Archaeology & Paleontology

5200 B.C. Is New Date for Farms in Egypt (N.Y. Times, Feb. 12) Site requires free registration

Long in the Tooth, but Short in Wingspan (for a Pterosaur) (N.Y. Times, Feb. 12) Site requires free registration

Model of Easter Island Collapse Might Reveal Message for Today (PhysOrg, Feb. 11)

2,500 years ago, a city bigger than Athens in Orissa [India.] (The Times of India, Feb. 11)

Digging Up Jerusalem's Past Is Tricky (AP/Excite News, Feb. 10)

The Romans carried out cataract operations (BBC News, Feb. 9)

Southwestern treasures [Anasazi artifacts.] (Washington Times, Feb. 8)

Scottish Masons' Mysterious Signatures in Stone to be Recorded (24 Hour Museum/Historic Scotland, Feb. 8)

Environment

Elk Herds Upsetting Ecosystems In Parks (Washington Post, Feb. 11) Site requires free registration

Insect Invasion Possible as Climate Warms (Yahoo!/LiveScience, Feb. 11)

King penguins could be wiped out by climate change (Yahoo!/AFP, Feb. 11)

Don’t Let the Green Grass Fool You [Suburbia.] (N.Y. Times, Feb. 10) Site requires free registration

California Farmers Struggle with Reduced Water Supply (NPR, Feb. 10)

Fewer fishers, hunters bad news for wildlife (San Francisco Chronicle, Feb. 9)

Exploration & Adventure

Everest trip to highlight melting (BBC News, Feb. 12)

Norwegian Everest lady skis and climbs Vinson for demining [Fundraising for Afghanistan.] (ThePoles, Feb. 11)

Nepal honours two Everest heroes [Edmund Hillary & Tenzing Norgay.] (BBC News, Feb. 11)

Field Dispatch: Natural Habitat Antarctica Trip Pt.1 (ENN/WWF, Feb. 11)

How a Kayak Can Get You a Long Way, Even in the Desert [Jon Bowermaster.] (Washington Post, Feb. 10) Site requires free registration

Amazon: A Reluctant Goodbye (NPR, Feb. 9)

Research robot self-propels through ocean (NZ Herald, Feb. 9)

Medicine & Health

You Remind Me of Me [Human behavior.] (N.Y. Times, Feb. 12) Site requires free registration

Why Perfect Dates Make Lousy Partners [Human behavior.] (Yahoo!LiveScience, Feb. 12)

Bone growth hormone link (NZ Herald, Feb. 11)

Cure hope over diabetes therapy (BBC News, Feb. 11)

Tobacco Could Kill One Billion By 2100, WHO Report Warns (ScienceDaily, Feb. 11)

Scientists Find New Receptor for H.I.V. (N.Y. Times, Feb. 11) Site requires free registration

Care to Know the Motivation Behind That Gift, Love? [Human behavior.] (Washington Post, Feb. 11) Site requires free registration

The Differences in Gender -- Sealed With a Kiss (Washington Post, Feb. 11) Site requires free registration

The First Ache [When do humans first begin to feel pain?] (NYT Magazine, Feb. 10) Site requires free registration

Peoples & Culture

Fire ravages South Korea landmark [Namdaemun, the Great South Gate.] (BBC News, Feb. 11)

For India's 'Brand Freaks,' Gucci Trumps Gandhi (Washington Post, Feb. 11) Site requires free registration

Natural Disasters & Weather

Harsh Winter Kills Over 750 in Afghanistan (Planet Ark/Reuters, Feb. 11)

Rainfall Shortages Threaten Costa Rica Power (NPR, Feb. 11)

Tenth of China's Forests Damaged by Blizzards (Planet Ark/Reuters, Feb. 11)

Twenty Killed as Avalanches Sweep Indian Kashmir (Planet Ark/Reuters, Feb. 11)

2007 Hurricane Season Starts Early, Ends Late (TerraDaily/SPX, Feb. 11)

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

Venice's 'war' on bottled water (BBC News, Feb. 12)

Study Foresees the Fall of an Immigration Record That Has Lasted a Century [United States.] (N.Y. Times, Feb. 12) Site requires free registration

EU Says Photos Show Reality of Whaling; Seeks Unity (Planet Ark/Reuters, Feb. 11)

Ecuador Peasants Seek New Life Away From Volcano (Planet Ark/Reuters, Feb. 11)

Soccer as an Escape to Hope for Afghan Teenager (N.Y. Times, Feb. 11) Site requires free registration

Canadian Province Adds Protection For Polar Bears (Planet Ark/Reuters, Feb. 11)

On Single-Sex Buses, Relief From Unwanted Contac [Mexico.] (N.Y. Times, Feb. 11) Site requires free registration

Arctic mapping may bolster US claims (Yahoo!/AP, Feb. 11)

Between States, Hard Feelings Over a Rock’s Place (N.Y. Times, Feb. 11) Site requires free registration

Work starts on Gulf 'green city' [Abu Dhabi.] (BBC News, Feb. 10)

U.S. Universities Rush to Set Up Outposts Abroad (N.Y. Times, Feb. 10) Site requires free registration

Climate change hits world's poor (BBC News, Feb. 8)

Plants & Animals

When Grizzlies Ruin Eden, Moose Take to the Road [Animal behavior.] (N.Y. Times, Feb. 12) Site requires free registration

Hamster prices triple in China [Popular pets for Year of the Rat.] (BBC News, Feb. 12)

Birds Who Ride Winter Gravy Train See Benefits in Spring (N.Y. Times, Feb. 12) Site requires free registration

Living On The Red Edge [Bacterium harvests far-red light by making rare form of chlorophyll...] (TerraDaily/SPX, Feb. 11)

Ancient Trees Give Clues to Climate Change (Planet Ark/Reuters, Feb. 11)

'Ghost-like' white stag spotted [Scotland.] (BBC News, Feb. 11)

Illegal Pet Trade Threatens Malagasy Tortoises (Planet Ark/Reuters, Feb. 11)

Humans join hunt for Antarctica's 'pink gold' [Krill.] (NZ Herald, Feb. 11)

Monkeys know one monkey voice from another (New Scientist, Feb. 10)

Killer whales loaded with fire retardant (Victoria Times Colonist, Feb. 10)

'Human Activity' Blamed for Fish Ills (Washington Post, Feb. 8) Site requires free registration

Science & Technology

Battle Against Counterfeit Drugs Has New Weapon: Pollen (N.Y. Times, Feb. 12) Site requires free registration

Nascar’s Screech and Slam? It’s All Aerodynamics (N.Y. Times, Feb. 12) Site requires free registration

The Physics of Coltrane’s Technique: How Pros Hit the High Notes (N.Y. Times, Feb. 12) Site requires free registration

New Hybrid Vehicle Given Its First Test Drive In The Ocean (ScienceDaily, Feb. 11)

Nanoantennas: Solar arrays that absorb energy even in the dark!! (TriplePundit, Feb. 11)

Rubik's Cube In Center Of Earth? Computer Simulations Support New Model Of Earth's Core (ScienceDaily, Feb. 11)

Space

Lab secured to space station (Yahoo!/AP, Feb. 12)

Experts to Discuss U.S. Space Plan (N.Y. Times, Feb. 12) Site requires free registration

Light Echoes Whisper the Distance to a Star (Red Orbit, Feb. 11)

New Cosmic Theory Unites Dark Forces [Dark fluid?] (Yahoo!/Space.com, Feb. 11)

Spacewalking Astronauts Start to Install New Lab (Nat'l. Geographic News/AP, Feb. 11)

Organic molecules found on alien world for first time (New Scientist, Feb. 11)

Makeover for Europe's Mars robot (BBC News, Feb. 8)

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