Archaeology & Paleontology

Scientists Find Earliest Sign of Cultivated Crops in Americas (N.Y. Times, June 28) Site requires free registration

Egypt's Female Pharaoh Revealed by Chipped Tooth, Experts Say (National Geographic News, June 27)

U.S. Search Team Finds Iwo Jima Sites (Washington Post/AP, June 27) Site requires free registration

Lucy fossil approved for US tour (Yahoo News/AP, June 27)

Shallow Okeechobee reveals pool of artifacts (Miami Herald, June 27)

Ancient Midwestern Mysteries And Efforts to Preserve Them (Wall Street Journal, June 27)

Environment

2007 seen as second warmest year as climate shifts (Reuters, June 29)

Study Sees Climate Change Impact on Alaska (N.Y. Times, June 28) Site requires free registration

Wilderness almost non-existent on planet Earth: study (PhysOrg/AFP, June 28)

Global warming will increase world death rate (New Scientist, June 28)

UN issues desertification warning (BBC News, June 28)

UN Declares Ecuador's Galapagos Islands in Danger (Planet Ark/Reuters, June 27)

Researchers Say Antarctic Ice Sheet Stable (ENN/AP, June 27)

Poll: Environment Tops List of Global Concerns (VOA News, June 27)

Floods And Heatwaves Offer Warning Of Impact Of Climate Change (TerraDaily/AFP, June 27)

Exploration & Adventure

The return of the Viking warship [Recreating Viking voyage across the North Sea] (BBC News, June 28)

Medicine & Health

How to stop diabetes wreaking lasting havoc (New Scientist, June 29)

Potential cure for HIV discovered (Forbes/AFX, June 28)

Exercise Grows New Brain Cells (LiveScience, June 28)

Autism symptoms reversed in lab (BBC News, June 27)

Peoples & Culture

Norway hosts witchcraft experts (BBC News, June 28)

Population balance shifting to cities (L.A. Times/AP, June 28)

U.S. Faces More Distrust From World, Poll Shows (N.Y. Times, June 28)

Australia cracks down on Aborigines (Christian Science Monitor, June 27)

Hollywood bites into Bollywood's audience (CNN, June 27)

U.S. Patriotism is Flagging (LiveScience, June 27)

Natural Disasters & Weather

Tahoe fire yields lessons (Christian Science Monitor, June 29)

Protests in Pakistan as South Asia rains toll nears 500 (Yahoo News/AFP, June 29)

Flooding Sweeps Central Texas After Record-Breaking Rains (N.Y. Times, June 28) Site requires free registration

Rainstorms Kill 48 in South, Central China (Planet Ark/Reuters, June 27)

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

2,000 years later, global vote to pick world's new Seven Wonders (Christian Science Monitor, June 29)

African plans largest game park (BBC News, June 28)

Egypt forbids female circumcision (BBC News, June 28)

Unesco names World Heritage sites (BBC News, June 28)

The man who saves the National Park vistas [Profile of National Park Service's Bill Wolverton] (Christian Science Monitor, June 28)

Plants & Animals

Scientists Look at Droppings for Extinct Tiger (Planet Ark/Reuters, June 29)

Study Traces Cat’s Ancestry to Middle East (N.Y. Times, June 29) Site requires free registration

Tracking plan for rare India croc (BBC News, June 28)

Scientists Target Australia's Cane Toads With New Weapon (VOA News, June 28)

Bald Eagles Soar Off Endangered Species List, But Is Act Weakened? (National Geographic News, June 28)

Coral Reef Fish Starve Themselves to Maintain Social Order (National Geographic News, June 28)

Northern spotted owl's decline revives old concerns (Christian Science Monitor, June 27)

Science & Technology

Breakthrough Could Lead to Artificial Life Forms (LiveScience, June 28)

Japanese gadget can predict tremors before they hit (Yahoo News/Reuters, June 28)

Supercomputer steps up the pace [IBM launches world's fastest computer] (BBC News, June 27)

Earth's Hot Spots Keep Continents Afloat, Study Says (National Geographic News, June 26)

Space

'Space hotel' test craft launched (BBC News, June 29)

Europe prepares huge space truck (BBC News, June 29)

Jupiter changes its stripes [Mysterious shifting cloud patterns] (New Scientist, June 29)

Mars rover to descend into gaping crater (New Scientist, June 28)

NASA Prepares For Performing New Science On The Moon (ScienceDaily, June 28)

Scientists find that Earth and Mars are different to the core (PhysOrg, June 28)

Nuclear rockets could cut cost of Moon base (New Scientist, June 28)

Nasa readies for asteroid mission (BBC News, June 27)

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