[Jawlist] Science, Archaeology and Ancient History Weekly Report 8-22-08

Sat Aug 23 21:40:41 PDT 2008

Good Evening Everyone,

Below is this week's edition.

Steve Detwiler

Science, Archaeology and Ancient History Weekly Report
August 22, 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

The Neanderthal murder mystery
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/the-neanderthal-murder-mystery-888276.html

Three 9,000-Year-Old Skulls Found in Galilee
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/127175

New evidence implicates humans in prehistoric animal extinctions
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-08/uoe-nei081108.php

Ancient big cat fossils found in South America
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080812/sc_afp/venezuelapaleontologyscimitarcat_080812022833;_ylt=AhN7l_Eka7Ajad_c2JbwVtTPOrgF

Neanderthals, modern humans share ancestor, scientists say
http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-neanderthal9-2008aug09,0,2505489.story

US scientists find stone age burial ground in Sahara
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080814/wl_africa_afp/usnigerarcheology_080814172640;_ylt=AvXwv_7dKlRyNPLGvQs6pMRFeQoB

Tiny Dino Could Run Like an Olympian
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/08/14/running-dinosaur.html

Cooking and Cognition: How Humans Got So Smart
http://www.livescience.com/culture/080811-brain-evolution.html

Horse teeth an intriguing find
http://www.brantfordexpositor.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1160714

Venus of Willendorf still hot at ripe old age of 25,000
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5ia_B_oHLvu53AZybMFKi49md3tiw

Oetzi the Iceman dressed like a herdsman
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-08/w-oti081908.php

Earliest Known Human Had Neanderthal Qualities
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/08/22/earliest-human-ethiopia.html

Long-lost cousins
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/aug/12/evolution.genetics

Manes, Trains and Antlers Explained
http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/543527/

Ancient and General History

Should Mein Kampf Be Un-Banned?
http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1831786,00.html

HISTORY OF OUR LAND
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=ded82d31-ed17-4d42-84a6-3d78246713cf

Around Africa in a Phoenician boat
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7550162.stm

Jews, Pagans Lived And Worshipped Together
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/08/11/tech/main4341987.shtml

The Incredible Evolution of the Olympics
http://www.livescience.com/culture/080812-olympic-events.html

How the Wright Brothers Changed the World
http://www.livescience.com/history/080811-hs-wright-brothers.html

Chef Julia Child, others part of WWII spy network 
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/08/14/spies.revealed.ap/index.html 

Buchenwald liberator, American hero dies at 83
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/08/14/buchenwald.liberator/index.html

Buchenwald liberator's death moves CNN.com readers
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/08/22/btsc.buchenwald/index.html

Japan PM avoids war shrine on WW2 anniversary
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080815/wl_nm/japan_ww2_dc

Sharks and the Chumash
http://www.independent.com/news/2008/aug/14/sharks-and-chumash/

Will China Become the No. 1 Superpower?
http://www.livescience.com/culture/080815-china-as-superpower.html

Mummified remains from 1948 plane crash identified 
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080817/ap_on_re_us/mummified_remains

Shroud of Turin stirs new controversy
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-turin17-2008aug17,0,3478153.story

In search of Western civilisation's lost classics
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24096948-25132,00.html

Questing lost manuscripts
http://www.economist.co.uk/books/displaystory.cfm?story_id=11745542

New book on Mormon-led massacre opens old wounds
http://www.usatoday.com/news/religion/2008-08-18-mormon-massacre_N.htm

US publisher cancels book on Prophet Mohammed's wife
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080818/lf_afp/usbookreligionislam

How Manchuria Changed the World
http://www.livescience.com/history/080818-hs-russo-japanese-war.html

How the Wright Brothers Changed the World
http://www.livescience.com/history/080811-hs-wright-brothers.html

The 'peaceful' Hadrian and his endless wars
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/23/arts/melik23.php

Spanish DNA bank to identify Franco victims
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080823/sc_afp/spainhistorysciencefranco_080823024712

Aug. 22, 1962: First Nuke-Powered Cargo Ship Docks 
http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2008/08/dayintech_0822

An American adventurer's death in El Salvador
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-diary23-2008aug23,0,6975671.story

Truth emerges too late for Kim Soo-im 
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080816/ap_on_re_as/the_myth_of_miss_kim

Portrait likely drawn by Leonardo Da Vinci may mean artist was a matchmaker
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/world/2008-08-15-leonardo-unknown-portrait_N.htm

Ancient suspects cleared in Viking mystery tale
http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/story.html?id=dbba5c7c-d6ff-4a3d-9c8d-52343ec08bc4

Archaeology

Oracle bone a coveted prize for Cal library
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/08/08/BAHV12720E.DTL

Iron Age Warrior with Roman Links Found in U.K.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/08/080808-british-warrior.html

The Fight Over Franco's Palace
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1831787,00.html

Colossal Head of Roman Empress Unearthed
http://www.archaeology.org/online/features/faustina/

Centuries-old shipwrecks threaten gas pipeline project
http://news.scotsman.com/world/Centuriesold-shipwrecks-threaten-gas-pipeline.4388517.jp

Looting of Iraq sites destroys history, distresses scholars
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2008-08-12-looting-iraq-antiquities_N.htm

2 000 year-old find...
http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=588&art_id=nw20080811161940384C316243

Parthian house found in western Iran
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=66372&sectionid=351020105

2,500-Year-Old Greek Ship Raised off Sicilian Coast
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/08/080811-greek-ship.html

5000 years ago women in control of Burnt City
http://www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=60665&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs

Roman Temple Uncovered In Ancient Jewish Capital Of Galilee
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080811072503.htm

10,000 sq.m. of Partho-Sasanian Site in Susa Destroyed to Build a Hotel
http://www.cais-soas.com/News/2008/August2008/11-08.htm

Stone Age skeletons uncovered during tube tunnel excavations
http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=112078

Archaeology group says work at casino site could disturb relics
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/20080809_Archaeology_group_says_work_at_casino_site_could_disturb_relics.html

Archaeologists struggle to protect ancient Afghan city
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/world/5933277.html

Romanian experts uncover biggest Dacian find ever
http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/roundup/2008/08/04/roundup-st-03

Palace of Medieval Bulgarian Governor Discovered at Perperikon
http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=95929

Archaeological efforts continue in Kenai
http://www.peninsulaclarion.com/stories/080808/new_261913784.shtml

Viking longship returns to home port after epic sail
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2008/0809/1218206296723.html

4,500-year-old artifacts found on site of new Bluffton elementary school
http://www.beaufortgazette.com/local/story/515830.html

Wildfires threaten tribal sacred sites
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/08/13/state/n180557D49.DTL&type=science

Mystery Surrounds Leavenworth's Underground City
http://www.kctv5.com/news/17126244/detail.html#

Two Roman coffins unearthed in Newcastle
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2558802/Two-Roman-coffins-unearthed-in-Newcastle.html

Ottawa to mount search for lost Franklin ships
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080813.wfranklin14/BNStory/National/?page=rss&id=RTGAM.20080813.wfranklin14

Portal to mythical Mayan underworld found in Mexico
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080815/sc_nm/mexico_mayans_dc

Brooklyn museum to show off fake Egypt sculptures
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080814/sc_nm/art_fake_brooklyn_dc;_ylt=AkF4r4hJxLagaeLZB7Gh5dAhANEA

Sphinx statues found in Egypt
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080815/wl_mideast_afp/egyptarchaeology_080815175401;_ylt=Aql76p0o10nJAu9HFMNWB8xFeQoB

Status of mystery skull a bone of contention
http://www.times-age.co.nz/localnews/storydisplay.cfm?storyid=3781766&thesection=localnews&thesubsection=&thesecondsubsection=

Olmeca Waterproofing Technology Involved Tar
http://dti.inah.gob.mx/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1137&Itemid=150

Ancient stone chamber unearthed in garden
http://www.derryjournal.com/journal/Ancient-stone-chamber-unearthed-in.4393618.jp

Bronze age remains 'may be tribal chieftain'
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2008/08/15/scibronze115.xml

Female remains found at Roman dig 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/7563146.stm

1900-Year-Old Buddha Plaque discovered in Gujarat’s Vadnagar
http://deshgujarat.com/2008/08/14/1900-year-old-buddha-plaque-discovered-in-gujarats-vadnagar/

'Virtual archaeologist' reconnects fragments of an ancient civilization
http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S21/86/52G22/index.xml?section=featured

UNBC team unearths ancient First Nation site 
http://www.princegeorgecitizen.com/20080814146551/local/news/unbc-team-unearths-ancient-first-nation-site.html

Pre-Hispanic tombs and well-preserved textiles found in Machu Picchu, Peru 
http://www.andina.com.pe/Ingles/Noticia.aspx?id=9GwUOgz+kLQ=

Archaeologists unearth history at site of Richmond slave jail
http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/173296

Unearthed after 2,500 years, the gold earrings that could have been made yesterday 
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23538055-details/Unearthed+after+2%2C500+years%2C+the+gold+earrings+that+could+have+been+made+yesterday/article.do#readerComments

1700-year old Apollon statue unearthed in Turkey PHOTO
http://www.worldbulletin.net/news_detail.php?id=26790

Bronze Age ancient artifacts unearthed in Myanmar
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-08/16/content_9380807.htm

Britain's biggest Roman villa uncovered on Isle of Wight
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article4561090.ece

Archeologists discover shipwreck remains
http://www.khnl.com/Global/story.asp?S=8850465

Parthian manor unearthed in western Iran
http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=175662

Isle of Man unearths a prehistoric tragedy
http://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/Isle-of-Man-unearths-a.4404225.jp

Jamestown finds include pendant depicting Indian
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/18/america/NA-US-Jamestown-Discoveries.php

Tanzania: Prehistoric Weapons Factory
http://allafrica.com/stories/200808190350.html

What's the Point?
http://www.archaeology.org/0809/etc/points.html

A 2,600-year-old clay seal uncovered intact in Jerusalem dig
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1218710405007&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Conversation with .. Frank Rupp, Kremmlng BLM archaeologist
http://www.skyhidailynews.com/article/20080818/NEWS/272401/1079&ParentProfile=1067

Second Native American canoe found in Oconee
http://www.independentmail.com/news/2008/aug/18/second-native-american-canoe-found-oconee/

Archaeologists May Have Discovered the Capital of Dacia Malvensis
http://cgi.wn.com/?action=display&article=76101244&template=worldnews/paidnews.txt&index=recent

2,000 Bodies Discovered in Berlin Medieval Cemetery
http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,573033,00.html

Tomb raiders plundering Kourris Valley antiquities
http://www.cyprus-mail.com/news/main.php?id=40932&cat_id=1

New Standards On Collecting Of Archaeological Material, Ancient Art
http://www.huliq.com/66619/13/new-standards-collecting-archaeological-material-ancient-art

Bronze Age Skeleton Found In Wicken
http://www.ely-standard.co.uk/content/ely/news/story.aspx?brand=ELYOnline&category=News&tBrand=HertsCambsOnline&tCategory=newslatestELY&itemid=WEED20%20Aug%202008%2012%3A30%3A07%3A903

Mysteries of Ancient Ukraine: the Remarkable Trypilian Culture Announced for this Fall at ROM
http://www.artdaily.com/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=25658

More quarrying near henges set for go ahead
http://www.northallertontimes.co.uk/13225/More-quarrying-near-henges-set.4415887.jp

Bronze ring unearthed in West Durrington
http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/3614661.Bronze_ring_unearthed_in_West_Durrington/

Stonehenge investigations continue
http://www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/news/salisbury/salisburynews/display.var.2431102.0.stonehenge_investigations_continue.php

1400-yr-old monastery unearthed
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/1400-yr-old_monastery_unearthed/rssarticleshow/3391273.cms

Racing against the tide - cataloguing archaeological sites in Many Glacier Valley
http://www.watertonboundary.com/News/415457.html

1,200-year-old home found
http://www.sltrib.com/ci_10259444

Archaeology: Fire lays bare prehistoric secrets of the moors in Yorkshire
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/aug/21/archaeology

Prominent Turkish artists to protect Castabala
http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=113102

History unearthed in Pompeipolis ancient city
http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=112847

International Space Station Imagery: Pyramids of Dashur, Egypt
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=28902

Archaeological site discovered in Taiz
http://www.sabanews.net/en/news162180.htm

Ancient Hun Tombs Researched in Mongolia
http://ubpost.mongolnews.mn/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2167&Itemid=43

Thousand-Year-Old Bones Discovered in North Iceland
http://www.icelandreview.com/icelandreview/daily_news/?cat_id=40764&ew_0_a_id=310770

1,100 artifacts recovered
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=67230&sectionid=351020105

Mysterious Statue Stymies Small Town’s Officials
http://www.wrmea.com/archives/August_2008/0808042.html

A Memory Place
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/westcoastnews/story.html?id=b8d129c6-da82-450f-bc58-80dfabbf2bb6

Bill Young: Two points from the same time period with strange attributes
http://www.corsicanadailysun.com/news/local_story_229212002.html

Peru joins battle over $500 million booty
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26318882/

Japanese scientists seek quake secrets in Parthenon design
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080822/sc_afp/greecejapanarchaeologyquakeresearch_080822195031;_ylt=AsK2wRehtEtcX20cMVI9s0FFeQoB

Uncovering the ultimate family tree
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7570928.stm

General Science

Live from a cave in Bermuda: Underwater broadcast explores new technology
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/orl-livecaves0908aug09,0,5629293.story

Sky-high system to aid soldiers 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7553622.stm

Invisibility cloak 'step closer' 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7553061.stm

Invisibility cloak now within sight: scientists (Update 2)
http://www.physorg.com/news137649366.html

Not Quite HAL 9000, But It Vacuums
http://www.newsweek.com/id/151581

Scientists overcome nanotech hurdle
http://www.physorg.com/news137837953.html

Intelligent GPS devices tap away traffic
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26224383/

China to launch controversial maglev extension in 2010
http://www.physorg.com/news138261501.html

Military AI Could Rule the Internet
http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/08/military-ai-cou.html

Big Brother Sees All in the Technological Fishbowl
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=big-brother-sees-all

30-Ton Metal Sphere Spins for Magnetic Fields (With Video!)
http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/extreme_machines/4277476.html

Autonomous, Snooping Robots Almost Ready for the Front Line
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/08/20/autonomous-snooping-robots-almost-ready-for-the-front-line/

Fast quantum computer building block created
http://www.physorg.com/news138455727.html

Gold-Plated Church Windows Purify Air
http://www.livescience.com/health/080821-church-windows.html

How RFID Tags Could Be Used to Track Unsuspecting People 
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=how-rfid-tags-could-be-used

Robot aircraft will ride thermals to save fuel
http://technology.newscientist.com/article/mg19926705.500-robot-aircraft-will-ride-thermals-to-save-fuel.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=news4_head_mg19926705.500

'Frankenrobot' Has Biological Brain
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/08/13/frankenrobot-brain.html

'Slow' light to speed up the net 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7557280.stm

MoD hosts grand battle of spy robots
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/aug/15/weaponstechnology.robots

Physics, Earth and Space Sciences

Scotty's ashes fail to reach final frontier
http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/08/scottys_ashes_fail_to_reach_fi.html

Probe gets close up to Enceladus
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7559517.stm

Nasa Moonship flight target slips
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7555927.stm

Distant galaxies improve scanners
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/7554488.stm

Spaceflight at warp speed? Make it so
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26179686/

Shedding light on ‘spooky’ physics
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26182524/

MIT solves puzzle of meteorite-asteroid link: New analysis makes it possible to 'know our enemy'
http://www.physorg.com/news137861613.html

Oceans on the precipice: scientist warns of mass extinctions and 'rise of slime'
http://www.physorg.com/news137852628.html

MIT upgrades Sputnik-era antenna
http://www.physorg.com/news137854866.html

Bringing Martian samples to Earth
http://www.physorg.com/news137853031.html

Robot vehicle surveys deep sea off Pacific Northwest
http://www.physorg.com/news137840391.html

Seals give scientists unique glimpse under Antarctic ice
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080812/sc_afp/scienceclimatewarminganimals_080812143553;_ylt=AvUcxlxKHxcJNXm5xyDrmvHPOrgF

NASA safety panel worries about moon ship design 
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080811/ap_on_sc/sci_nasa_safety;_ylt=AgkVhcoj9CBITb_bEiQN_z9vieAA

Robotic observatory in Antarctica shuts down
http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn14531-robotic-observatory-in-antarctica-shuts-down.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=news1_head_dn14531

Experts: Reliance on Russia makes NASA weak 
http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/space/08/14/nasa.russia.soyuz/index.html 

U.S. scientists to join Lake Baikal exploration
http://en.rian.ru/russia/20080814/116039650.html

NASA Delays Robotic Moon Mission
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/08/14/tech/main4351506.shtml

Supercomputer to explore mass of the universe
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26199294/

Phoenix Microscope Takes First Image of Martian Dust Particle
http://www.physorg.com/news137949743.html

Study shows continued spread of 'dead zones'
http://www.physorg.com/news137940602.html

Scientists "listen" to plants to find water pollution
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080814/sc_nm/water_pollution_plants_dc;_ylt=ArtYbgR3j26yjJG3ny9QRakhANEA

Mexican crater could give clues to ancient Mars
http://uk.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUKN3146227320080801

Spooky Physics: Signals Seem to Travel Faster Than Light
http://www.livescience.com/strangenews/080813-spooky-limit.html

Mars robots begin test campaign
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7561093.stm

Phoenix, Meet Bruno, a Smart and Nimble European Mars Rover
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/08/15/phoenix-meet-bruno-a-smart-and-nimble-european-mars-rover/

10 Best Science Fiction Planets
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/sciencenotfiction/2008/08/15/10-best-science-fiction-planets/

Ames lab physicist develops 'electrifying' theory on superconducting fault-current limiters
http://www.physorg.com/news138072175.html

Discovery explains why asteroids and meteorites are different
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/space/2008-08-14-meteorites-asteroids_N.htm

Eleven new streams of stars found in Milky Way
http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn14549-eleven-new-streams-of-stars-found-in-milky-way.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=news1_head_dn14549

NASA backs troubled rocket design
http://space.newscientist.com/article/mg19926693.300-nasa-backs-troubled-rocket-design.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=news4_head_mg19926693.300

Milky Way keeps tight grip on its neighbour
http://space.newscientist.com/article/mg19926693.900-milky-way-keeps-tight-grip-on-its-neighbour.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=news5_head_mg19926693.900

Great Planet Debate ends in stalemate
http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn14540-great-planet-debate-ends-in-stalemate.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=news10_head_dn14540

Haaf netters fear for fishing's future
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7549947.stm

Titan's Ice Volcanoes Might Produce Stuff of Life
http://www.livescience.com/space/080814-am-titan-tholins.html

Mars lander sends back picture of Martian dust
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26219550/

China's lunar satellite faces eclipse challenge Sunday
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080815/sc_afp/chinascienceastronomyeclipse_080815103849;_ylt=AkbMoUYLAHTnAlSZZsM9ma_POrgF

Proton rocket in return to flight 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7568867.stm

A Newly Discovered Comet Brings Tidings From the Oort Cloud
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/08/18/a-newly-discovered-comet-brings-tidings-from-the-oort-cloud/

Pentagon Disputes Iran’s Boast of Sending a Rocket Into Orbit
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/08/18/us-quietly-disputes-iranian-boast-of-sending-a-rocket-into-orbit/

Study: Earth's magnetic field is changing
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26273268/

New minor planet helps explain comets
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080818/sc_nm/planet_minor_dc;_ylt=An2575g0CydmvlxAjR17TB8hANEA

If you thought the internet was cool, wait until it goes space age
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/aug/17/internet.google?gusrc=rss&feed=networkfront

Save the Planet, Buy it?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/earth/2008/08/16/eamillionaires116.xml

Europe Considers Joining Space-Faring Nations
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93728802

Sources: Iran tried but failed to launch satellite
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26294174/

TWISTS IN THE DOOMSDAY DEBATE
http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/08/19/1276192.aspx

Razor-thin skin protects tiny spacecraft
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26294999/

NASA fixes moonship shaking with shock absorbers
http://www.physorg.com/news138386043.html

Rocket Scientists Say We'll Never Reach the Stars
http://www.wired.com/science/space/news/2008/08/space_limits

Asteroid Might Hit Earth in 2880, Unless it is Painted
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/solarsystem/asteroid_deflection_020404.html

Congressional Appropriation in Support of the Allen Telescope Array (ATA)
http://www.seti.org/news/features/congressional-appropriation-in-support-of-the-ata.php

Black holes 'dodge middle ground' 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7573364.stm

THE FAA'S VISION FOR SPACEFLIGHT
http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/08/20/1278694.aspx

Space ‘ropes’ hang together by threads
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26314754/

Mars' ice clouds eat up ozone
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315543/

Living with a Star
http://www.physorg.com/news138457883.html

Planets without metal cores may be bad for life
http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn14571-planets-without-metal-cores-may-be-bad-for-life.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=news5_head_dn14571

NASA’s “Terminated Flight” and “No Test” Mean the Same Thing: Very Expensive Crashes
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/08/22/nasas-terminated-flight-and-no-test-mean-the-same-thing-very-expensive-crashes/

Spacesuit makers will try again for contract
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26354388/

Shuttle's mini PC goes easy on power consumption
http://www.physorg.com/news138632051.html

Improved satellite navigation for remote areas
http://www.physorg.com/news138632924.html

Researchers reveal brown dwarfs as third class of celestial bodies after stars and planets
http://www.physorg.com/news138605131.html

Iran's space agency says it will send man to space
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080821/ap_on_sc/iran_space_flight;_ylt=AoK2jjLFvyVAlJ0gBqcbdxZvieAA

Report: More support, testing needed for NASA exploration
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/space/2008-08-22-nasa-exploration_N.htm

Some solar flares may be caused by dark matter
http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn14588-some-solar-flares-may-be-caused-by-dark-matter.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=news5_head_dn14588

World heading towards cooler 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7574603.stm

Roboticists Create Rover To Move And Drill On The Moon
http://www.sciencedaily.com/videos/2008/0309-moon_rover.htm

The man with the answer to life, the universe and (nearly) everything
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/science/article4547511.ece

The M2-F1: 'Look Ma! No Wings!'
http://www.physorg.com/news138378223.html
Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources

Satellites help explain Greenland ice loss mystery
http://environment.newscientist.com/article/mg19926684.900-satellites-help-explain-greenland-ice-loss-mystery.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=news1_head_mg19926684.900

How Lunar Soil Could Power the Future
http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20080813/sc_livescience/howlunarsoilcouldpowerthefuture

"Perfect Storm" Killing Earth's Frogs
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/08/12/eveningnews/main4346151.shtml

Global Warming Linked To Plant Migration
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/08/11/tech/livinggreen/main4339790.shtml

New theory for latest high-temperature superconductors
http://www.physorg.com/news137852143.html

NREL Solar Cell Sets World Efficiency Record at 40.8 Percent
http://www.physorg.com/news137862843.html

Turning Waste Material into Ethanol
http://www.physorg.com/news137861166.html

Oil and gas projects in western Amazon threaten biodiversity and indigenous peoples
http://www.physorg.com/news137825493.html

African 'tree of life' recast as European superfruit
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080810/sc_afp/senegalhealthfoodbaobab_080810050021;_ylt=AusB1ctPN0dFnfZPy008QhvPOrgF

Ethical coffee helps save Peruvian rainforest
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080808/sc_afp/environmentbiodiversityforeststradecoffee_080808055751;_ylt=AkT4n87bC2GJbyFB4RBH2GTPOrgF

Researchers work to turn car's exhaust into power 
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080810/ap_on_bi_ge/tailpipe_power;_ylt=Am0yHtdiQPuq_av96_JX9CxvieAA

Wind farms are not only beautiful, they're absolutely necessary
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/aug/12/windpower.alternativeenergy

Making a Solar Cell Component without Using Fossil Fuels
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=making-solar-energy-without-fossil-fuel

Molecule Found That Cleans Acid Rain
http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1520747/molecule_found_that_cleans_acid_rain/index.html

Energy Storage For Hybrid Vehicles
http://www.physorg.com/news137929068.html

Germans try to slow glacier melt with giant screen
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080814/sc_afp/switzerlandgermanyenvironmentglacier_080814181451

Climate change may boost Middle East rainfall
http://www.physorg.com/news137837149.html

Rentech Produces Ultra Clean Synthetic Fuels At Colorado Facility
http://www.energy-daily.com/reports/Rentech_Produces_Ultra_Clean_Synthetic_Fuels_At_Colorado_Facility_999.html

Los Angeles man talks trash — then saves it
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080815/ap_on_re_us/year_of_trash_1;_ylt=Am1oecyiykKMhVgKJlNuhfpFeQoB

Alternative energy hits the road
http://www.physorg.com/news137769988.html

Swiss companies to build world's highest solar power station
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080815/sc_afp/switzerlandenergyenvironment_080815172743;_ylt=Aj4WCcdZh17mgDVJrTVUBaLPOrgF

Indonesia to push renewable energy: president 
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080815/sc_afp/indonesiaenergybudget_080815160518;_ylt=AgGv8MdWv0buzoGIjF46ZQbPOrgF

S.F. Exploratorium's window on climate change
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/08/15/BAOR11LRL9.DTL&type=science

Windmills make area prosper but fuel residents' anger
http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/wayoflife/08/17/bitter.wind.ap/index.html

A Foothold For Renewable Power?
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/08/18/politics/washingtonpost/main4359335.shtml

Researchers Isolate Microorganisms That Convert Hydrocarbons to Natural Gas
http://www.physorg.com/news138386369.html

Gasoline produced from biomass could be in fuel tanks by 2010 with new technology
http://www.physorg.com/news138384297.html

Algae: Biofuel of the future?
http://www.physorg.com/news138338233.html

Google Invests in Energy From Hot Rocks Deep Underground
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/08/20/google-invests-in-energy-from-hot-rocks-deep-underground/

Polymer electric storage, flexible and adaptable
http://www.physorg.com/news138450269.html

MIT engineers work toward cell-sized batteries
http://www.physorg.com/news138451698.html

A better way to make hydrogen from biofuels
http://www.physorg.com/news138450335.html

Silk-Based Optical Lenses Green Enough to Eat
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/08/20/silk-lens-optics.html

Africa meeting key step in climate talks: UN climate chief
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080821/sc_afp/climatewarmingun_080821011949

Pacific nations call for help on climate change
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080820/sc_afp/pacificforumdiplomacyclimate_080820160425;_ylt=AoC.xaMnS6EogIjVT5oRxfnPOrgF

Brazil's biofuel plane fleet grows
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080820/sc_afp/brazilaviationbiofuel_080820231639;_ylt=Ag7qNRUDz7tg7WuZQx695m7POrgF

Intel cuts electric cords with wireless power system
http://www.physorg.com/news138592657.html

New Zealand's colossal squid defies legends: scientists
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080821/sc_afp/nzealandscienceanimalsquid_080821073912;_ylt=ArUuFp3tF.fJdVptQ_eQarbPOrgF

More funding urged for climate research
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/2008-08-21-climate-weather-research_N.htm?loc=interstitialskip

Polar Bears Spotted Making Long Open Ocean Swims
http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1530197/polar_bears_spotted_making_long_open_ocean_swims/index.html

Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences

Couple's 'fast-freeze' IVF baby 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/7555141.stm

Scientists show how DNA repairs may reshape the genome
http://www.physorg.com/news137853748.html

Ancient sheep help pinpoint brain timing mechanisms linked to Seasonal Affective Disorder 
http://www.physorg.com/news137854071.html

Trapping white blood cells proves novel strategy against chronic viral infections
http://www.physorg.com/news137852661.html

Mutant plants can boost yields, resistance: IAEA conference
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080812/sc_afp/unnuclearenvironmentfoodagricultureiaea_080812221638;_ylt=AtvtdmgbDkNB0n2RYvUX5nnPOrgF

Prince Charles warns of 'disaster' on GM food
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080812/sc_afp/britainenvironmentfoodroyals_080812234641;_ylt=Ai4ggVLPMP3axL2O7nNA.C3POrgF

Radiation can zap cancer that has spread: study 
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080813/sc_nm/cancer_radiation_dc

Brain will be battlefield of future, warns US intelligence report
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/aug/13/military.neuroscience

Cell change 'keeps organs young'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7548874.stm

Arsenic-munching bacteria found
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7558448.stm

Harvesting Infant Hearts for Transplants Raises Ethical Questions
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/08/14/harvesting-infant-hearts-for-transplants-raises-ethical-questions/

Slipping through cell walls, nanotubes deliver high-potency punch to cancer tumors in mice
http://www.physorg.com/news137947216.html

Doped Up Immune System Can Beat Back Lymphoma Tumors
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/08/15/doped-up-immune-system-can-beat-back-lymphoma-tumors/

Ancient tree helps birds survive 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/7566522.stm

Robin from Gabon is world's newest species
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26265168/

Molecular sleuths track evolution through the ribosome
http://www.physorg.com/news138297134.html

Researchers discover technology that silences genes
http://www.physorg.com/news138273110.html

How apes are like us
http://www.tampabay.com/opinion/columns/article772861.ece

A Blueprint to Regenerate Limbs
http://www.technologyreview.com/Biotech/21265/?a=f

Humans May Be Born With the Ability to Do Math
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/08/19/humans-may-be-born-with-the-ability-to-do-math/

Discover Interview: Fighting for the Right to Clone
http://discovermagazine.com/2008/sep/19-fighting-for-the-right-to-clone

Biomarkers reveal our biological age
http://www.physorg.com/news138377117.html

Superdoctors - one small step 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7572792.stm

New research suggests diabetes transmitted from parents to children
http://www.physorg.com/news138453366.html

Researcher develops novel method to grow human embryonic stem cells
http://www.physorg.com/news138435363.html

Free Will vs. the Programmed Brain
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=free-will-vs-programmed-brain

The Science Behind Refrigerated Baby's 'Miracle' Revival
http://www.livescience.com/health/080820-miracle-baby.html

Mammals Have a Nose for Danger (Literally)
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/08/22/mammals-have-a-nose-for-danger-literally/

Human Taste Buds May Recognize a Sixth Flavor: Calcium
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/08/21/human-taste-buds-may-recognize-calcium/

Other

Palestinians say farewell to poet 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7557713.stm

Humpback Whales On "Road To Recovery"
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/08/12/tech/main4342641.shtml

Entangled Particles Seem to Communicate Instantly—and Befuddle Scientists
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/08/13/entangled-particles-seem-to-communicate-instantly%e2%80%94and-befuddle-scientists/

Networks of the Future: Extending Our Senses into the Physical World
http://www.physorg.com/news137855709.html

Measuring the History of Electricity
http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/multimedia/2008/08/gallery_electrical_meter

West Virginia almost a UFO heaven?
http://www.register-herald.com/local/local_story_223225053.html

Haunted high school (Video) 
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2008/08/08/legrand.haunted.school.wspa 

Computers Exploit Human Brainpower to Decipher Faded Texts
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/08/14/computers-exploit-human-brainpower-to-decipher-faded-texts/

Scientists to study synthetic telepathy
http://www.physorg.com/news137863959.html

Horizon highlights – future cyber war, future solar plants, and future TV shows
http://features.csmonitor.com/innovation/2008/08/15/horizon-highlights-%e2%80%93-future-cyber-war-future-solar-plants-and-future-tv-shows/

Supernatural science: Why we want to believe
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26268698/

Palm Vein ID Scan Makes U.S. Debut
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/08/18/vein-scan-identity.html

Wild dolphins tail-walk on water
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7570097.stm

Population paradox: Europe's time bomb
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/population-paradox-europes-time-bomb-888030.html

Engineering new uses for gold
http://www.physorg.com/news138633587.html

Will the US Develop a Death Ray?
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1834547,00.html

Bigfoot expert weighs in: "I'm extremely skeptical"
http://www.sciam.com/blog/60-second-science/post.cfm?id=bigfoot-expert-weighs-in-im-extreme-2008-08-14

Georgia men defend Bigfoot body claims
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/08/15/bigfoot.body/index.html

'Bigfoot' fails DNA test
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26244241/

Bigfoot Finding A Fraud, Whitton Terminated
http://www.cbs46.com/news/17232407/detail.html

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

Preliminary Report on the Results of the 2008 Excavation Season at Tel Kabri
http://digkabri.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/report-on-the-results-of-the-2008-excavation-season-at-tel-kabri2.pdf

Just Imagine, what will life be like in 2020 
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2008/just.imagine/

Ten Reasons Why Bigfoot's a Bust
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/slideshows/bigfoot.html

Unidentified submerged object
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unidentified_submerged_object

America’s Worst Vice President
http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1834600_1834604,00.html

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