National Geographic News

A blog on Geography, geographic thought, and cool geography links! Monday, June 29, 2009 Kodak Discontinuing Kodachrome Truly a work of art.

Petaluma, California , June 26, 2009-- Meet Miss Ellie, a 15-year-old Chinese crested hairless that was named the World's Ugliest Dog in the purebred category at the Sonoma-Marin Fair.

For 40th Anniversary of the moon landing, National Geographic has put together a small video that jokes about outdated technology.

For Father's Day, my five-year old GeekSon and I went to Boston's Museum of Science.

The video player is loading. If it does not appear shortly, you may need to enable JavaScript in your Web browser and/or get the latest Flash Player plug-in to view it.

The video player is loading. If it does not appear shortly, you may need to enable JavaScript in your Web browser and/or get the latest Flash Player plug-in to view it.

I enjoyed reading Simon Worrall's article, Made in China, in the latest issue of National Geographic magazine.

This post is written by Will Horton, Flight's Washington, D.C. intern. Sunday night the National Geographic channel premiers its documentary "Hitler's Stealth Fighter" . Hitler? Stealth? Fighter? Modern stealth aircraft design did not start until the 1970s, but this documentary aims to find out if Nazis Germany developed stealth techniques three ...

Get ready: Sunday June 28 on National Geographic is a program called Hitler's Stealth Fighter .

The video player is loading. If it does not appear shortly, you may need to enable JavaScript in your Web browser and/or get the latest Flash Player plug-in to view it.

A recent Carbon Footprint Life Cycle Analysis study that indicated in order to produce the paper needed for one National Geographic magazine weighing 12.3 ounces, 1.27 pounds of CO2 equivalents are emitted.

The " science book " by National Geographic shows just how 'incredibly, unbelievably, immeasurably cool' science is.

LaSalle ads always make us think of the theme song from All in the Family . This one from the February 1929 issue of National Geographic also makes us wonder about the poor schmuck who wrote all that copy.

Orange County residents with unruly dogs may be able to get some professional help from the world-renowned Dog Whisperer.

If you are one of the many hooked on new media coverage of the trumoil in Iran, take my advice and take a break from the computer screen for 90 minutes Monday night at 9 for Iran and the West premiering on the National Geographic cable channel.

Kodak taking Kodachrome away Photojournalist Steve McCurry's widely recognized portrait of an Afghan refugee girl, shot on Kodachrome, appeared on the cover of National Geographic in 1985.

During this, the 30th anniversary of the overthrow of the Shah of Iran and the establishment of an Islamic republic, both HBO and National Geographic are airing films this week that offer American audiences rare insights into Iran.What timing! Obviously, no one at either channel expected the events of the last 10 days, so the films being featured ...

A carbon footprint study by Verso Paper Corp. found that 1.27 pounds of carbon dioxide is emitted to produce one, 12.3-ounce National Geographic magazine.

National Geographic: An anthropologist changes his mind. That was no hominin like us - it's a giant ape.

The third installment of National Geographic s Taiwan to the World comprises four documentaries and will be broadcast in 34 different languages By Ian Bartholomew STAFF REPORTER Saturday, Jun 20, 2009, Page 16 The third season of National Geographic Channel s multi-award winning series Taiwan to the World will premiere in its international ...