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This week...the lost negatives of Robert Capa resurface after 70 years, plus a roundup of the week's top science and nature stories, and a weekly quiz that will get you thinking like nothing else.

This week...one of the biggest art thefts of all time, with more than 160 million US dollars in masterpieces stolen. Former head of Scotland Yard's Art Squad Unit Richard Ellis tells us how and why this might have happened. Plus, a roundup of the week's ...

This week ... imagine a world without ice sheets, polar bears, coral reefs, or drinking water. It might sound like science fiction, but it's more the stuff of science. Science journalist and author Mark Lynas pieced together a terrifying picture of what ...

This week...we explore the controversy over the fate of Michael Vick's rescued dogs. We'll talk to PETA who say that keeping them alive at all costs is a dangerous thing and we'll hear the other side of the story from Best Friends Animal Sanctuary in ...

This Week: Snow in South Africa, blazing heat in Moscow, monstrous monsoons in Asia. 2007 was one of the strangest weather years, yet. Expert's say there's more to come. Plus, ancient giant penguins who loved the tropics, and high-tech hatching for ...

This week...scientists grow a beating heart in a lab--what could this mean one day for the millions of Americans living with heart failure? Also, we'll explore the origins of skating--the oldest human powered means of transport. Researchers discover it ...

This week...a special look at the life and legacy of Sir Edmund Hillary, one of the greatest adventurers of all time. Hillary became the first, along with Sherpa guide, Tenzing Norgay to summit Everest in 1953. He died in New Zealand on Jan 11, 2008 at ...

This week: scrubbing CO2 out of the atmosphere with a "synthetic tree", uncovering an Aztec pyramid in downtown Mexico City, analyzing the fossilized bones of an ancient giant panda, downloading the latest in wildlife ringtones, recapping 2007's ...

We're ringing in the New Year with a special look back at the past. Imagine what New York City looked like 400 years ago. Oak forests, hills, streams, mountain lions...they were all once living in Manhattan. Swap out Times Square for a wetland and Murray ...

This week...whale evolution, star wars in space, and monkeys that can do math as well as college kids. Plus, a feature interview with a top virus hunter on a mission to stop the next pandemic before it starts.

This week: Greenland's major "melt down", the secret habits of the long-eared jerboa, the reproductive strategy of Pygmies, a new species of "spitting" cobra, some unusual holiday gift ideas, and much more.

This week: an extraordinarily well-preserved "dino mummy" reveals prehistoric secrets, ecologists explain why divorce is bad for the environment, a 1,400-year-old vase exposes bizarre rituals of the ancient Maya, chimps outsmart a bunch of ...

This week: a special look at the sinking of the ship MS Explorer in Antarctic waters. We'll talk to Jon Bowermaster, who was on the National Geographic research vessel Endeavor, one of the first ships to respond to MS Explorer's distress call. Also, an ...

This week: The homeliest looking dinosaur in the world makes its debut at National Geographic Museum. The Nigersaurus is 110 million years old and has a face that, apparently, only a mother could love. We'll talk to the man who discovered it. Plus, a ...

This week: Two major oil spills in one week: how often do they happen, what we've learned from past clean-ups and a survey of the world's best islands rated by 500 experts. Also, a round of the week's top science and nature stories, including the story ...

This week: astronomers discover a new planet in orbit around a star, 41 light years from Earth. We talk to one of the astronomers behind the finding. Also, a look at Tonga, one of the last feudal kingdoms in the world; where the king wields near absolute ...

This week ... an interview with the man who helped discover the oldest animal in the world, a 405-year-old clam! Also, a look at 700-pound rocks that move ... seemingly on their own. In Death Valley, one of the weirdest looking places on earth, renown ...

This week: unveiling the Mona Lisa's secrets, following the footprints of "polar dinosaurs," discovering why Uganda's crane population is on the decline, unlocking the mystery of a mass spectacle along the Great Barrier Reef, and much more.

This week: reknowned archaeologist Dr. Zahi Hawass discusses the King Tut mummy exhibit that exposes the king's face to audiences for the first time. Find out how rocket racing may bring a virtual track to the skies...and learn why Australian Cane Toads ...