[Jawlist] Weekly Science Report 8-20-10

Sat Aug 21 13:41:48 PDT 2010

Good Afternoon,

Below is this week's edition.  Enjoy!

Steve Detwiler

Weekly Science Report
August 20, 2010

“If we cannot end now our differences, at least we can help make the world safe 
for diversity. “ 

President John F. Kennedy

News Articles

Paleontology, Evolution and Prehistoric Studies

Cannibal cavemen of Spain uncovered
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/sciencefair/post/2010/08/cannibal-cavemen-spain-nutrition/1

Europe's prehistoric tombs built in bursts
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/sciencefair/post/2010/08/barrow-tombs-of-prehistoric-europe-built-in-bursts/1

Pets Vital to Human Evolution
http://news.discovery.com/animals/pets-humans-evolution.html

How many dinosaurs could live in Central Park?
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn19312-how-many-dinosaurs-could-live-in-central-park.html

Fossils of Earliest Animal Life Possibly Discovered
http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/fossilsofearliestanimallifepossiblydiscovered

Woolly mammoth extinction 'not linked to humans'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11000635

Giant turtle's demise the fault of humans, study says
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-10970082

Age of "Mitochondrial Eve" Confirmed: 200,000 Years Old
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501465_162-20013899-501465.html?tag=cbsnewsMainColumnArea

Mind-controlling parasites date back millions of years
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38747237/ns/technology_and_science-science/

Signing, Singing, Speaking: How Language Evolved
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129155123

Seven rock-solid careers from the Stone Age
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38527329/ns/technology_and_science-science/

Science Diction: The Origin Of ’Evolution’
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129180199

Ancient and General History

Scientist lives as Inuit for a year to save disappearing language
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/08/13/greenland.inuit.language/index.html?section=cnn_latest

Mysteries Abound in WTC Ship Remains
http://news.discovery.com/history/mysteries-abound-in-wtc-ship-remains.html

Ancient Phoenician City 'Relocated'
http://www.livescience.com/history/auza-phoenician-ancient-city-100811.html

Dura-Europos: Crossroad of Cultures
http://www.archaeology.org/online/features/dura_europos/

Annie Oakley turns 150 
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/Annie-Oakley-Turns-150.html

Alaska plane crash a painful reminder for families of Boggs and Begich
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/14/AR2010081403005.html?hpid=topnews

World Cinema: Yael Hersonski's 'A Film Unfinished' incorporates Nazi footage
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-ca-film-unfinished-20100815,0,96687.story

High in the Andes, Keeping an Incan Mystery Alive
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/17/world/americas/17peru.html?_r=1

UK archivist says uncovers real-life Quasimodo
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100816/lf_nm_life/us_quasimodo_identity

Mystery of the Old Clock persists
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100817/ap_on_go_co/us_capitol_landmark_ohio_clock

DNA results settle Bobby Fischer paternity case
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/08/18/iceland.bobby.fischer/index.html?hpt=T2

MLK memorial's stonework 11,000 miles closer to D.C.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/17/AR2010081705340.html?hpid=topnews

Top food was olives in time of the ancient mariner
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE67B3SG20100812?rpc=401&feedType=RSS&feedName=lifestyleMolt&rpc=401

Collector doesn't want these tracks in the trash
http://articles.latimes.com/2010/aug/15/local/la-me-music-man-20100816

Archaeology

Archaeologists discover Byzantine monastic complex in Istanbul
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=kucukyali-hosts-the-only-surviving-byzantine-monastic-complex-from-the-9th-century-2010-08-13

Newly found Koguryo tomb in N. Korea offers clues to ancient E. Asia
http://home.kyodo.co.jp/modules/fstStory/index.php?storyid=517430

Pioneer-age skeletons found in Ontario
http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2010/08/13/15020086.html

Crime scene where Mary Queen of Scots' husband was murdered is laid bare 
centuries on
http://news.scotsman.com/news/Crime-scene-where-Mary-Queen.6473103.jp

Iron Age burial sites found in Tamil Nadu
http://www.hindustantimes.com/Iron-Age-burial-sites-found-in-Tamil-Nadu/Article1-586067.aspx

Turkey discovers ancient underground tomb
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gW3NXMpqaEDIu9Hu5YaCREYuwxeAD9HIK7V00

Ancient Shipwrecks Found Off Central Italy's Coast
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/europe/Ancient-Shipwrecks-Found-Off-Central-Italys-Coast-100637469.html

Archaeologists say Hartlington Stones in Yorkshire Dales were Medieval furnaces
http://www.culture24.org.uk/history+%2526+heritage/archaeology/art82016

Archaeologists Make Monumental Discovery At Caerleon
http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1903754/archaeologists_make_monumental_discovery_at_caerleon/index.html

Archaeologists Discover the Tomb of a Teenager Buried for Over 1600 Years
http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=39965

Lowdown from Israel Finkelstein; Cockroaches & Conservation
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Radio/News.aspx/2446

Archaeologists expect Roman weapons, find live WWII grenades
http://www.thelocal.de/national/20100812-29123.html

UI prof's Maya research aims to illuminate commoners
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/university-illinois/2010-08-12/ui-profs-maya-research-aims-illuminate-commoners.html

Archaeological findings in Ugarit dating back to Hellenistic and Bronze ages
http://www.english.globalarabnetwork.com/201008156902/Related-news-from-Syria/syria-archaeological-findings-in-ugarit-dating-back-to-hellenistic-and-bronze-ages.html

Groundbreaking archaeological discoveries being made in Guyana
http://www.stabroeknews.com/2010/stories/08/15/groundbreaking-archaeological-discoveries-being-made-in-guyana/

Ancient temple complex discovered near Le Mans
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/aug/17/france-archaeology

Roman city emerges from Sofia metro excavations
http://waz.euobserver.com/887/30625

7,000-year-old oar found
http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/TechandScience/Story/STIStory_567405.html

Amidst Shrapnel in Afghanistan, an Archaeology Discovery
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/08/17/amidst-shrapnel-afghanistan-archaeology/

Archaeolgists digging into Bohai's history
http://english.ruvr.ru/2010/08/17/16104712.html

Archaeologists uncover egg from 9th-century Great Moravia
http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/archaeologists-uncover-egg-from-9th-century-great-moravia/516310

Major archaeological find at site of Civil War prison
http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/08/14/georgia.civil.war.camp/index.html?section=cnn_latest

Ancient Roman Map Puzzle May Get New Pieces
http://news.discovery.com/archaeology/ancient-roman-map-puzzle-may-get-new-pieces.html

Egyptology

Tutankhamun excavation archive goes online
http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/8329326.Tutankhamun_excavation_archive_goes_online/

General Science

Gesture-based computing takes a serious turn
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20727735.400-gesturebased-computing-takes-a-serious-turn.html

How 250 Years of Progress Gave Us the Most Complicated Clock Ever
http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/07/pl_backstory_timemachine/

Lasers could make virtual particles real
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn19327-lasers-could-make-virtual-particles-real.html

The Army's New Artillery Explosive Could Phase Out TNT Entirely Within a Decade
http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2010-08/armys-new-artillery-explosive-could-phase-out-tnt-entirely-within-decade

Physics, Earth and Space Sciences

Sun's 'quiet period' explained
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-10967292

New Trojan asteroid found in Neptune's dead zone
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-10954453

50 years of space elevator dreams
http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2010/08/13/4881974-50-years-of-space-elevator-dreams

Return to Hell: Scientists Ponder Future Venus Landing
http://news.discovery.com/space/return-to-hell-scientists-ponder-future-venus-landing.html

France's 'Mysterious Island' Now Threatened by Ravers
http://news.discovery.com/earth/frances-mysterious-island-now-threatened-by-ravers.html

Telescope promises new look at universe - if NASA can get it into space
http://www.physorg.com/news201098260.html

'Geology Underfoot in Yosemite National Park'
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/08/15/RV931ENO04.DTL&type=science

China aims for sky, tests space station module
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/science/China-aims-for-sky-tests-space-station-module/articleshow/6327377.cms#ixzz0wvQCf3l3

Moons of 'Hot Jupiter' Planets Unlikely to Exist
http://news.discovery.com/space/hot-jupiter-planets-moon.html

Cosmic accelerators discovered in our galaxy by UCLA physicists, Japanese 
colleague
http://www.physorg.com/news201279930.html

Giant nets could remove orbiting space junk
http://www.physorg.com/news201229702.html

Experiments offer tantalizing clues as to why matter prevails in the universe
http://www.physorg.com/news201173430.html

Trip to Mars could leave crew 'dangerously weak'
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.2ce66fbf0dc554797b7d4cd3bfecee56.861&show_article=1

China Top of Orbital Garbage Heap, Study Shows
http://news.discovery.com/space/china-top-of-orbital-garbage-heap-study-shows.html

Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources

Cornwall Wave Hub cable laying halted
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-10968890

'Human-Electric' Hybrid Car Goes 30 MPH Uphill
http://news.discovery.com/tech/human-electric-hybrid-car-goes-30-mph-uphill.html

Liquid Nitrogen Cools Power Plants' Heat
http://news.discovery.com/tech/liquid-nitrogen-cools-power-plants-heat.html

Is solar power cheaper than nuclear power?
http://www.physorg.com/news200578033.html

Scientists call for a global nuclear renaissance in new study
http://www.physorg.com/news200842486.html

"Plug and Play" Solar Panel Kits Offer Homeowners Affordable Alternative Energy 
Source
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=solar-power-in-a-box-sunfish

Scottish Scientists: Whiskey Biofuel to Power Autos
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501465_162-20013826-501465.html?tag=cbsnewsLeadStoriesAreaMain

Antarctic Sea Ice Grows Despite Global Warming—But It Won’t Last
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/08/17/antarctic-sea-ice-grows-despite-global-warming%e2%80%94but-it-wont-last/

A (Load) Balancing Act: The Challenge Of Clean Power
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129253742

Major hurdle cleared for organic solar cells
http://www.physorg.com/news201250004.html

Powering Australia with waves
http://www.physorg.com/news201249928.html

A test center for wind turbines in northwestern Jutland
http://www.physorg.com/news201261823.html

Ecosystem Engineering Could Turn Sprawl Into Sanctuary
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/08/reconciliation-ecology/

Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences

'First' newborn beavers spotted in the Argyll Forest
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-10951209

Way to block growth of brain tumour found
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/science/Way-to-block-growth-of-brain-tumour-found/articleshow/6316623.cms#ixzz0whtH75Qh

Predicting how nanoparticles will react in the human body
http://www.physorg.com/news201094921.html

U.S. judge bans planting of genetically engineered beets
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100814/sc_nm/us_usa_court_sugarbeets

Are you ready for a world without antibiotics?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2010/aug/12/the-end-of-antibiotics-health-infections

Nano-Wiretap Device Can Probe and Monitor Cells in Real Time
http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2010-08/nano-wiretap-device-infiltrates-cells-exposing-electrical-signals-and-potential-medical-secrets

New gel could speed wound healing
http://www.homeland1.com/Public-Health/articles/866226-New-gel-could-speed-wound-healing/

Did concussions play role in Lou Gehrig's disease?
http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/08/17/als.lou.gehrigs.concussions/index.html?hpt=C1

Medicine may be key to cloning's future
http://www.physorg.com/news201283260.html

Organs made to Order
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/specialsections/40th-anniversary/Organs-Made-to-Order.html

Scientists go hiking to probe effects of technology on brain
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38719459/ns/technology_and_science-the_new_york_times/

Other

Friday the 13th Superstitions Rooted in Bible and More
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/08/100813-friday-the-13th-superstitions-triskaidekaphobia/

Sir Patrick Moore's Irish UFO film identified
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-10985156

Do we dare let aliens know we’re here?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38747274/ns/technology_and_science-space/

Additional Informational

Faces of Our Ancestors
http://news.discovery.com/human/early-human-ancestors-faces.html

Birth of 'Ligers' at Zoo Sparks Controversy: Big Pic
http://news.discovery.com/animals/ligers-tigers-lions.html

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