News Briefs 16-07-2012

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• The Rose and The Curtain are rising again.
• Ancient pre-Inca tomb found in northern Peru.
• Crusaders' treasure: Ancient stash of gold coins unearthed at Crusades-era castle.
• Alexander the not so Great.
• Researchers develop new instrument for exploring the cosmos and the quantum world.
• Geoscientists discover trigger for past rapid sea level rise.
• Wild chimpanzee gestures linked to language evolution.
• What genius and autism have in common.
• What caffeine actually does to your brain.
• Meet 'Dr Love', the scientist exploring what makes people good or evil.
• Researchers prove the Dalai Lama is right: experiencing compassion toward a single individual does shape our actions toward others.
• Banks and other traders are likely to have manipulated oil prices in the same way they rigged interest rates, an official report has warned.
• A Few Short Steps to the Gallows: A philosophical defense of revenge.
• NSA whistleblower: They’re assembling information on every U.S. citizen.
• Overpopulation is at the root of all the planet's troubles.
• Two chicken vaccines have combined to create a new strain of virus.
• A world without coral reefs.
• UK's record-breaking rain has been apocalyptic for some wildlife.
• Antarctic ice core drill bores 100,000 years into the past.
• Forty years later, debate over ‘Momo the Missouri Monster' lingers.
• Naches Ranger District worker has heard it all, including his own Sasquatch experience.

Quote of the Day:

Let us make our position crystal clear: We are against this weather. It must stop raining, and soon.

Editorial, The Times of London, July 14, 2012.