Archaeology & Paleontology

Bad teeth tormented ancient Egyptians (MSNBC/Discovery News, Dec. 3)

Hair reveals ancient peruvians were stressed out (Discovery, Dec. 2)

Wreck may hold clue to nation's discovery [Australia] (Sydney Morning Herald, Dec. 1)

Ancient Temple Architects May Have Been Chasing a Buzz From Sound Waves (PR Web, Dec. 1)

Environment

Study shows variability in ocean's CO2 uptake (BBC, Dec. 4)

Global warming may require higher dams, stilts (Yahoo/AP, Dec. 3)

Antarctica was climate refuge during great extinction (New Scientist, Dec. 3)

California Water Allocation Hits Record-Low Level (Planet Ark/Reuters, Dec. 3)

W.Bank To Loan India $1 bln To Clean up Ganges (Planet Ark/Reuters, Dec. 3)

Green Future Affordable With Deep CO2 Cuts: Study (Planet Ark/Reuters, Dec. 3)

Learning to love forest fires in Yosemite National Park (BBC, Dec. 3)

W. Antarctic Melt To Have Big Impact On Rising Sea (Planet Ark/Reuters, Dec. 2)

Seas could rise 1.4m, warns Antarctic climate review (New Scientist, Dec. 1)

Exploration & Adventure

Record solar plane's first 'hop' (BBC, Dec. 3)

Medicine & Health

Young Adults Who Exercise Get Higher IQ Scores (Science Daily, Dec. 3)

US approves 13 embryonic stem cell lines for research (BBC, Dec. 2)

Why Females Live Longer Than Males: Is It Due to the Father's Sperm? (Science Daily, Dec. 2)

Autism and schizophrenia could be genetic opposites (New Scientist, Dec. 2)

Peoples & Culture

Study Reveals the Angriest Americans (Yahoo/Live Science, Dec. 3)

The brutal life of Haiti's child slaves (BBC, Dec. 3)

Male and Female Shopping Strategies Show Evolution at Work in the Mall (Science Daily, Dec. 3)

Australians Have The World's Biggest Homes (Planet Ark/Reuters, Dec. 3)

Natural Disasters & Weather

Storms To Hit Philippine Growth, Raise Poverty: World Bank (Planet Ark/Reuters, Dec. 3)

El Nino Set To Continue Into First Quarter Of 2010: WMO (Planet Ark, Dec. 2)

Atlantic Hurricane Season Ends With Few Storms (ENN, Dec. 2)

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

Nepal holds highest Cabinet meeting at Mt. Everest (Yahoo/AP, Dec. 4)

One Killed In Mumbai Water Shortage Protests (Planet Ark/Reuters, Dec. 4)

Glacier threat to Bolivia capital (BBC, Dec. 4)

Mumbai protest over water cuts leads to violent clashes (BBC, Dec. 3)

Five sentenced to death over deadly China riots [Uighurs] (BBC, Dec. 3)

World Cup games to be filmed in 3D (BBC, Dec. 3)

Bhopal marks 25 years since gas leak devastation (BBC, Dec. 2)

Plants & Animals

Chicago River Poisoned To Block Feared Asian Carp (Planet Ark/Reuters, Dec. 4)

Iron Curtain kept out alien birds (BBC, Dec. 4)

World's Smallest Orchid Discovered (By Accident) (National Geographic News, Dec. 3)

Not Just the Polar Bear: Ten American Species Feeling the Heat from Climate Change (ENN, Dec. 2)

British bird-feeders may be splitting species (New Scientist, Dec. 3)

Pandas 'chirp' to get pregnant (BBC, Dec. 2)

Deadliest animal disease on the brink of eradication (Nature News, Dec. 2)

'Global surge' in rhino poaching (BBC, Dec. 1)

Clever ravens cooperatively hunt (BBC, Dec. 1)

Science & Technology

The Pentagon invites you to play its red balloon game (New Scientist, Dec. 4)

Ford Creates 62 MPG Gas Cars in Europe (ENN, Dec. 3)

Intel unveils 48-core cloud computing silicon chip (BBC, Dec. 3)

Children who use technology are 'better writers' (BBC, Dec. 3)

Space

Mars Had Liquid Water in Recent Past, Rover Finds (National Geographic News, Dec. 3)

Biggest Star Explosion Seen; Was Rare, "Clean" Death (NG News, Dec. 2)

Both of NASA's Mars orbiters are down for the count (New Scientist, Dec. 1)

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