Archaeology & Paleontology

Who’s in the Alexander Sarcophagus? (Wall Street Journal, June 29)

Scientist Tries to Connect Migration Dots of Ancient Southwest (N.Y. Times, June 29) Site requires free registration

54-Million-Year-Old Skull Reveals Early Evolution Of Primate Brains (TerraDaily/SPX, June 29)

Indus Valley’s secrets to remain buried: Insecurity forces archaeologists to abandon excavations (Daily Times, June 29)

New road threatens ancient Afghan site (Yahoo News/AFP, June 28)

Archaeologists uncover secrets of daily life among the great pyramids of Giza (Columbus Dispatch, June 28)

Rome catacomb reveals "oldest" image of St Paul (Reuters, June 28)

Pope Says Tests ‘Seem to Conclude’ Bones Are the Apostle Paul’s (N.Y. Times/AP, June 28) Site requires free registration

Oldest known granaries found near Dead Sea (L.A. Times, June 27)

Models of Earliest (Camel-Pulled) Vehicles Found (Discovery News, June 26)

Environment

Vital marine habitat under threat (Nature News, June 29)

House Passes Landmark Climate Change Bill (Planet Ark/Reuters, June 29)

Mississippi River Delta to "Drown" by 2100? (National Geographic News, June 29)

Air Pollution From Freeway Extends One And A Half Miles Away (ScienceDaily, June 28)

Biofuels could clean up Chernobyl 'badlands' (New Scientist, June 27)

Analysis: Climate bill may spur energy revolution (Yahoo News/AP, June 27)

What temperature is the Earth supposed to be? (Christian Science Monitor, June 26)

Deserts Crossing Mediterranean [S. Italy faces severe risk of drying up] (ANSA, June 25)

Exploration & Adventure

Adventurer seeks Australian crew for epic voyage (Xinhua, June 29)

Centuries of explorers heed the call of the Arctic (News Miner, June 28)

Adventurer targets first round world solar flight (Reuters, June 26)

Medicine & Health

Daily sex 'best for good sperm' (BBC News, June 30)

Disorderly genius: How chaos drives the brain (New Scientist, June 29)

Hot Debate: Are You More Like Chimps or Orangutans? (LiveScience, June 29)

New Cancer Treatment Shows Promise in Testing (N.Y. Times, June 28) Site requires free registration

Before Summer Camps Throw Open Doors, Girding for Swine Flu (N.Y. Times, June 28) Site requires free registration

Why A Low-Calorie Diet Extends Lifespans: Critical Enzyme Pair Identified (ScienceDaily, June 28)

Genetically Modified Rice Fights Allergies (LiveScience, June 27)

Grant System Leads Cancer Researchers to Play It Safe (N.Y. Times, June 27) Site requires free registration

Peoples & Culture

Tibetan Monks and Nuns Turn Their Minds Toward Science (N.Y. Times, June 29) Site requires free registration

Jews Remain Stymied In Efforts to Reclaim Art Looted by Nazis (Washington Post, June 28) Site requires free registration

Human Rituals: The Punctuation Marks of Life (LiveScience, June 27)

It's a Match: Arranged Nuptials on Indian TV (Washington Post, June 27) Site requires free registration

Natural Disasters & Weather

Dry Autumns And Winters May Lead To Fewer Tornadoes In The Spring (TerraDaily/SPX, June 29)

Beetles Add New Dynamic to Forest Fire Control Efforts (N.Y. Times, June 27) Site requires free registration

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

Politics Bars Dead Sea From World Wonders Contest (Planet Ark/Reuters, June 29)

UNESCO names 16 World Heritage sites, removes Dresden (ChannelNewsAsia/AFP, June 29)

Forgotten evolutionist lives in Darwin's shadow (Yahoo News/AP, June 29)

Secret parks and forgotten ruins [Is Delhi's past being sacrificed for its future?] (BBC News, June 27)

Plants & Animals

Exclusion zone for special whale (BBC News, June 30)

Ladybird 'risk to 1,000 species' (BBC News, June 30)

Huge declines in woodland birds (BBC News, June 30)

Why microbes are smarter than you thought (New Scientist, June 30)

Monkey 'stock market' prone to fluctuations too [Trading grooming, food and sex] (New Scientist, June 30)

Lion prides form to win turf wars (BBC News, June 29)

Fate of Whales Depends on Obama: Conservationists (Planet Ark/Reuters, June 29)

Huge Phallic Dutch Plant In Rare Stinking Bloom (Planet Ark/Reuters, June 29)

Great Lakes wolves returning to endangered list (Yahoo News/AP, June 29)

Blink Twice if You Like Me [Firefly flash patterns] (N.Y. Times, June 29) Site requires free registration

Hybrid "Superpredator" Invading California Ponds (National Geographic News, June 29)

Frog Dozes in Mud for Years (LiveScience, June 29)

Grasshoppers vs. Locusts: What Makes a Swarm? (LiveScience, June 29)

Nematode Courting Caught On Camera (ScienceDaily, June 29)

'Bycatch' Whaling A Growing Threat To Coastal Whales (ScienceDaily, June 29)

Crying Baby Monkeys Get on Everyone's Nerves (LiveScience, June 28)

Science & Technology

Igniting Fusion (Technology Review, Jul./Aug. 2009)

Paleontology and Creationism Meet but Don’t Mesh (N.Y. Times, June 29) Site requires free registration

Obama Toughens Rules for Some Lighting (N.Y. Times, June 29) Site requires free registration

Americans seek their African roots (BBC News, June 29)

Building a crash-proof internet (New Scientist, June 29)

Metrorail Crash May Exemplify Automation Paradox (Washington Post, June 29) Site requires free registration

Should renewable energy include nuclear? (Christian Science Monitor, June 29)

Algae Farm Aims to Turn Carbon Dioxide Into Fuel (N.Y. Times, June 28) Site requires free registration

Evidence Of Memory Seen In Songbird Brain (ScienceDaily, June 27)

Robots and cars for the future (BBC News, June 26)

"Hitler's Stealth Fighter" Re-created (National Geographic News, June 25)

Space

Most complete Earth map published (BBC News, June 30)

Joint Mars plan on talks agenda (BBC News, June 29)

Sun leaves Earth wide open to cosmic rays (New Scientist, June 27)

Free Spirit! Web Site Launches to Save Stuck Mars Rover (Yahoo News/Space.com, June 27)

The hunt for astronomical gold in familiar phenomena (Christian Science Monitor, June 26)

Light goes out on solar mission (BBC News, June 26)

Cloud clue in space blast mystery (BBC News, June 26)

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