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  Nat Geo Team Summits Everest

  Despite a tough crowd, howling winds, and even food poisoning, a National Geographic team touched the top of the world Friday.

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  Memorial Day Facts

  Find out who started the day of remembrance, and see why some groups think the holiday gets lost in the swirl of summer kickoff.

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  SpaceX Reaches Space Station

  Plucked from orbit by a robotic arm, the Dragon capsule is the first commercial craft to make contact with the orbiting laboratory.

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  Our Love-Hate Relationship With Fuel

  Today’s global demand for more efficient cars follows two centuries of shifting attitudes toward fuel-guzzling vehicles, from Hummer to Prius.

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  Geographic Bee's New King

  Winning on a Bavarian brainteaser issued by Alex Trebek, a 14-year-old Texan took the National Geographic Bee crown.

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  Space Pictures This Week

  See National Geographic's favorite new astrophotos, including a shady eclipse shot, dusty "doughnut," fleeing comet, and more.

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  Photos: WWII "Time Capsule" Plane

  See the "aviation equivalent of Tut's tomb"—a World War II fighter plane newly found in the Egyptian desert.

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  Video: GeoBee's Tense Final Moments

  Quick—what city on the Danube was the legislative seat of the Holy Roman Empire? Get the answer in the final moments of the Nat Geo Bee.

   

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  Photos: Top Consuming Countries

  These nations have the biggest environmental footprints.

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  Magma Rise Flooded Earth With O2?

  Oxygen-breathing life exists on Earth today because of changes in the planet's magma 2.5 billion years ago, a new study says.