Archaeology & Paleontology

Texas Revolution ended here, archaeologists say (L.A. Times, Apr. 17)Site requires free registration

Glacier "Bleeds" Proof of Million-Year-Old Life-Forms (National Geographic News, Apr. 16)

Digital Paleontology Reveals Dinosaur Details (LiveScience, Apr. 15)

Archeologists discover temple that sheds light on 'Dark Age' (Physorg.com, Apr. 15)

Three Neanderthal Sub-groups Confirmed (ScienceDaily, Apr. 15)

Bronze age rubbish tip unearthed (BBC News, Apr. 15)

Dig 'may reveal' Cleopatra's tomb (BBC News, Apr. 15)

Fossil Corals Show Catastrophic Sea-Level Rise? (National Geographic News, Nov. 15)

UCA professor discovers ancient rock painting[Machu Picchu] UCA News, Apr. 14)

New exhibition challenges view of Aztec emperor Moctezuma as traitor (Guardian, Apr. 7)

Environment

Forests could flip from sink to source of CO2: study (Physorg.com, Apr. 17)

Majority Of Green Products Make Bogus Claims (redOrbit, Apr. 16)

Can oil from tar sands be cleaned up? (New Scientist, Apr. 15)

Third-World Stove Soot Is Target in Climate Fight (N.Y. Times, Apr. 15) Site requires free registration

'Maths' to crack climate change (BBC News, Apr. 15)

Biofuels Could Hasten Climate Change (ScienceDaily, Apr. 15)

EPA Publishes Annual U.S. Greenhouse Gas Inventory Report (ENN, Apr. 15)

Forty percent of global fisheries catch wasted or unmanaged (WWF, Apr. 15)

Solar-Powered Cooker Nabs Climate Prize (PlanetArk, Apr. 14)

Exploration & Adventure

Climate change research: Weather hampers Arctic mission (Guardian, Apr. 16)

the search for Andrew Irvine (mounteverest.net, Apr. 16)

Greenland speed attempt abandoned (thepoles.com, Apr. 15)

Medicine & Health

Jet Lag Caused By Out-of-synch Brain (LiveScience, Apr. 16)

Study Finds HIV May Be Growing More Virulent (redOrbit, Apr. 16)

Researchers Build World's Largest Disease Association Network (Physorg.com, Apr. 15)

Ancient medicines were alcoholic (BBC News, Apr. 14)

Peoples & Culture

New Theory: People Need to Play More (LiveScience, Apr. 16)

Afghan Women Protest New Law on Home Life (N.Y. Times, Apr. 15)Site requires free registration

Inmates at Lebanon’s largest prison take drama to heart (Christian Science Monitor, Apr. 14)

Natural Disasters & Weather

Earth’s Temp 8th Warmest On Record In March(redOrbit, Apr. 16)

NASA Experiment Stirs Up Hope For Forecasting Deadliest Cyclones (ScienceDaily, Apr. 16)

West Africa faces 'megadroughts' (BBC News, Apr. 16)

Satellites show how Earth moved during Italy quake (Physorg.com, 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

Understanding Risk To Seattle's High-rise Buildings From A Giant Cascadian Earthquake (ScienceDaily, Apr. 17)

Australia's largest river close to running dry (Guardian, Apr. 16)

Cattle, Not Soy, Drives Amazon Deforestation (PlanetArk, Apr. 15)

Florida To Get First Solar-Powered City (PlanetArk, Apr. 14)

Plants & Animals

New research reveals extraordinary habits of rare Aussie dolphin (WWF, Apr. 17)

Alligators hint at what life may have been like for dinosaurs (Physorg.com, Apr. 17)

All octopuses are venomous(MSNBC, Apr. 16)

Newfound lichen species named for Obama (MSNBC, Apr. 16)

Conservationists fear for Zimbabwe rhino (AP, Apr. 16)

Illegal trade devastates Sumatran orang-utan population (WWF, Apr. 16)

Coalition sues federal government to delist wolves (ENN, Apr. 16)

Bermuda says rare national bird born on reserve (Houston Chronicle/AP, Apr. 16)

Red Pandas Reveal An Unexpected (Artificial) Sweet Tooth (ScienceDaily, Apr. 16)

Climate Change May Wake Up 'Sleeper' Weeds(ScienceDaily, Apr. 16)

Man Bites Python (PlanetArk, Apr. 16)

Snakes escape on Qantas flight (BBC News, Apr. 16)

Pet trade puts orangutans at risk (BBC News, Apr. 16)

Tiny warbler at risk from longer African migration (Independent, Apr. 15)

Apples' autumn colour change clue (BBC News, Apr. 15)

Plan to kill saltwater crocodiles (BBC News, Apr. 15)

'First camel clone' born in Dubai (BBC News, Apr. 14)

Science & Technology

Scientists Convert Carbon Dioxide To Cleaner Burning Methanol (redOrbit, Apr. 16)

Space-Based Solar Power Coming to California in 2016 (Physorg.com, Apr. 15)

Does gravity change with the seasons? (New Scientist, Apr. 15)

Future-proof homes for a warmer world (New Scientist, Apr. 15)

Space

How to deflect asteroids and save the Earth (Physorg.com, Apr. 16)

Mars Teams Watching For Dust-Storm Season (redOrbit, Apr. 16)

Colbert lost in space when NASA names station node (Reuters, Apr. 15)

Earthshine Could Reveal Oceans On Other Planets (redOrbit, Apr. 15)

Mars Rover Inexplicably Reboots Computer (Space.com, Apr. 14)

Black Hole Creates Spectacular Light Show (LiveScience, Apr. 14)

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