[Jawlist] Weekly Science Report 6-19-09

Fri Jun 19 19:50:07 PDT 2009

Good Evening Everyone,

Below is this week's edition.  Enjoy!

Steve Detwiler

Weekly Science Report
June 19, 2009

Today we may say aloud before an awe-struck world: "We are still masters of our fate. We are still captain of our souls."
Winston Churchill

News Articles

Paleontology, Evolution and Prehistoric Studies

Ancient egg fossils of Ostrich-like-bird recovered from Himachal Pradesh
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Flora--Fauna/Ancient-egg-fossils-of-Ostrich-like-bird-from-Himachal-Pradesh/articleshow/4644772.cms

Some scientists affirm early Native presence
http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/47924372.html

Sea gives up Neanderthal fossil 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8099377.stm

Basket Weaving May Have Taught Humans To Count
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090604222534.htm

Fossil Solves Mystery of Dinosaur Finger Evolution
http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090617/sc_livescience/fossilsolvesmysteryofdinosaurfingerevolution

Early "Human" Is Ape After All, Discoverer Decides
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/06/090617-early-human-ape-mystery.html

New discovery suggests mammoths survived in Britain until 14,000 years ago
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-06/w-nds061509.php

Humans related to orangutans, not chimps or gorillas
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Health--Science/Science/Humans-related-to-orangutans-not-chimps-or-gorillas-/articleshow/4670642.cms

The World's Largest Fossil Wilderness
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/Phenomena-Forest-Primeval.html

Monkey 'IQ test' hints at intelligent human ancestor
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17318-monkey-iq-test-hints-at-intelligent-human-ancestor.html

Fossil finds could be firsts in Wisconsin
http://www.leadertelegram.com/story-ros.asp?id=BK2QJKA2K0V

Ancient and General History

Millet traveled from China to the West
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/life/2009-05/13/content_7772193.htm

Remembering Anne Frank (Video)
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/international/2009/06/12/riddell.eva.schloss.cnn

10 Historically Significant Political Protests
http://www.livescience.com/history/090616-history-political-protests.html

Documenting a 111-year-old mystery
http://www.morrissuntribune.com/articles/index.cfm?id=17761

Jews' jewelry from Holocaust donated to memorial
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090616/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_holocaust_jewelry

Nikita Khrushchev Goes to Hollywood
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/Nikita-in-Hollywood.html

Up in Arms Over a Co-Ed Plebe Summer
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/Salami-Mr-Holcomb.html

British WWI veteran becomes world's oldest man
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090619/lf_nm_life/us_britain_oldest

Archaeology

Ancient Chinese Medical Book Discovered
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/17982/

Ancient temple wall discovered, shaped like Andean chakana
http://enperublog.com/2009/06/08/ancient-temple-wall-discovered-shaped-like-andean-chakana/

Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History Publishes 3D Models of Teotihuacan
http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=31452

British scientists explore Sharjah mountains
http://www.gulfnews.com/nation/Environment/10322898.html

Konark sun temple condition deteriorating
http://www.deccanherald.com/content/8135/konark-sun-temple-condition-deteriorating.html

This pile of rocks was once the seat of kings
http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/europe/this-pile-of-rocks-was-once-the-seat-of-kings-1704568.html

Hungarian Researcher on the Trial of the Hun Tribes
http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/274002

Students unearth Saxon nunnery 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/gloucestershire/8098317.stm

Science aids inventory of Florida Keys shipwrecks
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/1095092.html

Archaeologist: Filhiol find not a tunnel
http://www.thenewsstar.com/article/20090612/NEWS01/906120367

Deep in the Heart of Historic Naples
http://travel.nytimes.com/2009/06/14/travel/14explorer.html?ref=travel

Italy: Archeological treasures found near Naples 
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/CultureAndMedia/?id=3.0.3433235595

Diving into History
http://www.archaeology.org/0907/underwater/

Archaeologists battle mites to save 1,400-year-old city wall
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-06/15/content_11544682.htm

Archaeologists Discovered Roman Settlement in North-Eastern Bulgaria
http://www.balkantravellers.com/en/read/article/1271

Incas in Amazonia: the agenda of Thierry Jamin is full for Antisuyu on 2009
http://www.obiwi.fr/voyage-decouvertes/carnets-de-route/82437-incas-in-amazonia-the-agenda-of-thierry-jamin-is-full-for-antisuyu-on-2009

Huge Pre-Stonehenge Complex Found via "Crop Circles"
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/06/090615-stonehenge-tombs-crop-circles.html

Study shows Maya intensively cultivated manioc 1,400 years ago
http://www.physorg.com/news164378297.html

Coastal castles could be moved inland
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/5543715/Coastal-castles-could-be-moved-inland.html

Jornada Mogollon artifacts found at White Sands
http://www.elpasotimes.com/education/ci_12614579

History in a jar: Angel Mounds dig uncovers a major find
http://www.courierpress.com/news/2009/jun/18/history-in-a-jar/?partner=yahoo_headlines

Major Archaeological Find in Kent County
http://www.wboc.com/Global/story.asp?S=10542964

Serbian archaelogists find Neolithic grave
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/europe/news/article_1484302.php/Serbian_archaelogists_find_Neolithic_grave_

1,700 Year Old Mosaic to be Re-Excavated
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/166659

Getting By On Her Looks
http://www.archaeology.org/online/features/meresamun/reconstruction.html

Archeologists uncover ancient J'lem aqueduct to Sultan's Pool
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1244371116219&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Prehistoric gold source traced to Mourne mountains
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2009/0617/1224248982068.html

Ancient tomb found in Machu Picchu archaeological park
http://www.andina.com.pe/Ingles/Noticia.aspx?id=eyyzr413uKc=

New Imaging Technique Shows Parthenon Was Once Brightly Painted
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/06/16/new-imaging-technique-shows-parthenon-was-once-brightly-painted/

Egyptology

Egyptian tells Berlin paper he'll 'prove' Nefertiti was stolen 
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/273050,egyptian-tells-berlin-paper-hell-prove-nefertiti-was-stolen.html

Update: Return to the Great Pyramid
http://www.archaeology.org/0907/etc/khufu_pyramid.html

Egyptian Archaeologists Discover 3,500-Year-Old Tomb in Luxor
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=aL4sGI2H9xPM

General Science

New exotic material could revolutionize electronics
http://www.physorg.com/news164289676.html

A Polymer Solar Cell with Near-Perfect Internal Efficiency
http://www.physorg.com/news164458857.html

Plan to teach military robots the rules of war
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17332-plan-to-teach-military-robots-the-rules-of-war.html

Physics, Earth and Space Sciences

Long odds on space viruses seeding life
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227104.100-long-odds-on-space-viruses-seeding-life.html

Herschel telescope 'opens eyes' 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8099105.stm

Science Weekly with Michio Kaku: Impossibility is relative
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/audio/2009/jun/11/michio-kaku-physics-impossible

Lunar astronauts get neighbourhood watch
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227125.300-lunar-astronauts-get-neighbourhood-watch.html

Soil tells secret of ancient life 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/north_east/8102450.stm

Europe's Mars mission scaled back 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8102086.stm

Charge on single atoms measured 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8095967.stm

THE UNIVERSE IN YOUR HEAD
http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/06/16/1966953.aspx

Binary stars host potential planetary disk
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31391751/ns/technology_and_science-space/

NASA targets moon for a mighty crash
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31391403/ns/technology_and_science-space/

Giant eruption reveals 'dead' star
http://www.physorg.com/news164376716.html

Space Geology: From the Moon to Mars
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=space-geology-from-the-moon-to-mars

Oceans charge up new theory of magnetism
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/science/article6493481.ece

The iron record of Earth’s oxygen
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/feature/id/44350/title/The_iron_record_of_Earth%E2%80%99s_oxygen

Military Hush-Up: Incoming Space Rocks Now Classified
http://www.space.com/news/090610-military-fireballs.html

Workers to break ground on New Mexico spaceport
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090616/ap_on_re_us/us_spaceport_groundbreaking

See what a real-life warp-driven starship might look like
http://scifiwire.com/2009/06/see-what-a-real-life-warp.php

University of Colorado team finds definitive evidence for ancient lake on Mars
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-06/uoca-uoc061709.php

U.S. Shoots for the Moon, This Time to Stay
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1905344,00.html?cnn=yes

Firms team up for ISS supply ship
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8107877.stm

High-speed 'wedge' for re-entry 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8104355.stm

Sunspots revealed in striking detail by supercomputers
http://www.physorg.com/news164553903.html

IBEX spacecraft detects fast neutral hydrogen coming from the moon
http://www.physorg.com/news164546712.html

World's fastest and most sensitive astronomical camera
http://www.physorg.com/news164548647.html

Odd discovery may help refine theories about how planets form
http://www.physorg.com/news164466505.html

First direct evidence of lightning on Mars detected
http://www.physorg.com/news164468762.html

Gaia's evil twin: Is life its own worst enemy?
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227131.400-gaias-evil-twin-is-life-its-own-worst-enemy.html

Physicists create 'black hole for sound'
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17319-physicists-create-black-hole-for-sound.html

Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources

Argentine glacier advances despite global warming
http://www.physorg.com/news164208078.html

Silk Road threatened by melting glaciers
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17304-silk-road-threatened-by-melting-glaciers.html

The Super-Small, Open-Source, Ultracapacitor-Using Hydrogen Car
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/06/16/the-super-small-open-source-ultracapacitor-using-hydrogen-car/

Building an Interstate Highway System for Energy
http://discovermagazine.com/2009/jun/10-building-interstate-highway-system-for-energy/

Scientists Debate Shading Earth As Climate Fix
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=105483423

Geologists demonstrate extent of ancient ice age
http://www.physorg.com/news164358670.html

Space Robot Can Autonomously Reconfigure Itself
http://www.physorg.com/news164282535.html

Is the sky the limit for wind power?
http://www.physorg.com/news164281174.html

German firms eye huge African solar project: report
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090616/wl_africa_afp/germanyafricaclimatewarmingenergysolar_20090616120248

ConocoPhillips chief warns of impending oil crisis
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090616/sc_afp/useconomyenergywarmingoil_20090616195010

Manhattan floods, Chicago heatwaves and withering Californian vines: how scientists see the US in 75 years
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/jun/16/climate-change-sea-level

Top 25 Green Energy Leaders
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=top-25-green-energy-leaders

Nuclear fusion power project to start in 2018: official
http://www.physorg.com/news164558159.html

New chance for Africa to turn to bio-energy: expert
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090618/sc_afp/africabiofuelenergyeconomycrisis_20090618160623

Ancient drought and rapid cooling drastically altered climate
http://www.physorg.com/news164546585.html

Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences

Discovery could ease cancer pain 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8089306.stm

'Resurrection bug' revived after 120,000 years
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17305-resurrection-bug-revived-after-120000-years.html

New piece found in the puzzle of epigenetics
http://www.physorg.com/news164376644.html

Scientists create hybrid system of human-machine interaction
http://www.physorg.com/news164363618.html

Fish can learn despite small brains
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090616/sc_nm/us_fish_brain

Clues to cancer in AIDS patients found
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Health--Science/Science/Clues-to-cancer-in-AIDS-patients-found/articleshow/4671464.cms

Magnetic bacteria found in Lonar lake
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Health--Science/Science/Magnetic-bacteria-found-in-Lonar-lake-/articleshow/4670406.cms

Scientists capture the first image of memories being made
http://www.physorg.com/news164554667.html

Method for computing evolutionary trees could revolutionize evolutionary biology
http://www.physorg.com/news164553586.html

Researchers edit genes in human stem cells
http://www.physorg.com/news164548829.html

Autonomous robot detects shrapnel
http://www.physorg.com/news164548695.html

Cancer-causing protein can also help fight the tumors it causes
http://www.physorg.com/news164545878.html

Extinct animals could be brought back to life thanks to advances in DNA technology
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/science/sciencenews/4161743/Extinct-animals-could-be-brought-back-to-life-thanks-to-advances-in-DNA-technology.html

Other

The truth about Roswell? 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8098245.stm

Science and religion: a history of conflict?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/2009/jun/14/science-religion-coyne

Possible UFO caught on video
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2009/06/16/dnt.va.ufo.sighting.wavy

Additional Informational

Picturing the Holy Land
http://www.archaeology.org/galleries/israel/

7 Most Fascinating Underwater Ruins
http://www.oddee.com/item_96695.aspx

Spectacular And Holy Caves From Around the World 
http://myamazingfact.blogspot.com/2009/06/spectacular-caves-from-around-world.html

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