[Jawlist] Weekly Science Report 2-27-09

Fri Feb 27 21:16:49 PST 2009

Good Morning Everyone,

Below is this week's edition.  I'll be unavailable this coming week so there will be no edition on March 6, 2009.  Enjoy!

Steve Detwiler

Weekly Science Report
February 27, 2009

“Go to the people. Learn from them. Live with them. Start with what they know. Build with what they have. The best of leaders when the job is done, when the task is accomplished, the people will say we have done it ourselves.”
Lao Tzu

News Articles

Paleontology, Evolution and Prehistoric Studies

DNA Agrees With All the Other Science: Darwin Was Right
http://discovermagazine.com/2009/mar/19-dna-agrees-with-all-the-other-science-darwin-was-right/

Olduvai, Evolution, and Darwin
http://www.archaeology.org/online/interviews/koch/

Chauvet Cave Does Not Stand Alone
http://blogs.sciencemag.org/origins/2009/02/chauvet-cave-does-not-stand-al.html

Artefact finds from 'dawn of man'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7905155.stm

Professor explores human migration from Asia to the Americas
http://tnjn.com/2009/feb/23/professor-explores-human-migra/

13,000 Clovis-era tool cache unearthed in Colorado shows evidence of camel, horse butchering
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-02/uoca-1ct022509.php

Fish fossil clue to origin of sex
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7909984.stm

The Evolution of Human Aggression
http://www.livescience.com/history/090225-human-aggression-evolution.html

New Stegosaur with Odd Long Neck Discovered
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/02/090224-long-neck-stegosaur.html

Scientists meet to save Lascaux cave from fungus
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090226/ap_en_ot/eu_france_cave_drawings

Ancient 1.5 Million-Year-Old Footprints Show Earliest Evidence of Modern Foot Anatomy and Walking
http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/549430/

Psychologists shed light on origins of morality
http://www.physorg.com/news154880780.html

Europe's bison: prehistoric survivor with Achilles' heel
http://www.physorg.com/news154867537.html

Biodiversity Hotspot Enabled Neanderthals To Survive Longer In South East Of Spain
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090202140046.htm

Ancient and General History

Possible arrest ahead in Chandra Levy murder case
http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/02/21/chandra.levy/index.html

Priest who aided lepers in Hawaii to become saint
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090221/ap_on_re_eu/eu_vatican_saint

U.S. to pay 'forgotten' Filipino World War II veterans
http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/02/23/forgotten.veterans/index.html

After two century wait, DC residents may get vote
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/02/23/national/w101631S60.DTL&type=science

Saving the Jews of Nazi France
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/Binghams-List.html

Who Discovered Machu Picchu?
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/Binghams-List-In-Dispute.html

Five Rescuers of Those Threatened by the Holocaust
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/Five-Rescuers-of-Those-Threatened-by-the-Holocaust.html

Holocaust-denying bishop scuffles with reporter
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D96I369O1&show_article=1

Report: Bishop who had denied Holocaust apologizes
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090226/ap_on_re_eu/eu_italy_holocaust_denial

DNA identifies Peruvian victims
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7908622.stm

Time to acknowledge science's debt to Islam?
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20126962.400-time-to-acknowledge-sciences-debt-to-islam.html

'Oldest English words' identified 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7911645.stm

DNA sheds light on mysterious Okhotsk people
http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200902240047.html

Archaeology

Iraq's Ancient Treasures Lost and Found
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1880701,00.html

Lost and found: palace of Robert the Bruce
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2009/feb/22/robert-the-bruce-palace-remains

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

2000-yr-old Shiva shrine found
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/2000-yr-old-Shiva-shrine-found/articleshow/4172761.cms

Hi-tech research shows Neolithic axes have travelled from the Alps
http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/4143357.Hi_tech_research_shows_Hampshire_s_Neolithic_axes_have_travelled_far/

Trawlers are 'destroying history on the seabed'
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2009/feb/22/marine-archaeology-sunken-ships

Student Finds Rare Lincoln Fingerprint
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090213104743.htm

Desert military bases hold wealth of archaeological finds
http://www.pe.com/localnews/rivcounty/stories/PE_News_Local_S_archaeology22.3d0f114.html?npc

Canada's Indiana Jones
http://www.financialpost.com/scripts/story.html?id=1275416

Royal seal impressions from the First Temple period discovered south of Jerusalem
http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Israel+beyond+politics/Royal-seal-impressions-discovered-23-Feb-2009.htm?DisplayMode=print

Iraq gives glimpse of looted National Museum
http://www.iht.com/articles/reuters/2009/02/23/africa/OUKWD-UK-IRAQ-MUSEUM.php

Han tomb with murals found
http://www.cctv.com/program/cultureexpress/20090221/103974.shtml

Ancient Shipwreck's Stone Cargo Linked to Apollo Temple
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/02/090223-roman-shipwreck-turkey-missions.html

Archaeologists join hunt for long-lost burials in historic cemetery
http://www.today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/archaeologists-join-hunt-for-long-82682.aspx

Civil War era shipwreck discovered during search for Ike debris
http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/local/civil_war_era_shipwreck_discovered_during_search_for_ike_debris_02-23-2009.html

Authorities look away as plunder of Mohenjodaro continues
http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=164200

Ancients modernized at New Acropolis
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/4858474a34.html

Digging up the Past at a Richmond Jail
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/Digs-Devils-Half-Acre.html

Finding the lost city
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2009/02/22/finding_the_lost_city/

Mexico bequeathed 8,000 pre-Hispanic artifacts
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iJciQDK90iMTsOONnaxLX90ZPsLw

Surprise find as gun fortification is unearthed
http://www.royalgazette.com/siftology.royalgazette/Article/article.jsp?articleId=7d92c3330030009&sectionId=60

Ice-Age Tools Unearthed In Boulder
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/18794396/detail.html

Spanish Archaeologists Find Oldest Evidence of Man in Paraguay
http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=328485&CategoryId=12394

Archaeologist finds map of Knox from Civil War
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2009/feb/26/hearts-for-history/

What Will Happen to Ancient Art in the Taliban’s Swat?
http://archaeology.org/blog/?p=310

Sub joining hunt for lost hero Amundsen's plane
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/02/23/amundsen/index.html

Egyptology

Mummies found hidden in Saqqara
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2009/935/he2.htm

Ancient statue found buried at Egypt Giza pyramids
http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSTRE51N3W820090224

Wooden sarcophaguses found in Egypt tomb
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090226/sc_nm/us_egypt_sarcophaguses

General Science

Microsoft explores learning link to video games
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29300899/

Science at the Movies
http://www.sciam.com/report.cfm?id=science-movies

New Approach to 'Freezing' Water
http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1643020/new_approach_to_freezing_water/index.html

Self-Organizing Nanotech Could Store 250 DVDs on One Coin-Size Surface
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/02/22/self-organizing-nanotech-could-store-250-dvds-on-one-coin-size-surface/

Video: Sociable robots learn to get along with humans
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16644-video-sociable-robots-learn-to-get-along-with-humans.html

U.S. scientists build computer model for snowflakes
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090224/sc_nm/us_snowflake;_ylt=AguAY4rJopxkx5IXaD4mRdkhANEA

Scientist Looks to Weaponize Ball Lightning
http://blog.wired.com/defense/2009/02/great-balls-of.html

Plastic waste can be used for constructing roads
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Health--Science/Science/Plastic-waste-can-be-used-for-constructing-roads/articleshow/4193368.cms

An impossible alloy now possible
http://www.physorg.com/news154868131.html

Physics, Earth and Space Sciences

Nasa Needs You To Help Name Space Station 
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Nasa-Name-International-Space-Station-Module-Node-3-Online-Contest/Article/200902315226786?lpos=World_News_First_Home_Article_Teaser_Region_2&lid=ARTICLE_15226786_Nasa%3A_Name_International_Space_Station_Module_Node_3_Online_Contest

Quark star may hold secret to early universe
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20126964.700-quark-star-may-hold-secret-to-early-universe.html

Hubble wants your vote: Where to point the space telescope?
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/space/2009-02-22-hubble-vote_N.htm

Is Humanity a Spacefaring Race?
http://www.seti.org/Page.aspx?pid=1251

Dark energy to erase Big Bang's fading signal
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29353276/

A Newtonian system that mimics the baldness of rotating black holes
http://www.physorg.com/news154627589.html

Turbulence May Promote the Birth of Massive Stars
http://www.physorg.com/news154631619.html

Fermilab, European accelerator race for glory
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090222/ap_on_sc/dueling_accelerators;_ylt=An53rv9pC4YEIER9K2w1XcVvieAA

How to prevent another satellite collision 
http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/shortsharpscience/2009/02/how-to-prevent-another-satelli.html

Milky Way still reeling from ancient smash
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20126966.200-milky-way-still-reeling-from-ancient-smash.html

Feb. 24, 1949: Piercing the Edge of the Final Frontier
http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2009/02/dayintech_0224

New Plasma Thruster Powers a Coke Can Rocket—and Could Power Satellites
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/02/24/new-plasma-thruster-powers-a-coke-can-rocket%e2%80%94and-could-power-satellites/

Armed With Data, Scientists Still Mystified by Antarctica’s Hidden Mountains
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/02/24/armed-with-data-scientists-still-mystified-by-antarcticas-hidden-mountains/

Jordan's fossil water source has high radiation levels
http://www.physorg.com/news154714642.html

Watching Venus glow in the dark
http://www.physorg.com/news154706058.html

Great Lake's sinkholes host exotic ecosystems
http://www.physorg.com/news154721462.html

Astronaut-authored report says NASA needs new direction
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16660-astronautauthored-report-says-nasa-needs-new-direction.html

Reversing Ecology Reveals Ancient Environments
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090225132530.htm

Florida tests using magnets to repel crocodiles
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29387470/

Earth critters hitch ride to Martian moon
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29388218/

Scientists Find Asteroids Are Missing, and Possibly Why
http://www.physorg.com/news154802620.html

Stalagmites in Northeast Brazilian Caves Confirm 9,000-Year Model of Diminishing Rainfall
http://www.physorg.com/news154803529.html

China opens bidding on moon probe technology
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090225/sc_nm/us_china_moon;_ylt=AkitmYu6Gn9__y._3be0TAghANEA

Mars orbiter glitch stalls Red Planet science
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29411317/

Researchers show small robots can prepare lunar surface for NASA outpost
http://www.physorg.com/news154790420.html

Europe names crew for Mars 'mission'
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090226/sc_afp/spaceeuropemars_20090226202644

Obama backs Moon return in NASA budget
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16676-obama-backs-moon-return-in-nasa-budget.html

Feb. 27, 1932: Neutron Discovered; A-Bomb on the Way
http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2009/02/dayintech_0227

Lava Fractures Suggest Martian Floods
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/090225-mars-fractures-floods.html

Eye of God pictured in space
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/science/space/4805889/Eye-of-God-pictured-in-space.html

Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources

Tokyo Electric to build solar plant in California: report
http://www.physorg.com/news154413797.html

Decisive action needed as warming predictions worsen, says expert
http://www.physorg.com/news153831160.html

Secrets behind high temperature superconductors revealed
http://www.physorg.com/news154538523.html

James Hansen's war on coal
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2009/feb/18/james-hansen-coal-power-plants

Ministers Visit Melting Antarctica
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/23/world/main4821033.shtml

Gore, Clinton Headline Energy Conference
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/23/tech/main4822072.shtml

The Climate Drone That Goes Where Scientists Fear to Tread
http://discovermagazine.com/2009/mar/23-climate-drone-goes-where-scientists-fear-to-tread

Stainless Steel Catalyst Lowers Cost of Microbial Fuel Cells
http://www.physorg.com/news154630043.html

The pluses and (mostly) minuses of biofuels
http://www.physorg.com/news154625430.html

Failure hits Nasa's 'CO2 hunter' 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7907570.stm

Climate Change Can Supercharge Plant Growth
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/02/24/climate-change-plants.html

Green IT not helping climate change
http://www.physorg.com/news154721743.html

Japan may force utilities to buy surplus domestic solar power
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090224/sc_afp/japanclimatewarmingenergysolar_20090224171138;_ylt=Ahrfp93UkpXNtHuUAtgRWtfPOrgF

Space solar power crowd bets on Obama
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29387782/

Scientists find bigger than expected polar ice melt
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090225/ts_afp/climateenvironmentsciencepolaroceanswmo_20090225153529

Climate change: Atlantic shift has global impact
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090225/sc_afp/climatewarmingocean_20090225191132;_ylt=Arx2JIM1zG7iEvNkw36ZlDvPOrgF

Carbon emissions from freight can be cut
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090225/sc_afp/climatewarmingcarbontransport_20090225154318;_ylt=AuD9gyjaVc4FuapGcibrYlPPOrgF

How to survive the coming century
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20126971.700-how-to-survive-the-coming-century.html

Salt solution: Cheap power from the river's mouth
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20126972.000-salt-solution-cheap-power-from-the-rivers-mouth.html

Hacking the planet: The only climate solution left?
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20126973.600-hacking-the-planet-the-only-climate-solution-left.html

CO2 drop and global cooling caused Antarctic glacier to form
http://www.physorg.com/news154883447.html

The sun is a star when it comes to sustainable energy
http://www.physorg.com/news154771020.html

US lawmakers urge 'greener' Capitol
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090227/pl_afp/usenvironmentcongressenergy_20090227004938;_ylt=AnuEpRRrMfKjnY2qt_K9n.HPOrgF

Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences

Misuse of genetics an 'attack on humanity', says pope
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090221/sc_afp/vaticanpopereligionsciencegenetics_20090221222050;_ylt=Apmq6neMU3maW3RUdC9oAlPPOrgF

Transgenes found in wild corn
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20126964.200-transgenes-found-in-wild-corn.html

Possible genetic flag for brain cancer
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/41022/title/Possible_genetic_flag_for__brain_cancer

Scientists close in on 'universal' vaccine for flu: study
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.ee3c200ad5a228b3cd0e2c3db179012f.2a1&show_article=1

Calculating gene and protein connections in a Parkinson's disease model
http://www.physorg.com/news154540106.html

Brain injury raises epilepsy risk for years: study
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090223/sc_nm/us_epilepsy_injury

GM Crop Genes Contaminate Mexican Corn
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/02/23/biotech-corn.html

Obsessive Compulsive Sufferers May Find Relief with a “Brain Pacemaker”
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/02/24/obsessive-compulsive-sufferers-may-find-relief-with-a-brain-pacemaker/

DNA evidence is in, newly discovered species of fish dubbed H. psychedelica
http://www.physorg.com/news154711919.html

Researchers make nerve cells from new "stem" cells
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090224/sc_nm/us_stemcells_nerves;_ylt=Ajh6zTpGP_G2qXYsnHaDhmwhANEA

Give scholars access to the national DNA database
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/02/24/EDPI163A8L.DTL&type=science

Superhuman: The secrets of the ice man
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20126962.200-superhuman-the-secrets-of-the-ice-man.html

To Protect Against Colds and the Flu, Take Regular Doses of Sunshine
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/02/25/to-protect-against-colds-and-the-flu-take-regular-doses-of-sunshine/

HIV quickly evolving among large groups: study
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090225/sc_nm/us_aids_changes;_ylt=AjuvkEe4CbHf6vEptTed.MchANEA

Surgeon-engineer advances high-tech healing
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/02/25/DDEL1631EG.DTL&type=science

Rare syndrome points to sociability gene
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20126966.300-rare-syndrome-points-to-sociability-gene.html

New MoD tech 'could save lives' 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7913529.stm

Quicker, more accurate method of detecting viruses
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Health--Science/Science/Quicker-more-accurate-method-of-detecting-viruses/articleshow/4196944.cms

Research reveals some of Alzheimer's secrets
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090226/sc_nm/us_alzheimers_brain;_ylt=AjgWdC.PqPxsEO0mWB_M9ughANEA

Other

Feb. 23, 1942: Invasion! They're Coming!
http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2009/02/dayintech_0223

A sprightly explanation for UFO sightings?
http://www.physorg.com/news154615655.html

U.S. Map of the Top UFO Hotspots and How to Report a Sighting
http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/air_space/4304768.html?series=74

Heritage is not what it used to be
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20126965.900-comment-heritage-is-not-what-it-used-to-be.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

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