Superfast Stars Have Five-Minute Orbits
- Two stellar corpses circle each other in just 5.4 minutes, whirling tightly together at 310 miles a second, a new study confirms.
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:24:14 -0500
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Headless Man's Tomb Found Under Maya Torture Mural
- The tomb of a headless Maya man has been discovered beneath an ancient chamber famously painted with scenes of torture.
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:07:33 -0500
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Haiti Earthquake Pictures: Your Images of the Aftermath
- See National Geographic enthusiasts' eyewitness views of recovery and ruin in Haiti after the January 12 earthquake.
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:56:36 -0500
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Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:11:39 -0500
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Time-Lapse: Mountaintop Mine Spreads Across Forest
- Time-lapse satellite views of a West Virginia coal mine show how long-term mountaintop mining can wipe out swaths of forest.
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:11:39 -0500
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Saturn Moon Has Surprisingly "Slushy" Insides
- 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.
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:35:49 -0500
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Stolen Sarcophagus Handed Over to Egypt
- Confiscated in Miami, a brightly painted, 3,000-year-old sarcophagus was handed over to Egypt's antiquities chief, Zahi Hawass, on Wednesday. Video.
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:46:10 -0500
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New Frog Found—Has "Striking" Color Change
- The jungle species undergoes a "striking" change from a black, yellow-spotted youngster to a peachy, blue-eyed adult, scientists say.
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:20:04 -0500
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Sea Spray Detected 900 Miles Inland
- 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.
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:06:31 -0500
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See-Through Vision Invented
- Scientists have figured out how "see" through thin opaque barriers by unscrambling what little light passes through.
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:55:53 -0500
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