Archaeology & Paleontology

2 Japanese subs sunk after World War II found (L.A. Times, Nov. 13)

Maya "Painted Pyramid" Reveals 1st Murals of Daily Life (National Geographic News, Nov. 12)

New Dinosaur Found; Shows How Giants Got That Way (National Geographic News, Nov. 11)

Spaniards discover forgotten Euphrates City (ANSAmed, Nov. 11)

The quest to regain Egypt's antiquities (BBC News, Nov. 11)

Palace of Japan's warrior queen discovered (Telegraph UK, Nov. 11)

Warm-blooded Dinosaurs Worked Up A Sweat (ScienceDaily, Nov. 11)

Human Evolution: The Origin of Tool Use (LiveScience, Nov. 11)

Georgia artifacts linked to Spanish conquistador de Soto (USA Today, Nov. 10)

Environment

Big profit from nature protection (BBC News, Nov. 13)

Brazil: Deforestation sees biggest drop in 20 yrs (Yahoo News/AP, Nov. 13)

Boreal Forests Store Carbon, Need Help: Canada Study (Planet Ark/Reuters, Nov. 13)

Cocaine, Spices, Hormones Found in Drinking Water (National Geographic News, Nov. 12)

More Record Highs and Far Fewer Lows [Temperatures in the U.S.] (N.Y. Times, Nov. 12) Site requires free registration

Environmental impact of cocaine strategy assessed (Nature News, Nov. 12)

Greenland ice loss 'accelerating' (BBC News, Nov. 12)

Climate Change Makes English Winemakers See Red (Planet Ark/Reuters, Nov. 11)

Cost Of Extra Year's Climate Inaction $500 Billion: IEA (Planet Ark/Reuters, Nov. 11)

Yangtze 'facing climate threat' (BBC News, Nov. 10)

North American Governments Agree to Protect Wilderness (Worldwatch Institute, Nov. 10)

Exploration & Adventure

First-ever expedition to examine the accumulation of plastic marine debris in the North Atlantic Ocean (Medical News, Nov. 13)

Medicine & Health

New CDC numbers confirm that swine flu targets the young (L.A. Times, Nov. 13)

Rat Made Supersmart -- Similar Boost Unsafe in Humans? (National Geographic News, Nov. 12)

Medicines to Deter Some Cancers Are Not Taken (N.Y. Times, Nov. 12) Site requires free registration

Cell Phone Use Linked to Brain Changes (LiveScience, Nov. 12)

One Key Found for Living to 100 (LiveScience, Nov. 12)

Signature of consciousness captured in brain scans (New Scientist, Nov. 12)

Common cold may hold off swine flu (New Scientist, Nov. 12)

Air Pollution Takes a Toll on Young Lungs (Discovery News, Nov. 11)

Peoples & Culture

Now Free, Some Czechs Fear Complacency (NPR, Nov. 11)

Bad Decisions May Be Contagious (ScienceNOW, Nov. 10)

2012 Prophecies Sparking Real Fears, Suicide Warnings (National Geographic News, Nov. 9)

Natural Disasters & Weather

Haiti: After the storms (BBC News, Nov. 12)

Mini ice age took hold of Europe in months (New Scientist, Nov. 11)

Floods, landslides kill 152 in El Salvador (Yahoo News/AFP, Nov. 11)

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

Spider 'smuggler' arrested in Rio (BBC News, Nov. 13)

China confronts global warming dilemma (Christian Science Monitor, Nov. 12)

Bad weather blamed in blackout for 60M in Brazil (Yahoo News/AP, Nov. 11)

Probation for love triangle attack [Ex-astronaut Lisa Nowak] (BBC News, Nov. 11)

Threatened Maldives Urges Joint Action At Climate Talks (Planet Ark/Reuters, Nov. 10)

Plants & Animals

India to move all zoo elephants to wildlife parks (Yahoo News/AP, Nov. 13)

Deep-sea fish captured on camera (BBC News, Nov. 12)

Bees fight to death over females (BBC News, Nov. 12)

Tagging the tigers of the sea [Tuna] (New Scientist, Nov. 12)

Tuna in peril as catches reach triple the limit (New Scientist, Nov. 12)

Brown Pelican No Longer Endangered: U.S. (Planet Ark/Reuters, Nov. 12)

Why Can't Chimps Talk? It's More Than Just Genes (Planet Ark/Reuters, Nov. 12)

Bird "Sings" Through Feathers (National Geographic News, Nov. 11)

Fair play: Monkeys share our sense of injustice (New Scientist, Nov. 11)

The deep-sea crab that eats trees (BBC News, Nov. 11)

Bug Wears Armor Made of Poo (LiveScience, Nov. 11)

Elephant Seals Sleep While Diving, Study Suggests (National Geographic News, Nov. 10)

Turtles are 'right-flippered' (BBC News, Nov. 10)

The secret life of ancient trees (Christian Science Monitor, Nov. 10)

Science & Technology

Contact lenses to get built-in virtual graphics (New Scientist, Nov. 12)

Engineered penis raises reproduction hopes (Nature News, Nov. 10)

Space

For Mars rover Spirit, it's do or die (L.A. Times, Nov. 13)

Europe's comet chaser makes last call home (Yahoo News/AFP, Nov. 13)

NASA to Subject Monkeys to Radiation (Space.com, Nov. 12)

Lithium clue for planet-hunters (BBC News, Nov. 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