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FOR OUR MEMBERS       How Cutting-Edge Tech Is Helping Athletes Push the Limits Over the last century, improvements in training, testing, technique, clothing, and equipment have helped athletes become better, faster, stronger, and more precise. But researchers believe we have not yet reached the limits of human possibility. How far have we come in our quest to go faster, higher, and farther? And how can technology and new training methods help us push the limits of human performance? Find out in the July 2018 cover story of National Geographic magazine. DIVE DEEPER SHARE FURTHER: SUBSCRIBE TO NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE + RELATED: THE TOP 25 TEAMS IN WORLD CUP HISTORY+

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ANIMALS       New Hope for Nearly Extinct Species Only two northern white rhinoceros are alive today. Could in-vitro fertilization offer them hope? SEE MORE        ARCHAEOLOGY       Titanic Artifacts Caught in International Tug of War For decades, a private company salvaged the doomed liner’s debris—but now, it’s bankrupt. What will happen to the priceless artifacts? GET THE DETAILS

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NEWS       This Alien Moon Has All the Right Stuff for Life On Saturn’s tiny moon Enceladus, perpetual fountains of alien seawater launch salt, silica, and even simple carbon compounds into the void. Now, scientists have found heavy organic compounds containing hundreds of atoms within this spritz. Enceladus may well be the best place besides Earth for life as we know it. LEARN MORE SHARE FURTHER: RELIVE THE CASSINI SPACECRAFT’S AMAZING ‘GRAND TOUR’ OF SATURN+

FROM THE MAGAZINE Relive the space race with our 1964 preview of the Apollo moon missions.  ›› Earthquakes: Will we be able to predict the next “big one”?  ››

NUMBER2KNOW 3.3 MILLION In years, the age of Selam—a toddler that belonged tothe species Australopithecus afarensis, a distant cousin of modern humans. Her remains are one-of-a-kind. FOOT OF 'WORLD’S OLDEST CHILD' SHOWS HOW OUR ANCESTORS MOVED+

SCIENCE & INNOVATION       Meet Lola, a Girl Who Gave Her Final Days to Science “Iwasn’t doing it for me. I was doing it for all the other kids who suffered.” READ HER STORY        ENVIRONMENT       Yellowstone’s Iconic Birds Face ‘Collapse.’ An invasive fish set off a domino effect that has already affected bears and elk. Now it threatens trumpeter swans and other birds. GET THE DETAILS

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1:12 | SCIENCE & INNOVATION       This Soft, Magnetic Robot May One Day Crawl Inside Your Body This isn’t a snowflake; it’s a 3D-printed robot cradling a pill. Devices like this could one day deliver medicine or take tissue samples within people’s bodies. WATCH THE ROBOT SHARE FURTHER: THIS WIGGLY FISH IS THE MOST ADVANCED ROBOT OF ITS KIND+

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