Archaeology & Paleontology

Message in a 2,400-year-old bottle [Ancient Greece.] (Archaeology News/Telegraph UK, Jan. 8)

Ancient Yucatán Soils Point to Maya Market, and Market Economy (N.Y. Times, Jan. 8) Site requires free registration

Three Gorges History Drowning in Rising Reservoir (NPR, Jan. 4)

Bone Ice Skates Invented by Ancient Finns, Study Says (Nat'l. Geographic News, Jan. 4)

French City Vows to Return Maori Head (Nat'l. Geographic News/AP, Jan. 4)

The Lost Fort of Columbus (Smithsonian, Jan. 2008)

Environment

Climate worries complicate Alaska drilling plan (Christian Science Monitor, Jan. 8)

In Greenland, Ice and Instability (N.Y. Times, Jan. 8) Site requires free registration

Grass biofuels 'cut CO2 by 94%' (BBC News, Jan. 8)

States eye stricter curbs on Great Lakes water (Christian Science Monitor, Jan. 7)

Huge vehicle is gentle on Arctic environment (SignOnSanDiego, Jan. 6)

Low-energy bulb disposal warning (BBC News, Jan. 5)

China to launch pollution survey in February (Yahoo!/AFP, Jan. 4)

Exploration & Adventure

Expedition scientists reach 3,000-meter height on Antarctic (China Daily, Jan. 7)

Scientific Balloons Achieve Antarctic Flight Record (TerraDaily/SPX, Jan. 7)

Recreating a Viking voyage (BBC News, Jan. 5)

What makes a modern hero? [Scott vs. Shackleton.] (BBC News, Jan. 4)

Medicine & Health

Teen Voices of AIDS (Washington Post, Jan. 8) Site requires free registration

There's a Men's Route And a Women's Route [Research Tries to Explain Why the Sexes Choose Different Strategies to Get From A to B.] (Washington Post, Jan. 8) Site requires free registration

Scientist Captures Images of Life's Essence (Red Orbit, Jan. 7)

Tiny changes created STI strain [Virulent form of chlamydia.] (BBC News, Jan. 7)

C'mon, Get Happy? It's Easier Said Than Done. (Washington Post, Jan. 7)

Novel Mechanism For Long-term Learning Identified (Science Daily, Jan. 7)

Scientists discover new key to flu transmission (Yahoo!/Reuters, Jan. 7)

Carbon Dioxide Pollution Kills Hundreds a Year (Planet Ark/Reuters, Jan. 7)

AIDS Patients Face Downside of Living Longer (N.Y. Times, Jan. 6) Site requires free registration

Ageing makes the imagination wither (Nature News, Jan. 4)

Peoples & Culture

Straddling Cultures, Irreverently, in Life and Art ["Being an Arab Israeli..."] (N.Y. Times, Jan. 7) Site requires free registration

1977 Exam Opened Escape Route Into China’s Elite [After the Cultural Revolution.] (N.Y. Times, Jan. 6) Site requires free registration

Natural Disasters & Weather

Australia floods strand thousands (BBC News, Jan. 7)

Electric sand findings could lead to better climate models (PhysOrg, Jan. 7)

Australian climate changing, experts say (TerraDaily/AFP, Jan. 6)

North Atlantic Warming Tied To Natural Variability (Science Daily, Jan. 5)

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

MOSE Project Aims to Part Venice Floods (NPR, Jan. 7)

Japan, US, EU Eye New Energy-Saving Body (Planet Ark/Reuters, Jan. 7)

EU Considers Carbon Tariff as Part of Climate Push (Planet Ark/Reuters, Jan. 7)

Kinkri Devi Is Dead at 82; Fought Illegal Mining in India (N.Y. Times, Jan. 6) Site requires free registration

Plants & Animals

What are zoos for? (BBC News, Jan. 8)

To Raise Armyworms and Corn Borers, Study Insect Husbandry (N.Y. Times, Jan. 8) Site requires free registration

New polar bear test for Germany (BBC News, Jan. 7)

Rare Albino Alligators Stolen in Brazil (Nat'l. Geographic News, Jan. 7)

On Thin Ice with Polar Bears (Red Orbit, Jan. 7)

Kangaroo killing code draws flak from animal groups (ENN/Reuters, Jan. 7)

Healthy 'restaurant' boosts rare vultures in Nepal (New Scientist, Jan. 7)

Feds decline to list white marlin as 'endangered' (ENN/ Sustainable Food News, Jan. 7)

How One Pest Adapted To Life In The Dark (Science Daily, Jan. 6)

More deaths of rare Indian crocs (BBC News, Jan. 4)

It's raining iguanas after Florida cold snap (TerraDaily/AFP, Jan. 4)

Thinking Like a Monkey (Smithsonian, Jan. 2006)

A Brief History of the St. Bernard Rescue Dog (Smithsonian, Jan. 2008)

Science & Technology

When Superconductivity Became Clear (to Some) (N.Y. Times, Jan. 8) Site requires free registration

Gates hails age of digital senses (BBC News, Jan. 7)

Fuel Cell That Uses Bacteria To Generate Electricity (Science Daily, Jan. 7)

Plate Tectonics May Grind To A Halt, Then Start Again (Science Daily, Jan. 7)

A Promising Oil Alternative: Algae Energy (Washington Post, Jan. 6) Site requires free registration

Helium Supplies Endangered, Threatening Science And Technology (Science Daily, Jan. 5)

Space

UK push for space station modules (BBC News, Jan. 7)

Red Dust in Planet-Forming Disk May Harbor Precursors to Life (ENN/ Carnegie Institution, Jan. 7)

Meteors' mysterious origin traced to 1490 event (New Scientist, Jan. 7)

Landing Sites for Mars Science Lab Narrowed to Six (Universe Today, Jan. 7)

Donors Bring Big Telescope a Step Closer (N.Y. Times, Jan. 5) Site requires free registration

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