[Jawlist] Science, Archaeology and Ancient History Weekly Report 8-1-08

Sat Aug 2 10:01:29 PDT 2008

Good Afternoon Everyone,

Below is this week's edition.  Enjoy!

Steve Detwiler

Science, Archaeology and Ancient History Weekly Report
August 1, 2008

“The American, by nature, is optimistic. He is experimental, an inventor and a builder who builds best when called upon to build greatly.”
President John F. Kennedy

News Articles

Paleontology, Evolution and Prehistoric Studies

How Did Life on Earth Get Started?
http://www.usnews.com/articles/science/2008/07/24/how-did-life-on-earth-get-started.html

Flint hints at existence of Palaeolithic man in Ireland
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/court_and_social/article4412074.ece

Archaeologists find 9,000-year-old rhino remains in Urals
http://en.rian.ru/culture/20080728/115066936.html

Cavers recover ancient bear bones
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/highlands_and_islands/7528648.stm

'Chicken and chips' theory of Pacific migration
http://www.physorg.com/news136544792.html

Many hands painted Lascaux caves
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/court_and_social/article4425293.ece

Scientists question dinosaur soft tissue find
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080730/sc_nm/dinosaur_tissue_dc;_ylt=AjhBVWK8RAV6iMc_i7KOiTghANEA

Incredible Discoveries Made in Remote Caves
http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20080731/sc_livescience/incrediblediscoveriesmadeinremotecaves

The Father of All Fangs—Snake Weapons Came From One Ancestor
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/07/31/the-father-of-all-fangs%e2%80%94snake-weapons-came-from-one-ancestor/

Ancient and General History

Parties to History
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/parties-to-history.html

Leopold and Loeb's Criminal Minds
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/criminal-minds.html

Black soldiers receive apology for wrongful convictions
http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/07/27/soldiers.apology.ap/index.html

House formally apologizes for slavery and Jim Crow 
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080729/ap_on_go_co/slavery_apology

Scientist Looks To Stars For Answer On Caesar
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=92965327

‘Gabriel’s Revelation’ tablet translation now available on Hartman website
http://www.hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=162

The Qumran Quandary
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1215331033237&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull

'The land, my lord, will be lost forever'
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=1005648

How a Monk and His Peas Changed the World
http://www.livescience.com/history/080728-hs-mendel.html

FBI: We Don't Have Tesla's Death Ray
http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/07/fbi-we-dont-hav.html

Holocaust by hunger: The truth behind Stalin's Great Famine
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1038774/Holocaust-hunger-The-truth-Stalins-Great-Famine.html

Columbus debunker sets sights on Leonardo da Vinci 
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080729/sc_nm/britain_book_leonardo_dc;_ylt=AuJ_EpURtWAzgQXSAH_K5I4hANEA

World's oldest joke traced back to 1900 BC
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080731/lf_nm_life/britain_joke_dc

A City's Infernal Dante Dispute
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1828023,00.html

The Tiananmen Paper
http://www.blog.newsweek.com/blogs/beijing/archive/2008/07/30/the-tam-paper.aspx

Que? Spanish crew's lack of English sank the Mary Rose
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/science/article4439221.ece

Eight great real-life mummies
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25919512

L.I. Holocaust survivor signs up for German reparations for toil in ghetto 
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/us_world/2008/07/31/2008-07-31_li_holocaust_survivor_signs_up_for_germa.html

The Rush to Save Timbuktu's Crumbling Manuscripts
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,569560,00.html

Life sentence 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_7523000/7523680.stm

Archaeology

Ancient burial site found at Malacca Fort
http://www.hindu.com/2008/07/27/stories/2008072753071800.htm

Mummies cover-up reversed
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1059840_mummies_coverup_reversed

Restoring Ethiopia's great obelisk 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7505957.stm

Ancient Greek ship fished from sea
http://www.ansa.it/site/notizie/awnplus/english/news/2008-07-28_128240910.html

Archaeologists in search of the Sámi people
http://www.helsinki.fi/news/archive/7-2008/28-16-38-46.html

Woodwork discovery means summertime dig ends on a high
http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/758954?UserKey=0

Tussle over idol dug up from riverbed
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Chennai/Tussle_over_idol_dug_up_from_riverbed/articleshow/3286418.cms

Buried loot a mystery for authorities 
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080728/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/buried_millions;_ylt=AlerskTBUI7wZ_kGkUTm_j6s0NUE

Laos to protect ancient capital to preserve World Heritage status 
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080729/sc_afp/laosheritagetourismluangprabang_080729064221;_ylt=AqhuLabzoRJQX1rj_TQ9u3HPOrgF

Ruins may be Viking hunting outpost in Greenland
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/science/20080728-0828-greenland-vikings.html

Quest to preserve internment sites for Japanese Americans during World War II proves difficult
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/07/28/america/NA-US-Internment-Barracks.php

Ancient grave found on Bognor new homes site
http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/3551234.Ancient_grave_found_on_Bognor_new_homes_site/

Prehistory vs. Archaeology: Terms of Engagement 
http://www.springerlink.com/content/346142p032604447/fulltext.html

Ravaged murals 
http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/stories/20080815251606400.htm

New stage in Trojan excavations
http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=110931

Puerto Rican police make undersea discovery
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080730/ap_on_sc/puerto_rico_underwater_find_1;_ylt=AlpRRL3.dsKiB9.qzo.2SgFFeQoB

Archaeologists Find Forgotten Graveyard
http://somd.com/news/headlines/2008/8050.shtml

Cremated bones thought to date from around 3,500BC to 2,000BC have been unearthed by archaeologists during a dig near Lough Fea 
http://www.midulstermail.co.uk/news/Bones-mystery.4339957.jp

Rare documents from Baekje Period discovered in Naju
http://english.kbs.co.kr/mcontents/culture/1537249_11676.html

First indication for embalming in Roman Greece
http://www.alphagalileo.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=readrelease&releaseid=531250&ez_search=1

'Hidden' Van Gogh painting revealed
http://www.physorg.com/news136632636.html

Digging deep into history
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20080731-9999-1m31whaley.html

Third Time's Not the Charm
http://www.archaeology.org/online/reviews/mummyIII/

Cathedral yields more surprises: Crews unearth Presidio chapel remnants
http://www.montereyherald.com/local/ci_10039631?nclick_check=1

Two Egyptians rewarded for turning in antiquities 
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/222221,two-egyptians-rewarded-for-turning-in-antiquities.html

Two Piers Belonged To First Century A.D. Unearthed In Aphrodisias Ancient City
http://www.turkishpress.com/travel/view.asp?id=244509

Students find three Roman busts
http://www.typicallyspanish.com/news/publish/article_17654.shtml

Skeletons uncovered in friary dig
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/tayside_and_central/7533920.stm

Saving Syria’s Historic Bathhouses
http://www.iwpr.net/?p=syr&s=f&o=345960&apc_state=henh

Ancient rock carvings discovered
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/7534510.stm

Archaeological team uncovering secrets of Iosepa
http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=3904709

Ancient sculptures found in Tripura
http://www.zeenews.com/articles.asp?aid=459114&sid=FTP

Seal of King Zedekiah's minister found in J'lem dig
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1215331162371&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

More proof of ancient Prishtina, Kosovo capital
http://www.newkosovareport.com/200807311088/Culture-and-Sports/More-proof-on-the-ancient-Prishtina-Kosovo-capital.html

British Museum buys medieval astronomy tool
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25951946/

World’s oldest chocolate found at Paso de la Amada in Mexico
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/court_and_social/article4353188.ece

Paddling through history
http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/story.html?id=4d218bef-7d4c-4552-b7ab-5c9b2ab0a44c

Greek archaeological site reburied
http://www.speroforum.com/site/article.asp?idCategory=33&idsub=124&id=15843&t=Greek+archaeological+site+reburied

Archaeological Zones to open in Guanajuato
http://www.pvmirror.com/mexicomirror/207/archaeologicalzonestoopenguanajuato.html

New Buddhist sites on government radar
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080801/jsp/nation/story_9607375.jsp

Fires Threaten Several Ancient Sites In Turkey
http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1505600/fires_threaten_several_ancient_sites_in_turkey/index.html

General Science

A water pump for the people
http://features.csmonitor.com/innovation/2008/07/23/a-water-pump-for-the-people/

Incredible Fish Armor Could Suit Soldiers
http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20080727/sc_livescience/incrediblefisharmorcouldsuitsoldiers

Scientists demonstrate highly directional semiconductor lasers
http://www.physorg.com/news136215840.html

Beam sharpener produces laser 'knife'
http://technology.newscientist.com/article/dn14404-beam-sharpener-produces-laser-knife.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=news1_head_dn14404

'Laser jumbo' testing moves ahead
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7531046.stm

IS THIS YOUR JETPACK?
http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/29/1230228.aspx

Nearly Waterless Washing Machine to Debut in 2009
http://www.physorg.com/news136555635.html

Europe, Japan join forces to map out future of intelligent robots
http://www.physorg.com/news136543135.html

San Diego Supercomputer Center director urges academia to make cyberinfrastructure 'real'
http://www.physorg.com/news136558192.html

Wull-E: Robots doing dirty work
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/highlands_and_islands/7531632.stm

Project to rebuild Internet gets $12M, bandwidth
http://www.physorg.com/news136655891.html

Outsmarting Bombers; and A Warless Future?
http://www.sciam.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=73FA0B43-A6C1-E6C7-68C7D5B9BB7C6D92

Toyota tests Segway-like stand-up-and-ride machine
http://www.physorg.com/news136807601.html

The brightest, sharpest, fastest X-ray holograms yet
http://www.physorg.com/news136815277.html

China opens first very high-speed rail line
http://www.physorg.com/news136782641.html

Physics, Earth and Space Sciences

New space race heats up with unveiling of aircraft
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080726/ap_on_sc/tec_space_tourism

Buzz Aldrin Calls for Reevaluation of NASA Moon Project
http://www.redorbit.com/news/space/1494054/buzz_aldrin_calls_for_reevaluation_of_nasa_moon_project/index.html

S.F. scientists in China to Webcast solar eclipse
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/07/26/BAD111VAVA.DTL&type=science

Comets may be spawned when mum breaks up
http://space.newscientist.com/article/mg19926664.500-comets-may-be-spawned-when-mum-breaks-up.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=news3_head_mg19926664.500

Rise, fall of ancient supercontinents likely liberated oxygen for us
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/columnist/vergano/2008-07-27-supercontinents-oxygen_N.htm

"Sun-eating dragon" returns to China
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080728/sc_afp/scienceastronomyeclipse_080728165614

Life from Venus blown to Earth? 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/south_east/7525390.stm

Bracing the Satellite Infrastructure for a Solar Superstorm
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=bracing-for-a-solar-superstorm

Nukes Are Not the Best Way to Stop an Asteroid
http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/07/nukes-are-not-t.html

NASA: 50 Years of Towering Achievement
http://www.wired.com/science/space/news/2008/07/nasa_mainbar

Caltech astronomers describe the bar scene at the beginning of the universe
http://www.physorg.com/news136557807.html

Top US astronaut welcomes space tourism 
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080729/sc_afp/lifestylejapanusspacetourism_080729161054;_ylt=ArkoqgUrpQWd0QcXYq9R7ZXPOrgF

Living on Mars time: Scientists suffer perpetual jet lag
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/space/2008-07-29-mars-scientists-jet-lag_N.htm

New solar system guide: The latest lingo
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/space/2008-07-28-astronomy-solar-system_N.htm

'Gravity tractor' could deflect asteroids, NASA study says
http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn14414-gravity-tractor-could-deflect-asteroids-nasa-study-says.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=news10_head_dn14414

Blasting Off: Like Father, Like Son
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/07/30/tech/main4309675.shtml

Hydrocarbon Lake on Saturnian Moon May Be a Hotspot for Alien Life
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/07/30/saturns-largest-moon-has-a-hydrocarbon-lake%e2%80%94a-potential-hotspot-for-alien-life/

THE SHAPE OF SPACE TO COME
http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/30/1234682.aspx

NASA uses Wash. desert as stand-in for moon
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25936415/

Cracks appear in ice under Mars lander
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25935101/

Mars Express acquires sharpest images of martian moon Phobos
http://www.physorg.com/news136643709.html

Barred spiral galaxies becoming more common
http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn14431-barred-spiral-galaxies-becoming-more-common.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=news6_head_dn14431

NASA confirms water on Mars
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25954096/

Geological mapping gets joined up 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7535379.stm

The First Stars Started Small, Grew Fast, and Died Young
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/07/31/the-first-stars-started-small-grew-fast-and-died-young/

Cold and ice, not heat, episodically gripped tropical regions 300 million years ago
http://www.physorg.com/news136738314.html

Voyaging to the Stars on a Solar Breeze: Space Sail to Take Flight
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=space-sail-voyage

Nine nations sign landmark lunar exploration agreement
http://space.newscientist.com/article/mg19926673.300-nine-nations-sign-landmark-lunar-exploration-agreement.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=news8_head_mg19926673.300

Eclipse sets up perfect sky to see the Milky Way
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25969883/

China becomes a physics powerhouse
http://www.physorg.com/news136783319.html

This NASA Astronaut Was 'Too Busy to Be Scared'
http://www.wired.com/science/space/magazine/16-08/st_qa

Garden stone 80-million-years-old
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/7528881.stm

Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources

Kenya energy goes green to meet electricity boom
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080727/sc_afp/kenyaeconomyenergyenvironment_080727174521;_ylt=AgZv_ebVsfnm31AXOw3mkCzPOrgF

Jordan set to launch huge water project
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080727/sc_afp/jordanenvironmentwater_080727103141;_ylt=AngFx8Qhx0kU_6QDGPagG9_POrgF

U.S., China lead way in tapping wind power 
http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/07/28/wind.energy/index.html

Vermont's Unique Approach To Curbing Energy Use
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=92987505

Scientists Shed Light on Heavy Electrons, Suggest New View of Superconductivity
http://www.physorg.com/news136648330.html

Japanese plan world's largest clean-up
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080730/sc_afp/lifestylejapansocietyenvironment_080730133015;_ylt=Ak6fQbrgPSgnAK8lj7WX1OvPOrgF

UN goes green, orders drastic cut of air-conditioning use
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080730/sc_afp/unenvironmentenergy_080730194003;_ylt=AnjjokrEyt8Um2S4plO5HXDPOrgF

Using Crop Residue for Biofuels Hurts Soil Quality
http://www.sciam.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=6FD4CFAE-9799-CCED-7D12905FACBFEC1F

Will pond scum become the new oil?
http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/07/30/roadtrips.algae.fuel/index.html

Researchers fuel the next generation of hybrid cars
http://www.physorg.com/news136741749.html

'Small' research at MSU leads to advances in energy, electronics
http://www.physorg.com/news136737046.html

Electrode lights the way to artificial photosynthesis
http://technology.newscientist.com/article/dn14441-electrode-lights-the-way-to-artificial-photosynthesis.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=news2_head_dn14441

Solar-cell material can soak up more Sun
http://technology.newscientist.com/article/dn14436-solarcell-material-can-soak-up-more-sun.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=news7_head_dn14436

China's 'rapid renewables surge'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7535839.stm

New Oxygen-Hydrogen Battery Could Be Key to Storing Solar Energy
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/08/01/new-oxygen-hydrogen-battery-could-be-key-to-storing-solar-energy/

Harsh Climate Change Once Fell Swiftly
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/08/01/abrupt-climate-change.html

Brazil launches international fund to preserve Amazon
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080801/sc_afp/brazilenvironmentaidamazon_080801182013;_ylt=AuMa.j2Tg13CknDdTKOco8bPOrgF

Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences

UN food agency calls for research on tropical root crop
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080725/sc_afp/unfaofoodenvironment_080725125224;_ylt=AmuIUGXKccUVEkni.EdwsgLPOrgF

Artificial pancreas just years away, experts agree
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080726/sc_nm/diabetes_pancreas_dc;_ylt=Ai70pLQXY5Ph11T2UuLElXEhANEA

GM crop trials 'should be secret'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7529590.stm

How the Personal Genome Project Could Unlock the Mysteries of Life
http://www.wired.com/medtech/stemcells/magazine/16-08/ff_church

Putting the squeeze on produce to kill germs
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25887826/

Dime-Sized Microscope Could Be a Boon for Developing World Health
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/07/29/dime-sized-microscope-could-be-a-boon-for-developing-world-health/

Nanoparticles + light = dead tumor cells
http://www.physorg.com/news136556803.html

Experimental Alzheimer's drug shows early promise
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080729/ap_on_he_me/med_alzheimer_s_drugs

Nano-foods: The next consumer scare?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080730/sc_nm/nanofoods_dc;_ylt=Aq1J9Am4VVu9FFUQiRHSRNshANEA

Money for crop research just a drop in the bucket
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/food/2008-07-30-food-research-gates_N.htm?loc=interstitialskip

Scientists Make Stem Cells From ALS Patient
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93143775

Signs of life found inside rock salt
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25952663/

'Exercise in a pill' helps mice
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/2008-07-31-exercise-pill_N.htm

Marine life loves a tectonic collision
http://environment.newscientist.com/article/dn14439-marine-life-loves-a-tectonic-collision.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=news3_head_dn14439

World's first transplant of two full arms: German team
http://www.physorg.com/news136807726.html

Cutting the brakes on the immune system
http://www.physorg.com/news136815354.html

Other

Newly discovered monkey is threatened with extinction
http://www.physorg.com/news136467088.html

Shark Avoids Suffocation by Turning Off Electricity
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/07/29/shark-oxygen-deprivation.html

A Wildlife Mystery in Vietnam
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/phenom-vietnam.html

Live fish caught at record depth
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7525552.stm

Georgia's lab apes languish in post-Soviet limbo
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25934538/

'Fishgator' caught in lake (Video)
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/tech/2008/07/31/dnt.fishgator.ktvk

New York abuzz about 'Montauk Monster'
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/nationworld/orl-montauk-monster-073108,0,3096523.story

Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Thinking about Morality
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=thinking-about-morality

 Additional Informational

SciFi Channel: Visions for Tomorrow
http://www.scifi.com/visions/home.html

Graham Hancock’s Website
http://www.grahamhancock.com

Robert Schoch’s Website
http://www.robertschoch.com

John Anthony West’s Website
http://www.jawest.net

Robert Bauval’s Website
http://www.robertbauval.co.uk/index.html

Center for Archaeoastronomy Website
http://www.wam.umd.edu/~tlaloc/archastro/news.html

National Academies
http://www.nationalacademies.org/headlines/index.html

Antikythera Mechanism’s Website
http://www.antikythera-mechanism.gr/

The Genographic Project Website
https://www3.nationalgeographic.com/genographic/

Catalhoyuk Website
http://www.catalhoyuk.com/

Archaeological Survey of India’s Website
http://asi.nic.in/

Ancient Indus Valley Civilization’s Website
http://www.harappa.com/har/har0.html

Near Earth Object Impact Hazard Website
http://star.arm.ac.uk/impact-hazard/

Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities, Antiquities Information System
http://www.eais.org.eg/

Minerva (International Review of Ancient Art and Archaeology)
http://minervamagazine.com/index.asp

The Upuaut Project
http://www.cheops.org/

Domesday Book On-line
http://www.esds.ac.uk/findingdata

NASA Science, Science Mission Directorate Website
http://nasascience.nasa.gov/

FX Television, 30 Days
http://www.fxnetworks.com/shows/originals/30days/

Sacred Sites and Archaeoastronomy in the Ancient World
http://sacredsites.com/index.html

Beyond Stone & Bone Blog
http://archaeology.org/blog/

Earth Pilgrims Website
http://www.earthpilgrims.com

The Great Dictator 1940
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJaptzrsIV0

YouTube video tribute to victims of the Nazi Concentration Camps
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MPGSx0_BYs

Robert Schoch at CPAK 2007 (YouTube Video)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDofx2hKZRQ

John Anthony West at CPAK 2007 (YouTube Video)  
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PV8JFB_-TA4&feature=related

Gallery: The Space Suit Makes the NASA Astronaut
http://www.wired.com/science/space/multimedia/2008/07/gallery_nasa_50_spacesuits

Gallery: NASA's Most Amazing Extraterrestrial Vehicles
http://www.wired.com/science/space/multimedia/2008/07/gallery_nasa_50_vehicles

Bigfoot Video
http://www.thedailycourier.com/bigfoot/

Gallery: NASA's Most Embarrassing Goofs
http://www.wired.com/science/space/multimedia/2008/07/gallery_nasa_50_mistakes

Lower Miocene Stratigraphy along the Panama Canal and Its Bearing on the Central American Peninsula
http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0002791

VIDEO: Salt "Mummies" in Iran
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/07/080731-saltmen-video-ap.html

Scientists Without Borders
http://scientistswithoutborders.nyas.org/Splash.aspx?ReturnURL=/default.aspx

Quiz: Test Your Olympic Knowledge
http://www.livescience.com/php/trivia/?aid=20355

Eclipse Slide Show: Friday, August 1, 2008
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=solar-eclipse-from-around-the-world

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