Archaeology & Paleontology

Explorers' century-old whisky found in Antarctic(YahooNews/AP, Feb. 5)

True-Color Dinosaur Revealed: First Full-Body Rendering (National Geographic News, Feb. 4)

Egypt Restores 1,600 Year-old Monastery Touting Religious Harmony (CBS News, Feb. 4)

Ancient Mongolian Tomb Holds Skeleton of Western Man (Discovery News, Feb. 3)

Lost Roman Codex Fragments Found in Book Binding(National Geographic News, Feb. 3)

Ancient Crocodile Relative Likely Food Source for Titanoboa, Largest Snake Ever Known (ScienceDailly, Feb. 3)

Excavation and restoration on the Avenue of Sphinxes (Independent, Feb. 3)

Environment

International protection needed for coral used in jewelry (WWF, Feb. 5)

Sweden wants explanation on Baltic nuclear 'dumping' (BBC News, Feb. 5)

Senators seek sulfur dioxide pollution cuts (Reuters, Feb. 4)

How to Feed the Billions (ENN, Feb. 4)

Black Carbon a Significant Factor in Melting of Himalayan Glaciers (ScienceDaily, Feb. 4)

Global warming good for trees, bad for ducks: studies (TerraDaily/AFP, Dec. 3)

Pesticides in California Rivers (ENN, Feb. 3)

Exploration & Adventure

Adventurer Sets Sea Trial for World Record Human-Powered Ocean Crossing from Canada to Hawaii (PRWeb, Feb. 4)

Trash Boat: Ship Made of Recycled Bottles Prepares to Sail Pacific Ocean (ABC News, Feb. 3)

Irvine's body spotted? "Now all we need is some boots on the ground" (Explorersweb, Feb. 3)

Medicine & Health

Magnetic Nanoparticles Show Promise for Combating Human Cancer (ScienceDaily, Feb. 4)

Obese People Lose Weight at High Altitudes (LiveScience, Feb. 4)

Brain scan allows unconscious patient to communicate (naturenews, Feb. 3)

Indian village may hold key to beating dementia (BBC News, Feb. 3)

Peoples & Culture

In conservative Egypt, radio show targets stigma on divorced women (Christian Science Monitor, Feb. 4)

Last speaker of ancient language of Bo dies in India (BBC News, Feb. 4)

Wayne Newton advocates for Virginia state recognition of Patawomeck Indian tribe (Washington Post, Feb. 3)Site requires free registration

On patrol with Aceh's Sharia police (BBC News, Feb. 2)

Natural Disasters & Weather

Scant Arctic Ice Could Mean Summer "Double Whammy" (PlanetArk, Feb. 5)

Behind The Weather: Strongest El Nino In A Decade (npr, Feb. 4)

Caught on Tape: Underwater Volcano May Form New Island (WNCT, Feb. 4)

Haiti Earthquake a Reminder That Disasters Are Preventable, Expert Says (ScienceDaily, Feb. 4)

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

Half of Indonesia's species remain unknown (ENN, Feb. 4)

As China's Rulers Confront Generation Gap, They Grow More Flexible (N.Y. Times, Feb. 4)Site requires free registration

Decade-old dream comes true for Lake Chad (WWF, Feb. 2)

Plants & Animals

Giant salamander: Human threat, human promise (BBC News, Feb. 4)

Bees See Your Face as a Strange Flower(LiveScience, Feb. 4)

Turkeys domesticated not once, but twice (L.A. Times, Feb. 4)Site requires free registration

Shark Attack on Kite Surfer Extremely Rare (LiveScience, Feb. 4)

Prairie dogs may have the most complex language (Physorg.com, Feb. 4)

This Tree's a Lady! (LiveScience, Feb. 4)

Animals have their own tools of the trade (MSNBC, Feb. 4)

Water Movements Can Shape Fish Evolution (ScienceDaily, Feb. 4)

Bark beetles rocked by sound (Daily Sun, Feb. 4)

Pandas leave DC, Atlanta for new homes in China (YahooNews/AP, Feb. 4)

Close encounters with Japan's 'living fossil' (BBC News, Feb. 4)

'Zen' bats hit their target by not aiming at it (Physorg.com, Feb. 4)

Moths catch the wind to speed migration (naturenews, Feb. 4)

Vampire Squid Turns "Inside Out" (National Geographic News, Feb. 3)

Climate change causes wolverine decline across Canada (BBC News, Feb. 3)

Algae Show a Knack for Quantum Mechanics (ScienceNOW, Feb. 3)

Tentacled Snake Uses Odd Appendages to Sense Prey(National Geographic News, Feb. 2)

Science & Technology

Collider to Operate Again, Though at Half Power (N.Y. Times, Feb. 5)Site requires free registration

Richard Branson's 'Underwater Plane' Is 1st of Its Kind (ABC News, Feb. 40

Spiders May Help Water Starved Countries (redOrbit, Feb. 4)

5 Sources of Alternative Energy You May Not Have Heard Of (Physorg.com, Feb. 4)

'Quantum Logic Clock' Based on Aluminum Ion is Now World's Most Precise Clock (Physorg.com, Feb. 4)

Plan for Free Access to a Cloud Computing Service (N.Y. Times, Feb. 4)Site requires free registration

Stanford's robotic Audi to brave Pikes Peak without a driver(Physorg.com, Feb. 3)

New Device Could Let Humans Walk on Walls (LiveScience, Feb. 2)

Space

Hubble sees Pluto changing color, ice sheet cover (YahooNews/AP, Feb. 4)

Merging Galaxies Create a Binary Quasar (ScienceDaily, Feb. 4)

Could life exist on Jupiter moon? (BBC News, Feb. 4)

Nice view! Space station gets a bay window (MSNBC, Feb. 4)

Giant Meteorites Slammed Earth Around A.D. 500? (National Geographic News, Feb. 3)

Jason-3 sea-surface height mission secures funds (BBC News, Feb. 2)

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