Archaeology & Paleontology

Quarry in Yellowstone yields clues on prehistoric travel (Billings Gazette, July 26)

Fossils Older Than Dinosaurs Reveal Pattern Of Early Animal Evolution On Earth (ScienceDaily, July 26)

American Indians and Plants in the Great Basin: An Ancient Relationship (American Chronicle, July 25)

Korean Mummies Reveal Medical Clues, Love Poems (National Geographic News, July 25)

Treasure trove 'found by octopus' (BBC News, July 25)

Hidden City Found Beneath Alexandria (LiveScience, July 24)

Dig reveals "billionaire's" Roman villa with baths (Reuters, July 24)

Environment

Texas Leads List of Dirtiest US Power Plants (Planet Ark/Reuters, July 27)

Climate change escalates Darfur crisis (Christian Science Monitor, July 27)

Russia to Use Satellites to Defend Vast Forests (Planet Ark/Reuters, July 26)

Ozone Cuts Plant Growth, Spurs Global Warming - Study (Planet Ark/Reuters, July 26)

Novel gel soaks up heavy metal pollution (New Scientist, July 26)

Study: Renewable Energy Not Green (Yahoo News/LiveScience, July 26)

World Bank Fund Encourages Developing Countries to Stop Deforestation (Planet Ark/Reuters, July 25)

Controversy erupts over Endangered Species Act (Christian Science Monitor, July 25)

Plan to Dump Iron in Ocean as Climate Fix Attracts Debate (National Geographic News, July 25)

Forest Service Teams with Nonprofit Foundation to Combat Global Warming (ENN/AP, July 25)

Global Warming Threatens Coffee Collapse in Uganda (National Geographic News, July 24)

Are Britain's Floods Linked to Global Warming? (Yahoo News/LiveScience, July 24)

Exploration & Adventure

40 scientists set sail on mission to North [International Polar Year] (Montreal Gazette, July 27)

Russian Arctic expedition resumes (BBC News, July 26)

Global adventurer set to finish (BBC News, July 25)

Medicine & Health

Visible light pulses knock out viruses in blood (New Scientist, July 27)

Medical opinion comes full circle on cannabis dangers (news@nature.com, July 27)

Patient in Experimental Gene Therapy Study Dies, F.D.A. Says (N.Y. Times, July 27) Site requires free registration

Global Warming Sends Dengue Fever Cases in Indonesia Soaring (ENN/AP, July 26)

Single gene deletion boosts lifespan (news@nature.com, July 26)

Womb-on-a-chip may boost IVF successes (New Scientist, July 26)

Rise in Cases of West Nile May Portend an Epidemic (N.Y. Times, July 26) Site requires free registration

Find Yourself Packing It On? Blame Friends [Obesity spreads in social circles] (N.Y. Times, July 26) Site requires free registration

People, animals behave better when watched: study (PhysOrg, July 26)

Mobile telephone masts 'do not cause illness' (news@nature.com, July 25)

Peoples & Culture

While Real Bullets Fly, Movies Bring War Home (N.Y. Times, July 26) Site requires free registration

In Europe, skylines reflect the rise of Islam (Christian Science Monitor, July 26)

Religious concepts promote cooperation (news@nature.com, July 25)

Over a gorge, a bridge to the Incan past (Christian Science Monitor, July 25)

Bringing Moos and Oinks Into the Food Debate [Animal rights activists move from the margin to the mainstream] (N.Y. Times, July 25) Site requires free registration

Rwandan Women Take Steps to Help Themselves (VOA News, July 19)

Natural Disasters & Weather

China Floods Spread To North After At Least 500 Die (Planet Ark/Reuters, July 27)

Sudan Floods Kill About 59 People, Official Says (Planet Ark/Reuters, July 27)

Worst of Atlantic Hurricane Season Still to Come (Planet Ark/Reuters, July 26)

Russia planes rush to Greek fires (BBC News, July 26)

Major Quake Likely in Middle East, Survey Finds (National Geographic News, July 26)

Indonesian floods spread, 82 dead (Yahoo News/AFP, July 26)

Powerful Quake Rocks Eastern Indonesia (Washington Post/AP, July 26) Site requires free registration

Earthquake "Swarm" Strikes Africa, Puzzles Experts (National Geographic News, July 24)

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

Exile Group Condemns Inner Mongolia Celebrations (Planet Ark/Reuters, July 27)

In the Amazon: Conservation or Colonialism? (N.Y. Times, July 27) Site requires free registration

Navajos and Environmentalists Split on Power Plant (N.Y. Times, July 27) Site requires free registration

Aid From China Builds an Ally in East Timor (N.Y. Times, July 26) Site requires free registration

First Indian Women President Sworn In (Washington Post/AP, July 26) Site requires free registration

Titanic Site Protection Sought by Congress (LiveScience, July 26)

Darfur refugees tap the sun's power to cook (Christian Science Monitor, July 26)

Plants & Animals

Update: Baby Gorilla Found Alive After Mass "Execution" in Congo (National Geographic News, July 27)

Sex change wipes out invasive species (news@nature.com, July 26)

Biologists: Klamath fish still need help (Yahoo News/AP, July 26)

Sierra Leone Bans Capture, Killing of Chimps (Planet Ark/Reuters, July 26)

WWF Launches Bid to Save Southern Africa Fisheries (Planet Ark/Reuters, July 26)

Surprising new species of light-harvesting bacterium discovered in Yellowstone (PhysOrg, July 26)

China's Giant River Fish, the World's Largest, Feared Extinct (National Geographic News, July 26)

Kashmir Revolt Helps Endangered Bear Populations (Planet Ark/Reuters, July 25)

Frisky Foxes Not So Faithful (LiveScience, July 25)

Megafishes Project to Size Up "Real-Life Loch Ness Monsters" (National Geographic News, July 24)

Science & Technology

With Tools on Web, Amateurs Reshape Mapmaking (N.Y. Times, July 27) Site requires free registration

A quarter century of tech bugs (Christian Science Monitor, July 26)

US Army eyes truck-mounted laser (BBC News, July 26)

Human skin to replace animal tests (New Scientist, July 25)

Tiny finding that opened new frontier [Understanding the atom] (BBC News, July 25)

Toyota unveils plug-in hybrid, to test on roads (Yahoo News/Reuters, July 25)

Tame Tornadoes Might Generate Power (LiveScience, July 25)

Antique engines inspire nano chip (BBC News, July 24)

Space

NASA shaken by sabotage, drinking claims (Yahoo News/AP, July 27)

Killer electrons in space are now less mysterious (PhysOrg, July 26)

Mars Sample Return Proposal Stirs Excitement, Controversy (Space.com, July 26)

Space tourism industry is lifting off (Christian Science Monitor, July 26)

Request made for Mars rover price (BBC News, July 25)

Quadruple star system may host a planet (New Scientist, July 25)

Organic compound found in the stars (news@nature.com, July 24)

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