Archaeology & Paleontology

Archaeologists find graveyard of sunken Roman ships (Reuters, July 23)

Human Likely Killed Neanderthal, Weapons Test Shows (National Geographic News, July 22)

Pre-Incan mummy dug up in center of Lima (Reuters, July 22)

Ancient Silla armor comes to light (JoongAng Daily, July 22)

UC Scientists Determine That Ancient Maya Practiced Forest Conservation — 3,000 Years Ago (University of Cincinnati News, July 20)

Finding King Herod's Tomb (Smithsonian, July 2009)

Environment

Wall 'could stop desert spread' (BBC, July 24)

Clouds in climate 'vicious cycle' (BBC, Kuly 24)

US vehicle efficiency hardly changed since Model T (ENN, July 23)

Onion Power: Tops, Tails and Skins Become Electricity (Planet Ark/Reuters, July 22)

Massive glacier in sub-Antarctic island shrinks by a fifth (Terra Daily/AFP, July 22)

Exploration & Adventure

A Plant Explorer Brings Asian Varieties to the West (Washington Post, July 23) Site requires free registration

Young Zac Sunderland sailed around the world (Oceans.net, July 22)

Medicine & Health

Money Relieves Pain (Live Science, July 24)

Stop And Smell The Flowers -- The Scent Really Can Soothe Stress (Science Daily, July 23)

Mice made from induced stem cells (Nature News, July 23)

Clinical Trials for Flu Vaccine Are to Begin Soon (New York Times, July 22) Site requires free registration

Fathers aren't dispensable just yet (New Scientist, July 22)

Elimination of River Blindness in Sight (Science Now, July 21)

Children's IQ Can Be Affected By Mother's Exposure To Urban Air Pollutants (Science Daily, July 20)

Peoples & Culture

New service lets Jews tweet a prayer to God (Yahoo/AP, July 23)

New Mozart piano music discovered (BBC, July 23)

Algeria changes weekend dates, again (Yahoo/AP, July 22)

Arab health ministers to ban elderly, young from pilgrimage[Hajj] (Terra Daily/AFP, July 22)

No happy ending for Saudi film festival (BBC, July 20)

Natural Disasters & Weather

Virunga fires contained (The New Times, July 24) Site requires free registration

Landslides hit Japanese care home (BBC, July 23)

Dozens missing in China landslide (BBC, July 23)

Massive New Zealand quake moves country west (Yahoo/AP, July 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

Caribbean Reefs Face Severe Summer Threat (New York Times, July 22) Site requires free registration

Plants & Animals

China announces first panda from frozen sperm (Yahoo/AP, July 24)

Is your cat left or right pawed? (New Scientist, July 24)

Jumbo Squid Scare Californians But Aren't Man-Eaters (Yahoo/Live Science, July 23)

Alien-Wasp Swarms Devouring Birds, Bugs in Hawaii (National Geographic News, July 23)

Hot secret behind toucan's bill (BBC, July 23)

Wild camels 'genetically unique' (BBC, July 22)

Chimps Do Get "AIDS," Study Finds (National Geographic News, July 22)

Bangladesh rare leopard cub found (BBC, July 22)

New hope that Galapagos tortoise could have kids[Lonesome George] (Yahoo/AP, July 21)

Science & Technology

East Africa gets high-speed web (BBC, July 23)

Artificial brain '10 years away' (BBC, July 23)

Microwave weapon will rain pain from the sky (New Scientist, July 23)

Space

What NASA's Return To The Moon May Look Like (New Scientist, July 23)

Total Solar Eclipse Was Record Blackout (National Geographic News, July 22)

All Eyepieces on Jupiter After a Big Impact (New York Times, July 21) 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