[Jawlist] Weekly Science Report 11-21-08
Steve Detwiler
steveorange2003 at yahoo.com
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§ion=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§ionid=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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