[Jawlist] Weekly Science Report 12-5-08

Fri Dec 5 19:57:48 PST 2008

Good Evening Everyone,

Below is this week's edition.  Enjoy!

Steve Detwiler

Weekly Science Report
December 5, 2008

“Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunters.”
African Proverb

News Articles

Paleontology, Evolution and Prehistoric Studies

Did lack of comet impacts help life evolve?
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20026845.100-did-lack-of-comet-impacts-help-life-evolve.html

Iceman Oetzi's Last Supper
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081201101700.htm

Native Americans were Smokies' first residents
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2008/nov/30/native-americans-were-smokies-first-residents/

Ancient insect imprint found in Massachusetts
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081202/sc_nm/us_usa_fossil;_ylt=AvCqOluUHtoV_IM0p8Ngo1ghANEA

Humans 80,000 Years Older Than Previously Thought?
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/12/081203-homo-sapien-missions.html

DNA Secrets: Cave's latrines yield new evidence about prehistoric North America
http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2008/dec/04/dna-secrets-caves-latrines-yield-new-evidence-abou/

Ancient and General History

'Titanic' discovery was byproduct of military quest
http://www.tampabay.com/news/humaninterest/article914855.ece

Redemption for the Polish Leader Who Crushed Solidarity?
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1862527,00.html

Noble Savage myth covers up truth
http://www.edmondsun.com/opinion/local_story_333222711.html?keyword=topstory

Lawmakers to Army chief: Honor soldiers held as slaves by Nazis
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/12/02/slave.camp.folo/index.html

Slaves helped build White House, U.S. Capitol
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/12/02/slaves.white.house/index.html

Thera volcano in 1613 BC
http://www.ana.gr/anaweb/user/showplain?maindoc=7093518&maindocimg=1564949&service=100

Nixon records show aides dishing dirt on critics
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081203/ap_on_go_ot/nixon_disclosures

Spanish Inquisition couldn’t quash Moorish, Jewish genes
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/39056/title/Spanish_Inquisition_couldn%E2%80%99t_quash_Moorish%2C_Jewish_genes

Body of Afghan leader identified
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7764852.stm

Probing Question: Did Shakespeare really write all those plays?
http://www.physorg.com/news147627340.html

First credit crunch traced back to Roman republic
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/nov/28/credit-crunch-roman-republic-lecture

Archaeology

Excavations uncover 15th century coins
http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2008/11/27/Excavations_uncover_15th_century_coins/UPI-53151227820920/

A temple discovered below Romuliana
http://www.blic.rs/culture.php?id=3395

Researchers find oldest-ever stash of marijuana
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5gel13YFq2BdETMSItURlmnGXpuvw

Medieval Bishop's palace discovered in Ross
http://www.herefordtimes.com/news/3933481.Medieval_Bishop_s_palace_discovered_in_Ross/

Ancient tomb found near Machu Picchu
http://www.livinginperu.com/news-7979-peru-ancient-tomb-found-near-machu-picchu

Hoaxes from the Holy Land
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-burleigh29-2008nov29%2C0%2C1546620.story

Stone-age mystery resurfaces: Farm boys’ 70-year-old stone-tool find etches out image of area’s earliest visitors
http://www.lacrossetribune.com/articles/2008/11/29/news/01stones.txt

Scanners avoid destructive tests on ancient manuscripts
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20026846.400-scanners-avoid-destructive-tests-on-ancient-manuscripts.html   
Rare Bronze Age necklace is found
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/manchester/7758075.stm

Parsa emerges from the shadow of Persepolis
http://www.payvand.com/news/08/dec/1012.html

Dental Plaque Gives Clue to Diet Of Ancient People
http://cbs4.com/health/dental.plaque.hygience.2.877229.html

Medieval library site to be dug
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/hereford/worcs/7749925.stm

New Excavations Strengthen Identification of Herod’s Grave At Herodium
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081119084537.htm

Team visits site of communist-era air crash victims
http://thestar.com.my/metro/story.asp?file=/2008/11/27/southneast/2633193&sec=southneast

Dig unearths Stone Age sculptures 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7758986.stm

Archaeologists rush to save Bronze Age sites in northwestern Iran
http://www.payvand.com/news/08/dec/1019.html

Lost city of 'cloud people' found in Peru
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/peru/3545998/Lost-city-of-cloud-people-found-in-Peru.html?source=rss

12 submerged historical temples to be relocated
http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1211452

Iran begins new Bronze age excavations
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=77277&sectionid=351020105

Herculaneum's glories shown off
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/11/28/europe/EU-Italy-Herculaneums-Moment.php

General Science

Gas pump made of minerals has no moving parts
http://www.physorg.com/news147094299.html

New Technology Could Power Laptop for Days
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/12/01/tech/main4640302.shtml

First light for US 'laser jumbo'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7761025.stm

'RoboClam' anchor holds ships steady
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28018543/

New holographic method could be used for lab-on-a-chip technologies
http://www.physorg.com/news147443587.html

Pentagon hires British scientist to help build robot soldiers that 'won't commit war crimes'
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/3536943/Pentagon-hires-British-scientist-to-help-build-robot-soldiers-that-wont-commit-war-crimes.html

Physics, Earth and Space Sciences

Stephen Hawking named to Canadian research post
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081127/sc_nm/us_hawking;_ylt=Agg7bRXIvzMMnkvV6Ge6M8QhANEA

Iran 'fires second space rocket' 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7750052.stm

Earth's crust was drifting 4 billion years ago
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20026845.600-earths-crust-was-drifting-4-billion-years-ago.html

First inventory of life at poles 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7754071.stm

Planet found orbiting puffed-up star
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28000873/

Problems prompt manual docking at space station
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081130/ap_on_sc/eu_russia_space_station;_ylt=AiNe5yox7GY8m._ZXhqLIlVvieAA

Big bang's afterglow may reveal birthplace of comets
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16176-big-bangs-afterglow-may-reveal-birthplace-of-comets.html

For $95,000, Xcor Aerospace Will Send You to the Edge of Space
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/12/02/for-95000-xcor-aerospace-will-send-you-to-the-edge-of-space/

Earthlings, space beer has splashed down
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28014682/

NASA Finishes Listening for Phoenix Mars Lander
http://www.physorg.com/news147459818.html

Omega Centauri -- The Glittering Giant of the Southern Skies
http://www.physorg.com/news147448563.html

Ecological impact of African cities
http://www.physorg.com/news147448127.html

Has an alien comet infiltrated the solar system?
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16184-has-an-alien-comet-infiltrated-the-solar-system.html

Study illuminates star explosion from 16th century
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081203/ap_on_sc/sci_tycho_s_supernova

Nasa delays its next Mars mission
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7765818.stm

Students find planet outside our solar system
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28058012/

China to send scientists into space
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28051585/

Why is the Earth's mantle conductive?
http://www.physorg.com/news147623437.html

Researchers find ancient climate cycles recorded in Mars rocks
http://www.physorg.com/news147623815.html

Investigating new materials with ultracold atoms
http://www.physorg.com/news147623041.html

China, Russia to send probes to Mars next year
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081205/sc_nm/us_china_mars;_ylt=AqLrB_wZSQFwiO9rNvRWOhchANEA

Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources

Cost of reducing emissions by 2030 likely to surge: UN report
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081128/sc_afp/unclimatewarmingemissionsenergycosts_081128191737

Whatever happened to the hydrogen economy?
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20026841.900-whatever-happened-to-the-hydrogen-economy.html

Amazon deforestation accelerates 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7756241.stm

Two degree rise could spark Greenland ice sheet meltdown: WWF
http://www.physorg.com/news147001400.html

Food crunch opens doors to bioengineered crops
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081130/ap_on_sc/food_s_future_gm_crops

Brazil plans to cut deforestation by 70 pct over 10 years
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081201/sc_afp/brazilenvironment_081201215122;_ylt=Ah4Wr4VtJuEV_PqaT3mEh6zPOrgF

Mandates driving surge to the river for hydropower
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081130/ap_on_bi_ge/going_hydro;_ylt=Ards_DdSkmYO5keGwq5YqhlvieAA

A Promising Catalyst for Solar-Based Hydrogen Energy Production
http://www.physorg.com/news147451495.html

Replacing corn with perennial grasses improves carbon footprint of biofuels
http://www.physorg.com/news147443911.html

Self-powered devices possible, researcher says
http://www.physorg.com/news147367357.html

Ten ways to save the world
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16179-ten-ways-to-save-the-world.html

A step closer to self-powered kit 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7764537.stm

Seawater holds key to future food 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7765109.stm

Small Underwater Currents Could Be the Next Big Thing in Alternative Energy
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/12/03/small-underwater-currents-could-be-the-next-big-thing-in-alternative-energy/

Empires faded while climate shifted
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28060532/

Dry wipe can clean up toxic chemicals
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28059956/

Could These Weird Ideas Save the Planet?
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/12/04/climate-change-summit.html

New insights on fusion power
http://www.physorg.com/news147528679.html

A Promising Catalyst for Solar-Based Hydrogen Energy Production
http://www.physorg.com/news147451495.html

Greenhouse gas emissions increase in US
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081203/ap_on_go_ot/carbon_increase;_ylt=AsXQhgXvV7DPPzLOg07g23pvieAA

Will solar power ever be as cheap as coal?
http://features.csmonitor.com/innovation/2008/12/04/will-solar-power-ever-be-as-cheap-as-coal/

Arctic Tundra Emits Methane Even In Winter Months
http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1604026/arctic_tundra_emits_methane_even_in_winter_months/index.html

Are climate scientists overselling their models?
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20026851.900-are-climate-scientists-overselling-their-models.html

Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences

'AIDS can be eliminated in 10 years'
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/HealthSci/AIDS_can_be_eliminated_in_10_years/articleshow/3761613.cms

Triple Helix: Designing a New Molecule of Life
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=triple-helix-designing-a-new-molecule

Strange experiments make body-swapping ‘real’
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28017888/

Researchers develop technique to count messages made by single genes
http://www.physorg.com/news147462888.html

Magnetic nanotags allow sensitive detection of cancer biomarkers
http://www.physorg.com/news147462313.html

Research shows HIV's ancestor millions of years older than believed
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/dec/02/hiv-aids-research

Memories may be stored on your DNA
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20026845.000-memories-may-be-stored-on-your-dna.html

'Test and treat everyone' to vanquish HIV
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20026843.900-test-and-treat-everyone-to-vanquish-hiv.html

Cancers Are Rife With Twisted Stem Cells, Casting Doubt on Promising Treatment
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/12/04/cancers-are-rife-with-twisted-stem-cells-casting-doubt-on-promising-treatment/

Reversing the conventional DNA wisdom
http://www.physorg.com/news147624259.html

Model unravels rules that govern how genes are switched on and off
http://www.physorg.com/news147626045.html

Unlocking the mysteries of memory
http://www.physorg.com/news147618156.html

'Intelligent' materials to revolutionize surgical implants
http://www.physorg.com/news147530055.html

Scientists ask: Is technology rewiring our brains?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081203/ap_on_sc/sci_digital_brain;_ylt=AvdfWFpqrEbHEg9jseCzR6lvieAA

Other

Children of God?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/nov/28/religion-children-innateness-barrett

Best Female Figure Not an Hourglass
http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20081203/sc_livescience/bestfemalefigurenotanhourglass

Ghost Stories: Visits from the Deceased
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=ghost-stories-visits-from-the-deceased

Ghana's 'miracle': Logging underwater forests for exotic timber
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081204/sc_afp/ghanatimberenvironment_081204171912;_ylt=ArjjmNtRAfZ7T88ga6lXOIrPOrgF

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/

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

Wake Forest University, Museum of Anthropology Online Artifact Database
http://cairo.deacnet.wfu.edu/

Response to Comment on "Climate-Driven Ecosystem Succession in the Sahara: The Past 6000 Years"
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/322/5906/1326c

Ancient Macedonian Language
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/83195

VIDEO: Machu Picchu Mummy, Gold Found
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/12/081201-machudiscovery-video-ap.html

How to visualize the immense
http://www.newscientist.com/gallery/dn16173-physics-gets-visual

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