[Jawlist] Weekly Science Report 1-2-09

Fri Jan 2 19:59:52 PST 2009

Good Evening Everyone,

Below is this week's edition.  A new edition I'm adding to 2009 is an Egyptology news section.  Enjoy and Happy New Years!

Steve Detwiler

Weekly Science Report
January 2, 2009

"Words are the physicians of a mind diseased."
Prometheus, 378

News Articles

Paleontology, Evolution and Prehistoric Studies

Of Neanderthals and dairy farmers
http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2008/12.11/11-past.html

Did magnetic blip trigger mass extinction?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28199059/

Why Life Originated (And Why it Continues)
http://www.physorg.com/news148050302.html

Ancient armored amphibian had world's oddest bite
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081212/sc_nm/us_amphibian_jaws

Tools with handles even more ancient
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/39291/title/Tools_with_handles_even_more_ancient

TOP TEN DINOSAUR & FOSSIL FINDS: Most Read of 2008
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/12/081219-top-ten-dinosaurs-fossils.html

Pollen Grain Study Yields New Picture Of Ice Age
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081222113522.htm

DNA tracks ancient Alaskan's descendants
http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/rural/southeast/story/636254.html

Fossilised skull suggests cheetahs evolved in Asia not Americas
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/dec/29/fossil-cheetah-skull-evolution

European Neanderthals had ginger hair and freckles
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/science/sciencenews/4015567/European-Neanderthals-had-ginger-hair-and-freckles.html

When the woolly mammoth ran out, early man turned to roasted vegetables
http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-earlyfoods27-2008dec27,0,6385869.story

A Search for Pictures from the Times When the Sahara Was full of Lakes
https://www.praha.eu/jnp/en/extra/archaelogy_/a_search_for_pictures_from_the_times_when_the_sahara.html

Ancient footprints, once dismissed, may be from first people of Ontario
http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/science/stories/2008/12/23/sci_lepper23.ART_ART_12-23-08_B5_8FC8N2R.html?sid=101

Ancient African Exodus Mostly Involved Men, Geneticists Find
http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/547619/?sc=rssn

Neanderthals could have died out because their bodies overheated
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/science/sciencenews/3867382/Neanderthals-could-have-died-out-because-their-bodies-overheated.html

Reading Bones to Unlock Mysteries of the Evolution of Hunting and Warfare
http://news.brynmawr.edu/?p=1477

'Hobbit' Fossils Represent A New Species, Concludes Anthropologist
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081217124418.htm

Earth's Original Ancestor Was 'LUCA'
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081217124200.htm

DNA is recovered from ancestral snack
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20026865.100-dna-is-recovered-from-ancestral-snack.html

Lake Mungo - the rift valley of Australia
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/4793781a34.html

Before corn, wild lilies were on ancient menu
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-early_food_slider_bddec28,0,7755583.story

Life on Earth got bigger in 2-million-fold leaps, says Stanford researcher
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-12/su-loe121908.php

Huge dinosaur discovery in China
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Health__Science/Science/Huge_dinosaur_discovery_in_China/articleshow/3911942.cms

Darwin stole ideas from rival?
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Health__Science/Science/Darwin_stole_ideas_from_rival/articleshow/3906093.cms

"Bizarre" New Dinosaur: Giant Raptor Found in Argentina
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/12/081217-new-raptor-missions.html

Religion may have evolved because of its ability to help people exercise self-control
http://www.physorg.com/news149861062.html

Equating evolution with atheism will turn Muslims against science
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/blog/2008/dec/12/islamic-creationism-evolution-muslim

In praise of ... missing links
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jan/02/darwin-bicentenary-evolution

12 Elegant Examples of Evolution
http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/12/evolutionexampl.html

Stone Age tools go south
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/39625/title/Stone_Age_tools_go_south

Predecessor of Cows, The Aurochs, Were Still Living In The Netherlands Around AD 600
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081212081544.htm

Ancient and General History

Frost, Nixon and Me
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/Presence-Frost-Nixon.html

Army to honor soldiers enslaved by Nazis
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/12/23/slave.camp.honor/index.html

General George S. Patton was assassinated to silence his criticism of allied war leaders claims new book
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/3869117/General-George-S.-Patton-was-assassinated-to-silence-his-criticism-of-allied-war-leaders-claims-new-book.html

Stains on Leonardo da Vinci panel turn out to be sketches          
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24824942-5013571,00.html

Pope Celebrates Galileo's Anniversary
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1868094,00.html

Author, publisher defend disputed Holocaust memoir
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081226/ap_en_ot/books_holocaust_memoir

Historian sees lessons, Lincoln parallels for Obama
http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/books/12/23/mcpherson.lincoln/index.html

The Cretans Had Contacts in Sicily and Asia Minor
http://www.hellenicnews.com/readnews.html?newsid=9452&lang=US

Hand-written note shows El Greco defending Byzantine style in face of Western art
http://www.alphagalileo.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=readrelease&releaseid=534893&ez_search=1

Ancestral History Explains Roots Of Income Inequality
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081216114106.htm

Lincoln as Commander in Chief
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/Commander-in-Chief.html

Inaugural Firsts
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/Presidential-Inauguration-Firsts.html

Harrapa, Peruvian civilizations linked?
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1797870.cms

Japanese who say they are the descendants of Jesus
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/japan/3920070/Japanese-who-say-they-are-the-descendants-of-Jesus.html

Archaeology

Searchers find remains of Teutonic Knights leaders
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081212/ap_on_re_eu/eu_poland_teutonic_knights_1

Archeologists Find Unique Entombment of Antiquity
http://www.russia-ic.com/news/show/7538/

Archimedes and the 2000-year-old computer
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20026861.600-archimedes-and-the-2000yearold-computer--.html?full=true

Tomb fit for Chu king, archaeologists agree
http://www.china.org.cn/culture/2008-12/12/content_16937985.htm

ARCHAEOLOGY'S TOP 10 FINDS
http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/12/12/1713325.aspx

Explorers ID 19th-century schooner in Lake Ontario
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081213/ap_on_re_us/schooner_discovered;_ylt=AuDtfvLs8bcvRVgE.vNKkxFvieAA

Iran's Joobji relics, rare artifacts
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=78217&sectionid=351020105

Experts may have found Neolithic residential area in northern Iran  
http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=184824

Mystery as century-old Swiss watch discovered in ancient tomb sealed for 400 years
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1096959/Mystery-century-old-Swiss-watch-discovered-ancient-tomb-sealed-400-years.html

The past is so last year: new archaeologists dig the present
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/dec/22/archaeology-london-protest

Stone Age graves align with full moons
http://www.speroforum.com/site/article.asp?id=17291&t=Stone+Age+graves+align+with+full+moons

The Shopping Mall: A 2,000-year-old Tradition
http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20081212/sc_livescience/theshoppingmalla2000yearoldtradition;_ylt=Ap.hCNFAQLXsclVFY7w5rm2yvtEF

Archeologists in Peru unearth ancient Wari city
http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSTRE4BF7NY20081216

The Baigong Pipes- Nature or OOPart?
http://www.chinaexpat.com/blog/ernie/2008/12/16/baigong-pipes-nature-or-oopart.html

Ancient graves found accidentally
http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/english/domestic/10650483.asp?scr=1

Rare artefacts found at Basu Bihar archaeological site
http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=68929

Burial mounds suspected in the Marquette County
http://www.wxow.com/global/story.asp?s=9581546

Grave hunters help to preserve history of state
http://www.nwanews.com/adg/News/247652/

Celtic Treasures
http://www.krakowpost.com/articles/2008/12/30/1214.html 

Archeologists find traces of the most ancient civilization in Europe near Yunatsite village, Pazardzhik District 
http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?id=n165021

Ancient burial ground uncovered 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/oxfordshire/7804287.stm

One-fifth of Ming Dynasty Great Wall in Inner Mongolia gone
http://www.china.org.cn/china/local/2008-12/30/content_17034131.htm

Macedonia archeologists uncover 4,000 year old writing
http://macedoniaonline.eu/content/view/4915/2/

Artifacts believed to be at least 2,000 years old
http://www.kfsm.com/Global/story.asp?S=9586845

Mystery surrounds north Ga. ruins
http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/251/story/558887.html

Sculptures Linked to Beginning of Oman’s History Unearthed
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?col=&section=middleeast&xfile=data/middleeast/2008/December/middleeast_December573.xml

New finds take archaeologists closer to Krishna
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Chennai/New_finds_take_archaeologists_closer_to_Krishna/articleshow/3898205.cms

1,000 years on, perils of fake Viking swords are revealed
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/dec/27/archaeology-vikings-sword

2008: the year of archaeological restorations
http://dailystaregypt.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=18727

Iraqi soldiers seize apparently stolen relics
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/12/23/iraq.antiquities.arrests/index.html

Historic sites 'at risk from funding cuts'
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/historic-sites-at-risk-from-funding-cuts-1211425.html

Stone sarcophagus uncovered in Syria
http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2008/12/24/Stone_sarcophagus_uncovered_in_Syria/UPI-50881230147128/

Newgrange, Older Than Pyramids and Stonehenge, Still Subject to Irish Weather
http://en.epochtimes.com/n2/science-technology/newgrange-older-than-the-pyramids-and-stonehenge-but-still-subject-to-irish-weather-9024.html

Chosun-Era Palace Office Unearthed
http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200812/200812230024.html

4,000 year-old tombs found at construction site in Son La
http://english.vovnews.vn/Home/4000-yearold-tombs-found-at-construction-site-in-Son-La/200812/100522.vov

Israeli archaeologists unearth Byzantine gold hoard in Jerusalem parking lot
http://www.startribune.com/science/36583624.html?elr=KArks:DCiUo3PD:3D_V_qD3L:c7cQKUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU

Ancient 'Treasure' Found in Farmer's Bookshelf
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/12/22/treasure-of-satricum.html

Taking trophy heads close to home
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/39475/title/Taking_trophy_heads_close_to_home

Haryana village settles atop Mauryan empire, ASI in a quandary
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Haryana_village_settles_atop_Mauryan_empire_ASI_in_a_quandary/articleshow/3870568.cms

Ancient Roman Lamp Shows Gynecological Exam
http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=323496&CategoryId=13003

277 bronze artifacts found at Archaeological Park of Sacsayhuaman
http://www.andina.com.pe/Ingles/Noticia.aspx?id=6KnV5zLC+pI=

Unesco inspection finds no evidence of recent looting in Northern Iraq
http://www.theartnewspaper.com/article.asp?id=16688

Rare first century half shekel coin found in Temple Mount dirt
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1048260.html

Tomb of Cyrus Restored
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8709290873

Two Medieval Hoards Discovered in Historical Centre of Moscow
http://www.russia-ic.com/news/show/7566/

Honduras Recovers Jade-Adorned Mayan Jaw Bones in the Netherlands
http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=323586&CategoryId=23558

Archeologists worry upcoming Dakar Rally could damage sites
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jszXpbG5haHEwyc48JwLzFd2Xz6Q

Island burial site sheds light on prehistoric Indian culture
http://www.northwestgeorgia.com/statenews/local_story_352144343.html

Ancient ruins may reveal fate of Moche sex and sacrifice culture
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article5361471.ece

Ancient Mass Graves of Soldiers, Babies Found in Italy
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/12/081217-himera-mass-grave.html?source=rss

Richmond dig reveals evidence of slave jail
http://www.examiner.com/a-1749256~Richmond_dig_reveals_evidence_of_slave_jail.html

Farmer digs up ancient sanctuary in Italy
http://www.gmanews.tv/story/139954/Farmer-digs-up-ancient-sanctuary-in-Italy

Sudan statue find gives clues to ancient language
http://africa.reuters.com/wire/news/usnLG432974.html

Discovery of Roman Battlefield Poses Historical Riddle
http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0%2C1518%2C596720%2C00.html

Three marble heads excavated at archaeological site Stibera
http://macedoniaonline.eu/content/view/4792/2/

Prehistoric settlement uncovered 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/somerset/7785894.stm

Rare Lead Bars Discovered Off The Coast Of Ibiza May Be Carthaginian Munitions
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081215074650.htm

Ancient ruins of salt-making from Shang and Zhou Dynasties found in Shouguang
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90782/6553917.html

Mystery shrouds the ancient Oshoro circle
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fl20081214x3.html

World’s oldest portrait in peril
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article5337657.ece

British Archaeologist: Persian Gulf name registered in all historical texts
http://www2.irna.ir/en/news/view/menu-234/0812121268164907.htm

Maya Hieroglyphics on Sabana Piletas Staircase Deciphered
http://dti.inah.gob.mx/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=2687

Ancient ship found buried near Argentine river
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28438231/

Samarra Rises
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/Samarra-Rises.html

Shadow of the cursed tombs
http://english.vietnamnet.vn/vniden/2006/04/562169/

Iran's Burnt City yields ancient graves
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=80041&sectionid=351020105

Historic Thang Long Citadel explored
http://english.vietnamnet.vn/lifestyle/2009/01/821628/

Villager stumbles upon ancient human skeletal remains
http://thestar.com.my/metro/story.asp?file=/2009/1/2/southneast/2915170&sec=southneast

Sierra Vista development site yields old artifacts
http://ktar.com/?nid=6&sid=1017882

Spanish team discovers antiquities of 1st intermediate period
http://www.sis.gov.eg/En/EgyptOnline/Culture/000002/0203000000000000001087.htm

Plaque may provide link with Stonehenge
http://www.chesterchronicle.co.uk/chester-news/local-chester-news/2009/01/02/plaque-may-provide-link-with-stonehenge-59067-22588788/

Argentine builders 'strike oil' 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7805549.stm

Divers discover long-lost wreck
http://www.eastbayri.com/detail/81248.html

'Still too early' to tell fate of Punic tombs
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20081231/local/still-too-early-to-tell-fate-of-punic-tombs

Egyptology

Egyptian Team Works to Uncover Statue of Pharaoh
http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-12-13-voa1.cfm

Satellites unearthing ancient Egyptian ruins 
http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/12/23/satellites.archaeology.egypt/index.html

A Digital Eye of Horus for Archaeologists
http://www.pyramidofman.com/blog/a-digital-eye-of-horus-for-archaeologists/

Ancient mummy is 1st patient for new CT scanner
http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/lifestyle/health/chi-big-scanner-25-dec25,0,1223594.story

Pair of tombs discovered in Egypt 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7796675.stm

Pharaoh's head returned to Egypt 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/7794437.stm

King Tut's Father ID'd in Stone Inscription
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/12/17/king-tut-father.html

The return of Amenhotep III
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2008/927/fr3.htm

Uncovering ancient Egyptian secrets
http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-life-features/liverpool-special-features/2008/12/19/uncovering-ancient-egyptian-secrets-64375-22510639/

What killed Dr Granville's mummy?
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20026877.000-what-killed-dr-granvilles-mummy.html

General Science

Tiny Magnetic Crystals In Bacteria Are A Compass, Say Scientists
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081216201412.htm

US Navy's robot stealth carrier plane unveiled
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/18/x47b_rollout_ceremony/

Police May Soon Use Pain Guns That Heat Skin With Microwaves
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/12/29/police-may-soon-use-pain-guns-that-heat-skin-with-microwaves/

Weapons technology: Top 10 articles from 2008
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16330-weapons-technology-top-10-articles-from-2008.html

Cyborg cockroaches could power own electric 'brains'
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20126884.200-cyborg-cockroaches-could-power-own-electric-brains.html

I, Nanny: Robot Babysitters Pose Dilemma
http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/12/babysittingrobo.html

Leading thinkers predict technologies that will turn the world upside-down
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2009/jan/01/edge-predictions-future-technologies

Physics, Earth and Space Sciences

Titanic Telescope Scans Skies For E.T.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/12/12/tech/cnettechnews/main4665555.shtml

What if dark matter particles aren't WIMPs?
http://www.physorg.com/news148316483.html

Real science in 'The Day the Earth Stood Still'
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/columnist/vergano/2008-12-12-day-earth-still_N.htm

Why India must make its Moon probe pay
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20026865.700-why-india-must-make-its-moon-probe-pay.html

US and Europe join forces for future Mars missions
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20026863.500-us-and-europe-join-forces-for-future-mars-missions.html

Virgin Galactic 'mothership' to take first flight
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16268-virgin-galactic-mothership-to-take-first-flight.html

Ocean worlds may be dying stars' last haven for life
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16252-ocean-worlds-may-be-dying-stars-last-haven-for-life.html

Jupiter Moon Has Violent, Hidden Oceans, Study Suggests
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/12/081210-europa-oceans.html

US gives green light for first commercial spaceport
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081219/sc_afp/usspacetourism

New light on Dark energy in cosmos
http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/1218/p01s07-usgn.html

Apollo 8 astronauts remember historic voyage
http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/space/12/22/apollo8.anniversary/index.html

Beyond the North Pole: Send a message way up to the space station
http://www.sltrib.com/faith/ci_11274086

Is Obama going to gut NASA?
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/12/20/is-obama-going-to-gut-nasa/

NASA inks deal for ISS plasma drive tests
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/17/vasimr_plasma_rocket_iss_agreement/

Alien hunters send text messages into space to contact extra terrestrials 
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/science/3830562/Alien-hunters-send-text-messages-into-space-to-contact-extra-terrestrials.html

HOPE ON A PALE BLUE DOT
http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/12/19/1721815.aspx

Hawking Predicts Discovery of Alien Life: But Asks, Will It be Carbon Based?
http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2008/12/stephen-hawking.html
Grim details of Columbia disaster
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7805481.stm

Astronauts Install Probe At Space Station
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/12/22/tech/main4683689.shtml

How a Cloud of Space Dust Could Wipe Out Life on Earth
http://discovermagazine.com/2008/whole-universe/30-how-a-cloud-of-dust-could-wipe-out-life-on-earth

Flashback: What we know now about Mars
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28435246/

Mars Rovers Near Five Years of Science and Discovery
http://www.physorg.com/news149872296.html

Saturn moon Titan may have active ice volcanoes
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081216/ap_on_sc/sci_saturn_moon;_ylt=AgdGVtVAgX_yOtfr.vmgwSdvieAA

Ancient water source vital for Australia
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081224/sc_nm/us_australia;_ylt=AlqQsrSnmW7FTfF0gP6YCq8hANEA

Stargazing: Scotland prepares to host Europe's first 'dark sky park'
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/dec/23/astronomy-galloway-dark-sky-park

Ancient Earth was a barren waterworld
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20126882.600-ancient-earth-was-a-barren-waterworld.html

NASA Looks To Past To Build New Moon Rovers
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=98937623

A look at commercial spaceflight in 2009
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28450961/

Shhh! Gadget racket threatens pulsar research
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28448705/

Seven new wonders of the world
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16323-seven-new-wonders-of-the-world.html

Dec. 30, 1924: We Are Not Alone
http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2008/12/dayintech_1230

Countries in tug-of-war over Arctic resources
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/01/02/arctic.rights.dispute/index.html

Private firms to haul ISS cargo 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7800721.stm

Photographs show damage inside Cern's particle collider
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/blog/2008/dec/14/particlephysics-cern

Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources

'Peak Oil Theory' Demands Energy Alternatives
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=98203926

Earth has warmed 0.4 C in 30 years
http://www.physorg.com/news148239677.html

Streets ahead: The road that generates electricity from moving cars
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1096753/Streets-ahead-The-road-generates-electricity-moving-cars.html

FUSION WE CAN BELIEVE IN?
http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/12/16/1718741.aspx

Coal waning? World's reserves may be nearly expired 
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081218-coal-waning-worlds-reserves-may-be-nearly-expired.html

Scientists sea salty solution
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/12/22/2453125.htm

Mapping Renewable Energy, Rooftop by Rooftop
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1867998,00.html

Food needs 'fundamental rethink'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7795652.stm

Vegetable oil tested on NZ flight
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7805499.stm

A made-in-lab Sun for endless energy
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Health__Science/Science/A_made-in-lab_Sun_for_endless_energy/articleshow/3906095.cms

A dress that dissolves in the wash
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Health__Science/Science/A_dress_that_dissolves_in_the_wash/articleshow/3904754.cms

Progress Toward a Biological Fuel Cell?
http://www.physorg.com/news149857405.html

Nasa hunts for its rubber ducks
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/dec/22/nasa-arctic-icecap-climate-change

Backyard reactors? Firms shrink the nukes
http://features.csmonitor.com/environment/2008/12/29/backyard-reactors-firms-shrink-the-nukes/

Cities may sprout vertical farms
http://features.csmonitor.com/environment/2008/12/24/cities-may-sprout-vertical-farms/

Power meters help homeowners track and cut their energy use
http://features.csmonitor.com/innovation/2008/12/18/power-meters-help-homeowners-track-and-cut-their-energy-use/

2009 Could Be Amongst The Warmest Years On Record
http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1616511/2009_could_be_amongst_the_warmest_years_on_record/index.html

Green fuel technologies pick up speed in 2008
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16343-green-fuel-technologies-pick-up-speed-in-2008.html

Nation's First 'Underwater Wind Turbine' Installed in Old Man River
http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/12/hydrokinetic.html

Biodegradable plastic made from plants, not oil, is emerging
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/manufacturing/2008-12-25-biodegradable-plastic_N.htm

Air New Zealand Tests Jet Fuel Made From Poisonous Jatropha Seeds
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/12/31/air-new-zealand-tests-jet-fuel-made-from-poisonous-jatropha-seeds/

China's Foton says clean energy car factory opened in Beijing
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081230/sc_afp/chinaautoenvironment_081230065452;_ylt=Av13gOfR3pCuAnMzNK37WJfPOrgF

How underground ‘hot rocks’ could power America’s future
http://features.csmonitor.com/innovation/2008/12/31/how-underground-hot-rocks-could-power-america%e2%80%99s-future/

A New Push to Turn Off the Lights in 2009
http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/12/a-new-push-to-t.html

Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences

Vatican affirms 'dignity of human embryo'
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081212/sc_afp/vaticanpopebiotechembryos_081212175342;_ylt=AnAzMWWSQhBgmg2Epb5MX._POrgF

Force field gadget becomes a prison cell for cells
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16246-force-field-gadget-becomes-a-prison-cell-for-cells.html

>From military device to life-saving surgery tool
http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/12/19/laser.surgery/index.html

Scientists recreate nerve disease to study it
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081221/sc_nm/us_nerve

Hobbyists are trying genetic engineering at home
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081226/ap_on_sc/do_it_yourself_dna

Killer Australian shark will not be hunted: police
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081228/sc_afp/australiaanimalshark_081228190125;_ylt=ApGrOzeROeybENFPgXepyEfPOrgF

Rare rhino calves found in Indonesian jungle
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081223/sc_afp/indonesiawildlifeanimalspeciesrhino_081223120759;_ylt=Asse7zsFHtBgJTTvl38X5WDPOrgF

Single male rhino, 20, seeks mate to save species
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081224/ap_on_re_as/as_malaysia_rhino_rescue;_ylt=AuqBsOPKP.UuZ5D11R1ftcRvieAA

Researchers probe scat for clues to orca decline
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081220/ap_on_sc/endangered_orcas;_ylt=AmtYLcj2eJ3vdXv1aLj1.3hvieAA

Many studies needed to tie genes to cancer: study
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081230/sc_nm/us_cancer_genes;_ylt=Apo5XxH028ISTZYsUdP3FS0hANEA

Blind man amazes scientists with his ability to detect objects he cannot see
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/dec/23/neuroscience

Gene doping could be next frontier for those seeking edge
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/genetics/2008-12-18-gene-doping_N.htm

No Truth to the Fountain of Youth
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=no-truth-to-the-fountain-of-youth

One World, Many Minds: Intelligence in the Animal Kingdom
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=one-world-many-minds

Rough Sex at 40,000 Leagues Under the Sea
http://www.sciam.com/blog/60-second-science/post.cfm?id=rough-sex-at-40000-leagues-under-th-2008-12-24

King of Bionic Ag Uses Turbocharged Seeds, Precision Chemistry, and a Little TLC
http://www.wired.com/science/planetearth/magazine/17-01/mf_extreme_farming

Expert Weighs Questions On Genetic Testing
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=98912413

'Injectable Bone' Made to Heal Breaks in a Hurry
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/12/31/injectable-bone.html

Study: Hawaii's pygmy killer whales stay close
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090101/ap_on_sc/rare_whales;_ylt=Ap1oWdBswrx5jr8yq8rfPctvieAA

Antibiotics before infections save lives: study
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090102/sc_nm/us_antibiotics_treatment;_ylt=AuSxVRoBvVAd6Q0Qc7JocIEhANEA

Year in science: Dig into DNA, out-of-this-world discoveries
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/2008-12-29-year-list-discoveries_N.htm

Virtual autopsies dissect humans and animals
http://www.newscientist.com/gallery/dn16281-animals-and-murder-inside-out

Genes give Africans a better sense of taste
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16335-genes-give-africans-a-better-sense-of-taste-.html

A Willy Wonka Who Wants to Feed the World
http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/12/whatisfood.html

Other

The year in weird science and myth-busting
http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-christmas20-2008dec20,0,7295286.story?track=rss

The living dead
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article5324234.ece

Multilingual Culture and Heritage Internet Search System Developed
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081224094636.htm

What would Jesus' DNA do? 
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/health/2003028953_carnalknowledge31.html?syndication=rss

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/

Indiana Jones and the mysteries of archaeology
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24764171

Satellites Spy on Washington from on High [Slide Show]
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=spying-washington-from-satellite

Places to See Before They Disappear
http://travel.yahoo.com/p-interests-24861225

Black Genesis, the book interview with Robert Bauval (Video)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHAqFIU61JQ

Discovery, Earth Live
http://dsc.discovery.com/guides/discovery-earth-live/discovery-earth-live.html

TOP 10 STRANGEST THINGS IN THE UNIVERSE
http://dsc.discovery.com/space/top-10/strange-universe/space-10-weirdest-things-universe.html

VIDEO: "Viking Horse" Has 2 More Gaits
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/12/081219-horses-video-ap.html?

Press Package for Recent Discovery at Wonderwerk Cave, Northern Cape Province,
South Africa
http://www.artsci.utoronto.ca/main/wonderwerk-press-info.pdf

Developing SASSA: a Soil Analysis Support System for Archaeologists
http://intarch.ac.uk/journal/issue25/wilson_index.html

Top 5 Incredible Science Discoveries of 2008
http://www.livescience.com/history/081229-top5-science.html

JOHN ANTHONY WEST'S PHOENIXFIRE BLOG, THE FOUR COWBOYS OF APOCALYPSE 2.0
http://jawphoenixfire.blogspot.com/

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