[Jawlist] Weekly Science Report 4-3-09

Sat Apr 4 10:00:56 PDT 2009

Good Afternoon Everyone,

Below is this week's edition.  Enjoy!

Steve Detwiler

Weekly Science Report
April 3, 2009

“The future is glittering with malice and shining with promise at the same time; but whatever the case, a transformation is absolutely necessary, that's for sure.”
Luke Hancock

News Articles

Paleontology, Evolution and Prehistoric Studies

Fresh proof of China being cradle of rice cultivation
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-03/27/content_7623278.htm

Germany’s stone age cannibalism
http://www.guardianweekly.co.uk/?page=editorial&id=1000&catID=17

'Hobbit' critic disciplined by university
http://www.illawarramercury.com.au/news/local/news/general/hobbit-critic-disciplined-by-university/1469820.aspx

Jack Horner's Plan to Bring Dinosaurs Back to Life
http://discovermagazine.com/2009/apr/27-jack-horner.s-plan-bring-dinosaurs-back-to-life/

Awareness Of Darwin Not Evolving
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090327072909.htm

3 boys turn up mammoth bone in southwest Michigan
http://www.cfnews13.com/News/National/2009/3/29/3_boys_turn_up_mammoth_bone_in_southwest_michigan.html

Ancient Deformed Children Not Always Killed by Parents
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/03/090330-deformed-child-fossil.html

Shells give new take on human evolution
http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2009/03/30/2529845.htm?site=science&topic=latest

New theory on largest known mass extinction in the history of the earth
http://www.alphagalileo.org/ViewItem.aspx?ItemId=56562&CultureCode=en

Optimal Running Speed Associated With Evolution Of Early Human Hunting Strategies
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090319142411.htm

'Supersize' lions roamed Britain 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/oxfordshire/7974948.stm

Long-necked dinos didn't reach for the skies
http://www.physorg.com/news157746328.html

Ancient and General History

Recordings: Kennedy saw nuclear test ban as Cold War thaw
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/02/kennedy.nuclear.tests/index.html

March 30, 240 B.C.: Comet Cometh to Cathay
http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2009/03/dayintech_0330

Some visit Pol Pot's grave looking for luck
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20090328/ap_tr_ge/as_cambodia_atrocity_tourism

Pardon sought for first black heavyweight champ
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090401/ap_on_go_co/boxing_pardon

Mayan politics depicted in Penn Museum show
http://uk.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUKTRE5314GP20090402?rpc=401&

Take This Medicine: The Story of the Sign 'Rx' 
http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/2009-03-21-voa3.cfm

Carving out the West at the Great Smoke Conference
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/Great-Smoke.html

Clues to ancient invasion in DNA
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/highlands_and_islands/7976510.stm

Archaeology

Archaeologist: Oldest Cyprus temple discovered
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/03/27/europe/EU-Cyprus-Ancient-Temple.php

Civil War naval clashes uncovered at Bayport
http://www.tampabay.com/news/military/article987389.ece

Mound of ruins Bengal’s oldest Buddhist site
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090328/jsp/frontpage/story_10733775.jsp

Massive Byzantine bathhouse uncovered near Gaza-belt town
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1237727539145&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Mud yields secrets of Newport's medieval ship
http://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/4233045.Mud_yields_secrets_of_Newport_s_medieval_ship/

Royal cemetery of the late Warring States Period found in C. China
http://www.china.org.cn/culture/2009-03/25/content_17500184.htm

Drugs, Guns and Dirt
http://www.archaeology.org/0903/etc/drugs.html

Climate Change: Sites in Peril
http://www.archaeology.org/0903/etc/climate_change.html

4,000-year-old human skeleton found
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/03/28/4000-year-old_human_skelton_found/UPI-81781238269635/

Vibrant Civilization uncovered in Oman
http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/culture/?id=31244

Bone inscriptions found in China
http://www.cctv.com/program/cultureexpress/20090326/101072.shtml

British Museum finds relics of 39 saints after 100 years
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2009/mar/24/british-museum-relics-discovery

French dig uncovers 18th-century mass graves
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/world/view/20090331-197132/French-dig-uncovers-18th-century-mass-graves

Prehistoric remains discovered at Sacramento River excavation site
http://www.chicoer.com/news/ci_12035490

Archaeological mission at Great Barrier Island
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0903/S00068.htm

Ancient Pella workshop discovered
http://www.ana-mpa.gr/anaweb/user/showplain?maindoc=7456937&maindocimg=7456548&service=98

1,500-year-old Mosaic Floor Unveiled in Ancient Synagogue Ruins
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/130674

12,000-year-old archeological site protected
http://www.winonapost.com/stock/functions/VDG_Pub/detail.php?choice=30051&home_page=1&archives=

Airport dig unearths 1500 BC settlement
http://www.thisisguernsey.com/2009/03/30/airport-dig-unearths-1500-bc-settlement/

Achaemenid palaces found in south Iran
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=89986&sectionid=351020105

Preserving the World’s Most Important Artifacts
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/Preserving-the-Worlds-Most-Important-Artifacts.html

New discoveries at ancient Tayma site
http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentID=2009022129942

Alabama mass grave may contain bodies from 1870s epidemic
http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/03/31/alabama.mass.grave/index.html

Rare gold jewelry finds in Boljoon town
http://globalnation.inquirer.net/cebudailynews/news/view/20090402-197526/Rare-gold-jewelry-finds-in-Boljoon-town

Macedonia: Archaeology Excavations and Conservation Works at Treskavec Continue
http://www.balkantravellers.com/en/read/article/1128

Inscription from the time of Alexander the Great - found in Baktria, land of origin of ancient Bulgarians
http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?id=n176236

First Ship Sunk in WWII Revealed in Sonar
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/04/01/world-war-shipwreck.html

Center recovers Ganesha statue
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2009/04/01/center-recovers-ganesha-statue.html-0

Prehistoric cave homes among China's top 10 archaeological discoveries
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-04/01/content_11109979.htm

S.C. bluff dig uncovering millenia of human history
http://www.thestate.com/local/story/734523.html

Iraq to reopen Ur to public after US pullback
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gyQFG3mejbeejKJYY8wOBELgIu5A

Prehistoric remains discovered at Sacramento River excavation site
http://www.chicoer.com/news/ci_12035490

Egyptology

Saving the Step Pyramid
http://www.drhawass.com/blog/saving-step-pyramid

Nubia: Lost civilisation of Egypt 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7963042.stm

Nefertiti got extreme makeover: researchers
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hbA1toEwcEZfiZRMbIOq_exLNnaA

Giza Pyramids Align Toward City of Sun God
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/03/24/giza-pyramids.html

Quest for the tomb of Monthemhat in Egypt
http://www.basqueresearch.com/berria_irakurri.asp?Berri_Kod=2148&hizk=I

General Science

Nanotechnology may have found its Henry Ford
http://features.csmonitor.com/innovation/2009/03/27/nanotechnology-may-have-found-its-henry-ford/

New robot 'steered by human thought': Honda
http://www.physorg.com/news157703000.html

Robot achieves scientific first
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f2b97d9a-1f96-11de-a7a5-00144feabdc0.html

Physics, Earth and Space Sciences

New Evidence for Ice-Spewing Volcanoes on Saturn’s Moon Titan
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/03/27/new-evidence-for-ice-spewing-volcanoes-on-saturns-moon-titan/

Re-Entry Test To Collect Heat Shield Data
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/28/tech/main4899483.shtml

Sitting in a tin can, not far from central Moscow: Russian scientists prepare for Mars mission
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2009/mar/28/space-mars-steel-tins-russia

Slower spin 'made moon's bulge' 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7965332.stm

Strife on the Space Station: Russians Can’t Use the American Toilet
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/03/31/strife-on-the-space-station-russians-cant-use-the-luxurious-american-toilet/

U.S. unveils Orion spacecraft to take crew to Mars
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090330/sc_nm/us_space_orion;_ylt=Aho_lU4U_23tfaYLEjJMEAIhANEA

U.S. military vows to track 800 satellites by October 1
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090331/sc_nm/us_usa_satellites;_ylt=AhXej9oLtFKOgLufm7lVy6IhANEA

6,000 Rare Dolphins Found in South Asia
http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090401/sc_livescience/6000raredolphinsfoundinsouthasia

Jupiter's stormy Great Red Spot is shrinking
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/space/04/02/jupiter.red.spot.shrinking/index.html

Europeans seek to organize space junk
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30012825/

Mining For Gold On The Ocean Floor?
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/04/02/tech/main4914112.shtml

Researchers Find First Picture of An Exoplanet! (In 11-Year-Old Hubble Data)
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/04/02/researchers-find-first-picture-of-an-exoplanet-in-11-year-old-hubble-data/

Heavyweight galaxies puzzle astronomers
http://www.physorg.com/news157910471.html

In the heart of the Orion Nebula
http://www.physorg.com/news157908478.html

World event hopes to lure 1 mln to astronomy
http://www.physorg.com/news157871372.html

Taiwan, China to collaborate in Antarctic research
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090402/sc_afp/taiwanchinaantarcticscience_20090402160853;_ylt=AnRtMaW4zbVgWIl8XW4qr3PPOrgF

U.S., satellite operators discuss better tracking
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090403/sc_nm/us_space_tracking;_ylt=AkDxXtpmZtAjX5SpNSDKK1MhANEA

Executives concerned about U.S. dominance in space
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090402/sc_nm/us_space_concerns;_ylt=Aku6W1gSALarxvNslaq._OAhANEA

Titan's squashed shape hints at soggy interior
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16894-titans-squashed-shape-hints-at-soggy-interior.html

Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources

Wind-powered car breaks record 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7968860.stm

Human-Made CO2 on Exponential Rise
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/03/27/carbon-dioxide-rise.html

US announces new fuel economy standard for 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090327/pl_afp/uspoliticsenergyclimateauto_20090327171555;_ylt=ArsMuVwr5.3yAsKCw5nCpGPPOrgF

Dust plays role in warmer global temps: study
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090327/ts_alt_afp/usclimateenvironmentoceans_20090327125037;_ylt=AgLN.r6UgLoTpkuawGp3iKbPOrgF

Historical ecologists map a changing landscape
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/03/27/DD2Q1619AU.DTL&type=science

Megaconservation: Saving wildernesses on a giant scale
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20127011.700-megaconservation-saving-wildernesses-on-a-giant-scale.html

Bad News: Scientists Make Cheap Gas From Coal
http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/03/coaltoliquids.html

Cave, batteries will store wind power
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Health--Science/Science/Cave-batteries-will-store-wind-power/articleshow/4331929.cms

Giant laser experiment powers up
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7972865.stm

Surveillance vehicles take flight using alternative energy
http://www.physorg.com/news157636672.html

IATA aims for biofuels on commercial flights by 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090331/sc_afp/aviationenvironmentwarmingiatalead_20090331161214;_ylt=Ao.w8dj2v8u4TAwLUapdidPPOrgF

US tells ships to clean up fumes or stay away
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16880-us-tells-ships-to-clean-up-fumes-or-stay-away.html

Can 'biochar' save the planet?
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/03/30/biochar.warming.energy/index.html

US to be 'pragmatic on climate' 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7980441.stm

Virus battery could 'power cars' 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7977585.stm

Earth population 'exceeds limits' 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7974995.stm

Gore-Sat' Climate Probe May Get Second Chance
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/04/02/gore-sat-satellite.html

Ice-free Arctic Ocean possible in 30 years, not 90 as previously estimated
http://www.physorg.com/news157900207.html

Plan B for Energy: 8 Revolutionary Energy Sources
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=plan-b-for-energy-8-ideas

Natural mechanism for medieval warming discovered
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16892-natural-mechanism-for-medieval-warming-discovered.html

Huge Man-Made Algae Swarm Devoured--Bad for Climate?
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/03/090327-iron-seeding.html

Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences

Pentagon Plan to Regrow Limbs: Phase One, Complete
http://blog.wired.com/defense/2009/03/darpa-muscle-re.html

Scientists decode TB enzyme, to make new drugs
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Health--Science/Science/Scientists-decode-TB-enzyme-to-make-new-drugs/articleshow/4328309.cms

Morphing liquid could lead to cancer breath test
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20127014.800-morphing-liquid-could-lead-to-cancer-breath-test.html

Shampoo in the water supply triggers growth of deadly drug-resistant bugs
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2009/mar/29/detergents-drug-resistant-bacteria

Can Second Life help teach doctors to treat patients?
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/03/30/doctors.second.life/index.html

Sweet dreams are made of geomagnetic activity
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16871-sweet-dreams-are-made-of-geomagnetic-activity.html

Donna Karan makes room for yoga at NYC hospital
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2009-03-31-yoga-cancer_N.htm

Unraveling psoriasis at a genetic level
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29997496/

HPV Test Screens Best for Cervical Cancer
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1889078,00.html

The Upside of Nuclear Testing: Traceable Radioactivity in Our Heart Cells
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/04/02/the-upside-of-nuclear-testing-traceable-radioactivity-in-our-heart-cells/

Researcher discovers brain cells have 'memory'
http://www.physorg.com/news157906808.html

Stem cells could be used to cure deafness, study suggests
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2009/apr/02/stem-cells-deafness-hearing-cure

Can someone live to be a supercentenarian?
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=can-someone-live-to-be-a-supercentenarian

Other

A look at typology changes over the years
http://www.corsicanadailysun.com/local/local_story_087185227.html

Levitation Toys Really Test Brain Power
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=102472655

Solving the Mystery of the Vanishing Bees
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=saving-the-honeybee

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/

Earth Hour 2009 (Photo Gallery)
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/slideshows/earth-hour-2009.html

EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS: Blackbeard Pirate
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/03/photogalleries/blackbeard-artifacts/

The Day MLK Died (Photo Gallery)
http://www.life.com/image/first/in-gallery/24651

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