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  2012 Photo Contest Winners

  See the winning images from the 2012 National Geographic Photo Contest.

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  Earthquakes' Secret Signals

  For centuries people have tried to predict earthquakes—with no success. Magnetic signals from rocks deep inside the earth are the latest prospect.

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  New Models for Fishing

  Future of Fish is helping fishermen improve their bottom line while better managing stocks for the future.

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  What Lives in Your Gut?

  A citizen science project explores how diet and lifestyle affect the microbes that dwell inside us.

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  Pictures We Love: 2012

  A swarm of tadpoles and an inflatable Stonehenge are among our photo editors' picks of the most interesting news pictures of 2012.

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  The Best Pictures of December

  Mud-slathered tourists, a cabaret comeback, and a glacial "mushroom" appear in our photo editors' favorite news pictures of December.

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  Extreme Diving Gets a Boost

  A newly invented underwater habitat makes it easier for divers to come to the surface following deep dives. Video.

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  Photos: Shell Rig Runs Aground

  Crews have been trying to secure the Arctic drilling rig, which broke free of its tow lines in a storm and is carrying 150,000 gallons of fuel.

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  The Top 5 Exoplanets of 2012

  We pick the most interesting alien worlds discovered in the past year.

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  New Space Pictures

  Star trails streak over a salt lake, ice blooms into "broccoli," and the sun sets off sparks in this week's best space pictures.