[Jawlist] Weekly Science Report 1-16-09

[Steve Detwiler]

Good Evening Everyone,
 
Below is this week's edition.  Enjoy!
 
Steve Detwiler
 
 
 
Weekly Science Report
January 16, 2009
 
"A human being is a part of a whole, called by us a universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest ... a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty."
Albert Einstein
 
News Articles
 
Paleontology, Evolution and Prehistoric Studies
 
Finding Darwin's Lost Ship
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Finding-Darwin-039-s-Lost-Ship-101641.shtml
 
Reverse evolution in real-time
http://www.physorg.com/news150905616.html
 
Culture Shock May Explain Similarity between Humans
http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2009/108/2
 
Armenian cave yields ancient human brain
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/39826/title/Armenian_cave_yields_ancient_human_brain
 
Chemicals That Evolve in the Lab May Simulate Earth’s Earliest Life
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/01/12/chemicals-that-evolve-and-replicate-in-the-lab-may-simulate-earths-earliest-life/
 
Earliest feathers were for show, not flight
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28626897/
 
As humans hunt, their prey gets smaller
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28628488/
 
Ancient supercontinent was a diamond factory
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16402-ancient-supercontinent-was-a-diamond-factory-.html
 
Poo clue to ancient bird's diet 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7826251.stm
 
A case of mistaken dino-identity
http://www.physorg.com/news151066712.html
 
Possible mammoth tusk found on SoCal island
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/01/13/state/n171319S82.DTL&type=science
 
Did Noah's Flood start in the Carmel?
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1228728130015&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
 
Origin of Jawed Vertebrates: Prehistoric Fish Provides New Piece In Evolution's Jigsaw Puzzle
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090115103808.htm
 
New piece in the jigsaw puzzle of human origins
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-01/uu-npi011509.php
 
Oldest Shark Braincase Shakes Up Vertebrate Evolution
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/01/090114-oldest-shark-braincase.html
 
Colourful pigs evolved through farming, not nature
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16427-colourful-pigs-evolved-through-farming-not-nature.html
 
Archaeologist and leading cave painting expert explores the origin of human creativity and belief
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-01/pb-aal011209.php
 

 
 
 
 
Ancient and General History
 
Early chemical warfare comes to light
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/39814/title/Ancient_chemical_warfare_comes_to_light
 
When Childbirth Was Natural, and Deadly
http://www.livescience.com/history/090110-natural-childbirth.html
 
Scientists Bring 2000 year old painted warrior to virtual live
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-01/uow-sb2011209.php
 
DNA Testing May Unlock Secrets Of Medieval Manuscripts
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090112093328.htm
 
The Maya suffered for their looks
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/court_and_social/article5504226.ece
 
Walking with Boudicca: We follow an historic journey - via an Essex underpass and a McDonald's
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1112246/Walking-Boudicca-We-follow-historic-journey--Essex-underpass-McDonalds.html
 
Finding Treasure and Losing History
http://www.archaeology.org/online/reviews/odyssey.html
 
The rise and fall of the metal airship
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20126905.600-the-rise-and-fall-of-the-metal-airship.html
 
Why Were Great Cities Built in Quake Zone?
http://www.livescience.com/history/090114-ancient-cities.html
 
Mexico's Unconquered Maya Hold Tight to Their Old Ways
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/01/090114-unconquered-maya-missions.html
 
Indians on the Inaugural March
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/Indians-on-the-Inaugural-March.html
 
Paper Love: Inside the Holocaust Archives
http://www.slate.com/id/2207886/entry/2207975/
 
Confederate PL8 for Florida? Descendants to sue state
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/state/orl-plate1709jan17,0,5990348.story
 
Colchester: Was town a thriving settlement in the first century BC?
http://www.essexcountystandard.co.uk/news/ecsnews/4049749.Colchester__Was_town_a_thriving_settlement_in_the_first_century_BC_/
 
The most known Pan–Hellenic Symbols of the Macedonian Kingdom
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/88044
 
Poland unearths 1,800 bodies in WW2 mass grave
http://uk.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUKLE459966
 
'English Galileo' maps on display
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7827732.stm
 
 

 
 
 
 


Archaeology
 
Istanbul's ancient past unearthed 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7820924.stm
 
Shipwrecks harbor evidence of ancient sophistication
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/39810/title/Shipwrecks_harbor_evidence_of_ancient_sophistication
 
Ancient tablets found in Tehran
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=81360&sectionid=351020105
 
Restoration work begins at Harappan site
http://www.punjabheritage.org/content/view/1280/28/
 
Iranian, foreign archaeologists return to 8000-year-old site in southern Iran
http://www.payvand.com/news/09/jan/1104.html
 
More artifacts found in the excavations in Agora
http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/english/domestic/10747455.asp?scr=1
 
Team salvaging articles from 1890 Turkish shipwreck off Wakayama
http://www.japantoday.com/category/national/view/team-salvaging-articles-from-1890-turkish-shipwreck-off-wakayama
 
Egypt returns stolen artifact to Iraq
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iMj-FkjRS8tS6ccR0rQgUN-VyCYQD95L28200
 
Vikings' bleeding-edge tech came from Afghanistan
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/06/viking_sword_tech_afghanistan_npl/
 
Experts excavating ancient water wells in Parsa
http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=186803
 
FBI Returns Pre-Columbian Artifacts to Panama
http://www.fbi.gov/pressrel/pressrel09/panamaartifacts011309.htm
 
Digging work at Lakheen Jo Daro begins
http://regionaltimes.com/13jan2009/heartlandnews/diggin.htm
 
The Art of Foreign Influence
http://www.archaeology.org/online/reviews/babylon/
 
Ancient Amazon Warrior Statue Resurrected
http://www.livescience.com/history/090113-amazon-statue.html
 
Two fortresses of the 12th century found in Azerbaijan
http://www.today.az/news/society/50140.html
 
Archaeology from the air pinpoints finds
http://new.edp24.co.uk/content/news/story.aspx?brand=EDPOnline&category=News&tBrand=edponline&tCategory=news&itemid=NOED14%20Jan%202009%2019%3A49%3A17%3A790
 
Last opening of Bisotun bridge found
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=82303&sectionid=351020105
 
Archaeologists uncover 700-year-old Maori home
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/4818869a11.html
 
Roman villa unearthed in Sharnbrook
http://www.lutontoday.co.uk/545/Roman-villa-unearthed-in-Sharnbrook.4876361.jp
 
Remains of Ancient City in Ain Sokhna
http://www.dailystaregypt.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=19058
 
Medieval walls in Spain contain bits of bone
http://www.sciencecentric.com/news/article.php?q=09011454-medieval-walls-spain-contain-bits-bone
 
Ancient Maori house site gives insights into Wairau's past
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/4819544a6008.html
 
Temporal Relationships Established Within Archaeological Complexes
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090116091521.htm
 
Mound of earth could hold answers to Valley's future viability
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/arizonaliving/articles/2009/01/16/20090116hohokam0116.html
 
The Gault site
http://www.impactnews.com/georgetown-hutto-taylor/history/2972-the-gault-site
 
Record number of wooden tablets unearthed from Heijo Palace remains in Nara
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20090116p2a00m0na011000c.html
 
 
 
 
 

 
Egyptology
 
Ancient Egyptian cemetery 'bigger than we thought'
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=4&article_id=98986
 
Mummy facing up to more scrutiny
http://www.odt.co.nz/your-town/dunedin/39257/mummy-facing-more-scrutiny
 
 
 
 
 


General Science
 
New games powered by brain waves
http://www.physorg.com/news150781868.html
 
World’s first flying car prepares for take-off
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/engineering/article5489287.ece
 
Buddhists welcome science into monasteries
http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/shortsharpscience/2009/01/monks-at-play-science-in-progr.html
 
Scientists Closer to 'Invisibility Cloak'
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1872052,00.html
 
Holograms, live onstage
http://features.csmonitor.com/innovation/2009/01/15/holograms-live-onstage/
 
 
 
 
 

 
Physics, Earth and Space Sciences
 
NASA: Keeping shuttle costs $3 billion yearly
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/space/2009-01-08-shuttle-costs_N.htm
 
Mars robot sets out on an epic trek
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2009/jan/11/space-exploration-mars-nasa
 
Belfast art set to collide with quantum physics
http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2009/jan/11/ireland-cern-theatre-big-bang
 
Hunt for space rocks intensifies
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7824002.stm
 
Supernovas starve supermassive black holes
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28628247/
 
Hubble mystery light puzzles astronomers
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28622042/
 
Japan to launch multi-satellite mission
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28618989/
 
New SpaceX rocket gets a workout
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28644998/
 
Glimpse before Big Bang may be possible
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28638720/
 
Radio-astronomers form telescope the size of Earth
http://www.physorg.com/news151078629.html
 
Japan eyes more space orders after S. Korea
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090113/sc_afp/japanskoreaspacesatellite_20090113171012;_ylt=Atrh_KFxJCdKULnD0KUVtg3POrgF
 
Mystery Roar from Faraway Space Detected
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/090107-aas-loud-cosmic-noise.html
 
Obama Asks Retired Air Force General to Run NASA
http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20090114/sc_space/obamaasksretiredairforcegeneraltorunnasa
 
Life on Mars
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article2133475.ece
 
Source of Moon's Magnetism Found
http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20090116/sc_space/sourceofmoonsmagnetismfound
 
Venus May Have Once Had Oceans, But the Water Didn’t Last
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/01/14/venus-may-have-once-had-oceans-but-the-water-didnt-last/
 
NASA to fly unmanned spy plane for science
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28679611/
 

Heavens above: International Year of Astronomy is launched
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090116/sc_afp/spaceastronomy_20090116005819;_ylt=AgImRKW_8Chwc0FIRLN0l9HPOrgF
 
First glimpse of exoplanet atmosphere from Earth
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090114/sc_afp/spaceastronomyexoplanets_20090114200542;_ylt=ArQiif8pq5ZsigOIKClYvoLPOrgF
 
NASA awards to space station cargo haulers on hold
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090116/sc_nm/us_space_station_contractors;_ylt=Am.Q_1m_ZC2NICe9orIdyI4hANEA
 
Our world may be a giant hologram
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20126911.300-our-world-may-be-a-giant-hologram.html
 
Moon Rock Reveals Hot Molten Core
http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/01/moon-magnet.html
 
Top 5 Bets for Extraterrestrial Life in the Solar System
http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/01/et-life.html
 
 
 
 
 
 


Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources
 
Sound of music linked to climate change
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Health__Science/Science/Sound_of_music_linked_to_climate_change/articleshow/3962817.cms
 
Philippines revisits nuclear energy option at 'white elephant' plant
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090109/sc_afp/philippinesnuclearplant_newsmlmmd;_ylt=AmU3X8P99_6TttXeuoIRlNPPOrgF
 
China aims to increase coal production 30 pct by 2015: govt
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090108/bs_wl_afp/chinacoalwarming_newsmlmmd;_ylt=As4u.MeHqXhY4jOvNGYLEi3POrgF
 
Massive Greenland meltdown? Not so fast, say scientists
http://www.physorg.com/news150906831.html
 
International Energy Agency 'blocking global switch to renewables'
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/jan/08/windpower-energy
 
Fix For Global Warming? Scientists Propose Covering Deserts with Reflective Sheeting
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081222114546.htm
 
Toyota Unveils New Prius Boasting 50 MPG
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/12/business/main4715686.shtml
 
Experiment Trying to Create Algae Bloom Goes Ahead Despite Enviro Fears
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/01/12/experiment-trying-to-create-algae-bloom-goes-ahead-despite-enviro-fears/
 
The earth's magnetic field impacts climate: Danish study
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090112/sc_afp/denmarkresearchclimategeology_newsmlmmd;_ylt=At_875DXy2rharnSYFondtDPOrgF
 
Tropical Rainforests Regrowing As People Leave
http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1621734/tropical_rainforests_regrowing_as_people_leave/index.html
 
Can technology clear the air?
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20126901.200-can-technology-clear-the-air.html
 
New soil map for African farmers
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7826275.stm
 
Impact of sea-level rise on atmospheric CO2 concentrations
http://www.physorg.com/news151075775.html
 
Home turbines fail to deliver as promised, warns British study
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090113/sc_afp/britainscienceenvironment_20090113144733;_ylt=AhmwJyq888odJ8ZgFdRMeHLPOrgF
 
Stanford creates 100 mln dlr energy research center
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090113/ts_alt_afp/useducationenvironment_20090113043329;_ylt=At7TgkM4xzQO5lsMyPozMa3POrgF
 

Experts plead to save tropical forests in peril
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090112/sc_afp/environmentclimateforestsus_newsmlmmd;_ylt=AmGn2kxkx8UTWQeQMCvLX2nPOrgF
 
New 'V-wing' Turbine Granted Funding In Britain
http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1622498/new_vwing_turbine_granted_funding_in_britain/index.html
 
Climate Change Might Affect Australian Aborigines The Most
http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1622677/climate_change_might_affect_australian_aborigines_the_most/index.html
 
Visions of the ice caps before climate change
http://www.newscientist.com/gallery/dn16381-polar-paintings
 
Bug enzyme generates fuel from water
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16409-bug-enzyme-generates-fuel-from-water.html
 
Comment: Climate aid is tantamount to bribery
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16406-comment-climate-aid-is-tantamount-to-bribery.html
 
Farms to take heat out of warming
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7831939.stm
 
Tapping The Earth For Energy
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/14/tech/cnettechnews/main4721353.shtml
 
Japan eyes restarting controversial 'dream nuclear reactor'
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090115/wl_asia_afp/japanenergynucleartechnology_20090115025525;_ylt=AqgWd9yZ6j8ZA4bc3QxvjKnPOrgF
 
African harbour cities at risk from rising sea-levels: scientists
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090114/wl_africa_afp/safricaenvironmentclimateoceans_20090114185258;_ylt=AgYgMrtVxou_KXXuKhLCtoDPOrgF
 
To feed more poor, Philippines scientists to alter rice
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090114/bs_wl_afp/philippinespovertyfarmfoodrice_20090114060751;_ylt=AmbCBq7Gu0XN2MtVfl1p3QHPOrgF
 
Fish poop helps balance ocean's acid levels
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090115/ap_on_sc/sci_fish_poop;_ylt=AnzxuT6Nqo70gd4wMzZFV0FvieAA
 
Could new varieties of wheat and barley save the planet from climate change?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/jan/15/climatechange-scienceofclimatechange
 
Top 7 alternative energies listed
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16419-top-7-alternative-energies-listed.html
 
Discovery brings organic solar cell a step closer
http://www.physorg.com/news151252170.html
 
Tories plan 'energy revolution'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7832384.stm
 
Light pollution forms 'eco-traps' 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7821298.stm

 
 
 
 
 
Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences
 
Medicinal plants slowly going extinct
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Health__Science/Science/Medicinal_plants_slowly_going_extinct/articleshow/3961796.cms
 
Japan scientists clone legendary bull
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090108/sc_afp/sciencejapanbiotechcloningfood_newsmlmmd;_ylt=AnpG0qPUv0aVLkYMS0sz_C7POrgF
 
New Study: Autism Linked to Environment
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=autism-rise-driven-by-environment
 
Researchers discover new genes that fuse in cancer
http://www.physorg.com/news150904093.html
 
Alzheimer's: the facts
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2009/jan/11/medicalresearch-dementia
 
Killer cells craftier than thought
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/columnist/vergano/2009-01-09-natural-killer-cells_N.htm
 
Tasmanian tiger's mysterious die-off explained
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28628037/
 
Evolution of new brain area enables complex movements
http://www.physorg.com/news151002730.html
 
Nearly a century later, new findings support Warburg theory of cancer
http://www.physorg.com/news150954448.html
 
Do White Blood Cells Make Cancer Deadly?
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=investigating-cancers-deadly-fusion
 
Old Gastrointestinal Drug Slows Aging, Researchers Say
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090106170748.htm
 
'Seeing machine' for the visually challenged
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Health__Science/Science/Seeing_machine_for_the_visually_challenged/articleshow/3973592.cms
 
Magic reveals the brain's response to the impossible
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16407-magic-reveals-the-brains-response-to-the-impossible.html
 
FDA to adopt more transparent process for GE animals
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090115/sc_nm/us_food_modified_fda;_ylt=AlFe2mqtN.zxGJrXf7LK5sEhANEA
 
A New Weapon in the Battle Against Drug-Tolerant Bacteria
http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/01/bacterial-infec.html
 
Handheld Ultrasound Is First Aid for Combat Medics
http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/01/tinyultrasound.html
 

A fantastic voyage brought to light
http://www.physorg.com/news151256253.html
 
 
 
 
 


Other
 
Three ways to levitate a magic carpet
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn12429-three-ways-to-levitate-a-magic-carpet.html
 
Is conflict between God and science hardwired?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28675668/
 
Victorian novels helped us evolve into better people, say psychologists
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2009/jan/14/victorian-novels-evolution-altruism
 
Monkeys Are Gadget Junkies, Too
http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/01/monkeytools.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/
 
GEOLOGICAL ASPECT OF THE PROBLEM OF DATING THE GREAT EGYPTIAN SPHINX CONSTRUCTION
http://mgu.bg/geoarchmin/naterials/64Manichev.pdf
 
Amazing observatories of the ancient world
http://www.newscientist.com/gallery/dn16422-best-ancient-observatories
 


      
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