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Hidden under the tall grasses of a Nicaraguan farm are the remains of a mysterious network of ancient stone circles. Alex Geurds reports from this year’s excavations.
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The top stories on National Geographic’s radar today: Archaeologists have discovered an ancient mural tomb in China, farmed fish overtakes farmed beef for first time in world history, and …
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As National Geographic’s annual Explorer’s Symposium came to an end, NG Weekend revisits some of our favorite adventures from the previous classes of Emerging Explorers. In the coming weeks and months, we will introduce the 2013 class of Emerging Explorers on the show. Here are some of our favorites from over the years…
The top stories on National Geographic’s radar today: An exotic new form of matter may have been discovered in subatomic particles, a new subduction zone between Europe and America is slowly pulling the continents together, and…
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Cook stoves that run on wood or coal aren’t the most efficient way to cook. But we went to Vashon Island just west of Seattle to understand how cook stoves for developing countries are actually getting better—and with them, a whole host of other environmental issues.
The top 10 stories on our radar today: Inbreeding led to rare albino gorilla, a Martian meteorite found in Antarctica may contain building blocks for life, and…
The top 10 stories on our radar today: A prehistoric fish fossil reveals world’s first abs, the Supreme Court rules some genes cannot be patented…
Posted by On our radar today: 1) A black hole bonanza is discovered in a galaxy next door; 2) Nails may be necessary in the process of regenerating limbs, researchers find; 3) A new method of moving the moai on Easter Island emerges, and…
The top 10 stories on our radar today: Researchers have identified a previously unknown layer in human eyes, mobile phone apps that mimic birdsongs may harm birds, and…
National Geographic Weekend celebrates the new Age of Exploration by meeting some of the most celebrated explorers of our past. We chat with astronaut Buzz Aldrin about the future of space exploration, American Everest pioneer Jim Whittaker about the past and present of climbing on Everest.
The top 10 stories on our radar today: Skywatchers this morning may have witnessed a rare meteor shower, the diary of Hitler’s confidant will soon be unveiled to the public, and …
The top 10 headlines on our radar today: Scientists have created a “hole in time,” a tiny fossil may be the earliest primate yet discovered, and …
The top stories on our radar today: Scientists have unearthed what might be the most complete triceratops skeleton ever found, at least 12 new volcanoes have been discovered in Alaska, and …
The top 10 headlines on our radar today: Enormous hot pink slugs discovered, astronauts on Mars would be subjected to dangerous levels of radiation, and…
On our radar today: 1) Scientists discover a way to photograph chemicals before and after their reactions; 2) A fast spinning magnetic star has a strange glitch; 3) Researchers help explain how turtles developed their hard shells, and…
On our radar today: 1) Scientists discover a well-preserved woolly mammoth with still-flowing blood; 2) Nuking asteroids may be Earth’s best protection, one expert says; 3) Mutant mosquitoes lose their lust for the human scent, and…
On our radar today: 1) Why early humans may have taken to two feet; 2) How galaxies feed; 3) King Richard III was buried in a hasty grave, and…
On our radar today: 1) Astronomers spot two galaxies merging; 2) An octogenarian has become the oldest to reach the summit of Mount Everest; 3) A speedy new dinosaur has been found in Canada, and…
On our radar today: 1) Fire ants inspire new rescue robots; 2) NASA plans on printing pizza in space; 3) T. Rex’s cousin ate more like a falcon than a crocodile, and…
On our radar today: 1) Honeybees are being trained to hunt land mines; 2) The world’s smallest liquid droplets have been created; 3) An anteater’s virgin birth in Connecticut, and…
On our radar today: 1) People need to learn to farm to live on Mars; 2) A Japanese reactor lies on an active fault line; 3) Shocks to the brain may improve your math skills, and…
The top 10 stories on our radar today: Scientists have created stem cells from cloned human embryos, 1.5-billion-year-old water has been found in a deep Canadian mine, and…
The top 10 stories on our radar today: The citizens of a small town in Alaska have become America’s first refugees displaced by climate change, a new species of pit viper has been discovered in Honduras, and…
The top 10 headlines on our radar today: A new planet has been discovered thanks to Einstein’s relativity theory, new research suggests that humans’ middle ear bones evolved early, and…
National Geographic explorer and archaeologist Alex Geurds is currently in the field investigating a unique, prehistoric, ceremonial center of stone circles in Central Nicaragua. Follow the expedition here on Explorers Journal through updates from him and his team. Ashes are drifting across the gray agricultural field, purposefully set ablaze some time ago. In the field,…
