National Geographic News Headlines

• St. Patrick's Day Facts: Shamrocks, Snakes, and a Saint
  St. Patrick was born in Britain, stout may be good for your heart, and there's a shamrock shortage in 2010. Learn more in our roundup of St. Patrick's Day facts.
  
  
  
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• Space Photos of the Week: Spring Auroras, Starlets, More
  Auroras spring to life, the Milky Way enters middle age, a Mars moon gets its close-up, and more in the week's best space pictures.
  
  
  
    Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:21:57 -0400
  
  

• Mutant All-Black Penguin Found
  An all-black king penguin—a very rare mutant—was spotted and filmed on the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia. Video.
  
  
  
    Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:12:47 -0400
  
  

• Half-Male, Half-Female Chicken Mystery Solved
  It was a tough egg to crack, but scientists have discovered that half-male, half-female chickens possess a mixture of genetically male and female cells.
  
  
  
    Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:37:31 -0400
  
  

• Extended Daylight Saving Time Not an Energy Saver?
  An extra month of earlier mornings might be reducing use of artificial light, but other types of energy consumption more than offset the reduction, some studies suggest.
  
  
  
    Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:13:00 -0400
  
  

• $20-Million Prize for Renewable Ocean Energy Announced
  Scotland's head of state unveiled the largest challenge prize to date for spurring advances in marine renewable energy, part of a bid to combat climate change.
  
  
  
    Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:12:56 -0400
  
  

• Roll-Up Solar Cells Printed Like Money
  Sheets of flexible solar power cells have been "printed" using presses that normally churn out money—a technology that could help slash energy costs, experts say.
  
  
  
    Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:12:51 -0400
  
  

• Watermelon Juice May Be Next "Green" Fuel
  Step aside, corn: Another summertime picnic favorite might be the next big thing in ethanol production, a new study suggests.
  
  
  
    Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:12:39 -0400
  
  

• U.S. Energy Secretary: Change Can Happen Fast
  Steven Chu spoke with National Geographic magazine about his goals for the next four years, which include quick improvements and long-term developments.
  
  
  
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• New Shock Absorber Turns Pothole Power Into Electricity
  Coming (maybe) to a hybrid near you: new technology that could help run a vehicle off the energy generated by bumps in the road.
  
  
  
    Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:12:12 -0400
  
  

• Poison Gas May Produce Clean Energy
  The world's largest dead zone, the Black Sea, may be chock-full of future clean energy, a new study says.
  
  
  
    Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:12:06 -0400
  
  

• Hot New High-Tech Energy Source Is ... Wood?
  Burning wood may seem backward, dirty, and environmentally hostile. But advanced power plants may hold great potential to save energy, cut costs, and even fight global warming.
  
  
  
    Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:11:58 -0400
  
  

• "Fossil Free" Fossil Fuels May Lie Deep Inside Earth
  Using diamonds and a laser, scientists crushed and heated methane produced from just water and minerals to create the same hydrocarbon blend found in natural gas.
  
  
  
    Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:11:52 -0400
  
  

• Cow Manure, Other Homegrown Energy Powering U.S. Farms
  From wind to sun to cow pies, rural regions are supplying more U.S. farmers with homegrown sources of renewable energy.
  
  
  
    Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:11:48 -0400
  
  

• Cairo Slums Get Energy Makeover
  Using solar panels and biogas reactors, the nonprofit Solar CITIES project is bringing rural energy solutions to the urban poor in Egypt's largest city.
  
  
  
    Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:11:44 -0400