Archaeology & Paleontology

Remains of vast Neolithic site found in south China (Yahoo News/Reuters, July 22)

Canal Fossils Give Clue to Formation of Americas (Planet Ark/Reuters, July 21)

Archaeologists Trace Early Irrigation Farming In Ancient Yemen (TerraDaily/SPX, July 21)

Restoring Ethiopia's great obelisk (BBC News, July 21)

Yemen embraces its Jurassic past (BBC News, July 21)

NOAA goes diving for U-boats in North Carolina (Virginian-Pilot, July 21)

Tribe, developer battle over rock mounds (San Francisco Chronicle/AP, July 20)

Riddle of Lusitania sinking may finally be solved (Times UK, July 20)

Ancient Egyptian boat to be excavated, reassembled (Middle East Online, July 19)

Big Brains Arose Separately in Multiple Primate Groups (National Geographic News, July 18)

Rediscovering treasures of Bamiyan (BBC News, July 17)

Rare Mummy Found With Strange Artifacts, Tattoo in Peru (National Geographic News, July 17)

Y chromosome study sheds light on Athapaskan migration to southwest US (EurekAlert, July 15)

Ulcers Discovered in Mummies (LiveScience, July 14)

Environment

Mexican Resorts Destroying Mangroves, Dooming Fisheries (National Geographic News, July 21)

Changes In Winds Could Have Been Cause Of Abrupt Glacial Climatic Change (ScienceDaily, July 21)

Emergency Beijing Olympic Pollution Scheme Begins (Planet Ark/Reuters, July 21)

Climate Change Puts US Way of Life at Risk - EPA (Planet Ark/Reuters, July 21)

Wetlands Could Unleash "Carbon Bomb" - Scientists (Planet Ark/Reuters, July 21)

Study reveals air pollution is causing widespread and serious impacts to ecosystems (PhysOrg, July 21)

Gore challenges US to ditch oil (BBC News, July 18)

Ice Adrift From Warming Scrapes Antarctic Seabed Bare (National Geographic News, July 17)

Fishing ban brings seas to life (BBC News, July 16)

Exploration & Adventure

Dutch Ocean rower Ralph Tuijn safely arrives in Papua New Guinea (TheOceans.net, July 21)

Solar and hydrogen fuel cell boat prepares for voyage (Plenty, July 17)

Medicine & Health

Drug for deadly prostate cancer (BBC News, July 22)

Hoping Two Drugs Carry a Side Effect: Longer Life (N.Y. Times, July 22) Site requires free registration

Taboos About Sex Hinder Efforts to Fight AIDS in Pakistan, Study Says (N.Y. Times, July 22) Site requires free registration

Could killer horse virus spread amongst humans? (New Scientist, July 22)

Mirrors Don’t Lie. Mislead? Oh, Yes. [Exploring how brains interpret information] (N.Y. Times, July 22) Site requires free registration

Animal tissue rejection advance (BBC News, July 21)

Human-frog hybrids reveal autism's secrets (New Scientist, July 21)

Old hayfever treatment could be best Alzheimer's drug (New Scientist, July 21)

Regular Walking Protects The Masai -- Who Eat High Fat Diet -- From Cardiovascular Disease (ScienceDaily, July 20)

How emotional pain can really hurt (BBC News, July 19)

How reliable is DNA in identifying suspects? (L.A. Times, July 19)

Babies use grown-up memory tricks (New Scientist, July 19)

Aloof parents may produce autistic children (New Scientist, July 17)

Empathy Is 'Hard-Wired' in Children's Brains (LiveScience, July 18)

Two genes may prevent HIV infection: Canadian research centre (Yahoo News/AFP, July 17)

Malaria gene 'increases HIV risk' (BBC News, July 16)

Ancient bones could yield TB clue (BBC News, July 16)

Huge gap in world cancer survival (BBC News, July 16)

Peoples & Culture

Jungle Logging Threatens Tribes in Peru's Amazon (Planet Ark/Reuters, July 21)

Living in fear: Tanzania's albinos (BBC News, July 21)

From noses to hips, Rwandans start to redefine beauty (Christian Science Monitor, July 18)

China Turns To More Modern Architecture (NPR, July 18)

Tribe takes on global mining firm (BBC News, July 17)

Natural Disasters & Weather

Busy start heralds bruising Atlantic hurricane season (Yahoo News/Reuters, July 22)

Tropical Storm Leaves 18 Dead in Taiwan (Planet Ark/Reuters, July 21)

For Survivors of Sichuan Quake, the Hard Lessons of Starting Over (Washington Post, July 21) Site requires free registration

Drought threatens drinking water for a million Australians: report (TerraDaily/AFP, July 20)

Dangerous faults reveal themselves in the landscape (New Scientist, July 20)

Undersea Volcanic Eruptions Linked to Ancient Die-Off (National Geographic News, July 16)

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

Why Thai-Cambodian temple dispute lingers (Christian Science Monitor, July 22)

Pesky Critter Makes for a Busy Career [Profile of entomologist Rampa Rattanarithikul] (N.Y. Times, July 22) Site requires free registration

Is world's wettest place getting drier? (BBC News, July 21)

Indonesia's Old Mines Get Green New Lease of Life (Planet Ark/Reuters, July 21)

Lyall Watson, 69, Adventurer and Explorer of the ‘Soft Edges of Science,’ Dies (N.Y. Times, July 21) Site requires free registration

Pope Warns on Environment (N.Y. Times, July 18) Site requires free registration

Czar's Family May Finally Rest as One (Washington Post, July 21) Site requires free registration

Two Germans Share World's Longest Family Tree (ABC, July 16)

Plants & Animals

After 36-Year Effort, Rare Tortoise Is Expecting (NPR, July 22)

Grazing sea urchins create reef cacophony (New Scientist, July 22)

Ultrasonic frogs can tune their ears to different frequencies (PhysOrg, July 22)

Bat Bonanza: 100+ Species Found in 5 Acres of Jungle (National Geographic News, July 21)

Warming Alters Predator-Prey Balance (Washington Post, July 21) Site requires free registration

Threatened Tasmanian devils have more sex: researcher (TerraDaily/AFP, July 21)

More than half Philippine fauna nearly extinct: official (TerraDaily/AFP, July 21)

Dogs and Cats Get Along Just Fine (Yahoo News/LiveScience, July 21)

Onion washing gets monkeys in a lather (New Scientist, July 21)

On Mustang Range, a Battle on Thinning the Herd (N.Y. Times, July 20) Site requires free registration

Hundreds of baby penguins found dead in Brazil (Yahoo News/AP, July 20)

Dust Storms In Sahara Desert Sustain Life In Atlantic Ocean (ScienceDaily, July 19)

Judge Returns Gray Wolves to Endangered List (N.Y. Times, July 19) Site requires free registration

8 Signs the Animal Kingdom Is Out of Whack (LiveScience, July 18)

Humming Fish Reveal Ancient Origin of Vocalization (National Geographic News, July 17)

Move Species Threatened by Warming, Scientists Say (National Geographic News, July 17)

Stinging Wasps Moving North Due to Warming? (National Geographic News, July 16)

Tumours 'alter devils' sex lives' (BBC News, July 15)

Science & Technology

If You Have a Problem, Ask Everyone [Prizes for solving scientific problems] (N.Y. Times, July 22) Site requires free registration

Where Research and Tourism Collide (N.Y. Times, July 22) Site requires free registration

Killer Kevlar: Clothing That Shields From Germs (ScienceDaily, July 21)

Scholars plan to reunite ancient Bible — online (Yahoo News/AP, July 21)

PHOTOS: Fuel-Saving Designs Win Future-Plane Contest (National Geographic News, July 18)

Virtual drug den to aid addiction research (Nature News, July 18)

Can plug-in hybrids ride to America’s rescue? (Christian Science Monitor, July 18)

Space

Solar Systems Like Ours May Be Rare (LiveScience, July 21)

New Project To Develop GPS-Like System For Moon (PhysOrg, July 21)

NSF awards grant to track 'space weather' in Earth's near-space environment (PhysOrg, July 21)

Search for Alien Life Gains New Impetus (Washington Post, July 20) Site requires free registration

Makemake Is Named the Newest Plutoid (N.Y. Times/Reuters, July 20) Site requires free registration

Video Shows Moon From Other Side (N.Y. Times, July 19) Site requires free registration

Waiting for the martian bake-off [Phoenix to analyze first ice sample] (Nature News, July 18)

Victor Emerges in Stormy Battle on Jupiter (LiveScience, July 18)

Mars Was Warm, Wet, May Have Hosted Life, Study Says (National Geographic News, July 16)

China 'could reach Moon by 2020' (BBC News, July 15)

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