Archaeology & Paleontology

Archaeologists have partly dug up a second-century bath complex (YahooNews/AP, July 19)

Megaflood 'made Island Britain' (BBC News, July 19)

Dinosaurs' Rise Was Slow, Not "Lucky Break," New Fossils Suggest (National Geographic News, July 19)

Viking treasure hoard uncovered (BBC News, July 19)

Ancient mariner tools found in Cyprus (YahooNews/AP, July 19)

Linguists seek a time when we spoke as one (Christian Science Monitor, July 19)

Archaeologists Seek to Safeguard Petra (Physorg.com, July 18)

130-Year-Old Outhouses Yield Treasures (ABC News, July 18)

Modern Humans Came Out of Africa, "Definitive" Study Says (National Geographic News, July 18)

Possible Link to Lucy's Ancestors Found (LiveScience, July 17)

Environment

Alternative Farming Cleans Up Water (ScienceDaily, July 19)

Increase In Creeping Vines Signals Major Shift In Southern US Forests (ScienceDaily, July 19)

Peru Launches Drive To Regrow Lost Forests And Jungles (TerraDaily/AFP, July 19)

Gulf dead zone to be biggest ever (BBC News, July 18)

Bustling Shanghai to Turn Suburb Into Wetlands (PlanetArk, July 18)

Meat is murder on the environment (New Scientist, July 18)

Picking Berries Protects Rain Forests Best, Study Shows (ENN, July18)

Japanese fears over nuclear power (BBC News, July 18)

Exploration & Adventure

By ice floe to the North Pole (Physorg.com, July 20)

Arctic diary: Tracking wolves (BBC News, July 19)

Michael Reardon, 42; free solo rock climber is swept away by rogue wave (L.A. Times, July 19)Site requires free registration

Becalmed Viking ship takes a tow (BBC News, July 17)

Medicine & Health

New Clue Into How Diet And Exercise Enhance Longevity (TerraDaily/SPX, July 20)

The man with a hole in his brain (news@nature.com, July 20)

Accident Prone? Scientists Link Brain Function To Knee Injuries (ScienceDaily, July 20)

Genetic variation may lower HIV load by 90% (New Scientist, July 19)

Cancer-proof mice live longer(news@nature.com, July 18)

Peoples & Culture

Salmon, whale blubber and seals lend unique flavor to Native games (Anchorage Daily News, July 19)

Take Off Your Tie to Help the Planet, Italy Says (PlanetArk, July 18)

In China, fame comes easier with a foreign face (Christian Science Monitor, July 18)

Vanuatu defends its famous drink (BBC News, Jully 18)

Novel Faiths Find Followers Among Russia's Disillusioned (Washington Post, July 17)

Natural Disasters & Weather

Weeks of Heavy Rain Show No Let-Up in China (PlanetArk, July 20)

Glaciers And Ice Caps To Dominate Sea Level Rise This Century (ScienceDaily, July 19)

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

Researchers plumb mysteries of Antarctic Mountains (Physorg.com, July 20)

Human Rat Trap Knows His Enemy. They’re Winning. (N.Y. Times, July 20)Site requires free registration

Okeechobee's treasures and toxic muck (L.A. Times, July 19) Site requires free registration

Snowless in a Warming World, Ski Resort in French Alps Bids Adieu (ENN, July 19)

Surprising new species of light-harvesting bacterium discovered in Yellowstone (Physorg.com, July 19)

Behold Turkmenistan’s Marvels! (Authorized Version) (N.Y. Times, July 19)Site requires free registration

Quebec and Vermont Towns Bond Over a Sleepy Border (N.Y. Times, July 18)Site requires free registration

Ancient Darfur lake 'is dried up' (BBC News, July 20)
Water find 'may end Darfur war' (BBC News, July 18)

A Short History of China's Fragile Environment (PlanetArk, July 18)

Plants & Animals

One of World's Oldest Chimps Dies at 60 (Physorg.com, July 20)

Ice Age Survivors Found In Iceland (ScienceDaily, July 20)

Rising floodwaters play the cat to billions of Chinese mice (Christian Science Monitor, July 20)

Amphibian Populations Concern Scientists (Physorg.com, July 19)

Queen bees avert the sting in the tail (news@nature.com, July 19)

Crabs use their shells for garbage disposal (news@nature.com, July 19)

Sharks Face Increased Threat Due to Fin Soup (PlanetArk, July 19)

'Goose Whisperer' Bonds With Park Birds (Physorg.com, July 18)

N.H. Chestnut Tree May Rebirth Species (Physorg.com, July 18)

Kangaroos Invading Australian Cities as Drought Worsens (National Geographic News, July 18)

Yellowstone's grizzlies feel the heat (Seattle P-I, July 18)

'Disastrous' season for seabirds (BBC News, July 18)

Decoding Mushroom's Secrets Could Combat Carbon, Find Better Biofuels & Safer Soils (ScienceDaily, July 18)

Group helps Ethiopia's donkeys (Christian Science Monitor, July 18)

Science & Technology

Taking the fossil out of fossil fuel(New Scientist, July 20)

Look, no hands [car drives itself] (BBC News, July 19)

Robotic Bird Designed to Spy on Humans (LiveScience, July 19)

From Wales, a Box to Make Biofuel from Car Fumes (ENN, July 19)

Checkers 'solved' after years of number crunching (New Scientist, July 19)

Gecko, Mussel Powers Combined in New Sticky Adhesive (National Geographic News, July 18)

The future of biofuels is not in corn(Physorg.com, July 18)

China simplifies method for turning coal to gas (New Scientist, July 18)

Researchers develop inexpensive, easy process to produce solar panels (Physorg.com, July 18)

Chameleon liquid could outshine LCDs (New Scientist, July 17)

Space

Restored Saturn V rocket unveiled (YahooNews/AP, July 20)

Space station crew to dump trash overboard (New Scientist, July 20)

Mexican Volcano Is Test Bed for Trees on Mars (ENN, July 19)

New 60th Moon of Saturn Discovered (LiveScience, July 19)

Saturn's "Walnut Moon" Mystery Solved (National Geographic News, July 18)

Source of "Killer Electrons" in Space Discovered (National Geographic News, July 18)

Icy geysers may erupt on Pluto's largest moon (New Scientist, July 18)

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