Archaeology & Paleontology

Next stop France for oldest baby mammoth (Yahoo!/AFP, June 21)

12th-century dike discovered in Nakdong River (Yonhap News, June 21)

3.6 Million-Year-Old Relative of 'Lucy' Discovered: Early Hominid Skeleton Confirms Human-Like Walking Is Ancient (Science Daily, June 21)

Constraining the Reign of Ancient Egypt: Radiocarbon Dating Helps to Nail Down the Chronology of Kings, Researchers Say (Science Daily, June 18)

Tang Dynasty sarcophagus brought back home (Asia One News, June 18)

Environment

Scientist Takes Comprehensive Look At Human Impacts On Ocean Chemistry (Terra Daily, June 22)

Study examines scientists' 'climate credibility' (BBC News, June 22)

Draft whaling deal under fire from scientists, greens (Yahoo!/AFP, June 21)

BP 'estimated higher oil amount' from Gulf well leak (BBC News, June 21)

Ocean Changes May Have Dire Impact on People (Science Daily, June 19)

Where Gulf Spill Might Place on the Roll of Disasters (N.Y. Times, June 18) Site requires free registration

Signs of Hope as BP Captures Record Oil Amounts (N.Y. Times, June 18) Site requires free registration

Illegal bushmeat 'rife in Europe' (BBC News, June 17)

Small Creatures Will Be Oil Spill's Biggest Victims (LiveScience, June 18)

Exploration and Adventure

From a voyage of discovery to a real ocean odyssey (CNN, June 22)

Adventurer cycles 1,000 kilometers through Himalayas for charity (CNN, June 22)

Just another day in the life of a sherpa (The News Tribune, June 21)

US, Indonesia explore uncharted deep sea (Washington Post, June 21) Site requires free registration

Medicine & Health

Why Skin Cancer Is on the Rise (Yahoo!/LiveScience, June 21)

Parents Underestimate Weight of Their Obese Children (LiveScience, June 21)

Battle of the Bugs Leaves Humans as Collateral Damage (Science Daily, June 21)

Genetics tells tall tales (Nature News, June 20)

Hallucinations in Hospital Pose Risk to the Elderly (N.Y. Times, June 20) Site requires free registration

Tea and coffee 'protect against heart disease' (BBC News, June 18)

Don't Want to Exercise? Blame Your Genes (LiveScience, June 17)

Peoples & Culture

Summer Solstice 2010: Why It's the First Day of Summer (National Geographic News, June 21)

World Cup: How Altitude Could Cause Players to Overshoot (LiveScience, June 18)

Study: Why Women Are More Sensitive to Stress (LiveScience, June 18)

Now, Dad Feels as Stressed as Mom (N.Y. Times, June 18) Site requires free registration

Natural Disasters & Weather

Celia upgraded to Category Two hurricane (Yahoo!/AFP, June 22)

150,000 marooned by Bangladesh floods (Yahoo!/AFP, June 22)

Brazil floods kill 39, leave 1,000 missing (Yahoo!/AFP, June 22)

Canyon Carved in Just Three Days in Texas Flood: Insight Into Ancient Flood Events on Earth and Mars (Science Daily, June 20)

Ridge clue to Antarctic ice loss (BBC News, June 20)

Ancient climate change 'link' to CO2 (BBC News, June 17)

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

Loss of bees could be 'a blow to UK economy' (BBC News, June 22)

Japan, EU stake out positions at whaling meet (Yahoo/AFP, June 21)

In Vatican Fresco, Visions of the Brain (N.Y. Times, June 21) Site requires free registration

World Cup Science: Soccer's Greatest Player Is ... (National Geographic News, June 18)

Plants & Animals

Of Lice and Man: Researchers Sequence Human Body Louse Genome (Science Daily, June 22)

Chimp Gangs Kill to Expand Territory (National Geographic News, June 21)

Cold, Dark and Teeming With Life [For life on the Gulf of Mexico's seabed, many unknowns.] (N.Y. Times, June 21) Site requires free registration

Songbirds Learn Their Songs During Sleep (Science Daily, June 20)

Monitoring the Manatee for Oil Ills (N.Y. Times, June 20) Site requires free registration

Fly Cells Flock Together, Follow the Light (Science Daily, June 19)

Brain Cells in Lab Dish Keep Time (LiveScience, June 18)

Ant's head balancing act revealed by video (BBC News, June 18)

Science & Technology

New Air Conditioning System Has Potential to Slash Energy Usage by Up to 90 Percent (Science Daily, June 22)

German TanDEM-X satellite seeks 3D view of Earth (BBC News, June 21)

University of Exeter designs blast-proof curtain (BBC News, June 21)

Shining Light Around Corners: Scientists Explore New Method for Curving 'Airy' Light Beams (Science Daily, June 18)

Recipe for Green Tires: Plants, Not Petroleum (N.Y. Times, June 17) Site requires free registration

Space

Neutrino 'ghost particle' sized up by astronomers (BBC News, June 22)

John Glenn: Keep space shuttles flying (Yahoo!/AP, June 21)

Six New Planets Discovered (Science Daily, June 21)

Hubble Scrutinizes Site of Mysterious Flash and Missing Cloud Belt on Jupiter (Science Daily, June 20)

Astronomers Witness a Star Being Born (Science Daily, June 18)

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