Weekly Science ReportApril 29, 2016

“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” John Quincy Adams

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 butthrough 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

Taiwan finds 4,800-year-old fossil of mother cradling babyhttps://www.yahoo.com/news/taiwan-finds-4-800-old-fossil-mother-cradling-150039478.html

Were these remote wild islands the center of everything?http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20151210-were-these-remote-wild-islands-the-centre-of-everything?utm_content=buffer04cb4&utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkedin.com&utm_campaign=buffer

When It Came To Food, Neanderthals Weren't Exactly Picky Eatershttp://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/04/29/476032883/neanderthals-were-less-picky-eaters-than-early-humans

Mysterious archaic humans left clues in a surprising place http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2016/0328/Mysterious-archaic-humans-left-clues-in-a-surprising-place

Unearthing History: Mary Anning's Hunt for Prehistoric Ocean Giantshttp://ocean.si.edu/blog/unearthing-history-mary-annings-hunt-prehistoric-ocean-giants

History

Etruscan stone could help unravel enigma of one of Italy's first civilizationshttps://www.yahoo.com/news/etruscan-stone-could-help-unravel-enigma-one-italys-095949391.html

Historian claims to have struck gold at Nazi bunkerhttp://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2016/04/23/Historian-claims-to-have-struck-gold-at-Nazi-bunker/9911461439148/

High alpine dairying may have begun over 3000 years agohttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-04/p-had042216.php

Iconic Collection of Delhi's Natural History Museum Consumed by Firehttps://news.artnet.com/art-world/delhi-museum-consumed-by-fire-481895

At Virginia home of President Monroe, a sizable revision of historyhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/news/education/wp/2016/04/28/at-virginia-home-of-president-monroe-a-sizable-revision-of-history/?tid=sm_f

Former SS Auschwitz guard apologizes at trial in Germanyhttp://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/former-ss-auschwitz-guard-apologizes-at-trial-in-germany/ar-BBspmI9?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=SL5FDHP

Archaeology

Budj Bim heritage site to get $8m upgrade to help UNESCO bidhttp://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-04-24/government-to-spend-8m-to-improve-budj-bim-heritage-site/7353772?platform=hootsuite

Unearthing the Atrocities of Nazi Death Campshttp://www.scientificamerican.com/article/unearthing-the-atrocities-of-nazi-death-camps/

Wood remains believed to be from Christian cross of Spanish conquistador unearthedhttp://latino.foxnews.com/latino/lifestyle/2016/04/24/archeologists-unearth-christian-cross-believed-to-be-once-owned-by-spanish/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+feedburner%2FtHoDO+%28FOXNews.com%29

Romsey Abbey: The mystery of the hair in the coffinhttp://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-36094897

The secret life of an archaeologist: soil in your sandwiches and sexism on siteshttp://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/apr/25/secret-life-archaeologist-soil-sandwiches-sexism-sites

Spanish Castle’s Restoration, Called ‘Disaster’ by Some, Wins Prizehttp://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/16/world/europe/spanish-castles-restoration-called-disaster-by-some-wins-prize.html?_r=1

Probe confirms damage to 15th-century tomb at Maklihttp://www.dawn.com/news/1252478/probe-confirms-damage-to-15th-century-tomb-at-makli

Xi says protecting relics a priorityhttp://www.china.org.cn/arts/2016-04/13/content_38232188.htm

Tomb raiding ringleader gets death penaltyhttp://www.ecns.cn/2016/04-15/206782.shtml

Islam North of the Pyreneeshttp://www.archaeology.org/issues/215-1605/trenches/4343-trenches-france-medieval-muslim-burial

'Lost' Medieval Music Performed for the First Time in 1,000 Yearshttp://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/lost-medieval-music-performed-first-time-1000-years-180958892/?no-ist

Antiquities expert on Palmyra visit: 'Syria can’t possibly restore the destroyed artifacts'http://syriadirect.org/news/syrian-antiquities-expert-on-palmyra-visit-site-is-%E2%80%9830-damaged%E2%80%99/

An ancient hydraulic system, envy of modern ones?http://www.citi.io/2016/04/13/an-ancient-hydraulic-system-envy-of-modern-ones/ Egyptology

3,700-year-old scarab seal found by birdwatcher near Haifahttp://www.timesofisrael.com/3700-year-old-scarab-seal-found-by-birdwatcher-near-haifa/?platform=hootsuite

Building for Egypt's First Female Pharaoh Discoveredhttp://www.livescience.com/54476-building-for-queen-hatshepsut-discovered.html

The Lost City of Akhenatenhttps://news.cnrs.fr/articles/the-lost-city-of-akhenaten General Science

Six maps that will make you rethink the worldhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/04/29/six-maps-that-will-make-you-rethink-the-world/?tid=sm_f

Inside Openai, Elon Musk’s wild plan to set artificial intelligence freehttp://www.wired.com/2016/04/openai-elon-musk-sam-altman-plan-to-set-artificial-intelligence-free/?mbid=nl_42716

Physics, Earth and Space Sciences

People are freaking out about ‘Mercury in retrograde.’ This is what’s really going on.https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2016/04/29/people-are-freaking-about-mercury-in-retrograde-this-is-whats-really-going-on/?tid=sm_f

Inside the lost cave world of the Amazon’s tepui mountainshttps://www.newscientist.com/article/2085733-inside-the-lost-cave-world-of-the-amazons-tepui-mountains/

Einstein's theory of relativity faces satellite testhttp://phys.org/news/2016-04-einstein-theory-relativity-satellite.html

Space companies feud over what to do with rockets in ICBM stockpilehttps://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/2016/04/18/4d649cb2-057b-11e6-b283-e79d81c63c1b_story.html

Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources

Turning ocean waves into electricityhttp://money.cnn.com/2016/04/19/technology/waves-columbia-power/index.html?sr=cnnmoneybin042116waves0930story

Japanese Priests Collected Almost Seven Centuries of Climate Datahttp://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/japanese-priests-collected-almost-seven-centuries-climate-data-180958929/?utm_source=twitter.com&no-ist

Global warming could deplete the oceans’ oxygen – with severe consequenceshttps://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/04/28/global-warming-could-deplete-the-oceans-oxygen-levels-with-severe-consequences/?tid=sm_f

Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences

Johns Hopkins team develops wearable sensor for cystic fibrosis treatmenthttp://hub.jhu.edu/2016/03/16/wearable-device-cystic-fibrosis-treatment

Cambodia's last Royal Turtles on verge of extinctionhttps://www.yahoo.com/news/cambodias-last-royal-turtles-verge-extinction-172717288.html?nhp=1 Other

These Are the Most Serious Catastrophic Threats Faced by Humanityhttp://gizmodo.com/these-are-the-most-serious-catastrophic-threats-faced-b-1773661869

An explorer explains how the Breakthrough Organization will search for alien life formshttps://www.yahoo.com/news/m/7d2f8093-cdb1-35a7-bb5e-6ee032445d46/ss_an-explorer-explains-how-the.html?nhp=1

Are we alone? Setting some limits to our uniquenesshttp://phys.org/news/2016-04-limits-uniqueness.html

Additional Informational

Heritage sites one year after quake (photo feature) http://www.myrepublica.com/feature-article/story/41074/heritage-sites-one-year-after-quake-photo-feature.html#sthash.7MbT75Np.dpuf

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 tolook and feel like a true Star Trek movie.• Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/StarTrekAxanar • Twitter Page: https://twitter.com/startrekaxanar