WMHQ WMHQ.com: Science News http://wmhq.com/science WMHQ.com: Science News Daily Update en robin@wmhq.com (Robin Nixon) Copyright 2008 WMHQ.com Fri, 09 May 9th 2008 GMT Fri, 09 May 9th 2008 GMT WMHQ.com: Science News http://wmhq.com/images/rssfeed.gif http://wmhq.com New idea in mortuary science: Dissolving bodies with lye http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_sc/dissolving_bodies http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_sc/dissolving_bodies Fri, 09 May 9th 2008 GMT <img src=http://wmhq.com/science/2008/05/09-1.jpg width=160 height=120 border=1 align=left>Since they first walked the planet, humans have either buried or burned their dead. Now a new option is generating interest — dissolving bodies in lye and flushing the brownish, syrupy residue down the drain.<br clear=all> Seaweed provides clues to earliest inhabitants of Americas http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080508/ap_on_sc/earliest_americans http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080508/ap_on_sc/earliest_americans Fri, 09 May 9th 2008 GMT <img src=http://wmhq.com/science/2008/05/09-2.jpg width=160 height=120 border=1 align=left>Remains of meals that included seaweed are helping confirm the date of a settlement in southern Chile that may offer the earliest evidence of humans in the Americas.<br clear=all> Conservationists, developer reach major Calif. land deal http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_re_us/conservation_deal http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_re_us/conservation_deal Fri, 09 May 9th 2008 GMT <img src=http://wmhq.com/science/2008/05/09-3.jpg width=160 height=120 border=1 align=left>A group of environmentalists and the owners of a large stretch of wilderness have reached a deal that would set aside the largest parcel of land for conservation in California history.<br clear=all> Spain claims $500 million in sunken treasure http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_re_eu/spain_shipwreck_treasure http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_re_eu/spain_shipwreck_treasure Fri, 09 May 9th 2008 GMT <img src=http://wmhq.com/science/2008/05/09-4.jpg width=160 height=120 border=1 align=left>Spain formally laid claim Thursday to a shipwreck that yielded a $500 million treasure, saying it has proof the vessel was Spanish.<br clear=all> Cat Urine Makes Mice Macho http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20080509/sc_livescience/caturinemakesmicemacho http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20080509/sc_livescience/caturinemakesmicemacho Fri, 09 May 9th 2008 GMT <img src=http://wmhq.com/science/2008/05/09-5.jpg width=160 height=120 border=1 align=left>Tom and Jerry may never get along, but cats could help mice get lucky in love.<br clear=all> Cyclone Nargis had all the makings of a perfect storm http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080508/ap_on_re_as/the_perfect_storm http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080508/ap_on_re_as/the_perfect_storm Fri, 09 May 9th 2008 GMT <img src=http://wmhq.com/science/2008/05/09-6.jpg width=160 height=120 border=1 align=left>A cyclone with winds up to 120 mph. A low-lying, densely populated delta region, stripped of its protective trees.<br clear=all> Doorstep Astronomy: See the Big Dipper http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20080509/sc_space/doorstepastronomyseethebigdipper http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20080509/sc_space/doorstepastronomyseethebigdipper Fri, 09 May 9th 2008 GMT <img src=http://wmhq.com/science/2008/05/09-7.jpg width=160 height=120 border=1 align=left>As soon as darkness falls these evenings, step outside and<br clear=all> Federal judge in Montana rejects bid to delay wolf lawsuit http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080508/ap_on_re_us/wolf_lawsuit http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080508/ap_on_re_us/wolf_lawsuit Fri, 09 May 9th 2008 GMT <img src=http://wmhq.com/science/2008/05/09-8.jpg width=160 height=120 border=1 align=left>look skyward. What is the most prominent and easiest star pattern to recognize?<br clear=all>