Archaeology & Paleontology

Archaeologists Uncover 3,500-Year-Old Egypt City (Planet Ark/Reuters, Sep. 2)

Stocky Dragon Dinosaur Terrorized Late Cretaceous (TerraDaily/SPX, Sep. 2)

Ancient Moche burials provided insects with banquet (USA Today, Sep. 1)

Archaeologists attack BP’s drilling plans (Art Newspaper, Sep. 1)

Highest-Paid Athlete Hailed From Ancient Rome (Discovery News, Sep. 1)

Palaeolithic funeral feast unearthed in Northern Israel (BBC News, Sep. 1)

Ancient city does not actually exist, says Turkish minister (Hurriyet Daily News, Sep. 1)

Human Meat Just Another Meal for Early Europeans? (National Geographic News, Aug. 31)

Scalpels and skulls point to Bronze Age brain surgery (New Scientist, Aug. 31)

Environment

EPA To Issue More Rules In Climate Fight (Planet Ark/Reuters, Sep. 3)

BP's Internal Probe Faults Its Own Engineers: Report (Planet Ark/Reuters, Sep. 2)

An Oil Platform Burns, Blanketing the Gulf With Angst (N.Y. Times, Sep. 2) Site requires free registration

Deforestation Rate Continues to Plunge in Brazil (ScienceInsider, Sep. 2)

U.S. Proposes Grading Cars On Emissions, Efficiency (Planet Ark/Reuters, Sep. 1)

NOAA Reopens More than 4,000 Square Miles of Closed Gulf Fishing Area (NOAA, Sep. 1)

Exploration & Adventure

What's in a name? Fame or notoriety for explorer [Johann Wilhelm Theodor Ludwig von Blandowski] (Brisbane Times, Sep. 3)

New Titanic Pictures Mark 25th Anniversary of Discovery (National Geographic News, Sep. 1)

Expedition explores violent Russian volcanoes (MSNBC, Aug. 31)

Failed Search Deepens Mystery of Vanished Explorers [Sir John Franklin] (Wall Street Journal, Aug. 31)

Medicine & Health

Finding Suggests New Aim for Alzheimer’s Drugs (N.Y. Times, Sep. 1) Site requires free registration

Capacity for Exercise Can Be Inherited (ScienceDaily, Sep. 1)

Heat Waves Are Bad For (Even The Healthiest) Lungs (NPR, Sep. 2)

Insomnia Increases Risk of Early Death for Men? (National Geographic News, Sep. 1)

Peoples & Culture

Why We've Given Less To Pakistan's Flood Victims (NPR, Sep. 2)

Ground Zero Mosque Controversy Puts Many US Muslims on Defensive (VOA, Sep. 1)

Natural Disasters & Weather

Hurricane Alley Heats Up with Stormy Threesome (LiveScience, Sep. 2)

Huge snowfall caused by rare clash of weather events (BBC News, Sep. 1)

South Sudan's Aweil region swamped by floods (BBC News, Sep. 1)

Thanks to high-tech, storm track easier to predict (Yahoo News/AP, Aug. 1)

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

13 Workers Rescued After Gulf Rig Explodes (NPR, Sep. 2)

Ancient coral reef uncovered in South Pacific (BBC News, Sep. 1)

NASA: Food, Emotional Support Vital for Trapped Chile Miners (LiveScience, Sep. 1)

Climate 'sceptic' Bjørn Lomborg now believes global warming is one of world's greatest threats (Telegraph, Aug. 31)

Plants & Animals

Wild chimps outwit human hunters (BBC News, Sep. 3)

Tarzan Chameleon Found in Tarzan Forest, Near Tarzanville (National Geographic News, Sep. 2)

WWF calls for 'roar of support' for wild tigers (Yahoo News/AFP, Sep. 2)

Locust swarm 'secrets' may prevent insect plagues (BBC News, Sep. 2)

NYC sky-scrapers dim lights to help migratory birds (BBC News, Sep. 2)

Forget Mice, Elephants Really Hate Ants (ScienceInsider, Sep. 2)

Evolution in Action: Lizard Moving From Eggs to Live Birth (National Geographic News, Sep. 1)

"Whispering" Bat Evolved to Trick Prey (National Geographic News, Sep. 1)

Will Aging Chimps Get to Retire, or Face Medical Research? (N.Y. Times, Sep. 1) Site requires free registration

'Charitable' Behavior Found in Bacteria (ScienceDaily, Sep. 1)

More CO2 means more poison ivy (SeedDaily/UPI, Sep. 1)

Shrek fish: Japan's aquatic ogre (Christian Science Monitor, Sep. 1)

Mama's Boys Get the Girls (ScienceNOW, Aug. 31)

Science & Technology

Mass Extinction Threat: Earth on Verge of Huge Reset Button? (LiveScience, Sep. 2)

'Impossible' Soccer Goal Explained by New Twist on Curveball Physics (ScienceInsider, Sep. 2)

Can Nuclear Waste Spark an Energy Solution? (National Geographic News, Sep. 1)

Bacteria could make self-healing concrete (SpaceDaily/UPI, Sep. 1)

Space

Space-Based Detector Could Find Anti-Universe (Planet Ark/Reuters, Sep. 2)

Counting Down to Commercial Space Launches (Technology Review, Sep. 2)

Solar Sail Spacecraft Could Explore Beyond Solar System (Space.com/Astrobiology Magazine, Sep. 2)

NASA Aims to Plunge Car-Sized Probe Into the Sun (Space.com, Sep. 2)

Old star wallows in 'steam bath' (BBC News, Sep. 1)

Nobel Winners Sign Letter Backing Obama Space Plan (N.Y. Times, Aug. 31) Site requires free registration

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