Archaeology & Paleontology

Peru's Machu Picchu reopens to tourists (BBC News, Apr. 1)

New Fossil Species Found In Spain (TerraDaily/SPX, Apr. 1)

Was a Giant Comet Responsible for a North American Catastrophe in 11,000 BC? (ScienceDaily, Apr. 1)

Why Earth Wasn't One Big Ball of Ice 4 Billion Years Ago When Sun's Radiation Was Weaker (ScienceDaily, Apr. 1)

Dinosaur Tots Were Baby-Faced (LiveScience, Apr. 1)

River reveals chilling tracks of ancient flood (naturenews, Mar. 31)

Angkor lesson for cities (Telegraph, Mar. 31)

New Written Language of Ancient Scotland Discovered (Discovery News, Mar. 31)

Andean mummies afflicted with arsenic (USA Today, Mar. 31)

Environment

Environmental regulations to curtail mountaintop mining (Washington Post, Apr. 2)Site requires free registration

U.S., Canada crack down on vehicle emissions (Reuters, Apr. 1)

A New Geologic Era (ENN, Apr. 1)

Desert spreading like 'cancer,' Egypt conference told (YahooNews/AFP, Apr. 1)

Ocean Acidification: 'Evil Twin' Threatens World's Oceans, Scientists Warn (ScienceDaily, Apr. 1)

Obama to reverse ban on oil exploration off East Coast (ENN, Mar. 31)

Coal fuels much of internet 'data cloud', warns Greenpeace (Independent, Mar. 31)

'Climategate' inquiry largely clears scientists (Seattle Times, Mar. 30)

Pollution during Asian Monsoon reaches Stratospheric Heights (ENN, Mar. 29)

Exploration & Adventure

Edmund Hillary ashes 'to be spread on Everest summit' (BBC News, Apr. 1)

Phoenicia expedition leader 'concerned' (BBC News, Apr. 1)

German adventurer preparing largest solar boat(AP, Mar. 31)

China thwarts Everest traverse (ExplorersWeb, Mar. 30)

Medicine & Health

Genome's Promise Still Undiscovered After 10 Years (redOrbit, Apr. 2)

Chemical Exposure Before Mid-30s May Be Critical in Breast Cancer Development (ENN, Apr. 1)

Scientists in sleeping sickness 'breakthrough' (BBC News, Mar. 31)

To scientists, laughter is no joke — it's serious (YahooNews/AP, Mar. 31)

Peoples & Culture

Why Burma's dictatorship is desperately hunting for a white elephant (Independent, Apr. 2)

Facing the future -- science in the Muslim world (Physorg.com, Apr. 1)

Leonardo Da Vinci's 'The Last Supper' Reveals More Secrets (ScienceDaily, Mar. 31)

Belgian committee votes for full Islamic veil ban (BBC News, Mar. 31)

African viewpoint: In praise of the dead (BBC News, Mar. 30)

Natural Disasters & Weather

NASA Radar Could Find Water In Earth's Deserts (redOrbit, Apr. 2)

Countries Blame China, Not Nature, for Water Shortage (N.Y. Times, Apr. 2)Site requires free registration

Thousands of Quakes Strike Glaciers Every Day (LiveScience, Apr. 2)

Extreme Weather Impacts Migratory Birds (TerraDaily/SPX, Apr. 1)

Icelandic volcano eruption continues (BBC News, Mar. 1)

Easterners Scatter, Sewers Fail As The Waters Rise (npr, Mar. 31)

Toads with a super sensitive side hopped it before L'Aquila quake (Independent, Mar. 31)

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

Court Ruling Endangers Everglades Purchase (redOrbit, Apr. 2)

Doubt shed on fast rise of Andes (naturenews, Apr. 1)

UK sets up Chagos Islands marine reserve (BBC News, Apr. 1)

Haiti’s Founding Document Found in London (N.Y. Times, Mar. 31)Site requires free registration

Solar Power Brings Light to Quake-Darkened Haiti (National Geographic News, Mar. 31)

The Secret of Turtle Island (ENN, Mar. 31)

Chile earthquake takes heavy toll on historical sites (Christian Science Monitor, Mar. 31)

Plants & Animals

Despite Few Hunters, Seal Pups Face Threats (N.Y. Times, Apr. 2)Site requires free registration

Rural Ants Supersize When They Go Urban (LiveScience, Apr. 1)

Climate Change Not The Cause Of Mammoth Extinction (redOrbit, Mar. 31)

Songbirds And Vocal Learning(redOrbit, Mar. 31)

Camouflage expert discovered in Cambodia (ENN, Mar. 31)

Blueprint of the songbird genome (BBC News, Mar. 31)

Bat’s song hits nature’s highest note (MSNBC, Mar. 31)

Bees See Color 3 Times Faster Than Humans (LiveScience, Mar. 31)

Colorado mountain lion trackers sniff out the truth (Denver Post, Mar. 31)

Gene-Altered "Enviropig" to Reduce Dead Zones?(National Geographic News, Mar. 30)

Ancient Blind Snakes Hitched Ride on Drifting Continents (LiveScience, Mar. 30)

Human actions top cause of grizzly bear deaths in Alberta (Calgary Herald, Mar. 30)

Bulging Mutant Trout Created: More Muscle, More Meat (National Geographic News, Mar. 29)

Science & Technology

Now in Broadband: Acoustic Imaging of the Ocean (ScienceDaily, Apr. 2)

Invisibility cloak that generates virtual images gets closer to realization (Physorg.com, Apr. 2)

Carbon Nanostructures: Elixir or Poison? (ScienceDaily, Apr. 1)

Copy Machine Celebrates 50th Anniversary (redOrbit, Mar. 31)

Granite Falls ShopGirls' car makes 470 mpg (Everett Herald, Mar. 30)

Space

Rocket blasts off with 2 Russians, 1 American (YahooNews/AP, Apr. 2)

Physicists Identify New Kind of Star(Physorg.com, Apr. 1)

Astronauts play April Fool’s trick in orbit (MSNBC, Apr. 1)

Sky Show This Weekend: Venus to Meet Elusive Mercury (National Geographic News, Apr. 1)

Mars rover Spirit misses communication session (Physorg.com, Apr. 1)

ESA Looks To The Moon's South Pole (redOrbit, Mar. 31)

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