Archaeology & Paleontology

Naming Evolution's Winners And Losers (ScienceDaily, Aug. 24)

Laboratory to Decipher Zapoteca Writing will be Created [ArtDaily, Aug. 24)

For Early Man, It Wasn't Easier Being Green (NPR, Aug. 23)

End of civil war opens up Angolan 'Jurassic Park' (Yahoo!/AFP, Aug. 21)

NEW FOSSIL PHOTOS: "Graceful Weasel," Jewel Bug, More (Nat'l. Geographic News, Aug. 21)

Stanford scientists scan 2,500-year-old mummy (Chicago Sun-Times/AP, Aug. 21)

Environment

Trees advance in a warming world (BBC News, Aug. 25)

Palm oil paradox [Indonesia.] (Christian Science Monitor, Aug. 24)

Climate change could swamp Venice's flood defence (New Scientist, Aug. 24)

Australian oil well to gush for nearly two months (Planet Ark/Reuters, Aug. 24)

Lead Poisoning Haunts Chinese Smelter Communities (N.Y. Times/Reuters, Aug. 24) Site requires free registration

Research finds higher acidity in Alaska waters (Yahoo!/AP, Aug. 24)

In Brazil, Paying Farmers to Let the Trees Stand (N.Y. Times, Aug. 21) Site requires free registration

Exploration & Adventure

Diving Deep for a Living Fossil (N.Y. Times, Aug. 25) Site requires free registration

Hunt on for explorer's lost plane [Polar explorer Roald Amundsen.] (BBC News, Aug. 23)

Unmanned submarines glide across the ocean, putting Rutgers at leading edge of exploration (nj.com, Aug. 22)

Medicine & Health

An Inner 'Fingerprint' For Personalizing Medical Care (ScienceDaily, Aug. 24)

The Appendix: Useful and in Fact Promising (Yahoo!/LiveScience, Aug. 24)

Encephalitis kills 200 in India (BBC News, Aug. 24)

Study finds people who multitask often bad at it (Yahoo!/AP, Aug. 24)

To save lives, an Indian doctor rethinks the toilet (Yahoo!/AFP, Aug. 23)

Swine flu: Who will get vaccinated first? (TerraDaily/AFP, Aug. 23)

Mining the Web for Feelings, Not Facts (N.Y. Times, Aug. 23) Site requires free registration

Officials Weigh Circumcision to Fight H.I.V. Risk (N.Y. Times, Aug. 23) Site requires free registration

Peoples & Culture

Saving Punjab (Smithsonian, Sept. 2009)

Revealing Secret Spots That Evoke Dark Secrets [Russia.] (N.Y. Times, Aug. 25) Site requires free registration

A Village, or a Zoo? I Wanted to See Thailand's Long-Necked Women. Some Would Say That Makes Me Part of the Problem. (Washington Post, Aug. 23) Site requires free registration

After 48 Years, Julia Child Has a Big Best Seller, Butter and All ["Mastering the Art of French Cooking."] (N.Y. Times, Aug. 23) Site requires free registration

The Daughter Deficit (NYT Magazine, Aug. 19) Site requires free registration

Natural Disasters & Weather

Tropical Storm Ignacio on the move in Pacific (Yahoo!/AP, Aug. 25)

Bill downgraded after leaving 2 dead on East Coast (Yahoo!/AP, Aug. 24)

Greece faces down fire onslaught (BBC News, Aug. 24)

Nearly five million short of water in north China drought: report (TerraDaily/AFP, Aug. 23)

In Parched Nairobi, Politicians Blamed For Drought Crisis (Washington Post, Aug. 22) Site requires free registration

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

China Racing Ahead of America in the Drive to Go Solar (N.Y. Times, Aug. 25) Site requires free registration

Indonesia thieves loot tiger body (BBC News, Aug. 24)

Africa seeks climate change cash (BBC News, Aug. 24)

The Women’s Crusade (NYT Magazine, Aug. 23) Site requires free registration

Plants & Animals

'Stress' is shrinking polar bears (BBC News, Aug. 25)

Fifth of honeybees died in winter (BBC News, Aug. 24)

Bushmeat trade threatens Madagascar's rare lemurs (Planet Ark/Reuters, Aug. 24)

Gravity Governs the Gecko's Strong Grip (Washington Post, Aug. 24) Site requires free registration

'Jet-boost' aids walking lobsters (BBC News, Aug. 24)

Aphids Saved From Gruesome Death By Virus-infected Bacteria (ScienceDaily, Aug. 22)

Environmental Intrigue on the Eastern Shore [Canby's bog orchid.] (Washington Post, Aug. 22) Site requires free registration

Science & Technology

Averting a perfect storm of shortages (BBC News, Aug. 25)

Enlisting Computers to Unravel the True Complexity of Disease (N.Y. Times, Aug. 25) Site requires free registration

Encyclopedia of Life grows; clues on ageing, pests (Planet Ark/Reuters, Aug. 24)

Foolproof Forensics? The Jury Is Still Out (NPR, Aug. 24)

Upwards lightning caught on film (BBC News, Aug. 23)

Artificial life will be created 'within months' as genome experts claim vital breakthrough (Daily Mail, Aug. 22)

Formula Zero (carbon): Motor racing without the emissions (Independent UK, Aug. 22)

Space

Space shuttle launch called off, NASA to try again (Yahoo!/AP, Aug. 25)

South Korea launches first rocket (BBC News, Aug. 25)

Behind Moon Travel Goal, Big Talk and Little Money (N.Y. Times, Aug. 25) Site requires free registration

Mystery of the missing mini-galaxies (New Scientist, Aug. 24)

Landing sites on Europa identified (New Scientist, Aug. 24)

New Way To Reproduce A Black Hole? (ScienceDaily, Aug. 24)

Shuttle to deliver 'hot and cold' (BBC News, Aug. 24)

Discovery to-do list: build COLBERT, lug huge coolant tank (Christian Science Monitor, Aug. 24)

The Navigators: How We Fly Spacecraft Around the Solar System (Universe Today, Aug. 21)

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