Archaeology & Paleontology

Ardi's Secret: Did Early Humans Start Walking for Sex? (National Geographic News, Oct. 1)

top storyOldest "Human" Skeleton Found--Disproves "Missing Link (National Geographic News, Oct. 1)

Turkey a magnet for smugglers of historical artifacts (Today's Zaman, Oct. 1)>

Hobbit species may not have been human (The Australian, Sept. 30)

Nero's rotating banquet hall unveiled in Rome (Google/AP, Sept. 30)

Armenia: Archeologists say they've found remains of world's oldest human brain (Eurasia Insight, Sept. 30)

Dinosaur eggs are found in India (BBC, Oct. 1)

UK dig finds Roman amphitheatre (BBC, Oct. 1)

Mighty T. Rex Killed by Pigeon Parasite? (National Geographic, Sept. 29)

Feathery Four-winged Dinosaur Fossil Found In China Bridges Transition To Birds (Science Daily, Sept. 29)>

"Sea Monster" Bones Reveal Ancient Shark Feeding Frenzy (National Geographic, Sept. 28)

Dig reveals ancient fields (Arizona Daily Star, Sept. 27)

Environment

Ancient Rainforests Resilient To Climate Change (Science Daily, Oct. 1)

top storyTwo Meter Sea Level Rise Unstoppable-Experts (Planet Ark/Reuters, Sept. 30)

$100bn a year for climate safety (BBC, Sept. 30)

More Corporations Are "Greening" Supply Chains (Planet Ark/Reuters, Sept. 30)

Columbia Sportswear Puts Reusing Boxes On The Map (Planet Ark/Reuters, Sept. 25)

No rainforest, no monsoon: get ready for a warmer world (New Scientist, Sept. 30)

Climate change will hit developing world harvests hardest (Nature News, Sept. 30)

Kofi Annan launches musical climate change petition (Yahoo/AFP, Oct. 1)

Exploration & Adventure

Explorer hails polar exhibition [Scott photographs] (BBC, Oct. 2)

Expedition to recreate life for desert soldiers (Star Canterbury, Oct. 2)

Tons of fishing debris hauled in by expedition (Honolulu Advisor, Oct. 1)

Medicine & Health

U.N. Cites Global Rise in Detection and Treatment of AIDS (New York Times, Oct. 1) Site requires free registration

Daily sweets 'linked to violence' (BBC, Sept. 30)

Many more receiving HIV therapy (BBC, Sept. 30)

Computer detects abuse before doctors (New Scientist, Sept. 30)

Peoples & Culture

Ecuador, Indians trade blame for bloody clash (Yahoo/AFP, Oct. 1)

Tango gets UN cultural approval (BBC, Sept. 30)

Landmark royal meeting in Uganda (BBC, Sept. 30)

Africa's burning charcoal problem (BBC, Sept. 25)

Places To Play, But 'Stranger Danger' Fears Keep Inner-city Kids Home: Study (Science Daily, Sept. 30)

Natural Disasters & Weather

top storyDeath toll in Samoas tsunami reaches 150 (MSNBC/AP, Oct. 1)

Disaster-hit Philippines braces for new typhoon (MSNBC/AP, Oct. 2)

Indonesian quake toll at 1,100; more missing (MSNBC/AP, Oct. 1)

Did Samoa quake trigger Indonesia disaster? (New Scientist, Oct. 1)

Quakes Rock Pacific Islands (National Geographic News, Oct. 1)

East Africa Drought In Fifth Year, Millions Hungry (Planet Ark/Reuters, Sept. 30)

Toll from Typhoon Ketsana climbs (BBC, Oct. 1)

Earthquakes weaken distant faults (BBC, Sept. 30)

top storyIndia drought 'worst since 1972' (BBC, Sept. 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

Sports jocks are oh-so predictable (New Scientist, Oct. 1)

Increase In 'Academic Doping' Could Spark Routine Urine Tests For Exam Students (Science Daily, Oct. 1)

China marks Communist anniversary (BBC, Oct. 1)

Kenya seizes massive ivory haul (BBC, Sept. 30)

top storyDistracted US drivers 'a menace' (BBC, Sept. 30)

Iraqi widows yearn for new lives (BBC, Sept. 30)

Bangladesh crowns top rat killer (BBC, Sept. 30)

Protection Or Peril? Gun Possession Of Questionable Value In An Assault, Study Finds (Science Daily, Sept. 30)

Malaysia upholds woman's caning (BBC, Sept. 28)

Plants & Animals

Tennessee Foresters Helping To Return Chestnuts To American Forests (Science Daily, Oct. 1)

Census reveals extinction threat (BBC, Sept. 29)

Giant fish 'verges on extinction' (BBC, Sept. 29)

Rediscovering The Dragon's Paradise Lost: Komodo Dragons Most Likely Evolved In Australia, Dispersed To Indonesia (Science Daily, Oct. 1)

Science & Technology

Illegal toxic waste spotted from space (New Scientist, Oct. 2)

'Time telescope' could boost web (BBC, Sept. 30)

Google bosses on trial in Italy (BBC, Sept. 30)

Video screen enters record books (BBC, Sept. 30)

Entire cities recreated from Flickr photos (New Scientist, Sept. 29)

Space

Herschel scans hidden Milky Way (BBC, Oct. 2)

Space radiation hits record high (New Scientist, Sept. 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