Archaeology & Paleontology

Dead Sea Scrolls Mystery Solved? (National Geographic, Aug. 6)

Shipwreck could yield the USS Scorpion from the War of 1812 (Washington Post, Aug. 5)

Archaeologists find Great Moravian rotunda (Prague Dailiy Monitor, Aug. 5)

Prehistoric Cave Paintings Discovered in Dominican Republic (Latin America Herald Tribune, Aug. 4)

Mexico Finds Tunnel, Possible Tombs Under Ruins (ABC News. Aug. 4)

When the Sea Saved Humanity [South Africa] (Scientific American, August)

John the Baptist's Bones Discovered? (Discovery News, Aug. 4)

Fossil "Cat Crocodile" Had Mammal-like Teeth (National Geographic, Aug. 4)

Canadian Archeologists Find Lost Ship In Arctic (Planet Ark / Reuters, Aug. 3)

Environment

Much Gulf Oil Remains, but Hidden (National Geographic, Aug. 5)

China To Invest $15 Billion Over 10 years For Green Autos (Planet Ark/Reuters, Aug. 5)

Ecuador pledges no oil drilling in Amazon reserve (BBC, Aug. 3)

Travelling by Car Increases Global Temperatures More Than Travelling by Plane, but Only in the Long Term (Science Daily, Aug. 3)

Model shows 'waves of forest degradation' (BBC, Aug. 3)

Exploration & Adventure

U.S.-Canadian Mission Set To Map Arctic Seafloor (Planet Ark / Reuters, Aug. 3)

Everest pioneers 'hit by storm' (BBC, Aug. 3)

Medicine & Health

Clue Found To Why Swine Flu Spread In People (Planet Ark/Reuters, Aug. 6)

Experts Roll Out Malaria Map, Urge Mosquito Study (Planet Ark/Reuters, Aug. 4)

Thought-Controlled Prosthetic Limb System to Be Tested on Human Subjects (Science Daily, Aug. 4)

Peoples & Culture

France starts removing Roma camps (BBC, Aug. 6)

Natural Disasters & Weather

Pakistan's flooding sweeps south (BBC, Aug. 6)

Russia wildfires still spreading - 50 dead (BBC, Aug. 5)

Dramatic Increase in Hurricanes Likely Coming This Month (National Geographic, Aug. 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

US attends first Hiroshima atomic bomb anniversary (BBC, Aug. 6)

Four hours for forensic DNA test (BBC, Aug. 5)

Record migrant deaths on Arizona desert border (BBC, Aug. 3)

Plants & Animals

GM plants 'established in wild' (BBC, Aug. 6)

Scientists find sea sponges share human genes (Yahoo/AFP, Aug. 6)

Bats to Go Extinct From Deadly Fungus, Study Says (National Geographic, Aug. 5)

Myanmar 'has created world's largest tiger reserve' (Yahoo / AFP, Aug. 4)

Cloned cow may have scores of descendants (BBC, Aug. 4)

Science & Technology

Saudi Arabia begins Blackberry ban, users say (BBC, Aug. 6)

Citizen science: People power (Nature News, Aug. 4)

Space

Moon Not So Watery After All, Lunar-Rock Study Says (National Geographic, Aug. 5)

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