Archaeology & Paleontology

Jade and language travelled together (Nature News, Nov. 19)

Newfound Dinosaur Dubbed 'Alien Sauropod' (Yahoo!/LiveScience, Nov. 19)

'Noah's Flood' Kick-started European Farming? (ScienceDaily, Nov. 18)

Excavations reveal ancient civilization with a sense of style: Neolithic Vinca proved to be a metallurgical culture (Kathimerini, Nov. 16)

Chinese Scientists Conclude Wushan Man Is Oldest Human Fossil In China (AHN, Nov. 13)

Shifting desert puts Silk Road art at risk (Times UK, Nov. 11)

Environment

Cyprus Water Crisis Highlights Climate Change (Planet Ark/Reuters, Nov. 20)

MIT Sees Acceleration In US Greenhouse Emissions (TerraDaily/SPX, Nov. 20)

Ancient Chinese town on front lines of desertification battle (TerraDaily/AFP, Nov. 20)

West African states get World Bank deal for environment (TerraDaily/AFP, Nov. 20)

Africa "forgotten continent" in climate fight (ENN/Reuters, Nov. 19)

War has historic links to global climate change (New Scientist, Nov. 19)

How Chocolate Can Save the Planet (NPR, Nov. 19)

Is coal about to make a comeback? (BBC News, Nov. 19)

Facing a Threat to Farming and Food Supply [Climate change.] (Washington Post, Nov. 19) Site requires free registration

Tides could spread oil spilled in San Francisco Bay (Yahoo!/AP, Nov. 18)

Key findings of UN scientific report (Yahoo!/AP, Nov. 17)

UN challenges states on warming (BBC News, Nov. 17)

Exploration & Adventure

Ralph Tuijn: It's over - Fiji next (TheOceans.net, Nov. 20)

The Sarcophagus on Skis: A Polar Sledge for Solo Travelers (ThePoles, Nov. 16)

Medicine & Health

UN HIV estimates reduced to 33m (BBC News, Nov. 20)

Denial Makes the World Go Round (N.Y. Times, Nov. 20) Site requires free registration

A New Science, at First Blush [Artificial skin for testing cosmetics.] (N.Y. Times, Nov. 20) Site requires free registration

Cannabis compound 'halts cancer' (BBC News, Nov. 19)

Staph ‘superbug’ is a real and dangerous epidemic [MRSA.] (The Register-Guard, Nov. 18)

Mind of a Rock [Is everything conscious?] (NYT Magazine, Nov. 18) Site requires free registration

In Korea, a Boot Camp Cure for Web Obsession [Addiction.] (N.Y. Times, Nov. 18) Site requires free registration

My Genome, Myself: Seeking Clues in DNA (N.Y. Times, Nov. 17)

Peoples & Culture

For Children of Norway, a Rift With the Mother Country (N.Y. Times, Nov. 20) Site requires free registration

Child Matadors Draw Olés in Mexico’s Bullrings (N.Y. Times, Nov. 19) Site requires free registration

The New Face of Global Mormonism (Washington Post, Nov. 19) Site requires free registration

In U.S. Name Count, Garcias Are Catching Up With Joneses (N.Y. Times, Nov. 17) Site requires free registration

A Taste of Baboon and Monkey Meat, and Maybe of Prison, Too (N.Y. Times, Nov. 17) Site requires free registration

Natural Disasters & Weather

Relief begins to reach victims of Bangladesh cyclone (Yahoo!/AFP, Nov. 20)

US to Cut River Flows to Fight Southeast Drought (Planet Ark/Reuters, Nov. 19)

Mexico fumigates flooded Tabasco to prevent dengue (TerraDaily/AFP, Nov. 17)

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

Britain's Brown seeks action on climate (Yahoo!/AP, Nov. 19)

Chinese Dam Projects Criticized for Their Human Costs (N.Y. Times, Nov. 19) Site requires free registration

Roars and snores on sleepover safari (Christian Science Monitor, Nov. 19)

A Deeply Green City Confronts Its Energy Needs and Nuclear Worries [Fort Collins, Colorado.] (N.Y. Times, Nov. 19) Site requires free registration

Saudi to Give US$300 Mln for Environmental Research (Planet Ark/Reuters, Nov. 19)

These Scientific Minds Think (and Drink) Alike (N.Y. Times, Nov. 18) Site requires free registration

Inconvenient Truth: Gore Won a Nobel, and Bush Will Host the Winners (Washington Post, Nov. 17) Site requires free registration

Plants & Animals

Tiger killed in fight over food at park [China.] (Yahoo!/AP, Nov. 19)

World's hottest chili to repel elephants (Yahoo!/AP, Nov. 19)

Broody eagles boost chick numbers (BBC News, Nov. 19)

Japan whale expedition condemned (BBC News, Nov. 19)

Evolutionary Biology Research On Plant Shows Significance Of Maternal Effects (TerraDaily/SPX, Nov. 19)

Despite Rescue Effort, Chesapeake Bay Crabs at an Ebb (Washington Post, Nov. 17) Site requires free registration

Italy's "black cat day" aims to halt killings (ENN/Reuters, Nov. 17)

Feds take step toward protecting turtles (Yahoo!/AP, Nov. 17)

Fernier Than Thou (NPR, Nov. 16)

Endangered porpoise worse off than thought (Nature News, Nov. 16)

Mediterranean Sharks, Rays Facing Oblivion (Nat'l. Geographic News, Nov. 16)

Science & Technology

Iron Is a Tonic For Climate-Saving Plankton (Planet Ark/Reuters, Nov. 20)

Are Scientists Playing God? It Depends on Your Religion (N.Y. Times, Nov. 20) Site requires free registration

Through Genetics, Tapping a Tree’s Potential as a Source of Energy (N.Y. Times, Nov. 20) Site requires free registration

Google Meets Sherlock Holmes ["Fuzzy data."] (Science Daily, Nov. 19)

Scorpion Toxin Makes Insecticidal Fungus Deadly To Insect Pests (Science Daily, Nov. 19)

Clean Energy's Best-Kept Secret: Waste Heat Recovery (ENN/Worldwatch Institute, Nov. 19)

Evolution wars take a bizarre twist (New Scientist, Nov. 18)

UK Dolly Creator Gives Up Cloning Method (Washington Post, Nov. 17) Site requires free registration

Space

A Hazy Future for a ‘Jewel’ of Space Instruments (N.Y. Times, Nov. 20) Site requires free registration

Chinese lunar orbiter to begin observations (New Scientist, Nov. 20)

Space station astronauts take spacewalk (Yahoo!/AP, Nov. 20)

Sun may be smaller than thought (New Scientist, Nov. 19)

Cosmic-ray source still in doubt (Nature News, Nov. 19)

Massive Project Will Scour Universe For Gravity Waves (Science Daily, Nov. 18)

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