What did you learn this week? Let us know in the comments or at education@ngs.org.
This week, we learned …
… who the most murderous mammals really are. Editor’s pick of the week!

Photograph by Jason Finlay, MyShot
- What is a meerkat’s mob mentality?
- What factors contribute to meerkat survival?
- Make your own meerkat … then make it kill.
… this orchestra literally plays with its food.
- What vegetables can you turn into instruments? TRY IT
… Earth laws may not apply to Mars. Or Antarctica.
… why humans are mammals, and how a baby can have three biological parents.
.. teenage defiance, an abundant and renewable resource, might be able to be manipulated for the good of our world.
… China just built the biggest radio telescope in the world.
… free-range chickens are an all-you-can-eat buffet for bald eagles, and the Depression was great for the American kitchen.

Illustration by the Agricultural Adjustment Administration, courtesy Library of Congress
… there is a millennial underemployment crisis, but only among liberal-arts majors.

Photograph by Krista Rossow, National Geographic
… France has banned plastic cups, plates, and cutlery in a bid to save the planet—but the developing world is outspending richer countries on renewables.

Photograph by Randy Olson, National Geographic
- What renewable energy resources can the developing world harness?
- What sort of renewable energy projects do you think are being developed?
- Crucial: What organizations do you think are developing renewable energy projects?
… why milk is always in the back of the store.

Painting by Johannes Vermeer, of course. Zoom in at the Rijksmuseum
- What are the different “regions” of a grocery store?
- Are different grocery stores or supermarkets designed in the same way?
Having babies from three DNA!!! Maybe it’s a good technology to have a healthy baby by replacing unhealthy mitrochrondia to stop death.. But life and death is not in our control it’s up to almighty.. If a person has life he will live in any circumstances… And what is that child gonna feel when he knows that he has three parents!! It’s just a technology but still it remains a question is it right????
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Our government has given us permission to interrupt with celestial objects but are we allowed by universe?? Antarctica is also getting melt by our actions… Instead of interrupting too much in nature it’s better to do efforts to save our nature our environment.. .