Who loves Lucy more?
The bones of Lucy, a 3.2-million-year-old human ancestor unearthed in Ethiopia in 1974, went on display last week at the Houston Museum of Natural Science, the first leg of a six-year U.S. tour. One place the bones won’t be heading is the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C., which charges the tour violates a 1998 international resolution barring removal of such fragile remains from their country of origin. (Smithsonian; San Antonio Express-News) Tsunami warning system works Finally, some “good” disaster news. A $130-million warning system installed after the devastating 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami that claimed more than 280,000 lives successfully alerted citizens of Indonesia and Malaysia this week about a magnitude 8.4 quake in the Indian Ocean and its aftershocks. The warning system delivered text messages, e-mails and faxes to officials, who relayed word to news media, mosques and volunteers, according to news accounts. The initial quake raised a 10-foot
