Archaeology & Paleontology

Scientists Square Off on Evolutionary Value of Helping Relatives (N.Y. Times, Aug. 31) Site requires free registration

Parched English fields reveal ancient sites (Yahoo!/Reuters, Aug. 31)

Ancient Sorcerer's "Wake" Was First Feast for the Dead? (Nat'l. Geographic News, Aug. 30)

Beefy dino sported fearsome claws (BBC News, Aug. 31)

Double meteorite strike 'caused dinosaur extinction' (BBC News, Aug. 27)

Nasca Lines may be giant map of underground water sources Archaeologica/Andina, Aug. 27)

Archeologists Find Gateway to the Viking Empire (Archaeologica/Spiegel, Aug. 27)

Environment

Oil sands polluting Alberta river system, study finds (Yahoo!/Reuters, Aug. 30)

New Findings on Carbon Dioxide Release from World's Oceans (ENN, Aug. 30)

Wind Turbine Projects Run Into Resistance [Interference with radar.] (N.Y. Times, Aug. 27) Site requires free registration

Risk-Taking Rises as Oil Rigs in Gulf Drill Deeper (N.Y. Times, Aug. 29) Site requires free registration

The dead sea: Global warming blamed for 40 per cent decline in the ocean's phytoplankton (Independent UK, Aug. 29)

With Neighbors Unaware, Toxic Spill at a BP Plant (N.Y. Times, Aug. 29) Site requires free registration

Exploration & Adventure

Hurricane Danielle halts high-tech mapping of 'Titanic' (TerraDaily/AFP, Aug. 29)

New doubts over Korean Oh Eun-Sun's climbing record (BBC News, Aug. 27)

Dendronautics - A bird's eye view [Exploring the rainforest canopy.] (Physics.org, August 2010)

River Of Life - Congo Odyssey (NPR, August, 2010)

Medicine & Health

Physicians use photos from patients' cellphones to deliver 'mobile health' (Washington Post, Aug. 31) Site requires free registration

The mind's eye: How the brain sorts out what you see (New Scientist, Aug. 30)

Migraine Risk Linked to Gene (Nat'l. Geographic News, Aug. 30)

First tests for stem cell therapy are near (Washington Post, Aug. 29) Site requires free registration

Does Your Language Shape How You Think? (NYT Magazine, Aug. 29) Site requires free registration

Can Preschoolers Be Depressed? (NYT Magazine, Aug. 29) Site requires free registration

Peoples & Culture

Belief in Witchcraft Widespread in Africa (Yahoo!/LiveScience, Aug. 31)

A Sikh Temple Where All May Eat, and Pitch In(N.Y. Times, Aug. 29) Site requires free registration

"Lost" Language Found on Back of 400-Year-Old Letter (Nat'l. Geographic News, Aug. 27)

Natural Disasters & Weather

U.N. Says 270,000 At Risk As Floods Loom In Ethiopia (Planet Ark/Reuters, Aug. 31)

Earl threatens US Coast after hitting Caribbean (Yahoo!/AP, Aug. 31)

Hurricane Hunters Fly into Earl (Yahoo!/LiveScience, Aug. 30)

Livestock losses compound Pakistan's misery (Washington Post, Aug. 30) Site requires free registration

Mount Sinabung erupts on Sumatra (ENN, Aug. 30)

Killer rains leave at least 34 dead in Nicaragua (TerraDaily/AFP, Aug. 27)

Twelve dead in northern Turkey landslides (BBC News, Aug. 27)

What would happen if another Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans today? (Christian Science Monitor, Aug. 27)

Forest Fire Smoke in the Stratosphere: New Insights Into Pyrocumulonimbus Clouds (ScienceDaily, Aug. 26)

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

Banks Grow Wary of Environmental Risks (N.Y. Times, Aug. 31) Site requires free registration

California set to ban plastic bags (Christian Science Monitor, Aug. 30)

UN climate body 'needs reforms', review recommends (BBC News, Aug. 30)

For green movement, a change in climate (Washington Post, Aug. 30) Site requires free registration

Star names try to beat slump in eco-clothing (Independent UK, Aug. 29)

Anti-whaling NGOs warn of 'contaminated' whale meat (BBC News, Aug. 27)

Plants & Animals

They Crawl, They Bite, They Baffle Scientists [Bedbugs.] (N.Y. Times, Aug. 31) Site requires free registration

China, Russia boost efforts to save tigers (Yahoo!/AFP, Aug. 30)

Octopus Mimics Flatfish and Flaunts It (ScienceDaily, Aug. 30)

Apple DNA code is cracked by geneticists (BBC News, Aug. 30)

Warning to Birds: All-Glass Buildings Ahead (N.Y. Times, Aug. 28) Site requires free registration

Where conflict meets conservation ["Animals as hidden victims of war..."] (Nature News, Aug. 27)

Cold empties Bolivian rivers of fish (Nature News, Aug. 27)

Science & Technology

Advances Offer Path to Shrink Computer Chips Again (N.Y. Times, Aug. 30) Site requires free registration

New View of Tectonic Plates: Computer Modeling of Earth's Mantle Flow, Plate Motions, and Fault Zones (ScienceDaily, Aug. 30)

Hackers blind quantum cryptographers (Nature News, Aug. 29)

Engineers Drain Water Trapped In French Alps Glacier [Mont Blanc.] (Planet Ark/Reuters, Aug. 27)

Space

The Moon Puts on Camo [New geologic map of the moon's Schrodinger basin.] (SpaceDaily/SPX, Aug. 31)

NASA Tests Engine With an Uncertain Future (N.Y. Times, Aug. 31) Site requires free registration

NASA: Historic Image Collection Launched (Red Orbit, Aug. 30)

Black holes + dark matter = light (New Scientist, Aug. 27)

Weird Crater on Mars is a Mystery (Universe Today, Aug. 27)

Lectures, Meetings, & Conferences

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

Sources:

Conference Calendar for Zoology (BIOSIS)

Meridian International Center Events

National Academy of Sciences Events