Archaeology & Paleontology

Mummified Inca maiden wows crowds (BBC News, Sept. 7)

Widely Held Beliefs About Early Cherokee Settlement Patterns Likely Incorrect (ScienceDaily, Sept. 7)

Cyprus to search for ancient shipwrecks (MSNBC, Sept. 6)

New "Mini" Dinosaur a Step in Bird Evolution Path (National Geographic News, Sept. 6)

Change from Arid to Wet Climate in Africa Altered Early Human Evolution (Physorg.com, Sept. 6)

Space pile-up 'condemned dinos' (BBC News, Sept. 5)

Ancient Human DNA Extracted From Yucca Leaves Spat Out (ScienceDaily, Sept. 5)

Archaeologists Discover Ancient Beehives (Physorg.com, Sept. 4)

Possible mastodon carving found on rock (YahooNews/AP, Sept. 4)

Pig study sheds new light on the colonisation of Europe by early farmers (EurekAlert, Sept. 3)

Environment

Scientists compare U.S., China pollution (YahooNews/AP, Sept. 6)

World’s first sustainable tuna fishery certified in US (WWF, Sept. 6)

NOAA affirms predictions of sea ice loss (YahooNews/AP, Sept. 6)

Arsenic alarm in Bihar villages (BBC News, Sept. 6)

Congressional Report: Climate Change Hitting Federal Lands And Waters Hard (ENN, Sept. 6)

Report blasts EPA cleanup at Ground Zero (Newsday/AP, Sept. 6)

No More Privies, So Hikers Add a Carry-Along (N.Y. Times, Sept. 5)Site requires free registration

Coming Clean: The future of coal in the Asia-Pacific (WWF, Sept. 4)

Times Atlas to reflect 'environmental disasters' (New Scientist, Sept. 3)

Exploration & Adventure

Search Widens for Missing Adventurer [Steve Fossett] (LiveScience, Sept. 6)

Everest ROCKS - 40 musicians to south side BC for huge gig (Mounteverest.net, Sept. 5)

Antarctic pod makes way for green research (New Scientist, Sept. 5)

Spiderman Detained After Moscow Climb (AP, Sept. 4)

Medicine & Health

HIV variant offers vaccine hope (New Scientist, Sept. 7)

Scientists shed new light on how antibodies fight HIV (Physorg.com, Sept. 6)

Mosquito virus arrives in Europe (BBC News, Sept. 6)

Cholera-hit Indians 'face hunger' (BBC News, Sept. 6)

Skin as a living coloring book(Physorg.com, Sept. 6)

The Power Of Fruit Juice (ScienceDaily, Sept. 5)

Peoples & Culture

They're Big, but Not Yet Stars [Chinese quartet] (Washington Post, Sept. 6)Site requires free registration

Using shame to change sanitary habits (L.A. Times, Sept. 6)Site requires free registration

A mosque in America's heartland (Christian Science Monitor, Sept. 6)

Fifty years later, 'On the Road' still beckons (Christian Science Monitor, Sept. 5)

A Culture of Naming That Even a Law May Not Tame (N.Y. Times, Sept. 5)Site requires free registration

Natural Disasters & Weather

2 Recent Storms Show Forests Help Blunt Hurricanes’ Force (N.Y. Times, Sept. 7)Site requires free registration

New Faraway Sensors Warn of Emerging Hurricane's Strength (Physorg.com, Sept. 6)

La Nina strengthens hurricane forecasts (YahooNews/AP, Sept. 6)

Bay of Bengal Faces Major Tsunami Threat (National Geographic News, Sept. 6)

Death toll from Felix nears 100 (YahooNews/AP, Sept. 7)

In pictures: Felix aftermath (BBC News, Sept. 6)

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

'Pearl of Siberia' draws investors (BBC News, Sept. 7)

Canadians among world's happiest workers (Vancouver Sun, Sept. 6)

Jordan and Israel consider Red Sea canal (Physorg.com, Sept. 6)

Will Australia's Top Wines Survive Climate Challenges? (PlanetArk, Sept. 6)

States like Massachusetts are losing 72 acres per day to urbanization (Christian Science Monitor, Sept. 6)

New road threatens Damascus heritage (BBC News, Sept. 5)

Scientists Say Global Warming To Hit Africa Hardest (ENN, Sept. 5)

Hudson River to get 24/7 scrutiny(Christian Science Monitor, Sept. 5)

Plants & Animals

Rise in rare birds mystifies experts (BBC News, Sept. 7)

China Battles Rat Plague With Foxes, Eagles (PlanetArk, Sept. 7)

Why did the monkey pee on his feet? (news@nature.com, Sept. 7)

Birch Trees To Edge Out Aspens In Warming World (ScienceDaily, Sept. 7)

Bee researchers close in on Colony Collapse Disorder (Physorg.com, Sept. 6)

Congo's Rare Mountain Gorillas Caught in Fighting (PlanetArk, Sept. 5)

Retreat of the penguins (Australian, Sept. 5)

Moray Eels Grab Prey With "Alien" Jaws (National Geographic News, Sept. 5)

Kenyan scientists save Grevy's zebras from possible extinction (Physorg.com, Sept. 5)

Tasmanian tiger's weaker bite gave dingoes the edge (New Scientist, Sept. 5)

Indonesia: Orangutans squeezed by biofuel boom (ENN, Sept. 5)

Why Grizzly Bears Rub Trees (LiveScience, Sept. 5)

Tropical crab invades Georgia oyster reefs, long-term impact can't be predicted (Physorg.com, Sept. 4)

Endangered turtle nests found in Texas (YahooNews/AP, Sept. 4)

Science & Technology

Cultivating switch grass as a biofuel (Washington Post, Sept. 6)Site requires free registration

Carmakers Switching to Electric Motors (ENN, Sept. 6)

Spider-like vessel hits New York waters (MSNBC, Sept. 6)

Nanomagnetic Sponges To Clean Precious Works Of Art (ScienceDaily, Sept. 6)

‘Bringing the Ocean to the World,’ in High-Def (N.Y. Times, Sept. 5)Site requires free registration

'Human-animal' embryo green light (BBC News, Sept. 5)

Space

'Lego-block' Galaxies Discovered In Early Universe (ScienceDaily, Sept. 7)

Saturn's dizzying spin hints at quick birth (New Scientist, Sept. 6)

Dark energy probe gets high praise (news@nature.com, Sept. 5)

Voyager celebrating three decades of flight (CNN, Sept. 4)

Turbulence Key to Planet Formation, New Study Suggests (National Geographic News, Sept. 4)

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