Archaeology & Paleontology

Cannibal theory over early Briton (BBC, Aug. 7)

Summer Home of Vespasian, Coliseum Builder, Found, Stampa Says (Bloomberg, Aug. 6)

Comet Swarm Delivered Earth's Oceans? (National Geographic News, Aug. 5)

Environment

Can national parks be saved from global warming? (ENN, Aug. 6)

Pacific calls for climate action for islands' survival (Yahoo/AFP, Aug. 6)

Arctic Ocean may be polluted soup by 2070 (New Scientist, Aug. 6)

NASCAR Track Puts Solar Power In The Pole Position (Planet Ark/Reuters, Aug. 6)

Kenya Reaps The Wind (Planet Ark/Reuters, Aug. 5)

Scientists Study Huge Plastic Patch In Pacific (Planet Ark/Reuters, Aug. 5)

Amazon deforestation speeds up: Brazil space agency (ENN, Aug. 5)

India embarks on solar drive (Nature News, Aug. 4)

Exploration & Adventure

Divers recover treasure from Argentina shipwreck (AP, Aug. 2)

Medicine & Health

Scientists find an itchiness cell (BBC, Aug. 6)

Intense, Prolonged Exposure To World Trade Center Attack Linked To New Health Problems Years Later (Science Daily, Aug. 6)

Structure of HIV genome 'decoded' (BBC, Aug. 6)

Swine flu vaccine 'by September' (BBC, Aug. 6)

'Cuddle chemical' may create green-eyed monster (New Scientist, Aug. 6)

The Pain of Being a Redhead (New York Times, Aug. 6) Site requires free registration

Television Viewing Linked to Blood Pressure Increases in Children Site requires free registration (New York Times, Aug. 6)

Ten things we don't understand about humans [Laughter, teenagers, nose-picking, etc](New Scentist, Aug. 5)

People trying to flee China plague town: residents (Terra Daily/AFP, Aug. 5)

From butterfly to caterpillar: How children grow up (New Scientist, Aug. 4)

Peoples & Culture

Kids Today on Tighter Leash, But Wild at Home (Yahoo/Live Science, Aug. 5)

Men Who Do The Housework Are More Likely To Get The Girl (Science Daily, Aug. 6)

Iran bans Mecca visits over flu (BBC, Aug. 6)

North Korea Runs "Train of Love" for Remote Schoolkids (National Geographic News, Aug. 5)

Botswana 'frees hunting bushmen' (BBC, Aug. 5)

India passes free education bill (BBC, Aug. 5)

Protests at Sudan woman's trial (BBC, Aug. 4)

Cactus commerce boosts Morocco (BBC. Aug. 3)

Natural Disasters & Weather

NOAA cuts hurricane forecast, cites El Nino (Yahoo/Reuters, Aug. 6)

Shedding Light On Freak Wave Hot Spots (Science Daily, Aug. 6)

Canada hopes for break in forest fires (Terra Daily/AFP, Aug. 5)

Floods leave 400,000 homeless in Philippine south (Planet Ark/Reuters, Aug. 4)

Water crisis in parched northern China (Terra Daily, Aug. 4)

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

Doctors Baffled By Indian Village Of Over 200 Sets Of Twins (Planet Ark/Reuters, Aug. 7)

Bridge rises in shadow of Hoover Dam (BBC, Aug. 6)

India's 'drought-resistant rice' (BBC, Aug. 5)

Taj Mahal 'doesn't need a theme park' (Telegraph, Aug. 5)

Field Museum Bust A Spitting Image Of Jackson (CBS Chicago, Aug. 5)

Plants & Animals

African Village Dogs Are Genetically Much More Diverse Than Modern Breeds (Science Daily, Aug. 6)

Clever rooks repeat ancient fable (BBC, Aug. 6)

Raindrops drive flower evolution (BBC, Aug. 6)

'Slaughter' fear over poaching rise [Elephants at risk] (BBC, Aug. 5)

Fishermen attack Amazon dolphins (BBC, Aug. 5)

Science & Technology

Large Hadron Collider to restart at half its designed energy (New Scientist, Aug. 7)

Cosy social networks 'are stifling innovation' (New Scientist, Aug. 5)

After the boom, is Wikipedia heading for bust? (New Scientist, Aug. 4)

Space

Presidential panel narrows NASA's options (Nature News, Aug. 6)

Martian methane mystery deepens (BBC, Aug. 5)

China probe to launch in October (BBC, Aug. 5)

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