December 2010
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Time Will End in Five Billion Years, Physicists...
Image courtesy NASA/ESA Ker Than for National Geographic News Published October 28, 2010 Our universe has existed for nearly 14 billion years, and as far as most people are concerned, the universe should continue to exist for billions of years more. But according to a new paper, there’s one theory for the origins of the universe that predicts time itself will end in just five...
Dec 31st
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Dec 29th
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Dec 28th
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Chimp "Girls" Play With "Dolls" Too—First Wild...
A young chimp in Mahale Mountains National Park, Tanzania (file picture). Photograph by Michael Poliza, National Geographic/Getty Images Brian Handwerk for National Geographic News Published December 20, 2010 Now new research suggests that such gender-driven desires are also seen in young female chimpanzees in the wild—a behavior that possibly evolved to make the animals better mothers,...
Dec 27th
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Dec 26th
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World's Oldest Optical Illusion Found?
Long before the famous duck-rabbit illusion, prehistoric artists were creating mind-bending double images of their own, according to a new paper presented earlier this year at an international convention on rock art research. By Andrew Howley The paper’s author, Duncan Caldwell has surveyed the Paleolithic art of several caves in France and discovered a recurring theme that he says...
Dec 25th
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Dec 23rd
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Dec 22nd
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Dec 21st
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Recommend NationalGeographicMagazine for Tumblr... →
nationalgeographicmagazine: nationalgeographicmagazine: I would suggest you nominate this under the “Nature” category, but feel free to nominate for other categories if you think they fit as well, such as “News”, “Science”, “Education”, etc!Do this every Tuesday and spread the message of NG! I am posting this today because I am very happy I did not forget about Tumblr Tuesday and post it on...
Dec 21st
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Lunar Eclipse Tonight + Winter Solstice—First in...
A total lunar eclipse glows red over Germany (file picture). Photograph by Heribert Proepper, AP Andrew Fazekas for National Geographic News Updated December 20, 1020, 2:55 p.m. ET In 2010, for the first time since 1638, a total lunar eclipse falls on the winter solstice—a stargazing event almost anyone in North America will be able to see tonight, weather permitting. Occurring at 6:38...
Dec 21st
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WatchWatch
Only 350 wild tigers remain in Asia’s Mekong River region, according to a January 2010 report from the conservation nonprofit WWF, which says the loss is being driven by trade in tiger parts. What can you do? Donate money to the National Geographic Big Cats Initiative!
Dec 20th
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Dec 19th
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Thirteen countries pledge to repopulate world's...
NGS stock photo by Michael Nichols As we head into the Chinese Year of the Tiger (starting on February 14), here’s a bit of encouraging news: All 13 tiger-range countries have pledged to double the number of tigers in the wild by 2022, the next Year of the Tiger. Populations of wild tigers have declined to only 3,200 worldwide, according to the latest estimates by the conservation charity...
Dec 18th
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Dec 17th
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Recommend NationalGeographicMagazine for Tumblr... →
nationalgeographicmagazine: I would suggest you nominate this under the “Nature” category, but feel free to nominate for other categories if you think they fit as well, such as “News”, “Science”, “Education”, etc!Do this every Tuesday and spread the message of NG!
Dec 14th
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Natural Gas Stirs Hope and Fear in Pennsylvania
A natural gas derrick rises from the countryside near family homes in rural Hopewell Township, Pennsylvania. Photograph by Scott Goldsmith, National Geographic Marianne Lavelle National Geographic News Published October 13, 2010 SPECIAL REPORT: THE GREAT SHALE GAS RUSH Exploring the promise and challenge of a new energy supply. Along the narrow two-lane roads that wind through Washington...
Dec 13th
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Dec 11th
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Dec 10th
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Dec 9th
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Dec 8th
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Dec 7th
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Scarab | Scarabaeidae
Most scarabs are monotone black or brown, but some wear bright colors, intricate patterns, an iridescent glow, or even a metallic sheen. Photograph by David C. Hawks Scarabs are a mesmerizingly diverse family of beetle found in every part of the world except in the oceans and on Antarctica. There are about 30,000 scarab species comprising about 10 percent of all known beetles. The June bug...
Dec 6th
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Dec 4th
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Dec 2nd
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Star Struck
Star Struck Astronomers turn their telescopes to the unbounded beauty of the Milky Way. By Ken Croswell Panoramic composite photograph by Wally Pacholka It’s hard to be modest when you live in the Milky Way. Our galaxy is far larger, brighter, and more massive than most other galaxies. From end to end, the Milky Way’s starry disk, observable with the naked eye and through optical...
Dec 1st
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