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Boy wins National Geographic Bee

by Bethany Sanders, Posted May 25th 2008 4:00PM

Not only did 11-year-old Akshay Rajagopal win first place in National Geographic's annual geography bee this year, he answered every single question correctly in the two day contest. The sixth grader walked away with a $25,000 check, saying he was ...
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Monkeys talk baby talk, too

by Kristin Darguzas, Posted Aug 26th 2007 3:02PM

Baby talk used to bug me. I'm not a particularly touchy-feely-squealy kind of person, in fact I am probably much more crotchety old man than cooing young woman. I used to listen in amazement to Mothers my age whisper to their babies in high pitched, ...
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Program on multiples in the womb tonight

by Kristin Darguzas, Posted Jan 14th 2007 7:13PM

My Mom is a twin, and my father's Mother is a twin, and so when I first found out I was pregnant, I developed a cold sweat wondering whether or not it was true that twins run in families. While Nolan was a single baby, I am still fascinated by ...
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Animals in the womb

by Jonathon Morgan, Posted Nov 25th 2006 11:57AM

Yes, normally this is the place to read about human babies, pregnancies, fetuses and what have you, but today I'd like to turn out attention quickly to the animal kingdom. December 10, National Geographic is airing a special that takes viewers ...
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British kids not so good at geography

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Oct 23rd 2006 12:31PM

National Geographic Kids magazine conducted a survey of more than a thousand British kids, ages six through fourteen, and found that one in five were unable to correctly locate the UK on a world map. Less than two thirds were able to identify the ...
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Eighth-grader wins geography bee

by Karen Walrond, Posted May 25th 2006 12:32PM

From Yahoo!News:  Twelve-year-old eighth-grader Bonny Jain of Moline, Illinois, won the National Geographic Bee on Wednesday, earning him a $25,000 scholarship, and a lifetime membership to the National Geographic Society.  His winning ...
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