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What Lies Beneath Stonehenge
Underground images show a large complex of monuments and buildings used in rituals dating back thousands of years.
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Scotland's Independence by the Numbers
What would an independent Scotland mean for the U.K.? Here are some charts to break it down.
Thursday
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Bug, Spider Myths Squashed
How many spiders do we really eat in a year? Can cockroaches survive nuclear winter? What’s the difference between venomous and poisonous?
Thursday
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Amazon's Law of the Gun
Community leader foretold his own death at the hands of criminal loggers.
Thursday
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First Known Swimming Dinosaur
Spinosaurus could move from land to water, dining on the swampy prey of the ancient world.
Thursday
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Solar Storm May Spark Auroras
A double-barreled solar outburst promises weekend northern lights.
Thursday
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Ancient Whale Hunt Under Fire
A recent campaign spearheaded by Sea Shepherd seeks to end a thousand-year whaling tradition in the Faroe Islands.
Thursday
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Jihadist Changes to Fight Radicals
Morten Storm claims he enabled the U.S. to kill al Qaeda in Yemen's leader, Anwar al Awlaki.
Thursday
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Remembering 9/11 With Indelible Pictures
National Geographic photo editors have chosen 27 iconic images that tell stories from one of the country's darkest days.
Thursday
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Pelican-like Pterosaur Discovered?
A pterosaur may have skimmed lakes looking for prey, collecting them in a throat pouch like a pelican's, scientists suggest.
Thursday
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Turning Point for a "Fantasy" Fuel?
Project Liberty is the first of three commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol plants opening this year.
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Can Elephants Track Scents?
How can a jumping spider travel so fast? Can you calm your jittery cat? Read this week's Ask Your Weird Animal Questions column.
Wednesday
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Big Bang Element Goes Missing
Astronomers think stars should contain three times more of the element lithium as they actually do—and new observations of distant stars add to the mystery.
Wednesday
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Elephant Enthusiast Mourned
The founder of an elephant sanctuary in Maine who was accidentally crushed to death by the animals is remembered and mourned.
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