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Pictures: "Supergiant," Shrimp-Like Beasts Found in Deep Sea - National Geographic

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Pictures: "Supergiant," Shrimp-Like Beasts Found in Deep Sea
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Marine scientists have hoisted up a mysterious new species of "supergiant" amphipods from one of the deepest ocean trenches in the world, scientists announced Thursday. Seven of the pinkish, shrimp-like animals crawled into a trap left in the Kermadec ...

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Iran's Undisputed Weapon: Power to Block the Strait of Hormuz - National Geographic

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Iran's Undisputed Weapon: Power to Block the Strait of Hormuz
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The Strait of Hormuz, the slender water passageway for 20 percent of the world's oil, is seen from space. In this June 1991 view from the space shuttle Columbia, the Persian Gulf is at the top of the image, with the Gulf of Oman below, and Iran to the ...

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"Ping-Pong" Planets Can Bounce From Star to Star - National Geographic

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"Ping-Pong" Planets Can Bounce From Star to Star
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A planet in a two-star system can end up in a gravitational ping-pong match that can last for millenia before the planet gets ejected into interstellar space, a new study suggests. Scientists had previously theorized that gravitational interactions ...

Is This Russian Landscape the Birthplace of Native Americans? - National Geographic

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Is This Russian Landscape the Birthplace of Native Americans?
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Native Americans originated from a small mountainous region in southern Siberia, new genetic research shows. The work is the most targeted study yet to suggest a genetic "homeland" for North America's indigenous peoples, according to the authors.

Elephants Took 24 Million Generations to Evolve From Mouse-Size - National Geographic

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Elephants Took 24 Million Generations to Evolve From Mouse-Size
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Large mammals such as the black rhino (pictured) take longer to evolve than do small mammals. Some mammals need roughly 24 million generations to go from mouse-size to elephant-size, a new study says. Using both fossil and living specimens, ...

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