Archaeology & Paleontology

Archaeologists find cache of tablets in 2,700-year old Turkish temple (PhysOrg, Aug. 10)

Humans Walked After Tree-Climbing Era, Study Indicates (LiveScience, Aug. 10)

Shipwrecked: Archaeologists explore graveyard of sunken ships in Baltic Sea (L.A. Times/AP, Aug. 9)

Human sacrifice! Archaeologist creates stir with new book on Cahokia Mounds (Belleville News-Democrat, Aug. 9)

Primate Archaeology Sheds Light On Human Origins (ScienceDaily, Aug. 9)

Extinct Walking Bat Found; Upends Evolutionary Theory (National Geographic News, Aug. 7)

Cambrian's fiercest hunter defanged (Nature News, Aug. 7)

Charge: T. Rex Was a Chicken and a Baby Killer (LiveScience, Aug. 7)

Environment

Pipeline Spills Crude Into French Nature Reserve (Planet Ark/Reuters, Aug. 11)

The lastest on hydrofluorocarbons [Factor in global warming] (Christian Science Monitor, Aug. 10)

Greenpeace in anti-trawling move [Sinking boulders in EU-protected cod fishing grounds] (BBC News, Aug. 10)

Zoning Busy Ocean Waters To Avoid Conflicts (NPR, Aug. 10)

Vast expanses of Arctic ice melt in summer heat (Yahoo News/AP, Aug. 9)

Spreading Lionfish Invasion Threatens Bahamas (NPR, Aug. 9)

Climate Change Seen as Threat to U.S. Security (N.Y. Times, Aug. 8) Site requires free registration

Geoengineering schemes under scrutiny (Nature News, Aug. 7)

Exploration & Adventure

Kite buggies across the Sahara sands (ThePoles.com, Aug. 10)

An expedition to garbage [Exploring Great Pacific Garbage Patch] (Richmond Times-Dispatch, Aug. 9)

Joint expedition will map continental shelf (Anchorage Daily News, Aug. 9)

Medicine & Health

Optimistic women 'live longer' (BBC News, Aug. 10)

Seeking Lessons in Swine Flu Fight (N.Y. Times, Aug. 10) Site requires free registration

Preparing for Swine Flu's Return (Washington Post, Aug. 10)

How to cure diseases before they have even evolved (New Scientist, Aug. 10)

Online Treatment May Help Insomniacs (N.Y. Times, Aug. 10) Site requires free registration

Midlife Cholesterol Linked To Dementia (NPR, Aug. 10)

Study: Machismo Cuts Men's Lives Short (LiveScience, Aug. 10)

Brain radiotherapy affects mind (BBC News, Aug. 9)

After Injury, Fighting to Regain a Sense of Self [Brain trauma] (N.Y. Times, Aug. 8) Site requires free registration

People 'get happier as they age' (BBC News, Aug. 7)

Peoples & Culture

Keeping Holocaust Stories Alive (Washington Post, Aug. 10) Site requires free registration

Opera being composed on Twitter (BBC News, Aug. 10)

In pictures: Hunger threat to ancient Indian tribe (BBC News, Aug. 10)

Young Israeli settlers go hippie? Far out, man! (Christian Science Monitor, Aug. 9)

Reviving Malawi's music heritage (BBC News, Aug. 6)

Natural Disasters & Weather

Major 7.6 Quake Hits Off India's Andaman Islands (Planet Ark/Reuters, Aug. 11)

Scores Are Feared Dead in Taiwan After Typhoon (N.Y. Times, Aug. 11) Site requires free registration

Death Toll Rises as Typhoons Soak Asia (N.Y. Times, Aug. 10) Site requires free registration

Police: 400 unaccounted for in Taiwan mudslide (Yahoo News/AP, Aug. 10)

NASA Goes Inside A Volcano, Monitors Activity (ScienceDaily, Aug. 10)

Florida researchers chase hurricanes in the lab (L.A. Times, Aug. 9)

Freak wave 'hot spots' identified (BBC News, Aug. 9)

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

India's Groundwater Disappearing at Alarming Rate (ScienceNOW, Aug. 10)

China’s green leap forward (Christian Science Monitor, Aug. 10)

A growing thirst for the Nile [Water rights] (BBC News, Aug. 7)

Satellites uncover North Korea (BBC News, Aug.)

Plants & Animals

Giant 'meat-eating' plant found (BBC News, Aug. 11)

Secret Lives of Roadrunners Revealed (LiveScience, Aug. 11)

Tiny deer among 350 new species found in Himalayas (Yahoo News/AP, Aug. 10)

Dogs' Intelligence On Par With Two-year-old Human, Canine Researcher Says (ScienceDaily, Aug. 10)

Orangutans Make Musical Instrument (LiveScience, Aug. 10)

Ants Ruin Plants' Sex Life (LiveScience, Aug. 9)

Mountain Critter A Candidate For Endangered List [American pika could be listed because of climate change] (NPR, Aug. 8)

Extinction hits 'whole families' (BBC News, Aug. 7)

Rarest croc returned to the wild (BBC News, Aug. 7)

Whale Stranding: Sonar or Lunar? (ScienceNOW, Aug. 7)

Science & Technology

Reviving the Lost Art of Naming the World (N.Y. Times, Aug. 10) Site requires free registration

A Metal Coating That Repairs Itself (Technology Review, Aug. 10)

Robots to get their own operating system (New Scientist, Aug. 10)

Earth Hums, and It's "Loudest" in Europe, Americas (National Geographic News, Aug. 10)

Particle collider: Black hole or crucial machine? (Yahoo News/AP, Aug. 9)

Evolution Meets Creation In Biomimicry (Planet Ark/Reuters, Aug. 7)

Space

Asteroid visits could lead humans to Mars (New Scientist, Aug. 11)

Meteorite mineral made in the lab (BBC News, Aug. 11)

Perseid Meteor Shower to Yield 80 Meteors an Hour? (National Geographic News, Aug. 10)

Scientist Tackles Ethical Questions of Space Travel (N.Y. Times, Aug. 10) Site requires free registration

How to breathe on the Moon (Nature News, Aug. 10)

Equinox to reveal Saturn secrets (BBC News, Aug. 10)

NASA wants proposals for space taxis (Yahoo News/Reuters, Aug. 10)

Mars, methane and mysteries [Planet may be less dormant than previously thought] (PhysOrg, Aug. 10)

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