News - October, 2005

Pacific Cemetery Shows Ancestors Revered Australian Broadcasting Corp (10/31/05)

For Niger, Improved Health Care May Cut Famine NPR (10/31/05)

Mapping Damage to African Lakes BBC News (10/31/05)

Video in the News: Celebrating Día de los Muertos National Geographic News (10/31/05)

Voodoo Practitioners Scatter After Katrina CNN (10/31/05)

Tomb-Robbing Trials Name Getty, Metropolitan, Princeton Museums Bloomberg.com (10/31/05)

Loyalty to One's Ethnic Group Just as Biologically Valid as Loyalty to Family Eureka Alert (10/31/05)

The Map that Changed the World Live Science (10/31/05)

• How a Map Changed the World MSNBC (10/31/05)

Iranians, Founders of the World Empire Payvand (10/31/05)

Chinese Archaeologists Find One of World's Oldest Observatories Yahoo (10/30/05)

• China Finds Ancient Observatory BBC (11/1/05)

In Brazil, a New Effort to Wipe Out Hookworm NPR (10/29/05)

Groups Balk at Teaching Intelligent Design ABC News (10/29/05)

Comets Hit Early Americans, Scientist Says ABC News (10/29/05)

Apart from Vomitoriums and Orgies, What Did the Romans Do for Us? Guardian (10/29/05)

Scientists Identify Dyslexia Gene NPR (10/28/05)

Loggers Threaten Indians in Brazil Yahoo (10/28/05)

National Groups Call Proposed Kansas Science Standards Misleading Live Science (10/28/05)

• Kansas Fight on Evolution Escalates New York Times (10/28/05)
• Evolution Debate in Kansas Spurs Battle Over School Materials Washington Post (10/28/05)
• Dover Official Didn't Look Into Intelligent Design MSNBC (10/28/05)
• The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online

Six Degrees of Separation at Sea Nature (10/27/05)

Why Your Dog Is Smarter Than a Wolf Christian Science Monitor (10/26/05)

Uncaring Chimps May Shed Light on Humans, Study Says National Geographic News (10/26/05)

• Friendship Runs Shallow in Captive Chimps New Scientist (10/26/05)
• Chimps Fall Short on Friendship Nature (10/26/05)
• Chimps Indifferent to Others' Welfare NPR (10/27/05)
• Chimps Fall Down on Friendship BBC News (10/27/05)

King Tut's Tipple 'was red wine' BBC News (10/26/05)

Divers Unveil Java Sea Treasure Trove Australian Broadcasting Corp (10/26/05)

Marshall Clagett, 89, Scholar on Science in Ancient Times, Is Dead New York Times (10/26/05)

Robert H. Johnston, Examiner of Dead Sea Scrolls, Dies at 77 New York Times (10/26/05)

Eastern Zhou Grave Pit Unearthed in Luoyang China News (10/26/05)

Greece Seeks Return of 'Looted' Works from Getty Independent (10/26/05)

Bridge to Mesopotamia Harvard Magazine (10/25/05)

Step Back 5,000 Years in Time at Britain's Northern Tip Canada.com (10/25/05)

Tangled Strands in Fight Over Peru Gold Mine New York Times (10/25/05)

Long-Ago Rivals Are Dual Impresarios of Darwin's Oeuvre New York Times (10/25/05)

Brain Images Reveal Menstrual Cycle Patterns Scientific American (10/25/05)

Woolly Mammoth's Childhood Revealed Discovery (10/25/05)

Kansas Museum Opens Evolution Exhibit ABC News (10/25/05)

• 'New Recruits' Said Needed for Intelligent Design MSNBC (10/24/05)

Toe Bones Reveal World's Earliest Shoe-Wearers National Geographic News (10/24/05)

Y Chromosomes Reveal Founding Father - Did Conquest and Concubines Spread One Man's Genes Across Asia? Nature (10/24/05)

Eyes of Two Mummies Restored in California Lab National Geographic News (10/24/05)

Iron Age Skeleton Found on Isle BBC News (10/24/05)

Self-Portraits by Invisible People New York Times (10/23/05)

Politics Eyed for Professor Leaving Yale Yahoo (10/23/05)

Cornell President Condemns Teaching Intelligent Design as Science New York Times (10/22/05)

• Superintendent Testifies in Evolution Trial MSNBC (10/21/05)
• No Easy Victory Ensues in Legal Battle Over Evolution Washington Post (10/21/05)

Gaza's Ancient History Uncovered BBC News (10/22/05)

Modern Humans Reached Americas Last Discovery (10/21/05)

A Tribe Split by Nuclear Waste NPR (10/21/05)

DNA Testing Allows African-Americans to Trace Ancestry ABC News (10/21/05)

Stone Age Cemetery, Artifacts Unearthed in Sahara National Geographic News (10/21/05)

New Digs Decoding Mexico's "Pyramids of Fire" National Geographic News (10/21/05)

Chimp "Dinner Conversation" Proof of Ape Speech? National Geographic News (10/20/05)

Tale From the Crypt Washington Post (10/20/05)

Old Ways of Life Are Fading as the Arctic Thaws New York Times (10/20/05)

Royal Chinese Treasure Discovered BBC News (10/20/05)

Chad Celebrates New Fossil Centre BBC News (10/19/05)

Peru's Ancient Lines Face 21st-century Threats MSNBC (10/19/05)

Headless Mummy Discovered in Peru MSNBC (10/19/05)

• Peru Finds Headless Mummy Predating Incas in Lima Yahoo (10/20/05)

Mapping Households Reveals Immigrants Are "Us" Not "Them" Scientific American (10/19/05)

An Ancient Map of Rome That's Surprisingly Up to Date Christian Science Monitor (10/19/05)

Tool-using Gorillas Intrigue Scientists MSNBC (10/18/05)

• Scientists Study Gorilla Who Uses Tools Washington Post (10/19/05)
• Scientists Study Gorilla That Uses Tools Live Science (10/18/05)

Early Humans Settled Globe Gradually, Gene Study Says National Geographic news (10/18/05)

School Defends Intelligent Design BBC News (10/18/05)

• Intelligent Design vs. Stack of Science Books MSNBC (10/19/05)
• Astrology Is Scientific Theory, Courtroom Told New Scientist (10/19/05)
• Intelligent Design Proponents Call Their First Witness New Scientist (10/18/05)
• Professor Testifies: Humans a Product of God, Not Evolution Live Science (10/18/05)
• Lawyers Prepare to Defend 'Intelligent Design' LiveScience (10/17/05)

Chinese Archaeologists Find Ancient Tombs MSNBC (10/18/05)

• Chinese Archaeologists Find Ancient Tombs Yahoo (10/17/05)

Pompeii's Ruins Rise to Tell Tale of Horror Chicago Tribune (10/18/05)

A Revolution in the Field of Evolution? [Review of Endless Forms Most Beautiful by Sean Caroll] New Yorker (10/17/05)

Bigfoot Conference in Texas Draws Hundreds LiveScience (10/17/05)

More Males Chimps Means More Territorial Patrols, Study Shows Eureka Alert (10/17/05)

How New Words Become Part of a Language New Scientist (10/16/05)

Panama Rejects Jungle Highway Due to Eco, Culture Concerns National Geographic News (10/14/05)

Team Widens Search for 'Hobbits' BBC News (10/14/05)

Search for America's "Lost Colony" Gets New Boost National Geographic News (10/13/05)

One-Fifth of Human Genes Have Been Patented, Study Reveals National Geographic News (10/13/05)

Ramadan Ritual: Fast Daily, Pray, Head to the Mall New York Times (10/12/05)

Oldest Noodles Unearthed in China BBC News (10/12/05)

• 4,000-Year-Old Noodles Found in China National Geographic News (10/12/05)
• World's Oldest Noodles Found in China MSNBC (10/12/05)
• World's Oldest Noodles Alter View of Ancient Diet LiveScience (10/12/05)
• Neolithic Chinese Used Their Noodles Los Angeles Times (10/13/05)

Footsteps from the Past: The Ancient Village of Skara Brae Scotsman (10/12/05)

Radiocarbon Dates Reveal That New Guinea Art Is Older Than Thought Eureka Alert (10/12/05)

Italian Divers Chase Sunken Treasure Discovery (10/12/05)

To be a Wampanoag Cape Cod Times (10/11/05)

Foal by Foal, the Wildest of Horses Is Coming Back New York Times (10/11/05)

Skulls Not Ours to Keep by Phillip Tobias Daily News and Independent (10/11/05)

More Flores 'Hobbits' Described BBC News (10/11/05)

• New “Hobbit” Bones Bolster Separate Species Claim New Scientist (10/11/05)
• Tiny Humans Hunted Tiny Elephants? Discovery (10/11/05)
• Anthropologists Uncover Ancient Jawbone Yahoo (10/11/05)
• More Bones of Hobbit-sized Humans Discovered Yahoo (10/11/05)
• Tiny Chinless Wonders Threaten Anthropology Rift Yahoo (10/11/05)
• More Bones Support Mini Human Case Scientific American (10/11/05)
• New "Hobbit" Human Bones Add to Evidence, Oddity National Geographic News (10/12/05)
• A Big Debate on Little People: Ancient Species or Modern Dwarfs? New York Times (10/12/05)
• More Fossil Evidence From 'Hobbit' Island Washington Post (10/12/05)
• Tiny Humans Were Cooks Guardian (10/12/05)
• Hot on the 'Hobbit' Trail Time (10/12/05)
• New Finds of Human Ancestor Jumble Evolutionary Puzzle Christian Science Monitor (10/13/05)
• Ira Flatow on Science: Indonesia's Hobbit Humans NPR (10/13/05)

Divers Raise Anchor of Mary Rose Guardian (10/11/05)

• 500-year-old Warship's Anchor Raised MSNBC (10/11/05)
• Raising of Bow May Solve Mystery of the 'Mary Rose' Independent (10/12/05)

Two Worlds of Rituals Are Joined in the Operating Room New York Times (10/11/05)

Kitzmiller et al. v. Dover Area School District [Intelligent Design Lawsuit] ACLU of Pennsylvania - Background and Transcripts

DNA: The Machinery Behind Human Beings - Part 1 NPR (10/10/05)

Egypt Prepares New Probe of Pyramid Mystery MSNBC (10/10/05)

• Egypt Prepares New Probe of Mystery Pyramid Shafts Yahoo (10/10/05)

Iceman Ötzi Court Fight Heats Up Discovery (10/10/05)

Suzan Mazur: The Dorak Affair's Final Chapter Scoop (10/10/05)

• Dorak Diggers Weigh in On Anna & Royal Treasure Scoop (10/4/05)
• The Goddess from Anatolia:  An Updated View of the Catal Huyuk Controversy. by Marla Mallett

Charles Darwin: Old Theory, New Incarnation? USA Today (10/10/05)

Mexican Churches Fight Relic Thieves NPR (10/9/05)

What I Dug Up During My Summer Vacation New York Times (10/9/05)

Reminding New York of Its Hidden History Los Angeles Times (10/9/05)

'Our Inner Ape': Hey Hey, We're the Monkeys New York Times (10/9/05)

• Getting in Touch with the Inner Ape NPR (10/7/05)

My Tribe Has Spoken, and It's Wearing Sequins Palm Beach Post (10/9/05)

Video in the News: Where Is Columbus Buried? National Geographic News (10/7/05)

Italy 'Breaks Art Smuggling Ring' BBC News (10/7/05)

Teacher Refuses 'Intelligent Design' Statement MSNBC (10/7/05)

‘Choice Blindness' and How We Fool Ourselves MSNBC (10/7/05)

Dreams Prepare Your Emotions Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (10/7/05)

Kasada, Traditional Rite of the Majapahit Tengger People Jakarta Post (10/7/05)

Harry Saggs: An Archaeologist Unlocking the Secrets of Ancient Nimrud Guardian (10/6/05)

Bolaghi Gorge and Biggest Salvation Project of Iran's Heritage Payvand (10/6/05)

Science Gets the Last Laugh on Ethnic Jokes MSNBC (10/6/05)

• Exploding the Myth of Cultural Stereotypes New Scientist (10/6/05)
• National Stereotypes False Discovery (10/10/05)

Swiss Cheese Maker Showcases Traditional Methods National Geographic News (10/5/05)

The Muskox Suffered a Loss of Genetic Diversity at the Pleistocene/Holocene Transition Eureka Alert (10/5/05)

Whale Naming Ceremony Carries Special Meaning for Samish Tribe Anacortes American (10/5/05)

Storytelling Festival Keeps Mountain Tradition Alive National Geographic News (10/5/05)

'Creation' Terms Replaced by 'Intelligent Design' MSNBC (10/5/05)

• Book Thrown at Proponents of Intelligent Design New Scientist (10/6/05)

Archaeologists Conclude Latest Round in Search for Fort Louis NBC15 (10/5/05)

Excavating Pieces of the Park's Past Jasper Booster (10/5/05)

Archaeologists Report on Slave Community Yahoo (10/5/05)

A New Measure of Well-Being From a Happy Little Kingdom New York Times (10/4/05)

• The Second International Conference on Gross National Happiness
• Gross-National-Happiness Centre for Bhutan Studies
• World Value Survey, Introduction University of Michigan
• World Values Survey Website

A New Understanding Hampton Roads Daily Press (10/4/05)

Tracking How Evolution Theory Came to Be NPR (10/4/05)

Maya Monument May Connect Little-Known Ruins With Mystery Site New York Times (10/4/05)

• Dispute Over Site Q Is Resolved Yale Press Release (10/4/05)
• Long-Sought Maya City — Site Q — Found in Guatemala Eureka Alert (9/27/05)
• Tablets May Solve Maya Mystery Los Angeles Times (9/28/05)
• Long-Sought Maya City Found in Guatemala National Geographic News (9/29/05)
• Behind Site Q SMU Daily Campust (10/19/05)

Unwed Mothers Have Difficulty Finding 'Good' Husbands, Study Finds Ohio State News Release (10/4/05)

Student Demo Over Course Changes BBC News (10/4/05)

Digging Tradition Arizona Daily Sun (10/4/05)

Finding Rewrites the Evolutionary History of the Origin of Potatoes Eureka Alert (10/3/05)

• Modern Potato Had Roots in Peru BBC News (10/4/05)

Chimps Can Keep Quiet Discovery News (10/3/05)

Getty Curator Resigns in Loan Flap Los Angeles Times (10/3/05)

• Getty Museum to Return Disputed Art Works to Italy Vancouver Dose (10/3/05)
• Just Say No to Plunder Los Angeles Times (10/1/05)

Roman 'Altar of Peace' Survives Aesthetic War NPR (10/2/05)

Who's Counting: Risks and Rewards ABC News (10/2/05)

On the Seventh Day, America Went to Court Guardian (10/2/05)

• Seeing Creation and Evolution in Grand Canyon New York Times (10/6/05)
• In Pennsylvania, It Was Religion vs. Science, Pastor vs. Ph.D., Evolution vs. the Half-Fish New York Times (10/2/05)
• For the Anti-Evolutionists, Hope in High Places New York Times (10/2/05)
• Theologian Says Intelligent Design Is Religion MSNBC (9/30/05)
• Darwin's Critics Fire Back at Nobel Laureates MSNBC (9/28/05)

Imagining a Nomadic America Denver Post (10/2/05)

Archaeologist Wants Site Protected from Water Plan Colorado Springs Gazette (10/2/05)

Scientists Create Images of Typical Russian Man and Woman Pravda (10/1/05)