Archaeology & Paleontology

Carvings From Cherokee Script’s Dawn (N.Y. Times, June 23) Site requires free registration

Human role in big kangaroo demise (BBC News, June 22)

Ice Sheets Can Retreat 'In A Geologic Instant,' Study Of Prehistoric Glacier Shows (ScienceDaily, June 22)

Among Many Peoples, Little Genomic Variety (Washington Post, June 22) Site requires free registration

Giant Dinosaurs Get Downsized (Yahoo!/LiveScience, June 21)

Huge Roman-era cave found by Jericho (The Jerusalem Post, June 21)

Evidence Found for Ancient Supersized Sperm (Yahoo/LiveScience, June 18)

Environment

Whale-watching 'worth billions' (BBC News, June 23)

On the Wild Border, a Revival of Nature (Washington Post, June 22) Site requires free registration

Yampa River Runs With Possibility And Protest (NPR, June 22)

Major polluters meet in Mexico on climate challenge (Yahoo!/AFP, June 22)

Global Warming Braked Less Than Expected by Haze (Planet Ark/Reuters, June 21)

Carbon Dioxide Higher Today Than Last 2.1 Million Years (ScienceDaily, June 21)

From the Ashes of ’69, a River Reborn [Cuyahoga River.] (N.Y. Times, June 20) Site requires free registration

The Pacific isn’t the only ocean collecting plastic trash (Christian Science Monitor, June 18)

Climate change divides the Alps down the middle (Independent UK, June 16)

Exploration & Adventure

Himalayan glacier studies commence (BBC News, June 23)

All-women team break sailing record (BBC News, June 22)

Edith Ronne, first U.S. woman in Antarctica, dies [Jackie Ronne made history in 1947.] (Newsday/Washington Post, June 18)

The Fall Guy: A record-setting, 186-foot descent (Nat'l. Geographic Adventure, June 2009)

Medicine & Health

A Chance for Clues to Brain Injury in Combat Blasts (N.Y. Times, June 23) Site requires free registration

Science Takes to the Ice (Biomechanics.) (N.Y. Times, June 23) Site requires free registration

Why we mustn't let malaria defences crumble (New Scientist, June 22)

Tools are 'temporary body parts' (BBC News, June 22)

Cancer In Humans: Cost Of Being Smarter Than Chimps? (ScienceDaily, June 22)

Grey hair may be protecting us from cancer (New Scientist, June 21)

Using Weather Satellites To Predict Epidemics? (NPR, June 20)

Peoples & Culture

Adopting Forebears’ Faith and Leaving Peru for Israel (N.Y. Times, June 22) Site requires free registration

Pagans, partygoers greet solstice at Stonehenge (NPR, June 21)

Centre Court Without Rain? What’s Next, Clay? [Wimbledon.] (N.Y. Times, June 20) Site requires free registration

Natural Disasters & Weather

Volcano Photo Reveals Shock Wave (ENN/LiveScience, June 22)

UN Seeks to Avert Half of Natural Disaster Deaths (Planet Ark/Reuters, June 21)

Averting a climate-led food crisis in Africa (Nature News, June 19)

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

Climate Bill to Cost Average Consumer $175 a Year: CBO (Washington Post, June 23) Site requires free registration

Giant Madison Square climate counter helps make the invisible visible (Christian Science Monitor, June 22)

Whaling commission seeks to avoid quotas split (Yahoo!/AFP, June 22)

Arctic Nations Say No Cold War; Military Stirs (Planet Ark/Reuters, June 22)

Greece urges return of sculptures [Elgin Marbles.] (BBC News, June 21)

Fondly, Greenland Loosens Danish Rule (N.Y. Times, June 21) Site requires free registration

Eco-activist Rock Musician Thinks Local, Acts Global [Chuck Leavell.] (Planet Ark/Reuters, June 21)

Plants & Animals

Oil boom threatens the last orang-utans (Independent UK, June 23)

Boy Or Girl? In Lizards, Egg Size Matters (ScienceDaily, June 22)

Great whites 'plan' seal attacks (BBC News, June 22)

New Yangtze Dam May be Death Sentence for Rare Fish (Planet Ark/Reuters, June 21)

Alaska Polar Bear Numbers Declining: US Agency (Planet Ark/Reuters, June 21)

Desert icon Joshua trees are vanishing, scientists say (ENN/Env. Health News, June 21)

Plant Communication: Sagebrush Engage In Self-recognition And Warn Of Danger (ScienceDaily, June 20)

Highest Microbial Life Found Around Volcanic Vents (Nat'l. Geographic News, June 19)

New Snakes, Butterflies Found in African Mountains (Nat'l. Geographic News, June 18)

The plant that pretends to be ill (BBC News, June 18)

Science & Technology

Living Safely with Robots, Beyond Asimov's Laws (PhysOrg, June 22)

Powerful Ideas: Miles-High Kites Could Generate Electricity (Yahoo!/LiveScience, June 22)

World's First Controllable Molecular Gear At Nanoscale Created (ScienceDaily, June 22)

Research explores interactions between nanomaterials, biological systems (PhysOrg, June 19)

Space

Vatican’s Celestial Eye, Seeking Not Angels but Data (N.Y. Times, June 23) Site requires free registration

Herschel’s Daring Test: A Glimpse Of Things To Come (ScienceDaily, June 20)

Rover Update With Video [Mars.] (Universe Today, June 19)

NASA's Moon goals under review (Nature News, June 19)

New, Close-Up View Probes the Nature of Sunspots (Universe Today, June 19)

Sunspot Delay Due to Sluggish Solar "Jet Stream"? (Nat'l. Geographic News, June 19)

MARS LAKE PICTURE: First Proof of Ancient Shores Found (Nat'l. Geographic News, June 18)

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