News - February 2004

English in Decline as a First Language, Study Says National Geographic News (2/26/04)

• Expert New 'Must Learn' Language Likely to be Mandarin CNN (3/1/04)

Darwin's Beagle Ship 'Found' BBC (2/27/04)

Seafaring Clue to First Americans BBC News (2/26/04)

Mystery Roman Emperor Existence Proven Discovery (2/26/04)

• Emperor Strikes Back Guardian (2/25/04)
• New Roman Emperor Revealed by a Coin Independent (2/24/04)
• Coin Reveals Little-Known Roman Ruler MSNBC (2/24/04)

From the Sphinx to King Tut, a Feast for Budding Egyptologists New York Times (2/26/04)

Prehistoric Secrets Are Revealed BBC News (2/25/04)

Salvage Crew Raises Key Piece of Sunken Battleship CNN (2/25/04)

Three High-Altitude Peoples, Three Adaptations to Thin Air National Geographic News (2/25/04)

A Language by Women, for Women MSNBC (2/24/04)

Arabs Want Ancient Artefacts Back BBC News (2/24/04)

Two Mummies Pre-Dating Incas Found in Peru CNN (2/24/04)

• Workmen Unearth Two Mummies in Peru Yahoo (2/24/04)
• Two Mummies Pre-Dating Incas Found in Southern Peru Yahoo (2/23/04)

Italy's Medici Murder Plot Solved Discovery (2/24/04)

Age of the Pharaohs Meets the Digital Age MSNBC (2/24/04)

Hills of the Dead: Archaeologists Seek to Unearth City's Secrets Salt Lake Tribune (2/24/04)

Loot | Along the Antiquities Trail- An Illicit Journey Out of Egypt, Only a Few Questions Asked New York Times (2/23/04)

Africa Chimp Expert Extends "Path Goodall Blazed" National Geographic News (2/23/04)

'Why I Will Be on Strike' BBC News (2/22/04)

Ancient Fads [audio] NPR (2/21/04)

Ancient Desert Markings Imaged from Orbit ESA News (2/20/04)

Transfixed by Tales From the Crypt Washington Post (2/20/04)

Traditional Knowledge 'In Peril' BBC News (2/19/04)

Humans Are Hardwired to Feel Others' Pain New Scientist (2/19/04)

• How Your Brain Handles Love and Pain MSNBC (2/19/04)
• I Feel Your Pain- Empathy Lights Up the Same Parts of the Brain as Personal Injury Nature (2/20/04)

Guatemala's Ancient 'Survivor' Kingdom Explored Yahoo (2/19/04)

Forensic Scientist Wins Award, Faces Death Threats Nature (2/19/04)

Darwin's Ship Beagle Located? Discovery (2/18/04)

• Have Experts Found Darwin's Famous Ship? MSNBC (2/17/04)
• Remains of Darwin's Beagle May Lie Under Essex Mud Yahoo (2/16/04)

Fertile Women Rate Other Women as Uglier New Scientist (2/18/04)

• Caustic Comments Get Girls a Date: Women Scorn Each Other at Certain Times of the Month in Fight for Men Nature (2/18/04)

Human Genome Data to Be Released BBC News (2/18/04)

Traditional Inuit Ice Treks Guided from Space ESA News (2/17/04)

• Traditional Inuit Ice Treks Guided From Space Science Daily (2/18/04)

Human Brain Began Evolving Early BBC News (2/17/04)

Vikings' Barbaric Bad Rap Beginning to Fade National Geographic News (2/17/04)

Roman Remains Uncovered in County BBC News (2/17/04)

Treasure May Be Key Viking Burial BBC News (2/17/04)

• Treasure Hunters Find Possible Viking Burial Boat CNN (2/18/04)
• Expert Thrilled by Traces of Viking Burial MSNBC (2/17/04)

Plan to Tunnel Under Stonehenge Monument Sparks Controversy Yahoo (2/16/04)

• Tempest Brewing Over Stonehenge Tunnel Plan Globe and Mail (2/17/04)

Half of All Languages Face Extinction This Century New Scientist (2/16/04)

Genealogical Map Reveals 10 Top Dogs New Scientist (2/16/04)

• Dogs Much Older Than Once Thought, Experts Say MSNBC (2/13/04)

Hunt for Ancient Human Molecules BBC News (2/16/04)

Norse Map or German Hoax? Still No Rest for Vinland Washington Post (2/16/04)

Warning Over Jerusalem Holy Site BBC News (2/16/04)

Shipwreck Holds Oil, History Los Angeles Times (2/16/04)

Iroquois Farming Method Cornell Press Release (2/15/04)

• Traditional Iroquois Methods Work For Today's Farmers Science Daily (2/16/04)

Rutgers Researcher Offers a New Perspective on Human Evolution Eureka Alert (2/15/04)

Human Evolution at the Crossroads: Integrating Genetics and Paleontology Eureka Alert (2/15/04)

Students Pose Questions for Archaeologist Yahoo (2/15/04)

Kennewick Man Ruling - Politics or Science? New Scientist (2/14/04)

Mathematical Formula 'Predicts Marriage Breakdown' New Scientist (2/13/04)

• Maths Predicts Chance of Divorce- Ignoring Nasty Comments Is Secret to Long-Lasting Love Nature (2/14/04)
• Marriage- Addition or Division? Christian Science Monitor (2/13/04)

Left-Handedness Common in Ice Age BBC News (2/13/04)

Scientists- Hard Heads a Key to Survival CNN (2/13/04)

Goodall Group Calls for Curtain on Ape "Actors" National Geographic News (2/13/04)

People Lie More on the Phone Than By Email New Scientist (2/12/04)

• Phone Fibbing Is The Most Common Method For Untruths Science Daily (2/19/04)

Inside Voodoo- African Cult of Twins Marks Voodoo New Year National Geographic news (2/11/04)

German Archaeologist Throws Light on Pyramid Origin Yahoo (2/11/04)

Team Excavating Mammoth on Gulf Coast Eureka Alert (2/10/04)

New Light Shed on South Africa Cave Art BBC News (2/7/04)

Roman Water Still on Tap BBC News (2/6/04)

How Did Dogs Become Adept at Playing to Humans? National Geographic News (2/6/04)

"Hot Tub Monkeys" Offer Eye on Nonhuman "Culture" National Geographic News (2/6/04)

World Famous Rock Paintings Three-Times Older Than Previously Thought Eureka Alert (2/6/04)

Science Wins Ancient Bones Battle BBC News (2/5/04)

• Court- Scientists Can Study Kennewick Man New York Times (2/4/04)
• Judges Back Study of Ancient Human Remains New York Times (2/4/04)
• Court- Scientists Can Study Kennewick Man CNN (2/5/04)
• Scientists Win Latest Ruling in Kennewick Man Case Scientific American (2/6/04)
• EDITORIAL- A Victory for Science Las Vegas Review Journal (2/5/04)
• Scientists Win Kennewick Man Ruling Seattle Post-Intelligencer (2/5/04)
• DNA Tests Allowed on 'Indian Tribe Bones' The Independent (2/6/04)
• Tri-City Herald's Kennewick Man Virual Interpretive Center

Catapult Makers- Rock Stars of Antiquity National Geographic News (2/5/04)

Hidden Treasures of Saxon Burial Chamber BBC News (2/5/04)

• 7th - Century Saxon Artifacts Go on Display New York Times (2/5/04)

Plant Pollen Pinpoints Shipwreck Origins Discovery (2/5/04)

University of Colorado Archaeologist, Colleagues Hot on the Trail of Ancient Persian Warships Eureka Alert (2/4/04)

Monkey Mating Requires Lots of Brainpower Scientific American (2/2/04)

Modern Scourge Seen in Ancient Mummies ABC News (2/2/04)

New Evidence Suggests That Monkey Thought Extinct Still Exists Eureka Alert (2/2/04)

Monkey Talk, Human Speech Share Left-Brain Processing Science Daily (2/2/04)

Rock Discovery Causes Excitement BBC News (2/2/04)