Archaeology & Paleontology

Archaeologists Hope to Excavate Shipwreck That Dates to War of 1812 (Washington Post, Sep. 14) Site requires free registration

Ancient Aphrodite Figures Hint at Pagan Resistance (LiveScience, Sep. 14)

What Do Dinosaurs And The Maya Have In Common? (ScienceDaily, Sep. 14)

Flash Recovery Of Ammonoids After Most Massive Extinction Of All Time (ScienceDaily, Sep. 14)

A mass cemetery carved in rocks discovered in Syria (Global Arab Network, Sep. 13)

Archaeologists dig into site of '60s commune (Arizona Daily Star/McClatchy, Sep. 13)

Radar technology has changed the way archaeologists dig in the dirt (Columbus Dispatch, Sep. 13)

Extinct Eagle May Have Hunted Humans (Discovery News/AP, Sep. 11)

Environment

Methane mining could trigger killer gas cloud (New Scientist, Sep. 15)

Scientists Find CO2 Link To Antarctic Ice Cap Origin (Planet Ark/Reuters, Sep. 15)

Global Warming Could Cool N. America in a Few Decades? (National Geographic News, Sep. 14)

Climate change depresses beer drinkers (New Scientist, Sep. 13)

Good For Acid Rain, But Can It Slow Climate Change? (NPR, Sep. 13)

Exploration & Adventure

Korean woman set for highest peaks climbing record (Reuters, Sep. 15)

South Pole conqueror's letter found (The Age, Sep. 14)

Medicine & Health

Do Brains Shrink As We Age? (LiveScience, Sep. 15)

Shower heads make a perfect home for bugs (New Scientist, Sep. 15)

An Organ of Many Talents, at the Root of Serious Ills [Pancreas] (N.Y. Times, Sep. 14) Site requires free registration

Sickle-Cell Anemia: Vaccines in Wealthy Countries May Save Lives of Children in Africa, Study Suggests (N.Y. Times, Sep. 14) Site requires free registration

In One Study, a Heart Benefit for Chocolate (N.Y. Times, Sep. 14) Site requires free registration

Studies: Swine flu spreads long after fever stops (Yahoo News/AP, Sep. 14)

Antibiotic resistance clue found (BBC News, Sep. 13)

Key gene 'controls disease fight' (BBC News, Sep. 13)

Peoples & Culture

Behind Shanghai's 'two-child policy' (BBC News, Sep. 15)

Fight Nights and Reggae Pack Brazilian Churches (N.Y. Times, Sep. 14) Site requires free registration

Natural Disasters & Weather

Senegal battles rising tides (BBC News, Sep. 13)

Turkey floods death toll rises to 35 (TerraDaily/AFP, Sep. 13)

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

Hawaii Tries Green Tools in Remaking Power Grids (N.Y. Times, Sep. 14) Site requires free registration

Antarctica's hidden plumbing revealed (New Scientist, Sep. 14)

Norm Borlaug: the man who fed the world (New Scientist, Sep. 14)

1.27 million displaced by China's Three Gorges Dam (Yahoo News/AFP, Sep. 14)

Europe's $57 billion plan to put windmills in the ocean (Christian Science Monitor, Sep. 14)

The Amazon Road: Paving Paradise For Progress? (NPR, Sep. 14)

Gaza water supplies in danger of 'collapse': UN (TerraDaily/AFP, Sep. 14)

Bermuda Triangle plane mystery 'solved' (BBC News, Sep. 13)

Jane Goodall Sees 'Hope For Animals' (NPR, Sep. 13)

Plants & Animals

One in six Mediterranean mammals face extinction (Yahoo News/AFP, Sep. 15)

Widespread Occurrence Of Intersex Bass Found In U.S. Rivers (ScienceDaily, Sep. 15)

Barcoding Endangered Sea Turtles (ScienceDaily, Sep. 15)

Evidence Points to Conscious 'Metacognition' in Some Nonhuman Animals (PhysOrg, Sep. 14)

Python "Nightmare": New Giant Species Invading Florida (National Geographic News, Sep. 14)

Google Plans New Mirror For Cheaper Solar Power (Planet Ark/Reuters, Sep. 14)

In a Shark’s Tooth, a New Family Tree [Evolution of great white shark] (N.Y. Times, Sep. 14) Site requires free registration

Beetles and citrus share a common defense (Christian Science Monitor, Sep. 11)

Science & Technology

Could Exotic Matter Provide an Infinite Source of Energy? (PhysOrg, Sep. 15)

Military robot 'hops' over walls (BBC News, Sep. 15)

Candy-Colored Solar Panels Don't Need Direct Sun (National Geographic News, Sep. 14)

Pursuing a Battery So Electric Vehicles Can Go the Extra Miles (N.Y. Times, Sep. 14) Site requires free registration

Space

Double Nucleus Galaxies: Ravenous Black Holes And Ripples In Space-Time Continuum (ScienceDaily, Sep. 15)

Thunderstorm on Saturn is a record-buster (Yahoo News/AFP, Sep. 15)

Jupiter Turned Comet Into "Moon" for 12 Years (National Geographic News, Sep. 14)

'Ice explorer' ready for launch (BBC News, Sep. 14)

Crunch time for Russia Mars probe (BBC News, Sep. 14)

China breaks ground on space launch center (Yahoo News/AP, Sep. 14)

NASA's Mars Rover Might Be Stuck For Good (Yahoo News/Space.com, Sep. 14)

Space telescope suffers instrument delay (Nature News, Sep. 14)

Predicting Extraterrestrial Weather (LiveScience, Sep. 11)

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