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National Geographic News

Groundhog Day Pictures: Punxsutawney Phil, Now and Then

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Groundhog Punxsutawney Phil Sees Shadow--And Long Winter for 2010
On Groundhog Day 2010, Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow?and six more weeks of winter, according to tradition. Get surprising facts behind the wacky weather prediction.

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Obama Scrubs NASA's Manned Moon Missions
Although NASA will get a budget increase for 2011, plans to return humans to the moon by 2020 would be officially scrapped, because the program is \"over budget, behind schedule, and lacking in innovation,\" according to the White House.

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Birds Got Too Fat to Fly After Dinosaurs Vanished?
The ancestors of ostriches and other flightless birds once flew, a new study says. They apparently grounded themselves in earnest, though, after dinosaurs were wiped out.

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How to Survive Without Sex for 50 Million Years? Dry Up
Scientists have finally solved the mystery of how one tiny creature has flourished for up to 50 million years without sex: it dries up.

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