[Jawlist] Science, Archaeology and Ancient History Weekly Report 9-26-08

[Steve Detwiler]

Good Morning Everyone,
 
Below is this week's edition.  Enjoy!
 
Steve Detwiler
 
 
 
 
Science, Archaeology and Ancient History Weekly Report
September 26, 2008
 
“The United Nations is designed to make possible lasting freedom and independence for all its members.” 
Harry S. Truman
 
 News Articles
 
Paleontology, Evolution and Prehistoric Studies
 
Lost Tribes of the Green Sahara
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/09/green-sahara/gwin-text
 
DNA indicates humans in N. America 14,300 years ago
http://www.boston.com/news/science/articles/2008/09/21/dna_indicates_humans_in_n_america_14300_years_ago/
 
Digital evolution: early fish had primitive fingers, says study
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080921/sc_afp/sciencepaleontologyevolutionfish_080921225541
 
Neanderthals Ate Seals and Dolphins
http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20080922/sc_livescience/neanderthalsatesealsanddolphins;_ylt=AoHp9JVQ5nKJCiq6ewWPULZFeQoB
 
7,000 years ago, Neolithic optical art flourished
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26839697/
 
Pleistocene Park: Where the Auroxen Roam
http://www.wired.com/science/planetearth/magazine/16-10/mf_bison
 
Small and dainty dinosaur dined on termites
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26856262/
 
Decoding Neanderthals
http://www.archaeology.org/online/reviews/neandercode/
 
NYC Trade Center dig exposes Ice Age landscape
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080922/ap_on_re_us/ground_zero_ice_age
 
Reef could provide clues to evolution: Australian scientists
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080922/sc_afp/australiasciencehistory_080922100902;_ylt=AvmKrmUzROKJOEfnYbzZfKTPOrgF
 
Kangaroo Bones Could Solve Aussie Aborigine Mystery
http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/09/kangaroo-bones.html
 

 
 
 
 
Ancient and General History
 
Black fraternal society rediscovered in Barbados
http://www.cfnews13.com/News/National/2008/9/20/black_fraternal_society_rediscovered_in_barbados.html
 
Last Jews of Calcutta have one last guardian (India)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080920/ap_on_re_as/last_jews_of_calcutta
 
Unknown Mozart Fragment Found in French Library
http://www.livescience.com/history/080919-ap-mozart-music.html
 
Revealed: the Great Escape of 1918
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2008/sep/21/exhibition.museums?gusrc=rss&feed=artanddesign
 
Shard find in Intramuros shows early form of writing
http://www.malaya.com.ph/sep22/news4.htm
 
Sept. 22, 1791: Faraday Enters a World He Will Change
http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2008/09/dayintech_0922
 
UK experts say Stonehenge was place of healing
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080922/ap_on_sc/eu_britain_stonehenge_6;_ylt=AvcMRBWJQj2hY6UEDPrqMztFeQoB
 
The rock art that redraws our history
http://eyrepeninsula.yourguide.com.au/news/national/national/general/the-rock-art-that-redraws-our-history/1277924.aspx
 
Library to share 14th-century royal cookbook online
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/sep/22/10?gusrc=rss&feed=technologyfull
 
Romans 'brought leeks to Wales'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/7631249.stm
 
Great poet's grave stokes Civil War dispute
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080924/ap_on_re_eu/eu_spain_spain_s_missing
 
 
  
 

 
Archaeology
 
Scholar claims to find medieval Jewish capital
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080920/ap_on_re_eu/russia_lost_capital_1;_ylt=ArnTbHiDcV_E3obaGzIjWANFeQoB
 
Archaeologists hold out hope of finding lost French fleet
http://www.news-journalonline.com/NewsJournalOnline/Opinion/Columnists/SensePlace/colSENSE092008.htm
 
Radar reveals San Francisco's buried Presidio
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/09/19/BAE6131D6T.DTL
 
Sunken Swedish ship the Kronan offers up historic haul
http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,24364874-17102,00.html
 
Expert deciphers nails around ancient Pahluj skeletons
http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=178407
 
Agha Khan uses his massive wealth to protect precious sites in Syria
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=4&article_id=96172
 
131 Mughul period gold coins unearthed in TN village
http://www.deccanherald.com/Content/Sep192008/national2008091990890.asp?section=updatenews
 
Rock temple found in Sri Lankan jungle yields historical treasure
http://www.colombopage.com/archive_08/September21125528KA.html
 
Archaeologists fight nature, industry to protect area aboriginal structures
http://www.gjsentinel.com/hp/content/news/stories/2008/09/22/092208_wickiup_project.html
 
Archeologists challenged to locate Majapahit palace
http://old.thejakartapost.com/detailnational.asp?fileid=20080922.C13&irec=6
 
Ancient axe heads donated to Manx Museum collection
http://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/Ancient-axe-heads-donated-to.4517405.jp
 
Antiquities discovered on new square site
http://www.cyprus-mail.com/news/main.php?id=41549&cat_id=1
 
Namibian Portuguese shipwreck hailed as one of the best
http://www.themercury.co.za/index.php?fArticleId=4624653
 
Italy returns long lost Parthenon fragment to Greece
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5h8CB4km-01Y4Ta3mxs6P0Z7hMzSA
 
In Egypt, a 3,000-year-old find
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/09/25/egypt.antiquities.ap/index.html
 
Iraqis plan dig at possible Sumerian site
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080925/wl_mideast_afp/iraqunrestarchaeologymuthanna_080925130156;_ylt=AocbqOKRrUhsSoUXd2BUw1pFeQoB
 
Fire burns ancient sites near Peru's Machu Picchu
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080924/sc_nm/us_peru_fire_1;_ylt=AqoK1Vo2UfPxnNboKM56Hi5FeQoB
 

Skulls and bones found during dig 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/7635634.stm
 
Remains of prehistoric men unearthed
http://english.vietnamnet.vn/lifestyle/2008/09/805283/
 
Battle over Persepolis Fortification Archive: Achaemenid Administrative Archives
http://www.payvand.com/news/08/sep/1270.html
 
Archaeological Dig in Greece Returns Important Finds
http://uanews.org/node/21645
 
Queen Anne's Revenge dive expedition to begin
http://obsentinel.womacknewspapers.com/articles/2008/09/24/features/feats1062.txt
 
World heritage status for Iraq's bombed shrine city: government
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5h7CRk8vw8WVT3_GA5skvAYVW_ynA
 
Ancient Whaling Station Has International Value
http://www.icelandreview.com/icelandreview/daily_news/?cat_id=16539&ew_0_a_id=312550
 
New Life Found In Ancient Tombs
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080924192443.htm
 
Rare Viking ingot found
http://www.lutontoday.co.uk/545/Rare-Viking-ingot-found.4518140.jp
 
Ancient petroglyph chiseled from No. Arizona cliff
http://www.kvoa.com/Global/story.asp?S=9069222&nav=HMO6HMaW
 
Long lost Pelagonian Kindgom Discovered!?
http://macedoniaonline.eu/content/view/3657/45/
 
Uncovering Namibia's sunken treasure 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7634479.stm
 
Yellow fever may be reason for Bermuda burials under floor
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/court_and_social/article4805353.ece
 
 
 
 
 


General Science
 
Technology round-up
http://news.scotsman.com/scitech/Technology-roundup.4512973.jp
 
Missile Defense System Aimed At Potential Threats
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94838546
 
US Army Invests in 'Thought Helmet' Technology for Voiceless Communication
http://www.physorg.com/news141314439.html
 
GPS receivers can be 'spoofed,' say researchers
http://www.physorg.com/news141300510.html
 
In radiation 'ventriloquism,' electromagnetic waves travel backwards
http://www.physorg.com/news141394051.html
 
MacArthur Foundation awards 2008 'genius grants'
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/2008-09-23-macarthur-genius-grants_N.htm
 
New nanoscale process will help computers run faster and more efficiently
http://www.physorg.com/news141568819.html
 
New research could lead to practical uses for metal-organic frameworks
http://www.physorg.com/news141566425.html
 
O3b Networks: A far-out plan to deliver the Web
http://features.csmonitor.com/innovation/2008/09/24/o3b-networks-a-far-out-plan-to-deliver-the-web/
 
UCLA mathematicians claim record in search for rare prime numbers
http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-prime27-2008sep27,0,2746766.story
 
It's A Bird, It's A Plane...
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/25/world/main4477073.shtml
 
 
 
 

 
 
Physics, Earth and Space Sciences
 
France to buy 10 Soyuz launchers from Russia
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080920/sc_afp/russiafrancespace_080920200012;_ylt=ApgRpW1N_g.RuIjLaEfin_vPOrgF
 
New dwarf planet named Haumea for Hawaiian goddess
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080919/ap_on_sc/hawaiian_planet;_ylt=AhqqT.NEKFDIk8SA7cgNwMFvieAA
 
Writer Explains Particle Acceleration — In A Rap
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94810122
 
Small accidents mean big trouble for supercollider
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080921/ap_on_sc/eu_particle_collider
 
Mission to Mars, 2013
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/09/21/INTB130GM7.DTL&type=science
 
Chinese Astronauts Get Ready for Their First Spacewalk
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/09/22/chinese-astronauts-get-ready-for-their-first-spacewalk/
 
Mars polar cap mystery solved
http://www.physorg.com/news141317473.html
 
Ocean floor geysers warm flowing sea water
http://www.physorg.com/news141314645.html
 
Cosmic link to precious metals: study
http://www.physorg.com/news141290952.html
 
SpaceX's Fourth Launch Attempt as Early as Tomorrow
http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/09/spacexs-fourt-1.html
 
Einstein's Long Lost Telescope In Comeback
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/23/tech/main4470974.shtml
 
Hardy Mars Rover Sets Off on What May Be Its Final Mission
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/09/23/hardy-mars-rover-sets-off-on-what-may-be-its-final-mission/
 
Mysterious ‘dark flow’ discovered in space
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26857495/
 
Sun hits a 50-year low
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26857491/
 
Ulysses spacecraft data indicate Solar System shield lowering
http://www.physorg.com/news141397124.html
 
Scientists detect cosmic 'dark flow' across billions of light years
http://www.physorg.com/news141392399.html
 
Saturn's rings are older than thought, say astronomers
http://www.physorg.com/news141371339.html
 
After Olympics, China eyes space conquest
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080924/sc_afp/chinaspaceimage_080924024537
 
US space tourist to follow father into orbit
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080923/sc_afp/usrussiaspacetourism_080923183741;_ylt=Aur9MuV5oTvgYuJMPHeqBszPOrgF
 
Acidifying oceans are brewing up an underwater din
http://environment.newscientist.com/article/dn14794-acidifying-oceans-are-brewing-up-an-underwater-din.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=news3_head_dn14794
 
Japan hopes to turn sci-fi into reality with elevator to the stars
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/science/article4799369.ece
 
Einstein's 23 Biggest Mistakes
http://discovermagazine.com/2008/sep/01-einstein.s-23-biggest-mistakes
 
Lift-off for China space mission 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7634404.stm
 
Mysterious “Dark Flow” Is Tugging Galaxies Beyond the Universe’s Horizon
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/09/25/mysterious-dark-flow-is-tugging-galaxies-beyond-the-universes-horizon/
 
Virginia Physicist Charged With Selling Space Technology Secrets to China
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/09/25/virginia-physicist-charged-with-selling-space-technology-secrets-to-china/
 
Traces of alien life could survive space travel
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26893147/
 
The wild, hidden cousin of SN 1987A supernova
http://www.physorg.com/news141554683.html
 
House OKs NASA buying Soyuz
http://www.physorg.com/news141555855.html
 
NASA at 50: still taking science to the limit
http://www.physorg.com/news141539941.html
 
Europe all set for lunar mission Chandrayaan-1
http://www.physorg.com/news141571120.html
 
Space exploration key to mankind's survival: NASA chief
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080925/sc_afp/usspacenasaanniversarygriffin_080925062652;_ylt=AhGsSY5YTA4pYUHiwO8voP_POrgF
 
Deal keeps U.S. on International Space Station
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080925/sc_nm/us_space_stationscience
 
Scientist proposes explanation for puzzling property of night-shining clouds at the edge of space
http://www.physorg.com/news141568891.html
 
Mars magnetic field mystery explained
http://www.physorg.com/news141573374.html

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources
 
Berlusconi launches nuclear and renewable energy plan: report
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080920/sc_afp/italyenergynuclear_080920195907;_ylt=AlYZneQa1vZvFzs5XGKQXEfPOrgF
 
World's common birds 'declining' 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7622904.stm
 
Plastic-Devouring Bacteria Could Keep Soda Bottles Out of Landfills
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/09/22/plastic-devouring-bacteria-could-keep-soda-bottles-out-of-landfills/
 
New hope for tapping vast domestic reserves of oil shale
http://www.physorg.com/news141295379.html
 
Ancient Arctic ice could tell us about the future of permafrost
http://www.physorg.com/news141317582.html
 
Mexico to host World Environment Day in June 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080922/sc_afp/mexicoenvironmentun_080922221130;_ylt=AupmNUe6t3Zs0kpqsidD1VXPOrgF
 
Extinct tortoise 'can live again' 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7630239.stm
 
Endangered Bison Turn a Former Soviet Republic Into a Prehistoric Paradise
http://www.wired.com/science/planetearth/multimedia/2008/09/mf_bison_ss
 
A Simple Plan to ID Every Creature on Earth
http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/magazine/16-10/ff_barcode
 
Lost middle-class tribe's 'secret' eco-village in Wales spotted in aerial photograph taken by plane
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1056637/Lost-middle-class-tribes-secret-eco-village-Wales-spotted-aerial-photograph-taken-plane.html
 
'Climate-proof' crop hunt begins
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7622920.stm
 
What Goes Into Naming A New Species? A Lot
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94886658
 
Plug-in cars sparking a power shift
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26843591/
 
'Chemical equator' discovery will aid pollution mapping
http://www.physorg.com/news141378912.html
 
Greenland: roar of melting glacier sounds climate change alarm
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080923/sc_afp/denmarkgreenlandclimatewarmingice_080923041933;_ylt=AldyUZVZiTZPE_6rklRPfRDPOrgF
 
California science museum reopens with green theme 
http://www.cnn.com/2008/TRAVEL/09/24/museum.makeover.ap/index.html
 

Einstein's green refrigerator making a comeback
http://www.physorg.com/news141581384.html
 
Simple device which uses electrical field could boost gas efficiency
http://www.physorg.com/news141566725.html
 
Ocean offers hope for green energy
http://www.physorg.com/news141556007.html
 
Environment-friendly products output to double: UN
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080924/sc_afp/unenvironmentclimateemployment_080924224101;_ylt=AvFAuOi7F9zfSfcZSQvIwEHPOrgF
 
Eco-fashion helps Japanese textile makers survive
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080924/sc_afp/lifestylefashionjapantextile_080924202859;_ylt=AvOru9StqkYmEOrqaKLp7kLPOrgF
 
Global warming pollution increases 3 percent
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080925/ap_on_sc/warming_emissions;_ylt=AveRAzfjpG_PgfZ4ukpmeRRvieAA
 
Are some solar projects no longer ‘green’?
http://features.csmonitor.com/environment/2008/09/25/are-some-solar-projects-no-longer-%e2%80%98green%e2%80%99/
 
Eco-Cities: Urban Planning for the Future
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=eco-cities-urban-planning
 
Earth 3.0: Solutions for Sustainable Progress
http://www.sciam.com/report.cfm?id=earth3
 
The Tide Is Turning: Turbine Rides Underwater Currents Like a Kite
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=turbine-that-rides-the-tide
 
 


 
 
 
Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences
 
Stem cells open door for studying human disease
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080922/sc_nm/stemcells_disease_dc
 
Scientists deliver toxic genes to effectively kill pancreatic cancer cells
http://www.physorg.com/news141396245.html
 
Researchers develop new model for cystic fibrosis
http://www.physorg.com/news141568422.html
 
New way to make stem cells is safe: research
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080925/sc_nm/us_stemcellssci;_ylt=AsmVtNbZgut3UxjtOd.Iaa8hANEA
 
 

 
Other
 
Postcards from heaven: scientists to study near-death experiences
http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/blog/2008/sep/18/research
 
Ancient yeast reborn in modern beer
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26860078/
 
 
 
 

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
 
Wake Forest University, Museum of Anthropology Online Artifact Database
http://cairo.deacnet.wfu.edu/
 
Ghostly image caught at gym (Video)
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/living/2008/09/25/dnt.ghostly.images.on.tape.kshb
 
VIDEO: Ancient Babylon Damaged
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/09/080924-babylon-video-ap.html
 


      
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