Archaeology & Paleontology

96-million-year-old Fossil Pollen Sheds Light On Early Pollinators (Science Daily, Jan. 22)

Unearthing an ancient Pacific capital [Tonga.] (Canwest, Jan. 21)

Ancient tannery in Pompeii to undergo restoration this year (SignOnSanDiego, Jan. 21)

Platypus fossil suggests slow evolution (Nature News, Jan. 21)

Ancient Antarctic eruption noted (BBC News, Jan. 20)

Scandal Steals Spotlight in Greek Culture Ministry (N.Y. Times, Jan. 19) Site requires free registration

Environment

Fueling And Feeding Bigfoot (TerraDaily/SPX, Jan. 22)

Mediterranean nations pledge restraints on coastal development (Christian Science Monitor, Jan. 22)

Greenhouse Gases at New Peak in Sign of Asia Growth (Planet Ark/Reuters, Jan. 21)

Space Agency Satellites to Monitor Climate Change (Planet Ark/Reuters, Jan. 21)

Biofuels 'do more harm than good' (Guardian UK, Jan. 20)

Warning on rising Mediterranea Sea levels (BBC News, Jan. 19)

Oil Demand, the Climate and the Energy Ladder (N.Y. Times, Jan. 19) Site requires free registration

A New, Global Oil Quandary: Costly Fuel Means Costly Calories (N.Y. Times, Jan. 19) Site requires free registration

Research tracks arctic warming's correlation to 'dirty snow' (OCRegister, Jan. 16)

Exploration & Adventure

Boat sails free from icy shackles (BBC News, Jan. 23)

Kite to pull ship across Atlantic (BBC News, Jan. 22)

Tomek and Wacek 'wrong-way' voyage update (TheOceans.net, Jan. 21)

Everest conqueror Sir Edmund Hillary lies in state (Washington Post/Reuters, Jan. 20) Site requires free registration

Medicine & Health

Africa 'lagging on child deaths' (BBC News, Jan. 22)

Teenagers, Scalpels and Real Cadavers [Hands-on anatomy training in high school.] (N.Y. Times, Jan. 22) Site requires free registration

Treating Muscular Dystrophy with Stem Cells (MIT Review, Jan. 22)

Stove for the Developing World’s Health [Toxic indoor air.] (N.Y. Times, Jan. 22) Site requires free registration

A Pandemic That Wasn’t but Might Be (N.Y. Times, Jan. 22) Site requires free registration

Detailed gene map 'within grasp' (BBC News, Jan. 22)

'Safe Ebola' created for research (BBC News, Jan. 22)

Gene advance on immune disorder [Lupus.](BBC News, Jan. 21)

New Contact Lenses Go Bionic (Yahoo!/LiveScience, Jan. 18)

Peoples & Culture

A Finnish Turf Battle Pits Wolf Against Reindeer Herder (N.Y. Times, Jan. 21) Site requires free registration

Creating a Car Culture in China (Washington Post, Jan. 21) Site requires free registration

Caution: Elephants Brake for Food on Bangkok’s Roads (N.Y. Times, Jan. 20) Site requires free registration

A Cutting Tradition [Female circumcision.] (NYT Magazine, Jan. 20) Site requires free registration

A man of two worlds [Leo Africanus.] (Saudi Aramco World, Jan./Feb. 2008)

Natural Disasters & Weather

NASA Tsunami Research Makes Waves In Science Community (TerraDaily/SPX, Jan. 22)

Severe snow hits central China (BBC News, Jan. 22)

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

Issuing a Bold Challenge to the U.S. Over Climate (N.Y. Times, Jan. 22) Site requires free registration

Rising sea 'a threat to Causeway' [World Heritage Site in Northern Ireland.] (BBC News, Jan. 22)

Local man heads to Congo to preserve wildlife [Tracking wildlife in the Congo with the Canadian Ape Alliance. (Belleville Intelligencer, Jan. 21)

Beijing mayor sees tough task clearing the city's air (Yahoo!/AFP, Jan. 20)

Band of Scouting Misfits Attains Eagle Ranking: chievement of 11 Teens Is Called Unprecedented (Washington Post, Jan. 19) Site requires free registration

Geography classes 'ignore key issues' (Independent UK, Jan. 17)

Kenyan conflict disrupts East African science (SciDevNet, Jan. 16)

Plants & Animals

New monkey species is already endangered (New Scientisit, Jan. 22)

'Tree Of Life' Has Lost A Branch, According To Largest Genetic Comparison Of Higher Life Forms Ever (Science Daily, Jan. 22)

Political Animals (Yes, Animals) (N.Y. Times, Jan. 22) Site requires free registration

A New Palm Species Is Discovered Through Its Swan Song (N.Y. Times, Jan. 22)

Deaths of Rare Crocodile in India Stir Alarm (N.Y. Times, Jan. 22) Site requires free registration

Birds in Great Salt Lake Felled by Cholera by the Thousands (N.Y. Times, Jan. 22) Site requires free registration

Refugee link to wildlife decline (BBC News, Jan. 22)

Heathland species 'under threat' (BBC News, Jan. 21)

Tremors keep crust-dwelling microbes alive (New Scientist, Jan. 21)

Trees Dying in Bangladesh Tiger Refuge (Planet Ark/Reuters, Jan. 21)

Wanted: Queen Bee Seeks Harem of Male Dancers (Yahoo!/LiveScience, Jan. 21)

Decide on Polar Bears First, Then Oil - US Lawmaker (Planet Ark/Reuters, Jan. 21)

Giant newt, tiny frog identified as most at risk (Yahoo!/Reuters, Jan. 21)

Chronicling the Decline Of the Backyard Bird (Washington Post, Jan. 20) Site requires free registration

Science & Technology

The sound of a bad penny [Acoustic method could quickly catch counterfeit coins.] (Nature News, Jan. 22)

A Big Drop In Emissions Is Possible With Today's Technology (Washington Post, Jan. 21) Site requires free registration

Japan to offer environmental technology to Africa, Asia (Yahoo!/AFP, Jan. 20)

Space

Sun's Magnetic Secret Revealed (Yahoo!/Space.com, Jan. 22)

India launches Israeli satellite in boost to space business (Yahoo!/AFP, Jan. 21)

Amazing Old Stars Give Birth Again (Yahoo!/Space.com, Jan. 21)

Has Messenger revealed lava flows on Mercury? (New Scientist, Jan. 21)

A Possible Answer to Flyby Anomalies (Universe Today, Jan. 20)

There's Got to Be an Invisible Sky [NASA images reformatted for visually impaired.] (Yahoo!/Space.com, Jan. 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