[Jawlist] Weekly Science Report 2-13-09

Fri Feb 13 22:13:34 PST 2009

Good Morning Everyone,

Below is this week's edition.  Enjoy!

Steve Detwiler

Weekly Science Report
February 13, 2009

“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

Top Minds in 'Hobbit' Debate Gather at Stony Brook University for 7th Annual Human Evolution Symposium
http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/548843/

Darwin’s Diaries Reveal Meticulous, Caring Husband, Dad
http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1635787/darwins_diaries_reveal_meticulous_caring_husband_dad/index.html

Composer's Neanderthal recreation
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/7874415.stm

Did Farmers Scatter Pygmy Populations Across Africa?
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/02/09/did-farmers-scatter-pygmy-populations-across-africa/

They Don't Make Homo Sapiens Like They Used To
http://discovermagazine.com/2009/mar/09-they-dont-make-homo-sapiens-like-they-used-to

How gorilla gestures point to evolution of human language
http://www.physorg.com/news153413952.html

Vatican Gives Darwin a Big Birthday Hug, Leaving Creationists on the Fringes
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/02/11/vatican-gives-darwin-a-big-birthday-hug-leaving-creationists-on-the-fringes/

Darwin's Theory: Too Big To Publish
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=100542500

Charles Darwin: Strange and Little-known Facts
http://www.livescience.com/history/090211-darwin-facts.html

Human evolution kicks into high gear
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29123062/

'Dinosaur Island' Yields 48 New Prehistoric Animals
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/02/11/dinosaur-island.html

First rough draft of Neandertal genome released
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/40819/title/First_rough_draft_of_Neandertal_genome_released

EVOLUTION'S FUTURE SHOCK
http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/02/12/1792488.aspx

Cooking Gave Humans Edge Over Apes?
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/02/090213-human-diet-cooking.html

Scientists explore new window on the origins of life
http://www.physorg.com/news153675828.html

Did increased gene duplication set the stage for human evolution?
http://www.physorg.com/news153580868.html

High-tech tests allow anthropologists to track ancient hominids across the landscape
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-02/uoca-hta021009.php

Ancient and General History

Report: Holocaust denier will review evidence
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090207/ap_on_re_eu/eu_germany_vatican_jews

Pope to address Jews after bishop denies Holocaust
http://sg.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20090207/twl-oukwd-uk-pope-jews-bd5ae06.html

German bishops say 'no room' for Holocaust denier in Catholicism
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/02/07/germany.bishop/index.html

Merkel phones pope over Holocaust denier
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/02/08/germany.bishop/index.html

Holocaust denier removed as head of Argentine seminary 
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/02/08/germany.bishop/index.html

'I Will Not Travel to Auschwitz'
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,606323,00.html

Pope tells Jewish leaders he will visit Israel
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090212/ap_on_re_eu/eu_vatican_jews

The first Holocaust: Horrifying secrets of Germany's earliest genocide inside Africa's 'Forbidden Zone'
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1138299/The-Holocaust-Horrifying-secrets-Germanys-earliest-genocide-inside-Africas-Forbidden-Zone.html

Thalidomide 'was created by the Nazis'
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/health/article5683577.ece

Church seeks help to solve ancient mystery
http://new.edp24.co.uk/content/News/story.aspx?brand=EDPOnline&category=News&tBrand=edponline&tCategory=news&itemid=NOED07%20Feb%202009%2010%3A43%3A20%3A380

How Darwin's ideas were twisted into 'social Darwinism'
http://www.physorg.com/news153299934.html

Armour shows how Henry VIII grew into an ‘absolute monster’
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/men/article5635985.ece

Scientists Research the Real Robinson Crusoe
http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/0,1518,605963,00.html

Reappraisal of the Indus /Vedic Civilization
http://indiapost.com/article/communitypost/5482/

Virtual Library of Medieval Manuscripts Created
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090210161916.htm

Commentary: Lincoln's remarkable tie to former slave
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/11/horton.lincoln.douglass/index.html

The Most Tragic Love Stories in History
http://www.livescience.com/history/090212-tragic-love-stories.html

As 'Flying Fortress' reaches sky, former airmen relive the high
http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/02/12/flying.fortress/index.html

Inukpasuit, Inuit and Viking contact in ancient times
http://www.thearcticsounder.com/news/show/4882

Archaeology

Sunken relics promise to unlock the secret of how Victory met her doom
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article5678770.ece

Burial chamber unearthed at Dutch cemetery
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Surat/Burial_chamber_unearthed_at_Dutch_cemetery/articleshow/4093322.cms

Underwater stones puzzle archeologists
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-sunken-stones_janega_bdfeb08,0,4910995.story

Centuries-old legend in Gozo proved true
http://www.independent.com.mt/news.asp?newsitemid=82838

Ancient caves buried deep in the Kalahari
http://www.mmegi.bw/index.php?sid=7&aid=27&dir=2009/January/Friday30

Step well of Mughals still exists
http://www.thenews.com.pk/print1.asp?id=161490

Thracian wine complex recovered by a team of archaeologists
http://international.ibox.bg/news/id_570870591

Stupa found in Bihar 'could be world's second largest'
http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/004200902091517.htm

Archaeologists lose their jobs as recession bites
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/propertynews/4569833/Archaeologists-lose-their-jobs-as-recession-bites.html

Armenian links to Stonehenge explored
http://www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/news/journalnewsindex/4112126.Armenian_links_to_Stonehenge_explored/

Mexico mass grave may be Aztec resistance fighters
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iPF6IUn8CskP1_rkiUjuU-UZ3mXgD9690QB02

Iraq: No haven for ancient world's landmarks
http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0211/p04s01-wome.html

Archaeologists search for unbaptized babies' grave
http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2009/02/10/archaeologists_search_for_unbaptized_babies_grave/

Rome catacombs to reveal secrets
http://www.ansa.it/site/notizie/awnplus/english/news/2009-02-10_110326262.html

Antalya gets one year older in a day
http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/english/domestic/10964680.asp?scr=1

Study reveals ancient chieftain killed in battle 
http://www.cphpost.dk/culture/122-culture/44709-study-reveals-ancient-chieftain-killed-in-battle.html

Important finds made at two Kuwait sites
http://www.arabtimesonline.com/client/pagesdetails.asp?nid=28393&ccid=9

Dig unearths 13th century ceramic 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/glasgow_and_west/7883469.stm

Archaeologists unearth surprisingly pristine site in Louisa County
http://www.muscatinejournal.com/articles/2009/02/11/news/doc4992f40c29d22064788442.txt

Archaeologist believes Newgrange is a multi-period mound
http://www.stonepages.com/news/archives/003167.html

Archaeologist to search for 3,000-year-old relics
http://www.thanhniennews.com/travel/?catid=7&newsid=46024

Should Britain return the Elgin Marbles?
http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/46540,opinion,pros-and-cons-should-britain-return-the-elgin-marbles-to-greece?WTmc_id=rss

Alarm bells for Iran's "salt men"
http://www.payvand.com/news/09/feb/1159.html

Early Maori village unearthed
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/dailynews/4847159a6554.html

Göbeklitepe: South-Eastern Turkey's 12,000 Year-Old Obelisks
http://www.balkantravellers.com/en/read/article/1029

Egyptology

Expanding on the cult of Osiris
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2009/933/he1.htm

A line-up of greats
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2009/933/he3.htm

Mummies found in newly discovered tomb in Egypt
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090209/ap_on_sc/ml_egypt_mummy_discovery

30-year-old seen for first time in 3,000 years
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/02/12/mummy.mystery/index.html

Completely preserved mummy one of 30 discovered three weeks ago
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29137965/

Priestess of Amun
http://www.archaeology.org/online/features/meresamun/

Found in Iraq: "King Tut"
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/middleeast/news/article_1459207.php/Found_in_Iraq_%26quotKing_Tut%26quot_

Cairo Demands Clarification on Nefertiti Bust
http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,607417,00.html

General Science

Super clocks: More accurate than time itself
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20126941.900-super-clocks-more-accurate-than-time-itself.html

Cognitive Computing Project Aims to Reverse-Engineer the Mind
http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2009/02/cognitive-compu.html

Could ‘liquid wood’ replace plastic?
http://features.csmonitor.com/innovation/2009/02/11/could-%e2%80%98liquid-wood%e2%80%99-replace-plastic/

Missile warning technology lofted
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7887457.stm

Physics, Earth and Space Sciences

New Zealand town is in the dark — and proud of it
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090208/ap_on_re_au_an/as_new_zealand_embracing_the_dark_1

Experimental NASA Robot Could Rappel Down Martian Cliffs
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/02/09/experimental-nasa-robot-could-rappel-down-martian-cliffs/

Europa Vs. Titan: NASA Narrows Quest for Life
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/02/09/titan-europa-life.html

Model Suggests Origins of Mars Gullies
http://www.physorg.com/news153416239.html

Search for extrasolar Super-Earths gains momentum
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/space/2009-02-08-extrasolar-planets_N.htm?loc=interstitialskip

Lunacy and the Full Moon
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=lunacy-and-the-full-moon

MESSENGER Continues Hunt For Vulcanoids
http://www.redorbit.com/news/space/1636395/messenger_continues_hunt_for_vulcanoids/index.html

Is Iran's space programme more advanced than thought?
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16565-is-irans-space-programme-more-advanced-than-thought.html

Asteroid bound for Earth! Warn your grandchildren
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20126945.200-asteroid-bound-for-earth-warn-your-grandchildren.html

U.S. And Russian Satellites Collide
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/11/tech/main4792976.shtml

Magnetic star blasts recorded in real time
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29138913/

British explorer sets off for Arctic ice cap mission
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090211/sc_afp/britainscienceclimatewarming_20090211163018;_ylt=AmtqmNxLPU4_y_WqdqvO1qzPOrgF

Europe extends three key space missions
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090210/sc_afp/spaceeurope_20090210152052;_ylt=AqJEfIRdKUsl27mi8EKeWd_POrgF

Unmanned Russian cargo ship heads to space station
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090210/ap_on_sc/eu_russia_space;_ylt=Ai3CTKE7c7cDUbE5bDk.4PBvieAA

'Dark' comets may pose threat to Earth
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20126954.800-dark-comets-may-pose-threat-to-earth.html

Cosmologists 'see' the cosmic dawn
http://www.physorg.com/news153549252.html

Detailed map shows dry Moon
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090212/sc_afp/usjapanastronomyspacemoon_20090212194011;_ylt=Apvz1eNA2F2r_wXCsBvaw4DPOrgF

How Much Is Too Much Space Junk?
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1879241,00.html

NASA Spacecraft Falling For Mars
http://www.physorg.com/news153759402.html

Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources

Burn baby burn
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7872037.stm

Scientists Uncover a Dramatic Rise in Sea Level and Its Broad Ramifications
http://newsdesk.si.edu/releases/nmnh_sea_level_rise.htm

Carbon Nanotubes Make Fuel Cells Cheaper
http://www.physorg.com/news153413712.html

Biotech crops enjoying bumper growth: study
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090211/sc_afp/britainenvironmentfoodagriculturebiotechnology_20090211174139;_ylt=AuxX4hV_6AZFruk.y9yfCSzPOrgF

Can algae save the world - again?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090211/sc_nm/us_biofuels_algae;_ylt=AnlGePW8jbOrH4aqPDIISJchANEA

What a slump in carbon prices means for the future
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16583-what-a-slump-in-carbon-prices-means-for-the-future.html

Biggest Solar Deal Ever Announced — We're Talking Gigawatts
http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/02/bigsolar.html

Wireless Electricity Is Here (Seriously)
http://tech.msn.com/news/article.aspx?cp-documentid=17337626

Running Hamsters Can Power Nano Devices (Video)
http://www.physorg.com/news153666127.html

Spain's Adria unveils food of tomorrow
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090213/lf_afp/lifestylejapanspaingastronomy_20090213031444;_ylt=AjlEN.cWTTwz.YOKc3QKpEPPOrgF

VW, Toshiba to develop electric car drive systems
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090212/bs_afp/germanyjapanautocompanyvwtoshiba_20090212192013;_ylt=Ak00X.NH7ZBxA7pc6yiY8XzPOrgF

Paris digs deep to harness Earth's green energy
http://www.physorg.com/news153761016.html

Figuring out green power -- scientists speed up discovery of plant metabolism genes
http://www.physorg.com/news153761248.html

US 'sea change' on climate talks: EU, UN
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090213/sc_afp/japanclimatewarmingeuus_20090213120251;_ylt=AumqV7R5FXpUXXPOveIdC7_POrgF

Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences

Unnatural selection: How far will parents go?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090208/sc_afp/sciencehistoryevolutiondarwingenetics_20090208041147;_ylt=AqpOdqEthxUlXoko9n8BnBTPOrgF

FDA OKs 1st drug from genetically altered animals
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090206/ap_on_he_me/gene_drug_altered_animals

Lost to science - the world's biggest collection of lizard poo
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/feb/07/animals-wildlife-butaan-lizard-faeces-daniel-bennett-leeds-university

Protein reverses Alzheimer's brain damage
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16559-protein-reverses-alzheimers-brain-damage.html

No joy in discoveries of new mammal species -- only a warning for humanity, Paul Ehrlich says
http://www.physorg.com/news153422411.html

Mama whales teach babies where to eat
http://www.physorg.com/news153376383.html

Anti-HIV gel shows promise in large-scale study in women
http://www.physorg.com/news153399286.html

While focusing on heart disease, researchers discover new tactic against fatal muscular dystrophy
http://www.physorg.com/news153324060.html

Japan scientists identify enzyme that may suppress cancer
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090209/sc_nm/us_cancer_breast;_ylt=Ar5fmbBoF3TpSNU_23pjpUchANEA

New technology sheds light on rise of blood cells
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090211/sc_nm/us_stemcells_blood;_ylt=Amq7bvOVzOWhglsErFAf8KAhANEA

Surgery makes artificial arms easier to control
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090210/sc_nm/us_surgery_arms;_ylt=AmN8UJDuA06HjBbD7YboQ0UhANEA

Genetic map of cold virus a step toward cure, scientists say
http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/02/12/cold.genome/index.html

Researchers say animals plan for the future
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090212/ap_on_sc/sci_animal_smarts;_ylt=ArYkv9_1_RkFmkGyHnt7WYxvieAA

Other

MIT Students Turn Internet Into a Sixth Human Sense – Video
http://blog.wired.com/business/2009/02/ted-digital-six.html

Mind-Reading Infrared Device Knows If You Want a Milkshake
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/02/11/mind-reading-infrared-device-knows-if-you-want-a-milkshake/

New Swarm Theory: The Weak Can Lead the Strong
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/02/090211-swarm-theory-leaders.html

Scientists Discover Material Harder Than Diamond
http://www.physorg.com/news153658987.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/

Unveiling the Toys of Tomorrow (Slide Show)
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=unveiling-the-toys-of-tomorrow

Lincoln’s Last Hours
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/lincoln-last-hours.htm?loc=interstitialskip

PHOTOS: 7 Major "Missing Links" Since Darwin
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/02/photogalleries/darwin-birthday-evolution/index.html

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