Archaeology & Paleontology

T. Rex Quicker Than Fastest Humans, Study Says (National Geographic News, Aug. 23)

Cave Clue Reveals Ancient Bohemian Life (Discovery, Aug. 23)

Unravelling mysteries of ancient human migrations [Genographic Project] (Hindu, Aug. 23)

Roman Soldier's Footprint Reveals Clues to Ancient City (LiveScience, Aug. 23)

Pirate ship finally to be excavated (Daily Tar Heel, Aug. 23)

Inside the Emperor’s underground palace (Times UK, Aug. 22)

Dig Casts New Light On Indian Culture (Washington Post, Aug. 22) Site requires free registration

World's Oldest Hominid Now World's Oldest Tourist [Lucy] (NPR, Aug. 22)

Group issues list of endangered Peruvian artifacts, urges public to be on alert (International Herald Tribune/AP, Aug. 22)

Fossils belong to new great ape (BBC News, Aug. 22)

Environment

Climate Fight Must Be Won in Developing Nations - UN (Planet Ark/Reuters, Aug. 24)

U.S. Told to Issue Global Warming Plans (ENN/AP, Aug. 23)

Change in hottest year fuels global warming skeptics (Christian Science Monitor, Aug. 23)

Bush Administration Set to Ease Legal Limits on Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining (ENN/EarthJustice, Aug. 23)

Brazil denies Amazon logging link (BBC News, Aug. 22)

Antarctic Ice Thawing Faster Than Predicted (ENN, Aug. 22)

States set target for reducing emissions (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Aug. 22)

Climate Change Called Security Issue Like Cold War (Planet Ark/Reuters, Aug. 22)

Exploration & Adventure

Norwegian/US Scientific traverse of East Antarctica (ThePoles.com, Aug. 23)

New Everest incentives launched (BBC News, Aug. 22)

Medicine & Health

FDA Suggests New Sunscreen Standards (NPR, Aug. 24)

Scientists Spot Brain's 'Free Will' Center (LiveScience, Aug. 23)

Many Found Sexually Active Into the 70s (N.Y. Times, Aug. 23) Site requires free registration

Infectious Diseases Spreading Faster Than Ever - UN (Planet Ark/Reuters, Aug. 23)

Out-of-body experiences are 'all in the mind' (New Scientist, Aug. 23)

Restoring Sight, One Pixel At A Time (Science Daily, Aug. 23)

Deadly virus linked to fruit bat (BBC News, Aug. 22)

Deadliness of West Nile virus explained (New Scientist, Aug. 22)

Peoples & Culture

Fighting harassment on India's streets (Christian Science Monitor, Aug. 23)

Are civil unions a 600-year-old tradition? (PhysOrg, Aug. 23)

China's elderly care conundrum (BBC News, Aug. 23)

The great Indian sex debate (BBC News, Aug. 20)

Natural Disasters & Weather

Russia Island Quake on August 2nd Left 8,000 Homeless (Planet Ark/Reuters, Aug. 24)

California: A Seismic Lull for Los Angeles (N.Y. Times, Aug. 24) Site requires free registration

Powerful Dean Bolsters Busy Hurricane Season Forecasts (National Geographic News, Aug. 23)

Over 1,000 Displaced by Floods [Midwest U.S.] (N.Y. Times/AP, Aug. 23) Site requires free registration

Sudan Floods Death Toll Reaches 89 (Planet Ark/Reuters, Aug. 23)

China Storm Death Toll Rises to 39 (Planet Ark/Reuters, Aug. 23)

Next forecasting challenge: predicting hurricane's wallop (Christian Science Monitor, Aug. 23)

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

Far-Reaching Policy for Aborigines Draws Their Fury (N.Y. Times, Aug. 24) Site requires free registration

Pigeon Dung Examined in Bridge Collapse (ENN/AP, Aug. 23)

'No hope' for 181 Chinese miners (BBC News, Aug. 23)

World's Oldest Diamonds Discovered in Australia (National Geographic News, Aug. 22)

Spain Runs Europe's First Commercial Solar Plant (NPR, Aug. 22)

Brad Pitt aims to keep focus on Katrina recovery (ENN/Reuters, Aug. 22)

Las Vegas Growth Depends on Dwindling Water Supply (ENN/Reuters, Aug. 22)

FEATURE - Las Vegas Growth Depends on Dwindling Water Supply (Planet Ark/Reuters, Aug. 22)

Plants & Animals

Monkeys use 'baby talk' to sooth infants not mums (New Scientist, Aug. 24)

Agency releases woodpecker recovery plan (Yahoo News/AP, Aug. 23)

Rare Japanese Dugong Threatened by U.S. Military Base (National Geographic News, Aug. 23)

Rare panda birth at Austrian zoo (BBC News, Aug. 23)

Wolf Bones Beat Tree Rings as Climate Records (LiveScience, Aug. 23)

Pygmy Elephants Threatened by Logging, Oil Palm Plantations (ENN/Worldwatch Institute, Aug. 23)

'Seeing' through the chin [Elephantnose fish] (news@nature.com, Aug. 23)

Like Ducks and Penguins, With Nervous Stomachs (N.Y. Times, Aug. 22) Site requires free registration

Scientists ask: Where have all the dolphins gone? (PhysOrg/AFP, Aug. 22)

Chimps keep busy to control their urges (New Scientist, Aug. 22)

Global Warming Threatens Moose, Wolves (Science Daily, Aug. 22)

Emergency Gorilla-Protection Force Deployed in Congo (National Geographic News, Aug. 21)

Weird Creatures Found on Deep-Sea "Mountain Range" [Cormorants] (National Geographic News, Aug. 21)

Science & Technology

Illuminating the net's Dark Ages (BBC News, Aug. 23)

Hot compost bugs promise greener car fuel (ENN/Reuters, Aug. 23)

Harvesting Power from the Ocean (Technology Review, Aug. 23)

No Large Northern Hemisphere Ice Sheets Existed 41 Million Years Ago, Contrary To Previous Suggestions (Science Daily, Aug. 23)

Underwater turbines set to generate record power (New Scientist, Aug. 22)

Scientists interpret physics behind invisibility cloaks (PhysOrg, Aug. 22)

Greatest Mysteries: How Did Life Arise on Earth? (LiveScience, Aug. 22)

Scientists drug-test whole cities (Yahoo News/AP, Aug. 21)

Time Travel Machine Outlined (Yahoo News/LiveScience, Aug. 20)

Space

Astronomers find a hole in the universe (Yahoo News/AP, Aug. 24)

Jupiter increases risk of comet strike on Earth (New Scientist, Aug. 24)

Rare view reveals dynamic nature of Uranus's rings (New Scientist, Aug. 23)

New Information On Geological And Volcanic Activity On The Moon (Science Daily, Aug. 23)

Claim of Martian Life Called 'Bogus' (Space.com, Aug. 23)

Mining the Moon (Technology Review, Aug. 23)

"Cosmic Train Wreck" May Derail Theories of Dark Matter (National Geographic News, Aug. 22)

Sun's Temper Blamed for Loss of Water on Mars (Space.com, Aug. 22)

Shuttle Glides Safely Home in Spite of Damage (N.Y. Times, Aug. 22) Site requires free registration

In Google Earth, a Service for Scanning the Heavens (N.Y. Times, Aug. 22) Site requires free registration

Vibrations on the Sun may 'shake' the Earth (New Scientist, Aug. 22)

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