Archaeology & Paleontology

'Sex' drove fossil animal traits (BBC News, June 29)

Global Wind Shifts May Have Ushered in Warmer Climate at End of Last Ice Age (ScienceDaily, June 27)

Ancient voyager's tomb found in E China (People's Daily Online, June 26)

Amazonian Indians More Advanced Than We Knew (Aol News, June 25)

The Mystery of Germany's Aristocratic Mummies (Spiegel, June 14)

Environment

Gulf dead zone could reach size of New Jersey (Yahoo!/LiveScience, June 28)

A floating city springs up to contain gulf oil spill (Washington Post, June 28) Site requires free registration

Canada To Phase Out Older Coal-Fired Power Plants (Planet Ark/Reuters, June 28)

Biodiversity's 'Holy Grail' Is in the Soil : Soil-Borne Pathogens Drive Tree Diversity in Forests, Study Shows (ScienceDaily, June 28)

‘Carbon storage’ faces leak dilemma, study finds (Grist/AFP, June 27)

For climate relief, US will turn to gas (Nature News, June 26)

Exploration & Adventure

The race around the North Pole: Russians vs Norwegians (ExplorersWeb, June 25)

Alex Honnold speeds up El Cap (Outside, June 24)

Medicine & Health

From M.S. Patients, Outcry for Unproved Treatment (N.Y. Times, June 29) Site requires free registration

Discovering the Virtues of a Wandering Mind (N.Y. Times, June 29) Site requires free registration

Scientists Link 12 More Genes To Diabetes (redOrbit, June 28)

A Neuroscientist Uncovers A Dark Secret [Violence & the brain.] (NPR, June 28)

Ebola and Marburg viruses may be much older than thought (PhysOrg, June 28)

Scientists say test could predict menopause (Yahoo!/AP, June 27)

Peoples & Culture

Plato was good at keeping secrets too (ENN, June 28)

Reviving the last Pasha of Marrakech (BBC News, June 28)

Endangered Species on Connecticut Coast: Last of the Lobstermen (N.Y. Times, June 28) Site requires free registration

Natural Disasters & Weather

Gulf Spill Avoids Tropical Storm Alex, So Far (redOrbit, June 28)

Scores buried by landslide in south-west China (BBC News, June 28)

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

Moving Out One by One as Australia Pursues Coal (N.Y. Times, June 29) Site requires free registration

At German Airports, Bees Help Monitor Air Quality (N.Y. Times, June 29) Site requires free registration

Got a fix for oil spill? It may be worth a prize (Yahoo!/AP, June 28)

Eating leaves and lizards to survive in Niger (BBC News, June 26)

Inside a crumbling Afghan coal mine (BBC News, June 25)

Plants & Animals

Finless porpoises in China on brink of extinction (N.Y. Times, June 29) Site requires free registration

Greenland Wins Back Right To Kill Humpback Whales (Planet Ark/Reuters, June 28)

Lost Killer Whale Finds Its Way To Dutch Marine Park (Planet Ark/Reuters, June 28)

Tuna’s End (NYT Magazine, June 27)

Borneo's crocodiles 'no longer endangered' (Yahoo!/AFP, June 27)

Save a Whale, Save a Soul, Goes the Cry (N.Y. Times, June 25) Site requires free registration

Effort Uses Dogs’ DNA to Track Their Abusers (N.Y. Times, June 25) Site requires free registration

Science & Technology

Goce satellite views Earth's gravity in high definition (BBC News, June 28)

Forget Hybrids. Make Your Own DIY Electric Car (NPR, June 28)

LHC smashes beam collision record (BBC News, June 28)

Space

Journey into the unknown: Simulating a trip to Mars (Independent UK, June 28)

Mars or bust! White House announces new space policy. (Christian Science Monitor, June 28)

Improved Telescope Sees Through Atmosphere With Pinpoint Sharpness (ScienceDaily, June 28)

Astronomy Without A Telescope – Stellar Archaeology (Universe Today, June 26)

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