Archaeology & Paleontology

The Androgynous Pharaoh? Akhenaten had feminine physique (YahooNews/AP, May 2)

New fossil bird found (Physorg.com, May 1)

Stunning finds on Herefordshire archaeological dig (Hereford Times, May 1)

Ancient Ecosystems Organized Much Like Our Own (ScienceDaily, May 1)

Namibia finds treasure shipwreck (BBC News, May 1)

Ancient Sunflower Fuels Debate About Agriculture In The Americas (ScienceDaily, Apr. 30)

You Are What You Eat? Maybe Not for Ancient Man (Newswire, Apr. 29)

Dino dung snapped up at auction (BBC News, Apr. 29)

Environment

Desalination is the Solution to Water Shortages (redOrbit, May 2)

In a New Climate Model, Short-Term Cooling in a Warmer World (N.Y. Times, May 1)Site requires free registration

Pittsburgh Beats L.A. As Sootiest City (LiveScience, May 1)

Growing ocean dead zones leave fish gasping (New Scientist, May 1)

Lots of climate-change studies, still few certainties(Christian Science Monitor, May 1)

Charcoal's green image blackened (Nature News, May 1)

A 10-year timeout for global warming, study says (Christian Science Monitor, May 1)

Wakame waste (Physorg.com, May 1)

Salt Lake City, Logan ranked among nation's worst for air pollution (Salt Lake Tribune, may 1)

Before Fossil Fuels, Earth's Minerals Kept Carbon Dioxide In Check (ScienceDaily, Apr. 30)

Exploration & Adventure

Seattle rower 10 days from world record (Seattle P-I, May 1)

Scientists Head To Warming Alaska On Ice Core Expedition (ScienceDaily, May 1)

Tibet Sign Costs Climber Everest Trek (Washington Post, Apr. 30)Site requires free registration

Everest camp closed to foreigners (BBC News, Apr. 30)

Medicine & Health

Measles in U.S. at Highest Level Since 2001 (N.Y. Times, May 2)Site requires free registration

Tree-lined streets 'cut asthma' (BBC News, May 1)

'Pixie Dust' Used to Regrow Severed Fingers (redOrbit, May 1)

Chinese virus infections rising (BBC News, Apr. 30)

Afghan 'health link' to uranium (BBC News, Apr. 30)

Peoples & Culture

Brazil Indians Face Farmers, Court, Army For Land (PlanetArk, May 2)

A Fabled Iraqi Instrument Thrives in Exile (N.Y. Times, May 1)Site requires free registration

Surprise of Tanzania's albino MP (BBC News, Apr. 30)

In India, Even Gods Are Going Hungry (Washington Post, Apr. 30)Site requires free registration

Women's lib takes off in Libya (BBC News, Apr. 29)

Natural Disasters & Weather

Hundreds Evacuated In Maine Amid Record Flood (PlanetArk, May 2)

Multiple Quakes Rock the West (LiveScience, May 1)

Many killed in Kashmir landslide (BBC News, May 1)

Cooler Climate May Hit N. America, Europe Next Decade (National Geographic News, Apr. 30)

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

Poaching is jeopardizing conservation efforts in Greece (ENN, May 2)

Global warming affects world's largest freshwater lake (Physorg.com, May 1)

In Inner Mongolia, Pushing Architecture’s Outer Limits (N.Y. Times, May 1)Site requires free registration

Africa needs 'green revolution' (BBC News, Apr. 30)

West Africa adopts plan to save the Niger River (TerraDaily/AFP, Apr. 30)

DNA Tests Confirm IDs of Russian Tsar's Children (National Geographic News/AP, Apr. 30)

Chinese police find child slaves (BBC News, Apr. 30)

London congestion charge did not improve air quality (New Scientist, Apr. 30)

Plants & Animals

Scientists to capture DNA of trees worldwide for database (YahooNews/AP, May 2)

Congo Elephants Killed As Ivory Demand Jumps (PlanetArk, May 2)

Study sheds light on spider sex (BBC News, May 2)

Male Seahorses are Nature's Mr. Mom (redOrbit, May 1)

Dwarf cloud rat rediscovered after 112 years (Physorg.com, May 1)

Parachuting Dog Helped Win WWII (LiveScience, May 1)

White House Blocked Rule Issued to Shield Whales (Washington Post, May 1)Site requires free registration

Baby birds babble just like human babies learning to talk (YahooNews/AP, May 1)

Scientist rediscovers rare plant unseen since 1985 (YahooNews/AP, May 1)

Canada Oil Firm Probed As Hundreds Of Ducks Die (PlanetArk, May 1)

SA elephants can be culled again (BBC News, May 1)

Sharks Repelled by Metal That Creates Electric Field (National Geographic News, May 1)

Sumatran orangutans study for nature's pass/perish entrance exam (Christian Science Monitor, Apr. 30)

Asian Vultures Disappearing Faster Than Dodo - Study (PlanetArk, Apr. 30)

Bison Can Thrive Again, Study Says (ScienceDaily, Apr. 30)

Birds can 'see' the Earth's magnetic field (New Scientist, Apr. 30)

Bats Can Make Calls More Intense Than Rock Concerts (National Geographic News, Apr. 30)

Judge orders federal government to decide polar bear listing (YahooNews/AP, Apr. 29)

Giant River Stingrays Found Near Thai City (National Geographic News, Apr. 29)

Legless lizard a poster child for conservation (MSNBC, Apr. 28)

Science & Technology

Blobs Inside Earth Like Peanut Butter (LiveScience, May 2)

'Nanomechanical Oscillators' Could Lead to New Class of Computers (Physorg.com, May 2)

Quantum camera snaps objects it cannot 'see' (New Scientist, May 2)

Electronics' 'missing link' found (BBC News, May 1)

China opens 'longest sea bridge' (BBC News, May 1)

Scientists Discover New Ocean Current (TerraDaily/SPX, Apr. 30)

Boost For 'Green Plastics' From Plants (ScienceDaily, Apr. 30)

'Small wind' power plants are blowing strong (Christian Science Monitor, Apr. 30)

Space

Rover instrument to sniff out life on Mars(New Scientist, May 1)

What Mars Fossils Might Look Like (Space.com, May 1)

Telescope could focus light without a mirror or lens (New Scientist, May 1)

India's growing strides in space (BBC News, Apr. 30)

Saturn storm is longest ever seen (New Scientist, Apr. 30)

Huge Black Hole Catapulted Through Space (LiveScience, Apr. 29)

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