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Earliest Known Massive Star Factory
Newfound galaxy was spawning stars a billion years earlier than scientists thought was possible.
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Boston Injuries Like War Trauma
Treating the Boston Marathon's injured is like operating in a war zone, says a surgeon who served in Iraq.
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Why Female Flies Eat Sperm
Female Ulidiid flies expel and eat ejaculate as a way to control who will father their offspring, a new study says.
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Yeti Robot Detects Crevasses
As tough as the abominable snowman, this battery-powered rover surveys hazards at research sites in Greenland and Antarctica.
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Element Hunters Pictures
All the elements found in nature—the different kinds of atoms—were found long ago. To bag a new one these days, and push the frontiers of matter, you have to create it first.
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Do Brain Games Work?
Apps that encourage mental gymnastics might not be as good as watching nature documentaries, a new study says.
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Herschel Space Observatory Running On Empty
After three years of scouring the universe for evidence of the most distant galaxies, the Herschel Space Observatory is running out of fuel.
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Chasing the Total Solar Eclipse
When the Moon slips between the Earth and Sun this week, Slovak astronomer Vojtech Rusin will be ready on a hotel balcony in Cairns, Australia to witness his 19th total solar eclipse.
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A Grand Tour of the Universe
Armchair astronomers this kind of atlas—a series of maps and charts that evokes the ability to navigate a place, usually by ship or some sort of vehicle, is for you. In this case all you need is imagination.
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National Geographic Magazine
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Longevity Pictures
Our genes harbor many secrets to a long and healthy life. And now scientists are beginning to uncover them
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Element Hunters Pictures
All the elements found in nature—the different kinds of atoms—were found long ago. To bag a new one these days, and push the frontiers of matter, you have to create it first.
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Good Gas, Bad Gas
Burn natural gas and it warms your house. But let it leak, from fracked wells or the melting Arctic, and it warms the whole planet.
Genographic
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Jane Goodall
Over the course of 50 years Jane has witnessed the lives of three generations of chimpanzees.
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Explorer Moment
Ed Viesturs shares an early morning view from Everest.
