Archaeology & Paleontology

Agile 'roadrunner' dinosaur fossil discovered in China (BBC News, Mar. 30)

Lead "Burrito" Sarcophagus Found Near Rome (National Geographic News, Mar. 29)

Door to afterlife from ancient Egyptian tomb found (Yahoo News/AP, Mar. 29)

America's architectural heritage: the Potawatomi in the summer (Examiner, Mar. 27)

Researchers Dig Up Controversy In Jerusalem (Planet Ark/Reuters, Mar. 26)

Chinese mummies bring surprises to surface (L.A. Times, Mar. 26)

New Type of Human Discovered via Single Pinky Finger (National Geographic News, Mar. 25)

Southern 'cousin' of T. rex found (BBC News, Mar. 25)

Lebanon's archaeological sites a pillager's paradise (Telegraph, Mar. 25)

Environment

Koch Industries funds climate change deniers: Greenpeace (Yahoo News/AFP, Mar. 30)

Gulf Stream 'is not slowing down' (BBC News, Mar. 29)

E.P.A. Delays Plants’ Pollution Permits (N.Y. Times, Mar. 29) Site requires free registration

Among Weathercasters, Doubt on Warming (N.Y. Times, Mar. 29) Site requires free registration

U.S. proposes to veto mountaintop-removal coal mine (Grist/AFP, Mar. 29)

Meat-Eating Vs. Driving: Another Climate Change Error? (Time, Mar. 27)

Another warmer than normal winter reported (Washington Post, Mar. 26) Site requires free registration

Global Deforestation Slowed Over Last Decade: U.N. (Planet Ark/Reuters, Mar. 25)

London Science Museum Goes Climate Science Neutral (Planet Ark/Reuters, Mar. 25)

Soils emitting more carbon dioxide (Nature News, Mar. 24)

Exploration & Adventure

Eco-warrior turns green on his voyage across the Pacific [NG Emerging Explorer David de Rothschild] (Independent, Mar. 29)

Tafadzwa, sailboat without a Captain, but with a dog (Explorersweb, Mar. 29)

Medicine & Health

Magnets 'can modify our morality' (BBC News, Mar. 30)

Compulsive Eating Shares Addictive Biochemical Mechanism With Cocaine, Heroin Abuse, Study Shows (ScienceDaily, Mar. 29)

Did rapid brain evolution make humans susceptible to Alzheimers? (PhysOrg, Mar. 29)

Are We Overselling The Sunshine Vitamin? (NPR, Mar. 29)

Seat of Temptation Found in the Brain (LiveScience, Mar. 28)

Study: Psychopaths' Brains Wired To Seek Rewards (NPR, Mar. 27)

Beta-blockers 'cut cancer spread' (BBC News, Mar. 26)

Research Offers Clue Into How Hearts Can Regenerate in Some Species (N.Y. Times, Mar. 24) Site requires free registration

How 1918 flu antibodies fend off swine flu (Nature News, Mar. 24)

Peoples & Culture

Ethical Failures Found on 'Grey's Anatomy' and 'House' (LiveScience, Mar. 30)

Battle over resort 'threatening Andamans tribe' (BBC News, Mar. 29)

North Koreans Use Cellphones to Bare Secrets (N.Y. Times, Mar. 28) Site requires free registration

Global Wellbeing Surveys Find Nations Worlds Apart [Ten percent or lower are "thriving" in 41 of 155 countries or areas] (Gallup, Mar. 25)

Taking the school to Kenya's nomads (BBC News, Mar. 25)

Natural Disasters & Weather

Muslims Pray For Rain In Drought-Hit Guyana (Planet Ark/Reuters, Mar. 29)

Undersea volcano threatens southern Italy: report (Yahoo News/AFP, Mar. 29)

Cyclone Oli Deals Major Blow to French Polynesia's Coral Reefs (ScienceDaily, Mar. 28)

In earthquake, Haiti's concrete buildings proved anything but (Washington Post, Mar. 28) Site requires free registration

Asian Monsoons Spread Pollutants (LiveScience, Mar. 25)

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

'Nyet' to $1 million? Math genius may reject award (Yahoo News/AP, Mar. 29)

Arctic talks open amid protests (Yahoo News/AFP, Mar. 29)

Appeal for Mongolian herders after cold kills livestock (BBC News, Mar. 29)

Masdar: Abu Dhabi's carbon-neutral city (BBC News, Mar. 28)

Grasshopper outlook strikes fear on Western range (Yahoo News/AP, Mar. 28)

Biologist Wins Templeton Prize [Francisco J. Ayala] (N.Y. Times, Mar. 25) Site requires free registration

Plants & Animals

Hyena laughs and giggles decoded (BBC News, Mar. 30)

Folk medicine poses global threat to primate species (BBC News, Mar. 29)

Scientists stumped as bee population declines further (PhysOrg, Mar. 29)

Mysterious Whale Die-Off Is Largest on Record (LiveScience, Mar. 29)

With some species rebounding, commission weighs loosening of ban [Whales] (Washington Post, Mar. 29) Site requires free registration

Unearthing the Sex Secrets of the Périgord Black Truffle (N.Y. Times, Mar. 28) Site requires free registration

Curiosity Rises With Trees' Strange Growth Spurt (NPR, Mar. 28)

Sea Lion Pups Starving Along California Shoreline (NPR, Mar. 28)

Mother Birds Know Best -- Even Before Birth (ScienceDaily, Mar. 27)

Giant mouse lemur seen in Madagascar threatened forest (National Geographic News, Mar. 26)

Proposals to limit trading of fish rejected at global conference (Washington Post, Mar. 26) Site requires free registration

Congo Basin Gorillas Under Mounting Threat: Report (Planet Ark/Reuters, Mar. 25)

CITES meeting rejects protection for marine species (Christian Science Monitor, Mar. 25)

New cryptic gecko species is discovered in Cambodia (BBC News, Mar. 24)

Science & Technology

Large Hadron Collider Finally Smashing Properly (N.Y. Times, Mar. 30) Site requires free registration

U.S. Nuclear Waste Plan Needs Public Support: Panel (Planet Ark/Reuters, Mar. 29)

From Chalk To Bytes: The Digital Classroom (NPR, Mar. 29)

Toyota Recall Might Be Caused by Cosmic Rays (LiveScience, Mar. 28)

Texas Pioneers Energy Storage in Giant Battery (National Geographic News, Mar. 25)

Space

Probe sees 'Pac-man in the moon' (BBC News, Mar. 30)

Odd Cloud on Neptune Seen Splitting Into Two (Space.com, Mar. 29)

NASA's $500 million launcher missing just one thing: the rocket it was made for (Washington Post, Mar. 28) Site requires free registration

To Boldly Go, Or To Stay Home? (NPR, Mar. 27)

Tiny cube will tackle space junk (BBC News, Mar. 26)

Spuds in space: Saturn's moon Calypso sports that Ore-Ida look (Christian Science Monitor, Mar. 26)

Comet crash creates potential for life (Nature News, Mar. 26)

NASA Funds New Research Into Novel Space Engines (Space.com, Mar. 26)

Cuts cast doubt on asteroid plan (BBC News, Mar. 25)

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