This week, we learned …
… the last five years were the hottest ever recorded.

Map by National Geographic
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… what’s happening with the four 2014 finalists for National Teacher of the Year.

Photograph by Rebecca Hale, National Geographic
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… the most massive living thing on Earth is struggling to survive.

Photograph by Diane Cook, Len Jenshel, National Geographic
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… what cities have the most dangerous roads for pedestrians.

Photograph by Diane Cook, Len Jenshel, National Geographic
Where are pedestrians most dangerous?
… grizzly populations around Yellowstone have recovered, and ranchers are frustrated.

Photograph by Drew Rush, National Geographic
What other regions are bearing some grizzlies?
… the Akkadian Empire may have been felled by dust.

Illustration by Louis S. Glanzman, National Geographic
What secrets may have been obscured by the fall of the Akkadian Empire?
… where people are getting arrested.

Why do law enforcement officials discourage overuse of crime statistics?
… what great role models can look like.

Illustrations courtesy Nevertheless
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… a single study in rural Nebraska has documented the entire process of natural selection.

Photograph by David Littschwager, National Geographic
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… giant pandas may not have had a bamboo diet for as long as we thought.

Photograph by Joel Sartore, Photo Ark, National Geographic
What other adaptations have giant pandas developed in order to live in their cold, wet habitat?
… what the population at Mount Vernon looked like in 1799.

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