu/2016/04/20/global-universities-unite-critical-moment-advance-cultural-heritage-preservation?platform=hootsuite Ancient Japanese shrine damaged and 'cherry blossom gate' destroyed by earthquake http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/ancient-japanese-aso-shrine-damaged-in-kyushu-earthquake-as-cherry-blossom-gate-is-destroyed-a6987301.html Archaeologist sees Bosnia stone sphere as the most massive in Europe http://phys.org/news/2016-04-archaeologist-bosnia-stone-sphere-massive.html British team to conserve Ethiopia’s oldest wall paintings http://theartnewspaper.com/news/conservation/british-team-to-conserve-ethiopia-s-oldest-wall-paintings/ Ancient Peruvian Mystery Solved From Space http://news.discovery.com/earth/nazca-mystery-solved-from-space-160416.htm?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=DNewsSocial Historians, Archaeologists Plan Maritime Heritage Trail For Pensacola http://wuwf.org/post/historians-archaeologists-plan-maritime-heritage-trail-pensacola#stream/0 The fight to preserve Gaza’s archaeological heritage http://www.scidev.net/global/conflict/multimedia/preserve-gaza--archaeological-heritage.html?utm_content=bufferc9b06&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer Artist Edoardo Tresoldi creates a phantom church in Italy's Puglia http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/18/arts/wire-ghost-church-edoardo-tresoldi/index.html?sr=fbcnni041916wire-ghost-church-edoardo-tresoldi0719AMStoryGalLink&linkId=23581416

Ancient monuments in India's Karnataka state under threat http://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.ca/2016/04/ancient-monuments-in-indias-karnataka.html#.Vxo_ZPkrJQJ

Egyptology 12-Year-Old Israeli Girl Discovers Ancient Egyptian Amulet http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/12-year-israeli-girl-discovers-ancient-egyptian-amulet-38502415

General Science This Tiny African Country Is Leading the World's Drone Race http://www.ozy.com/fast-forward/this-tiny-african-country-is-leading-the-worlds-drone-race/68048?utm_source=ozywiredw&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=4162016 Quantum computing closer as researchers drive towards first quantum data bus http://phys.org/news/2016-04-quantum-closer-bus.html Commander: Air Force lab's work on drones, lasers, hypersonic weapons will be 'game-changers' http://www.stripes.com/news/us/commander-air-force-lab-s-work-on-drones-lasers-hypersonic-weapons-will-be-game-changers-1.404950 Sydney’s nanoscience lab has floating floors and Faraday cages https://www.newscientist.com/article/2084920-sydneys-nanoscience-lab-has-floating-floors-and-faraday-cages/ Air Force team breaks speed record with magnetically levitated sled system http://phys.org/news/2016-04-air-team-magnetically-levitated-sled.html These futuristic driverless pods will run on Singapore's roads by end of the year http://mashable.com/2016/04/20/driverless-pods-singapore/?utm_cid=mash-com-fb-asia-link#erFa3hr8Jgq3

Physics, Earth and Space Sciences It’s Time to Start Creating ‘Air Traffic Controllers’ for Space http://www.defenseone.com/technology/2016/04/space-air-traffic-controllers/127479/?oref=DefenseOneTCO Scientists Unearth 11th Century Persian Scholar's Supernova Surveillance http://sputniknews.com/environment/20160424/1038518906/ibn-sina-supernova-sighting.html Pluto just the beginning for New Horizons Kuiper Belt journey http://phys.org/news/2016-04-pluto-horizons-kuiper-belt-journey.html Earth-like planet may exist in a nearby star system http://phys.org/news/2016-04-earth-like-planet-nearby-star.html Growing launch activity lifts Space Coast bars, businesses http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/space/os-space-coast-business-boost-20160418-story.html Spacecraft finds bright craters on Ceres http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/19/tech/bright-craters-ceres-irpt/index.html?sr=fbCNN041916bright-craters-ceres-irpt0843PMStoryGalLink&linkId=23608972 NASA’s Dawn probe may visit third asteroid after Ceres and Vesta https://www.newscientist.com/article/2085288-nasas-dawn-probe-may-visit-third-asteroid-after-ceres-and-vesta/ Scientists just discovered a 1,000-km-long coral reef at the mouth of the Amazon http://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-just-discovered-a-1-000-km-coral-reef-at-the-mouth-of-the-amazon Huge never-before-seen lake spotted hiding under Antarctic ice https://www.newscientist.com/article/2085523-huge-never-before-seen-lake-spotted-hiding-under-antarctic-ice/ First direct evidence of ancient Mars’s oxygen-rich atmosphere https://www.newscientist.com/article/2085604-first-direct-evidence-of-ancient-marss-oxygen-rich-atmosphere/

Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources Drowning history: Sea level rise threatens US historic sites http://bigstory.ap.org/article/14ef99f8ffcf4bdc9064daf918fbf85b/drowning-history-sea-level-rise-threatens-us-historic-sites Why China Wants to Build Something Called 'Sponge Cities' http://www.citylab.com/design/2015/11/why-china-wants-to-build-sponge-cities/417114/ ‘And then we wept': Scientists say 93 percent of the Great Barrier Reef now bleached https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/04/20/and-then-we-wept-scientists-say-93-percent-of-the-great-barrier-reef-now-bleached/?tid=sm_fb France Declares All New Rooftops Must Be Topped With Plants Or Solar Panels http://csglobe.com/france-declares-all-new-rooftops-must-be-topped-with-plants-or-solar-panels/ Australian politician sets river on fire to protest fracking https://www.yahoo.com/news/australian-politician-sets-river-fire-protest-fracking-064640159.html A Rare Look Inside The 'Gigafactory' Tesla Hopes Will Revolutionize Energy Use http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2016/04/18/474346868/a-rare-look-inside-the-gigafactory-tesla-hopes-will-revolutionize-energy-use?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20160418 NNSA’s work and missions help save the earth http://nnsa.energy.gov/blog/nnsa%E2%80%99s-work-and-missions-help-save-earth San Francisco Requires New Buildings To Install Solar Panels http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/04/20/474969107/san-francisco-requires-new-buildings-to-install-solar-panels?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20160420 RESEARCHERS ACCIDENTALLY MAKE BATTERIES LAST 400 TIMES LONGER http://www.popsci.com/researchers-accidentally-make-batteries-last-400-times-longer?src=SOC&dom=fb

Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences Genetic Superheroes walk amongst us http://www.wired.com/2016/04/scientists-find-genetic-superheroes-cant-tell/?mbid=nl_ozy41616 Dolphins have a language that helps them solve problems together https://www.newscientist.com/article/2084557-dolphins-have-a-language-that-helps-them-solve-problems-together/?utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=SOC&utm_campaign=hoot&cmpid=SOC%7CNSNS%7C2016-GLOBAL-hoot Can Whales And Humans Collaborate On Research? http://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2016/04/21/475015965/can-whales-and-humans-collaborate-on-research

Other Nat Geo's 'The Story of God' With Morgan Freeman Shatters Network Records http://www.christianpost.com/news/national-geographic-the-story-of-god-with-morgan-freeman-shatters-network-records-161392/ Humanity’s Future – Fragile or Hyperconnected, or Both? http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/04/17/humanitys-future-planned-around-connections-rather-than-borders/?ref=opinion&_r=1 Malaysia school shut amid 'mass hysteria' over sightings of a black figure http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/malaysia-school-shut-amid-mass-hysteria-over-sightings-of-a-black-figure/ar-BBs0azs?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=SL5FDHP 'Star Trek: Axanar' Fan Film Docked After Copyright Suit from CBS/Paramount http://www.space.com/32633-32629-star-trek-axanar-copyright-suit.html Ray Kurzweil Predicts Three Technologies Will Define Our Future http://linkis.com/singularityhub.com/2/4Mg4s

Additional Informational

The challenge of protecting heritage in times of armed conflict by Peter G Stone. News in Conservation Issue 53, April 2016 https://www.iiconservation.org/node/6323 5 Tips from Peter Diamandis on Finding Your Passion https://medium.com/singularity-university-blog/5-tips-from-peter-diamandis-on-finding-your-passion-a53d184bdb96#.76vt0f72p Star Trek Axanar: http://www.startrekaxanar.com/ Axanar is a ground breaking independent film that proves the idea that a studio doesn’t need to spend millions of dollars to produce a feature quality production. Axanar will be the first non-CBS/Paramount produced Star Trek to look and feel like a true Star Trek movie.

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