[Jawlist] Weekly Science Report 5-8-09

Sat May 9 18:52:51 PDT 2009

Good Evening Everyone,

Below is this week's edition.  Enjoy!

Steve Detwiler

Weekly Science Report
May 8, 2009

“Semper Exploro! (Always Exploring)” 
Author Unknown

News Articles

Paleontology, Evolution and Prehistoric Studies

Finally unearthing the secrets of our Neanderthal cousins
http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Finally-unearthing-the-secrets-of.5228844.jp

Did asbestos help life evolve?
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227064.900-did-asbestos-help-life-evolve.html

Revealed: the face of the first European
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/revealed-the-face--of-the-first-european-1678537.html

China to excavate Peking Man site again, in hopes of more findings
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-05/04/content_11312426.htm

Whale Fossil Found in Kitchen Counter
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/05/090504-egypt-fossils-video-wc.html

Dinosaurs 'survived in a remote 'lost world' for half a million years before extinction'
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/science/dinosaurs/5256574/Dinosaurs-survived-in-a-remote-lost-world-for-half-a-million-years-before-extinction.html

World’s Oldest Manufactured Beads Are Older Than Previously Thought
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090505163021.htm

"Hobbit" Foot Like No Other In Human Fossil Record
http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/552064/

Small Brain Of Dwarf 'Hobbit' Explained By Hippo's Island Life
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090507185535.htm

Home Erectus Crosses The Open Ocean
http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/ecology/home-erectus-crosses-open-ocean/10658

Seahorses 'stood up' 25 million years ago
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30600080/

Fossil backs theory linking dinosaurs to birds
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/05/05/MNVM17E5N2.DTL&type=science

Stressed Skull Reveals Early Human Diet
http://www.livescience.com/researchinaction/ria-090511.html

Rare prehistoric pregnant turtle found in Utah
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/discoveries/2009-05-08-prehistoric-turtle_N.htm

Early domestic animals were surprisingly well bred
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227064.200

Ancient and General History

Old Japanese maps on Google Earth unveil secrets
http://www.physorg.com/news160517813.html

Conditional entropy and the Indus Script
http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=1374

10 voyages that changed the world
http://www.cnn.com/2009/SPORT/04/28/ten.voyages/index.html

Pope's Swiss Guard may allow women after 500-year ban
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090505/lf_nm_life/us_pope_swissguard_women

Hidden Auschwitz message hailed as rare find
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090506/ap_on_re_eu/eu_poland_auschwitz_hidden_message

Germany refuses to halt Demjanjuk transfer
http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/05/06/germany.demjanjuk/index.html

2 groups of Apache descendants fight over remains
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/05/06/national/a132815D33.DTL&type=science

Chinese massacre film stirs debate 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8039832.stm

Archaeology

Airport dig yields new anthropological discovery
http://www.maconnews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4607&Itemid=34

Babylon Ruins Reopen in Iraq, to Controversy
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/03/world/middleeast/03babylon.html?_r=1&em

Major dig at earliest Scots site 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/glasgow_and_west/8029661.stm

Shedding light on the Catacombs of Rome
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8027650.stm

7th century Buddhist structures facing destruction
http://www.kashmirwatch.com/showheadlines.php?subaction=showfull&id=1241353160&archive=&start_from=&ucat=1&var0news=value0news

Archaeologists keen to trace origins of Roman skeleton
http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/gloucestershireheadlines/Archaeologists-keen-trace-origins-Roman-skeleton/article-944840-detail/article.html

Ancient boat remains found
http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Ancient-boat-remains-found.5214897.jp

Morpeth historians told of Neolithic finds
http://www.morpethherald.co.uk/news/Morpeth-historians-told-of-Neolithic.5220407.jp

County archaeologists uncover Indian site
http://www.hometownannapolis.com/news/top/2009/05/04-10/Dig-ask-dig-some-more.html

Redcoats camp to be investigated
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/highlands_and_islands/8028966.stm

Rome Was Built in a Day!
http://www.archaeology.org/0907/trenches/liz_glynn.html

eBay has unexpected, chilling effect on looting of antiquities, archaeologist finds
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-05/uoc--ehu050409.php

Rome's 'Talking Statues' to Get Sanitized
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/05/04/talking-statues-rome.html

'Ancient text' seized in Israel 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8036881.stm

Relic with traces of Jainism discovered
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Mysore/Relic-with-traces-of-Jainism-discovered/articleshow/4488149.cms

Tomb of the ancients saved for the future
http://www.thisiswesternmorningnews.co.uk/livingcornwall/Tomb-ancients-saved-future/article-946502-detail/article.html

France excavates mass WWI grave with remains of Australian and British soldiers
http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/sns-ap-eu-france-wwi-graves,0,2360956.story

The Past in High-Def
http://www.archaeology.org/0905/etc/high_def.html

Conversation: Archaeo-Engineer
http://www.archaeology.org/0905/etc/conversation.html

US tourists return Roman artifact 25 years later
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090507/ap_on_fe_st/eu_odd_italy_remorseful_tourists

'Lost' medieval church discovered
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/mid_/8039915.stm

Prehistoric man's cave found in southwest China 
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-05/08/content_11335403.htm

Big dig find is 6,000 years old
http://www.thisisdorset.co.uk/westerngazette/news/education/Big-dig-6-000-years-old/article-975742-detail/article.html

Ancient spear tip found
http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Tech%2Band%2BScience/Story/STIStory_373630.html

COLORADO STATE ARCHEOLOGIST DISCOVERS ANCIENT MEXICAN IMPERIAL RITUAL COMPLEX FROM THE 16TH CENTURY
http://newsinfo.colostate.edu/index.asp?url=news_item_display&news_item_id=596582858

Joseon dead found perfectly preserved in air-tight tombs
http://joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=2904524

What Lies Beneath, The Treasures Untold
http://uschina.usc.edu/(A(rc9tMecFygEkAAAAOGZiYmEwOGUtMTljNy00ZDA4LWI5NjUtZjI4ODA2MTA3ZjU2ltAq_I_xNtYuBWD7nQy-dRlkiPY1)S(doauw455m2yb1v55oml2wxu2))/ShowFeature.aspx?articleID=3819&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1

Egyptology

Egyptian Pharoah's 'Missing' Pyramid Found
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/06/05/pyramid-egypt.html

Egypt finds 5,000-year-old tomb near Lahun pyramid
http://www.reuters.com/article/reutersEdge/idUSTRE54445920090505

Famed Nefertiti bust a fake: expert
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25436791-12377,00.html

Sinai fort may hold clues to ancient Egypt defenses
http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSTRE5465N120090507

General Science

The Pentagon’s Beetle Borgs
http://discovermagazine.com/2009/may/30-the-pentagons-beetle-borgs/

Invisibility Cloak Blurs Line Between Magic and Science (w/Video)
http://www.physorg.com/news160409033.html

Robotic wheelchair controlled by thought alone
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227065.900-robotic-wheelchair-controlled-by-thought-alone.html

Think being a scientist is boring? Then think again
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17016-think-being-a-scientist-is-boring-then-think-again.html

Research gives clues for self-cleaning materials, water-striding robots
http://www.physorg.com/news160675932.html

Record Amount of Supercomputer Time Means New Science
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/04/supercomputers-2/

Jumping robot to bounce into military service
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227075.500-jumping-robot-to-bounce-into-military-service.html

'The future is going to be very exciting'
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/may/02/google-univeristy-ray-kurzweil-artificial-intelligence

Physics, Earth and Space Sciences

The space giant is coming 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8029270.stm

Q&A: Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8022645.stm

How satellites could 'sail' home 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8029899.stm

Comet dust collected by NASA is old as dirt
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30519840/

Austrian 'breakthrough' in quantum cryptography
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090503/sc_afp/austriasciencephysicsspace_20090503190127

New Book: Warp Speed, Maybe
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2009/05/whats-better-fo/

Oldest Surface on Earth Discovered
http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090505/sc_livescience/oldestsurfaceonearthdiscovered

Robot sub aims for deepest ocean 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8035499.stm

Flowers may bloom on Jupiter's moon
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Health--Science/Science/Flowers-may-bloom-on-Jupiters-moon/articleshow/4493458.cms

IS NATURE ONE MEAN MOTHER?
http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/05/06/1924384.aspx

Solar storms ahead: Is Earth prepared?
http://features.csmonitor.com/innovation/2009/05/05/solar-storms-ahead-is-earth-prepared/

Orange stars are just right for life
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17084-orange-stars-are-just-right-for-life.html

Fuel for deep space exploration running on empty
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090507/ap_on_sc/us_sci_nasa_plutonium

Scientists see evidence of young and vast river valleys on Mars 
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Health--Science/Science/Scientists-see-evidence-of-young-and-vast-river-valleys-on-Mars-/articleshow/4495742.cms

NASA set for dramatic shuttle rescue
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30648844/

New Pattern Found in Prime Numbers
http://www.physorg.com/news160994102.html

Rise of Oxygen Caused Earth's Earliest Ice Age
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090507094218.htm

50 YEARS OF SEEKING E.T.
http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/05/04/1921655.aspx

Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources

Russia Plans to Power Arctic Oil Drilling With Floating Nuclear Plants
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/05/04/russia-plans-to-power-arctic-oil-drilling-with-floating-nuclear-plants/

Inventors: Shockingly Simple Wave Device Will Beat Wind Energy in Price
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/05/06/inventors-shockingly-simple-wave-device-will-beat-wind-energy-in-price/

Hydrogen Fuel Made Using Green Energy
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/05/06/hydrogen-electrolyzer.html

Hydrogen Car Goes Down Like the Hindenburg: DoE Kills the Program
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/05/08/hydrogen-car-goes-down-like-the-hindenburg-doe-kills-the-program/

Forget Biofuel. Is Bioelectricity the Next Big Thing?
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/05/08/forget-biofuel-is-bioelectricity-the-next-big-thing/

5 Feasible Renewable Energy Sources
http://www.physorg.com/news161024861.html

Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences

Cell phones to monitor cardiac patients
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Health--Science/Science/Cell-phones-to-monitor-cardiac-patients/articleshow/4476471.cms

Nanotechnology holds promise for STD drug delivery
http://www.physorg.com/news160590617.html

NASA Micro-Satellite Will Bring Drug Testing into Orbit
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/05/04/nasa-micro-satellite-will-bring-drug-testing-into-orbit/

How to Grow New Organs
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=how-to-grow-new-organs

Virtual heart pumps up the realism
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17047-virtual-heart-pumps-up-the-realism.html

Other

Culture May Be Encoded in DNA
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/05/songbirdculture/

Ray Kurzweil: A singular view of the future
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227076.200-ray-kurzweil-a-singular-view-of-the-future.html

Five futurist visionaries and what they got right
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17082-five-futurist-visionaries-and-what-they-got-right.html

Enterprise Ethics
http://www.newsweek.com/id/196005

Are we all soon to be goners?
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/life/main/6401842.html

Additional Informational

BETHSAIDA 2008 EXCAVATIONS REPORT
http://www.unomaha.edu/bethsaida/reports/Excavations_report_2008a.pdf

Exploring the Step Pyramid, Ancient Egypt's "Stairway to Heaven" - Dr. Zahi Hawass (Video)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5VsldNp83s&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Edailygrail%2Ecom%2F&feature=player_embedded

PHOTOS: Ancient Egypt Temples Found
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/04/photogalleries/ancient-egypt-temples-pictures/index.html

Fossil whale found with fossil shark tooth (Photo Gallery)
http://www.newscientist.com/gallery/dn17076-fossil-whale-bone-found-with-shark-tooth

Future of Travel (Photo Gallery)
http://www.news.com.au/travel/gallery/0,23607,5038625-5007153,00.html#

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