[Jawlist] Weekly Science Report 11-28-08

Fri Nov 28 18:58:01 PST 2008

Good Evening Everyone,

Below is this week's edition.  Enjoy!

Steve Detwiler

Weekly Science Report
November 28, 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

Clues to why modern humans migrated...
http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=588&art_id=vn20081121054843530C280787

Grape-Sized Amoeba Raises Questions About Origins of Animal Life
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/11/21/grape-sized-amoeba-raises-questions-about-origins-of-animal-life/

The enigma of Lake Ontario's 11,000-year-old footprints
http://www.thestar.com/News/article/541938

Jurassic Croc unearthed by Swiss motorway works
http://www.physorg.com/news146751322.html

Return of the Neanderthals: If we can resurrect them through fossil DNA, should we?
http://cwmccabe.newsvine.com/_news/2008/11/24/2145209-return-of-the-neanderthals-if-we-can-resurrect-them-through-fossil-dna-should-we

Climate change wiped out cave bears 13 millennia earlier than thought
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-11/w-ccw112408.php

Red color ruled fashion world 15,000 years ago
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-11/26/content_7243951.htm

How the turtle's shell evolved 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7748280.stm

Scientists put sex origin mystery to bed 
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27927661/

Paleontology, without the fossils
http://features.csmonitor.com/innovation/2008/11/26/paleontology-without-the-fossils/

Report: Primitive man roamed Persian Plateau
http://www.payvand.com/news/08/nov/1272.html

Did Neanderthal cells cook as the climate warmed?
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16155-did-neanderthal-cells-cook-as-the-climate-warmed.html

Ancient and General History

The gentleman thief who took a leaf out of the British Library’s rarest travel books
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article5201784.ece

New Clues In Lusitania's Sinking
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=97350149

Rewriting History in Great Britain
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/Rewriting-History-in-Great-Britain.html

Defending Byzantium
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2008/923/he11.htm

US officials flunk test of American history, economics, civics
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081120/od_afp/ushistoryeducationoffbeat

Retired general looks back on Russia's Afghan war
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-aushev23-2008nov23,0,4727945.story

The busy week of the new Pittsburgh, 250 years ago
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08330/930511-294.stm

A Capitol Vision From a Self-Taught Architect
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/Capitol-Fellow.html

The Lasting Impact of a Civil Rights Icon's Murder
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/Indelible-Images-Moment-of-Reckoning-200812.html

44 Years Later, a Washington, D.C. Death Unresolved
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/Presence-of-Mind-Mary-Pinchot-Meyer-200812.html

Federal agents recover 'Hitler' bookmark
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27931364/

Feinstein recalls S.F.'s 'day of infamy'
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/11/26/MNM514C75R.DTL&tsp=1

Researchers: WWII Marines entombed on atoll
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27922629/

Guest Post: The Great Depression, as I remember
http://postcards.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2008/11/20/guest-post-the-great-depression-as-i-remember/

Nov. 26, 1894: Cybernetics Pioneer Norbert Wiener Born
http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2008/11/dayintech_1126

A Massacre Explained
http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1861448,00.html

National heritage day honors American Indians
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081128/ap_on_re_us/american_indian_day

Archaeology

Massive Prehistoric Fort Emerges From Welsh Woods
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/11/081121-underground-fort.html

Bulgarian archaeologists discover ancient chariot
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hOOx1xVM3r3xB57BYwqhIz7UZdrAD94JDSEG0

Scots unearth ancient 'treasures'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/7741835.stm

3,500-year-old weapon found in burn
http://www.hamiltonadvertiser.co.uk/news/breaking-news/2008/11/21/3-500-year-old-weapon-found-in-burn-51525-22312362/

New pyramid found at Saqqara
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2008/923/he1.htm

"Screaming Mummy" Is Murderous Son of Ramses III?
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/11/081121-screaming-mummy-ramses-missions.html

Hadrian's wall boosted economy for ancient Britons, archaeologists discover
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/environment/archeology/3463005/Hadrians-wall-boosted-economy-for-ancient-Britons-archaeologists-discover.html

Chances 'slim' for another bison kill site excavation
http://www.grandforksherald.com/articles/index.cfm?id=94134&section=news

Saving a Civil War legacy in Shenandoah Valley
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2008/11/23/saving_a_civil_war_legacy_in_shenandoah_valley/

Remains of 5,500-year-old Human Settlement Found in Peru
http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=321205&CategoryId=14095

'Buddha's skull' found in Nanjing
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/3511676/Buddhas-skull-found-in-Nanjing.html

Finds that made Basques proud are fake, say experts
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/nov/24/basque-pottery-euskara-eliseo-gil

Egypt faces obstacles in recovering antiquities
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hYqIC182xK__D4JTJr7ipmcXbRrgD94KOIH00

Radar unearths secrets of a buried treasure
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1081368_radar_unearths_secrets_of_a_buried_treasure

NOAA-Supported Mission Discovers Historic Shipwreck Off Turks and Caicos Islands
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20081125_trouvadore.html

New research sheds more light on Ohio's ancient earthworks
http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/science/stories/2008/11/25/sci_lepper25.ART_ART_11-25-08_B6_8SBUEDE.html?type=rss&cat=&sid=101

US funding boost for web-based archaeology journal
http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/localnews/US-funding-boost-for-webbased.4727764.jp

First century jars recovered by the Guardia Civil in Alicante
http://www.typicallyspanish.com/news/publish/article_19013.shtml

VN calls for recognition of Thang Long Royal Citadel
http://english.vietnamnet.vn/lifestyle/2008/11/815248/

Site of Romulus's murder to be tourist draw
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article5216946.ece

216 ancient sites found in Chaharmahal-Ba khtiari prov
http://www2.irna.ir/en/news/view/menu-234/0811268191183810.htm

Restoration or Destruction? Crude Restoration Spoils Authenticity of the Mausoleum of Cyrus the Great
http://www.cais-soas.com/News/2008/November2008/21-11.htm

Thracian funeral mould found near Pravets
http://international.ibox.bg/news/id_1173142230

Ancient road found in cave
http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/showarticle.php?num=01CUL261108

Dubai thwarts artefact smugglers
http://www.thenational.ae/article/20081126/NATIONAL/363920777/1001/SPORT

An Embalmed Corpse of a King was discovered in Kurdistan-Iran
http://www.kurdishaspect.com/doc112708KNC.html

Open doors to sunny shores
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2008/924/heritage.htm

Mystery of stone 'note' is solved 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/north_east/7746502.stm

Scientists puzzle over Hanoi’s Royal Citadel
http://www.thanhniennews.com/travel/?catid=7&newsid=44080

Scientists end dig, move indoors with findings of Winnipeg archeological site
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/11/26/forks-archeology.html

Touring Johnson's Island 
http://www.archaeology.org/johnsonsisland/video.html

General Science

20 Best Brains Under 40
http://discovermagazine.com/2008/dec/20-best-brains-under-40/

US hopes to develop bug-sized, flying spies
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27845644/

Google's virtual world to die next month
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27840717/

The Science of the Future of War
http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/11/sex-and-war-exc.html

Strong, lightweight green material could replace concrete, but contains no cement
http://www.physorg.com/news146851488.html

Nanotech clothing fabric 'never gets wet'
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16126-nanotech-clothing-fabric-never-gets-wet.html

IBM Reveals Five Innovations That Will Change Our Lives in the Next Five Years
http://www.physorg.com/news146852022.html

Physics, Earth and Space Sciences

Confirmed: Scientists Understand Where Mass Comes From
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/11/21/confirmed-scientists-understand-where-mass-comes-from/

Watch Jupiter and Venus hook up
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27843894/

NASA scales back flagship Mars mission
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081121/ap_on_sc/mars_science_lab;_ylt=ApYw9oVx6DxGbR2AZPIDAhZvieAA

What makes the universe tick?
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20026831.500-what-makes-the-universe-tick.html

NASA Test-Fires Next-Gen Ejector Seat
http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/11/ejectorseat.html

Astronaut perfects space coffee with zero-G cup
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27891334/

'Firefly' to scout Earth's puzzling gamma blasts
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27892343/

Space Sportilization: Former Redskin Player Ken Harvey Offers A 21st Century Game on the Moon
http://www.physorg.com/news146765371.html

Mystery of missing hydrogen
http://www.physorg.com/news146740325.html

Ocean growing more acidic faster than once thought
http://www.physorg.com/news146753497.html

Chandrayaan-1 starts observations of the Moon
http://www.physorg.com/news146751263.html

India moon craft hit by heat rise 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7748611.stm

Behind spacesuit technology stands astronaut's ‘leap of faith'
http://www.physorg.com/news146724277.html

NASA Prepares for New Juno Mission to Jupiter
http://www.physorg.com/news146762346.html

French adventurer faces new feat as head of Antarctic station
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081123/sc_afp/lifestylefranceantarcticasciencepeople_081123075948;_ylt=Auu9RwERW7uaNAAPgKGBE6HPOrgF

Will the next Einstein come from Africa?
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20026836.300-will-the-next-einstein-come-from-africa.html

Hubble Reports First Ever Signs of Carbon Dioxide on an Exoplanet
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/11/24/hubble-reports-first-ever-signs-of-carbon-dioxide-on-an-exoplanet/

Inside the World of Stephen Hawking
http://discovermagazine.com/2008/dec/25-inside-the-world-of-stephen-hawking/

Hubble Spills Star's Secret: They're Triplets
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/11/25/hubble-stars.html

Sweet molecule could lead us to alien life
http://www.physorg.com/news146828393.html

Meteorite search update: 10-ton rock responsible for fireball in Western Canada last week
http://www.physorg.com/news146839756.html

ESA wants International Space Station to live longer
http://www.physorg.com/news146832502.html

Europe unveils 20-year plan for brilliant future in astronomy
http://www.physorg.com/news146830933.html

New tool to help find hidden meteorite craters
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081125/sc_afp/canadasciencespacemeteorite_081125211540;_ylt=ArL_0cmE79amAS4kT_gLR9_POrgF

Minister calls for UK space facility
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/nov/25/space-facility-lord-drayson

Solar wind ripping chunks off Mars
http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/news/2369/solar-wind-ripping-chunks-mars

'Little Bang' created our Solar System
http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/news/2368/little-bang-created-our-solar-system

Milky Way's sweetness throughout 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7747795.stm

Hopes rise for liquid water on Saturn moon
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27928833/

Space delivery could get complicated
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27926869/

Plate tectonics started over 4 billion years ago, geochemists report
http://www.physorg.com/news146924511.html

In Search of Time
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/11/25/DDCP13O18P.DTL&type=science

Researchers Say Tides Can Cut Life Short On Planets Orbiting Smaller Stars
http://www.physorg.com/news147014943.html

Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources

Agriculture goes urban and high-tech
http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/11/21/urban.agriculture.ap/index.html

Power of the Future: A Timeline to Energy Independence
http://www.usnews.com/articles/science/environment/2008/11/19/power-of-the-future-a-timeline-to-energy.html

Getting Warmer? Prehistoric Climate Can Help Forecast Future Changes
http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=2080

Researchers Induce Superconductivity in an Insulator
http://www.physorg.com/news146752463.html

Researchers boost solar cell efficiency
http://www.physorg.com/news146758622.html

Global warming is changing organic matter in soil
http://www.physorg.com/news146746338.html

Wind power meets record demand in Spain: industry group
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081124/sc_afp/spainenergyalternative_081124232616;_ylt=AhKd2ARr_xp6jqyBZLwll5rPOrgF

ITER plan looks to recharge hopes for fusion power
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/columnist/vergano/2008-11-23-ITER-fusion_N.htm

Southern Ocean Resilient Against Global Warming
http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1602528/southern_ocean_resilient_against_global_warming/index.html

Solar-powered sea slug harnesses stolen plant genes
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16124-solarpowered-sea-slug-harnesses-stolen-plant-genes-.html

Under construction: The fuel tank of the future
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20026835.600-under-construction-the-fuel-tank-of-the-future-.html

Fuel From Food? The Feast Is Over
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/11/24/tech/main4629581.shtml

Giant wind farms could clear up cloudy skies
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27912340/

'World mandate' on climate action
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7748247.stm

U.N.: Greenhouse Gases at Record Highs
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/11/25/tech/main4632341.shtml

Going green saves money, spins profits in coal-addicted Poland
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081125/sc_afp/unclimatewarmingpolandenergy_081125054512;_ylt=AjzJqnr4TKr8vbM3n42W3UDPOrgF

Now We’re Cooking With … Batteries
http://www.newsweek.com/id/170341

Canada's vast oil sands hide dirty environmental secret
http://www.physorg.com/news146899447.html

US ready to climb into hot seat on climate change
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081127/sc_afp/unclimatewarmingus_081127030629

Clue to break-up of ice shelves 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7753228.stm

Biologists find new environmental threat in North American lakes
http://www.physorg.com/news147015868.html

A carbon-neutral way to power your home
http://www.physorg.com/news147009502.html

Financial crisis no excuse to slow carbon fight: UN climate chief
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081127/sc_afp/unclimatewarmingindustry_081127175634

Global coal damage costs 360 billion euro annually: Greenpeace
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081127/sc_afp/polandclimatewarmingcoalgreenpeace_081127183352;_ylt=AoHHiKJXfeyBzR0crpIigaTPOrgF

Jordan grapples with water crisis
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081127/sc_afp/unclimatewarmingjordanwater_081127234108;_ylt=As.jRXEvnSaGAI_aJ8dbdCfPOrgF

Sharp, Enel to tie-up in solar power
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081127/sc_afp/japanitalyelectronicsenergycompanysharpenel_081127224435;_ylt=AiaYhNxaISk9Q9DV4OitgOzPOrgF

Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences

Light-wave implant hope for deaf 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7737307.stm

Bacterial biofilms as fossil makers
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-11/iu-bba112108.php

How dolphins outdo Olympic swimmers
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27889197/

Red Tides Stemmed by 'Alien'-Like Parasites
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/11/24/red-tide-parasites.html

Mammals can be stimulated to regrow damaged inner retina nerve cells
http://www.physorg.com/news146766141.html

Researchers identify new source of insulin-producing cells
http://www.physorg.com/news146766762.html

Scientists shed light on how DNA is unwound so that its code can be read
http://www.physorg.com/news146755107.html

New discovery may enhance MRI scans, lead to portable MRI machines
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-11/aiop-ndm112008.php

Finding could lead to advance in nano-surgery
http://www.physorg.com/news146829160.html

New 'barcode chip' allows cheap, fast blood tests
http://www.physorg.com/news146842083.html

Superglue from the sea: Synthetic sea worm glue may mend shattered knee, face bones
http://www.physorg.com/news146812942.html

The boy with the extra set of teeth
http://bodyodd.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/11/25/1688782.aspx

Resurrection Science
http://judson.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/25/resurrection-science/?pagemode=print

Down's symptoms may be treatable in the womb
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20026844.600-downs-symptoms-may-be-treatable-in-the-womb.html

Pig organs: Ready for humans at last?
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20026844.500-pig-organs-ready-for-humans-at-last.html

Experimental TB drug explodes bacteria from the inside out
http://www.physorg.com/news147015355.html

Would eating heavy atoms lengthen our lives?
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20026841.800-do-heavy-atoms-make-you-live-longer.html

Scientists discover 21st century plague
http://www.physorg.com/news146723086.html

Other

Iowa college musical acts out scary Bible tales
http://www.usatoday.com/news/religion/2008-11-22-scary-bible_N.htm

Malaysian body bans yoga for Muslims
http://www.usatoday.com/news/religion/2008-11-21-malaysia-yoga_N.htm

Nepal 'Buddha Boy' returns to jungle
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081122/wl_sthasia_afp/nepalreligionbuddhism

Tibetans Grapple With Dalai Lama Succession
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1861338,00.html

We must plan a survival strategy for our species 
http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/shortsharpscience/2008/11/we-must-plan-a-survival-strate.html

Helicopter in dramatic near-miss with 'sinister' UFO 1,500ft above Birmingham
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1088307/Helicopter-dramatic-near-miss-sinister-UFO-1-500ft-Birmingham.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/

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/

Sliced: Inside a Supernova
http://discovermagazine.com/photos/21-sliced-inside-a-supernova

Darklore Volume 2 (Paperback)
http://www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/0975720066/thedailygrail

Alien believers among us (Video)
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2008/11/24/obrien.aliens.not.just.crazy.cnn

Roswell revisited (Video)
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2008/11/25/obrien.roswell.revisited.cnn

VIDEO: Roman "Jewel" Promoted
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/11/081125-ruins-video-ap.html

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.jawest.net/pipermail/jawlist-jawest.net/attachments/20081128/3010143d/attachment-0004.htm>