Archaeology & Paleontology

Khirbet Qeiyafa Identified as Biblical 'Neta'im' (ScienceDaily, Mar. 12)

Weymouth ridgeway skeletons 'Scandinavian Vikings' (BBC News, Mar. 12)

DNA of extinct birds extracted from ancient eggshell (BBC News, Mar. 10)

Roadworks dig finds millions of Aboriginal artefacts (ABC News, Mar. 10)

US Returns Ancient Sarcophagus to Egypt (VOA, Mar. 10)

Pottery Leads to Discovery of Peace-Seeking Women in American Southwest (ScienceDaily, Mar. 10)

Ancient Corpses Ritually Dug Up, Torn Apart, Reburied (National Geographic News, Mar. 9)

Chinese archaeologists find gate of First Emperor’s funeral city (Digital Journal, Mar. 9)

Wooly mammoth carcass from Siberia reveals information about ice-age creatures (Washington Post, Mar. 9)Site requires free registration

Environment

World Seed Vault Reaches Half-Million Mark (redOrbit, Mar. 12)

A Disastrous Year: 2010 Death Toll Already Abnormally High(LiveScience, Mar. 11)

Time-Lapse: Mountaintop Mine Spreads Across Forest (National Geographic News, Mar. 11)

Hawaiian Species Get Endangered Listing (redOrbit, Mar. 11)

Aquatic 'dead zones' contributing to climate change (Physorg.com, Mar. 11)

Cyprus conflict closes leaders' eyes to water shortage (BBC News, Mar. 11)

Compact fluorescents - Recycle them? (ENN, Mar. 11)

Scientists to review climate body (BBC News, Mar. 10)

Exploration & Adventure

Everest climber Kenton Cool aims to break summit record (BBC News, Mar. 11)

Atlantic Rowing Race update (Explorers Web, Mar. 11)

Geographic North Pole wrap-up (Explorers Web, Mar. 11)

Historic deep-sea robot is lost off Chile (TerraDaily/UPI, Mar. 9)

Medicine & Health

Scientists Discover 600 Million-Year-Old Origins of Vision (ScienceDaily, Mar. 12)

Disease Cause Is Pinpointed With Genome (N.Y. Times, Mar. 11)Site requires free registration

A direct hit for thalidomide (naturenews, Mar. 11)

Discovery of 'Fat' Taste Could Hold the Key to Reducing Obesity (ScienceDaily, Mar. 10)

Genomes for the whole family (naturenews, Mar. 10)

Peoples & Culture

To ease the struggles of their daily lives, the sapeurs of Congo look at their labels (Washington Post, Mar. 11)Site requires free registration

Bullying Flap Shakes Japan’s Royals (N.Y. Times, Mar. 11)Site requires free registration

Bloody Indonesia Festival Pits Men, Horses in Battle (VOA, Mar. 11)

African viewpoint: Old Mommies (BBC News, Mar. 10)

Indian love: We just clicked(BBC News, Mar. 10)

What the Sami people can teach us about adapting to climate change (Guardian, Mar. 10)

Trumpeting Catalan on the Big Screen (N.Y. Times, Mar. 10)Site requires free registration

Natural Disasters & Weather

Winter Games Yield Forecasting Insights (N.Y. Times, Mar. 12)Site requires free registration

Calming Ragged Nerves from Inside the Tsunami Warning Center (LiveScience, Mar. 11)

Smell of Salt Air Surprisingly Detected a Mile High and 900 Miles Inland (ScienceDaily, Mar. 11)

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

Mind the water hazard...floating golf course to be built in Maldives (Independent, Mar. 12)

New Study Debunks Myths About Vulnerability of Amazon Rain Forests to Drought(ScienceDaily, Mar. 12)

Beijingers get back on their bikes (BBC News, Mar. 11)

Curse of the Black Gold: 50 Years of Oil in the Niger Delta (Independent, Mar. 11)

Tensions as Galapagos Islands seek sustainable growth(BBC News, Mar. 10)

DR Congo ring may be giant 'impact crater' (BBC News, Mar. 10)

Hydrocarbon development threatens the Amazon (ENN, Mar. 10)

Plants & Animals

Chinese zoo blamed for death of 11 Siberian tigers (YahooNews/AP, Mar. 12)

Climate change makes birds shrink in North America (BBC News, Mar. 12)

Musk Ox Decline Is Not Our Fault (LiveScience, Mar. 11)

Why Female Moths are Big and Beautiful (Physorg.com, Mar. 11)

To Arctic animals, time of day really doesn't matter (Physorg.com, Mar. 11)

The big cats' best friend (Christian Science Monitor, Mar. 11)

Endangered listing eyed for US loggerhead turtles (YahooNews/AP, Mar. 11)

Intrigue soars as 75 starlings fall out of sky (Independent, Mar. 11)

Development of More Muscular Trout Could Boost Commercial Aquaculture (ScienceDaily, Mar. 11)

Dogs That Detect Bedbugs (N.Y. Times, Mar. 11)Site requires free registration

Mystery of Half-Male Chickens Solved (LiveScience, Mar. 10)

New Frog Found—Has "Striking" Color Change (National Geographic News, Mar. 10)

Residents Flee Angolan Village Invaded By Elephants (PlanetArk, Mar. 10)

Science & Technology

Wind resistance: Analysis suggests generating electricity from large-scale wind farms could influence climate (Physorg.com, Mar. 12)

Scavenging energy waste to turn water into hydrogen fuel (Physorg.com, Mar. 11)

Los Angeles Electric Rate Linked to Solar Power (N.Y. Times, Mar. 11)Site requires free registration

German Fishing Boat Flies Giant Kite To Save Fuel (PlanetArk, Mar. 10)

Chocolate-Powered Racecar Makes Sustainability Sexy (PlanetArk, Mar. 10)

Big Power from Tiny Wires: Carbon Nanotubes Can Produce Powerful Waves That Could Be Harnessed for New Energy Systems (ScienceDaily, Mar. 10)

Einstein's Gravity Confirmed on a Cosmic Scale (National Geographic News, Mar. 10)

Space

Saturn Moon Has Surprisingly Slushy Insides (National Geographic News, Mar. 11)

Space station could operate until 2028, says consortium (YahooNews/AFP, Mar. 11)

China Selects First Female Astronauts (redOrbit, Mar. 11)

Mysterious Cosmic 'Dark Flow' Tracked Deeper Into Universe (ScienceDaily, Mar. 11)

Water Found in Apollo Moon Rocks (National Geographic News, Mar. 9)

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