Archaeology & Paleontology

'Pre-Inca' temple found in Peru (BBC News, Mar. 14)

Indian DNA links to 6 'founding mothers' (Yahoo!/AP, Mar. 13)

Greek team finds ancient skull that underwent surgery (AFP, Mar. 12)

S.African, US scientists find more 'hobbits' in Pacific (Yahoo!/AFP, Mar. 12)

Possible Discovery of Inshushinak Temple in Tal-e Sepid [Elamite period.] (Cais News-The Circle of Ancient Iranian Studies, Mar. 11)

FSU classics professor exploring a 'lost' city of the Mycenaeans [Greece.] (EurekAlert!, Mar. 11)

Environment

Ozone Rules Weakened at Bush's Behest: EPA Scrambles To Justify Action (Washington Post, Mar. 14) Site requires free registration

Lowly Streams Play Big Role In Fighting Pollution (Planet Ark/Reuters, Mar. 13)

Collapse of Salmon Stocks Endangers Pacific Fishery (N.Y. Times, Mar. 13)

The Impending Coastal Crisis [U.S.] (Geotimes, Mar. 2008)

Some See a Warmer Future Disrupting the World's Wines (Washington Post, Mar. 12) Site requires free registration

Down with the Dams: Unchaining U.S. Rivers (Geotimes, Mar. 2008)

Exploration & Adventure

900 Feet Up With Nowhere to Go but Down [Hell Roaring Canyon in Utah.] (N.Y. Times, Mar. 14) Site requires free registration

Surviving perilous terrain [Job of safety and health officer in the Office of Polar Programs at the NSF.] (Washington Times, Mar. 13)

Their Found Horizon [New movie, "Blindsight."] (Washington Post, Mar. 13) Site requires free registration

121 Million Reasons to close the South Side of Everest (MountEverest.net, Mar. 12)

Medicine & Health

Scientists Discover How TB Develops Invincibility Against Only Available Treatment (TerraDaily/SPX, Mar. 14)

Kenyans ill in 'toxic waste' leak (BBC News, Mar. 13)

FEATURE - Asia Shows Way To Fight Dengue As Global Spread Looms (Planet Ark/Reuters, Mar. 13)

New Longevity Genes Identified: Yeast, Worms And People May Age By Similar Mechanisms (ScienceDaily, Mar. 13)

Why do doctors fixate on diagnosis, not treatment? (Slate, Mar. 12)

Peoples & Culture

France to expand Champagne region (BBC News, Mar. 13)

Development Threatens Civil War Battlegrounds (NPR, Mar. 13)

Population Bomb Author Tackles Cultural Evolution [Paul Ehrlich.] (Wired, Mar. 12)

Natural Disasters & Weather

Cyclone Heads To Mozambique Tourist Area And Madagascar (Planet Ark/Reuters, Mar. 14)

Caribbean Plans Tsunami Warning System By 2010 (Planet Ark/Reuters, Mar. 14)

Top Thai tsunami expert resigns over 'lack of support' (TerraDaily/AFP, Mar. 13)

Severe Gales Batter Britain For Third Day (Planet Ark/Reuters, Mar. 13)

Microinsurance for tsunami-hit Indian region (Yahoo!/AFP, Mar. 12)

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

Non-European PhDs In Germany Find Use Of 'Doktor' Verboten (Washington Post, Mar. 14) Site requires free registration

Climate set to dominate EU summit (BBC News, Mar. 13)

Priest-Cosmologist Wins $1.6 Million Templeton Prize (N.Y. Times, Mar. 13) Site requires free registration

Environmentalists sue over uranium exploration near Grand Canyon (Arizona Republic, Mar. 13)

Iceland whaling go-ahead 'likely' (BBC News, Mar. 13)

Climate refugees in political pass-the-parcel (ENN/Reuters, Mar. 13)

EPA Tightens Pollution Standards (Washington Post, Mar. 13) Site requires free registration

Tribe Views Whale Hunters as Heroes, Nuisances (NPR, Mar. 12)

Students take first dip into ocean quiz (Washington Times, Mar. 10)

DOWN TO EARTH WITH...:Spencer Wells [Genographic Project.] (Geotimes, Mar. 2008)

Plants & Animals

A Party of Four at a Foraging Spot [Short-eared owls.] (N.Y. Times, Mar. 14) Site requires free registration

Taming a Reluctant Patient [Heart disease among gorillas in North American zoos.] (Washington Post, Mar. 14) Site requires free registration

Can different species 'talk'? (BBC News, Mar. 13)

Attenborough launches project to stem butterfly decline (Guardian UK, Mar. 13)

Aye Yi Yi of the Tiger [Tiger populations.] (Grist, Mar. 13)

Creature clones itself to avoid becoming fish food [Sand dollar larvae.] (New Scientist, Mar. 13)

Activists 'to disrupt' roo cull (BBC News, Mar. 13)

Java Zoo Hatches Rare Komodo Dragons (Planet Ark/Reuters, Mar. 13)

Military beacons to aid sea life (BBC News, Mar. 13)

Dolphin saves whales stuck on New Zealand beach (ENN/Reuters, Mar. 13)

Tuna Threatened By Oversized Fishing Fleet –WWF (Planet Ark/Reuters, Mar. 13)

California Sea Otters, Adrift (Zoogoer, Mar/Apr 2008)

Jumping into Trouble [Frogs.] (Zoogoer, Mar/Apr 2008)

Science & Technology

3.14 and the rest [Pi Day.] (BBC News, Mar. 14)

ESA Leads Endeavour To Save Earth Science Data (TerraDaily/ESA, Mar. 14)

World’s First Wave Powered Boat (ENN/MetaEfficient, Mar. 13)

Crop scientists discover gene that controls fruit shape (PhysOrg, Mar. 13)

'Disposable' nuclear reactors raise security fears (New Scientist, Mar. 13)

A beginner's guide to global warming (David Suzuki Foundation, Mar. 13)

Physicists discover how fundamental particles lose track of quantum mechanical properties (PhysOrg, Mar. 13)

Space

Hardy Earth bacteria can grow in lunar soil (New Scientist, Mar. 14)

Spacewalkers add hands to space station (Yahoo!/AP, Mar. 14)

Shuttle docks with space station (BBC News, Mar. 13)

Ulysses satellite's heroic journey comes to an end [Solar weather.] (Christian Science Monitor, Mar. 13)

Relief as Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) Propulsion System is Fixed (Universe Today, Mar. 12)

Mysterious Meteorites Stymie Scientists [Antarctica.] (Nat'l. Geographic News, Mar. 12)

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