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Pictures: 7 Cat Species, 1 Forest
Seven cat species all live in a single Indian rain forest, camera traps show—the world's highest known cat diversity.
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Daylight Savings 2010 Facts
When is the big daylight saving time (often called daylight savings time) switchover in spring 2010? Why do we spring forward in the first place?
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Quake Baptism Saves Family
A christening celebration saved a Chilean extended family from the devastation of the February 27 Chile earthquake. Video.
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Star Duo Has Five-Minute Orbit
Two stellar corpses circle each other in just 5.4 minutes, whirling tightly at 310 miles a second, new data confirms.
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Tomb Found Under Torture Mural
The tomb of a headless Maya man has been discovered beneath an ancient chamber famously painted with scenes of torture.
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Your Photos: Haiti Earthquake
See National Geographic enthusiasts' eyewitness views of recovery and ruin in Haiti after the January 12 earthquake.
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Mountaintop Mine Time-Lapse
Satellite views of a West Virginia coal mine show how long-term mountaintop mining can wipe out swaths of forest.
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See-Through Vision Invented
Scientists have figured out how "see" through thin opaque barriers by unscrambling what little light passes through.
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Saturn Moon Has "Slushy" Insides
Under the brittle, icy crust of Titan lies a surprisingly icy mush, a liquid ocean, and a core of rock and ice, new data suggest.
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New Color-Changing Frog Found
Jungle species changes from a black, yellow-spotted youngster to a peachy, blue-eyed adult, scientists say.
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