Archaeology & Paleontology

Egypt's Colossi of Memnon to be reunited with their twins (YahooNews/AFP, Apr. 17)

Researcher finds fossilized shell-breaking crab (Physorg.com, Apr. 17)

Pharaoh Seti I's Tomb Bigger Than Thought (National Geographic News, Apr. 17)

Going Once, Twice, a 3-Horned Triceratops (Washington Post, Apr. 17)Site requires free registration

Alpine guardians try to put treasures on ice (Times, Apr. 17)

Flores 'hobbit' walked more like a clown than Frodo (New Scientist, Apr. 16)

Analysis of Rare Textiles from Honduras Ruins Suggests Mayans Produced Fine Fabrics (Newswire, Apr. 16)

Deal for Holy Land artefacts (Nature News, Apr. 16)

Archaeology: Bones, isles and videotape (Nature News, Apr. 16)

Neanderthals speak out after 30,000 years (New Scientist, Apr. 15)

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

Environment

More doubt on cosmic climate link (BBC News, Apr. 18)

Study Sees an Advantage for Algae Species in Changing Oceans (N.Y. Times, Apr. 18)Site requires free registration

Researchers look to make environmentally friendly plastics (Physorg.com, Apr. 17)

Study finds mercury in birds near polluted rivers (YahooNews/AP, Apr. 17)

Waves, Tremors Hint At Warming Planet (redOrbit, Apr. 17)

GOING, GOING, GONE? New Satellite Images Reveal a Shrinking Amazon Rainforest (ENN, Apr. 17)

Worst Offenders For Carbon Dioxide Emissions: Top 20 US Counties Identified (ScienceDaily, Apr. 17)

Oceans Absorbing Less CO2 May Have 1,500 Year Impact (PlanetArk, Apr. 17)

Bush climate plan said too little, too late (Reuters, Apr. 17)

Canada Likely to Label Plastic Ingredient ‘Toxic’ (N.Y. Times, Apr. 16)Site requires free registration

Beijing's Olympic War on Smog (Time magazine, Apr. 150

Exploration & Adventure

Seven Months On A Drifting Ice Floe (ScienceDaily, Apr. 18)

Vessel plans to circle globe using biodiesel (Biodiesel magazine, Apr. 17)

Explorer makes Everest base camp [Sir Ranulph Fiennes] (BBC News, Apr. 17)

Antarctic Expedition Invites Children of All Ages to Take Part (EarthTimes, Apr. 17)

French "spiderman" scales Hong Kong skyscraper (Reuters, Apr. 15)

Medicine & Health

Big Brains Mean Longer Life (LiveScience, Apr. 18)

New kind of killer virus discovered in Bolivia (New Scientist, Apr. 18)

Flu Viruses Originate in Asia, Hitch Across Globe (National Geographic News, Apr. 17)

Excess Pneumonia Deaths Linked To Engine Exhaust, Study Suggests (ScienceDaily, Apr. 17)

Peoples & Culture

Mind the gap: Indigenous lives improving, but too slowly (Physorg.com, Apr. 17)

Yemeni child bride gets divorce (BBC News, Apr. 16)

Saudi women jump through many hoops for basketball team (Christian Science Monitor, Apr. 16)

Child brides 'sold' in Afghanistan (BBC News, Apr. 15)

Natural Disasters & Weather

Earthquake sensors track rise in ocean storms (New Scientist, Apr. 18)

Wild Fires Likely To Spread Due To Global Warming (PlanetArk, Apr. 18)

5.4 earthquake rocks Illinois; also felt in Indiana (AP, Apr. 18)

Current Major Flooding in U.S. a Sign of Things to Come (ENN/NOAA, Apr. 17)

March the warmest on record over world land surfaces (YahooNews/AP, Apr. 17)

Jet Streams Are Shifting And May Alter Paths Of Storms And Hurricanes (ScienceDaily, Apr. 17)

Mediterranean Tsunami Warning System Set For 2011 (PlanetArk, Apr. 17)

A Drought in Australia, a Global Shortage of Rice (N.Y. Times, Apr. 17)Site requires free registration

Laser Triggers Lightning "Precursors" in Clouds (National Geographic News, Apr. 16)

Thousands Evacuated After Colombian Volcano Erupts (PlanetArk, Apr. 16)

Giant quake will trash Los Angeles, say forecasters (New Scientist, Apr. 15)

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

Freshening of deep Antarctic waters worries experts (Reuters, Apr. 18)

Change in Farming Can Feed World - Report (ENN, Apr. 18)

Cache la Poudre "most endangered" (Denver Post, Apr. 17)

Costa Rica sees tourism's environmental dark side (Christian Science Monitor, Apr. 17)

Greenland ice lakes drain at speed of Niagara Falls (New Scientist, Apr. 17)

Hunt for water takes 'Lost Boy' back to Sudan (Christian Science Monitor, Apr. 17)

Ghana's 'hybrid' rice dilemma (BBC News, Apr. 17)

National Geographic project puts focus on greater Yellowstone area(Casper Tribune, Apr. 16)

Coral Flourishing At Bikini Atoll Atomic Test Site (PlanetArk, Apr. 16)

Glacial melt thaws South Asian rivalry (Nature News, Apr. 16)

At Indian Preserves, Tigers Remain King as People Are Coaxed Out (N.Y. Times, Apr. 16)Site requires free registration

Plants & Animals

Lizards Undergo Rapid Evolution After Introduction To A New Home (ScienceDaily, Apr. 18)

Flies get 'mind-control sex swap' (BBC News, Apr. 18)

Ghost of genetics past shows up in bonobos (New Scientist, Apr. 18)

Birds 'can behave like soldiers'(BBC News, Apr. 18)

Mouse to Inbred Mouse: You Stink! (LiveScience, Apr. 17)

Turtles to be climate change canaries (WWF, Apr. 17)

Killer Whales Hunt on Shore in Argentina (redOrbit, Apr. 17)

Road Kill: Too Many Frogs Croak (LiveScience, Apr. 17)

Extinct Javan elephants may have been found again - in Borneo (WWF, Apr. 17)

Young, Restless Cougars Roaming Eastward (Washington Post, Apr. 17)Site requires free registration

Smithsonian Scientists Find Evidence That Could Rewrite Hawaii's Botanical History (TerraDaily/SPX, Apr. 17)

Captive tigers roar ahead in stud potential (New Scientist, Apr. 17)

On Real Estate, New Eagle Pair Not Too Picky (Washington Post, Apr. 17)Site requires free registration

Prairie Birds Flirt, and a Town Livens Up (Apr. 17)

'Extinct' turtle makes a comeback (BBC News, Apr. 17)

World's Oldest Living Tree -- 9550 years old -- Discovered In Sweden (ScienceDaily, Apr. 16)

Indian rhinos on the move to a better future (WWF, Apr. 16)

Alarm Over Blue Crab Decline (Washington Post, Apr. 16)Site requires free registration

Science & Technology

The new shape of music: Music has its own geometry, researchers find (Physorg.com, Apr. 17)

The international kilogram conundrum (L.A. Times, Apr. 17)Site requires free registration

Atom-thick material runs rings around silicon (New Scientist, Apr. 17)

Ion engine enters space race (BBC News, Apr. 17)

Evolution: 24 myths and misconceptions (New Scientist, Apr. 16)

Inexpensive residential wind turbine (ENN, Apr. 16)

Earth's Hum Sounds More Mysterious Than Ever (LiveScience, Apr. 17)

Space

Stars born in galactic wilderness (BBC News, Apr. 18)

Earth's Magnetic Field Does Strange Things to the Moon (redOrbit, Apr. 17)

Earth Set to Invade Mars (Space.com, Apr. 17)

Electric Solar Wind Sail Could Power Future Space Travel In Solar System (ScienceDaily, Apr. 17)

Dark matter may have been found on Earth (New Scientist, Apr. 17)

Plants 'thrive' on Moon rock diet (BBC News, Apr. 17)

Largest telescope would be out of this world (MSNBC, Apr. 16)

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