Archaeology & Paleontology

Antarctica Home to Tiny Creatures Even in Ice Ages (Planet Ark/Reuters, Sep. 28)

Early Polynesians Sailed Thousands of Miles for Trade (National Geographic News, Sep. 27)

Mammoth Hair Yields Ancient DNA, Study Says (National Geographic News, Sep. 27)

Ancient Pharaoh Temple Discovered Inside Egypt Mosque (National Geographic News, Sep. 27)

Human Ancestors More Primitive That Once Thought (TerraDaily/SPX, Sep. 26)

Will rising ocean sink Jamestown? (Virginia Gazette, Sep. 26)

80 Ancient "Cloud Warrior" Skeletons Found in Peru Fort (National Geographic News, Sep. 26)

Stone Age Rice Fields Discovered in China Swamp (National Geographic News, Sep. 26)

Ancient Fishermen Lured Fish With Fire (Discovery, Sep. 25)

Snake-bird gods fascinated both Aztecs and pharaohs (Reuters, Sep. 24)

Environment

Beneath Booming Cities, China’s Future Is Drying Up (N.Y. Times, Sep. 28) Site requires free registration

Africa Climate Change Woes Aired at Clinton Summit (Planet Ark/Reuters, Sep. 28)

Jane Goodall Says Biofuel Crops Hurt Rain Forests (Planet Ark/Reuters, Sep. 28)

Are sunspots prime suspects in global warming? (Christian Science Monitor, Sep. 27)

Deeper level of interest in climate fix [UN summit] (Christian Science Monitor, Sep. 27)

Motives behind Bush's climate summit (BBC News, Sep. 27)

U.S. insists it supports U.N. effort on climate (ENN/Reuters, Sep. 27)

Mountain mining called "genocide" of Appalachia (ENN/Reuters, Sep. 27)

Carbon dioxide did not end the last Ice Age (PhysOrg, Sep. 27)

Indonesia Urges Incentives for Forest Conservation (Planet Ark/Reuters, Sep. 27)

Endangered Islands Sound Climate Change Alarm (Planet Ark/Reuters, Sep. 26)

China dam 'catastrophe' warning (BBC News, Sep. 26)

Ocean pumps could counter global warming (New Scientist, Sep. 26)

Exploration & Adventure

AdventureStats Special: The twelve truths of Everest, part 1 (MountEverest.net, Sep. 26)

Fossett Search Turns to Death Valley (AP, Sep. 26)

After 13 years and 46,000 miles, man finally pedals around the world (Daily Mail, Sep. 26)

Medicine & Health

Genes Tied to Suicide Risk in Some Patients (NPR, Sep. 28)

Vaccine Compound Is Harmless, Study Says, as Autism Debate Rages (N.Y. Times, Sep. 27) Site requires free registration

Radiologists Identify Early Brain Marker Of Alzheimer's Disease (ScienceDaily, Sep. 27)

Food Tastes Boring to Anorexics (LiveScience, Sep. 27)

Therapy to slow down liver damage (BBC News, Sep. 26)

Peoples & Culture

New Test Asks: What Does ‘American’ Mean? (N.Y. Times, Sep. 28) Site requires free registration

In Saudi Arabia, Debate on Women’s Right to Drive (N.Y. Times, Sep. 28) Site requires free registration

Argentina's forest people suffer neglect (BBC News, Sep. 27)

New Delhi Journal: Picking Up Trash by Hand, and Yearning for Dignity (N.Y. Times, Sep. 27) Site requires free registration

Scientists Feel Miscast in Film on Life’s Origin (N.Y. Times, Sep. 27) Site requires free registration

Nike Designs Shoe for American Indians (ENN/AP, Sep. 26)

Natural Disasters & Weather

Japanese to Get a Few Seconds' Warnings of Quakes (Planet Ark/Reuters, Sep. 28)

Sudan's Floods Claim 150 Lives, US$300 Mln Lost (Planet Ark/Reuters, Sep. 28)

Greek fires burned 97,000 hectares of forest: WWF (Yahoo News/AFP, Sep. 27)

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

A PC for peasant farmers? China targets digital divide (Christian Science Monitor, Sep. 28)

Legal battle on Gore climate film (BBC News, Sep. 27)

Plants & Animals

Exotic parrots return to Cook Islands (Yahoo News/AP, Sep. 27)

Court won't declare chimp a person (Yahoo News/AP, Sep. 27)

Wasp genetics study suggests altruism evolved from maternal behavior (PhysOrg, Sep. 27)

No need for dissection as see-through frogs jump in (Yahoo News/AFP, Sep. 27)

Diving polar bear confirms Inuit observations (New Scientist, Sep. 27)

Solving A Dragonfly Flight Mystery (ScienceDaily, Sep. 27)

Cities Breed the Toughest Birds (LiveScience, Sep. 27)

Ghanaian Dam Puts Hippos at Risk, Experts Warn (Planet Ark/Reuters, Sep. 27)

India's Tigers Need Miracle to Survive (Planet Ark/Reuters, Sep. 27)

Scientists Find 11 New Animal, Plant Species in Vietnam (Planet Ark/Reuters, Sep. 27)

Cockroaches are morons in the morning, geniuses in the evening (PhysOrg, Sep. 27)

"Homing" Crocs Voyage Hundreds of Miles (National Geographic News, Sep. 26)

Birds may 'see' magnetic north (news@nature.com, Sep. 26)

Massive Underwater Forests Found in Pacific (NPR, Sep. 26)

Science & Technology

Artificial brain falls for optical illusions (New Scientist, Sep. 28)

Two Giant Steps In Advancement Of Quantum Computing Achieved (ScienceDaily, Sep. 27)

Life-Giving Rocks From A Depth Of 250 km (TerraDaily/SPX, Sep. 27)

Discovery challenges timeline of oxygen on Earth (PhysOrg, Sep. 27)

Robot dogs race to be soldier's best friend (New Scientist, Sep. 25)

Space

Dawn spacecraft launches to study giant asteroids (New Scientist, Sep. 27)

Extragalactic radio burst puzzles astronomers (New Scientist, Sep. 27)

Thank Sputnik for today's orbital freedom (Christian Science Monitor, Sep. 27)

Rover, Idled by Dust Storm, Is to Roam Again (N.Y. Times, Sep. 27) Site requires free registration

Asian spacefarers race for the moon (Yahoo News/AFP, Sep. 25)

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