Friday, December 14, 2018

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  National Geographic News


  • In 2016, our photographer visited the heavily guarded—and completely empty—parts of the 2,000-mile-long U.S.-Mexico border.
  • Launched in 1977, the twin probes will likely outlive the sun. Find out what star systems they’ll meet as they head deeper into the galaxy.

    • The Trump administration has promised vast changes to U.S. science and environmental policy—and we’re tracking them here as they happen.

  • Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa will resign from his post, his son said on Friday, in a move that will force President Maithripala Sirisena to appoint a replacement to...
  • The Nigerian military has suspended United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) activities in the northeast of Nigeria, it said in a statement on Friday, accusing its staff of training...

    • Kosovo's parliament voted on Friday to create a 5,000-strong standing army, a week after Serbia's premier suggested the move could provoke military intervention by Belgrade...

  • The Geminid meteor shower peaks the night of Dec. 13-14. This guide tells you the best times and places to see these shooting stars (no equipment necessary)...
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  • Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko work outside the International Space Station to inspect a tiny hole that was discovered in a docked Soyuz crew capsule in August...

    • On Dec. 14, 1962, NASA's Mariner 2 spacecraft flew by Venus. See how it happened in our On This Day In Space video series!

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