Archaeology & Paleontology

Dinosaur bones 'used as medicine' (BBC News, July 6)

DNA reveals Greenland's lush past (BBC News, July 6)

Japan may have oldest right whale fossil (Yahoo News/AP, July 5)

Baby Dino Skeleton Sheds Light on Growth (LiveScience, July 5)

Ancient Humans in Asia Survived Super-Eruption, Find Suggests (National Geographic News, July 5)

How did Easter Island's ancient statues lead to the destruction of an entire ecosystem? (Independent, July 4)

Ancient "Salt Cured" Man Found in Iranian Mine (National Geographic News, July 3)

Soviet WWII sub wreck found in Baltic Sea (Yahoo News/Reuters, July 3)

Environment

After Lobbying, Wetlands Rules Are Narrowed (N.Y. Times, July 6) Site requires free registration

California inspires US revolt on climate (BBC News, July 5)

Fallout from Bad '70s Idea: Auto Tires in Ocean Reef (NPR, July 5)

Scientists Solve Puzzle of Chile's Missing Lake (Planet Ark/Reuters, July 4)

Pollution Kills 460,000 Chinese a Year - World Bank (Planet Ark/Reuters, July 4)

Warming may impact Asia-Pacific region (Yahoo News/AP, July 2)

Exploration & Adventure

Viking voyage: The crew's diary [Recreating early Norse voyages] (BBC News, July 5)

Ralph Tuijn midway across the Pacific Ocean (TheOceans.net, July 3)

Medicine & Health

Supercomputer predicts HIV's stealthy moves (New Scientist, July 6)

Artificial pancreas for diabetics (BBC News, July 5)

Gene variation raises asthma risk by 60% (New Scientist, July 5)

Study: Men Talk Just as Much as Women (NPR, July 5)

New antidotes may combat deadliest poisons (New Scientist, July 4)

Peoples & Culture

Awaiting Internet Access, Remote Brazilian Tribes Debate Its Promise, Peril (Washington Post, July 6) Site requires free registration

Songs for an Overheated Planet [Live Earth] (N.Y. Times, July 6) Site requires free registration

Far From Home, Mexicans Sing Age-Old Ballads of a New Life (N.Y. Times, July 6) Site requires free registration

Germans Split Over a Mosque and the Role of Islam (N.Y. Times, July 5) Site requires free registration

'Religious Pop Idol' hits India (BBC News, July 5)

Could this be the global-warming generation? [Will Live Earth inspire action?] (Christian Science Monitor, July 5)

'Shadow Wolves' track drug smugglers the native American way (Christian Science Monitor, July 5)

Natural Disasters & Weather

Rains maroon thousands in eastern India (Reuters, July 6)

32 Bodies Found After Mexico Landslide (Washington Post/AP, July 6) Site requires free registration

Kamchatka Volcano Blows Its Top (ScienceDaily, July 5)

Drought Saps the Southeast, and Its Farmers (N.Y. Times, July 4) Site requires free registration

Flash Floods Leave 2,500 Homeless in Sudan (Planet Ark/Reuters, July 4)

Global and U.S. Hazards/Climate Extremes (updated weekly on Wednesdays)

Earthweek: A Diary of the Planet [pdf] (updated late Fridays)

People & Places in the News

Vote closing for new seven wonders of the world (Seattle Times/AP, July 6)

Sochi win stirs mixed emotions for Russian ecologists [City to host Olympic Games] (Reuters, July 5)

Oil plan casts shadow on Bolivia park (BBC News, July 5)

China's eco-city faces growth challenge (BBC News, July 5)

The tusk detective [Interview with conservation biologist Samuel Wasser] (news@nature.com, July 5)

Africa Cautious on Continental Government (NPR, July 4)

Plants & Animals

Migratory Birds Steal Information from Locals (LiveScience, July 5)

New DNA kits unlock pet pedigrees (Christian Science Monitor, July 5)

Critics say species list is endangered (L.A. Times, July 5)

Sexual Problems Could Lead to Rhinos' Extinction (ENN/Reuters, July 5)

Bird song goes out of fashion too [Stylistic changes may lead to new species] (New Scientist, July 5)

Altruistic Rats: First Evidence For Generalized Reciprocal Cooperation In Non-humans (ScienceDaily, July 5)

Surge of Dead Seabirds Alarms Scientists (ENN/AP, July 4)

Summertime. Fish Jumping. That’s Trouble. [Sturgeon strikes in Florida] (N.Y. Times, July 4) Site requires free registration

Scientists Find Endangered Monkey in Vietnam (Planet Ark/Reuters, July 4)

Smart apes spit [Orang-utans use water to solve peanut puzzle] (news@nature.com, July 4)

Science & Technology

The Earth is smaller than assumed: German researchers (PhysOrg, July 5)

Good vibes power tiny generator (BBC News, July 5)

Rat-brained robot thinks like the real thing (New Scientist, July 4)

Space

Raging dust storm halts Mars rover's progress (New Scientist, July 5)

NASA to launch asteroid mission Sunday (Yahoo News/AP, July 5)

Second space 'hotel' model launched (news@nature.com, July 5)

NASA Recycles Old Spacecraft for New Missions (Space.com, July 4)

Craters preserved on spongy Saturn moon (New Scientist, July 4)

NASA's Next Telescope (Technology Review, July/Aug.)

Lectures, Meetings, & Conferences

Sources:

Conference Calendar for Zoology (BIOSIS)

Meridian International Center Events

National Academy of Sciences Events

National Air and Space Museum Events

National Journal Daybook [includes environment-related events in Washington]

National Museum of Natural History Events

National Press Club

Smithsonian Resident Associate Programs