Archaeology & Paleontology

Elephant 'had aquatic ancestor' (BBC News, Apr. 15)

It All Comes Down To Counting: Yale Holding 40,000 Inca Artifacts (Archaeology News/eFlux, Apr. 14)

Lifestyles of the Rich and Imperious in Rome [Augustus.](NPR, Apr. 13)

Egypt finds coins dating to Roman Emperor Valens (Reuters, Apr. 13)

Boer War black camps uncovered (ioL, Apr. 12)

Baby Mammoth CT Scan Reveals Internal Organs (Nat'l. Geograpic News, Apr. 11)

The volcano that changed the world [Eruption in Andes in 1600.] (Nature News, Apr. 11)

Grand Canyon's 55-million-year-old secret (Nature News, Apr. 11)

Earliest Mixtec Cremations Found; Show Elite Ate Dog (Nat'l. Geographic News, Apr. 9)

Environment

Recycling That Harms the Environment and People (N.Y. Times, Apr. 15) Site requires free registration

Bush Finally Takes Action on Global Warming (Red Orbit, Apr. 15)

Mangrove project creates fish, fire and hope in Eritrean desert (TerraDaily/AFP, Apr. 14)

Nature's Answers to the Sanitation Challenge (ENN/UN, Apr. 14)

Bangladesh faces climate change refugee nightmare (ENN/Reuters, Apr. 13)

Warmer seas, over-fishing spell disaster for oceans: scientists (TerraDaily/AFP, Apr. 11)

Exploration & Adventure

The year of the maoists: soldiers in control of the Khumbu Icefall (MountEverest.net, Apr. 14)

IMAX 'Alps' a cold adventure (Christian Science Monitor, Apr. 10)

Medicine & Health

How Epidemics Helped Shape the Modern Metropolis (N.Y. Times, Apr.15) Site requires free registration

Dengue Outbreak Sweeps Through Rio (N.Y. Times, Apr. 15) Site requires free registration

Unconscious Decisions in the Brain (PhysOrg, Apr. 14)

Traders' raging hormones cause stock market swings (New Scientist, Apr. 14)

Parents and Children at Odds In Defining Mr. or Mrs. Right [Human behavior.] (Washington Post, Apr. 14) Site requires free registration

Building Baby From the Genes Up (Washington Post, Apr. 13) Site requires free registration

If You Think Your Taxes Are Unjust, Just Think Again [Human behavior.] (Washington Post, Apr. 13) Site requires free registration

Robot anaesthetist developed in France (SpaceDaily/AFP, Apr. 12)

Peoples & Culture

Tourism Saves a Laotian City but Saps Its Buddhist Spirit (N.Y. Times, Apr. 15) Site requires free registration

At Last, a Gettysburg Redress [U.S. Civil War.] (Washington Post, Apr. 14) Site requires free registration

Silence Replaces Bids and Moos at Stockyards in Suburbs [South St. Paul, Minnesota.] (N.Y. Times, Apr. 14) Site requires free registration

Natural Disasters & Weather

Scientists: Big quake likely in Calif. (Yahoo!/AP, Apr. 15)

Melting Mountains A "Time Bomb" For Water Shortages (Planet Ark/Reuters, Apr. 15)

Measuring a Hurricane by Sound Underwater (N.Y. Times, Apr. 15) Site requires free registration

Kilauea offers rare view of glowing vent (Yahoo!/AP, Apr. 14)

Bizarre earthquakes off Oregon coast (Red Orbit, Apr. 14)

Shooting clouds with lasers triggers electrical discharge (New Scientist, Apr. 14)

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

John A. Wheeler, Physicist Who Coined the Term ‘Black Hole,’ Is Dead at 96 (N.Y. Times, Apr. 15) Site requires free registration

Fuel Choices, Food Crises and Finger-Pointing (BBC News, Apr. 15)

Japan fleet misses whaling target (BBC News, Apr. 14)

A City Where You Can’t Hear Yourself Scream [Cairo.] (N.Y. Times, Apr. 14) Site requires free registration

Beijing Stops Construction for Olympics [Hoping to clear the air...] (N.Y. Times, Apr. 14) Site requires free registration

They're the Tops [Winners of Goldman Environmental Prize.] (Grist, Apr. 13)

Cops and Former Secret Service Agents Ran Black Ops on Green Groups (Mother Jones, Apr. 11)

Plants & Animals

Moose back on the loose [Scottish Highlands.] (BBC News, Apr. 15)

Nuked coral reef bounces back [Bikini Island.] (New Scientist, Apr. 14)

Ancient dragon has space-age skull [Komodo dragon.] (PhysOrg, Apr. 14)

Plants deserve respect, Swiss committee says (TerraDaily/AFP, Apr. 14)

Wolf tracking in Minnesota's wilderness (Christian Science Monitor, Apr. 14)

Animals and Us, Not So Far Apart (Washington Post, Apr. 13) Site requires free registration

Map reveals key wildlife hotspots (BBC News, Apr. 11)

Science & Technology

Waste Not: A steamy solution to global warming (The Atlantic, May 2008)

Victorian pistons to cool space-age electronics (New Scientist, Apr. 15)

In Weak Rivets, a Possible Key to Titanic’s Doom (N.Y. Times, Apr. 15) Site requires free registration

New Ways to Store Solar Energy for Nighttime and Cloudy Days (N.Y. Times, Apr. 15) Site requires free registration

Technology Smooths the Way for Home Wind-Power Turbines (N.Y. Times, Apr. 15) Site requires free registration

Waste Not: A steamy solution to global warming (The Atlantic, May 2008)

Google Earth maps become venue for helping world (Christian Science Monitor, Apr. 15)

Novel Living System Recreates Predator-prey Interaction (Science Daily, Apr. 14)

The Future Is Now (Washington Post, Apr. 13) Site requires free registration

Space

Visions of Sun's great 'belches' (BBC News, Apr. 15)

Gauging a Collider’s Odds of Creating a Black Hole (N.Y. Times, Apr. 15) Site requires free registration

Europe signs Earth observer deal (BBC News, Apr. 14)

What was Before the Big Bang? An Identical, Reversed Universe (Universe Today, Apr. 14)

British space policy gets revamp (BBC News, Apr. 14)

Crippled probe may send cargo drifting into space (New Scientist, Apr. 14)

Hubble Pinpoints Record-Breaking Explosion (PhysOrg, Apr. 11)

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