[Jawlist] Weekly Science Report 1-23-09

Fri Jan 23 20:38:51 PST 2009

Good Evening Everyone,

Below is this week's edition.  Enjoy!

Steve Detwiler

Weekly Science Report
January 23, 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

Humans are reason for why domestic animals have strange and varied coat colors
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-01/du-har011409.php

Darwin's theory turned bosses into dinosaurs
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/jan/18/darwin-credit-crunch

Possible mammoth tusk found on Santa Cruz Island
http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-me-mammoth-tusk15-2009jan15,0,6552588.story

Unusual fossil may rule out ancient flood
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16450-unusual-fossil-may-rule-out-ancient-flood.html

Study on early human migration focuses on stomachs
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6225182.html

Evolution: Charles Darwin was wrong about the tree of life
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2009/jan/21/charles-darwin-evolution-species-tree-life

The web of human progress revealed
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/jan/22/geneology-geonographic-project

Darwin on Lincoln and Lincoln on Darwin
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/Darwin-on-Lincoln-and-Lincoln-on-Darwin.html

Ancient and General History

Tel Aviv University researcher reconstructs ancient Israelite faces
http://www.israel21c.org/bin/en.jsp?enDispWho=Articles^l2419&enPage=BlankPage&enDisplay=view&enDispWhat=object&enVersion=0&enZone=Culture

Medicine in the Ancient World
http://www.bib-arch.org/e-features/medicine-in-the-ancient-world.asp

How Mary Queen of Scots wrote of her fears for strife-torn nation
http://www.scotsman.com/latestnews/How-Mary-Queen-of-Scots.4886651.jp

Largest-to-date Genetic Snapshot Of Iceland 1,000 Years Ago Completed
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090116073205.htm

Calamities Wiped Out Early Civilization
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/19/tech/main4736549.shtml

Rainmaker ritual helps date ancient droughts
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20126915.100-rainmaker-ritual-helps-date-ancient-droughts.html

Pacific people spread from Taiwan
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-01/uoa-pps011909.php

Lincoln's Contested Legacy
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/Lincolns-Contested-Legacy.html

The Freedom Riders, Then and Now
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/The-Freedom-Riders.html

How Lincoln and Darwin Shaped the Modern World
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/Darwin-Lincoln-Twin-Peaks.html

Germans snatch up Nazi news reprints
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2009-01-22-nazi-reprints_N.htm

Archaeology

Ancient village found on U.S.-Mexico border
http://www.svherald.com/articles/2009/01/09/news/doc4966f5869ba07167469550.prt

Ancient Greek vessel docks for Pompey refit
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/ancient-greek-vessel-docks-for-pompey-refit-1418923.html

English Heritage aerial survey reveals more than 1000 new archaeological sites on North East coast
http://www.sundaysun.co.uk/news/north-east-news/2009/01/18/english-heritage-aerial-survey-reveals-more-than-1000-new-archaeological-sites-on-north-east-coast-79310-22717085/

Rock shelter painting by American Indian likely circa 1000-1600
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2009/jan/18/finding-an-aladdins-cave/

GIS in Archaeology: A New Tool Helps Archaeologists Deal with an Old Question
http://www.bib-arch.org/e-features/gis-in-archaeology.asp

Ilkhanid-era wall discovered near Tehran
http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=187188

Huge Iron Age haul of coins found 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/suffolk/7835228.stm

Excavation at Kotalingala soon
http://www.hindu.com/2009/01/17/stories/2009011750700200.htm

China discovers earliest cave dwelling complex
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/6576835.html

Preservationists concerned about Fort Madison site
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-ia-fortmadison-threa,0,7666800.story

Dig unearths 700-year-old adze
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/4823645a11.html

Roman mosaic floor is uncovered in a Cotswold field
http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/cotswolds/cotswoldsnews/Roman-mosaic-floor-uncovered-Cotswold-field/article-626192-detail/article.html

Archaeologist: Heavy rains cover part of Peru's famed Nazca lines with clay, sand
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/sns-ap-lt-peru-nazca-lines%2C1%2C2716113.story

Archaeologists discover 5th century mosaics in Croatian town 
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/251518%2Carchaeologists-discover-5th-century-mosaics-in-croatian-town.html

History of social evolution relies on dirty work of archaeologists
http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/science/stories/2009/01/20/sci_lepper20.ART_ART_01-20-09_B5_FSCHPTS.html?sid=101

Ancient tombs and artifacts recovered in Southern Italy
http://www.stonepages.com/news/archives/003123.html

Danes want to exhume Tycho Brahe in Prague
http://praguemonitor.com/2009/01/20/danes-want-exhume-tycho-brahe-remains-prague

Web Site Following Archaeologists' Return to Bottom of Mut Temple's Sacred Lake
http://www.ascribe.org/cgi-bin/behold.pl?ascribeid=20090122.054843&time=08

Ancient inscription discovered in Raima Homed, Sana’a
http://www.yobserver.com/local-news/10015606.html

Sacred sites are defiled by misuse
http://www.canada.com/topics/travel/story.html?id=1201300

Centuries-old coins recovered
http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=158265

Ancient wooden tablet bearing land-division term found in Iwate
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20090122p2a00m0na013000c.html

Ancient sacrificial sites await discovery 
http://www.helsinkitimes.fi/htimes/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4958:ancient-sacrificial-sites-await-discovery-&catid=33:general&Itemid=201

Iraqi Minister Fires Museum Chief
http://blogs.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2009/01/iraqi-minister.html

Bodies of Evidence in Southeast Asia
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/Digs-Bodies-of-Evidence.html

Ridgeway excavation film released 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/dorset/7835301.stm

Egyptology

A queen, a boat and a temple: This season on the dig
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2009/930/he2.htm

Looted statuette returned
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2009/930/he1.htm

Advanced painting techniques in ancient Egypt
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16421-gallery-advanced-painting-techniques-in-ancient-egypt.html

On religion and Egyptian culture
http://media.www.clarksonintegrator.com/media/storage/paper280/news/2009/01/19/News/On.Religion.And.Egyptian.Culture-3588389.shtml

General Science

Holographic discs set to smash storage records
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16464-holographic-discs-set-to-smash-storage-records.html

Tests that show machines closing in on human abilities
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16461-tests-that-show-machines-closing-in-on-human-abilities.html

Physics, Earth and Space Sciences

Did dark energy give us our cosmos?
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20126914.100-did-dark-energy-give-us-our-cosmos.html

Smallest known planet may actually be Earth-mass
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16439-smallest-known-planet-may-actually-be-earthmass.html

Scientists to solve astronomical riddle using Galileo DNA
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090119/sc_afp/italysciencehistoryastronomygalileo_20090119183751;_ylt=AgYaAo2dz2_S2qdFd2ENXvbPOrgF

Were Mercury and Mars separated at birth?
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20126915.600-were-mercury-and-mars-separated-at-birth.html

Mars polar water is pure: study
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090121/sc_afp/spacemarswater_20090121000709

"Missing" Moon Linked to Major 1761 Eruption?
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/01/090116-eclipse-volcano.html

A new 'pair of eyes' in space 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7785662.stm

ONE QUANTUM LEAP
http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/01/22/1757398.aspx

'Moon bricks' devised for potential lunar igloos
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28796181/

Verdict: Supermassive black holes not guilty of shutting down star formation
http://www.physorg.com/news151838307.html

Fragments break off Soviet-era nuclear satellite
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090122/sc_nm/us_russia_space_satellite;_ylt=AnwEeq2.yu_rAgcmNeeBNoQhANEA

Massive asteroid collision may have sent the moon into a spin
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2009/jan/21/moon-lunar-craters-asteroid-collision-impact

Do Naked Singularities Break the Rules of Physics?
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=naked-singularities

Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources

Climate change to stifle developing nations' growth
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20126914.000-climate-change-to-stifle-developing-nations-growth.html

Sun 'could supply Gulf's day-time energy needs'
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090120/wl_mideast_afp/gulfenergyenvironment_20090120165019;_ylt=AlTeSLzyQFZ2_cqjdAYx4frPOrgF

Scientists Find New Way to Produce Hydrogen
http://www.physorg.com/news151856915.html

Water heaters put solar energy within reach
http://www.physorg.com/news151783028.html

Process can cut the cost of making cellulosic biofuels
http://www.physorg.com/news151849883.html

City of Newark first in nation using cars to power grid
http://www.physorg.com/news151767267.html

Spain, Portugal to set up renewable energy research centre
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090122/sc_afp/spainportugalenvironmentenergyalternative_20090122173135;_ylt=AtZmDSn4it4xqGv0_KUF4D7POrgF

British explorer says he 'cannot fail' in Arctic ice cap mission
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090122/wl_uk_afp/britainscienceclimatewarming_20090122175332;_ylt=AoqspZvOi895TsuxP0MkRDzPOrgF

Germany hails creation of global climate-change agency
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090121/sc_afp/germanypoliticsclimatewarmingenergy_20090121191244;_ylt=Ao5pmgL3zgrSJV3QkysJFCPPOrgF

Worldwide race to make better batteries
http://features.csmonitor.com/innovation/2009/01/22/worldwide-race-to-make-better-batteries/

Nile run-off 'boosts fish stocks' 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7840034.stm

Gore to make climate change case to US Senate
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090122/pl_afp/uspoliticsclimategore_20090122174858;_ylt=ApO.8ovHNf2mQrTXZaI9NQHPOrgF

Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences

New marine life discovered off Tasmania
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28711152/

Eyes reveal health secrets of the brain
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20126916.200-eyes-reveal-health-secrets-of-the-brain.html

Zebrafish could help humans regrow muscle
http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/news/2475/zebrafish-could-help-humans-regrow-lost-muscle

Medical 'microbot' to swim human arteries
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090120/hl_afp/sciencehealthrobotsurgery_20090120001615;_ylt=ApGk2tI29Rjq3m3DmSLaB7DPOrgF

British trials to use stem cells for stroke, blindness
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090119/sc_afp/britainsciencehealthstemcellblindness_20090119163154;_ylt=AhQZlMhOCynB7qUtV_72f0LPOrgF

Japan 'moves closer to allowing cloned food'
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090119/hl_afp/japanhealthclonebiotechfood_20090119142324;_ylt=An8wUct5aMO9ZRN_pA3tMavPOrgF

Scientists find way to remove lead from blood
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090116/sc_nm/us_leadpoisoning;_ylt=At9GtsaXyReY3l2QcDoQYbMhANEA

Nanomedicine--Revolutionizing the Fight against Cancer
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=nanomedicine-targets-cancer

Competition drives evolution of 'super sperm'
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16442-competition-drives-evolution-of-super-sperm.html

Why do the majority of people never get cancer?
http://www.physorg.com/news151840958.html

New cream disables herpes virus: study
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090121/sc_nm/us_herpes_cream;_ylt=AsqK56wxhZCkEsYaepLODmUhANEA

Other

Olympus standing tall in seven wonders vote
http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_politics_2_19/01/2009_103904

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/

The Future of Civilization (Video)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7FVjATcqvc

KV-63 ~ Newly Discovered Tomb
http://www.kv-63.com/

Graham Hancock’s Website, Pyramid Mysteries? What's that?
http://www.grahamhancock.com/forum/DornenburgF1.php

Archaeology Magazine, Interactive Dig at Hierakonpolis
http://www.archaeology.org/interactive/hierakonpolis/field08/2.html

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