Archaeology & Paleontology

Archaeologist uncovers 11,000-year-old artefacts in Syria (Physorg.com, Oct. 23)

Large dinosaur footprints found in Australia (YahooNews/Reuters, Oct. 23)

Ancient elephant bones found in California (Physorg.com, Oct. 22)

Ancient bat flew without echolocation (Nature News, Oct. 22)

A 3,000-year-old mystery is finally solved: Tutankhamun died in a hunting accident (Independent, Oct. 22)

China builds giant dam to protect dinosaur fossils (China Daily, Oct. 22)

Aswan Obelisk Quarry More Than Meets The Eye (ScienceDaily, Oct. 19)

Polar Dinosaurs Left Their Tracks (LiveScience, Oct. 19)

Ancient, Legless Crab Discovered (LiveScience, Oct. 19)

Environment

Space sensors shed new light on air quality (Physorg.com, Oct. 22)

Antarctic Ozone Hole Shrinking Because Of Mild Weather, Not Recovery (ScienceDaily, Oct. 22)

Energy Consumption Fueling Catastrophic Climate Change, Report Warns (ScienceDaily, Oct. 22)

Giant garbage patch floating in Pacific(Physorg.com, Oct. 22)

Seeing the carbon for the trees (BBC News, Oct. 22)

Members of New Group in Britain Aim to Offset Their Own Carbon Output (N.Y. Times, Oct. 21)Site requires free registration

Greening Up Baby (Washington Post, Oct. 21)Site requires free registration

Oceans are 'soaking up less CO2' (BBC News, Oct. 20)

State to sue U.S. to allow tailpipe rules (L.A. Times, Oct. 20)Site requires free registration

Fight Against Coal Plants Draws Diverse Partners (N.Y. Times, Oct. 20)Site requires free registration

Exploration & Adventure

Solar Cars Race From Australia's Top to Bottom (PlanetArk, Oct. 22)

Return from Everest's Base Camp (CNN, Oct. 21)

Medicine & Health

Broccoli Sprout-derived Extract Protects Against Ultraviolet Radiation (ScienceDaily, Oct. 23)

An Active, Purposeful Machine That Comes Out at Night to Play[brain] (N.Y. Times, Oct. 23)Site requires free registration

"Vibrating Mice" Develop Less Fat, Study Shows (National Geographic News, Oct. 22)

Obesity becoming a global problem (ENN, Oct. 22)

Pig cells could help diabetics (YahooNews/AP, Oct. 22)

Poor Indoor Air Quality May Worsen Lung Disease(PlanetArk, Oct. 22)

Israeli Surgeons Helping Swaziland in Drive to Curb HIV (Washington Post, Oct. 21)Site requires free registration

Cold weather really does spread flu (New Scientist, Oct. 19)

Peoples & Culture

A 10-Armed Goddess Charms a Frenetic Megalopolis (N.Y. Times, Oct. 22)Site requires free registration

Harsh reality of India's unwanted girls (BBC News, Oct. 22)

Family reunion in black and white (Christian Science Monitor, Oct. 22)

Ugandan Cranes Declining Due to "Witch Doctors" (National Geographic News, Oct. 19)

Natural Disasters & Weather

Birth of Antarctic Iceberg Imaged from Space (LiveScience, Oct. 22)

Drought Can Destroy Biodiversity(LiveScience, Oct. 22)

Raging fires force thousands more from California homes (CNN, Oct. 23)

Stars amongst thousands threatened by California wild fires (Physorg.com, Oct. 22)

The Future Is Drying Up (N.Y. Times, Oct. 21)Site requires free registration

Java volcano fears (BBC News, Oct. 20)

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 cheaper plan to stop poachers: Give them real jobs (Christian Science Monitor, Oct. 23)

Protection or Profit? Wildlife Farming in China (PlanetArk, Oct. 23)

At the Poles, Melting Occurring at Alarming Rate (Washington Post, Oct. 22)Site requires free registration

Afghanistan Geology: Mine games (Nature News, Oct. 22)

India: Fastest Continent Because Of Thinnest Lithosphere (ScienceDaily, Oct. 22)

Inch by Inch, Great Lakes Shrink, and Cargo Carriers Face Losses (N.Y. Times, Oct. 22)Site requires free registration

On the Road to Nowhere, Merchants Pay the Toll (Washington Post, Oct. 21)Site requires free registration

Rain helps Sandy River run wild, free (Oregonian, Oct. 21)

Scranton Embraces the ‘Office’ Infamy(N.Y. Times, Oct. 21) Site requires free registration

Sorting Out Pakistan’s Many Struggles (N.Y. Times, Oct. 21)Site requires free registration

Bangkok Has That Sinking Feeling (Physorg.com, Oct. 20)

Ann Arbor to be 1st in LED lights Ann Arbor News, Oct. 17)

Plants & Animals

Critically endangered Amur leopard captured (Physorg.com, Oct. 23)

Huge Flock Of Critically Endangered Sociable Lapwings Discovered (ScienceDaily, Oct. 23)

Plants live, die according to their size (Physorg.com, Oct. 22)

Sea Cucumbers Fast Track Organ Regrowth By Healing Their Wounds (ScienceDaily, Oct. 22)

Palm oil putting orangutans at risk(Physorg.com, Oct. 22)

International bid to save Tasmanian Devils (BBC News, Oct. 22)

The Wrong Way to Save Right Whales? (Washington Post, Oct. 21)Site requires free registration

Experts bid to help birds of prey (BBC News, Oct. 21)

Crusader hatches a quest to save turtles (L.A. Times, Oct. 21)Site requires free registration

New York sends in the ladybirds(BBC News, Oct. 21)

Country Owls Better Suited to the Suburbs? (National Geographic News, Oct. 19)

Giant Snails, Once a Delicacy, Overrun Brazil (National Geographic News, Oct. 19)

Science & Technology

Tiny chips flash memory advance(BBC News, Oct. 23)

New Plastic Could Reduce Carbon Dioxide Emissions (LiveScience, Oct. 23)

Coming of age for 'future fibres' (BBC News, Oct. 23)

Inventor: Scans Reveal Mona Lisa Secrets (Physorg.com, Oct. 22)

How to build your own Sputnik(BBC News, Oct. 22)

How El Niño slows the Earth's spin (New Scientist, Oct. 21)

New gel changes color on demand (Physorg.com, Oct. 21)

Space

Gloomy weather threatens shuttle launch (YahooNews/AP, Oct. 23)

Magnetic cocoons power energetic cosmic rays (New Scientist, Oct. 22)

China to launch lunar probe this week (MSNBC, Oct. 22)

Spaceflyers Safely Land, Despite Worrisome Descent (Space.com, Oct. 21)

Space elevators: going up? (Nature News, Oct. 19)

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