[Jawlist] Weekly Science Report 8-6-10

[Steve Detwiler]

Good Evening,

Below is this week's edition.

Steve Detwiler





Weekly Science Report
August 6, 2010
 
“The American, by nature, is optimistic. He is experimental, an inventor and a 
builder who builds best when called upon to build greatly.”
President John F. Kennedy
 
News Articles
 
Paleontology, Evolution and Prehistoric Studies
 
Whale fossil stuck in Egypt customs wrangle
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-10824132
 
Neolithic stone network found on Orkney
http://news.scotsman.com/news/Neolithic-stone-network-found-on.6454132.jp
 
Prehistoric Cave Paintings Discovered in Dominican Republic
http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=361758&CategoryId=13003
 
Researchers discover fossil of human older than Tabon Man
http://www8.gmanews.tv/story/197541/researchers-discover-fossil-of-human-older-than-tabon-man

 
Researchers uncover 'oldest' dog remains in Swiss cave
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100802/sc_afp/switzerlandgermanyanimaldogoffbeatpaleontology_20100802162511;_ylt=AtpPfduql9rdKZBUH1NjSjLOSpZ4

 
Pakasuchus – the crocodile that’s trying to be a mammal
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2010/08/04/pakasuchus-%E2%80%93-the-crocodile-that%E2%80%99s-trying-to-be-a-mammal/

 
Tiny fish evolved to tolerate colder temperature in three years: study
http://www.physorg.com/news200145464.html
 
Size isn't everything: The big brain myth
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20727711.300-size-isnt-everything-the-big-brain-myth.html

 
Caring for Animals May Have Shaped Human Evolution
http://www.livescience.com/history/caring-for-animals-shaped-human-evolution-100802.html

 
Neanderthal's Cozy Bedroom Unearthed
http://news.discovery.com/archaeology/neanderthal-bedroom-house.html
 
Bizarre frogs rafted atop ancient continents
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38600083/ns/technology_and_science-science/
 

Ancient and General History
 
After 378 years, NH family farm goes up for sale
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/ap_on_bi_ge/us_old_family_farm
 
Tortured life of world's greatest athlete
http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/08/01/greene.jim.thorpe/index.html?hpt=C2
 
Prison massacre witness wants memories to live on
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/08/03/vbs.carandiru.massacre/index.html?hpt=C2

 
Excavation of sites such as Timbuctoo, N.J., is helping to rewrite African 
American history
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/02/AR2010080205217.html?hpid=topnews

 
Poles hope deadly knights will now bring some good
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/31/AR2010073100973.html?hpid=sec-religion

 
Empty mansions are legacy of a mystery heiress
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/38469210/ns/today-today_people/
 
Our Mysterious Stranger
http://www.newsweek.com/2010/07/30/our-mysterious-stranger.html
 
A Little Late: New Mexico Governor May Pardon Billy the Kid
http://newsfeed.time.com/2010/07/30/a-little-late-new-mexico-governor-may-pardon-billy-the-kid/#ixzz0vhRBQ19N

 
What was for FDR's eyes only is now for yours
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/28/AR2010072805917.html?hpid=artslot

 
Rare 3D film shows Warsaw devastated after WWII
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/eu_poland_world_war_ii_in3d
 
Outsiders blamed for Easter Island’s historic demise
http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/news/display/?id=5997
 
Revelations of an ever-changing past
http://www.haaretz.com/magazine/week-s-end/revelations-of-an-ever-changing-past-1.304993

 
Ahead of his time: Carausius was a pirate, a rebel and the first ruler of a 
unified Britain
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/ahead-of-his-time-carausius-was-a-pirate-a-rebel-and-the-first-ruler-of-a-unified-britain-2039008.html

 
Records Suggest Extreme Storms Doomed Famed 1924 Everest Expedition
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/08/04/records-suggest-extreme-storms-doomed-famed-1924-everest-expedition/

 
On Genghis Khan's trail
http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2010/08/04/215985_country-living.html
 
Oldest university on earth is reborn after 800 years
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/oldest-university-on-earth-is-reborn-after-800-years-2042518.html

 
A city bigger than Athens?
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/A-city-bigger-than-Athens/articleshow/6270354.cms

 
Albuquerque Museum Memorializes The Atomic Age
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129031051
 
The Most Powerful Scientist Ever: Winston Churchill's Personal Technocrat
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=the-most-powerful-scientist-ever

 
History of Peru Series – Part 4: TRANSITION – The decline of Chavín and the rise 
of the Lima Culture: Huallamarca
http://www.peruviantimes.com/history-of-peru-series-part-4-transition-the-decline-of-chavin-and-the-rise-of-the-lima-culture-huallamarca/047397

 
 

Archaeology
 
Early-warning system installed to protect ancient Turkish cities
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=early-warning-system-to-protect-ancient-cities-2010-07-27

 
Remains of John the Baptist found in Bulgaria?
http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2010/08/03/remains-of-john-the-baptist-found-in-bulgaria/?hpt=C2

 
UNESCO adds 21 new places to World Heritage list
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100803/ap_tr_ge/lt_travel_brief_world_heritage_sites

 
Archaeologist finds old bones in Florida recreation area
http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/07/28/florida.centuries.old.bones/index.html?hpt=Sbin
 
Scientists give Bronze Age Gristhorpe Man a face and voice
http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/8310552.Scientists_give_face_and_voice_to_Bronze_Age_man/

 
3,000-year-old Canaanite bracelet found in Israel
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/culture/2010-08/03/c_13428487.htm
 
Cambodia's Khmer heritage threatened by looting of archeological sites
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/aug/03/cambodia-khmer-heritage-unesco-angkor

 
River Thames gives up its secrets at The Tower
http://www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk/content/towerhamlets/advertiser/news/story.aspx?brand=ELAOnline&category=news&tBrand=northlondon24&tCategory=newsela&itemid=WeED03%20Aug%202010%2010%3A45%3A41%3A900

 
Archaeology: Medieval treasure found in northeastern Bulgaria
http://www.sofiaecho.com/2010/08/04/942267_archaeology-medieval-treasure-found-in-north-eastern-bulgaria

 
Mexico Finds Tunnel, Possible Tombs Under Ruins
http://abcnews.go.com/Travel/wireStory?id=11318011
 
Ancient treasure rises from Berlin rubble
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5g64nabXIrmauK2XZjXDNxRN5JMyg
 
Archaeologists rescue development's early history
http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2010/08/03/protect-past-forge-future.html?sid=101

 
Extracts of Cyrus Cylinder found in China
http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Extracts-of-Cyrus-Cylinder-found-in-China%20/21147

 
Ancient Powys site might reveal Saxon hall
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-mid-wales-10837347
 
Curious Skeletons Excavated in East Iceland
http://www.icelandreview.com/icelandreview/daily_news/?cat_id=16568&ew_0_a_id=365881

 
Human Remains Dating to 7th Century Found at Peruvian Fortress
http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=361422&CategoryId=14095
 
High-tech methods reveal secrets of antiquity
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/High+tech+methods+reveal+secrets+antiquity/3337692/story.html

 
Cross find may be medieval graffiti
http://findarticles.com/p/news-articles/herald-the-glasgow-uk/mi_8039/is_20100729/cross-find-medieval-graffiti/ai_n54597776/

 
Archaeologists Excavating Sasanian Esfahan
http://www.cais-soas.com/news/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=128:archaeologists-excavating-sasanian-esfahan&catid=43

 
New finds hint at Fort Ancient's purpose
http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20100731/NEWS01/8010321/New-finds-hint-at-Fort-Ancient-s-purpose

 
Humber rock art mystery solved
http://www.thestar.com/article/843240--humber-rock-art-mystery-solved
 
Confederate sub has clues to last mission
http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2010-08-06/confederate-sub-has-clues-last-mission

 
Historians unearth skeletons in surprising find
http://www.thestar.co.uk/doncaster/Historians-unearth-skeletons-in-surprising.6460990.jp

 
Survey shows up Roman remains near Cockermouth and Papcastle
http://www.timesandstar.co.uk/news/other/survey-shows-up-roman-remains-near-cockermouth-and-papcastle-1.743189?referrerPath=news/other

 
Reading the Zip Codes of 3,500-Year-Old Letters
http://www.aftau.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=12647
 
Britain's Prehistoric Funerals - Six Feet Under, or a Bronze Age Mound?
http://heritage-key.com/blogs/mary-ann-craig/britains-prehistoric-funerals-six-feet-under-or-bronze-age-mound?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+hkdigest+%28Heritage+Key+Digest%29

 
'Fantastic' dig ends at Marden Henge in Wiltshire 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/wiltshire/hi/people_and_places/history/newsid_8892000/8892445.stm

 
New findings from ancient tomb in Italy
http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2010/08/05/New-findings-from-ancient-tomb-in-Italy/UPI-42701281054685/

 
Archaeologists find Great Moravian rotunda
http://www.praguemonitor.com/2010/08/05/czech-archaeologists-find-great-moravian-rotunda

 
Archaeologists work on Medieval site in Isle of Man
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-10879580
 
Bulgarian Archaeologists Discover Ancient Winery
http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=118852
 
 
Shipwreck could yield the USS Scorpion from the War of 1812
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/04/AR2010080407095.html

 
Maya Funerary Tapestry Restored and Ready for Exhibition
http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=39630
 
 
 

Egyptology
 
King Tut's Chariots: Ferraris of Ancient Egypt
http://news.discovery.com/history/king-tut-chariot-egypt.html
 
How Cleopatra Won Her Bet
http://news.discovery.com/history/cleopatra-pearl-cocktail.html
 
Who Nose What Happened to the Great Sphinx of Giza?
http://heritage-key.com/blogs/prad/who-nose-what-happened-great-sphinx-giza?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+hkdigest+%28Heritage+Key+Digest%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

 
Researchers from Polish Academy of Sciences discovered new archaeological sites 
in Egypt
http://en.naukawpolsce.pl/palio/html.run?_Instance=cms_naukapl.pap.pl&_PageID=1&s=szablon.depesza&dz=archeology&dep=374434&data=&lang=EN&_CheckSum=882016613

 

General Science
 
China Plans Huge Buses That Can DRIVE OVER Cars (PHOTOS)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/huffpost/669166
 
1962 glass could be Corning's next bonanza seller
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/1962-glass-could-be-Cornings-apf-978849301.html?x=0

 
“Anti-Laser” Would Absorb the Light a Laser Shoots out
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/08/04/anti-laser-would-absorb-the-light-a-laser-shoots-out/

 
 
 
 
 

Physics, Earth and Space Sciences
 
Cooling problem sets off alarms on International Space Station
http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/08/01/space.station.warning/index.html?hpt=T2
 
Earth's Inner Core Might Be on the Move
http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20100804/sc_livescience/earthsinnercoremightbeonthemove

 
DIY Kit Puts Satellites Into Orbit for $8,000
http://news.discovery.com/space/personal-satellite-kit.html
 
Exploding star 'viewed in 3D'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-10867687
 
Scientists Take Quantum Steps Toward Teleportation
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128910996
 
Space-bound Robonaut is a big hit on Twitter
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38566833/ns/technology_and_science-space/
 
For the First Time Ever, Scientists Watch an Atom's Electrons Moving in Real 
Time
http://www.physorg.com/news200149564.html
 
U.S.-Canadian mission set to map Arctic seafloor
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100801/sc_nm/us_usa_canada_arctic
 
Mercury Rising: MESSENGER Reveals Volcanism, Magnetic Storms and a Complex 
Exosphere on the Solar System's Smallest Planet
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=mercury-messenger-flyby
 
Giant balloons could clear out space junk
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn19262-giant-balloons-could-clear-out-space-junk.html

 
Voyager: A robotic Columbus for the space age
http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/08/voyager-a-robotic-columbus-for-the-space-age.html

 
Aug. 5, 1962: First Quasar Discovered
http://www.wired.com/thisdayintech/2010/08/0805first-quasar-located/
 
What hit the Moon? New crater makes a splash
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/100803_crater.htm
 
Senate passes NASA “compromise” bill to build new rocketship
http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/news_space_thewritestuff/2010/08/senate-passes-nasa-compromise-bill.html

 
Moon 'too dry to have life', say scientists
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-10880032
 
Suits for Mars mission tested in Alps
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/science/Suits-for-Mars-mission-tested-in-Alps/articleshow/6263563.cms

 
 
 
NASA backs commercial moonshots
http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2010/08/06/4834280-nasa-backs-commercial-moonshots

 
Deep impact market: the race to acquire meteorites
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20727724.000-deep-impact-market-the-race-to-acquire-meteorites.html

 
Tilting solar sails will ease geostationary congestion
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20727724.300-tilting-solar-sails-will-ease-geostationary-congestion.html

 
Physicists use offshoot of string theory to describe puzzling behavior of 
superconductors
http://www.physorg.com/news200224981.html
 
 

Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources
 
China to invest 15 billion dollars in green cars
http://www.physorg.com/news200145730.html
 
Logging a threat to Europe's last primeval forest: activists
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100804/sc_afp/polandenvironmentforest_20100804180214

 
Stanford's New Solar Cells Are The First to Produce Electricity From Both Light 
and Heat
http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2010-08/stanford-researchers-new-solar-cells-convert-light-and-heat-electricity

 
Huge ice sheet breaks from Greenland glacier
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-10900235
 
Fuelling future: Soon, cars to run on thin air
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/science/Fuelling-future-Soon-cars-to-run-on-thin-air/articleshow/6267754.cms#ixzz0w26VY3Ev

 
Wind turns to gold in remote Romanian region
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100808/lf_afp/romaniaalternativewindenergyeconomy_20100808052720

 
Innovation: Reinventing urban wind power
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn19274-innovation-reinventing-urban-wind-power.html


Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences
 
Ancient blob-like creature of the deep revealed by scientists
http://www.physorg.com/news200128725.html
 
Image of new antibiotic in action opens up new opportunities to combat 
antibacterial resistance
http://www.physorg.com/news200144888.html
 
Artificial life forms evolve basic intelligence
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20727723.700-artificial-life-forms-evolve-basic-intelligence.html

 
The Army's Wants a Genetic Vaccinator that Blasts Doses of DNA Right Through the 
Patient's Skin
http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2010-08/armys-wants-dna-vaccinator-blasts-genes-right-through-skin

 
GM plants 'established in the wild'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-10859264
 
From Connective-Tissue Cells to Heart Cells With No Stops In Between
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/08/06/from-connective-tissue-cells-to-heart-cells-with-no-stops-in-between/

 
In 5yrs, broken heart to mend itself
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/science/In-5yrs-broken-heart-to-mend-itself/articleshow/6267746.cms

 
Gamma knife for surgery sans scalpel
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/science/Gamma-knife-for-surgery-sans-scalpel/articleshow/6263540.cms

 
Aiming High, DARPA Wants Inhalable Drugs to Counter Effects of Extreme Altitudes
http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2010-08/aiming-high-darpa-wants-inhalable-drugs-counter-effects-extreme-altitudes

 
World's rarest coral found in remote Pacific atoll
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38566957/ns/technology_and_science-science/
 

Other
 
British X-Files reveal secret UFO study
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38566733/ns/technology_and_science-space/
 
The lasting power of oral traditions
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/jul/29/lasting-power-oral-tradition
 
New Oxford centre to study intelligence
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/science/New-Oxford-centre-to-study-intelligence/articleshow/6270811.cms

 
Japanese and US whizzes claim news record for pi calculation -- five trillion 
decimal places
http://www.physorg.com/news200209829.html
 
Oxygen fuels the fires of time
http://www.physorg.com/news199964111.html
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Additional Informational
 
Pictures: Human-Sacrifice Chamber Discovered in Peru
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/07/photogalleries/100730-human-sacrifice-chamber-peru-presentation-science-pictures/#mayan-sacrifice-chamber-burial_24150_600x450.jpg

 
Mars: Exposure of North Polar Layers- Photos
http://www.cbsnews.com/2300-205_162-10004395.html?tag=cbsnewsLeadStoriesAreaMain
 
Galleries / Shedding Dark: Discoveries That Totally Confused Scientists
http://discovermagazine.com/photos/shedding-dark-discoveries-that-totally-confused-scientists/

 
When the Sea Saved Humanity, Made Interactive
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=interactive-seas-saved-humanity
 
U.S. Holocaust Museum, Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos
http://www.ushmm.org/research/center/encyclopedia/
 
Archaeology and Human Evolution
http://www.springerlink.com/content/6255546790582001/fulltext.html
 
KV-63
http://www.kv-63.com/ottosdigdiary2010.html


      
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