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St Patricks Day Facts Shamrocks Snakes and a Saint (17 March 03:28) |
| St. Patrick was born in Britain, stout may be good for your heart, and there's a shamrock shortage in 2010. Learn more in our roundup of St. Patrick's Day facts.
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Space Photos of the Week Spring Auroras Starlets More (17 March 02:51) |
| Auroras spring to life, the Milky Way enters middle age, a Mars moon gets its close-up, and more in the week's best space pictures.
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Mutant All-Black Penguin Found (17 March 01:42) |
| An all-black king penguin—a very rare mutant—was spotted and filmed on the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia. Video.
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Half-Male Half-Female Chicken Mystery Solved (16 March 11:07) |
| It was a tough egg to crack, but scientists have discovered that half-male, half-female chickens possess a mixture of genetically male and female cells.
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Extended Daylight Saving Time Not an Energy Saver (16 March 10:43) |
| An extra month of earlier mornings might be reducing use of artificial light, but other types of energy consumption more than offset the reduction, some studies suggest.
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Roll-Up Solar Cells Printed Like Money (16 March 10:42) |
| Sheets of flexible solar power cells have been "printed" using presses that normally churn out money—a technology that could help slash energy costs, experts say.
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Watermelon Juice May Be Next Green Fuel (16 March 10:42) |
| Step aside, corn: Another summertime picnic favorite might be the next big thing in ethanol production, a new study suggests.
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US Energy Secretary Change Can Happen Fast (16 March 10:42) |
| Steven Chu spoke with National Geographic magazine about his goals for the next four years, which include quick improvements and long-term developments.
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Hot New High-Tech Energy Source Is Wood (16 March 10:41) |
| Burning wood may seem backward, dirty, and environmentally hostile. But advanced power plants may hold great potential to save energy, cut costs, and even fight global warming.
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Fossil Free Fossil Fuels May Lie Deep Inside Earth (16 March 10:41) |
| Using diamonds and a laser, scientists crushed and heated methane produced from just water and minerals to create the same hydrocarbon blend found in natural gas.
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Cow Manure Other Homegrown Energy Powering US Farms (16 March 10:41) |
| From wind to sun to cow pies, rural regions are supplying more U.S. farmers with homegrown sources of renewable energy.
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Cairo Slums Get Energy Makeover (16 March 10:41) |
| Using solar panels and biogas reactors, the nonprofit Solar CITIES project is bringing rural energy solutions to the urban poor in Egypt's largest city.
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51 Headless Vikings in English Execution Pit Confirmed (16 March 10:36) |
| The naked, decapitated bodies found in a thousand-year-old English execution pit most likely belonged to Vikings, a new study says.
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Plenty of Gas But No Simple Solution for US Energy Challenge (16 March 10:24) |
| Innovation has sparked a boom in production of this low-carbon fuel. Taking advantage of its benefits is another matter.
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Superfast Stars Have Five-Minute Orbits (13 March 01:54) |
| Two stellar corpses circle each other in just 5.4 minutes, whirling tightly together at 310 miles a second, a new study confirms.
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Headless Mans Tomb Found Under Maya Torture Mural (13 March 01:37) |
| The tomb of a headless Maya man has been discovered beneath an ancient chamber famously painted with scenes of torture.
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Haiti Earthquake Pictures Your Images of the Aftermath (12 March 08:26) |
| See National Geographic enthusiasts' eyewitness views of recovery and ruin in Haiti after the January 12 earthquake.
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Time-Lapse Mountaintop Mine Spreads Across Forest (12 March 04:41) |
| Time-lapse satellite views of a West Virginia coal mine show how long-term mountaintop mining can wipe out swaths of forest.
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Saturn Moon Has Surprisingly Slushy Insides (12 March 03:05) |
| Under the brittle, icy crust of Titan lies a surprisingly icy mush, followed by a liquid ocean and a core of rock and ice, new data suggest.
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Stolen Sarcophagus Handed Over to Egypt (11 March 06:16) |
| Confiscated in Miami, a brightly painted, 3,000-year-old sarcophagus was handed over to Egypt's antiquities chief, Zahi Hawass, on Wednesday. Video.
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New Frog Found—Has Striking Color Change (11 March 04:50) |
| The jungle species undergoes a "striking" change from a black, yellow-spotted youngster to a peachy, blue-eyed adult, scientists say.
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Sea Spray Detected 900 Miles Inland (11 March 04:36) |
| Sea spray has been detected in the middle of the United States, some 900 miles (1,400 kilometers) from any ocean—and it may be contributing to air pollution, a new study says.
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See-Through Vision Invented (11 March 04:25) |
| Scientists have figured out how "see" through thin opaque barriers by unscrambling what little light passes through.
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Space Photos This Week Sun Plume Moon Lander More (11 March 04:04) |
| A satellite sees an oncoming iceberg smashup, an artist re-creates a Saturn moon lander's arrival, a Mars orbiter celebrates a milestone, and more in this week's best space pictures.
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Einsteins Gravity Confirmed on a Cosmic Scale (11 March 12:29) |
| We may finally have proof that general relativity applies to cosmic bodies great and small—and that dark matter and dark energy are real.
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Lava Not Water Made Mars Riverbed (10 March 04:05) |
| At least one channel thought to have been carved by water was actually built by lava flows, according to a new study of Martian surface features.
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Ancient Corpses Ritually Dug Up Torn Apart Reburied (10 March 04:03) |
| For 4,500 years in what is now Mexico, decomposing bodies were pulled apart and reburied, according to what may be the first evidence for ritual "double burials."
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Water Found in Apollo Moon Rocks (10 March 03:53) |
| It turns out evidence for water on the moon was right under our noses all along, according to new studies of rocks retrieved by Apollo astronauts.
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Exclusive Chile Earthquake Aerial Pictures (10 March 02:10) |
| See exclusive views of tsunami-tossed boats, a collapsed bridge, and a crumbled cliff—scenes of the devastating toll of the February 27 Chile earthquake.
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Cove Movie Assails Dolphin Hunt Gets Oscar Boost (09 March 01:01) |
| With its 2010 Oscar win for best documentary, the movie The Cove has reignited debate over annual dolphin hunts in Taiji, Japan.
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Photo Cove Movie Seeks to End Japans Dolphin Hunt (08 March 11:49) |
| A dolphin hunt in Japan enrages activists. The Cove, an award-winning new movie, condemns it. So why do dolphin hunts go on elsewhere without much controversy?
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Turkey Earthquake Pictures The Day After (08 March 11:23) |
| A strong earthquake rattled eastern Turkey Sunday, killing at least 51 and crumbling minarets, barns, and flimsily built mud-brick houses.
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Chile Earthquake Video Aftermath in Santa Cruz (06 March 06:18) |
| Chile's February 27 earthquake caused an apartment building in this small city to collapse, killing 23. Video.
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Gamma Rays a Flight Risk (06 March 03:31) |
| Earth-based gamma rays are made in storms at the same altitude as many commercial flight paths, possibly creating radiation hazards for air passengers.
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First Proof Gorillas Eat Monkeys (06 March 03:24) |
| Mammal DNA has been found in gorilla feces—suggesting that maybe, just maybe, the big apes eat meat after all.
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Worlds Largest Dead Zone Suffocating Sea (06 March 01:54) |
| Oxygen-sucking algae are blooming in the Baltic due to farm fertilizers and overfishing—and new efforts to stop the disaster may be too late, experts say.
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Before-and-After Pictures Underwater Church Reappears (05 March 09:54) |
| Severe droughts have drained a reservoir in Venezuela, exposing a church that's been "missing" since 1985.
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Atlantic Octopus Mimics Flounders—A First (05 March 07:07) |
| An octopus in the Caribbean can mimic not only the shape of a flounder but also the fish's color and swimming style, most likely in an attempt to avoid predators, researchers say.
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Snowball Earth Confirmed Ice Covered Equator (05 March 05:08) |
| But volcanoes would've made Earth more mud ball than snowball, scientists say.
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Arctic Sea Belching Tons of Methane (05 March 01:55) |
| Permafrost lining the Arctic seafloor is leaking massive quantities of the powerful greenhouse gas into the ocean and atmosphere, fueling concerns of accelerated global warming, researchers ... |
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Liberals Atheists Are More Highly Evolved (04 March 10:37) |
| Evolution may have resulted in smarter people being more inclined to nontraditional values, a new study suggests.
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Whats Best for Kids Bottled Water or Fountains (04 March 04:24) |
| As sugary sodas fizzle in schools, kids are turning to bottled water instead of tap water, which is often contaminated by lead. But that may put an added strain on the environment, experts s... |
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Glowing Animals Pictures of Beasts Shining for Science (04 March 04:07) |
| Dogs, cats, monkeys, worms, fish: all now glow in the dark, thanks to one jellyfish and a whole lot of research. In this photo round-up of glowing animals (and the odd plant), see the gamut ... |
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Dinosaurs Ten Million Years Older Than Thought (04 March 02:06) |
| The oldest known dinosaur relative—a dog-size, four-legged omnivore—pushes back the origin of dinosaurs to at least 243 million years ago, a new study says.
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Space Photos This Week Mars Streaks Cosmic Web More (04 March 01:33) |
| Dark streaks paint a Martian trough, the Amazon shines, spring thaws out the Phoenix Mars lander, and more in the week's best space pictures.
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LHC Restarted Half-Power Run Is Full of Potential (03 March 10:10) |
| The Large Hadron Collider, the world's largest atom smasher, has been fired up for its first long-term run, officials announced today. The LHC will be operating at half power but should stil... |
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Mysterious Dragons Make Universes Gamma Ray Fog (03 March 09:51) |
| Unknown but fearsome sources are filling the universe with a blanket of high-energy gamma rays, normally created by the universe's most violent events and most powerful objects.
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PHOTOS: Ancient "King of Bling" Tomb Revealed in Peru (10 April 05:30) |
| In a tomb like no other, the 1,500-year-old "Lord of Ucupe" has been found with 19 golden headdresses and other treasures that shed light on the little-known Moche Indian... |
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"King of Bling" Tomb Sheds Light on Ancient Peru (10 April 05:30) |
| Packed with treasure in the styles of two ancient orders, the 1,500-year-old tomb is apparently like no other, and may help resolve mysteries of the Moche Indian civiliza... |
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