Archaeology & Paleontology

Love of Chocolate May Have Begun With Cacao Beer (N.Y. Times, Nov. 13) Site requires free registration

Silent victims of the sea: rising tides threaten archaeological sites (Independent UK, Nov. 12)

Rare great ape fossil challenges evolutionary theory: study (PhysOrg/AFP, Nov. 12)

Temple built 4,000 years ago unearthed in Peru (Yahoo!/Reuters, Nov. 10)

Median era ring discovered in Iran [Symbol of Zoroastrianism.] (Press TV, Nov. 10)

Great landmark is but a sad ruin [Aristotle’s Lyceum.] (Kathimerini, Nov. 10)

Plans underway to save ancient city of Akmonia (Turkish Daily News, Nov. 10)

Stone Age feminism? Females joining hunt may explain Neanderthals' end (Boston Globe, Nov. 10)

Archaeological treasure trove in Old Havana (Granma, Nov. 9)

The little dino that could (Geotimes, Nov. 2007)

Environment

Black Sea faces oil 'catastrophe' (BBC News, Nov. 13)

Potomac River Recovery Deemed At Risk (Washington Post, Nov. 13) Site requires free registration

Experts to complete final climate report (Yahoo!/AP, Nov. 12)

UN's Ban Says Global Warming is 'An Emergency' (Planet Ark/Reuters, Nov. 12)

Convention discourages ocean fertilization (Nature News, Nov. 12)

Fires’ carbon contribution (Geotimes, Nov. 12)

Canadian Village Calls for End to Oil Sand Projects (Planet Ark/Reuters, Nov. 12)

Heavy Storm Splits Tanker, Spilling Oil Off Russia (N.Y. Times, Nov. 12) Site requires free registration

China blocks river to build second largest dam (Planet Ark/Reuters, Nov. 12)

San Francisco Oil Spill Larger Than Thought (Planet Ark/Reuters, Nov. 12)

Flotilla of trash trickles into Hawaiian isles (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Nov. 11)

Climate change endangers Alaska's coastal villages (SignOnSanDiego/Reuters, Nov. 9)

Batman Can't Fight Hong Kong's Dirty Water (Forbes, Nov. 5)

Once There Was a Mountain: Ravaging West Virginia for “Clean Coal” (Emagazine.com, Nov./Dec., 2007)

Exploration & Adventure

Kayakers begin Tasman Sea attempt (BBC News, Nov. 13)

Expedition Amazonas update: Travel tales beyond the river (TheOceans.net, Nov. 13)

Windy Bangladesh outpost secured (BBC News, Nov. 12)

Medicine & Health

Men Talk More Than Women Overall, But Not In All Circumstances (ScienceDaily, Nov. 13)

Cloning: a giant step [Adult primates.] (Independent UK, Nov. 12)

Nigeria's 'land of twins' baffles fertility experts (Yahoo!/AFP, Nov. 12)

Good Thinking Extends Reach Of Prosthetic Arms (TerraDaily/SPX, Nov. 12)

How Science Is Rewriting the Book on Genes (Washington Post, Nov. 12) Site requires free registration

Developing Kryptonite For Superbug (ScienceDaily, Nov. 11)

Bat techniques could find tumours (BBC News, Nov. 11)

Fighting fat and climate change (Yahoo!/AP, Nov. 11)

In DNA Era, New Worries About Prejudice (N.Y. Times, Nov. 11) Site requires free registration

Better Blood Vessels (Technology Review, Nov. 9)

The Neurological Roots of Aggression (Technology Review, Nov. 7)

Peoples & Culture

Japan's Sacred Bluefin, Loved Too Much (Washington Post, Nov. 11) Site requires free registration

Turkish Newspapers Vie for Fluency in Two Societies [Germany.] (N.Y. Times, Nov. 11) Site requires free registration

Climate rallies across Australia (BBC News, Nov. 11)

Hindu Festival Shines Light Far and Wide [Diwali.] (Washington Post, Nov. 10) Site requires free registration

Natural Disasters & Weather

Bangladesh on Alert as Bay of Bengal Storm Closes in (Planet Ark/Reuters, Nov. 13)

Climate scepticism: The top 10 (BBC News, Nov. 12)

Scientists strive to pinpoint warming forecasts (ENN/Reuters, Nov. 12)

Danger Lurks Deep: The Human Impact of Volcanoes (Geotimes, Nov. 2007)

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

Oil-spill helpers galore, but limits on their use (Christian Science Monitor, Nov. 13)

Challenges to Both Left and Right on Global Warming (N.Y. Times, Nov. 13) Site requires free registration

Poor South Africans double in decade (BBC News, Nov. 12)

UK 'landfill dustbin of Europe' (BBC News, Nov. 12)

Six Arrested in Congo Radioactive Dumping Scandal (Planet Ark/Reuters, Nov. 12)

The Brothers Wild [Long-time Geographic contributors Frank and John Craighead.] (Washington Post Magazine, Nov. 11) Site requires free registration

Hawaiian doctors treat Myanmar's poor in wake of unrest (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Nov. 11)

UN chief highlights global warming in visit to Antarctica (TerraDaily/AFP, Nov. 10)

Welcome to Green-Collar America (Emagazine.com, Nov./Dec. 2007)

Plants & Animals

China's Giant Pandas May be Running Out of Food (Planet Ark/Reuters, Nov. 13)

From Ants to People, an Instinct to Swarm (N.Y. Times, Nov. 13) Site requires free registration

Off Endangered List, but What Animal Is It Now? [Great Lakes gray wolf.] (N.Y. Times, Nov. 13) Site requires free registration

Poisonous Mushrooms Forge Their Own Path, Genetically Speaking (N.Y. Times, Nov. 13) Site requires free registration

What's Lurking in The Dark? Appalachian Trail Traffic Hasn't Cast Out Wildlife, Cameras Find (Washington Post, Nov. 13) Site requires free registration

Concern grows for smallest bear [Sun bears.] (BBC News, Nov. 12)

Australian State Culls Thousands of Wild Horses (Planet Ark/Reuters, Nov. 12)

Australian plan to shoot wild horses provokes outrage (Yahoo!/AFP, Nov. 11)

Why Do Cats Purr? (NPR, Nov. 10)

Myths and Monsters [Gila monsters.] (Smithsonian Zoogoer, Nov./Dec. 2007)

To Sleep, Perchance to Dream [Animal behavior.] (Smithsonian Zoogoer, Nov./Dec. 2007)

Science & Technology

Energy From Hot Rocks (ENN, Nov. 12)

Do classical laws arise from quantum laws? (PhysOrg, Nov. 12)

Scientists Successfully Simulate Photosynthesis And Design A Better Leaf (ScienceDaily, Nov. 11)

Experts Discuss Engineering Feats, Like Space Mirrors, to Slow Climate Change (N.Y. Times, Nov. 10) Site requires free registration

Space

Comet Chaser to Swing By Earth Today [Rosetta.] (Yahoo!/Space.com, Nov. 13)

MPs urge action on Galileo costs (BBC News, Nov. 12)

Nearby Barred Spiral Galaxy Shows Off Its Warped Disc (ScienceDaily, Nov. 12)

Giant comet awes Univ. of Hawaii scientists (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Nov. 11)

Spitzer Sees a Baby Star Blowing Bubbles (Universe Today, Nov. 9)

World’s First Image Taking of the Moon by HDTV [Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Nov. 7)

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