Archaeology & Paleontology

Mapping Ancient Civilization, in a Matter of Days (N.Y. Times, May 10) Site requires free registration

Neanderthal Genome Yields Reveals Extensive Interbreeding (Terra Daily, May 10)

Americans helping archaeologists unearth Roman ruins in Germany (Stars and Stripes, May 9)

Work begins to preserve QAR artifacts on ocean's floor (JD News, May 9)

Lost settlement hides a secret (Gulf Times, May 8)

Environment

Stronger evidence pollution damages the heart (ENN, May 11)

Intensive harvests 'threaten Brazil nut tree future' (BBC News, May 11)

Academics urge radical new approach to climate change (BBC News, May 11)

Clean Dirty Water With Roots Meshed In Waste Materials (Terra Daily, May 10)

Finland’s 100,000-Year Plan to Banish Its Nuclear Waste (N.Y. Times, May 10) Site requires free registration

Cape Wind Has Found a Buyer For Its Clean Power (ENN, May 10)

Nature loss 'to damage economies' (BBC News, May 10)

With Flyovers, a Solar Map of New York (N.Y. Times, May 9) Site requires free registration

Climate Change and Mountain Building Led to Mammal Diversity Patterns (Science Daily, May 8)

Exploration & Adventure

Everest clean-up team makes grisly discovery (Google/AFP, May 11)

Armless man plans to climb Mount Everest (Canoe.ca, May 11)

A passion to clean up the Pacific Ocean's great 'garbage patch' (Christian Science Monitor, May 10)

Medicine & Health

Surprising Skin Cancer Risk: Too Much Driving (ENN, May 10)

Biologists Link Gut Microbial Equilibrium to Inflammatory Bowel Disease (Science Daily, May 10)

Novel Artificial Pancreas Successfully Controls Blood Sugar More Than 24 Hours (Science Daily, May 10)

'Mouse Grimace Scale' to Help Identify Pain in Humans and Animals (Science Daily, May 10)

Breast cancer gene clue discovery (BBC News, May 9)

At Front Lines, AIDS War Is Falling Apart (N.Y. Times, May 9) Site requires free registration

New Nerve Cells -- Even in Old Age: Researchers Find Different Types of Stem Cells in the Brains of Mature and Old Mice (Science Daily, May 10)

Peoples & Culture

Payment Offers to Egg Donors Prompt Scrutiny (N.Y. Times, May 10) Site requires free registration

Gamblers' Brains See 'Near Misses' as Wins (LiveScience, May 10)

Magic flout: new study nixes idea Mozart makes you smarter (Physorg, May 10)

Animals talk, sing and act like humans? [Children's "anthropocentric" stance affected by upbringing] (Physorg, May 10)

Brain's Master Switch Is Verified (Science Daily, May 9)

Toddlers and TV: Early Exposure Has Negative and Long-Term Impact (Science Daily, May 8)

Natural Disasters & Weather

5 Die as Tornadoes Hit Oklahoma (N.Y. Times, May 11) Site requires free registration

First Detailed Underwater Survey Of Huge Volcanic Flank Collapse Deposits (Terra Daily, May 11)

University Experts Prove British Summer Is Advancing (Terra Daily, May 10)

'No end in sight' to Iceland eruption, but less ash: geologist (Terra Daily, May 10)

South Pole Has Warmest Year on Record (LiveScience, May 10)

Magnitude 7.4 earthquake rattles western Indonesia (Yahoo!/AP, May 9)

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

With Spill, Focus Turns to Well-Blocking System (N.Y. Times, May 10) Site requires free registration

Spain Safe from Iceland Volcano Ash, Study Suggests (LiveScience, May 10)

BP 'may stem oil with golf balls and tyres' (BBC News, May 10)

Oil spill solutions uncertain, slick spreads west (Yahoo!/Reuters, May 10)

Hair, fur, nylons join fight to hold back US oil spill (Terra Daily, May 9)

The Crisis Comes Ashore: Why the oil spill could change everything (The New Republic, May 8)

Devra G. Kleiman, Biologist Who Helped Change Zoos, Is Dead at 67 (N.Y. Times, May 8) Site requires free registration

Plants & Animals

Whipping up a little natural selection [Manipulated islands reveal secrets of lizard adaptation.] (Nature News, May 10)

Paternal mice bond with their offspring through the power of touch (Physorg, May 10)

Mediterranean gray whale appears 'back from the dead' (BBC News, May 10)

Science & Technology

Genomics goes beyond DNA (Nature News, May 10)

New evidence for quantum Darwinism found in quantum dots (Physorg, May 10)

Hot new material can keep electronics cool: Few atomic layers of graphene reveal unique thermal properties (Physorg, May 10)

Atomic Movement During Photosynthesis Photographed With X-Ray Flash (Science Daily, May 10)

Prosthetic foot up for MacRobert engineering prize (BBC News, May 10)

Lensless Imaging of Whole Biological Cells With Soft X-Rays (Science Daily, May 8)

Space

Absent a Moon or Mars, Recreating Space 65 Feet Under the Sea (N.Y. Times, May 10) Site requires free registration

'Cosmonauts' chosen for Mars test (BBC News, May 10)

Shuttle Atlantis to Fly Final Flight With Rocket Segment From Maiden Mission (Space.com, May 10)

Earth Microbes Not Likely to Contaminate Mars, Scientists Say (Yahoo/Space.com, May 10)

Seeing Into the Heart of Planetary Systems (Science Daily, May 10)

Astronomers plan second look at mega star birthing grounds (Physorg, May 10)

Did phosphorus trigger complex evolution -- and blue skies? (Physorg, May 10)

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