[Jawlist] Weekly Science Report 10-30-09

Mon Nov 2 18:31:56 PST 2009

Good Evening Everyone,

Below is this week's edition.  Enjoy!

Steve Detwiler

Weekly Science Report 
October 30, 2009 

“We need to reshape our space efforts away from flags and footprints stunts and toward the use of resources of the ocean of space to benefit the environment ad economy of the Earth.  Any child in the 1960s could tell you in four words why America was committed to the Apollo program; to best the Russians.  The principal reason that we need to explore and utilize the Moon can be expressed in these four words.  To save the Earth” 
Author Unknown 

News Articles 

Paleontology, Evolution and Prehistoric Studies 

Villagers plunder dinosaur eggs 
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1091008/jsp/nation/story_11589797.jsp

Scientists ID fossils of smallest dinosaur
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33406112/ns/technology_and_science-science/

Are humans still evolving? Absolutely, says new analysis of long-term survey of human health
http://www.physorg.com/news175185659.html

Was our oldest ancestor a proton-powered rock?
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20427306.200-was-our-oldest-ancestor-a-protonpowered-rock.html#

Fossils Push Back Earliest Complex Animals 40 Million Years
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/10/first-complex-animals/#Replay

Earliest evidence of humans thriving on the savannah
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn18018-earliest-evidence-of-humans-thriving-on-the-savannah.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=online-news

Pavlopetri -- the world's oldest known submerged town
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-10/nocs-pt102109.php#

The First Men And Women From The Canary Islands Were Berbers
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091021115147.htm#

So Ida's not the "missing link": questions and answers with Erik Seiffert
http://timesonline.typepad.com/science/2009/10/so-idas-not-the-missing-link-questions-and-answers-with-erik-seiffert.html#

Prehistoric Clovis culture roamed southwards
http://www.nature.com/news/2009/091021/full/news.2009.1034.html

Bottlenecks Made Humans Less Diverse
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/10/23/human-evolution-diversity.html

Ancient, Giant Beavers Didn't Have a Taste for Wood
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/10/23/beavers-wood.html

Human Evolution: Lucy And Neanderthals
http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=human-evolution-lucy-and-neandertha-09-10-23

Comets Didn't Wipe out Sabertooths, Early Americans?
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/10/091023-comet-north-america-extinctions.html

World's Oldest Known Granaries Predate Agriculture
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090623150619.htm#

Modern men are wimps, according to new book
http://www.physorg.com/news175332184.html

Teach both evolution and creationism say 54% of Britons
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2009/oct/25/teach-evolution-creationism-britons

Evolutionary Past May Determine How We Choose Leaders
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091025205016.htm#

Modern man had sex with Neanderthals
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/evolution/6430494/Modern-man-had-sex-with-Neanderthals.html#

Extinct bison body could rewrite Canadian archaeological record
http://www.calgaryherald.com/technology/Bison+could+rewrite+Canada+archaeological+record/2150110/story.html

Colossal 'sea monster' unearthed 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8322000/8322629.stm

The Man Who Discovered What Killed the Dinosaurs
http://discovermagazine.com/2009/oct/26-the-man-who-discovered-what-killed-the-dinosaurs

Like a hungry teen, life on Earth had big growth spurts
http://www.physorg.com/news175876056.html

Snail fossils suggest semiarid eastern Canary Islands were wetter 50,000 years ago
http://www.physorg.com/news175884639.html

Charles Darwin really did have advanced ideas about the origin of life
http://www.physorg.com/news175861437.html

Did algae kill off the mighty dinosaurs?
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/science/Did-algae-kill-off-the-mighty-dinosaurs/articleshow/5181836.cms

What Ever Happened to Kenyanthropus platyops?
http://blogs.sciencemag.org/origins/2009/10/what-ever-happened-to-kenyanth.html

Archaeologists celebrate 80th anniversary of Peking Man' discovery
http://english.cctv.com/20091021/101314.shtml#

Spider web confirmed as 'oldest'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/sussex/8335719.stm

Ancient and General History 

Dig may lay Spanish poet mystery to rest
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8314989.stm

Ancient cult of the Viking kings 
http://www.cphpost.dk/culture/denmark-through-the-looking-glass/47182-ancient-cult-of-the-viking-kings.html

The Mocama: New name for an old people
http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/2009-10-18/story/the_mocama_new_name_for_an_old_people#

Painting features 'oldest watch'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/arts_and_culture/8313893.stm

How Arlington National Cemetery Came to Be
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/The-Battle-of-Arlington.html

The Rescue of Henry Clay
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/The-Rescue-of-Henry-Clay.html

A Photo-journalist's Remembrance of Vietnam
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/Indelible-Images-Saigon-Requiem.html

Did Chinese ships discover America?
http://www.theprovince.com/Chinese+ships+discover+America/2116787/story.html#

Alexander the Great: not first at Alexandria?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33453098/ns/technology_and_science-science/

San Manuel Band of Mission Indians opens its own tribal court
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-sanmanuel24-2009oct24,0,2393824.story

Medical experiments in Auschwitz
http://en.auschwitz.org.pl/h/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12&Itemid=10&limit=1&limitstart=1

Ancient Greeks introduced wine to France, Cambridge study reveals
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/foodanddrinknews/6409312/Ancient-Greeks-introduced-wine-to-France-Cambridge-study-reveals.html#

Penn Museum show casts new light on ancient Iraq
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE59M2Y220091023?rpc=401&

History study presents treasure trove of data
http://www.acorn-online.com/joomla15/eastoncourier/news/localnews/39900-history-study-presents-treasure-trove-of-data.html

'Dutch' Batavians more Roman than thought
http://www.alphagalileo.org/ViewItem.aspx?ItemId=62132&CultureCode=en

Earhart's Final Resting Place Believed Found
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/10/23/amelia-earhart.html

Flying With America’s Most Famous Female Aviators
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/Flying-With-Americas-Most-Famous-Female-Aviators.html

Human: Freemason Symbols and Secrets: Part 2- Video 
http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/human-freemason-symbols-and-secrets-part-2.html

'Lipstick Killer' behind bars since 1946
http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/10/24/illinois.lipstick.murders/index.html

Eleanor Roosevelt’s 125th Birthday Celebrated
http://home.nps.gov/applications/digest/headline.cfm?type=Announcements&id=8323&urlarea=npsnews

Vive la différence of languages
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20427311.800-vive-la-difference-of-languages.html#

China looking for U.S. bomber missing for 59 years
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091027/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_china_usa_missing

What Dangers Lurk in WWII-Era Nuclear Dumps?
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/10/26/what-dangers-lurk-in-wwii-era-nuclear-dumps/

Karadzic 'led ethnic cleansing'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8327210.stm

The map that changed the world 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8328878.stm

Indian doctor world's first plastic surgeon?
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/science/Indian-doctor-worlds-first-plastic-surgeon/articleshow/5175612.cms

Inequality, 'silver spoon' effect found in ancient societies
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-10/uoc--is102809.php

Vatican warns parents that Halloween is 'anti-Christian'
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2009/10/vatican-warns-parents-that-halloween-is-anti-christian/1

Archaeology 

Archaeologists uncover 4,000 year-old skeletons in eastern Germany
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4807718,00.html

Lady of Pacopampa: A woman born to rule
http://enperublog.com/2009/10/19/lady-of-pacopampa-a-woman-born-to-rule/

Makeover may lose Bolivian pyramid its world heritage site listing
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/oct/20/tiwanaku-pyramid-renovations

Archaeologists Excavating Bistun's Khosrow Palace
http://www.cais-soas.com/news/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=94:archaeologists-excavating-bistuns-khosrow-palace-&catid=36

Dig uncovers significant historical site in Narragansett
http://www.projo.com/news/content/NATIVE_AMERICAN_VILLAGE_10-18-09_TKG1T0A_v161.353dad7.html

Stone with Sanskrit, Tamil inscriptions unearthed in TN
http://www.ptinews.com/news/338218_Stone-with-Sanskrit--Tamil-inscriptions-unearthed-in-TN#

Archaeological Discoveries: Trajan Palace, Headquarters of Archbishop
http://www.english.globalarabnetwork.com/200910193249/Culture/archaeological-discoveries-trajan-palace-headquarters-of-archbishop.html

Archaeology: Solving human puzzles
http://www.kenoshanews.com/news/archaeology_solving_human_puzzles_6542571.html#

Norwegian Wood For The Ages: 'Mummified' Pine Trees Found
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091014210431.htm#

Historian finds bronze age relic
http://www.rutland-times.co.uk/news/Historian-finds-bronze-age-relic.5738429.jp?

New discoveries at world's oldest submerged town
http://www.alphagalileo.org/ViewItem.aspx?ItemId=62006&CultureCode=en

Has the original Labyrinth been found?
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/architecture/has-the-original-labyrinth-been-found-1803638.html

Archaeological discoveries - Roman Bath Dating Back to the Hellenistic Era Unearthed in Syria
http://www.english.globalarabnetwork.com/200910163184/Culture/archaeological-discoveries-roman-bath-dating-back-to-the-hellenistic-era-unearthed-in-syria.html

Knot found in hoard jewels
http://www.expressandstar.com/2009/10/16/knot-found-in-hoard-jewels/

Bedrock Of A Holy City: The Historical Importance Of Jerusalem's Geology
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091019134711.htm#

Prehistoric collection of artifacts found in Chesterfield 
http://www.ksdk.com/news/watercooler/story.aspx?storyid=188074&catid=71#

Byzantine Clay Lamps & Glass Kohl Jars Uncovered in Syria
http://www.english.globalarabnetwork.com/200910213287/Culture/archaeological-discoveries-byzantine-clay-lamps-a-glass-kohl-jars-uncovered-in-syria.html

Archaeologists 'Strike Gold' by Finding Quarries of Greatest Bulgarian Tsar
http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=109173

Ancient Anglo Saxon and Iron Age artefacts and human remains found between Rudston and Boynton East Yorkshire
http://www.beverleyguardian.co.uk/739/EXCLUSIVE--Ancient-Anglo-Saxon.5758141.jp

Picture of Manhattan Project life unearthed at Hanford
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/northwest/story/925197.html#

Archaeologists discover fourth set of human remains at University of York dig
http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/4696047.Archaeologists_discover_fourth_set_of_human_remains_at_University_of_York_dig/

Ancient tomb unveiled in Nara
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20091023a4.html#

Archaeologists unveil ancient auditorium in Rome
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i1tZPKtIdxYYGi01xKmrH4Jg0kKgD9BFIJI00

Anchor on display Thursday
http://www.jdnews.com/news/anchor-69081-shipwreck-believed.html

Ñain An sculptures: New secrets revealed at ancient Chan Chan
http://enperublog.com/2009/10/20/nain-an-sculptures-new-secrets-revealed-at-ancient-chan-chan/

Italy: Roman temple discovered in Tuscany
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/CultureAndMedia/?id=3.0.3900135192

Andrew Stone tools might date to 1500 B.C. 
http://www.thonline.com/article.cfm?id=260449#

Pre-Columbian Societies Knew a Thing About Extracting Gold
http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2009/1020/2

DPRK unearths remains of Paleolithic Age
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-10/24/content_12317269.htm

Phoenician remains found at Málaga airport
http://www.typicallyspanish.com/news/publish/article_23621.shtml

German Archaeologist: Beneath Every Footstep in Syria is an Ancient Civilization
http://www.english.globalarabnetwork.com/200910253329/Travel/german-archaeologist-beneath-every-footstep-in-syria-is-an-ancient-civilization.html

Macedonia faces plundering of its Archaeological Heritage
http://www.balkantravellers.com/en/read/article/1535

Bronze Age cattle travelled long distances
http://planetearth.nerc.ac.uk/news/story.aspx?id=571

Mystery stone found near church linked to Knights Templar
http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Mystery-stone-found-near-church.5767821.jp

Geospatial: Mapping Iraq's Ancient Cities
http://www.dvidshub.net/?script=news/news_show.php&id=40707

Thatcham - the oldest in Britain?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/berkshire/hi/people_and_places/history/newsid_8327000/8327303.stm

Uncanny Archaeology
http://www.archaeology.org/online/features/halloween/

Tomb Shows Peru’s Moche Were Christ’s Contemporaries
http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=346186&CategoryId=14095

10,000-year-old flint found on Coventry allotment
http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/2009/10/27/10-000-year-old-flint-found-on-coventry-allotment-92746-25017679/

Tsunami Waves Reasonably Likely To Strike Israel, Geo-archaeological Research Suggests
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091026093728.htm

Many `matuto` paintings found in Kaimana
http://www.antara.co.id/en/news/1256547076/many-matuto-paintings-found-in-kaimana

Archeologists Discover Ancient Fortress near Moscow
http://www.russia-ic.com/news/show/9118/

Battle of Bosworth: dig finally pins down long disputed site
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2009/oct/28/battle-bosworth-dig-leicestershire

Burial Jars Dating Back to Third Century Found in Palmyra
http://www.english.globalarabnetwork.com/200910283393/Culture/syrian-japanese-archaeologists-burial-jars-dating-back-to-third-century-found-in-palmyra.html

Copper clue may solve mystery of doomed Victorian Arctic expedition
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2009/oct/28/john-franklin-expedition-robert-grenier

Sassanid site bulldozed in southwestern Iran
http://www.payvand.com/news/09/oct/1282.html

Roman-era cemetery uncovered near Hebron
http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=235964

Archaeologists unearthed a residential place back to the Greek era
http://www.english.globalarabnetwork.com/200910303414/Culture/archaeologists-unearthed-a-residential-place-back-to-the-greek-era.html

Witch Bottle Discovered; Made to Ward Off Evil Spirits?
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/10/091029-halloween-pictures-witch-bottle.html

Austrian archaeologists make Babylonian find in Egypt
http://austriantimes.at/news/Panorama/2009-10-29/17649/Austrian_archaeologists_make_Babylonian_find_in_Egypt

Unique Stone Age burial items unearthed in central Sweden
http://www.thelocal.se/22944/20091029/

Archaeology course unlocks "silent history" of the slave trade in West Africa
http://www.ucsc.edu/news_events/press_releases/text.asp?pid=3323

Maronia Cave, home of the mythological Cyclops Polyphemus
http://www.ana-mpa.gr/anaweb/user/showplain?maindoc=8091385&maindocimg=8091432&service=144

New look for antiques
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-10/w-nlf102709.php

Divers probe Mayan ruins in Guatemala lake
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33556457/ns/technology_and_science-science/

Egyptology 

Fracture zones endanger tombs in Egypt
http://blogs.usatoday.com/sciencefair/2009/10/fracture-zones-endanger-tombs-in-egypt.html

‘Tomb 10A’ lets you look history right in the face
http://www.boston.com/ae/theater_arts/articles/2009/10/18/tomb_10a_lets_you_look_history_right_in_the_face/

Fragments come back home
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2009/968/fr2.htm

The Unfinished Pyramid at Saqqara- Video
http://www.drhawass.com/blog/video-unfinished-pyramid-saqqara

Egyptians conflicted over preserving Jewish past
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5hvnN5arwD4nqd4nmcPqU8GpVzU0A

Egypt retrieves part of king Amnemhat I coffin 
http://www.sis.gov.eg/En/Story.aspx?sid=44102

The Whisper of Tombs
http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=7&id=18628

Tooth contains 4,000-year-old mummy's DNA?
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=109055&sectionid=3510212

General Science 

Crystals hold super computer key 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/8312286.stm

Barnes & Noble unveils new e-book reader
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33401356/ns/technology_and_science-tech_and_gadgets/

Self-Steered Tractors and UAVs: Future Farming Is (Finally) Now
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/10/precisionfarming/

Ancient Secrets of Super-Cement May Lead to a Shield Against Bunker Busters
http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2009-10/secrets-super-cements-may-lead-shield-against-bunker-busters

Army Seeks Helmet-Mounted Radar to Give Every Soldier 360-Degree Awareness
http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2009-10/army-seeks-helmet-mounted-radar-giving-soldiers-360-degree-awareness

Pilots distracted by laptops? Not in cockpits of the future
http://features.csmonitor.com/innovation/2009/10/29/pilots-distracted-by-laptops-not-in-cockpits-of-the-future/

Physics, Earth and Space Sciences 

Large Hadron Collider 'Being Sabotaged from the Future'
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,568528,00.html?test=latestnews

LHC now colder than deep space
http://www.physorg.com/news175243758.html

Particle beams injected into LHC
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8326666.stm

At the centre of time 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8266883.stm

32 More Planets Found Outside Solar System
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/10/19/tech/main5396414.shtml?tag=cbsnewsLeadStoriesAreaMain;cbsnewsLeadStoriesHeadlines

Nanosatellites expected to benefit from advanced propulsion technology
http://www.physorg.com/news175166748.html

The next Stephen Hawking: string theory pioneer gets Cambridge post
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2009/oct/20/stephen-hawking-michael-green-cambridge

Galileo and the International Year of Astronomy
http://www.scientificamerican.com/report.cfm?id=galileo-iya-1609

Life Ingredients Found on Extrasolar Gas Giant
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/10/life-ingredients-exoplanet/

Physicists Calculate Exact Number of Alternate Universes 
http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2009-10/physicists-calculate-exact-number-alternate-universes

Panel supports commercial space 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8321353.stm

Would A Mission to Mars Drive Astronauts Insane? Six Earth-Bound Volunteers Aim to Find Out
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/10/24/would-a-mission-to-mars-drive-astronauts-insane-six-earth-bound-volunteers-aim-to-find-out/

Space Truckers Aren't Science Fiction Anymore
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=114135859

Meet Peristera, the 'female pigeon' exoplanet 
http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/shortsharpscience/2009/10/meet-peristera-the-female-pige.html#

Seven questions that keep physicists up at night
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn18041-seven-questions-that-keep-physicists-up-at-night.html#

Jupiter shift pelted inner planets with asteroids
http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/news/3085/jupiter-shift-pelted-inner-planets-with-asteroids

Found: first 'skylight' on the moon
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn18030-found-first-skylight-on-the-moon.html#

Rethinking relativity: Is time out of joint?
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20427314.400-rethinking-relativity-is-time-out-of-joint.html

Space Travel: Major Milestones
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/10/space-milestones

INSIDE THE SPACEPORT
http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/10/27/2108663.aspx

The strangest moments in space launch history
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33499930/ns/technology_and_science-space/

NASA's Orbiter Captures Strange Martian Tattoo Image
http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/air_space/4335010.html

Russia hopes nuclear ship will fly humans to Mars
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091029/ap_on_sc/eu_russia_nuclear_spaceship

Mapping the 'great wheel of water' 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8332418.stm

A Gamma Ray Race Through the Fabric of Space-Time Proves Einstein Right
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/10/29/a-gamma-ray-race-through-the-fabric-of-space-time-proves-einstein-right/

3,000 images combine for Milky Way portrait
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33552821/ns/technology_and_science-space/

NASA to start irradiating monkeys
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33539909/ns/technology_and_science-science/

Previously Unknown Volcanic Eruption Helped Trigger Cold Decade
http://www.physorg.com/news176049231.html

Humans, Shmumans: What Mars Needs Is an Armada of Robots and Blimps
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/10/robotarmada/

Universe's quantum 'speed bumps' no obstacle for light
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn18068-universes-quantum-speed-bumps-no-obstacle-for-light.html

Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources 

UK urged to lead on future food 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8317511.stm

Sugar set to replace oil as the new fuel?
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/science/Sugar-set-to-replace-oil-as-the-new-fuel/articleshow/5140139.cms

Shifting the world to 100 percent clean, renewable energy as early as 2030 -- here are the numbers
http://www.physorg.com/news175173974.html

UN food agency offers free satellite monitoring of forests
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091020/sc_afp/unforestenvironment_20091020161710

Copenhagen 'backup' group meets 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8323006.stm

'Stealth' wind turbine deployed 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8320622.stm

Scientists: Biofuel Laws May Harm Environment
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=114055974

Solar snafu: The contractor finally installs the panels, but goofs
http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/post.cfm?id=solar-snafu-the-contractor-finally-2009-10-22

Wave Power Desalination Plant Coming Soon to Texas
http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/earth/4334777.html#

Bolivia Is the Saudi Arabia Of Our Battery-Powered Future
http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2009-10/bolivia-saudi-arabia-battery-powered-future

Largest Carbon Sequestration Plant To Pump 3.3 Million Tons Of CO2 Into Ground
http://www.popsci.com/environment/article/2009-10/largest-co2-sequestration-plant-pump-33-million-tons-co2-ground

Greenpeace protests genetically modified corn in Mexico 
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/10/20/greenpeace.mexico/index.html

'Freezer plan' bid to save coral 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8324954.stm

Ultracapacitors Make City Buses Cheaper, Greener
http://www.physorg.com/news175355628.html

Japanese automakers' hydrogen car drive
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091025/bs_wl_afp/japanautosectortechnologyenergy_20091025042357

Nuclear energy becomes pivotal in climate debate
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091025/ap_on_go_co/us_nuclear_climate

Australia coastal living at risk 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8327224.stm

Bioengineered Plants Gone Wild
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=114206060

INL scientist is harnessing the power of plasma
http://www.physorg.com/news175855071.html

Climate change threatens quarter of Swiss farmland: research
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091027/sc_afp/switzerlandclimatewarmingfarm_20091027162315

Powering a Green Planet: Sustainable Energy, Made Interactive 
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=powering-a-green-planet

Climate Change Caused Radical North Sea Shift
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/10/north-sea-change/

‘Impossible’ Device Could Propel Flying Cars, Stealth Missiles
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2009/10/impossible-drive-designers-dream-flying-cars-stealth-missiles

Willing to give up blue skies for climate fix?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33495560/ns/us_news-environment/

A new demand for uranium power brings concerns for Navajo groups
Mining planned at a mountain considered sacred 
By Kari Lydersen
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, October 25, 2009 

ACOMA, N.M.-- Uranium from the Grants Mineral Belt running under rugged peaks and Indian pueblos of New Mexico was a source of electric power and military might in decades past, providing fuel for reactors and atomic bombs. 

Now, interest in carbon-free nuclear power is fueling a potential resurgence of uranium mining. But Indian people gathered in Acoma, N.M., for the Indigenous Uranium Forum over the weekend decried future uranium extraction, especially from nearby Mount Taylor, considered sacred by many tribes. Native people from Alaska, Canada, the Western United States and South America discussed the severe health problems uranium mining has caused their communities, including high rates of cancer and kidney disease. 

Uranium companies and government authorities do not dispute this, and federal environmental remediation and workers' compensation programs related to past uranium mining are ongoing. But mining companies say today's methods and regulations have improved so much that locals have nothing to fear. 

Uranium mining and milling in New Mexico began in the late 1940s but nearly ceased in the late 1980s as prices dropped. In 2007, prices climbed to a record $139 per pound, and companies applied for or renewed permits and staked new claims. The economic crisis has had a chilling effect, with prices now at about $43 per pound. But industry officials say they expect high prices soon, especially with the likely passage of a climate bill putting a price on carbon emissions. 
The Grants Mineral Belt, extending 100 miles west from Albuquerque, holds 300 million pounds of extractable uranium. Companies are hoping to mine the country's largest single deposit, about 100 million pounds, around Mount Taylor. This year the National Trust for Historic Preservation named it one of the nation's 11 most endangered places, and the state granted protected status to a swath of the mountain. The company Rio Grande Resources wants to reopen a former Mount Taylor mine that yielded 8 million pounds of uranium for previous owner Chevron from 1986 to 1989. 

About 50 miles from Mount Taylor, the company Hydro Resources Inc. (HRI) also plans to begin mining 101 million pounds starting around the Navajo towns of Church Rock and Crownpoint, N.M. HRI plans to do most of its extraction through in-situ leaching (ISL), where chemicals are injected into an aquifer to mobilize uranium deposits, then the metal is sucked out while the water is purified and returned to the aquifer. Rick Van Horn, senior vice president of operations for HRI's parent company, Uranium Resources, said the process is environmentally safe. Opponents fear it could contaminate their water supply. 

"This has multi-generational effects. I won't even live long enough to see what it does to people in 500 years," said Earl Tulley, who lives near Church Rock and is vice president of the Navajo environmental group Diné Citizens Against Ruining Our Environment. His wife had breast cancer and his daughter had an ovarian tumor removed, both of which were attributed to uranium exposure. "People are being taken apart from the inside out." 

The Grand Canyon watershed also holds vast uranium deposits, with more than 8,000 mining claims filed over a 1 million-acre area. Interior Secretary Ken L. Salazar over the summer instituted a two-year moratorium on awarding new claims or beginning production on claims not already established as viable. While it is not tribal land, this region is considered sacred to many Indians. Navajo Nation President Joe Shirley Jr. and other tribal leaders testified in support of a House bill introduced this year by Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.) that would ban Grand Canyon watershed uranium mining. 

Shirley is a staunch proponent of existing and proposed coal mining and coal-fired power in the Navajo Nation. For several years his administration has been fighting Navajo and outside environmentalists over the proposed Desert Rock coal-burning power plant, which would bring increased coal mining on the reservation. Shirley, who could not be reached for comment, has said the coal plant would be an economic boon for the reservation. Uranium proponents, including some Navajo, likewise say the industry would create badly needed investment and jobs on a reservation where unemployment regularly tops 50 percent. 

Van Horn said HRI would create about 120 jobs for locals and would result in nearly $1 million a year in royalties to the Navajo Nation. Mount Taylor mine manager Joe Lister said their planned operations would create about 600 temporary construction jobs and 400 permanent jobs. 
"Everyone is paying attention to the Native Americans and the environment, but where is Joe Public, that working man who comes in his car with his family from Arizona or Texas and asks, 'Are there any jobs here?' " he said. "No, there's no jobs now. But we hope there will be." 
Chris Shuey, a specialist on uranium mining at the Southwest Research and Information Center, says many uranium companies do not intend to mine unless prices soar. 

"I don't think they're being honest about the chances of new mining. They're . . . setting up false expectations," he said. "It doesn't take a lot of money to put up a fancy Web site. It's a whole other thing to actually reopen a mine, hire staff and produce that first ton of ore. If you're going to propose mining uranium, you should either put up or shut up. And these guys aren't doing it." 

Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences 

Just what does make me 'me'? 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8314093.stm

Science to 'stop age clock at 50' 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8314442.stm

HIV vaccine trial was significant 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8315002.stm

The Woman of Tomorrow: Shorter, Plumper, & More Fertile
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/10/20/the-woman-of-tomorrow-shorter-plumper-more-fertile/

Doctor on-Call? Cell-Phone Cameras Can Diagnose Disease
http://discovermagazine.com/2009/oct/20-future-tech-doctor-on-call-cell-phone-cameras-can-diagnose-disease/

Bionic Eye Opens New World Of Sight For Blind
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113968653

In a 1st, artificial memories wired into fly’s brain
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/science/In-a-1st-artificial-memories-wired-into-flys-brain/articleshow/5143267.cms

Researchers exploit genetic 'co-dependence' to kill treatment-resistant tumor cells
http://www.physorg.com/news175272905.html

Chimps Display Humanlike Good Will
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/10/091019-japan-chimpanzees-altruism-video-ap.html

For the First Time, Geneticists Diagnose Disease Through Whole-Genome Analysis
http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2009-10/diagnosis-whole-genome-sequencing

Doctors Work Towards Womb Transplants–But Are They Ethical?
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/10/23/doctors-work-towards-womb-transplants-but-are-they-ethical/

Male Humpbacks Call Each Other Out
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/10/23/humpback-whales-song.html

Brief shocks may deliver AIDS vaccines better
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091022/sc_nm/us_aids_vaccine_electricity

Gene therapy experiment restores sight in a few
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091024/sc_nm/us_blindness_genetherapy

A gene critical for speech
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/48680/title/A_gene_critical_for_speech

Scientists use world's fastest supercomputer to create the largest HIV evolutionary tree
http://www.physorg.com/news175872209.html

Robotic Pathologist Performs Precise, Clean Autopsies on Humans
http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2009-10/robotic-pathologists-performs-virtual-autopsy

Artificial Sperm and Eggs?
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/10/29/earlyshow/health/main5446928.shtml?tag=cbsnewsLeadStoriesAreaMain;cbsnewsLeadStoriesHeadlines

Patients Waiting for Lung Transplants May Soon Breathe a Sigh of Relief
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/10/29/patients-waiting-for-lung-transplants-may-soon-breathe-a-sigh-of-relief/

Stem cell study leads to breakthrough in understanding infertility
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2009/oct/28/infertility-stem-cell-research

Birds Use Light, Not Magnetic Field, to Migrate
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/10/bird-migration-light/

Other 

Scientists try to calm '2012' hysteria 
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-sci-movie17-2009oct17,0,4123180.story 

Ten Young Geniuses Shakin Up Science Today
http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2009-10/ten-young-geniuses-shaking-science-today

13 real haunted houses you can visit in the U.S.
http://scifiwire.com/2009/10/13-real-haunted-houses-in.php

Haunted Museum- Video
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2009/10/18/kusa.co.haunted.museum.kusa

How vampires rose from myth to modern obsession
http://www.usatoday.com/life/books/reviews/2009-10-29-vampirefilms_st_N.htm

Where do ghosts come from?
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20427321.200-where-do-ghosts-come-from.html

Cemeteries breathe life into tourists
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/10/30/graveyard.tourism/

Thousands line up for last Big Mac in Iceland
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091030/lf_nm_life/us_iceland_mcdonalds

Additional Informational 

Understanding Ancient Hominin Dispersals Using Artefactual Data: A Phylogeographic Analysis of Acheulean Handaxes
http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0007404

Women, Girls Created Paleolithic Cave Art (Photo Gallery)
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/slideshows/women-cave-art.html 

Where will NASA send its astronauts next? (Photo Gallery) 
http://www.newscientist.com/gallery/where-will-nasa-send-its-astronauts-next# 

What should museums throw out? (Photo Gallery) 
http://www.newscientist.com/gallery/dn18003-disposal-throwing-out-museum-artefacts# 

Drilling under the Sphinx (Featuring Dr Zahi Hawass and Dr Mark Lehner)- Video 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qGzfZHWbZE&feature=player_embedded 

Children in Auschwitz 
http://en.auschwitz.org.pl/h/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3&Itemid=21 

We are not allowed to forget (Auschwitz Memorial)- Video 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XDeHbocciw 

Seven cutting-edge and weird robots (Photo Gallery) 
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33423073/ns/technology_and_science-innovation/ 

Top 10 Crimes of the Century 
http://www.time.com/time/2007/crimes/ 

Characters Unite Website 
http://www.charactersunite.com/#/the_pledge 

Top 10 Things that Make Humans Special 
http://www.livescience.com/culture/091030-origins-top10-special.html 

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