Archaeology & Paleontology

In Argentina, a Museum Unveils a Long-Frozen Maiden (N.Y. Times, Sept. 11) Site requires free registration

Viking ship 'buried beneath pub' (BBC News, Sept. 10)

Studying Evidence From Ice Age Lakes (ENN/Geological Survey of Norway, Sept. 10)

Century-Old Shipwreck Found in Superior (Washington Post/AP, Sept. 10) Site requires free registration

The gene that makes your mouth water [Ability to digest starch could have spurred human evolution.] (News@nature.com, Sept. 9)

Bug Warfare Discovered in Dinosaur Era (Yahoo!/LiveScience, Sept. 9)

Archeologists find ancient tunnel used by Jews to escape Roman conquest of Jerusalem (International Herald Tribune, Sept. 9)

Environment

‘Feel Good’ vs. ‘Do Good’ on Climate (N.Y. Times, Sept. 11) Site requires free registration

Changing Arctic: A diary from Greenland (BBC News, Sept. 10)

England's countryside 'set to vanish in decades' (Independent UK, Sept. 10)

Climate change will harm life on the deep ocean floor, study finds (Independent UK, Sept. 10)

For peat's sake: Governments urged to promote responsible management of peatlands (AlphaGalileo/Univ. of Leicester, Sept. 10)

In pure Arctic air, signs of China's economic boom (ENN/Reuters, Sept. 10)

Volunteers help monitor nation's rivers (Yahoo!/AP, Sept. 8)

Exploration & Adventure

Alaska-Greenland: Northwest passage crossed by sail! (TheOceans.net, Sept. 11)

Fossett sought via Google Earth (BBC News, Sept. 10)

Medicine & Health

In India, a Quest to Ease the Pain of the Dying (N.Y. Times, Sept. 11) Site requires free registration

Drugs Banned, Many of World’s Poor Suffer in Pain (N.Y. Times, Sept. 10) Site requires free registration

Political affiliation could be all in the brain (New Scientist, Sept. 10)

Africa gets biotech boost against killer diseases (Yahoo!/Reuters, Sept. 10)

Scientists identify stem cells in tendons (ScienceDaily/UPI, Sept. 10)

3D face scans spot gene syndromes (BBC News, Sept. 9)

Improved polymer shuttles genes into cells [Gene therapy.] (News@nature.com, Sept. 10)

Hold the Line: The Debate Over the Health Effects of Wireless (Washington Post, Sept. 9) Site requires free registration

Peoples & Culture

Taiwan's dark village sees the light [Amis tribe.] (BBC News, Sept. 10)

In Polygamy Country, Old Divisions Are Fading [Intra-Mormon relations.] (N.Y. Times, Sept. 10) Site requires free registration

Reporter films China's own Loch Ness monster (TerraDaily/AFP, Sept. 9)

Natural Disasters & Weather

Thousands Flee Homes as Fresh Floods Hit Bangladesh (Planet Ark/Reuters, Sept. 10)

Weather May Account for Reduced Honey Crop (Washington Post, Sept. 10) Site requires free registration

Mathematics of Ice to Aid Global Warming Forecasts (PhysOrg, Sept. 10)

Global and U.S. Hazards/Climate Extremes (updated weekly on Wednesdays)

Earthweek: A Diary of the Planet [pdf] (updated late Fridays)

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

China to Start Work on Eco-City in New Year (Planet Ark/Reuters, Sept. 10)

In Africa, smaller cities grow faster (Christian Science Monitor, Sept. 10)

APEC Leaders to Sign Climate Change Pact at Summit (Planet Ark/Reuters, Sept. 10)

Norman Foster to design Libyan 'eco-region' (New Scientist, Sept. 10)

Mali’s Farmers Discover a Weed’s Potential Power (N.Y. Times, Sept. 9) Site requires free registration

Plants & Animals

Godwit makes huge Pacific flight (BBC News, Sept. 11)

Brainy Parrot Dies, Emotive to the End (N.Y. Times, Sept. 11) Site requires free registration

Chinese Pandas Start New Life in Spain as VIPs (Planet Ark/Reuters, Sept. 10)

Record Cache of Snow Leopard Parts Seized in China (National Geographic News, Sept. 10)

Basking sharks threatened by upsurge in sightseers (Independent UK, Sept. 10)

Sniffing Out the Redwoods of Record (Red Orbit, Sept. 10)

Most Polar Bears Could be Lost by 2050 - US Report (Planet Ark/Reuters, Sept. 10)

Ecologists Get To The Bottom Of Why Bears Rub Trees (ENN/British Ecological Soc., Sept. 10)

Asian Catfish Migrates Hundreds of Miles, Rivals Salmon (National Geographic News, Sept. 7)

Science & Technology

Mobiles for the 'world's poorest' (BBC News, Sept. 10)

Invisibility cloak turns you into ray of light (New Scientist, Sept. 10)

Machines might talk with humans by putting themselves in our shoes (PhysOrg, Sept. 10)

Physics discovers the secrets of Saint Francis (AlphaGalileo, Sept. 7)

Space

Small Galaxies as Forerunners of Mammoth Systems (N.Y. Times, Sept. 11) Site requires free registration

Engage the antimatter drive (New Scientist, Sept. 10)

The Universe Through the Looking Glass (Red Orbit, Sept. 10)

NASA prepares solar dynamic observatory (ScienceDaily/UPI, Sept. 10)

Solar plane flies into the night (BBC News, Sept. 9)

Radio Telescope And Its Budget Hang in the Balance (Washington Post, Sept. 9) Site requires free registration

NASA "Clean Rooms" Brimming With Bacteria (National Geographic News, Sept. 10)

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