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WEEK IN PHOTOS: Space "Ribbon," Calif. Wildfires, More
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1"> <tr> <td valign="top"> <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/07/photogalleries/wip-week88/index.html"> <img src="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/images/thumbs/080703-wip-week88_60x40.jpg" height="40" width="60" alt="image" /> </a> </td> <td valign="top"> <p>A beach full of red balloons, a new Argo setting sail, and a U.S. flag lit up by lightning are among this week's most colorful events.</p> </td> </tr></table> |
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George Washington's Boyhood Home Found
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1"> <tr> <td valign="top"> <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/07/080702-gw-house.html"> <img src="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/images/thumbs/080702-gw-house_60x40.jpg" height="40" width="60" alt="image" /> </a> </td> <td valign="top"> <p>Wig curlers, a pipe with Masonic carvings, and a half million other artifacts were also part of the discovery, which will help scholars fill in large gaps in the story of the first U.S. president's early life.</p> </td> </tr></table> |
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Everglades Rescue "Out on a Limb" Without Federal Aid
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1"> <tr> <td valign="top"> <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/07/080703-everglades-sugar.html"> <img src="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/images/thumbs/080703-everglades-sugar_60x40.jpg" height="40" width="60" alt="image" /> </a> </td> <td valign="top"> <p>Some environmentalists fear that the historic land deal could be seriously hampered unless the U.S. Congress follows through on a funding commitment it made almost 20 years ago.</p> </td> </tr></table> |
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Penguin Chicks Frozen by Global Warming?
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1"> <tr> <td valign="top"> <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/07/080702-endangered-penguins.html"> <img src="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/images/thumbs/080702-endangered-penguins_60x40.jpg" height="40" width="60" alt="image" /> </a> </td> <td valign="top"> <p>Young penguins are freezing to death as rainfall increases in Antarctica—one of many factors endangering two-thirds of penguin species, a new paper says. <i>With video.</i></p> </td> </tr></table> |
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VIDEO: Puppies Trained for Land-Mine Duty
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1"> <tr> <td valign="top"> <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/07/080703-puppies-video-ap.html"> <img src="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/images/thumbs/080703-puppies-video-ap_60x40.jpg" height="40" width="60" alt="image" /> </a> </td> <td valign="top"> <p>A litter of puppies, bred from dogs in Bosnia, are undergoing training to help sniff out unexploded munitions that litter the Cambodian countryside.</p> </td> </tr></table> |
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PHOTOS: George Washington's Boyhood Home Discovered
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1"> <tr> <td valign="top"> <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/07/photogalleries/georgewashington-photos/index.html"> <img src="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/images/thumbs/080702-georgewashington-photos_60x40.jpg" height="40" width="60" alt="image" /> </a> </td> <td valign="top"> <p>Wig curlers and fragments of a tea service were among the half a million artifacts found at the childhood home of America's first president.</p> </td> </tr></table> |
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Ancient Egypt Settlement Sheds Light on Everyday Life
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1"> <tr> <td valign="top"> <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/07/080701-egypt-discovery.html"> <img src="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/images/thumbs/080701-egypt-discovery_60x40.jpg" height="40" width="60" alt="image" /> </a> </td> <td valign="top"> <p>A well-preserved town provides rare clues to the daily lives of ancient Egyptians, including the importance of local commerce and politics, archaeologists say.</p> </td> </tr></table> |
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Migrating Birds Understand "Foreign Languages"
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1"> <tr> <td valign="top"> <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/07/080702-bird-calls.html"> <img src="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/images/thumbs/080702-bird-calls_60x40.jpg" height="40" width="60" alt="image" /> </a> </td> <td valign="top"> <p>Birds that travel widely can understand warning calls made by other bird species encountered during migrations, scientists say. Stay-at-home birds show no such ability.</p> </td> </tr></table> |
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Stone Age Art Caves May Have Been Concert Halls
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1"> <tr> <td valign="top"> <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/07/080702-cave-paintings.html"> <img src="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/images/thumbs/080702-cave-paintings_60x40.jpg" height="40" width="60" alt="image" /> </a> </td> <td valign="top"> <p>In at least ten locations, prehistoric cave sketches are found in spots that transform and amplify the sounds of human voices and musical instruments, according to a new study.</p> </td> </tr></table> |
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VIDEO: Vermont-to-Caribbean Connection
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1"> <tr> <td valign="top"> <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/07/080703-birds-video-wc.html"> <img src="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/images/thumbs/080703-birds-video-wc_60x40.jpg" height="40" width="60" alt="image" /> </a> </td> <td valign="top"> <p>Every year a Vermont researcher follows another of the state's residents to the Caribbean: the Bicknell thrush, a small migratory bird.</p> </td> </tr></table> |
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Even Modest Increases in MPG Can Equal Big Gas Savings
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1"> <tr> <td valign="top"> <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/07/080702-fuel-efficiency.html"> <img src="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/images/thumbs/080702-fuel-efficiency_60x40.jpg" height="40" width="60" alt="image" /> </a> </td> <td valign="top"> <p>Most car buyers in the U.S. don't know that even small boosts to gas-guzzler efficiency can save more fuel than bigger mpg gains in already efficient vehicles, according to a new study.</p> </td> </tr></table> |
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