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• A Meat Eater Bigger Than T. Rex Is Unearthed
• Warming Arctic Is Taking a Toll: Peril to Walrus Young Seen as Result of Melting Ice Shelf
• U.S. Plan For Flu Pandemic Revealed
• The Great Quake
• NASA keeps quiet on mission mishap

Archaeology & Paleontology

Ruined Treasures in Babylon Await an Iraq Without Fighting (N.Y. Times, Apr. 18) Free site registration required.

A Meat Eater Bigger Than T. Rex Is Unearthed [Dinosaurs.] (N.Y. Times, Apr. 18) Free site registration required.

Taiwan Moves Closer to Mainland, Pulled by Forces That Molded Its Mountains [On a geologic collision course with mainland China...] (N.Y. Times, Apr. 18) Free site registration required.

The Case of the Stolen Statues: Solving a Kenyan Mystery (N.Y. Times, Apr. 16) Free site registration required.

Unearthed Civil War Relics See Battle Again: Archaeologists Decry History Buffs' Digs (Washington Post, Apr. 16) Free site registration required.

Sk eletons an Insight into Medieval Childrens' Lives [Graveyard coincides with the Black Death...] (Leicester Mercury, Apr. 14)

Malawi's forests go up in smoke, partly thanks to smokers (TerraDaily/AFP, Apr. 18)

The Dead Sea is 'dying' (Yahoo!/AFP, Apr. 17)

Scientists Say Red Tide Encore Not Certain (ENN/AP, Apr. 17)

As Massive South Korean Land Plan Nears End, Critics Cry Foul (ENN/Reuters, Apr. 17)

Britain now 'eating the planet' [Running out of its own natural resources...] (BBC News, Apr. 15)

Warming Arctic Is Taking a Toll: Peril to Walrus Young Seen as Result of Melting Ice Shelf (Washington Post, Apr. 15) Free site registration required.

The Headwaters of History: Temples at the Sacred Source [Richard Bangs' expedition to the Jordan River.] (Yahoo!, Apr. 17)

Prince Albert of Monaco Reaches North Pole [Expedition to highlight global warming.] (BBC News, Apr. 16)

Thomas J. Abercrombie, 75, Adventurer With Lens, Dies (Nat'l. Geographic staff photographer & writer.] (N.Y. Times, Apr. 16) Free site registration required.

Authors inspire outdoor spirit (Poughkeepsie Journal, Apr. 16)

On Nature's Edge, Risk-Taker Moves Cautiously [Ed Viesturs.] (N.Y. Times, Apr. 15) Free site registration required.

In Heart Disease, the Focus Shifts to Women (N.Y. Times, Apr. 18) Free site registration required.

A Boost For Breast Cancer Prevention (Washington Post, Apr. 18) Free site registration required.

Schizophrenia as Misstep by Giant Gene (N.Y. Times, Apr. 18) Free site registration required.

Robot Birth Simulator Gaining Popularity (Yahoo!/AP, Apr. 17)

At Some Medical Schools, Humanities Join the Curriculum [Art and medicine have worked hand in hand for a long time.] (N.Y. Times, Apr. 17) Free site registration required.

Unravel ing The Mysteries Of Poison (Science Daily/Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Apr. 16)

Canada confirms new mad cow case (BBC News, Apr. 16)

Taking the Least of You [The Tissue-Industrial Complex.] (NYT Magazine, Apr. 16) Free site registration required.

U.S. Plan For Flu Pandemic Revealed (Washington Post, Apr. 16) Free site registration required.

Bird Flu Virus May Be Spread by Smuggling (N.Y. Times, Apr. 15) Free site registration required.

The Great Quake [Link to page featuringvarious stories on centennial.] (San Francisco Chronicle, Apr. 18)

Giving Sacramento Good Reason to Have New Orleans on Its Mind [Flood events.] (N.Y. Times, Apr. 18) Free site registration required.

Colombia mudslide deaths reach 29 (BBC News, Apr. 17)

Weather Satellite to Monitor South America (Yahoo!/AP, Apr. 17)

Indonesia Prepares to Evacuate as Volcano Trembles (Red Orbit, Apr. 17)

Repeat of Quake Of 1906 Could Be Even More Deadly (Washington Post, Apr. 17) Free site registration required.

Globa l and U.S. Hazards/Climate Extremes (updated weekly on Wednesdays)

Earthweek: A Diary of the Planet [pdf] (updated late Fridays)

Neem: India's tree of life (BBC News, Apr. 17)

Irish Revive Rites for 1916 Easter Revolt, and Debate Its Merits (N.Y. Times, Apr. 17) Free site registration required.

Scramble for DR Congo's mineral wealth (BBC News, Apr. 17)

Walter Ristow Dies at 97; Populist Curator of Maps (N.Y. Times, Apr. 17) Free site registration required.

U.S. National Parks Feel '80 Percent' Squeeze (Washington Post, Apr. 17) Free site registration required.

Pro-hunti ng Japanese seize control of whaling commission (Independent UK, Apr. 17)

Errant Elders Find Amenities in Japan's Jails (Washington Post, Apr. 16)

Khat Trade Rules in Somalia (Washington Post, Apr. 16) Free site registration required.

Giant Deep-Sea Volcano With "Moat of Death" Found (National Geographic News, Apr. 14)

New Stingray Species Discovered In Thailand (TerraDaily/AFP, Apr. 18)

Se al Hunt Protesters Say Blockaded by Canadians (Planet Ark/Reuters, Apr. 18)

Endangered, Rescued, Now in Trouble Again [Black-footed ferrets.] (N.Y. Times, Apr. 18) Free site registration required.

How Bats Got Off the Ground [Flight.] (Science Now, Apr. 17)

Tiny Owl May Be Taken Off Endangered List (ENN/AP, Apr. 17)

Rabbit Restoration Effort Under Way (Yahoo!/AP, Apr. 17)

Beetle enters top of pest charts (BBC News, Apr. 17)

So Many Bald Eagles, So Little Room Left to Nest (Washington Post, Apr. 17) Free site registration required.

Among Us: Coyotes Settle in Washington Suburbs (Washington Post Magazine, Apr. 17) Free site registration required.

Yummy mummy feeds young its skin [Worm-like amphibian.] (BBC News, Apr. 16)

Arctic mission to spotlight polar bears (CNN/Reuters, Apr. 14)

A Real Flip-Flopper, at 3 Trillion Times a Second [A subatomic particle that reverses identity...] (N.Y. Times, Apr. 18) Free site registration required.

No Place Like Home: Ant Navigation Skills Used In Robot Navigation (Science Daily/Society for Experimental Biology, Apr. 17)

Spotting weak eggs before they crack (New Scientist, Apr. 16)

Many Researchers Break the Rules According to Study (Red Orbit, Apr. 15)

Russia To Double Spacecraft Production By 2009 (SpaceDaily/XNA, Apr. 18)

NASA keeps quiet on mission mishap (CNN/AP, Apr. 17)

New Insight into Earth's Early Bombardment (Yahoo!/Space.com, Apr. 17)

Kansas Farmers Reap Meteorites by the Acre (Yahoo!/AP, Apr. 17)

Antimatter Spaceships May Take Us to Mars (Red Orbit, Apr. 15)