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1. Eight Apollo Moon-Landing Myths--Busted
Forty years have passed since humans first walked on the moon, but many conspiracy theorists still insist that it was all an elaborate hoax. Examine the evidence, and find out why experts say some of the most common claims simply don't hold water.
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2. First Photos: Weird Fish With Transparent Head
With a head like a fighter-plane cockpit, a Pacific barreleye fish shows off its transparent head and barrel-like eyes in the first specimen ever found alive.
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3. Giant Squid Eaten by Sperm Whale
"Absolutely sensational" new pictures are rare proof that the world's largest toothed whales feed on elusive giant squid. And if researchers are right, the photos may also show a baby whale's hunting lessons.
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4. Glowing Animals: Beasts Shining for Science
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 of what science has done with a few fluorescent proteins.
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5. Seven Wonders of the Natural World: Finalists Named
From the limestone caves to the world's tallest waterfall--"the eyes of the planet" are on the finalists from which the seven natural wonders of the world will be chosen.
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6. Seven Major "Missing Links" Since Darwin
For the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth, National Geographic News asked leading scientist for their picks of the most important fossil evidence for evolution.
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7. New Cloud Type Discovered?
Nicknamed "Jacques Cousteau" clouds, these "turbulent" seas in the sky could be examples of the first official new cloud type since 1951.
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8. Oldest "Human" Skeleton Refutes "Missing Link"
See images of Ardi, the new human ancestor that could rewrite evolutionary theory.
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9. Apocalypse Pictures: Ten Failed Doomsday Prophecies
Just as some people today believe a Maya calendar pinpoints 2012 as the end of the world as we know it, people through centuries and across cultures have long forecast our collective doom.
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10. Rare Animals Photographed: Giant Armadillo, Short-Eared Dog, More
In a remote region of the Amazon rain forest, camera traps have captured new images of elusive animals, including ocelots, armadillos, and the extremely rare and little studied bush dog.
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Zebra Stripes Are Bug Repellant?
Stripes may do more than help zebras hide in tall grass—the pattern may scramble the vision of bloodsucking horseflies
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Black Hole Seen Eating Asteroids?
An ongoing rocky buffet would explain bright x-ray flares seen around our galaxy's supermassive black hole since 1999, astronomers say.
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Lake Vostok Breached
Russian scientists have confirmed that they have breached the subglacial Lake Vostok in Antarctica—a first.
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Violent Monkey Takeover
"This doesn't look good," says a Nat Geo explorer as rivals menace a patriarch. Hours pass, blood spills, and power changes hands. Video.
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"Porta Potty" Flower Found
A new relative of the "corpse flower" growing in Madagscar smells like rotting meat and feces, researchers say.
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Pictures: Bird Mummies "Fed" After Death, Stuffed With Snails
Some of the millions of ancient Egyptian ibis mummies were "fed" after death, scans reveal—the better to live through the afterlife.
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Oldest Animal Discovered?
Could 760-million-year-old African "sponges" be humankind's earliest known ancestors?
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Can Bubble Curtains Help Whales?
Oil and wind power companies are testing a novel technology—air bubbles—to shield marine mammals from the sound of offshore operations.
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16th-Century Guinea Pig Found
The tiny South American rodents were bred as pets across social classes in 16th- and 17th-century Europe, a new study says.
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Photos: "Monster" Crustaceans Found
"It's a mystery" why giant, shrimp-like animals found off New Zealand are nearly three times larger than other amphipods, experts say.
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Texas Moves to Save Critical Groundwater
Ogallala Aquifer has dropped as much as 150 feet.
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Good News, Bad News on U.S. Energy Outlook
The "all of the above" energy approach Obama championed in his State of the Union speech is at odds with U.S. climate goals.
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Uranus Easy to Find This Week
Thanks to a close encounter with Venus, sky-watchers will have the chance the next few nights to easily glimpse the "green giant" Uranus.
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