Archaeology & Paleontology

Tiny "T. Rex" Found -- 150-Pound Species Came First (National Geographic News, Sept. 17)

Decapitated bodies - were they Vikings? (BBC, Sept. 17)

Archaeologist: Rice Existed 4,000 Years Ago in Yangtze Basin (Epoch, Sept. 17)

Mexican archaeologists find submerged Mayan cultural heritage (Daily News, Sept. 17)

Bulgaria Archaeologists Find Unique Cult Complex at Perperikon (Novinite, Sept. 16)

1617 village is near Jamestown (Virginia Gazette, Sept. 16)

Prehistoric man 'used crude sat nav' (The Telegraph, Sept. 15)

Environment

San Francisco Launches First Airport Carbon Kiosks (Planet Ark/Reuters, Sept. 18)

Brazil eyes Amazon sugar cane ban (BBC, Sept. 18)

Pause in Arctic's melting trend (BBC, Sept. 17)

White House Unveils Landmark Fuel Economy and Emissions Standards (ENN, Sept. 17)

Croatia and Hungary to establish Europe´s largest river protected area - 20 years after the fall of the Iron Curtain (ENN/WWF, Sept. 17)

Updates on Warm Seas and Arctic Ice (New York Times, Sept. 16) Site requires free registration

Exploration & Adventure

Intrepid cyclist targets Everest (BBC, Sept. 17)

Medicine & Health

China's 'Cancer Villages' Bear Witness To Economic Boom (Planet Ark/Reuters, Sept. 18)

Egypt closes schools to curb flu (BBC, Sept. 17)

Color-blindness Cured by Gene Injection in Monkeys (National Geographic News, Sept. 16

Proposed Tax on Sugary Beverages Debated [New York Times, Sept. 16] Site requires free registration

Trafigura knew of waste dangers [Toxic Waste] (BBC, Sept. 16)

Doctors warn on climate failure (BBC, Sept. 15)

Peoples & Culture

Hungarian monks turn abbey green with biomass plant (Yahoo/Reuters, Sept. 18)

Threats for breaking Morocco fast (BBC, Sept. 18)

More violence against the Samburu in Kenya (Cultural Survival, Sept. 17)

Brazil indigenous village 'burnt' (BBC, Sept. 17)

After the fall of the wall: Middle Europe reemerges – sort of (Christian Science Monitor, Sept. 13)

Natural Disasters & Weather

Global Warming May Bring Tsunami And Quakes: Scientists (Planet Ark/Reuters, Sept. 17)

Volcanoes stirred by climate change (Nature News, Sept. 17)

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

World's Tallest Man Named--Tumor Enabled Growth to 8'1" (National Geographic News, Sept. 17)

France to close migrant 'jungle' (BBC, Sept. 16)

Italy finds wreck of toxic waste ship sunk by mafia (ENN/Reuters, Sept. 15)

"The Lost Symbol" and the Freemasons: 8 Myths Decoded (National Geographic News, Sept. 15)

Plants & Animals

'Barcodes' tackle bush meat trade (BBC, Sept. 18

Polar bears run riot as ice melts (New Scientist, Sept. 16)

Scale of gorilla poaching exposed (BBC, Sept. 15)

The Tail of a Gecko Has a Life of Its Own [New York Times, Sept. 15] Site requires free registration

Science & Technology

3-D TV expected to come to homes in 2010 (CNN, Sept. 18)

Mobile app sees science go global (BBC, Sept. 16)

Space

Planck telescope's first glimpse (BBC, Sept. 17)

Rare meteorite found by 'fireball' observatory (New Scientist, Sept. 17)

Too much radiation for astronauts to make it to Mars (New Scientist, Sept. 16)

Patterns In Mars Crater Floors Give Picture Of Drying Lakes (Science Daily, Sept. 16)

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