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National Geographic explores the science behind lightning strikes. Lightning strikes during thunderstorms kill more Americans each year than either tornadoes or hurricanes.
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Crocodiles in the southern African country of Malawi often eat more than just regular wildlife prey. Sometimes they attack humans who get in their way.
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Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin set foot on the moon in 1969. Now, his sights are set on Mars! His new book, Mission to Mars, tells us his vision for space exploration. Get it here!
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Buzz Aldrin is on a quest to push the boundaries of the universe as we know it. As a pioneering astronaut who first set foot on the moon during mankind's first landing of Apollo 11 and as an aerospace engineer, Aldrin has a vision, and in this book he plots out the path he proposes, taking humans to Mars by 2035.
Do you dare to dream big? Then join Aldrin in his thought-provoking and inspiring Mission to Mars!
Footage courtesy Science and Analysis Laboratory, NASA-Johnson Space Center; NASA JPL/Caltech; NASA/JSC; Lunar rover video supplied by Onyx Media, LLC/Getty Images. Music: "Mars," Nick Ingman/Terry Devine-King, Audio Network Plc.
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The small water chevrotain has some big distant cousins, but it must rely on instinct when a crowned eagle decides it would make tasty prey.
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Stunning video of a boa constrictor killing and then eating an iguana. It all happened in the Costa Rican backyard of National Geographic Explorer Susan Perry.
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Richard Ambrose and Jonny Phillips visit a state-of-the-art milking station that is fully automated and can milk 70 cows three times a day.