[Jawlist] Weekly Science Report 3-20-09

Sat Mar 21 11:46:36 PDT 2009

Good Afternoon Everyone,

Below is this week's edition.  Enjoy!

Steve

Weekly Science Report
March 20, 2009

In Flanders fields the poppies grow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place, and in the sky,
The larks, still bravely singing, fly,
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
John McCrae

News Articles

Paleontology, Evolution and Prehistoric Studies

Humans hunkered at Meadowcroft in Pennsylvania from Ice Age to Space Age
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/fea/travel/thisweek/stories/DN-meadowcroft_0222tra.ART0.State.Edition1.a26dcb.html

Canadian dig yields tiny dinosaur 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7947240.stm

Gobi Desert Yields Rare Dinosaur Find
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/16/tech/main4868994.shtml

Fossil sea monster's bite makes T-Rex look feeble
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090316/sc_nm/us_fossil_seamonster;_ylt=AnjvYBat8Y5VGNpc5Vn.RxohANEA

Rare Fossil Octopuses Found
http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090318/sc_livescience/rarefossiloctopusesfound

Fossil hints at fuzzy dinosaurs
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7950871.stm

Dinosaur Lost World Found in Texas City
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/03/090318-texas-dinosaurs.html

How the largest dinosaurs got so big
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20127001.400-how-did-the-largest-dinosaurs-get-so-big.html

Rare reptile found first time in 200 years
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29776134/

Scientists in bone battle
http://www.nature.com/news/2009/090318/full/458265a.html?s=news_rss

Ancient and General History

Who Discovered the North Pole?
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/Cook-vs-Peary.html

The Irresistible Bonnie Parker
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/Indelible-Images-Notorious.html

Preserving Languages Is About More Than Words
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/15/AR2009031501857.html?wprss=rss_nation/science

The Vikings: it wasn't all raping and pillaging
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/the-vikings-it-wasnt-all-raping-and-pillaging-1643969.html

WWII map reveals secrets of Fort Glenn
http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/kial/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1480411&sectionID=1

Columbus innocent over anthrax in the Americas
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16765-columbus-innocent-over-anthrax-in-the-americas.html

Classic gags discovered in ancient Roman joke book
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/mar/13/roman-joke-book-beard

Hood not so good? Ancient Brits questioned outlaw
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jzd1GFuf8z5fApLaSNrSbHcfJuvAD96TTPDO0

U.S. museums cutting back due to recession
http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSTRE52C58320090313?feedType=RSS&feedName=scienceNews

Scholar Claims Dead Sea Scrolls 'Authors' Never Existed
http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20090316/wl_time/08599188542100

30 years later, Afghan leader reburied with honor
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090317/ap_on_re_as/as_afghanistan

Cleopatra's mother 'was African' 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/also_in_the_news/7945333.stm

UC Davis Historian Catalogs U.S. Secrets, Lies and Conspiracies
http://www.physorg.com/news156450104.html

Bringing Hidden World War II Photos to the Masses
http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/multimedia/2009/03/gallery_WWII_photos

'Good Nazi of Nanjing' sparks debate
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7907437.stm

Centuries of history is unearthed at Kilkenny Courthouse
http://www.kilkennypeople.ie/news/Centuries-of-history-is-unearthed.5079861.jp

Africans Came with Columbus to New World
http://www.livescience.com/history/090320-columbus-teeth.html

Druids Committed Human Sacrifice, Cannibalism?
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/03/090320-druids-sacrifice-cannibalism.html

Archaeology

The ideal measurements of a pre-Roman model
http://www.nwo.nl/nwohome.nsf/pages/NWOA_7NNGEJ_Eng

Ancient fish trap discovery in the Teifi Estuary
http://www.tivysideadvertiser.co.uk/news/4190650.Ancient_fish_trap_discovery_in_the_Teifi_Estuary/

Macedonia: Archaeology Excavations of Skopje Fortress Retart
http://www.balkantravellers.com/en/read/article/1081

USC archaeologists to raise confederate cannons from Pee Dee River
http://www.scnow.com/scp/news/local/pee_dee/article/usc_archaeologists_to_raise_confederate_cannons_from_pee_dee_river/38071/

Many ancient artifacts excavated in Hoa Binh’s Xom Trai cave
http://english.vovnews.vn/Home/Many-ancient-artifacts-excavated-in-Hoa-Binhs-Xom-Trai-cave/20093/102542.vov

Quadrel-shaped stone carving unearthed in E China
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-03/13/content_11008193.htm

Archaeology office lets 7,000-year-old boats rot away
http://www.thelocal.de/sci-tech/20090312-17983.html

Experts baffled by Malmesbury's Roman coins
http://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/news/towns/malmesburyheadlines/4198310.Experts_baffled_by_Malmesbury_s_Roman_coins/

Networks of plunder
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/feature/id/41640/title/Networks_of_plunder

Found: Skeleton of sister who Cleopatra got killed
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Health--Science/Science/Found-Skeleton-of-sister-who-Cleopatra-got-killed/articleshow/4269251.cms

Artifacts found, collected from forgotten Loxahatchee battle from 1838
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/localnews/content/local_news/epaper/2009/03/15/a1a_riverbend_0316.html

Scientists rushing to save Canyon artifacts
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/2009/03/16/20090316grandcanyon0316.html

Thousands of 6,000-year old cave paintings found in Peru’s Amazon region
http://www.peruviantimes.com/thousands-of-6000-year-old-cave-paintings-found-in-perus-amazon-region/

Archaeologists return to historical city of Decius
http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=191245

New Technology For Dating Ancient Rock Paintings
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090316093629.htm

Archaeologists find statue of ancient Yemeni queen
http://www.sabanews.net/en/news178696.htm

Experts aghast as police disturb Bronze Age tomb
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article5927895.ece

Parthian Nomadic Settlements Discovered in Western Iran
http://www.cais-soas.com/News/2009/March2009/17-03.htm

Decius excavations resumed in Iran
http://www.iranian.ws/iran_news/publish/article_28880.shtml

4,000-year-old 'Abraham's Gate' reopened to public after painstaking restoration work
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1071920.html

Seals to shed light on life in Wales in Middle Ages
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2009/03/19/seals-to-shed-light-on-life-in-wales-in-middle-ages-91466-23179455/

Stonehenge Theories
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0%2C8599%2C1886661%2C00.html

New Archeological Findings in Holguin, Cuba
http://www.cubanews.ain.cu/2009/0320descubarqueolog.htm

Teeth Of Columbus' Crew Flesh Out Tale Of New World Discovery
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090319132954.htm

UNESCO CELEBRATES NUBIAN SALVAGE AT ASWAN
http://www.ansamed.info/en/top/ME13.WAM40254.html

Turkey’s Aegean Explored in Underwater Archaeology Excavations
http://www.balkantravellers.com/en/read/article/1099

Rare Iron Age bowls unearthed
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2009/03/19/rare-iron-age-bowls-unearthed-91466-23187329/

Egyptology

What happened to Pharaoh's workers?
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2009/938/he1.htm

Sailing like an Egyptian
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2009/938/special.htm

What scents did the ancient Egyptians use?
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-03/uob-wsd031309.php

Egypt to open inner chambers of 'bent' pyramid
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090316/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_egypt_pyramids

Egypt unveils pharaonic embalming bed
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iWdXRfHiN7QaEU9-sRFsG_Bnnonw

A happy ending with a pinch of Salt
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2009/939/heritage.htm

General Science

New invisibility cloak allows object to 'see' out through the cloak
http://www.physorg.com/news156162633.html

Metal Becomes Transparent Under High Pressure
http://www.physorg.com/news156104532.html

Major leap for faster computers 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/7952524.stm

Physics, Earth and Space Sciences

'Supermodel' satellite set to fly 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7935621.stm

TOURING MARS, OLD AND NEW
http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/03/13/1835281.aspx

Test flights for SpaceShipTwo mothership
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29678316/

In Arctic and Antarctic, a Species Overlap
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/03/13/arctic-antarctica-species.html

Physicists get closer to finding the 'God Particle'
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090313/sc_afp/sciencephysicsparticles_20090313200839

Moon hides scars of a violent past
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20126993.500-moon-hides-scars-of-a-violent-past.html

Space shuttle Discovery launches after repairs 
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/space/03/15/shuttle.launch/index.html

'More must be done' to protect water during wartime
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090316/sc_afp/environmentwaterunresticrc_20090316003135;_ylt=Ajs09OctSSfpbqr.NvDWbeDPOrgF

Close call puts focus on traffic jam in space
http://features.csmonitor.com/innovation/2009/03/15/close-call-puts-focus-on-traffic-jam-in-space/

Pushing back an oxygen-rich atmosphere
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/41755/title/Pushing_back_an_oxygen-rich_atmosphere

Russia to approve new Moon rocket 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7946689.stm

Indian scientists discover new bacteria in Stratosphere
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Health--Science/Science/Indian-scientists-discover-new-bacteria-in-Stratosphere/articleshow/4272685.cms

Galaxy Cores to Crash in a Few Million Years
http://www.physorg.com/news156440810.html

Scientist Smackdown: Did Mars Phoenix Find Liquid Water?
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/03/17/scientist-smackdown-did-mars-phoenix-find-liquid-water/

Space tourism to take flight in 2012
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090318/ts_afp/swedenspacetourismvirgin_20090318150953;_ylt=Ai9R4_ih_UaEAMwEOuB6MTPPOrgF

NASA may send fleet of spacecraft to Venus
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16797-nasa-may-send-fleet-of-spacecraft-to-venus.html

Faster-than-light 'tachyons' might be impossible after all
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16796-fasterthanlight-tachyons-might-be-impossible-after-all.html

Is life bubbling up in Mars mud?
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20127005.000-is-life-bubbling-up-in-mars-mud.html

Student project captures images of Earth from space
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16805-student-project-captures-images-of-earth-from-space.html

Scientists find giant solar twists
http://www.physorg.com/news156707105.html

Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources

Meet the Black Phantom, the Huge Microwave Oven That Fights Climate Change
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/03/13/meet-the-black-phantom-a-huge-microwave-that-fights-climate-change/

Danish port aims to be 'fossil-fuel free' city
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090313/sc_afp/denmarkenergyenvironment_20090313160130;_ylt=AlaX0Wf8gaEGxwSRNb3Im2LPOrgF

Growing pollution leads to "global dimming"
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090313/sc_nm/us_climate_visibility;_ylt=AvdlZB81f2jqqVJ7iddBafwhANEA

Solar power schemes could protect nature reserves
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20126992.900-solar-power-schemes-could-protect-nature-reserves.html

World's largest laser gears up for ignition experiments
http://www.physorg.com/news155846213.html

Physicist develops battery using new source of energy
http://www.physorg.com/news156011642.html

Climate change blues: how scientists cope
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090316/ts_afp/environmentclimatewarmingscientists_20090316021650

World's first solar-powered film premiere
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090315/wl_uk_afp/entertainmentbritainfilmclimate_20090315211856;_ylt=AhvlmFEl_fMPwigtoknGQ1zPOrgF

Atomic construction yields punchier power store
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16768-atomic-construction-yields-punchier-power-store.html

California's drought-resistant gardens are hot
http://www.physorg.com/news156406828.html

Crisis a chance to tackle climate change
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090316/sc_afp/financeeconomyasiaclimateenvironment_20090316065918;_ylt=AqnmM6TD1sVczVCQQWCQdNfPOrgF

Hot New High-Tech Energy Source Is ... Wood?
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/03/090312-wood-power.html

Researchers develop biodegradable substitutes for wood, plastic bottles and other common materials
http://www.physorg.com/news156526288.html

North Pole explorers finally get vital supplies
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090319/sc_afp/climatesciencebritaincanadaarctic

New government brochure explains climate science
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090318/ap_on_sc/sci_climate_literacy;_ylt=Ag37s1hydBMNNyGQ8zob6cNvieAA

Brokaw revisits 'Global Warming'
http://www.usatoday.com/weather/climate/globalwarming/2009-03-17-brokaw-warming_N.htm

Climate change messes with the food chain
http://features.csmonitor.com/innovation/2009/03/18/climate-change-messes-with-the-food-chain/

British-built robotic fish to detect pollution
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090319/sc_afp/britainspainenvironmentpollutiontechnology

A quarter of the world's population depends on degrading land
http://www.physorg.com/news156768832.html

NASA: Environmental disaster avoided on ozone loss
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090319/ap_on_sc/sci_good_ozone_news;_ylt=AjlagAr5bWWdBjlfUkiOE.xvieAA

Big melt seen in Antarctic past, and maybe future
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/environment/2009-03-18-antarctica_N.htm

Waterless urinals: Cheap. Green. But many think ‘gross’
http://features.csmonitor.com/innovation/2009/03/19/waterless-urinals-cheap-green-but-many-think-%e2%80%98gross%e2%80%99/

Drink Up: Taking the Salt Out of Seawater
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=taking-the-salt-out-of-seawater

Africa's first bird extinction likely within four years
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16817-africas-first-bird-extinction-likely-within-four-years.html

Future looks bright for US carbon capture project
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20127003.600-future-looks-bright-for-us-carbon-capture-project.html

Salt Water System Could Generate Hydrogen
http://www.physorg.com/news156596965.html

Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences

Google Founder Tries to Crack Parkinson’s Genetic Code With Crowd sourcing
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/03/13/google-founder-tries-to-crack-parkinsons-genetic-code-with-crowdsourcing/

'Stem cells can be useful for screening drugs'
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Health--Science/Science/Stem-cells-can-be-useful-for-screening-drugs/articleshow/4269444.cms

Can High-Pressure Oxygen Therapy Help Autistic Kids?
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/03/16/can-high-pressure-oxygen-therapy-help-autistic-kids/

Researchers Develop Wireless Method of Brain Stimulation
http://www.physorg.com/news156443682.html

First treatment for muscular dystrophy in sight: Scientists successfully harness exon-skipping
http://www.physorg.com/news156435829.html

Probe into faked studies rocks medical community
http://www.physorg.com/news156339559.html

'Star Wars' scientists create laser gun to kill mosquitoes
http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/03/16/mosquito.laser.weapon/index.html

A New Approach to Designing the AIDS Vaccine
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1885659,00.html

Scientists grow diabetes drug in tobacco plants
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090319/sc_nm/us_tobacco_medicine;_ylt=Ai8BHou8eiWS5dyAvbZ73JohANEA

Taming Parkinson’s With Electric Pulses Through the Spine
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/03/20/taming-parkinsons-with-electric-pulses-through-the-spine/

Smart People Really Do Think Faster
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=102169531

Other

The Story of a Modern-Day Exorcist
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1885372,00.html?cnn=yes

'An impossible, mad place'
http://www.vancouversun.com/Travel/impossible+place/1395030/story.html

How sci-fi moves with the times 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7948058.stm

Building the 21st-Century Mind
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=multiple-intelligences-decisions-ethics

Jerusalem Rabbi Insists the Pope Must Hide His Cross
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1886525,00.html

Romeo and Juliet's Balcony Opens for Weddings
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/03/20/romeo-juliet-weddings.html

Language Of Music Really Is Universal, Study Finds
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090319132909.htm

Pope blasts sorcery, urges Angolans to convert
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29811628/

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

A Brief History of Saint Patrick’s Day (Photo Gallery)
http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1885646,00.html

Conservation of the Côa Valley rock art outcrops: a question of urgency and priorities
http://antiquity.ac.uk/projgall/batarda/

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