Archaeology & Paleontology
African rocks record ancient magnetic field (BBC News, May 4)
Magyarosaurus Was A Shrunken Giant (redOrbit, May 3)
Pope Nearly Endorses the Shroud of Turin, But Is It Real? (LiveScience, May 3)
Giant Maya Figureheads to be Restored (Art Daily, May 2)
Anthropologists explore treasures near Lake Koshkonong[Wisconsin] Gazette Extra, May 2)
Ancient Egypt Crocodile Mummies Revealed (National Geographic News, Apr. 30)
Environment
Carbon Dioxide's Effects on Plants Increase Global Warming, Study Finds (ScienceDaily, May 4)
World Marine Debris Totals 10 Million Pieces In 1-Day Cleanup (PlanetArk, May 3)
Global Glaciation Snowballed Into Giant Change in Carbon Cycle (ScienceDaily, May 2)
 Track the oil spill (Times-Picayune)
Gulf Oil Spill Is Bad, but How Bad? (N.Y. Times, May 4)Site requires free registration
Oil disasters show up the risks offshore (WWF, May 3)
Ecologists brace for oil spill damage (naturenews, May 3)
New Technique Holds Hope for Oil Spill Cleanup (N.Y. Times, May 1)Site requires free registration
NASA Keeping Eye on the Gulf Oil Spill (redOrbit, May 1)
Exploration & Adventure
NASA Announces Next Undersea Exploration Dates And Crew (redOrbit, May 4)
Everest claims first victim of 2010 (sifynews.com, May 3)
Rosie returns to Tenby after running 27 marathons in 27 days (Western Telegraph, May 3)
Everest south side: Simone and Denis fixing the route to the summit this week? (mounteverest.net, May 3)
Medicine & Health
World's oldest person, 114, dies in Japan (MSNBC, May 4)
It Started More Than One Revolution (N.Y. Times, May 4)Site requires free registration
How the Human Brain Recognizes Language (ENN, May 3)
'Junk DNA' Drives Cancer Growth, Hodgkin's Lymphoma Study Finds (ScienceDaily, May 3)
Peoples & Culture
Shanghai Is Trying to Untangle the Mangled English of Chinglish (N.Y. Times, May 3)Site requires free registration
Golf comes to the fore in India (BBC News, May 3)
Chad's horse power (BBC News, May 3)
Natural Disasters & Weather
Cumberland at record level, threatens Nashville (YahooNews/AP, May 3)
Largest Ever Tornado Study Begins (LiveScience, Apr. 30)
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and U.S. Hazards/Climate Extremes (updated weekly on Wednesdays)
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People & Places in the News
Jordan River could die by 2011 (TerraDaily/AFB, May 3)
Uganda's highest ice cap splits on Mt Margherita (BBC News, May 3)
Plants & Animals
Sloths' bizarre 'toilet habit' recorded in Amazon, Peru (BBC News, May 4)
A Quandary in Restoring Bald Eagle Populations (N.Y. Times, May 4)Site requires free registration
When It Comes to Sex, Chimps Need Help, Too(N.Y. Times, May 4)Site requires free registration
Endangered Lions Making Comeback (redOrbit, May 3)
Foul-smelling 'Corpse Flower' Blooms (LiveScience, May 3)
Mosquitoes inherit DEET resistance (naturenews, May 3)
Disease threatens to fell Britain's historic oak trees (Independent, May 3)
Mammoths had 'anti-freeze blood', gene study finds (BBC News, May 2)
A grolar? A pizzly? Scientists confirm grizzly-polar bear cross (National Post, May 2)
Science & Technology
Elusive Masses of Up, Down and Strange Quarks Pinned Down (ScienceDaily, May 3)
Saving Fuel on the Farm by Making Hay (National Geographic News, May 3)
Rain-making lasers could trigger showers on demand (naturenews, May 2)
Space
Supernova's Beginning Blast Shown in 3-D—A First (National Geographic News, Apr. 30)
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