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USA Today | 18 hours ago

European-looking mummies found in China, shown in Calif.

...the first to domesticate the horse, says Spencer Wells, who has studied the Tarim mummies and is director of the National Geographic Society's The Geographic Project. "I was shocked...

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Centre Daily Times | 19 hours ago

Los Angeles Times Columnist David Lazarus to Deliver Keynote on “Privacy, Security Breaches and Accountability” at LegalTech West Coast 2010 Conference

...Francisco Chronicle and has written for a variety of news services and magazines, including Fortune, Newsweek and National Geographic. The day-one keynote is sponsored by KPMG and will be...

" National Geographic's photo editors will be selecting their favorites each week, showcasing the best images online. The funniest, most creative Peeps pics from around the world will be selected for publication in an upcoming issue of National Geographic. "We want to know what it felt like to be there," says Dan Westergren, Senior Photo Editor at National Geographic Traveler. "And we want to be able to tell by looking at the photograph that the Peep had a good time."

Calling All Peeps Photographers... Seattlest | 2 days ago

NBC Washington | 20 hours ago

Mongolian Beauty Leads Tonight's Environmental Film Fest

...Mongolia, as a young woman seeks to fulfill a promise to her grandmother. Check it out at 7 p.m. at the National Geographic Society. Tickets are $8 for the film, which is 91 minutes...

CNET News.com | 22 hours ago

Nano GigaPan offers panoramic views of microscopic worlds

...of the Global Connection Project, a joint endeavor of Carnegie Mellon University, NASA, Google, and National Geographic, as a novel way for people to view the world. In recent years, Jay...

Guardian | 22 hours ago

Airbus gets a crafty upgrade by flying the flag for biodiversity Fred Pearce

...ironic. Airbus has increased its cuddlability quotient by partnering with National Geographic on the green wave project. National Geographic is an organisation with a sky-high green...

New Kerala | 1 day ago

Newly discovered Jupiter-sized exoplanet might become cosmic 'Rosetta stone'

...definitely similar to a planet in our solar system, namely Jupiter," UCSB postdoctoral fellow Avi Shporer told National Geographic News. "What is special about this planet is that it...

Centre Daily Times | 1 day ago

GroundWork Open Source Executives Speaking at OSBC 2010 and Novell Brainshare

...legacy management tools. GroundWork Monitor Enterprise Edition powers organizations like Alexza Pharmaceuticals, National Geographic Society, Crocs, National Australia Bank, Siemens,...

NBC Washington | 2 days ago

Food Headlines at Film Festival Tonight

...will be there after the show to discuss the film, and Salatin will join in via phone. This is at the National Geographic Society at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $15-$18. "The Last Giants."

Spartan Daily | 2 days ago

Remembering St. Patrick

...in the '90s, the popularity of the holiday increased again. Although classics Professor Philip Freeman told National Geographic that St. Patrick's Day was basically invented in...

National Geographic News | 2 days ago

Mutant All-Black Penguin Found

...and filmed an all-black king penguin-a very rare mutant-on the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia. © 2010 National Geographic; video: Andrew Evans This all black-feathered king...

National Geographic News | 2 days ago

Cairo Slums Get Energy Makeover

...Culhane, an urban planner and 2009 National Geographic emerging explorer. (The National Geographic Society owns National Geographic News.) "It's the kind of stuff you would do in the...

Seattlest | 2 days ago

Calling All Peeps Photographers...

It's the return of National Geographic's Peeps in Places contest - a light-hearted attempt by the magazine to create the "ultimate global Peeps photo gallery. " National Geographic's photo...