News - March, 2006

Barren Soil Is Starving Africans Nature (3/31/06)

New Discoveries Point to 'Cave of John the Baptist' as Important Site in the Time of Isaiah EurekAlert (3/31/06)

Ever Seen a Fat Gibbon? Science (3/31/06)

Does Islam Allow for Death Penalty for Converts? National Geographic News (3/31/06)

Loneliness Kills, Study Shows LiveScience (3/31/06)

Rare Painted Roman Sculpture Found Discovery (3/31/06)

Soil Health Crisis Threatens Africa's Food Supply New Scientist (3/31/06)

Study Challenges Prayers for the Sick Nature (3/31/06)

• Long-Awaited Medical Study Questions the Power of Prayer New York Times (3/31/06)
• Prayer Does Not Help Heart Bypass Patients LiveScience (3/30/06)
• Largest Study of Prayer to Date Finds It Has No Power to Heal Los Angeles Times (3/31/06)

Preventable Disease Blinds Poor in Third World New York Times (3/31/06)

Taming Wheat Took Time Science (3/30/06)

Archaeologist Links Palace to Legendary Ajax MSNBC (3/30/06)

• Palace of Greek Warrior Ajax Said Found LiveScience (3/30/06)
• Archaeologist Links Ancient Palace, Ajax Yahoo (3/30/06)

Chocolate: Political Tool of Italy's Medicis Discovery (3/29/06)

Scans Suggest IQ Scores Reflect Brain Structure Nature (3/29/06)

• Study Makes Case for Late Bloomers NPR (3/29/06)
• When It Comes to Intelligence, Size Isn't Everything New Scientist (3/29/06)
• Scans Show Different Growth for Intelligent Brains New York Times (3/30/06)
• Brain Development and Intelligence Linked, Study Says Washington Post (3/30/06)
• Smart Kids Found to Undergo Delayed Brain Development Scientific American (3/30/06)
• High IQ Kids Have Distinct Pattern of Brain Development Reuters (3/29/06)
• Brainy Kids' Brains Develop Slowly CNN (3/29/06)
• Inside the Brains of Smart Kids LiveScience (3/29/06)
• Brain Development Rate Linked to IQ Los Angeles Times (3/30/06)

Eclipse Prompts Meditation at Egypt's Pyramids Reuters (3/29/06)

Device Warns You If You're Boring or Irritating New Science (3/29/06)

$200 Million Gift Triggers Backlash at New York University Science (3/28/06)

Great Fakers Scammed Ancient Italy Nature (3/28/06)

Cheating on Spouse or Taxes Morally Acceptable for Many LiveScience (3/28/06)

Ancient Skull Found in Ethiopia BBC News (3/27/06)

• "Missing Link" Human Skull Found in Africa, Scientists Say National Geographic News (3/27/06)
• Skull Find Could Force Re-Think of Human Origins Telegraph (3/27/06)
• Find Could Fill Gap in Human Origins MSNBC (3/24/06)
• Skull of 'Missing Link' Human Ancestor Found In Ethiopia LiveScience (3/25/06)

Why the Intelligent Design Lobby Thanks God for Richard Dawkins Guardian (3/27/06)

• Richard Dawkins, Look Away Now Guardian (3/17/06)

British Museum Returns Aboriginal Ashes to Tasmania CBC (3/26/06)

Clues to African Archaeology Found in Lead Isotopes EurekAlert (3/26/06)

• Ingots Reveal Early Saharan Trade Nature (3/26/06)

Canada Hunters Start Killing Seals, Tempers Flare Reuters (3/26/06)

Colonial Skeleton Stumps Archaeologists Newsfactor (3/24/06)

Navy Uncovers Centuries-Old Spanish Ship MSNBC (3/24/06)

• Navy Unearths 400-year-old Spanish Ship LiveScience (3/24/06)

Were Early Humans and Cave Bears Trading Spaces? National Geographic News (3/23/06)

Babies Can Learn Words as Early as 10 Months Scientific American (3/22/06)

You Scratch My Back, I'll Scratch Yours: Chimps Point to Spot They'd Like Groomed University of Michigan (3/21/06)

A Hunt for Genes That Betrayed a Desert People New York Times (3/21/06)

Genetic Basis for Increased Risk of Impulsive Violence LiveScience (3/20/06)

Andrew Sherratt, 59, Who Studied Animal Husbandry, Is Dead New York Times (3/20/06)

Parthenon Once a Riot of Color LiveScience (3/20/06)

Coffin with Scenes from Homer's Epics Found MSNBC (3/20/06)

• Ancient Sarcophagus Unearthed in Cyprus Yahoo (3/20/06)

Mexico's Mayan Underworld Wonder CNN (3/20/06)

• Mayan Underworld Proves Researchers' Dream Reuters (3/20/06)

Fake Statues Unmasked with X-rays Discovery (3/20/06)

Probe Sought in Discovery of Old Graves Los Angeles Times (3/18/06)

Hearts in Their Throats MSNBC (3/17/06)

Many Irish Names Not so Irish? Discovery (3/17/06)

Cleopatra Worked Her Power Hair Discovery (3/17/06)

Peace or War? How Early Humans Behaved LiveScience (3/16/06)

Before Scandinavia: These Could Be the First Skiers Christian Science Monitor (3/15/06)

Bangladesh Discovers Ancient Fort City Yahoo (3/15/06)

Tunnels Used by Ancient Jews Discovered Yahoo (3/14/06)

• Underground Tunnels Found in Israel Used In Ancient Jewish Revolt National Geographic News (3/15/06)

Egyptian ‘Tomb' Was Mummy Workroom MSNBC (3/13/06)

• Pharaonic Find Was Mummification Room, Not Tomb Yahoo (3/13/06)
• Egypt Pharaoh Find 'Not a Tomb' BBC News (3/15/06)

More Ancient War Goddess Statues Found in Egypt Yahoo (3/12/06)

• Egyptian Temple Yields 17 Statues of Lion-Headed Goddess National Geographic News (3/14/06)

Century-Old Columbus Mystery Nearly Solved MSNBC (3/10/06)

Survival Dance: How Humans Waltzed Through the Ice Age LiveScience (3/10/06)

Retired Anthropologist Receives High Honors From Sudan University of Kentucky News (3/10/06)

Creationism to Be in GCSE Papers BBC News (3/10/06)

Did Humans Decimate Easter Island on Arrival? New Scientist (3/9/06)

• View of Easter Island Disaster All Wrong, Researchers Say LiveScience (3/9/06)
• Easter Island Settled Later, Depleted Quicker Than Thought? National Geographic News (3/9/06)
• Polynesian Islands Settled Later Yahoo (3/10/06)

New Texas Wheat May Wrap Up Tortilla Market National Geographic News (3/9/06)

Satellite Sleuth Closes in on Noah's Ark Mystery LiveScience (3/9/06)

Archaeological Balancing Act CNN (3/9/06)

Indelible Images Rise to the Surface Norwalk Advocate (3/8/06)

Ancient Cypriots Fed Olive Oil to Furnaces-Study Yahoo (3/8/06)

• Biofuels Used in 4,000-Year-Old Furnaces MSNBC (3/9/06)

South Carolina Board Won't 'Analyze' Evolution MSNBC (3/8/06)

Why We Differ from Our Primate Cousins New Scientist (3/8/06)

• Separation of Man and Ape Down to Gene Expression Scientific American (3/9/06)
• Gene Expression Sets Humans Apart MSNBC (3/8/06)
• Study Tackles Human-Chimp Difference Discovery (3/13/06)

Diet and Habitat Have Caused Recent Tweaks in Human DNA Guardian (3/7/06)

• Human Selection Is Alive and Kicking Nature (3/7/06)
• Still Evolving, Human Genes Tell New Story New York Times (3/7/06)
• Many Human Genes Evolved Recently New Scientist (3/7/06)
• Human Genome Shows Proof of Recent Evolution, Survey Finds National Geographic News (3/8/06)
• Hundreds of Human Genes Still Evolving MSNBC (3/8/06)
• Hundreds of Human Genes Still Evolving LiveScience (3/8/06)
• Recent Evolution NPR (3/10/06)

The Untold Saga of Early Man in America Time Magazine (3/7/06)

• Who Were The First Americans? Time (3/7/06)
• Who Should Own the Bones? Time (3/7/06)
• A Tale Told By Ancient Bones Time (3/7/06)

'Put Religion Under the Microscope' Telegraph (3/7/06)

Magdalenian Girl Is a Woman and Therefore Has Oldest Recorded Case of Impacted Wisdom Teeth EurekAlert (3/7/06)

• New Wisdom on Ancient Skeleton's Teeth LiveScience (3/7/06)

Family May Provide Evolution Clue BBC News (3/7/06)

• Family Walks on All Fours, May Offer Evolution Insight, Experts Say National Geographic News (3/8/06)
• Claim of Reversed Human Evolution Provokes Skepticism, Interest World Science (2/27/06)

Early Humans Were Prey, Not Predators, Experts Say National Geographic Society (3/7/06)

Egypt's Hawass Calls King Tut Case Closed Discovery News (3/7/06)

Linguists Find the Words, and Pocahontas Speaks Again New York Times (3/7/06)

Machteld J. Mellink, 88, Archaeologist, Dies New York Times (3/6/06)

Huge Vesuvius Eruption Buried Town 2,000 Years Before Pompeii National Geographic Society (3/6/06)

• Vesuvius Due for Giant Eruption Discovery (3/7/06)
• Vesuvius Risks 'Underestimated' BBC News (3/7/06)
• Ancient Quake Raises Risk for Modern Naples MSNBC (3/6/06)
• Vesuvius Could Destroy Naples, History Suggests LiveScience (3/6/06)
• Long Before Burying Pompeii, Vesuvius Vented Its Wrath New York Times (3/7/06)
• Naples Should Study Vesuvius Blast ABC News (3/7/06)
• Earlier Eruption Eclipses Destruction of Pompeii NPR (3/8/06)
• Ancient Warning for Modern Italian City NCC (3/9/06)

Study Shows Why We Can't Tickle Ourselves Discovery (3/6/06)

World's Oldest Ship Timbers Found in Egyptian Desert EurekAlert (3/6/06)

• Remains of World's Oldest Ships Found in Egypt LiveScience (3/6/06)
• 4,000-Year-Old Shipyard Unearthed in Egypt MSNBC (3/6/06)
• World's Oldest Ocean Vessels Discovered in Egypt National Geographic News (3/7/06)

Statues Found at Ancient Egyptian Temple MSNBC (3/6/06)

"Blackbeard's Ship" Wreck to Get Protection From Currents, Hurricanes National Geographic News (3/6/06)

'Hippie Chimps' Fast Disappearing as Dinner CNN (3/5/06)

Filmmaker Portrays Evolutionists as a 'Flock of Dodos' LiveScience (3/3/06)

Altruism 'In-Built' in Humans BBC News (3/3/06)

Peru to Sue Yale Over Inca Pieces BBC News (3/3/06)

• Peru Tries to Recover Gold From Yale's Ivory Tower Washington Post (3/9/06)
• Who Owns Inca Treasures? Seattle Times (3/10/06)

Archaeologists to Establish True Value of Roman Silver Coins EurekAlert (3/3/06)

Chimps Show Sensitive Side Nature (3/2/06)

• Chimpanzees Show Hints of Higher Human Traits New Scientist (3/2/06)
• Studies Show Chimps to Be Collaborative and Altruistic Scientific American (3/3/06)
• Chimpanzees Reveal Their Human Side as Good Samaritans Telegraph (3/3/06)
• Chimps Prove Altruistic and Cooperative LiveScience (3/2/06)

Cavemen Preferred Blondes ABC News (3/2/06)

Scientists Unearth 'Pompeii of the East' Christian Science Monitor (3/2/06)

• Scientists Uncover Lost Civilization CNN (2/28/06)
• Photo Gallery: "Lost Kingdom" Found on Volcanic Island National Geographic Society (2/28/06)
• Excavation Reveals a Village Buried by 1815 Volcanic Blast USA Today (2/27/06)
• Scientists Find Lost Civilization Yahoo (3/1/06)

First Amazon-Andean Crop Plant Transfer and Corn Processing in Peru 3600-4000 Years Ago EurekAlert (3/1/06)

• Corn, Arrowroot Fossils in Peru Change Views on Pre-Inca Culture National Geographic News (3/1/06)
• Early Andean Maize Unearthed Nature (3/1/06)
• UMaine Researcher Puts New Date on Early Agriculture EurekAlert (3/1/06)