[Jawlist] Weekly Science Report 3-12-10

Sun Mar 14 18:08:47 PDT 2010

Good Evening Everyone,

Below is this week's edition.

Steve Detwiler

Weekly Science Report
March 12, 2010

"Sometimes only when its dark enough can you see the stars."
Martin Luther King Junior

News Articles

Paleontology, Evolution and Prehistoric Studies

Indonesian 'hobbit' challenges evolutionary theory
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gEFmNjBaCy9lw5R5z1xwPVPGB3ewD9E9J5V80

DNA of extinct birds extracted from ancient eggshell 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8558683.stm

Did 'midwife molecule' assemble first life on Earth?
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn18623-did-midwife-molecule-assemble-first-life-on-earth.html

Students' perceptions of Earth's age influence acceptance of human evolution, says study
http://www.physorg.com/news187463119.html

Prehistoric Response to Global Warming Informs Human Planning Today
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/03/100310162831.htm

Wooly mammoth carcass from Siberia reveals information about ice-age creatures
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/08/AR2010030803850.html

Kerala's possible Mediterranean links unearthed by researchers
http://www.businessghana.com/portal/news/index.php?op=getNews&news_cat_id=1&id=123717

Ancient and General History

3,000 years old history unearthed at Jajmau
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kanpur/3000-years-old-history-unearthed-at-Jajmau/articleshow/5652279.cms

Evidence of Mormon Participation in Mexican War Found
http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=36676

Ancient Texts Present Mayans As Literary Geniuses
http://www.buffalo.edu/news/11035

Khirbet Qeiyafa identified as biblical “Neta’im”
http://newmedia-eng.haifa.ac.il/?p=2654

Searching for Zheng: China's Ming-Era Voyager
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1969939,00.html?xid=rss-fullworld-yahoo

Why and how did Native Americans build mounds?
http://www.examiner.com/x-40598-Architecture--Design-Examiner~y2010m3d7-Why-and-how-did-Native-Americans-build-mounds

JFK Condolence Letters Published
http://news.discovery.com/history/jfk-assassination-letters-to-jackie-book-published.html

March 9, 1454: This Man Is a Continent … or Two
http://www.wired.com/thisdayintech/2010/03/0309amerigo-vespucci-born

March 5, 1904: Tesla’s Having a Ball
http://www.wired.com/thisdayintech/2010/03/0305tesla-ball-lightning

The Search for the Guggenheim Treasure
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/The-Search-for-the-Guggenheim-Treasure.html

Ancient Norse colonies hit bad climate times
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/57056/title/Ancient_Norse_colonies_hit_bad_climate_times

In the footsteps of Moses, climbing Mount Sinai
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35797798/ns/travel-active/

Everest expedition to find Mallory's camera
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35837111/ns/technology_and_science-science/

Mass Graves of Nazi Victims Found in Austria
http://news.discovery.com/history/mass-graves-nazis-austria.html

The Great British Tea Heist
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/The-Great-British-Tea-Heist.html

Archaeology

Ancient pottery in Tillyria dig
http://www.cyprus-mail.com/cyprus/ancient-pottery-tillyria-dig/20100304

More tombs at the La Pava de Mochumí site
http://enperublog.com/2010/03/04/more-tombs-at-the-la-pava-de-mochumi-site/

Ancient crypt discovered
http://www.yobserver.com/local-news/10018277.html

Archeological Site Proves Earlier Civilization In Malaysia
http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/newsindex.php?id=480310

4,500-year-old Harappan settlement excavated in Kutch
http://www.deccanherald.com/content/56757/4500-year-old-harappan-settlement.html

Rock inscription reveals ‘Telangana’ is 600 yrs
http://www.siasat.com/english/news/rock-inscription-reveals-%E2%80%98telangana%E2%80%99-600-yrs

Czech archaeologists find oldest settlement in Arbil, north Iraq
http://praguemonitor.com/2010/03/08/czech-archaeologists-find-oldest-settlement-arbil-north-iraq

Archaeological find Roman baths unearthed in Tarragona
http://www.barcelonareporter.com/index.php?/news/comments/archaeological_find_roman_baths_unearthed_in_tarragona/0803100221am

Qin Shihuang Tomb has north gate
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90782/90873/6912245.html

Maya fountain unearthed by archaeologists
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/sciencefair/post/2010/03/maya-pyramid-plumbing-unearthed-by-archaeologists/1

Roman and Byzantine Graveyards Unearthed near Damascus
http://www.sana.sy/eng/35/2010/03/09/277178.htm

Primitive Agricultural Tools Found in Villa Clara
http://www.cubaheadlines.com/2010/03/09/20522/primitive_agricultural_tools_found_villa_clara.html

Stretch of oldest Great Wall identified in central China
http://www.china.org.cn/china/2010-03/09/content_19566968.htm

Ancient Chola period temple unearthed in North
http://www.dailynews.lk/2010/03/09/news12.asp

Egypt Restores Historic Synagogues
http://news.discovery.com/archaeology/eqypt-synagogues-restoration.html

Headless Man's Tomb Found Under Maya Torture Mural
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/03/100312-headless-bonampak-tomb-maya-torture-mural/

Bulgaria Archaeologists, Architects Move to Save Cybele Temple
http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=114155

Maya Site Inhabitants Manufactured Weapons and Tools
http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=36818

Thessaloniki metro works reveal archaeological finds
http://www.ana-mpa.gr/anaweb/user/showplain?maindoc=8517089&maindocimg=8514989&service=144

Panauti dig seeks new light on medieval Nepal
http://www.myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=16243

Archaeologists seek to research, restore the ‘Cavanaugh Mound’
http://www.thecitywire.com/index.php?q=node/8934

Grave likely holds East Timorese freedom fighters
http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20100312/API/1003121816?Title=Grave-likely-holds-East-Timorese-freedom-fighters

Is Venezuela flooding an unexplored holy site?
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/venezuela/100301/el-porvenir-archaeology-indigenous

America's architectural heritage - the "basket houses" of the South Atlantic Coast
http://www.examiner.com/x-40598-Architecture--Design-Examiner~y2010m3d12-Americas-architectural-heritage--the-basket-houses-of-the-South-Atlantic-Coast

America's architectural heritage - how Native American houses are located
http://www.examiner.com/x-40598-Architecture--Design-Examiner~y2010m3d12-Americas-architectural-heritage--how-Native-American-houses-are-located

Illegal Construction Threatening The Achaemenid Tomb in Bushehr
http://www.cais-soas.com/news/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=117:illegal-construction-threatening-the-achaemenid-tomb-in-bushehr&catid=41

Decapitated bodies found in Dorset burial pit were executed Vikings
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2010/03/11/decapitated-bodies-found-in-dorset-burial-pit-were-executed-vikings-115875-22104588/

Paths could retrace Jacobite night march of 1746
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/highlands_and_islands/8559535.stm

Bulgarian Archaeologists Make Breakthrough in Ancient Thrace Tomb
http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=114097

Archaeologists unearth rare finds in Aiane, Kozani
http://www.ana-mpa.gr/anaweb/user/showplain?maindoc=8503037&maindocimg=8508389&service=144

Pottery Leads to Discovery of Peace-seeking Women in American Southwest
http://munews.missouri.edu/news-releases/2010/0309-pottery-leads-to-discovery-of-peace-seeking-women-in-american-southwest/

Artisans in bid to solve mystery of ancient carvings
http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/1636372?UserKey=#ixzz0i6SqsYob

Ancient Corpses Ritually Dug Up, Torn Apart, Reburied
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/03/100309-double-burials-mexico-graves/

UV rays bring 'secret' Giotto to light
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/science/UV-rays-bring-secret-Giotto-to-light-/articleshow/5660905.cms

Gas pipeline probe uncovers shipwrecks in Baltic Sea
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100308/lf_afp/swedenhistoryshippingwreckgaspipeline

Egyptology

Quiron Hospital of Barcelona has reconstructed the face of an Egyptian mummy from 2000 years ago
http://www.barcelonareporter.com/index.php?/news/comments/quiron_hospital_of_barcelona_has_reconstructed_the_face_of_an_egyptian_mumm/0403100336am

Egyptian Queen Offered Bread, Jug of Beer at Funeral
http://news.discovery.com/archaeology/egyptian-queen-offered-bread-jug-of-beer-at-funeral.html

Mummy of Egypt's monotheist pharaoh to return home
http://apnews.excite.com/article/20100311/D9ECLFKO0.html

General Science

Single photon solid-state memory for telecommunications
http://www.physorg.com/news187257862.html

The World's First Commercial Brain-Computer Interface 
http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2010-03/worlds-first-commercial-brain-computer-interface

Air Force's Flying Assassin Robot Enters Final Development Stage
http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2010-03/assassin-micro-drone-enters-final-development-stage

Heat-conducting polythene to take place of wires?
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/science/Heat-conducting-polythene-to-take-place-of-wires/articleshow/5664900.cms

Robots to help repair aging water pipes
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35786417/ns/technology_and_science-innovation/

A Computer That Processes Faster Than The Speed of Light
http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2010-03/computer-processes-faster-speed-light

Fuji FinePix Real 3D W1 3D camera is too complex
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/columnist/edwardbaig/2010-03-11-baig11_ST_N.htm

Physics, Earth and Space Sciences

Probe may have found cosmic dust 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8550924.stm

NASA Begins Repairs to Deep Space Antenna
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/03/08/tech/main6278917.shtml?tag=cbsnewsLeadStoriesAreaMain;cbsnewsLeadStoriesHeadlines

Earth Raised up Its Magnetic Shield Early, Protecting Water and Emerging Life
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/03/05/earth-raised-up-its-magnetic-shield-early-protecting-water-and-emerging-life/

Snowball Earth: Sea ice extended to Equator once
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/science/Snowball-Earth-Sea-ice-extended-to-Equator-once/articleshow/5655890.cms

Project Exoplanet brings world together
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/science/Project-Exoplanet-brings-world-together/articleshow/5655883.cms

Warning, Captain Kirk: Warp speed will kill you
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35770625/ns/technology_and_science-space/

Most extreme white dwarf binary system found with orbit of just 5 minutes
http://www.physorg.com/news187288162.html

New view reveals Mars' icy history
http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2010/03/05/2837577.htm

Could the Mono Lake arsenic prove there is a shadow biosphere?
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/science/eureka/article7040864.ece

LHC to shut down for a year to address safety concerns 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8556621.stm

DR Congo ring may be giant 'impact crater' 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8526093.stm

Pioneering Deep-Sea Robot Lost at Sea
http://www.physorg.com/news187380191.html

Buried alive: Half of Earth's life may lie below land, sea
http://www.physorg.com/news187384035.html

Mars glacier lubricant could fuel rockets
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20527505.100-mars-glacier-lubricant-could-fuel-rockets.html

Obama Nasa plans 'catastrophic' say Moon astronauts
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8565243.stm

Fish Supply Crisis Could Trigger Bans
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/03/13/tech/main6294987.shtml?tag=cbsnewsLeadStoriesAreaMain;cbsnewsLeadStoriesHeadlines

Invisible star shooting comets at Earth?
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/science/Invisible-star-shooting-comets-at-Earth/articleshow/5678024.cms

Some Mars channels carved by lava, not water
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35843970/ns/technology_and_science-science/

Suborbital spaceships spark scientific frenzy
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35837994/ns/technology_and_science-space/

Dark Asteroids Found Near Earth
http://news.discovery.com/space/dark-asteroids-wise-telescope-comets.html

'Terminator' asteroids could re-form after nuke
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20527514.700-terminator-asteroids-could-reform-after-nuke.html

Saturn Moon Has Surprisingly "Slushy" Insides
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/03/100311-saturn-moon-titan-core-water-ocean

Secret Military Space Plane Primed For Test Launch
http://www.space.com/news/air-force-secret-space-plane-sfn-100313.html

Knowing the mind of God: Seven theories of everything
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn18612-knowing-the-mind-of-god-seven-theories-of-everything.html

Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources

For Developing Nations, Exports Boost CO2 Emissions
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124454924

World first superconducting DC power transmission system a step closer
http://www.physorg.com/news187251385.html

Seafarers' scourge provides hope for biofuel future
http://www.physorg.com/news187282463.html

With Artificial Photosynthesis, A Bottle of Water Could Produce Enough Energy To Power A House
http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2010-03/video-artificial-photosynthesis-produces-enough-energy-power-house-one-bottle-water

Plastics derived from plants may solve waste crisis
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/science/Plastics-derived-from-plants-may-solve-waste-crisis/articleshow/5664897.cms

Will the anaconda or the oyster rule wave power?
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20527505.500-will-the-anaconda-or-the-oyster-rule-wave-power.html

Mile-High Mega Kites Could Pull Giant, Floating Power Plants
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/03/hydro-paraplant/#ixzz0hjwzDebE

Solar power could provide 10% of US energy: report
http://www.physorg.com/news187445269.html

MIT researchers discover new way of producing electricity
http://www.physorg.com/news187186888.html

Water oxidation advance boosts potential for solar fuel
http://www.physorg.com/news187538062.html

Electric cars jostle for position on the power grid
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20527515.700-electric-cars-jostle-for-position-on-the-power-grid.html

Flexible Nanocrystal Fibers Can Harness Tidbits of Waste Energy to Create Hydrogen Fuel
http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2010-03/flexible-nanocrystal-fibers-harness-waste-energy-create-hydrogen-fuel

Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences

Scientists Still Hopeful About Gene Therapy's Promise
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124355459

How to Reboot Your Corpse
http://news.discovery.com/tech/how-roboot-corpse.html

How smart are killer whales? Orcas have 2nd-biggest brains of all marine mammals
http://www.physorg.com/news187298115.html

It's all in the cortex: After a domestic squabble, brain activity appears to predict resiliency
http://www.physorg.com/news187292557.html

Reovirus may be a novel approach to prostate cancer treatment
http://www.physorg.com/news187363160.html

Lone, lovelorn wolverine baffles scientists
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/03/09/MNPJ1CATHU.DTL&type=science

Hopes soar for burn victims as 'mother' of all skin cells found
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/science/Hopes-soar-for-burn-victims-as-mother-of-all-skin-cells-found/articleshow/5678017.cms

Other

Liberals, Atheists Are More Highly Evolved?
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/03/100303-liberals-atheists-smarter-evolution-evolved/

Kremlin's Favorite Innovator Pushes Dubious Science, Russian Researchers Say
http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2010-03/kremlins-favorite-innovator-pushes-dubious-science-russian-researchers-say

Extermination in paradise
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20527501.200-extermination-in-paradise.html

Chief exorcist Father Gabriele Amorth says Devil is in the Vatican
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article7056689.ece

Divine intervention? New research looks at beliefs about God's influence in everyday life
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-03/uot-din030910.php

Additional Informational

Q&A: Europa and Jupiter mission 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8537992.stm

Top Ten Reasons to Beware the Ides of March 
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/Top-Ten-Reasons-to-Beware-the-Ides-of-March.html#ixzz0henm3Trf

In pictures: Burial pit 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/dorset/8563719.stm

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