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Century Since Passenger Pigeon Extinction
The 100th anniversary of the last of the species finds biologists dreaming of preventing or even reversing extinctions.
Sunday
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Big Ideas Were Born at Sea
Unsung heroes of the seas—how pirates, slaves, and motley crews shaped the modern world.
Sunday
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1833 Meteor Storm Started Citizen Science
The science of shooting stars owes much to a storied episode of crowdsourcing, a new historical report shows, kicked off by a stunning 1833 meteor shower.
Saturday
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Photos: On Labor Day, Honoring Workers
On U.S. Labor Day, we honor the people who labor daily to make their lives—and ours—better.
Saturday
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Photos: This Week's Erupting Volcanoes
Photographers captured volcanoes rumbling to life around the world, from Papua New Guinea to Ecuador.
Friday
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Half of Syrians Displaced
As many as three million people have fled the country, and millions more have been internally displaced within Syria.
Friday
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Five New "Flying Monkeys" Found
Five species of acrobatic monkey that have long flown under the scientific radar have been named in South America, a new study says.
Friday
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Week's Best Space Pictures
Mars sports a weird crater, a young star gleams in its own reflection, and a new island continues a fiery growth spurt.
Friday
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Ivory: To Trade or Not?
Stirring renewed debate, a respected conservationist argues that government corruption makes a legal ivory trade unworkable.
Friday
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Eagle Poisoned by Lead
An eagle and its rescuers fight for its survival after the raptor is found dying by the side of the road.
Friday
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What Drives Ebola Doctors?
History's worst-ever Ebola outbreak has sown terror in countries with virtually no health care infrastructure of their own. Foreign health-care workers are an essential part of the response.
Friday
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Seven Sisters Star Cluster Controversy Solved
Enjoy the Seven Sisters without worry—astronomers have settled a scuffle about the storied star cluster.
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Brain Zaps Boost Memory
Repeatedly stimulating certain brain networks with a noninvasive technique improves associative memory in humans.
Thursday
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New Insights Into Arctic's First People
Arctic's first human arrivals kept to themselves for thousands of years.
Thursday
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The Future of Food
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How to Feed Our Growing Planet
National Geographic explores how we can feed the growing population without overwhelming the planet in our food series.
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Pictures: World’s Beaches
Summer’s almost gone, but beaches are forever.
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Pictures of a Lethal, Gelatinous Beauty
The Portuguese man-of-war is infamous for its painful sting, but one photographer finds the beauty inside this animal's dangerous embrace.
Monday
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