Archaeology & Paleontology

New Molecular Clock Aids Dating Of Human Migration History(TerraDaily/SPX, June 12)

Surviving Seven Cooling And Warming Phases Over Past 41,000 Years (TerraDaily/SPX, June 11)

6,000-year-old tombs found next to Stonehenge (Times, June 10)

Fossil Bone Bed Helps Reconstruct Life Along California's Ancient Coastline (ScienceDaily, June 10)

"Human"-Faced Missing Link Found in Spain? (National Geographic News, June 10)

Dig unearths Roman road at Tesco (BBC News, June 10)

Discovery Raises New Doubts About Dinosaur-bird Links (ScienceDaily, June 9)

Mobile DNA Elements In Woolly Mammoth Genome Give New Clues To Mammalian Evolution(ScienceDaily, June 9)

Archeological Evidence Of Human Activity Found Beneath Lake Huron(ScienceDaily, June 9)

China to begin third excavation of terracotta army site (China View, June 9)

Environment

As Wind Power Grows, a Push to Tear Down Dams (N.Y. Times, June 12)Site requires free registration

'Boom and bust' of deforestation (BBC News, June 11)

Global warming increasing the dispersal of flora in Northern forests (Physorg.com, June 11)

Climate Change Blamed For Caribbean Coral Deaths (PlanetArk, June 11)

Japan sets 'weak' climate target (BBC News, June 10)

A wake-up call on water use (Christian Science Monitor, June 10)

'Jellyfish Joyride' A Threat To The Oceans (ScienceDaily, June 10)

Water stress, ocean levels to unleash climate exodus: study (TerraDaily/AFP, June 10)

China alone could bring world to brink of climate calamity, claims US official (Guardian, June 9)

Why Now Is the Time for Business to Go Green (PlanetArk, June 9)

Exploration & Adventure

Search for missing American climber ends on SW China's peak (China View, June 11)

17-year-old California resident scales Everest (AP, June 10)

Medicine & Health

Stress makes your hair go gray(Physorg.com, June 11)

New flu has been around for years in pigs: study (Reuters, June 11)

W.H.O. Weighs Swine Flu Pandemic Alert (N.Y. Times, June 11)Site requires free registration

Hormone experts worried about plastics, chemicals (ENN, June 11)

Can smoking ever be made safe? (New Scientist, June 10)

Avian influenza aided readiness for swine flu (naturenews, June 10)

Peoples & Culture

Food of the Future to Be More Diverse? (National Geographic News, June 11)

For the Piano Man of Baghdad, What Will Be, Will Be (Washington Post, June 11)Site requires free registration

The seven evils that scar British society: Report blames greed and moral collapse (Daily Mail, June 10)

China bans parts of gay festival (BBC News, June 10)

Debate Erupts Over Muslim School in Virginia (N.Y. Times, June 10)Site requires free registration

Natural Disasters & Weather

Strange Lightning Looks Like Jellyfish (LiveScience, June 11)

Maybe it's raining less than we thought (Physorg.com, June 11)

Canada Frosts The Most Widespread In Recent Memory (PlanetArk, June 11)

Typhoons Can Trigger Earthquakes, Study Suggests (National Geographic News, June 10)

Supervolcano may be brewing beneath Mount St Helens (New Scientist, June 10)

El Niño is coming back (ENN, June 10)

Not so windy: Research suggests winds dying down (YahooNews/AP, June 10)

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

Great Lakes: Zebra Mussels Vs. Quagga Mussels (redOrbit, June 12)

Hawaiian Islands named habitat for endangered seal (YahooNews/AP, June 12)

City Known for Its Water Turns to Tap to Cut Trash [Venice] (N.Y. Times, June 12)Site requires free registration

A Lonesome Oregon Ghost Town May Remain So (N.Y. Times, June 12)Site requires free registration

Australia's climate: Drought and flooding in annual rings of tropical trees (Physorg.com, June 11)

Exploring the 'Google forest' [Mount Mabu] (BBC News, June 11)

A world-first coral rescue for Nakheel (Emirates Business 24/7, June 10)

A Green Revolution for Iran? (N.Y. Times, June 10)Site requires free registration

What Next for Mount Everest? Climate Change, Tourism Threaten the Himalaya (PR Leap, June 10)

Ocean explorer Dr. Robert Ballard receives 2009 Lifetime Achievement Award from National Marine Sanctuary Foundation (ConnecticutPlus, June 10)

Great land giveaway could be disaster for Amazon (New Scientist, June 10)

Monkey Business Hard To Sustain In Slump, Goodall Says (PlanetArk, June 10)

France to pay nuclear test compensation (BBC News, June 9)

Australia wind farm gets go-ahead (BBC News, June 9)

Plants & Animals

U.S. dogs to sniff out Cambodian tigers (WWF, June 120

Manatees Can Locate Sound Sources (redOrbit, June 12)

Unique roots let plant forage in the snow (New Scientist, June 12)

Net injury 'disables' minke whale (BBC News, June 12)

Scientists find whales more endangered in Exxon, BP and Rosneft oil areas (WWF, June 11)

Going Beyond The Usual Rx For Rover (Washington Post, June 11)Site requires free registration

What really prompts the dog's "guilty look" (Physorg.com, June 11)

Bird numbers decline 'worrying' (BBC News, June 11)

When Evolution Is Not So Slow And Gradual (TerraDaily/SPX, June 11)

Unmanned Aircraft Helping Scientists Learn About Alaskan Ice Seals (ScienceDaily, June 11)

Ospreys nest again after two centuries (Independent, June 11)

How Young Mice Phone Home: Study Gives Clue To How Mothers' Brains Screen For Baby Calls (ScienceDaily, June 11)

Reindeer herds in global decline (BBC News, June 11)

Hummingbirds 'faster than jets' (BBC News, June 10)

Genetic Difference Found in Wild vs. Tame Animals (LiveScience, June 10)

Pink Moth Discovered in Arizona(LiveScience, June 10)

Reviving American Chestnut Trees May Mitigate Climate Change (ScienceDaily, June 10)

When two bat tribes go to war (BBC News, June 10)

First study on rare egg laying mammals[long-beaked echidna] (ENN, June 10)

Oregon's native amphibians on the edge (Oregonian, June 9)

Welcome to the Spiderlab (BBC News, June 9)

Sharks basking in the limelight (BBC News, June 9)

Newly Discovered Chemical Weapon In Poison Frogs' Arsenal (ScienceDaily, June 9)

Science & Technology

Electric aircraft take to the air(Physorg.com, June 11)

Sunlight Trap Could Lead to New Generation of Solar Devices(Physorg.com, June 11)

Periodic table gets a new element (BBC News, June 10)

Interactive Data Eyeglasses: New Data Eyeglasses Can Read From Engineer’s Eyes Which Details Need To Be Included On Building Plans (ScienceDaily, June 10)

Pig Poop Helps Power Netherlands (National Geographic News, June 10)

Space

Search For ET Just Got Easier: Effective Way To Search Atmospheres Of Planets For Signs Of Life(ScienceDaily, June 12)

Ultracool Stars Take 'Wild Rides' Around, Outside The Milky Way (ScienceDaily, June 11)

Japanese probe crashes into Moon (BBC News, June 11)

Moon Magic: New Tool To Visualize Past, Future Lunar Eclipses (ScienceDaily, June 10)

First extragalactic exoplanet may have been found (New Scientist, June 10)

Space station population about to reach record 13 (YahooNews/AP, June 10)

Famous Star Is Shrinking, Puzzling Astronomers (National Geographic News, June 10)

'Tiny chance' of planet collision (BBC News, June 10)

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