The Orlando Sentinel reports:

1. Shroud of Turin astonishes chemist in a new test, inspires a Discovery Channel special... A dying chemist took another look at the Shroud of Turin -- and came to surprising conclusions. His story will be detailed in a new Discovery Channel special with the working title "Unwrapping the Shroud: New Evidence." The program will premiere at 10 p.m. Dec. 14.
   

When journalists deal with (presumed) Jesus’ relics, 99% of what is written/produced/aired is utter rubbish. These “new tests” were performed almost 4 years ago, published in 2005 (here), and debunked here and by me here. Those tests didn’t prove anything. C14 dating and historical evidence have placed the relic among the other medieval forgeries.

But it’s almost Christmas: the right time for a documentary on the Turin Shroud. The last one by BBC was at Easter. Despite what Eric Meyers said the Archaeology session during the SBL meeting, it’s hard for professional scholars to face all these popular quackery and poor media reports. He said that SBL, AIA, and ASOR are setting up a website to publish official press releases when such articles or documentaries misrepresent the historical truth on biblical archaeology.

UPDATE: Jim has written some remarks on this story...