Ballard’s High-Tech Look on Ocean Worlds
Several of the Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs) Robert Ballard uses to probe the deep were on display Monday at the ribbon-cutting for his new Inner Space Center. They’re an essential part of...
View ArticleWhy Particle Physicists Need to Be Humble
Grand unified theory. Re-creating the big bang. Finding the “God particle.” Some days it seems as if particle physicists are on the verge of discovering the ultimate answer to life, the universe, and...
View ArticleIt’s Like Coming Home, Says James Cameron
James Cameron is one of National Geographic's newest Explorers-in-Residence. Filmmaker and alternative-energy proponent James Cameron, who along with marine ecologist Enric Sala, is a new National...
View ArticleRobert Ballard: Titanic’s Titan
In this post, reprinted from the pages of the April 2011 National Geographic magazine, get a first-person view of life in the field from Explorer-in-Residence, Robert Ballard. MISSION To explore and...
View ArticleWhat Happened To The Titanic Survivors? One Of Them Wrote For National...
Helen Churchill Candee on her trip to Angkor. In February 1935, National Geographic magazine published “Summering in an English Cottage”. The author, a 76-year-old American woman, Helen Churchill...
View ArticleTop 10 “Nat Geo Talks” Videos for 2012
Live presentations have been a part of National Geographic since the Society’s inception in the 19th century, allowing people to embark for an evening on expeditions to the far reaches of the world...
View ArticleGeography in the News: The Timeless Titanic Story
By Neal Lineback and Mandy Lineback Gritzner, Geography in the NewsTM A New Titanic is Coming April 15th 2012 marked the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the luxury passenger ship Titanic. A...
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