http://news.nationalgeographic.com National Geographic News en Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:50:01 -0400 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:50:01 -0400 news-feedback@nationalgeographic.com (news feedback) 2007 National Geographic Society http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/images/global2005/header.gif http://news.nationalgeographic.com http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/10/091015-arctic-ice-free-gone-video-ap.html http://news.nationalgeographic.com/rss/article_id.pl?id=18721284 earth Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0000 <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1"> <tr> <td valign="top"> <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/10/091015-arctic-ice-free-gone-video-ap.html"> <img src="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/images/thumbs/091015-arctic-ice-free-gone-video-ap_60x40.jpg" height="40" width="60" alt="image" /> </a> </td> <td valign="top"> <p>Data released this week by researchers who spent three months this spring measuring ice on the Arctic Ocean suggests that the North Pole could be largely open sea in summer within a decade—and ice free by 2029.</p> </td> </tr></table> http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/10/091001-supervolcano-italy-global-cooling.html http://news.nationalgeographic.com/rss/article_id.pl?id=20003760 earth Thu, 1 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0000 <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1"> <tr> <td valign="top"> <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/10/091001-supervolcano-italy-global-cooling.html"> <img src="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/images/thumbs/091001-supervolcano-italy-global-cooling_60x40.jpg" height="40" width="60" alt="image" /> </a> </td> <td valign="top"> <p>About 280 million years ago a "supervolcano" eruption rocked Italy and may have triggered prolonged global cooling, say scientists who found the volcano and its unusual insides.</p> </td> </tr></table> http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/09/photogalleries/week-in-space-pictures-61/index.html http://news.nationalgeographic.com/rss/article_id.pl?id=8306022 earth Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0000 <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1"> <tr> <td valign="top"> <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/09/photogalleries/week-in-space-pictures-61/index.html"> <img src="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/images/thumbs/090922-week-in-space-pictures-61_60x40.jpg" height="40" width="60" alt="image" /> </a> </td> <td valign="top"> <p>See Saturn "split in half" by sunlight, sparkling sights near the Milky Way's black hole, the futuristic final plane to be tested in a dying wind tunnel, and more in the best new space pictures of the week.</p> </td> </tr></table> http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/09/090922-autumnal-equinox-2009-fall-equinox.html http://news.nationalgeographic.com/rss/article_id.pl?id=70108996 earth Thu, 1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1"> <tr> <td valign="top"> <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/09/090922-autumnal-equinox-2009-fall-equinox.html"> <img src="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/images/thumbs/090922-autumnal-equinox-2009-fall-equinox_60x40.jpg" height="40" width="60" alt="image" /> </a> </td> <td valign="top"> <p>Will day and night really be equally long on September 22, 2009, the autumnal equinox (or fall equinox)? Get the answer—and other first-day-of-fall facts.</p> </td> </tr></table> http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/10/photogalleries/moon-digger-robots-rovers/index.html http://news.nationalgeographic.com/rss/article_id.pl?id=2699537 earth Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0000 <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1"> <tr> <td valign="top"> <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/10/photogalleries/moon-digger-robots-rovers/index.html"> <img src="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/images/thumbs/091020-moon-digger-robots-rovers_60x40.jpg" height="40" width="60" alt="image" /> </a> </td> <td valign="top"> <p>In a battle for the lightest yet strongest, robotic competitors in the 2009 Regolith Excavation Challenge hauled hundreds of pounds of simulated moon soil. Winning designs may actually end up on the moon if NASA builds a lunar outpost.</p> </td> </tr></table> http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/10/photogalleries/week-in-space-pictures-65/index.html http://news.nationalgeographic.com/rss/article_id.pl?id=76083 earth Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0000 <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1"> <tr> <td valign="top"> <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/10/photogalleries/week-in-space-pictures-65/index.html"> <img src="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/images/thumbs/091020-week-in-space-pictures-65_60x40.jpg" height="40" width="60" alt="image" /> </a> </td> <td valign="top"> <p>Get an astronaut's-eye view of a volcanic eruption, examine a newfound Martian meteorite, see proof that a NASA craft smashed into the moon, and more in the week's best space pictures.</p> </td> </tr></table> http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/10/091020-leech-robber-dna-video-ap.html http://news.nationalgeographic.com/rss/article_id.pl?id=51269842 earth Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0000 <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1"> <tr> <td valign="top"> <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/10/091020-leech-robber-dna-video-ap.html"> <img src="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/images/thumbs/091020-leech-robber-dna-video-ap_60x40.jpg" height="40" width="60" alt="image" /> </a> </td> <td valign="top"> <p>Police in Australia say a blood-engorged leech, through DNA testing, led them to a man responsible for the robbery eight years ago of a 71-year-old woman.<i>Video</i></p> </td> </tr></table> http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/10/091020-googling-google-web-searching-dementia.html http://news.nationalgeographic.com/rss/article_id.pl?id=62941437 earth Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0000 <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1"> <tr> <td valign="top"> <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/10/091020-googling-google-web-searching-dementia.html"> <img src="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/images/thumbs/091020-googling-google-web-searching-dementia_60x40.jpg" height="40" width="60" alt="image" /> </a> </td> <td valign="top"> <p>Using search engines may help stave off dementia and memory loss among older people, according to a new report. During the study, key areas of Web newbies' brains were activated after regular Googling.</p> </td> </tr></table> http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/10/091020-2009-orionids-meteor-shower-peak.html http://news.nationalgeographic.com/rss/article_id.pl?id=76443443 earth Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0000 <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1"> <tr> <td valign="top"> <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/10/091020-2009-orionids-meteor-shower-peak.html"> <img src="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/images/thumbs/091020-2009-orionids-meteor-shower-peak_60x40.jpg" height="40" width="60" alt="image" /> </a> </td> <td valign="top"> <p>The annual Orionid meteor shower, caused by debris from Halley's comet, should put on a "decent show" this year as up to 25 meteors an hour streak across a moonless sky, astronomers say.</p> </td> </tr></table> http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/10/091019-32-new-planets-found.html http://news.nationalgeographic.com/rss/article_id.pl?id=7003481 earth Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0000 <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1"> <tr> <td valign="top"> <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/10/091019-32-new-planets-found.html"> <img src="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/images/thumbs/091019-32-new-planets-found_60x40.jpg" height="40" width="60" alt="image" /> </a> </td> <td valign="top"> <p>The massive haul of new worlds brings the number of known extrasolar planets to more than 400, astronomers say.</p> </td> </tr></table>