[Jawlist] Weekly Science Report 8-14-09

[Steve Detwiler]

Good Evening Everyone,
 
Below is this week's edition.  Enjoy!
 
Steve Detwiler
 
 
 
 
Weekly Science Report
August 14, 2009
 
“The basis of this knowledge Gnosis, the fundamental principles on which all the teachings rested, was the essential inherent divine nature of man, and the consequent possibility of becoming by self-knowledge a good-like being”.
William Kingsland
 
News Articles
 
Paleontology, Evolution and Prehistoric Studies
 
CHILEAN “ELEPHANT” FOSSILS HINT AT ANCIENT HUMAN SETTLEMENT
http://www.patagoniatimes.cl/index.php/20090807871/News/Health-Science/CHILEAN-ELEPHANT-FOSSILS-HINT-AT-ANCIENT-HUMAN-SETTLEMENT.html
 
Cannibalism theory over bone find 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/devon/8188406.stm
 
Zinj and the Leakeys
http://www.archaeology.org/online/interviews/leakey/
 
Was T. rex a chicken and baby killer?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32334420/ns/technology_and_science-science/
 
The Weakest Link
http://www.americanscientist.org/bookshelf/pub/the-weakest-link
 
The Mysterious Downfall of the Neanderthals
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=the-mysterious-downfall
 
Primate Archaeology Sheds Light On Human Origins
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090715131437.htm
 
Model suggests how life's code emerged from primordial soup
http://www.physorg.com/news168875229.html
 
Evidence for Use of Fire Found at Peking Man Site
http://english.cri.cn/6909/2009/08/11/1821s508128.htm
 
Bipedal Humans Came Down From The Trees, Not Up From The Ground
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090810162005.htm
 
Prehistoric east Bohemian people had contact with Black Sea area
http://praguemonitor.com/2009/08/10/prehistoric-east-bohemian-people-had-contact-black-sea-area
 
'Taste test' for Neanderthal DNA 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8195762.stm
 
Diet, population size and the spread of modern humans into Europe
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-08/wuis-dps081009.php
 
Thanks, Evolution, For Making the Great Building Material Called DNA
http://discovermagazine.com/2009/jul-aug/11-discover-interview-thanks-evolution-building-material-dna/
 
9,000-year-old house reveals Stone Age lifestyle
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32378773/ns/technology_and_science-science/
 
Seafood gave us the edge on the Neanderthals
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17595-seafood-gave-us-the-edge-on-the-neanderthals.html
 

Australia's first astronomers
http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2009/07/27/2632463.htm?site=science/starhunt
 
Early Human Hunters Had Fewer Meat-Sharing Rituals
http://uanews.org/node/26794
 
Early modern humans use fire to engineer tools from stone
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-08/asu-emh_1081009.php
 
Ancient whale remains found near Santa Cruz
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090813/ap_on_sc/us_ancient_whale
 
US to auction rare T-Rex skeleton
http://www.physorg.com/news169384657.html
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


Ancient and General History
 
Human sacrifice! Archaeologist creates stir with new book on Cahokia Mounds
http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/875703.html
 
Remembering 'The Diary of Anne Frank'
http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Movies/08/10/diary.anne.frank/index.html
 
Passage of time helps last Nazis 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8194905.stm
 
German ex-soldier convicted of WWII killings
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32369024/ns/world_news-europe/
 
Communicating in code
http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/aug/10/1m10code223410-communicating-code/?metro&zIndex=146786
 
Ancient people also complained about exorbitant taxes
http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/news-183608-101-ancient-people-also-complained-about-exorbitant-taxes.html
 
On the Hunt for Jefferson's Lost Books
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/On-the-Hunt-for-Jeffersons-Lost-Books.html
 
Geneva Conventions 'still relevant but better compliance needed'
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/08/11/geneva.conventions.anniversary/index.html
 
Muslim women uncover myths about the hijab
http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/08/12/generation.islam.hijab/index.html
 
Terracotta army 'may have belonged to empress'
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gc4W1ubKwUEhqEtY2dKG49HwdJrg
 
Students Recall More Hollywood than History
http://www.livescience.com/culture/090812-movie-memory.html
 
 
 
 
 
 


Archaeology
 
Ancient plantations unearthed in Gozo
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20090808/local/ancient-plantations-unearthed-in-gozo
 
Secrets of the Tang Treasure Ship
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/lang/archives/2009/08/08/2003450622
 
Ancient remains: Human bones uncovered at Collinsville construction site
http://www.bnd.com/372/story/874851.html?storylink=omni_popular
 
ARCHAELOGISTS ON THE DOLE AS FUNDS RUN OUT 
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/119352/Archaelogists-on-the-dole-as-funds-run-out
 
Archaeological dig nets wells, artifacts from 1700s
http://www.staugustine.com/stories/080709/news_1828572.shtml
 
University of Toronto archaeologists find cache of cuneiform tablets in 2,700-year old Turkish temple
http://www.news.utoronto.ca/lead-stories/university-of-toronto-archaeologists-find-cache-of-cuneiform-tablets-in-270-1.html
 
Ancient burial ground gets national designation
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/site-national-historic-2520284-listing-environmental
 
Working archaeological dig turns up rare pottery
http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/s/2055367_woking_archaeological_dig_turns_up_rare_pottery
 
Bronze Age burials eroding at Low Hauxley
http://www.theambler.co.uk/current/58.pages/Bronze%20Age%20Burials.htm
 
Graves of forgotten Culloden Redcoats discovered
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article6742099.ece
 
NOAA and partners to survey ships sunk off north Carolina in World War II
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-08/nh-nap080709.php
 
NOAA and partners to survey marine life at USS Monitor wreck site
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-08/nh-nap_1080709.php
 
Shipwrecked: Archaeologists explore graveyard of sunken ships in Baltic Sea
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-eu-sweden-shipwrecks%2C1%2C4924947.story
 
Archaeologists unearth late Antiquity fortress in Cape St. Atanassius
http://www.bnr.bg/RadioBulgaria/Emission_English/News/en0908dk+Varna+archeology.htm
 
Scientists open ancient archeological site in Chisinau
http://social.moldova.org/news/scientists-open-ancient-archeological-site-in-chisinau-203128-eng.html
 
Discovery Confirms Partial Use of Bricks in Ancient Maya Settlements
http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=32589
 
Discovery of log boat shows how sea levels rose in past
http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/Discovery-of-log-boat-shows.5537797.jp
 
Remains from Period of King Hezekiah Discovered
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/132808
 
Grave discovered at royal centre 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/tayside_and_central/8195357.stm
 
Bronze age boat recreated at loch 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/tayside_and_central/8193994.stm
 
Ancient Iraqi stone head paired with replica body
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5i8zhHNbpphvwx_GjisByAqx3209g
 
Archaeologists find major pre-Columbian sites in Puerto Rico
http://www.sunjournal.com/node/102989
 
Poverty Point excavation comes to conclusion under guidance of ULM leader
http://www.thenewsstar.com/article/20090809/LIFESTYLE/908090304
 
Castle Moats: Holy for Some, Sewer for Others
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/08/12/castle-moat.html
 
As old as the pyramids … the dagger unearthed from tribal leader's grave
http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/As-old-as--the.5544397.jp
 
Jewish temple found in ancient port city at Lycian site
http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/news-183710-101-jewish-temple-found-in-ancient-port-city-at-lycian-site.html
 
Unique Viking find
http://www.norwaypost.no/content/view/22366/26/
 
London's earliest timber structure found during Belmarsh prison dig
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-08/ucl-let081209.php
 
Archeologists find ancient tree sign
http://praguemonitor.com/2009/08/12/czech-archeologists-find-probably-oldest-sign-engraved-tree
 
The Man Under the Jaguar Mountain
http://www.archaeology.org/0909/maya_copan/
 
The Keeper of the Keys and the Mystery of the Bactrian Gold
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125003659066824383.html?mod=googlenews_wsj#articleTabs%3Darticle
 
Digging up clues to history at S.F.'s Presidio
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/08/12/BA7R19598O.DTL&type=science
 
Metro station in Algeria's capital: link to the past
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5g39uRfWDmWgGpn0IYd1VwfketW7A
 
Archaeologists in Longford town discover 500-year-old graves 
http://www.longfordleader.ie/news/Archaeologists-in-Longford-town-discover.5543837.jp
 

Archaeologists find prehistoric skeleton in the Dales
http://www.matlockmercury.co.uk/news/Archaeologists-find-prehistoric-skeleton.5546397.jp
 
It's back to the roots for boatbuilding!
http://www.maritimejournal.com/archive101/2009/august/online_news/its_back_to_the_roots_for_boatbuilding!
 
Digital systems to protect Iranian saltmen
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=103317&sectionid=351020105
 
Israel protests exclusion from int'l archeological conference in Ramallah
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1249418591420&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
Egyptology
 
4,000-year-old dye found on Egyptian artifact
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32362118/ns/technology_and_science-science/
 
Gender representation in Ancient Egyptian tomb art
http://www.examiner.com/x-15428-San-Diego-Art-Examiner~y2009m8d9-Gender-representation-in-Ancient-Egyptian-tomb-art
 
Cave Complex Allegedly Found Under Giza Pyramids
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/08/13/caves-giza.html
 

 
 
 
 
 
General Science
 
9 Ways Carbon Nanotubes Just Might Rock the World
http://discovermagazine.com/2009/jul-aug/09-ways-carbon-nanotubes-just-might-rock-world/
 
Virtual Worlds May Be the Future Setting of Scientific Collaboration
http://www.physorg.com/news168608901.html
 
College e-textbooks go to class in iPhones
http://www.physorg.com/news169224200.html
 
Design Concepts Re-Imagine the Dream of Suburbia
http://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2009-08/redesign-dream-suburbia
 
US military embraces robot 'revolution'
http://www.physorg.com/news169378206.html
 
 
 
 
 

 
Physics, Earth and Space Sciences
 
Near-Earth asteroid found to be triplets
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32332886/ns/technology_and_science-space/
 
Physics is always a work in progress
http://features.csmonitor.com/innovation/2009/08/07/physics-is-always-a-work-in-progress/
 
Expert panel urges NASA to revive futuristic think tank
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17568-expert-panel-urges-nasa-to-revive-futuristic-think-tank.html
 
An elevator to space? NASA urged to explore advanced technology
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/columnist/vergano/2009-08-09-nasa-advanced_N.htm
 
Scientists Track Down Source of Earth’s Hum
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/08/hummingearth/
 
Traces of planet collision found 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8195467.stm
 
Earth Science From The Sky: The Next Generation
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=111729050
 
Scientists Make Oxygen Out of Moon Rock
http://www.physorg.com/news169216598.html
 
NASA wants proposals for space taxis
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090810/sc_nm/us_space_business
 
Asteroid Impact Craters on Earth, Seen From Space
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/08/impactcraters/
 
Russia sees U.S. space threat, builds new rocket
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE57A25Z20090811
 
Presidential panel says NASA's manned-space future is bleak
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/space/orl-augustine-committee-081209,0,5083311.story
 
New planet displays exotic orbit 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8197683.stm
 
Tropical storm spotted on Saturn's moon Titan
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32389851/ns/technology_and_science-space/
 
Martian life appears less likely, study reveals
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32394763/ns/technology_and_science-science/
 
NASA cannot keep up with killer asteroids
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32387796/ns/technology_and_science-space/
 
Hello, ET? Web site sends texts into space
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32391717/ns/technology_and_science-space/
 
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Gets New View of Victoria Crater
http://www.physorg.com/news169306067.html
 
Late light reveals what space is made of
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20327210.900-late-light-reveals-what-space-is-made-of.html
 
New Object Found in Saturn's Rings
http://www.discoveryon.info/2009/08/new-object-found-in-saturns-rings.html
 
First Solar Sail Might Soon Fly
http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/090812-tw-solar-sail-new-mission.html
 
10 signs of a rough and tough universe
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32364998/ns/technology_and_science-space/
 
Taking space in stride: New analysis could lead to better lunar, Mars spacesuits (w/ Video)
http://www.physorg.com/news169394997.html
 
Meteorite mineral made in the lab
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8194292.stm
 

 
 
 
 
Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources
 
Struggles Making Algae Biofuel Lead To A Fishy Solution
http://www.popsci.com/environment/article/2009-08/struggles-producing-biofuel-algae-lead-fishy-solution
 
Antarctic glacier 'thinning fast' 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8200680.stm
 
Drive for atomic energy adds to nuclear challenge: US
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090812/pl_afp/usnuclearweaponsenergydisarmwarming_20090812200837
 
Rising ocean acidity: 'The other carbon problem'
http://www.usatoday.com/weather/climate/globalwarming/2009-08-11-ocean-acidification_N.htm?loc=interstitialskip
 
Maine’s windkeepers: From ship masts to windmills
http://features.csmonitor.com/innovation/2009/08/12/maine%e2%80%99s-windkeepers-from-ship-masts-to-windmills/
 
India's water use 'unsustainable' 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8197287.stm
 
Will All Animals Shrink Under a Warmer Climate?
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/08/12/will-all-animals-shrink-under-a-warmer-climate/
 
China wind farms sprout amid 'green' energy push
http://www.physorg.com/news169188413.html
 
Climate models confirm more moisture in atmosphere attributed to humans
http://www.physorg.com/news169145892.html
 
Low-Budget Fusion Reactor Could Generate Energy within a Decade
http://www.physorg.com/news168623833.html
 
Climate fixes 'pose drought risk' 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8188409.stm

 
 
 
 
 
Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences
 
90-year-old blind man sees (Video)
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/living/2009/08/09/katu.90.years.blind.man.katu
 
First Wi-Fi pacemaker in US gives patient freedom
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_pacemaker
 
DNA Sequencing Getting Faster, Cheaper
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/08/10/tech/main5231768.shtml?tag=cbsnewsLeadStoriesAreaMain;cbsnewsLeadStoriesHeadlines
 
Amazonian tribe sheds light on causes of heart disease in developed countries
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-08/uosc-ats080609.php
 
Multiple sclerosis successfully reversed in animals
http://www.physorg.com/news169211700.html
 
"Extinct" Booby Exposed -- Found "Masked," Using Alias
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/08/090811-extinct-booby-masked.html
 
Vision researchers see unexpected gain a year into blindness trial
http://www.physorg.com/news169316342.html
 
Giant 'meat-eating' plant found 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8195000/8195029.stm
 
Tasting the Light: Device Lets Blind "See" with Their Tongues
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=device-lets-blind-see-with-tongues
 
 

 
 
 
Other
 
How America might invent the future
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32333756/ns/technology_and_science-innovation/
 
Mapping the Globe's Soils
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=global-soil-map-agriculture-climate-change
 
The Future of Farming: Eight Solutions For a Hungry World
http://www.popsci.com/environment/article/2009-07/8-farming-solution-help-stop-world-hunger
 
World population projected to reach 7 billion in 2011
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/08/12/world.population/index.html
 
Mermaid Fever Makes A Splash In Israel 
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Israel-Mermaid-Fever-Makes-A-Splash-Mythical-Creature-Spotted-Near-Haifa/Article/200908215358515?f=rss
 
 
 
 



Additional Informational
 
PHOTO: Crusty Greek Statue May Aid "Biofouling" Fight
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/08/090807-crusty-greek-statue-croatia-picture.html
 


      
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