[Jawlist] Weekly Science Report 1-8-10

Tue Jan 12 16:07:36 PST 2010

Hello Everyone,

Below is this week's edition.  Enjoy!

Steve Detwiler

Weekly Science Report 
January 8, 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 

Modern Behavior of Early Humans Found Half-Million Years Earlier Than Thought 
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/12/091221130025.htm 

Bird-like dinosaur was 'venomous' 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8425200.stm 

Stonewares of Neolithic Age found in SE Tibet 
http://chinatibet.people.com.cn/6853832.html 

Early Whale Was Dwarf Mud-Sucker, Fossils Hint 
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/12/091223-whale-dwarf-australia-sucker-fossil.html 

280-Million-Year-Old Reptiles' Last Meal Preserved
http://news.discovery.com/dinosaurs/the-280-million-year-old-reptiles-last-meal-preserved.html 

The Skinny On Dino Bling- Video
http://news.discovery.com/videos/dinos-the-skinny-on-dino-bling.html 

Using modern sequencing techniques to study ancient modern humans
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-12/cp-ums122309.php

Evolution caught in the act: Scientists measure how quickly genomes change 
http://www.physorg.com/news181467990.html 

Method found to read 30,000-year-old DNA 
http://www.deccanchronicle.com/international/method-found-read-30000-year-old-dna-826 

What's new with Neanderthals? 
http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2010/01/07/2168131.aspx 

Ancient and General History 

Polish police retrieve damaged Auschwitz gate sign 
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/eu_poland_auschwitz_sign_stolen 

Auschwitz security to be tightened after theft 
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34503643/ns/world_news-europe/ 

Demjanjuk says in pain, Holocaust survivors testify 
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091221/wl_nm/us_germany_demjanjuk 

French WWII babies shed shame, find German roots 
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/eu_france_children_of_war 

Santa Claus: The Real Man Behind the Myth 
http://www.livescience.com/culture/091222-santa-myths-facts.html 

DaVinci's Outline In The Last Supper?- Video 
http://news.discovery.com/videos/history-davincis-outline-in-the-last-supper.html 

Christmas Elements Have Pagan Roots- Video 
http://news.discovery.com/videos/history-christmas-elements-have-pagan-roots.html 

Dec. 18, 1878: Let There Be Light — Electric Light 
http://www.wired.com/thisdayintech/2009/12/1218joseph-swan-electric-bulb 

Reincarnated WWII Pilot?- Video 
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/2009/12/23/lkl.reincarnation.cnn 

Mayan glyphs detail priest's life, blood sacrifices 
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091229/sc_afp/mexicoarchaeologymaya_20091229042717 

Historians chew over mystery of old tooth from Boleyn home 
http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2009/dec/29/tooth-found-blickling-hall 

Naga heritage traced back to 50 B.C. 
http://www.morungexpress.com/frontpage/40361.html 

Brewing Up a Civilization 
http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/0%2C1518%2C668642%2C00.html 

Behind the Scenes: The First American Women in Antarctica 
http://www.livescience.com/history/091224-bts-women-antarctica.html 

George Washington's Christmas Crossing 
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/George-Washingtons-Christmas-Crossing.html 

Bicentennial Anxiety: Why Mexicans Are Wary of 2010 
http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20091231/wl_time/08599195005100 

Moors give up ancient secret
http://www.scarborougheveningnews.co.uk/news/Moors-give-up-ancient-secret.5947347.jp

From the archive: We suffered. We prospered. We survived 
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2009/dec/31/19thcentury-britain-queen-victoria-society 

Relic reveals Noah's ark was circular 
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/jan/01/noahs-ark-was-circular 

Rumors abound that new Leonardo da Vinci painting has been found in Boston 
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/30/AR2009123002901.html?hpid=topnews 

Japanese, Chinese historians fail to bridge differences 
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091225/wl_asia_afp/japanchinahistorywwii_20091225044954 

Passions over 'prosperity gospel': Was Jesus wealthy? 
http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/wayoflife/12/25/RichJesus/index.html 

Indian tribes buy back thousands of acres of land 
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091227/ap_on_re_us/us_buying_back_america 

Disgraced Miss. judge to report to federal prison 
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_mississippi_bribery 

Tenn. officials want Davy Crockett document 
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100105/ap_on_re_us/us_davy_crockett_marriage_license 

Double Atomic bomb survivor dies in Japan 
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100106/ap_on_re_as/as_japan_obit_bomb_victim 

Archaeology 

First Jesus-era house found in Nazareth 
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34511072/ns/technology_and_science-science/ 

Archeological team finds ancient shrine in Yogyakarta 
http://www.antara.co.id/en/news/1261411521/archeological-team-finds-ancient-shrine-in-yogyakarta 

Tales of hidden gold reveal mysterious niche in Ottoman-era bridge 
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1137035.html 

Historian: Paducah site could yield Civil War relics 
http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20091220/NEWS01/912200360/1008/Historian++Paducah+site+could+yield+Civil+War+relics 

Archaeologists to explore feasting habits of ancient builders of Stonehenge 
http://www.culture24.org.uk/history+%2526+heritage/archaeology/megaliths+and+prehistoric+archaeology/art74382 

Midlands museums face Vatican battle for Staffordshire Hoard 
http://www.birminghammail.net/news/top-stories/2009/12/20/midlands-museums-face-vatican-battle-for-staffordshire-hoard-97319-25433986/ 

Sixty Headless Skeletons -- 3,000 Years Old -- Discovered in Pacific Ocean Archipelago Vanuatu 
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/12/091215164909.htm 

Evidence of Benidorm's first settlers found in the Sierra Helada 
http://www.typicallyspanish.com/news/publish/article_24423.shtml 

Pot found in Manti-LaSal thought to be several centuries old 
http://www.ecprogress.com/index.php?tier=1&article_id=8561 

Archaeologists: Middle Euphrates Civilization - Magnificent Architecture Bears the Stamp of Clay 
http://www.english.globalarabnetwork.com/200912184073/Culture/archaeologists-middle-euphrates-civilization-magnificent-architecture-bears-the-stamp-of-clay-in-syria.html 

Excavation of ancient Sindh site started 
http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=214285 

Team finds Australian hospital ship sunk in WW2 
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091220/sc_nm/us_australia_ship 

From Ur's Royal Tombs 
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703740004574513482277694674.html 

Ancient artifacts found at Ohio plant site 
http://www.examiner.com/a-2394644~Ancient_artifacts_found_at_Ohio_plant_site.html 

Stone basins may be Miwok salt 'factory' 
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/12/30/MN571AV6P0.DTL 

Unearthed cross 'a Christian advert' 
http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/Unearthed-cross-39a-Christian-advert39.5946905.jp 

Third excavation of Bai Coi archeological site launched 
http://www.saigon-gpdaily.com.vn/Culture_Art/2009/12/77721/ 

Handful of Iron Beads Offer Clues to Solve Mystery of Ancient Iron Forges 
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/12/091228124733.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Latest+Science+News%29 

A sweet discovery 
http://staugustine.com/news/local-news/2009-12-28/sweet-discovery 

7th-century Buddha statue found in Kargil
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/7th-century-Buddha-statue-found-in-Kargil/560515 

Pakistan's Turmoil Endangers Its Archaeological Treasures 
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1950034,00.html?xid=rss-topstories 

Civil War history surfaces with help of Austin archaeology group 
http://www.statesman.com/news/texas/civil-war-history-surfaces-with-help-of-austin-148311.html 

Conversation: Sacred Stones 
http://www.archaeology.org/1001/etc/conversation.html 

Archaeological dig to reveal mystery Roman building in Chester 
http://www.chesterchronicle.co.uk/chester-news/local-chester-news/2009/12/24/archaeological-dig-to-reveal-mystery-roman-building-in-chester-59067-25451625/ 

Seventh grave discovered at Skye Bronze Age dig site
http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/1536528?UserKey=#ixzz0bEuGZmHD 

Ancient tomb up to 2,500 years old discovered in Khanh Hoa
http://english.vietnamnet.vn/lifestyle/200912/Ancient-tomb-up-to-2500-years-old-discovered-in-Khanh-Hoa-887141/

Department of Interior lax in care of museum collections, report says
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705355112/Museum-collections-not-cared-for.html

Firm investigating artifacts at Ohio sites 
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2009/12/30/Firm-investigating-artifacts-at-Ohio-sites/UPI-47801262195526/

Relic of Antarctica's first plane found on ice-edge
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100102/sc_nm/us_antarctica_plane

Chromatic Palette of Mexica Sculptural Art Identified 
http://www.artdaily.com/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=35368 

Archeological Site Opens in Huatulco, Mexico  
http://english.ntdtv.com/ntdtv_en/ns_na/2010-01-01/081329017921.html 

Devizes burial pit mystery 
http://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/news/towns/devizesheadlines/4827492.Devizes_burial_pit_mystery/ 

Ancient child’s coffin unearthed at Parthian site in southwestern Iran 
http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=211251 

Archaeologists Nearing The End Of Dig At Former Indian Village 
http://www.greenevillesun.com/story/307405 

Cable gang unearth an Iron Age fire mystery 
http://www.cravenherald.co.uk/news/4824195.Cable_gang_unearth_an_Iron_Age_fire_mystery/ 

China finds likely tomb of 3rd century general 
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_china_general_s_tomb 

Plateau was ancient salt-making site 
http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100103/A_NEWS/1030314#STS=g47oj6h2.z4x 

Valletta was built on agricultural land, archaeological evidence shows 
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20100104/local/valletta-was-built-on-agricultural-land-archaeological-evidence-shows 

Egyptology 

A piece of history resurfaces 
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2009/978/eg8.htm 

Massive statue of Egyptian ruler Taharqa found deep inside Sudan
http://heritage-key.com/blogs/owenjarus/massive-statue-egyptian-ruler-taharqa-found-deep-inside-sudan?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+hkdigest+%28Heritage+Key+Digest%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

Egypt archaeologists discover huge tomb near Cairo 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8440364.stm 

General Science 

Accelerators and Light Sources of Tomorrow (Part 1: From Linacs to Lasers) 
http://www.physorg.com/news180718811.html 

Computers offer a faster way to cure humanity's ills 
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/dec/20/information-technology-medical-research 

Air Force's Next-Gen Bomber Will Be More Spy Plane Than Strike Aircraft 
http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2009-12/air-forces-next-gen-bomber-will-be-more-spy-plane-strike-aircraft 

Platoon-Level 'Cloud' Lets Soldiers Swap Data, Increases 'Network Lethality' 
http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2009-12/platoon-level-cloud-lets-soldiers-swap-data-increases-network-lethality 

Our Vision of the Future of Magazines 
http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2009-12/our-vision-future-magazines 

Robots to shape wars of the future 
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/2009-12-28-robot-weapons-guilt_N.htm?loc=interstitialskip 

China’s New Bullet Train Breaks Speed Record; Makes Amtrak Cry
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/12/31/chinas-new-bullet-train-breaks-speed-record-makes-amtrak-cry/ 

Tech by 2010: Could've been better? 
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34641658/ns/technology_and_science-tech_and_gadgets/ 

The future of brain-controlled devices 
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/12/30/brain.controlled.computers/index.html 

Device turns thoughts into speech 
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34642356/ns/technology_and_science-innovation/ 

Physics, Earth and Space Sciences 

Europe's Mars missions get final go-ahead 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8421637.stm 

What if Earth really did have rings? 
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/12/21/the-rings-of-earth/ 

Can We Find A Living Planet by 2020?
http://news.discovery.com/space/can-we-find-a-living-planet-by-2020.html 

Microbes survive 30,000 years inside a salt crystal 
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20427393.700-microbes-survive-30000-years-inside-a-salt-crystal.html 

Out of the Blue, DARPA Seeks Means to Manipulate Lightning 
http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2009-12/out-blue-darpa-seeks-means-manipulate-lightning 

Australian astronomer finds crater from ancient stories, Google maps 
http://www.itwire.com/content/view/30255/1066/ 

Ancient Tree (Almost) Older Than Dirt 
http://news.discovery.com/earth/ancient-tree-jurupa-oak-california.html 

Nasa picks three in space contest 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8434815.stm 

Europe's Goce satellite probes Earth's gravity 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8408957.stm 

Near the Edge of the Solar System, Voyager 2 Finds Magnetic Fluff 
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/12/29/near-the-edge-of-the-solar-system-voyager-2-finds-magnetic-fluff/ 

'Goldilocks' Zone Bigger Than Once Thought 
http://news.discovery.com/space/goldilocks-zone-exoplanet-moon-life.html 

'Earth's magnetic pole racing towards Russia' 
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/science/Earths-magnetic-pole-racing-towards-Russia/articleshow/5379428.cms 

Suzaku Finds 'Fossil' Fireballs from Supernovae 
http://www.physorg.com/news181410279.html 

New Horizons Crosses a Threshold: Closer to Pluto than Earth 
http://www.physorg.com/news181381526.html 

NASA's WISE Space Telescope Jettisons Its Cover 
http://www.physorg.com/news181381778.html 

Dec. 30, 1924: Hubble Reveals We Are Not Alone 
http://www.wired.com/thisdayintech/2009/12/1230hubble-first-galaxy-outside-milky-way 

Space Probe Gets Halfway to Pluto in Record Time 
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/12/space-probe-gets-halfway-to-pluto-in-record-time/ 

Physicist Taps Pop Culture to Explain New Theory of Time 
http://www.wired.com/magazine/2009/12/pl_print_carroll/ 

NASA plans backup astronaut escape system 
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34643155/ns/technology_and_science-science/ 

Obama set to launch vision for NASA 
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/space/2009-12-29-NASA-Obama-mission-budget_N.htm 

Long-Lived Mars Rovers Begin Year 7 on Red Planet 
http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/longlivedmarsroversbeginyear7onredplanet 

Astronomers flock to giant astronomy gathering 
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34678545/ns/technology_and_science-space/ 

Revealed: How moon gets its exosphere? 
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/science/Revealed-How-moon-gets-its-exosphere-/articleshow/5404480.cms 

Northern South America Rainier During Little Ice Age 
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/12/091230183843.htm 

Search for extraterrestrial life gains momentum around the world 
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/18/AR2009121803605.html?hpid=topnews 

NASA's Kepler mission finds 5 new planets 
http://blogs.usatoday.com/sciencefair/2010/01/nasas-kepler-mission-finds-5-new-planets.html?loc=interstitialskip 

Planet-hunting telescope unearths hot mysteries 
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/ap_on_sc/us_sci_space_mystery 

Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources 

Potatoes, algae replace oil in US company's plastics 
http://www.physorg.com/news180594717.html 

Biofuels: can they fuel our lifestyle without taking food from the poor? 
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/blog/2009/dec/22/biofuels-second-generation-ethics-consultation 

Hole in the moon could shelter colonists
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34645328/ns/technology_and_science-space/

Why Geoengineering? 
http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/24174/ 

Energy 2.0: What Comes From After Oil 
http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/12/22/green_eye/entry6010277.shtml?tag=cbsnewsLeadStoriesAreaMain;cbsnewsLeadStoriesPrimary 

Are Engines the Future of Solar Power? 
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=are-engines-the-future-of-solar-power 

Uranium Is So Last Century — Enter Thorium, the New Green Nuke 
http://www.wired.com/magazine/2009/12/ff_new_nukes/ 

How Algal Biofuels Lost a Decade in the Race to Replace Oil 
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/12/the-lost-decade-of-algal-biofuel/ 

Engineered tobacco plants have more potential as a biofuel 
http://www.physorg.com/news181457322.html 

Storm ‘echoes’ could break up ice shelves 
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34638036/ns/technology_and_science-science/ 

Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences 

Stem cell treatment restores sight to partially blind man 
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2009/dec/22/stem-cell-treamtent-sight-blind 

2010 preview: Genome sequencing for all 
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20427396.200-2010-preview-genome-sequencing-for-all.html 

Highlights >From the Warren Anatomical Museum 
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/Highlights-From-the-Warren-Anatomical-Museum.html 

First commercial 3-D bio-printer makes human tissue and organs 
http://rdmag.com/New-To-Market/2009/12/New-to-Market-First-commercial-3-D-bio-printer-makes-human-tissue-and-organs/ 

Robotic Knee Helps Perfectly Healthy Runners Run Even Better 
http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2009-12/robotic-leg-helps-perfectly-healthy-runners-run-even-better 

Promising New Class of Antibiotics Causes Bacteria to Commit Suicide 
http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2009-12/hydroxyurea-shows-promise-antibiotic 

Scientists Decode Entire Genetic Code of Cancer 
http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2009-12/cracked-scientists-decode-entire-genetic-code-lung-and-skin-cancer 

Reflecting On A Decade Of Stem Cell Research 
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=121974325 

Scientists discover a controller of brain circuitry 
http://www.physorg.com/news181241784.html 

The decade we learned the language of life 
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2009/dec/29/science-decade-genetics-language-of-life 

Angels can't fly, scientist says 
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/topics/christmas/6860351/Angels-cant-fly-scientist-says.html 

How to Create a Designer Baby 
http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/health_medicine/4340490.html 

Photovoltaic Retinal Implants Are Powered By The Images They See 
http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2009-12/powering-retinal-implants-near-infrared-images 

Killer superbug solution discovered in Norway
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34633137/ns/health-infectious_diseases/

Scientists find clue to killer of Tasmanian devils
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100101/ap_on_sc/us_sci_tasmanian_devils

Brain implant turns thought into sound 
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/science/Brain-implant-turns-thought-into-sound/articleshow/5403296.cms 

Computer-aided design for life itself 
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20427395.100-computeraided-design-for-life-itself.html 

Fake blood-clotting products to heal wounded soldiers 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8413336.stm 

Bacteria Power Tiny Machines
http://news.discovery.com/tech/bacteria-power-tiny-machines.html 

Other 

Decades of future science 
http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/12/22/2159108.aspx 

It’s ‘Truth or Dare’ time for racketeers 
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34646856/ns/technology_and_science-space/ 

Breaking Into The 'Department Of Mad Scientists'
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122148551 

Cracking the Majorana code 
http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/01/cracking-the-majorana-code.php 

Got ruins? Undersea archaeologists release new photos 
http://www.heralddeparis.com/got-ruins-undersea-archaeologists-release-new-photos/66899 

Scientist says dolphins should get human status 
http://scifiwire.com/2010/01/scientist-says-dolphins-s-1.php 

Archaeologists: 50,000 Years Old Volcanic Cave Discovered in Syria 
http://www.english.globalarabnetwork.com/201001024226/Culture/archaeologists-50000-years-old-volcanic-cave-discovered-in-syria.html 

Additional Informational 

Graham Hancock’s YouTube Account 
http://www.youtube.com/user/GrahamHancockDotCom 

Graham Hancock’s Facebook Account 
http://www.facebook.com/stevedetwiler?ref=profile#/profile.php?id=100000555048221 

Simulation Renders Entire Known Universe- Video 
http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2009-12/new-simulation-renders-entire-known-universe 

Egypt and Nubia in the 5th–4th millennia BCE: A view from the First Cataract and its surroundings 
http://www.britishmuseum.org/pdf/Gatto.pdf 

SPECTRAL IMAGING OF OSTRACA 
http://www.palarch.nl/wp-content/bearman_g_wa_christens_barry_spectral_imaging_of_ostraca_palarchs_journal_of_archaeology_of_egypt_egyptology_6_7_2009.pdf 

How to Build a Human Brain, in 7 Easy Steps- Photo Gallery
http://discovermagazine.com/photos/how-to-build-human-brain-in-07-easy-steps/

History's Most Overlooked Mysteries
http://www.livescience.com/history/top10_history_mysteries.html

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