Archaeology & Paleontology

Baby deaths link to Roman 'brothel' in Buckinghamshire (BBC News, June 25)

Fin to limb evolution clue found (BBC News, June 24)

Tomb raiders unearth new marketplace (USA Today, June 23)

Separation between Neanderthal and Homo sapiens might have occurred 500,000 years earlier (Eurekalert, June 23)

Humans Have a Mighty Bite, New Research Shows (ScienceDaily, June 23)

World's Largest Dinosaur Graveyard Linked to Mass Death (LiveScience, June 23)

Fungi, Feces Show Comet Didn't Kill Ice Age Mammals? (National Geographic News, June 22)

'Oldest' images of Christ's apostles found in Rome (BBC News, June 22)

Environment

BP reattaches cap, but oil closes Florida beaches (Physorg.com, June 25)

NOAA Opens More Than 8,000 Square Miles of Fishing Closed Area in Gulf of Mexico (ENN, June 24)

Oil Sludge Washes In Florida, Dolphin Stranded (PlanetArk, June 24)

In Battle of Bug vs. Shrub, Score One for the Bird (N.Y. Times, June 23)Site requires free registration

Whaling 'peace deal' falls apart (BBC News, June 23)

On board a Gulf oil spill science ship(BBC News, June 23)

Methane in Gulf "astonishingly high" (ENN, June 23)

Sour Showers: Acid Rain Returns--This Time It Is Caused by Nitrogen Emissions (Scientific American, June 21)

Exploration & Adventure

Fredrik Ericsson and Trey Cook arrive to K2 Base Camp to prepare for ski descent (Ski Channel, June 24)

Cycling coast to coast across Japan (BBC News, June 24)

Mongolian trek update: The heat of the Gobi (Explorers Web, June 22)

Medicine & Health

Scientists grow new lungs using 'skeletons' of old ones (Physorg.com, June 24)

Oil-spill health risks under scrutiny (naturenews, June 24)

Now Scientists Read Your Mind Better Than You Can (PlanetArk, June 24)

Transforming medicine in the genome age (BBC News, June 23)

Stem cells reverse blindness caused by burns (Physorg.com, June 23)

Peoples & Culture

Denmark vs. Japan: Why won't Asians cheer for Japan? (Christian Science Monitor, June 24)

Spain's Senate Votes to Ban Burqa (N.Y. Times, June 24)

Aboriginal film decries threat to ancestral customs from water scarcity (Guardian, June 23)

Natural Disasters & Weather

Earthquake Moved California City 31 Inches (LiveScience, June 24)

La Nina Looms, Scientists Say (LiveScience, June 24)

Tiny clays curb big earthquakes (Physorg.com, June 24)

The Deformation of the Earth from Earthquakes (ENN, June 24)

'War-like' scenes in Brazil's flood-hit states (BBC News, June 24)

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

New Light On Antarctica's Melting Pine Island Glacier (SpaceDaily, June 23)

Where Thoreau Lived, Crusade Over Bottles (N.Y. Times, June 23)Site requires free registration

Concern over plans to downgrade Indian national park (BBC News, June 22)

Plants & Animals

Chimpanzee trend-setters: New study shows that chimps 'ape' the prestigious (Physorg.com, June 25)

Experts rediscover plant presumed extinct for 60 years (BBC News, June 24)

Group Hopes To Get Bumblebee On Endangered List (redOrbit, June 24)

Danger at sea: Toxic metals threaten whales (YahooNews/AP, June 24)

Evolution of Bird Bills: Birds Reduce Their 'Heating Bills' in Cold Climates (ScienceDaily, June 24)

Big Cats Wild for Calvin Klein Cologne? (National Geographic News, June 24)

An Invader, Near the Great Lakes [Asian Carp](N.Y. Times, June 24)

Baby cannibal spider gang makes web vibrate in time (BBC News, June 24)

Russia's oil exploration threatens gray whales (BBC News, June 24)

Sharks Carrying Drug-Resistant "Bacterial Monsters"(National Geographic News, June 23)

Dolphins in the Atlantic prefer to eat high-energy fish (BBC News, June 23)

Sea Turtles Followed Through Their Hidden Travels (Our Amazing Planet, June 22)

World's 'oldest' osprey lives out final days on webcam (Guardian Unlimited, June 22)

Science & Technology

Computers Make Strides in Recognizing Speech (N.Y. Times, June 25)Site requires free registration

Agriculture's next revolution -- perennial grain -- within sight (Physorg.com, June 24)

Researchers design more reliable invisibility cloak (Physorg.com, June 24)

'Quantum Computer' a Stage Closer With Silicon Breakthrough (ScienceDaily, June 23)

Space

Lunar eclipse 'magnified' in US (BBC News, June 25)

Galaxy Collision Fires Up Quasar (redOrbit, June 24)

Was Venus once a habitable planet? (Physorg.com, June 24)

Widespread Glacial Meltwater Valleys Found on Mars (ScienceDaily, June 24)

Hayabusa asteroid capsule opening gets under way (BBC News, June 24)

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