Archaeology & Paleontology

Big Dinosaurs Had "Teen Sex"(National Geographic News, Jan. 14)

Unusual fish-eating dinosaur had crocodile-like skull (Physorg.com, Jan. 14)

Pre-Inca Fortress ruins discovered (San Francisco Sentinetl, Jan. 13)

Baghdad museum unveils two restored display halls (AFP, Jan. 12)

Warming Climate Can Support Glacial Ice: It Did In Much Warmer Times (ScienceDaily, Jan. 11)

480-million-year-old Fossil Sheds Light On 150-year-old Paleontological Mystery (ScienceDaily, Jan. 10)

Trash to treasure(The Scientist, Jan. 2008)

The mummy's curse: an archaeological dispute (Harpers Magazine, Jan. 2008)

Environment

Fighting Pollution The Poplar Way: Trees To Clean Up Indiana Site (ScienceDaily, Jan. 15)

Beetles may wipe out Colorado lodgepoles(YahooNews/AP, Jan. 14)

Global Warming Could Shrink Fish Populations (LiveScience, Jan. 14)

12 Tips for Green Living (ENN, Jan. 14)

Earth: A Borderline Planet For Life? (ScienceDaily, Jan. 14)

Starfish Outbreak Threatens Corals(RedOrbit, Jan. 14)

Biofuels 'are not a magic bullet' (BBC News, Jan. 14)

Escalating Ice Loss Found in Antarctica (Washington Post, Jan. 14)Site requires free registration

Europe Takes Africa’s Fish, and Boatloads of Migrants Follow (N.Y. Times, Jan. 14)Site requires free registration

Pressures build on Amazon jungle (BBC News, Jan. 14)

The Afterlife of Cellphones (N.Y. Times, Jan. 13)Site requires free registration

Environmental groups give oilsands failing grade (Edmonton Journal, Jan. 10)

Exploration & Adventure

Wing and a prayer propel a young black pilot to aviation records (Christian Science Monitor, Jan. 14)

North Pole Winter: The ice breaking in no moonlight(mounteverest.net, Jan. 14)

Highest Antarctic icecap peak reached (TerraDaily/UPI, Jan. 12)

Dog-Sledding, Like Climate, Heating Up (Washington Post, Jan. 12)Site requires free registration

Medicine & Health

FDA says food from cloned animals is safe(MSNBC, Jan. 15)

Columbus blamed for spread of syphilis (New Scientist, Jan. 15)

New Bacteria Strain Is Striking Gay Men(N.Y. Times, Jan. 15)Site requires free registration

'Lobotomist' Serves as a Warning (Washington Post, Jan. 15)Site requires free registration

Plague a growing but overlooked threat: study (YahooNews/Reuters, Jan. 14)

Dengue fever is not quite dead(L.A. Times, Jan. 14)Site requires free registration

Tiny Magnets to Attack Disease at Cellular Level (LiveScience, Jan. 14)

Life Expectancy Of Yeast Extended To 800 In Yeast Years, No Apparent Side Effects (ScienceDaily, Jan. 14)

Scientists regrow heart – and it beats(New Scientist, Jan. 14)

Garlic combats arsenic poisoning(New Scientist, Jan. 14)

Peoples & Culture

Big Weddings Bring Afghans Joy, and Debt [Afghanistan] (N.Y. Times, Jan. 14)Site requires free registration

In India, new rat trap boosts low-caste tribe (Christian Science Monitor, Jan. 14)

And Then There Was One (Washington Post, Jan. 13)Site requires free registration

An Inuit Adventure, in Timbuktu (Globe & Mail, Jan. 12)

Natural Disasters & Weather

Earthquakes Under Pacific Floor Reveal Unexpected Circulatory System (ScienceDaily, Jan. 15)

Tsunami linked to Yellowstone crater (YahooNews/AP, Jan. 14)

2008 avalanches in Europe kill 26 this year (TerraDaily, Jan. 14)

Scientist Chases Fast-Melting Tropical Glaciers(National Geographic News, Jan. 14)

Ecuadorean Mountain Farmers Defy Spewing Volcano (PlanetArk, Jan. 14)

African flood 'catastrophe' fear (BBC News, Jan. 14)

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

Drain on the Mediterranean: rising water usage (Christian Science Monitor, Jan. 15)

Sierra Leone bans timber exports(ENN/Reuters, Jan. 14)

WWF, Abu Dhabi unveil plans for sustainable city (WWF, Jan. 13)

A Long-Dry California River Gets, and Gives, New Life (N.Y. Times, Jan. 12)Site requires free registration

NYC cloning historical trees for future (YahooNews/AP, Jan. 11)

Plants & Animals

Sea Otter Study Reveals Striking Variability In Diets And Feeding Strategies(TerraDaily, Jan. 15)

Critically endangered porpoise is focus (ENN, Jan. 15)

Off Yemen, a Storied Stand Is Vulnerable (N.Y. Times, Jan. 15)Site requires free registration

Monkey’s Thoughts Propel Robot, a Step That May Help Humans (N.Y. Times, Jan. 15)Site requires free registration

Scientists unveil 'supercarrot'(BBC News, Jan. 15)

Rangers in the mist can't protect Congo gorillas(MSNBC, Jan. 14)

Solving the mystery of the metallic sheen of fish(Physorg.com, Jan. 14)

Eagle Death Toll Now at 22 After Mishap (Physorg.com, Jan. 14)

Wild Elephant Kills One in Northern Bangladesh(PlanetArk, Jan. 14)

Mountain critters' disappearance may be a global warning (Denver Post, Jan. 14)

Science & Technology

Indonesia to Switch 10 Pct Petroleum to Biofuel

How to handle carbon dioxide? Lock it in rock(MSNBC, Jan. 14)

Hydrogen-Powered Cell Phone Doubles Battery Lifetime(Physorg.com, Jan. 14)

Whatever Happened to Wind Energy? (LiveScience, Jan. 14)

Britain upgrades its number cruncher (Nature News, Jan. 14)

Next-Generation Biofuels Edge to Center (PlanetArk, Jan. 14)

GM to make biofuel out of garbage(TerraDaily, Jan. 13)

Space

Dozens in Texas Town Report Seeing UFO (LiveScience, Jan. 15)

Hubble peers into dark matter web (BBC News, Jan. 15)

US space probe glides over Mercury in first visit since '75 (YahooNews/AFP, Jan. 15) Messenger primed for Mercury pass (BBC News, Jan. 14)The Enduring Mysteries of Mercury (Space.com, Jan. 14)

Massive Cloud to Strike Milky Way, Scientists Say(National Geographic News, Jan. 14)

Rapid spin for giant black holes (BBC News, Jan. 12)

Perfectly Aligned Galaxies Found For the First Time (National Geographic News, Jan. 11)

Source of Mysterious Antimatter Found (LiveScience, Jan. 11)

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