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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.
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Evolutionary Flop?
New 3-D models suggest that what's been seen as one of Earth's first land walkers was actually more of a flopper.
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Photos: New Deep-Sea Vents Found
Crawling with tube worms and crabs, the hydrothermal vents are the first found in the Gulf of California, scientists report.
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Another Everest "Traffic Jam"?
Just days after four people died on Everest during a crowded climb, a similar "traffic jam" scenario could play out this weekend, experts say.
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