Archaeology & Paleontology

Were Mesopotamians the first brand addicts? (New Scientist, Apr. 25)

After Near Extinction, Humans Split Into Isolated Bands (National Geographic News, Apr. 24)

T. Rex Protein "Confirms" Bird-Dinosaur Link (National Geographic News, Apr. 24)

Egypt: Tomb of Cleopatra and lover to be uncovered (AKI, Apr. 24)

Infant Carrying Ruled Out As Reason Why Early Humans Walked Upright, According To New Research (ScienceDaily, Apr. 23)

Alexander the Great's "Crown," Shield Discovered? (National Geographic News, Apr. 23)

Buried Dogs Were Divine "Escorts" for Ancient Americans (National Geographic News, Apr. 23)

Germanic invaders may not have ruled by apartheid (New Scientist, Apr. 23)

Did a Significant Cool Spell Mark the Demise of Megafauna? (PhysOrg, Apr. 23)

Did the Great Pyramids' builders use concrete? (IHT/Boston Globe, Apr. 23)

Shell-breaking Crabs Lived 20 Million Years Earlier Than Thought (ScienceDaily, Apr. 23)

Court orders US federal jurisdiction over possible 'Griffin' shipwreck (IHT/AP, Apr. 23)

Researcher: early Pacific settlement dig yields fine jewelry, pottery (IHT/AP, Apr. 23)

Environment

Applying Capitalism to Protect Dwindling Brazilian Forestland (Washington Post, Apr. 25) Site requires free registration

New Zealand's largest glacier will disappear: scientists (Yahoo News/AFP, Apr. 24)

Arctic Ice Melting Faster Than Anticipated - WWF (Planet Ark/Reuters, Apr. 24)

China Aims For First Zero Emission Power By 2015 (Planet Ark/Reuters, Apr. 24)

Artificially cooling Earth may prove perilous: study (TerraDaily/AFP, Apr. 24)

Sun Cycles Not Key To Recent Global Warming - Expert (Planet Ark/Reuters, Apr. 24)

Pine Beetles Turn Forests From Carbon Sinks to Sources (National Geographic News/AP, Apr. 24)

"Eating Local" Has Little Effect on Warming, Study Says (National Geographic News/AP, Apr. 22)

Exploration & Adventure

Everest Olympic torch diary (BBC News, Apr. 24)

100 years later: ExWeb Cook/Peary special series kick off (ThePoles.com, Apr. 21)

Medicine & Health

US blocks genetic discrimination (BBC News, Apr. 25)

Viruses found in lung tumours (Nature News, Apr. 25)

Heart cells cultured in the lab (BBC News, Apr. 24)

Heart Pump Creates Life-Death Ethical Dilemmas (Washington Post, Apr. 24) Site requires free registration

German team finds new way to fight Alzheimer's (Yahoo News/Reuters, Apr. 24)

Humans May Lose Battle With Bacteria, Medicinal Chemist's Research Shows (ScienceDaily, Apr. 24)

Does the Earth's magnetic field cause suicides? (New Scientist, Apr. 24)

Species loss 'bad for our health' (BBC News, Apr. 23)

Breakfast cereals boost chances of conceiving boys (New Scientist, Apr. 23)

Brain region lights up for power and profit (New Scientist, Apr. 23)

Dull jobs really do numb the mind (BBC News, Apr. 22)

Peoples & Culture

Has Grand Canyon Skywalk Helped the Hualapai? (NPR, Apr. 25)

Italian Saint Stirs Up a Mix of Faith and Commerce (N.Y. Times, Apr. 25) Site requires free registration

Animated Bambi Debate Arouses Pastoral Passions (N.Y. Times, Apr. 23) Site requires free registration

Natural Disasters & Weather

Jet Stream Shifts May Spur More Powerful Hurricanes (National Geographic News, Apr. 24)

Earthquake in Illinois could portend an emerging threat (PhysOrg, Apr. 24)

Undersea Microphone Helps Measure Hurricanes (NPR, Apr. 23)

Weather control claims put to the test (New Scientist, Apr. 23)

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

Darwin's Notes and Thoughts Go Online (NPR, Apr. 25)

Germaine Tillion, French Anthropologist and Resistance Figure, Dies at 100 (N.Y. Times, Apr. 25) Site requires free registration

Burmese farmers face flood threat (BBC News, Apr. 24)

Jane Goodall Passes Activist Torch To World's Youth (Planet Ark/Reuters, Apr. 24)

Giant Undersea Volcano Found Off Iceland (National Geographic News, Apr. 22)

Roots of Asia's rice crisis (Christian Science Monitor, Apr. 22)

Plants & Animals

Humming Praises for the Wild Bee (N.Y. Times, Apr. 24) Site requires free registration

Beneath Arctic ice pack, teeming life holds extraterrestrial clues (Christian Science Monitor, Apr. 24)

Appeals court stays execution of sea lions (ENN/Reuters, Apr. 24)

Are Ice Age relics the next casualty of climate change? [Musk ox] (PhysOrg, Apr. 24)

Penguin's wetsuit puts him back in the swim of things (Yahoo News/AP, Apr. 24)

Female lizards desire males of many colours (New Scientist, Apr. 24)

Last River Porpoises Dying in Polluted Yangtze (National Geographic News, Apr. 23)

"Extinct" Pygmy Elephants Found Living on Borneo (National Geographic News, Apr. 23)

Swiss 'dignity' law is threat to plant biology (Nature News, Apr. 23)

No sex for all-girl fish species (BBC News, Apr. 23)

Science & Technology

Sediment cores reveal Antarctica's warmer past (Nature News, Apr. 24)

Researchers Look To Make Environmentally Friendly Plastics (TerraDaily/SPX, Apr. 24)

Mystery Of Ancient Supercontinent's Demise Revealed (ScienceDaily, Apr. 24)

Will We All Soon Eat Lab-Grown Meat? (Yahoo News/U.S. News, Apr. 24)

'Flammable ice' could be mined for fuel (New Scientist, Apr. 23)

Space

The Future of Space Sports (Yahoo News/Space.com, Apr. 25)

Space 'spider webs' could propel future probes (New Scientist, Apr. 25)

Black holes reveal more secrets (BBC News, Apr. 24)

Mars Features Resemble Hydrothermal Springs (Space.com, Apr. 24)

Shoulder Motor Balks on Opportunity Rover's Robotic Arm (PhysOrg, Apr. 24)

Plan to identify watery Earth-like planets develops (PhysOrg, Apr. 24)

Mars Rover's Robotic Arm Glitch Worsens (Yahoo News/Space.com, Apr. 24)

NASA Official Plays Down a Troubled Soyuz Landing (N.Y. Times, Apr. 23) Site requires free registration

Solar system could go haywire before the Sun dies (New Scientist, Apr. 23)

So what is the right stuff? [ESA looking for astronauts] (BBC News, Apr. 23)

Glaciers Reveal Martian Climate Has Been Recently Active (ScienceDaily, Apr. 23)

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