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• Conversation With Sylvia Earle, Part One: You'll Never Eat Tuna Again

  By Annie Scott | Thu Nov 19, 2009 9:15 AM ET

  a two-part series, famed oceanographer Sylvia Earle discusses a wide range of issues with Tonic, from the trouble with tuna to how we can act now to save our critica Read More

  More like this in: Health, Water, Planet, Annie Scott, Salmon, Pesticides, Sylvia Earle, Commercial Fishing, Fish Farming
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  Leo Releases a Meteor Shower

  By Katherine Gustafson | Tue Nov 17, 2009 12:28 PM ET

  will be a really awesome star show — a Leonid meteor shower — but if you're in the US or Europe, you sadly won't be able to see it. According to National Geographic, the peak of the action will occur at 4:45 pm EST, which means it won't be dark enough to rock your star-gazing binoculars.Tha Read More

  More like this in: Europe, Asia, Meteor Showers, World, Science, Asia, Americas, Europe, Space, Physical Sciences
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  Surprising Ingredients Found in Puget Sound Waters

  By David Bois | Sat Nov 14, 2009 3:18 PM ET

  food ingredients and spices, but more interestingly, that there are variations in what might show up depending on the time of year.According to National Geographic:"For instance, thyme and sage spike during Thanksgiving, cinnamon surges all winter, chocolate and vanilla show up durin Read More

  More like this in: Water, Washington, Chocolate, University of Washington, Water Quality, Thyme, Science, Regional/Local, Environment, Innovation & Discovery, Life Sciences
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  The End of the Road for 2012 Hype

  By David Bois | Fri Nov 13, 2009 9:00 AM ET

  cultural lens through which we today view that year.And the scientific community as well is having its say at taking the hype down a notch or two.National Geographic recently offered an article that addressed six 2012 related fears and myths head-on, starting with reminding us that the Maya di Read More

  More like this in: Hollywood, NASA, Film, MSNBC, Astronomy, World, Science, Entertainment, Americas, Space, Environment, Physical Sciences, Movies
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  Greening Hollywood

  By Ben Corbett | Mon Oct 26, 2009 1:07 PM ET

  Sir Richard Branson, who committed to invest all profits from his Virgin Airlines toward renewable energy and clean fuels development. On top of the National Geographic Society – who received much-deserved applause for promoting environmental education – acoustic rocker Jason Mraz wa Read More

  More like this in: Music, Energy, Education, Organic, Hollywood, Television, Renewable Energy, Compost, Garden, Film, Organic Food
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  The City of Lights and, Once Again, of Salmon

  By David Bois | Tue Aug 25, 2009 6:29 PM ET

  cause for celebration, especially those who are working to conserve the Atlantic salmon, a species mostly under newsworthy duress. In writing to National Geographic, Sue Scott of the Atlantic Salmon Federation in New Brunswick, Canada, reflects with hope and excitement on the development: "I Read More

  More like this in: Canada, Agriculture, Paris, North American, Science, Environment, Life Sciences
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  Good Clean Fun: Meteor Shower With a Friend

  By David Bois | Tue Aug 11, 2009 3:00 PM ET

  stars is expected to occur during the evening and wee hours of Tuesday August 11 into Wednesday August 12.   NASA's Bill Cooke explains to National Geographic why the Perseids provide the best annual opportunity to observe the phenomenon: "Visually, the best are the Geminids. Bu Read More

  More like this in: NASA, Space, Space Debris, Meteor Showers, Science, Space, Innovation & Discovery
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  Documenting Dolphin Slaughter

  By Jimmy Langman | Fri Jul 17, 2009 9:48 AM ET

  passed off in Japanese cities as whale meat, which for some in Japan is a delicacy.Ric O’Barry, leader of the Save Japan Dolphins coalition, and National Geographic photographer Louie Psihoyos went to extraordinary lengths to document these killings in the Taiji cove. They used cameras hidde Read More

  More like this in: Hollywood, The Hollywood Reporter, World, Entertainment, Asia, Movies
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  Because A Peg-Leg Flipper is Just Too Sad

  By David Bois | Wed Jul 8, 2009 4:23 PM ET

  a latex tail. These are just a few examples of the remarkable strides made in the field of animal prosthetics.A photoessay currently featured at National Geographic highlights several animals that have benefited from advances in the science.In Japan, a sea turtle named Yu-Chan survived Read More

  More like this in: Latex, Animal Prosthetics, Science, Healthcare, Innovation & Discovery, Life Sciences
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  Portrait of a Blue Planet

  By Katherine Gustafson | Tue Jul 7, 2009 6:56 PM ET

  the minuscule creatures that are the foundation of the ocean food chain.  Loads of data went into the program's creation, with institutions such as National Geographic, Census of Marine Life, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Monterey Bay Aquarium and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institutio Read More

  More like this in: Google, Planet, Ocean, Maps, Monterey Bay Aquarium, Technology, Science, Social Responsibility, Cutting-edge, Environment, Life Sciences, Development