Archaeology & Paleontology

Beyond Mesopotamia: A radical new view of human civilization reported (Physorg.com, Aug. 2)

Archaeological Digging In the Digital Age (Washington Post, Aug. 2)Site requires free registration

Early Humans In China One Million Years Ago (ScienceDaily, Aug. 2)

New Fossils Support Deep-Sea Origin of Life (LiveScience, Aug. 2)

"Gentrified" Egyptian Burial Chamber Discovered (National Geographic News, Aug. 2)

Odd Skull Boosts Human, Neandertal Interbreeding Theory (National Geographic News, Aug. 2)

Getty Agrees to Return 40 Antiquities to Italy (N.Y. Times, Aug. 2) Site requires free registration

Hohokam canal site unearthed at ASU dig (Arizona Republic, Aug. 2)

Tribes, firefighters cooperate to save sacred sites (L.A. Times, Aug. 2) Site requires free registration

Jaws, Teeth of Earliest Bony Fish Discovered (National Geographic News, Aug. 1)

Stone Age site surfaces after 8,000 years (Scenta, Aug. 1)

Aztec pyramid ruins found in Mexico City (YahooNews/Reuters, Aug. 1)

Environment

UN Climate Chief Skeptical about Global Carbon Tax (ENN, Aug. 2)

Wider Buffers Are Better (ScienceDaily, Aug. 20

China Blames Climate Change for Extreme Weather (PlanetArk, Aug. 2)

Asia's brown clouds 'warm planet' (BBC News, Aug. 1)

Dead Zone Detected for First Time in Gulf off Texas; Flooding Named as Culprit (ENN, Aug. 1)

Losing Forests to Fuel Cars (Washington Post, July 31) Site requires free registration

US border fences 'an eco-danger' (BBC News, July 31)

Exploration & Adventure

Russia plants flag under North Pole (BBC News, Aug. 2)

Sailboat Island Odyssey Has Grim Message for Earth (PlanetArk, Aug. 2)

Spiderman's in trouble (iOL, Aug. 1)

'Green Teams' go for auto race (MSNBC, Aug. 1)

Medicine & Health

Conquering polio's last frontier (BBC News, Aug. 2)

Black Death casts a genetic shadow over England (New Scientist, Aug. 1)

Unfit viruses cause worse disease (news@nature.com, Aug. 1)

Electrical pulses 'rouse' patient (BBC News, Aug. 1)

Peoples & Culture

A Familiar Set Helps to Create a New Cultural Market[poetry in Dubai] (N.Y. Times, Aug. 2) Site requires free registration

'Witchcraft' arrest in Mozambique (BBC News, Aug. 2)

Amid War, Passion for TV Chefs, Soaps and Idols (N.Y. Times, Aug. 1) Site requires free registration

Afghan women 'fighting for peace' (BBC News, July 31)

A Super-Size Troupe Leaps From Ridiculous to Sublime (N.Y. Times, July 30) Site requires free registration

Natural Disasters & Weather

India monsoon floods death toll tops 1,000 (YahooNews/AFP, Aug. 3)

New flood warning to save rural Bangladeshis (New Scientist, Aug. 3)

China Scrambles Starling Squadrons to Fight Locusts (PlanetArk, Aug. 3)

'Sunshade' for global warming could cause drought (New Scientist, Aug. 2)

South Asia struggles with floods (BBC News, Aug. 2)

Warming of glaciers threatens millions in China (San Francisco Chronicle, Aug. 1)

Frequency Of Atlantic Hurricanes Doubled Over Last Century, Climate Change Suspected (ScienceDaily, Aug. 1)

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

Ivory Coast Seeks to Adapt Crops to Climate Change (PlanetArk, Aug. 3)

Concern over Nepal wildlife seizures (BBC News, Aug. 3)

Aquatic reserve set up around Cypress Island [San Juan Islands] (Seattle Times, Aug. 2)

Arctic Wealth And Why Countries Are Jockeying Over The Roof Of The World (TerraDaily/AFP, Aug. 2)

Tougher times for Christmas Island? (Christian Science Monitor, Aug. 1)

China Floods Put Three Gorges Dam to the Test (PlanetArk, Aug. 1)

Zimbabwe's Wildlife Decimated by Economic Crisis (National Geographic News, Aug. 1)

Early springs show Siberia is warming fast (New Scientist, Aug. 1)

Mud Island Emerges off Trinidad Coast (ENN, Aug. 1)

Canary islands fires an environmental catastrophe (YahooNews/AFP, Aug. 1)

In East Texas, Residents Take On a Lake-Eating Monster (N.Y. Times, July 30) Site requires free registration

Plants & Animals

Atlantic Bird Makes Slow Resurgence (Physorg.com, Aug. 3)

Termite is world's snappiest animal (New Scientist, Aug. 2)

Saving The Tasmanian Devil, With The Help Of New Synchrotron (ScienceDaily, Aug. 2)

Scientists Create 12-Headed Jellyfish (LiveScience, Aug. 2)

Hungry Bears Are Lured by the Well-Stocked Home (N.Y. Times, Aug. 2) Site requires free registration

Rare butterfly recovers in California (Physorg.com, Aug. 20

Orangutans use 'charades' to talk (BBC News, Aug. 2)

Scientists use satellites to track endangered macaws (YahooNews/Reuters, Aug. 2)

Monkeys Learn In The Same Way As Humans (ScienceDaily, Aug. 2)

Hemlocks threatened by an unwelcome guest(Christian Science Monitor, Aug. 2)

In Darfur, donkeys are a lifeline (Christian Science Monitor, Aug. 2)

Whitebarks and grizzlies (Casper Star Tribune, Aug. 1)

Owls' ears map the world (New Scientist, Aug. 1)

Twitcher captures Albino sparrows (BBC News, Aug. 1)

Birds Help Trees Soar (LiveScience, Aug. 1)

Plea to gardeners: keep a little patch unclipped to help save bumblebees (Guardian Unlimited, July 23)

Science & Technology

Graphene Sniffs Out Dangerous Molecules (ScienceDaily, Aug. 3)

Satnav makes car trips shorter and safer (New Scientist, Aug. 2)

2006 tectonic plate motion reversal near Acapulco puzzles earthquake scientists (Physorg.com, Aug. 2)

Sharing a joke could help man and robot interact (New Scientist, Aug. 1)

Microchips in humans: High-tech helpers or Big Brother surveillance? (CNN, Aug. 1)

Space

Newfound Planet Has Earth-Like Orbit (Space.com, Aug. 2)

Planet orbiting a giant red star discovered with hobby-eberly telescope (Physorg.com, Aug. 2)

Saturn's Mysterious G-ring Explained (LiveScience, Aug. 2)

NASA's 'Phoenix' will dig for water, life at Martian pole (YahooNews/AFP, Aug. 2)

Concern Increasing About Opportunity Rover (Physorg.com, Aug. 1)

NASA Orders Cabin Leak Fix for Shuttle Endeavour (Space.com, Aug. 1)

Some black holes are 'closet eaters' (New Scientist, July 31)

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