Archaeology & Paleontology

New Clues to How Birds First Flew (LiveScience, Nov. 6)

Rethinking What Caused the Last Mass Extinction (N.Y. Times, Nov. 6)Site requires free registration

Archaeologists have Discovered the World's Oldest Inscription in Jiroft (CAIS News, Nov. 5)

Cultic City And Fortress Unearthed In Southern Turkey (ScienceDaily, Nov. 5)

Stonehenge's huge support settlement (BBC News, Nov. 5)

Ancient Spider Guts Revealed in 3-D (LiveScience, Nov. 5)

Tut Mummy on Public Display for First Time (National Geographic News, Nov. 4)King Tut's face unveiled to world (BBC News, Nov. 4)

Ancient sea mud records supernova blast (New Scientist, Nov. 4)

How Old Tree Rings And Ancient Wood Are Helping Rewrite History (ScienceDaily, Nov. 2)

Lava provides window on early Earth (Physorg.com, Nov. 2)

Headless Skeletons Reveal Secrets of Ancient Islanders (National Geographic News, Nov. 2)

Rice University professor debunks translation of Gospel of Judas (EurekaAlert, Nov. 1)

Environment

Species Extinction Could Reduce Productivity Of Plants On Earth By Half (ScienceDaily, Nov. 6)

Wildfire Drives Carbon Levels In Northern Forests (ScienceDaily, Nov. 5)

Capitol to Buy Offsets in Bid to Go Green (Washington Post, Nov. 5)Site requires free registration

Most ready for 'green sacrifices' (BBC News, Nov. 5)

Humanity is the greatest challenge(BBC News, Nov. 5)

World carbon market seen doubling this year (ENN/Reuters, Nov. 5)

World's growing dependence on coal leaving a trail of environmental devastation (International Herald Tribune, Nov. 4)

China dam plan threatens world's oldest irrigation system (YahooNews/AFP, Nov. 2)

Exploration & Adventure

Live and let die on Everest(mounteverest.net, Nov. 5)

The Mallory and Irvine Mystery - Oxygen issues, a re-examination by Phil Summers (mounteverest.net, Nov. 5)

Cricketers attempt Everest record (BBC News, Nov. 5)

A treacherous ski trip to South Pole(San Francisco Chronicle, Nov. 40

Medicine & Health

Your Heart Shrinks With Age (LiveScience, Nov. 5)

The gene that turns breast-milk into brain food (Nature News, Nov. 5)

Scientists Track Time and Place of HIV's Arrival (Washington Post, Nov. 5)Site requires free registration

A Fairy-Tale Ending Eludes Separated Twins(N.Y. Times, Nov. 4)

Protein helps newts re-grow limbs (L.A. Times, Nov. 3)Site requires free registration

Peoples & Culture

Making a living from Kenya's dead(BBC News, Nov. 5)

Guy Fawkes Is Spared, and England Is Restive (N.Y. Times, Nov. 5)Site requires free registration

The New Untouchables (Washington Post, Nov. 4)Site requires free registration

Natural Disasters & Weather

Magma Pushing Through Indonesian Volcano's Crater (PlanetArk, Nov. 6)

Confronting worldwide disaster losses (Physorg.com, Nov. 5)

Early freeze shuts out Canadian North (Edmonton Journal, Nov. 5)

Thousands perched on rooftops in Mexico floods (ENN, Nov. 4)

Japan quake risk 'underestimated' (BBC News, Nov. 2)

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

Spectre of Global Warming Haunts Japanese Rice Farms (PlanetArk, Nov. 6)

Critics Cite Red Tape in Rebuilding of Louisiana (N.Y. Times, Nov. 6)Site requires free registration

Government plan to revive 'Dead Zone' in Gulf of Mexico could backfire (Physorg.com, Nov. 5)

Shetland among best eco islands (BBC News, Nov. 5)

In Portland, Cultivating a Culture of Two Wheels (N.Y. Times, Nov. 5)Site requires free registration

Out West, a Falling Lake Lowers All Boats[Lake Mead] (N.Y. Times, Nov. 4)Site requires free registration

Peace Lures Wildlife Back to South Sudan (LiveScience, Nov. 4)

Texas Proceeding With Plan to Auction Preserve(N.Y. Times, Nov. 3) Site requires free registration

Massive pollution in Yangtze river can be reversed (TerraDaily/AFP, Nov. 2)

Shrinking ice means Greenland is rising fast (New Scientist, Nov. 2)

South Africa traffic lights go green (BBC News, Nov. 2)

Plants & Animals

Fish-Like Creature Glows in the Dark (LiveScience, Nov. 6)

More Acidic Seas Can Change Behavior of Anxious Sea Snails (N.Y. Times, Nov. 6)Site requires free registration

Smell You Later: Scientists Reveal How Mice Recognize Each Other (ScienceDaily, Nov. 5)

Tiger Numbers Could Be Doubled In South Asia (ScienceDaily, Nov. 5)

For migrating sparrows, kids have a compass, but adults have the map (Physorg.com, Nov. 5)

High tech lake clean-up to save Vietnam's legendary turtle(TerraDaily/SPX, Nov. 5)

Divers Find New Species In Aleutians (TerraDaily/SPX, Nov. 5)

Bird night attacks may be unique(BBC News, Nov. 5)

For the love of giants[big trees] (Oregonian, Nov. 4)

By saving gorillas, can Congolese save themselves? (ENN, Nov. 4)

What we learned from Washoe the chimp (Chicago Tribune, Nov. 2)

Science & Technology

On Fur and Feather, Crittercams Turn 20 Seeking New Vistas (N.Y. Times, Nov. 6)Site requires free registration

Whatever Happened to Fuel Cells? (LiveScience, Nov. 5)

Sticky Tape Inspired by Insect Feet (Physorg.com, Nov. 5)

Groundbreaking solar plane to test flight in 2008 (Physorg.com, Nov. 5)

Key found to making robots human-friendly (MSNBC, Nov. 5)

Australian Town to Run on Solar Power in 2 Years (PlanetArk, Nov. 5)

Robot cars race around California (BBC News, Nov. 5)

Microbes Plus Sugars Equals Hydrogen Fuel? (ScienceDaily, Nov. 3)

Microscopic Radio Sets Miniaturization Record (LiveScience, Nov. 2)

Space

Mars Rovers: Scientific Staying Power (Space.com, Nov. 6)

Comet surprise makes it visible to naked eye (CNN, Nov. 6)

Astronauts prepare for return home (YahooNews/AP, Nov. 6)

Black Holes Launch Powerful Cosmic Winds (Space.com, Nov. 5)

Three New Exo-planets Discovered (ScienceDaily, Nov. 5)

Big Chunk Of The Universe Is Missing -- Again (ScienceDaily, Nov. 5)

China satellite orbits Earth's moon (CNN, Nov. 5)

Astronauts Revel in Wing Repair Success (Physorg.com, Nov. 4)

Comet draws scientific, amateur interest (YahooNews/AP, Nov. 3)

Bursting dark energy's bubble (Nature News, Nov. 2)

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