Archaeology & Paleontology

Excavation unravels mysteries of men's gymnasium's demise during 1906 earthquake (PhysOrg, Nov. 10)

King Tut tomb to get makeover (DiscoveryNews, Nov. 10)

Discovery Of The Oldest European Marsupial In Southwest France (ScienceDaily, Nov. 9)

The Many Mysteries of Neanderthals (Yahoo!/LiveScience, Nov. 8)

Dinosaur prints found on NZealand's South Island (Yahoo!/AFP, Nov. 7)

British 'Indiana Jones' finds missing legs of 900-year-old Buddhist statue (Independent UK, Nov. 7)

Environment

Afloat in the Ocean, Expanding Islands of Trash (N.Y. Times, Nov. 10) Site requires free registration

Water supply of millions threatened by melting of Kashmir’s glaciers (Christian Science Monitor, Nov. 9)

An Undersea Killer With An Upside [Chemical causing mysterious death of phytoplankton of interest to cancer researchers.] (redOrbit, Nov. 9)

Low-Carbon Farms Can Raise Food Output, Food Agency Says (Planet Ark/Reuters, Nov. 9)

W Australia sea level rising fast (BBC News, Nov. 9)

New Ocean May Be Forming in the Desert (NPR, Nov 8)

Ecosystem in Peru Is Losing a Key Ally [Huarangos, trees that can live over 1,000 years...] (N.Y. Times, Nov. 7) Site requires free registration

Exploration & Adventure

Plan to pierce heart of urban monster volcano [Italy's Phlegraean Fields.] (New Scientist, Nov. 9)

Exploration of Casablanca Seamount finds underwater volcano teeming with life (Times UK, Nov. 3)

Kayakers cross Antarctic land and water to educate public (Expedition News, Nov. 2009)

Medicine & Health

Head games: Concerns about the long-term effects of concussions prompt companies to redesign football helmets (Washington Post, Nov. 10) Site requires free registration

ExWeb interview with Bill Hanlon, highlighting the health needs of remote communities ExplorersWeb, Nov. 10)

Sniffing Out Memories (redOrbit, Nov. 9)

WHO Says Pandemic Flu On Rise In China, Japan (Planet Ark/Reuters, Nov. 9)

Cape Verde dengue fever epidemic stabilises (TerraDaily/AFP, Nov. 9)

Scientists devise early treatment for spine injury (Yahoo!/Reuters, Nov. 9)

The upside of feeling down (Physorg, Nov. 9)

Early life stress 'changes' genes (BBC News, Nov. 8)

Even Babies Have "Accents," Crying Study Finds (Nat'l. Geographic News, Nov. 5)

Peoples & Culture

Bible That Vanished on Kristallnacht Is Heading Home (N.Y. Times, Nov. 9) Site requires free registration

La Paz celebrates Day of the Skulls (BBC News, Nov. 9)

Germany celebrates fall of Berlin Wall (Yahoo!/AP, Nov. 9)

Looting Mali's History (Smithsonian, Nov. 2009)

Natural Disasters & Weather

Floods, landslides kill 136 in El Salvador (TerraDaily/AFP, Nov. 10)

Two killed in Indonesian quake: report (TerraDaily/AFP, Nov. 9)

Ida no longer hurricane, Gulf warnings downgraded (Yahoo!/AP, Nov. 9)

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

The last veteran of Veterans Day [World War I] (The Examiner, Nov. 10)

Stateside Home Is Proposed for South Pole Dome (N.Y. Times, Nov. 10) Site requires free registration

Sesame Street Goes Green at 40--But Warming "Too Scary" (Nat'l. Geographic News, Nov. 9)

A socialite's crusade: Yvonne Bezerra de Mello, who views education as an equalizer, operates a school in a slum [Brazil.] (Washington Post, Nov. 8) Site requires free registration

Nepal emerges as 'poacher's paradise' (TerraDaily/AFP, Nov. 8)

Climate Rift Grows Between U.S., Poor Nations (NPR, Nov. 8)

In Turkey, fertile ground for creationism (Washington Post, Nov. 8) Site requires free registration

Philosopher of taste: For Jacques Puisais, the table is a laboratory (Washington Post, Nov. 7) Site requires free registration

Plants & Animals

Koalas 'could face extinction' (BBC News, Nov. 10)

Pigs Prove to Be Smart, if Not Vain (N.Y. Times, Nov. 10) Site requires free registration

A Hunt for Seeds to Save Species, Perhaps by Helping Them Move (N.Y. Times, Nov. 10) Site requires free registration

New hope for world's biggest and weirdest flower [Rafflesia.] (TerraDaily/AFP, Nov. 9)

Learning How Animals Regenerate Body Parts (N.Y. Times, Nov. 9) Site requires free registration

Canada To Investigate Disappearing Pacific Salmon (Planet Ark/Reuters, Nov. 9)

First film of a 'giant' stingray (BBC News, Nov. 9)

Niger's giraffes stage a comeback (BBC News, Nov. 8)

Ants Save Mates Trapped in Sand (Yahoo!/LiveScience, Nov. 8)

Evolution in the Deepest River in the World [Congo River.] (Smithsonian, Nov. 3)

Invasion of the Longhorn Beetles [New England.] (Smithsonian, Nov. 2009)

Science & Technology

Plant experts unveil DNA barcode (BBC News, Nov. 10)

'Road trains' get ready to roll (BBC News, Nov. 9)

Not Science Fiction: Solar Power to be Zapped From Space By Lasers (ENN/Sky News Online, Nov. 9)

Students Build Living Microbial Machines (NPR, Nov. 6)

Space

Setting Sail Into Space, Propelled by Sunshine (N.Y. Times, Nov. 10) Site requires free registration

Stuck Spirit Rover Moves! (Universe Today, Nov. 9)

Extraterrestrial rafting: Hunting off-world sea life (New Scientist, Nov. 9)

Unsettled Youth: Spitzer Observes A Chaotic Planetary System (ScienceDaily, Nov. 9)

Nasa and Esa sign Mars agreement (BBC News, Nov. 8)

Japan eyes solar station in space (Yahoo!/AFP, Nov. 8)

International Space Station Comes Together [Graphic.] (USA Today, Nov. 2009)

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