[Jawlist] Weekly Science Report 11-21-08

Fri Nov 21 21:26:29 PST 2008

Good Evening Everyone,

Below is this week's edition,  Enjoy!

Steve Detwiler

Weekly Science Report
November 21, 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 'hole' story
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-11/nsf-ts111408.php

Without enzyme, biological reaction essential to life takes 2.3 billion years
http://www.physorg.com/news145602862.html

A 7,000-year-old find awaits detailed analysis
http://www.wctrib.com/articles/index.cfm?id=43962&section=homepage

Woolly rhino's ancient migration
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7733997.stm

Floppy-footed gibbons help us understand how early humans may have walked
http://www.physorg.com/news146139176.html

Scientists map DNA of prehistoric animal
http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/11/19/mammoth.dna/index.html

Large Feline Fossil Found In North Sea Bed
http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1601656/large_feline_fossil_found_in_north_sea_bed/index.html

Were Neanderthals stoned to death by modern humans?
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16091-were-neanderthals-stoned-to-death-by-modern-humans.html

Two From One-Pitt Research Maps Out Evolution of Genders From Hermaphroditic Ancestors
http://www.news.pitt.edu/m/FMPro?-db=ma&-lay=a&-format=d.html&id=3530&-Find

Deep-sea protists may explain trace fossil evidence attributed to ancient animals
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-11/cp-dpm111308.php

Ancient and General History

Ancient Greeks pre-empted Monty Python
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27719686/

What is the Origin of Veterans Day?
http://www.livescience.com/mysteries/081111-llm-veterans-day.html

Obama’s Lincoln
http://www.newsweek.com/id/169170

BIBLE GETS A REALITY CHECK
http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/11/18/1679514.aspx

First panels of Jonestown memorial unveiled
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/11/19/jonestown.memorial.ap/index.html

Ancient Group Believed Departed Souls Lived in Stone Monuments
http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/546481/

First Islamic Inscription May Solve Qur'an Question
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/11/18/islamic-inscription.html

After 63 years, vet learns of brother's death in Nazi slave camp
http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/11/20/worldwar.two.folo/index.html

Discovery of King David-era fort stirs debate on size of kingdom
http://www.jewishjournal.com/israel/article/king_david_era_fort_stirs_debate_on_size_of_kingdom_20081119/

Superdirt Made Lost Amazon Cities Possible?
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/11/081119-lost-cities-amazon.html

Pope Had `Prophecy' of Market Collapse in 1985, Tremonti Says
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601085&sid=aGSJzqaJm_b0&refer=europe

European history, culture and art goes digital
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27821385/

Archaeology

Borrowers heal ancient Egyptian coffin smashed in 1969 protest
http://www.cbc.ca/arts/story/2008/11/14/ot-coffin-081114.html

Maitum Jars: The other casualty of Mindanao war
http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/gen/2008/11/15/life/maitum.jars.the.other.casualty.of.mindanao.war..html

Remains Of African Slaves Found Under Portsmouth Street
http://www.wmur.com/news/17975408/detail.html?rss=man&psp=news#-

Berliner Charité to return Aborigine skulls
http://www.thelocal.de/national/20081113-15506.html

Camp yields relics of Depression era
http://www.newbernsj.com/news/camp_42889___article.html/called_forest.html

Great Pyramid Mystery to Be Solved by Hidden Room?
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/11/081114-pyramid-room.html

King Tut and 2,000 years in ancient Egypt
http://www.cnn.com/2008/TRAVEL/getaways/11/14/tutankhamun.pharaohs/index.html

Musketeer D'Artagnan's grave in Netherlands, historian says
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=3b5ab778-b816-40f3-82c0-04e7f1eeff9b

ARCHAEOLOGISTS TRY TO DATE THE BRODGAR MEGALITHS ON ORKNEY
http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/nwh_gfx_en/ART62367.html

5 walled cities from 300 BC unearthed
http://www.expressbuzz.com/edition/story.aspx?Title=5+walled+cities+from+300+BC+unearthed&artid=eWbfTawrauo=&SectionID=e7uPP4|pSiw=&MainSectionID=fyV9T2jIa4A=&SectionName=EH8HilNJ2uYAot5nzqumeA==&SEO=

Mary Rose sunk by French cannonball
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/3462882/Mary-Rose-sunk-by-French-cannonball.html

Ninth century idol of Lord Vishnu, copper plates found
http://news.chennaionline.com/newsitem.aspx?NEWSID=6a986a81-7338-43b1-818b-d62919f9c9f6&CATEGORYNAME=CHN

Indian hunt-and-kill site a rare find
http://www.wztv.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ky/331700ea-www.fox17.com.shtml

Ancient Cemetery Discovered in Western Iran
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8708261241

Cynisca of Sparta
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/80809

Roman emperor head discovered in a package!
http://international.ibox.bg/news/id_455439417

Great find in West Virginia nothing more than a fraud
http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/science/stories/2008/11/11/sci_lepper11.ART_ART_11-11-08_B7_2TBQ22C.html

More clues about life near Persepolis
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=75583&sectionid=351020105

Chasing the Lydian Hoard
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/Loot-Chasing-the-Lydian-Hoard.html

Ancient grave reveals 'Flintstone' nuclear family
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16054-ancient-grave-reveals-flintstone-nuclear-family.html

Was the Aksa Mosque built over the remains of a Byzantine church?
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1226404750389&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Remains of Iron Age fort found in Wednesbury
http://www.birminghammail.net/news/top-stories/2008/11/15/remains-of-iron-age-fort-found-in-wednesbury-97319-22261816/

West Bank Looting
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/12/palestine-antiquities/lange-text

Colossus of Rhodes to be rebuilt as giant light sculpture
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2008/nov/17/colossus-rhodes-greece-sculpture

Ancient earrings found in Jumilla
http://www.typicallyspanish.com/news/publish/article_18879.shtml

Captain Kidd’s Treasure: Wood Discovered, “Living Museum”
http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/546510/

New evidence surfaces of David's kingdom
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/11/17/MNS314468L.DTL

Roman Artefacts Discovered at Gabrevci Site in Macedonia
http://www.balkantravellers.com/en/read/article/867

Five longhouses found in latest archaeological dig
http://www.tillsonburgnews.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1299379

Could this be grave of King Richard?
http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/news/grave-King-Richard/article-476989-detail/article.html

Israeli archaeologists unearth Herod family tombs
http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSTRE4AI7S920081119

US museum head says Mexico should get Mayan jade
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gSReiZ2_8Tvhocog3XSANg3rIkmQD94HMUC81

US has Sun King's stolen gem, say French experts
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081118/sc_afp/sciencehistorydiamondmuseum_081118185115;_ylt=AkwjvoCHROqbvAuiYp2ecpPPOrgF

Early engraving of English meeting aboriginals traced to N.L.
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=b8458c50-4bfe-4c29-92b3-424f0b3a42e3

Gyeongbok Palace Ruins Unearthed
http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200811/200811190004.html

Real life large bronze horse unearthed in Hubei
http://www.cctv.com/program/cultureexpress/20081119/102709.shtml

Temple inscriptions point to early Chola inroads into Pallava region
http://www.hindu.com/2008/11/20/stories/2008112057012200.htm

Archaeologists begin Cathedral Square excavation
http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/Archaeologists-begin-Cathedral-Square-excavation.4703712.jp

Long-isolated Libya plans new archaeology drive
http://africa.reuters.com/top/news/usnJOE4AH0GQ.html

Unity revives Lampang archaeological treasure
http://enews.mcot.net/view.php?id=7303

Scientists say Copernicus' remains, grave found
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081120/ap_on_re_eu/eu_poland_copernicus

Greek archaeologists find 6,500-year-old village
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g4jZbDsX1hX1WWX21cpDIXicBq9gD94IOSM01

Amid pomp, archaeologists bury capsule
http://media.www.browndailyherald.com/media/storage/paper472/news/2008/11/20/Features/Amid-Pomp.Archaeologists.Bury.Capsule-3554722.shtml

Gold collar found in field 'best Iron Age loot in 50 years': report
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iSuGw6hC7xpPHFC-AN_ikKxlycRQ

New Research Commitment To Save Sweden's Famous Royal Warship, The Vasa
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081119142106.htm

General Science

Oak Ridge supercomputer is the world's fastest for science
http://www.physorg.com/news146145167.html

How Time-Traveling Could Affect Quantum Computing
http://www.physorg.com/news146398685.html

Google's virtual world Lively to die next month
http://www.physorg.com/news146420276.html

Physics, Earth and Space Sciences

Find Fomalhaut in the Celestial Sea
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27724861/

SETI Astronomer Envisions Technology Capable of Receiving ET Signals by 2032
http://www.physorg.com/news145885320.html

US space-funeral company plans to launch lunar cemetery
http://www.physorg.com/news145937671.html

Scientists launch vast observatory to solve cosmic mysteries
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081114/sc_afp/argentinascienceastronomy_081114200815;_ylt=AlkLkmKCBoMwVKlJxrWj1JTPOrgF

Not giving up the ghost: Mars Spirit rover lives
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081113/ap_on_sc/sci_mars_rover;_ylt=AtoEFhXpopKEXXPVrT0Mnq1vieAA

NASA chief says US must stick to Moon plan
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16051-nasa-chief-says-us-must-stick-to-moon-plan.html

Is Earth at the heart of a giant cosmic void?
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20026821.200-is-earth-at-the-heart-of-a-giant-cosmic-void.html?full=true

Indian Probe Successfully Crash-Lands on the Moon
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/11/14/indian-probe-successfully-crash-lands-on-the-moon/

40 Years Later, It's Moon Race 2.0
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1858878,00.html

Floods under Antarctic ice speed glaciers into sea: study
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081117/sc_afp/climatewarmingantarcticaglaciers_081117002137;_ylt=At6unrKVdLiHr4u9b3R9PwrPOrgF

LHC’s Repairs Will Cost More and Take Even Longer Than Hoped
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/11/17/large-hadron-colliders-repairs-will-cost-more-and-take-longer-than-hoped/

Shock waves needed to create planets
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27774584/

Billions of particles of anti-matter created in laboratory
http://www.physorg.com/news146160767.html

Gamma-Ray Evidence Suggests Ancient Mars Had Oceans
http://www.physorg.com/news146163055.html

New life beneath sea and ice
http://www.physorg.com/news146140920.html

New Evidence of Ancient Oceans on Mars
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/11/19/new-evidence-of-ancient-oceans-on-mars/

Scientists spot hints of dark-matter blast
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27809937/

Did an asteroid kill Mars' magnetic field?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27806478/

Mysterious Source of High-Energy Cosmic Radiation Discovered
http://www.physorg.com/news146324339.html

Jupiter's great red spot is shrinking
http://www.physorg.com/news146328763.html

Astronomers catch binary star explosion inside nebula
http://www.physorg.com/news146314696.html

NASA Plans Test of 'Electronic Nose' on International Space Station
http://www.physorg.com/news146324434.html

Clump of dark matter may loom near solar system
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081119/sc_nm/us_space_darkmatter;_ylt=Au_VU.QZCduGj1jd0aVEkBEhANEA

Enceladus: Secrets of Saturn's Strangest Moon
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=enceladus-secrets

Why the universe may be teeming with aliens
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20026831.600-why-the-universe-may-be-teeming-with-aliens.html

Slow progress on ocean protection 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7736260.stm

Even More Ice on Mars: This Time It’s Entire Glaciers
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/11/20/even-more-ice-on-mars-this-time-its-entire-glaciers/

NASA Sends First Space-Mails via New “Interplanetary Internet”
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/11/20/nasa-sends-first-space-mails-via-new-interplanetary-internet/

A GALAXY FAR, FARTHER AWAY
http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/11/20/1682394.aspx

Did asteroid cause ancient N.Y. tsunami?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27827830/

Space Station at 10: Much Teamwork, Less Science
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/11/20/space-station-anniversary.html

e=mc2: 103 years later, Einstein's proven right
http://www.physorg.com/news146415074.html

Site List Narrows For NASA's Next Mars Landing
http://www.physorg.com/news146417016.html

Artist Wants Nuke Waste Dump to Make New Universes
http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/11/create-your-own.html

Astronomers learn more about former '10th planet'
http://blogs.usatoday.com/sciencefair/2008/11/astronomers-lea.html

Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources

Centrica says reviewing new wind farm economics
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081114/sc_nm/us_centrica_wind_farms;_ylt=ApKhEOTtboL5Ca0fX20fPJIhANEA

EPA Coal Decision Levels Playing Field for Wind, Solar
http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/11/epa-ruling.html

Greenhouse Gas Emissions Rose In 2000-06
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/11/17/tech/main4611170.shtml

Soil May Release Less CO2 Than Expected
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/11/17/soil-carbon-dioxide.html

Micro Fuel Cells Get Closer to Replacing Batteries
http://www.physorg.com/news146139643.html

Quicker, easier way to make coal cleaner found
http://www.physorg.com/news146144305.html

Hybrid cars too quiet for pedestrian safety? Add engine noise, say human factors researchers
http://www.physorg.com/news146140027.html

Climate change: emissions from industrialised world still high
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081117/sc_afp/unclimatewarmingemissions_081117160207;_ylt=ArXqvUdjwAURBsfZaM0RzPPPOrgF

Could fertilising trees save the climate?
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16061-could-fertilising-trees-save-the-climate.html

Electric Car Manufacturer Hopes To Generate Sales
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=97213232

Climate change momentum fading: Asia-Pacific survey
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081119/sc_afp/apecsummitclimatewarming_081119210701;_ylt=AsYoo9PfbRxf3wWoLvyuChHPOrgF

Plumbing the oceans could bring limitless clean energy
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20026836.000-plumbing-the-oceans-could-bring-limitless-clean-energy.html

'Fish technology' draws renewable energy from slow water currents
http://www.physorg.com/news146415507.html

New material could make gases more transportable
http://www.physorg.com/news146398407.html

Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences

Nov. 14, 1666: Watching a Transfusion, and Taking Notes
http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2008/11/dayintech_1114

Tiny sacs released by brain tumor cells carry information that may guide treatment
http://www.physorg.com/news146064135.html

U.K. Group Rebuffs Plan to Make Every Briton an Organ Donor by Default
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/11/17/uk-group-rebuffs-plan-to-make-every-briton-an-organ-donor-by-default/

Alzheimer's disease breakthrough
http://www.physorg.com/news146148470.html

Doctors transplant windpipe with stem cells
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27790019/

The medical miracle
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-wellbeing/health-news/the-medical-miracle-1024576.html

The Amateur Scientists Who Might Cure Cancer—From Their Basements
http://discovermagazine.com/2008/dec/19-the-amateur-scientists-who-might-cure-cancer-from-their-basements

Professor Finally Publishes Controversial Brain Theory
http://www.physorg.com/news146319784.html

Biomarkers used to predict chronological and physiological age
http://www.physorg.com/news146335154.html

Vision, Hearing Restored In Animals Using Stem Cells
http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1601647/vision_hearing_restored_in_animals_using_stem_cells/index.html

Safer sex in a pill
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20026831.700-safer-sex-in-a-pill.html

GM crops 'to be grown in secret'
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/3470877/GM-crops-to-be-grown-in-secret.html

Five ways to keep Alzheimer's away 
http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/conditions/11/20/ep.alzheimers.brain.exercise/index.html

Artificial brain project gets $4.9 million
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/11/20/BANU1483OH.DTL

Other

Star Trek gets a sexy makeover in new film with love scenes, motorbikes and hunky stars
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1086917/TRAILER-Star-Trek-gets-sexy-makeover-new-film-love-scenes-motorbikes-hunky-stars.html

Scientists discover unknown penguin species
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/11/19/new.zealand.penguin.ap/index.html

Tiny, long-lost primate rediscovered in Indonesia
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081118/sc_nm/us_primate_indonesia

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/

The Best Fictional Doomsday Devices
http://www.wired.com/culture/culturereviews/multimedia/2008/11/gallery_doomsday

Finding George Washington: Truths Revealed (Video)
http://www.livescience.com/common/media/video.php?aid=24179

PHOTOS: Fossils Link Alaska to Eurasia
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/11/photogalleries/missions-alaska-fossils-photos/index.html

Perils on the High Seas
http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1860715_1860714,00.html

In search of aliens (Video)
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/tech/2008/11/21/am.obrien.in.search.of.aliens.cnn

The days the earth stood still (Photo Gallery)
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/us_world/galleries/the_days_the_earth_stood_still/the_days_the_earth_stood_still.html

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