Archaeology & Paleontology

Egyptian temples followed heavenly plans (New Scientist, Sept. 8)

Divers wait to resume ship search [Marine archaeologists resumed working on Elizabethan wreck.] (BBC News, Sept. 7)

Giant statues give up hat secret [Easter Island statues.] (BBC News, Sept. 6)

Search hopes to find 510-year-old Newfoundland church (Canada.com, Sept. 6)

Environment

UK: Global deal on climate change may not happen (Yahoo!/AP, Sept. 8)

Half Of Fish Consumed Globally Is Now Raised On Farms, Study Finds (Science Daily, Sept. 8)

Environmental Ideas Put in Print With Select Audiences in Mind (N.Y. Times, Sept. 7) Site requires free registration

Maldives to miss climate summit (BBC News, Sept. 7)

Humans Causing Erosion Comparable To World’s Largest Rivers And Glaciers, Study Finds (Science Daily, Sept. 7)

Methane Gas Could Increase From Oceanic Vents (ENN, Sept. 6)

Climate change boosts ultraviolet risk for high latitudes (Terra Daily, Sept. 6)

Arctic Geological Record Correlates Warming to Man (ENN, Sept. 5)

Exploration & Adventure

Arctic expedition not all 'plain sailing' (Independent.co.uk, Sept. 8)

Expedition to extinct Papua New Guinea volcano unearths new species (Guardian.co.uk, Sept. 7)

Who Was First at the North Pole? (N.Y. Times, Sept. 7) Site requires free registration

Medicine & Health

Virus linked to prostate tumours (BBC News, Sept. 7)

Splits Form Over How to Address Bone Loss (N.Y. Times, Sept. 7) Site requires free registration

Preparing for a Stressful Flu Season (N.Y. Times, Sept. 7) Site requires free registration

That Late-night Snack: Worse Than You Think (Science Daily, Sept. 7)

Achilles' Heel' In Y Chromosome Linked To Sex Disorders (Science Daily, Sept. 7)

Fat reprograms genes linked to diabetes (New Scientist, Sept. 7)

Flab and freckles could advance stem cell research (Nature News, Sept. 7)

Peoples & Culture

Powerful Ideas: Cars Could Run on Watermelons (Yahoo!/LiveScience, Sept. 8)

Birth Order: Fun to Debate, but How Important? (N.Y. Times, Sept. 7) Site requires free registration

In Taming Dogs, Humans May Have Sought a Meal (N.Y. Times, Sept. 7) Site requires free registration

T. rex for sale: Dinosaur fossil on block in Vegas (Yahoo!/AP, Sept. 5)

Natural Disasters & Weather

6 killed, 3 missing in flash floods in Turkey (Yahoo!/AP, Sept. 8)

Tropical Storm Fred strengthening over Atlantic (Yahoo!/AP, Sept. 8)

Impact of floods in West Africa surges (Terra Daily, Sept. 7)

Seoul protests to North Korea over deadly flood (Terra Daily, Sept. 7)

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

Indian villagers flee elephants (BBC News, Sept. 8)

Japan vows big climate change cut (BBC News, Sept. 7)

Seas 'threaten 20m in Bangladesh' (BBC News, Sept. 7)

Great white sharks tagged for first time off Mass. (Yahoo!/AP, Sept. 6)

Plants & Animals

Toxicity testing gets a makeover (Nature News, Sept. 8)

World's smallest parrot filmed (BBC News, Sept. 8)

Where Did All the Flowers Come From? [Evolutionary diversity in flowering plants.] (N.Y. Times, Sept. 7) Site requires free registration

Study Finds Risk to Some Birds Nesting Near Oil Fields in Alaska (N.Y. Times, Sept. 7) Site requires free registration

Turtle thought to be extinct spotted in Myanmar (Yahoo!/AP, Sept. 7)

Molecular Decay Of Enamel-specific Gene In Toothless Mammals Supports Theory Of Evolution (Science Daily, Sept. 7)

Monster exotic fish found in Hong Kong ponds (Terra Daily, Sept. 5)

Science & Technology

Diamonds are for softies – boron is harder (New Scientist, Sept. 8)

Underwater laser pops in navy ops (BBC News, Sept. 8)

Tool to Offer Fast Help for H.I.V. Exposure (N.Y. Times, Sept. 7) Site requires free registration

Nanoelectronic Transistor Combined With Biological Machine Could Lead To Better Electronics (Science Daily, Sept. 7)

Hydrogen Storage Gets New Hope (Science Daily, Sept. 7)

Space

New Pictures of Neptune's Moon Triton (Yahoo!/Space.com, Sept. 8)

Shuttle And Station Crews Wrapping Up Joint Mission (Space Daily, Sept. 8)

Cash crisis could ground NASA rocket (Nature News, Sept. 8)

Earth-sized planets are just right for life (New Scientist, Sept. 7)

Cargo spaceship meets the catcher in the sky (New Scientist, Sept. 7)

Milky Way's Not-so-distant Cousin Likely Harbors Supermassive Black Hole (Science Daily, Sept. 6)

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