Archaeology & Paleontology

Chance of ancient burial ground halts Causeway floodwall project (NOLA.com, Aug. 31)

Blasting away centuries-old heritage for gravel [Ancient monuments threatened in Pakistan.] (Dawn.com, Aug. 31)

Revolutionary-era soldier's skull found (Connecticut Post, Aug. 30)

Environment

World's Last Great Forest Under Threat (Terra Daily, Sept. 1)

EU bans old-fashioned light bulbs (BBC News, Sept. 1)

West Antarctica Key to Missing Ice (ENN, Aug. 31)

Some Buildings Not Living Up to Green Label (N.Y. Times, Aug. 30) Site requires free registration

Tunnels Concentrate Air Pollution By Up To 1,000 Times (Science Daily, Aug. 30)

Bahamas set to ban catch and sale of sea turtles (Yahoo!/AP, Aug. 30)

A High Cost to Deal With Climate Shift (N.Y. Times, Aug. 30) Site requires free registration

As hybrid cars gobble rare metals, shortage looms (Yahoo!/Reuters, Aug. 30)

Clash in Alabama Over Tennessee Coal Ash (N.Y. Times, Aug. 29)

Mysterious Glaciers That Grew When Asia Heated Up (Science Daily, Aug. 29)

Exploration & Adventure

Underwater expedition delivers key findings in search for evidence of early Americans (R&D Magazine, Aug. 31)

Research expedition looks into Pacific garbage patch (L.A. Times, Aug. 31)

Expedition to link students in support of climate action (Grist, Aug. 31)

Ghost of a chance [Searching for snow leopards in the Altai mountains.] (Irish Times, Aug. 29)

Medicine & Health

Bionic brain chips could overcome paralysis (Science Daily, Sept. 1)

Sleep May Be Nature’s Time Management Tool (N.Y. Times, Aug. 31) Site requires free registration

Medical scans can give nuclear-plant radiation doses (New Scientist, Aug. 31)

Virus Enzymes Could Promote Human, Animal Health (Science Daily, Aug. 31)

'Cancer hope' from WWII-era drug (BBC News, Aug. 30)

Laser tests could silence the dentist's drill (New Scientist, Aug. 30)

Elderly skin 'raises cancer risk' (BBC News, Aug. 29)

Peoples & Culture

No Such Thing As Ethnic Groups, Genetically Speaking, Researchers Say (Science Daily, Sept. 1)

Skipping Spouse to Spouse Isn’t Just a Man’s Game (N.Y. Times, Aug. 31) Site requires free registration

Neuroscientists Find Brain Region Responsible For Our Sense Of Personal Space (Science Daily, Aug. 31)

Answers to Life’s Worries, in Three-Minute Bursts[Speedy counseling sessions the new trend.] (N.Y. Times, Aug. 30) Site requires free registration

Handwriting-based Tool Offers Alternate Lie Detection Method (Science Daily, Aug. 29)

Natural Disasters & Weather

Fire near Los Angeles grows in triple-digit heat (Yahoo!/AP, Sept. 1)

Typhoon slams into Japan's east coast injuring 3 (Yahoo!/AP, Aug. 31)

UN seeks better data on hurricanes, droughts (Yahoo!/AP, Aug. 31)

Dangerous hurricane headed for Baja California (Yahoo!/Reuters, Aug. 31)

10,000 Homes Threatened in Los Angeles Fires (ENN, Aug. 30)

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

UN chief in Arctic climate visit (BBC News, Sept. 1)

Neglected Tropical Diseases Take Devastating Toll In Sub-Saharan Africa (Terra Daily, Aug. 31)

Crop Disease: In Africa Where Bananas Are a Staple, Two Diseases Are Destroying Plants (N.Y. Times, Aug. 31) Site requires free registration

Himalayan nations hold first climate talks (Yahoo!/AFP, Aug. 31)

Climate trouble may be bubbling up in far north (Yahoo!/AP, Aug. 31)

Plants & Animals

Zebrafish Cloning Methods Improved (Science Daily, Sept. 1)

Strange jellies of the icy depths (BBC News, Sept. 1)

First Trace of Color Found in Fossil Bird Feathers (N.Y. Times, Aug. 31) Site requires free registration

Model Suggests How Life's Code Emerged From Primordial Soup (Science Daily, Aug. 31)

Photosynthetic viruses keep world's oxygen levels up (New Scientist, Aug. 30)

Science & Technology

Engineering Earth 'is feasible' (BBC News, Sept. 1)

Internet's 40th "Birthday" Marked (National Geographic News, Aug. 31)

After the Transistor, a Leap Into the Microcosm (N.Y. Times, Aug. 31) Site requires free registration

Folded nanoboxes could open door to nano-circuits (New Scientist, Aug. 31)

Scientists First To Image 'Anatomy' Of A Molecule (Science Daily, Aug. 29)

Soap bubbles to take the drag out of future cars (New Scientist, Aug. 29)

Space

Astronomers Find Coldest, Driest, Calmest Place On Earth (Science Daily, Sept. 1)

Astronauts gear up for first spacewalk of mission (Yahoo!/AP, Sept. 1)

A Doomed Planet, and Scientists Are Lucky to Have Spotted It (N.Y. Times, Aug. 31) Site requires free registration

Mouse Hotel Opens on Space Station (Space.com, Aug. 31)

British plan to tackle asteroids (BBC News, Aug. 31)

India 'terminates' Moon mission (BBC News, Aug. 31)

Star-birth Myth 'Busted' (Science Daily, Aug. 30)

Why future astronauts may be sent to 'gravity holes' (New Scientist, Aug. 29)

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