Archaeology & Paleontology

Taliban destroying Gandhara heritage in Pakistan (Himalayan Times/AFP, Nov. 22)

Hunting for the home of Indonesia's Java Man (BBC News, Nov. 21)

Archaeologists publish first map of contested sites in Middle East (UCLA, Nov. 20)

250,000 Pieces of Blackbeard from Shipwreck (Island Gazette, Nov. 20)

Researcher: Faint writing seen on Shroud of Turin (Yahoo News/AP, Nov. 20)

Museum: Galileo's fingers, tooth are found (Yahoo News/AP, Nov. 20)

Environment

CO2 curve ticks upward as key climate talks loom (Yahoo News/AP, Nov. 23)

US will announce target for cutting carbon emissions (BBC News, Nov. 23)

Coal-burning China invests in methane capture (Yahoo News/AFP, Nove. 23)

Curbs To Ship Pollution Would Stoke Global Warming, Study Says (Planet Ark/Reuters, Nov. 23)

Shoppers Going Green Despite Struggling Economy (Planet Ark/Reuters, Nov. 23)

E-waste recycling – are solutions near? (Christian Science Monitor, Nov. 23)

East Antarctic ice sheet may be losing mass (BBC News, Nov. 22)

Hacked climate emails: conspiracy or tempest in a teapot? (Christian Science Monitor, Nov. 23)

Great Barrier Reef Survival "Requires 25 Percent CO2 Cut (Planet Ark/Reuters, Nov. 20)

Model predicts future deforestation (Nature News, Nov. 20)

Exploration & Adventure

Famed mountaineers come down from Everest to talk climate change (WWF, Nov. 23)

Shackleton's Whisky Is Returning From Antarctic (NPR, Nov. 22)

Medicine & Health

Heart attack risk 'raised by suppressing anger' (BBC News, Nov. 24)

Dirt can be good for children, say scientists (BBC News, Nov. 23)

Morphine 'might spread cancer' (BBC News, Nov. 23)

The Biology Behind the Milk of Human Kindness (N.Y. Times, Nov. 23)

Vaccine quest boosted by HIV that infects monkeys (New Scientist, Nov. 23)

From the Lab, a New Weapon Against Cholesterol (N.Y. Times, Nov. 21)

Signs That Swine Flu Has Peaked (N.Y. Times, Nov. 20)

Worms' Paralysis Turned On and Off With Light [Development of light-triggered medications] (National Geographic News, Nov. 20)

Peoples & Culture

Kandahar chess tournament restores old Afghan pastime (BBC News, Nov. 23)

African conflicts spurred by warming (New Scientist, Nov. 23)

Why Kids Ask Why (Live Science, Nov. 23)

Life in Jerusalem's city of three faiths (BBC News, Nov. 21)

Natural Disasters & Weather

Icebergs head from Antarctica for New Zealand (Yahoo News/AP, Nov. 24)

Irish flood 'worst for 800 years' (BBC News, Nov. 23)

2009 Hurricane Season Quietest in Decades (National Geographic News, Nov. 23)

Flood misery lingers in storm-hit Philippines (BBC News, Nov. 21)

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

A Vision Faces an Environmental Test [Environmental challenges in a Domincan town] (N.Y. Times, Nov. 23)

Misdiagnosed With Coma, Belgian Man Communicates After 23 Years (N.Y. Times, Nov. 23)

Rare Darwin Book Found In Guest Bathroom (NPR, Nov. 23)

Looking ahead, Brazil's farmers take up reforestation (Washington Post, Nov. 23)

Former Soviet cosmonaut Konstantin Feoktistov dies (BBC News, Nov. 22)

Sting urges Brazil to listen to tribal dam fears (BBC News, Nov. 22)

Plants & Animals

China moves to protect pandas from swine flu (Yahoo News/AP, Nov. 24)

In Snails and Snakes, Features to Delight Darwin (N.Y. Times, Nov. 23)

Data Show a Decline for Tigers in Russia (N.Y. Times, Nov. 23)

Dark Ocean Depths Home To Exotic, Unknown Life (Planet Ark/Reuters, Nov. 23)

A year after discovery, Congo's 'mother lode' of gorillas remains vulnerable (PhysOrg, Nov. 23)

Reptile Moms Share Nests (LiveScience, Nov. 22)

Marmots Remember Long-Gone Predators (LiveScience, Nov. 22)

Acid oceans leave fish at more risk from predators (BBC News, Nov. 21)

'Supercharged' heart pumps blood up a giraffe's neck (BBC News, Nov. 20)

Science & Technology

Evolution vs. Intelligent Design: 6 Bones of Contention (National Geographic News, Nov. 24)

Restarted LHC Now 2 Big Steps Closer to "Big Bang" Test (National Geographic News, Nov. 23)

Design fixed for 1,000mph car (BBC News, Nov. 23)

Airline safety: The next generation of smart planes (Christian Science Monitor, Nov. 23)

Tracking A 'Missing' Man By Virtual Bread Crumbs (NPR, Nov. 21)

Space

Jeff Bezos' Secretive Rocket Program Picks Science Projects (Yahoo News/Space.com, Nov. 24)

Orion's dark secret: Violence shaped the night sky (New Scientist, Nov. 23)

Plan for Human Mission to Asteroid Gains Speed (Yahoo News/Space.com, Nov. 23)

Nasa Cassini spacecraft sends pictures of Saturn's moon (BBC News, Nov. 23)

Extensive Valley Network on Mars Adds to Evidence for Ancient Martian Ocean (ScienceDaily, Nov. 23)

Dark galaxy crashing into the Milky Way (New Scientist, Nov. 22)

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