[Jawlist] Weekly Science Report 4-24-09

Fri Apr 24 20:04:51 PDT 2009

Good Evening Everyone,

Below is this week's edition.  Enjoy!

Steve Detwiler

Weekly Science Report
April 24, 2009

“These virtues do not have ineffable meaning, but offer a sense of morality-a way to be, and a way to behave, as a member of the human family.”
Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah of the Kingdom of Jordan on being Muslim

News Articles

Paleontology, Evolution and Prehistoric Studies

Did Humans Learn From Hobbits?
http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2009/417/3

Fossils Suggest Tetrapod Adapted To Land Earlier Than Estimated
http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1672916/fossils_suggest_tetrapod_adapted_to_land_earlier_than_estimated/index.html

Childbirth Painful for Neanderthal Women, Too
http://www.livescience.com/history/090420-neanderthal-birth.html

'Pickled' baby mammoth opens window to Ice Age
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/2009-04-20-baby-mammoth_N.htm

What Makes Us Human?
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=what-makes-us-human

Copies of long-lost fossil trackway rediscovered
http://www.canada.com/Entertainment/Copies+long+lost+fossil+trackway+rediscovered/1512549/story.html

Ancestor of T rex found in China 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8010292.stm

The Hobbit: Out of Africa
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1892606,00.html

85,000 years old villages found
http://www.gulfnews.com/nation/Heritage_and_Culture/10306636.html

'Missing link' fossil seal walked
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8012322.stm

Ape behaviour reveals secrets of human evolution
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227051.400-chimp-behaviour-reveals-secrets-of-human-evolution.html

Ancestors may have used bone tools to make smoothies
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17004-ancestors-may-have-used-bone-tools-to-make-smoothies.html

Evolution of human sex roles more complex than described by universal theory
http://www.physorg.com/news159799620.html

Scientists use retroviruses to unravel woolly history of sheep domestication
http://www.physorg.com/news159802675.html

Ancient and General History

Tattoos from Auschwitz horror reunite lost inmates
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090419/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_holocaust_reunion

Mysterious Cleopatra has 21st-century defender
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/04/19/egypt.cleopatra.mystery/index.html

Last surviving D-Day 'Bedford Boy' dies at 94
http://www.cfnews13.com/News/National/2009/4/20/last_surviving_dday_39bedford_boy39_dies_at_94.html

No review of William Wallace’s conviction for treason in 1305
http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/news/display.var.2502950.0.No_review_of_William_Wallaces_conviction_for_treason_in_1305.php

George Koval: Atomic Spy Unmasked
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/Iowa-Born-Soviet-Trained.html

Dancing for Mao
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/Indelible-Images-Dancing-for-Mao.html

Spies Who Spilled Atomic Bomb Secrets
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/Spies-Who-Spilled-Atomic-Bomb-Secrets.html

Hominy an early gift from Native Americans to Europeans
http://www.gazettetimes.com/articles/2009/04/15/lifestyles/food/10food01_relish.txt

Viking Legacy On English: What Language Tells Us About Immigration And Integration
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090421111659.htm

Miracles occur in India
http://media.www.drurymirror.com/media/storage/paper740/news/2009/04/22/Perspectives/Miracles.Occur.In.India-3719942.shtml

Hitler's art attracts big sale prices
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/04/23/hitler.auction/index.html

New photo: Nazis dig up mass grave of U.S. soldiers
http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/04/22/berga.folo/index.html

Professor reveals discovery of copies of Benjamin Franklin letters
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-ben-franklin24-2009apr24,0,4218522.story

Artificial Intelligence Cracks 4,000-Year-Old Mystery
http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/04/indusscript.html

Belarus destroys synagogue of renowned rabbi
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090424/ap_on_re_eu/eu_belarus_synagogue

Henry VIII love note to Boleyn (Video)
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/living/2009/04/24/west.boleyn.love.letter.itn

C.P. Snow: The Culture Crosser
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/04/18/cp-snow-the-culture-crosser/

Archaeology

Abruzzo quake unearths prehistoric dwellings
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/CultureAndMedia/?id=3.0.3224520451

Clay seal with ancient inscriptions found at Paharpur
http://nation.ittefaq.com/issues/2009/04/18/news0291.htm

Scientists search for wreckage of Civil War ship
http://www.thestate.com/statewire/story/753226.html

Press Release - News from the Temple of Taposiris Magna
http://www.drhawass.com/blog/press-release-news-temple-taposiris-magna

China's Great Wall far longer than thought: survey
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090420/sc_afp/chinaheritagegreatwall

A German institute presents the geophysical archaeology of ancient Kosovo
http://www.newkosovareport.com/200904201709/Culture-and-Sports/A-German-institute-presents-the-geophysical-archaeology-of-ancient-Kosovo.html

Origins of Maya Blue In Mexico
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090420085049.htm

Archaeologists planning for Iran’s largest rescue excavation at Seimareh Dam reservoir
http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=192709

Ancient remnants found on bank of Saluda River
http://www.thestate.com/local/story/755229.html

Could this boulder be an ancient carving?
http://www.bucyrustelegraphforum.com/article/20090418/UPDATES01/90418009

New search to find ancient tower at castle site
http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/headlines/4300274.New_search_to_find_ancient_tower_at_castle_site/

Reservoir site yields ancient artifacts
http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2009/apr/18/reservoir-site-yields-ancient-artifacts/

Inca Wall Found During Construction of New Peru Hotel
http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=332206&CategoryId=14095

Farmer spends 30 years on model Biblical Temple
http://macedoniaonline.eu/content/view/6402/56/

Fresh discoveries show signs of ancient city
http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=84953

UTSA archaeologists find 3700 B.C. artifacts
http://www.utsa.edu/today/2009/04/carartifacts.cfm

3,000-year-old arms storehouse uncovered in Sinai
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1080538.html

Archaeological artifacts found in Iraq 
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/04/23/Archaeological-artifacts-found-in-Iraq/UPI-13111240510472/

Nine Mile Canyon: The Longest Art Gallery
http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-04-22-voa43.cfm

Archaeological Digging Best Left To Experts
http://www.voxy.co.nz/national/archaeological-digging-best-left-experts/5/12577

Egyptology

200- year- old Egypt journal found
http://www.ansa.it/site/notizie/awnplus/english/news/2009-04-15_115329521.html

4 new temples discovered in Egyptian Sinai
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iyy_p39sNj5_F4SGHgS0j-rv-XrQD97MSNMO0

Team's re-creation of ancient Karnak brings history of pharaohs to life
http://www.today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/team-s-digital-recreation-of-ancient-89298.aspx

The band of fifty-three
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2009/943/heritage.htm

Through Spanish eyes
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2009/944/he1.htm

Painting false doors from Herakleopolis Magna
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2009/944/he3.htm

General Science

Here comes a robot boat that can sail unmanned
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Health--Science/Science/Here-comes-a-robot-boat-that-can-sail-unmanned/articleshow/4427459.cms

Twitter Telepathy: Researchers Turn Thoughts Into Tweets
http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/04/braintweet.html

Physics, Earth and Space Sciences

Yellow submarine to try again for Atlantic glide
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090418/ap_on_sc/sci_undersea_glider;_ylt=AnMCqsC_CKOuLkbajU2IzNBvieAA

Why we shouldn't hide our problems from ET
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16981-why-we-shouldnt-hide-our-problems-from-et.html

What Voyager's golden record tells ET about Earth
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16980-what-voyagers-golden-record-tells-et-about-earth.html

Nanoclusters seem to skirt physics law
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/42877/title/Nanoclusters_seem_to_skirt_physics_law

Former astronaut: Man not alone in universe
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/04/20/ufo.conference/index.html

Radio Buffs Tune in to Jupiter
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/04/20/jupiter-radio.html

Solar systems around dead Suns?
http://www.physorg.com/news159460384.html

Orion hides busy star "nursery": astronomers
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090419/sc_nm/us_stars_orion;_ylt=AhwCJ1B_Zr21qwJ82IPQwqghANEA

Building a Better Alien-Detection System
http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/04/aliendetection.html

3 Weird Things About the Moon
http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/magazine/17-05/st_3smartthings

Finding Feisty Fungi in Antarctica
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/Digs-Finding-Feisty-Fungi.html

First Moon landing: what Richard Nixon would have said had the mission failed
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/science/space/5185056/First-Moon-landing-what-Richard-Nixon-would-have-said-had-the-mission-failed.html

Scientists discover a nearly Earth-sized planet
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090421/ap_on_sc/eu_britain_new_planet

'Space blob' baffles astronomers 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8007844.stm

UK to bid for Mars sample centre
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8011299.stm

Complex molecules seen in space 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8009014.stm

Physicist Learns Why Moon Dust Is So Dangerous: Static Cling
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/04/22/physicist-learns-why-moon-dust-is-so-dangerous-static-cling/

Continent-sized radio telescope takes close-ups of Fermi active galaxies
http://www.physorg.com/news159639919.html

Solar wind tans young asteroids
http://www.physorg.com/news159625643.html

Mars explorer says we'll find life on other planets within 10 years
http://www.physorg.com/news159548452.html

Cambridge: Stephen Hawking on 'road to recovery'
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090422/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_hawking;_ylt=AmwNIdpsGa9WcapB1EeaIh5vieAA

Interview: James Lovelock on how to save Gaia
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/video/2009/apr/22/james-lovelock-gaia-space-biochar

Where next for NASA?
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227054.100-where-next-for-nasa.html

Black hole spews water vapour
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8012501.stm

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, HUBBLE
http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/04/24/1906764.aspx

Reversals of Earth's Magnetic Field Explained by Small Core Fluctuations
http://www.physorg.com/news159704651.html

Dark matter may have ripped up early universe
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227054.200-dark-matter-may-have-ripped-up-early-universe.html

The Geomagnetic Apocalypse — And How to Stop It
http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/04/2012storms.html

Tree 'found' in Ethiopia raises hopes for species
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSLN422027

Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources

Restaurants Find Fertile Ground for Trash
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/04/15/eveningnews/main4948683.shtml

Winners of the “Environmental Nobel Prizes” Fought for a Cleaner Planet
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/04/20/winners-of-the-environmental-nobel-prizes-fought-for-a-cleaner-planet/

Climate change means shortfalls in Colorado River water deliveries
http://www.physorg.com/news159466841.html

Beyond Fossil Fuels: Energy Leaders Weigh In
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=beyond-fossil-fuels-energy

Yeast and bacterium turned into gasoline factory
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16989-yeast-and-bacterium-turned-into-gasoline-factory.html

Ozone Hole + Global Warming = More Ice Here, Less Ice There
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/04/22/ozone-hole-global-warming-more-ice-here-less-ice-there/

U.S. Approves Offshore Wind Turbines (Even if They Block Kennedy Views)
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/04/22/us-approves-offshore-wind-turbines-even-if-they-block-kennedy-views/

World over, rivers are drying up
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Health--Science/Science/World-over-rivers-are-drying-up/articleshow/4432240.cms

HOW SMART CAN THE GRID GET?
http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/04/22/1903394.aspx

Discovery of an Unexpected Boost for Solar Water-Splitting Cells
http://www.physorg.com/news159638959.html

Lab finds new method to turn biomass into gasoline
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090421/sc_nm/us_biofuels_usa_study;_ylt=AoZtCgvYpz5BVNttBVSLMr4hANEA

Could your trashcan solve the energy crisis?
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227051.500-could-your-trashcan-solve-the-energy-crisis.html

Methane Climate Shock Unlikely, Study Suggests
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/04/24/methane-climate.html

Fire influences global warming more than previously thought
http://www.physorg.com/news159715079.html

Ocean power surges forward
http://features.csmonitor.com/environment/2009/04/24/ocean-power-surges-forward/

Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences

DNA founder criticises database 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8000126.stm

Tiny wireless sensor to monitor brain oxygen levels instantly 
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Health--Science/Science/Tiny-wireless-sensor-to-monitor-brain-oxygen-levels-instantly-/articleshow/4426663.cms

Human lung tumors destroy anti-cancer hormone vitamin D
http://www.physorg.com/news159461982.html

U.S. National Cancer Institute to fund more research
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090421/sc_nm/us_cancer_usa;_ylt=AjZva1tM1wrbuWOIqdIA6AUhANEA

Is hope just around the corner?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2009/apr/19/cystic-fibrosis-research

Learning disability genes found
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2009/apr/20/learning-disability-gene-study

Magnetised stem cells could treat arthritis
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227044.500-magnetised-stem-cells-could-treat-arthritis.html

Study: personalized drugs may lengthen cancer survival
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/090420_personalized.htm

Simulated brain closer to thought
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8012496.stm

Genetic 'brakes' to stop cancer, MS discovered
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Health--Science/Science/Genetic-brakes-to-stop-cancer-MS-discovered/articleshow/4437312.cms

Birth of cloned human just days away?
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Health--Science/Science/Birth-of-cloned-human-just-days-away/articleshow/4437304.cms

Gene technology threatens new racism: Vatican
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090422/sc_nm/us_racism_un_vatican;_ylt=AlvB6Ph8pV1i7uqStLN7XwohANEA

Cow genome 'to transform farming'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8014598.stm

Chip simulates metabolism of medicine in human body
http://www.physorg.com/news159795004.html

Fluorescent puppy is world's first transgenic dog
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17003-fluorescent-puppy-is-worlds-first-transgenic-dog.html

Bioengineering graft could lay ground for organ growth
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17020-bioengineering-graft-could-lay-ground-for-organ-growth.html

Italian scientist, turning 100, still works
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090418/ap_on_re_eu/eu_italy_people_levi_montalcini

Other

African aid 'needs science focus' 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7998169.stm

Where's the remotest place on Earth?
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227041.500-wheres-the-remotest-place-on-earth.html

Avoid a future cataclysm: Forget the past
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227044.200-avoid-a-future-cataclysm-forget-the-past.html

American Stonehenge: Monumental Instructions for the Post-Apocalypse
http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/magazine/17-05/ff_guidestones

Mission Impossible: The Code Even the CIA Can't Crack
http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/magazine/17-05/ff_kryptos

Could Food Shortages Bring Down Civilization?
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=civilization-food-shortages

Cosmic numbers: Pauli and Jung's love of numerology
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227051.800-cosmic-numbers-pauli-and-jungs-love-of-numerology.html

Ivy Leaguer `infiltrates' Falwell's university
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090422/ap_on_re_us/us_rel_religion_today

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/

Wikipedia, Irena Sendler
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irena_Sendler

In pictures: Victorian China 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/8007041.stm

The Treasures of Burbank (Photo Gallery)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30210655/displaymode/1247/

BABY MAMMOTH PHOTO: Milk, Feces Part of Calf's Diet
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/04/090420-baby-mammoth-photo.html

Our Quest to Explore—and Photograph—the Solar System
http://discovermagazine.com/photos/our-quest-explore-photograph-solar-system

Becoming human: A timeline of human evolution
http://www.newscientist.com/movie/becoming-human

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