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Opinion Five ways Americans can save water through food choices

As eaters and consumers, Americans can profoundly reduce water waste and water consumption through the food choices they make. Here are five ways American food consumers can help save water.

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Terrorism & Security North Korea explains why it sentenced American Kenneth Bae to hard labor

Mr. Bae was detained and sentenced to 15 years in prison. North Korea today spelled out its charges, which include plotting to overthrow the government.
78,000 to live on Mars: Have you signed up?

78,000 people have applied to live on Mars. Up to 3,000 will make the first cut, and the 28-40 finalists will spend seven years training before 4 finally get selected for a one-way trip to live on Mars.
Scientists unravel mystery of cannibal shark embryos

Sand tiger sharks have been known for devouring each other in the womb. Scientists now believe that they can explain why.
CSI: Ancient Egypt? Investigating the 'Gospel of Judas'

Scientists reveal how they verified that the text known as the 'Gospel of Judas,' which paints Judas and Jesus as collaborators, dates to about 280 A.D.
Change Agent New nonprofit joint venture will tell the positive stories of Afghanistan

The Afghan Dreamers project will highlight 'really good people doing really amazing things' that 12 years of war has overshadowed.
Opinion Five ways Americans can save water through food choices

As eaters and consumers, Americans can profoundly reduce water waste and water consumption through the food choices they make. Here are five ways American food consumers can help save water.
Hot air balloon crash: Despite risk, adventure tourism on the upswing

Hot air balloon crash in Egypt leaves 19 dead. A woman on a hiking trip in Hawaii swept away and drowned. Adventure vacations have serious consequences, some like the balloon crash and hiking trip happened recently, but the industry is growing.
Bestselling books the week of 2/21/13, according to IndieBound*

What's selling best at bookstores across America.
Top Picks: 'Otello' the opera, candid president photos, and more

Amoeba Music digitizes its record collection, PowerMobyDick.com helps you decode Melville's text, and more top picks.
Verbal Energy A fascination with vanishing languages

In a world that seems relentlessly bent on homogenization, there's something appealing about languages that so perfectly fit the distinctive tribal cultures of their speakers.
Editor's Blog Hello Mars. Goodbye sci-fi

Since the dawn of astronomy, the Red Planet has fascinated humans. For most of history, it's been just outside the range of human discovery, which made it ripe for the imagination. Now, with the Curiosity Rover's high-resolution photos and mobile science lab, Mars is joining our world.
Saving Money 13 best, cheapest, and weirdest travel destinations of 2013

Decide where to take your next vacation with this compilation of "best of" travel destinations for the coming year, from Amsterdam to New Zealand.
Top Picks: 'Downton' returns, a celebration of the funny women of the small screen, and more

Writer Gretchen Rubin studies how to be 'Happier At Home,' National Geographic ranks the best trips to take in the coming year, and more.
Chapter & Verse Bill O'Reilly's 'Killing Kennedy' will be adapted as a National Geographic special

National Geographic and director Ridley Scott, the producers behind the adaptation of O'Reilly's 'Killing Lincoln,' will also take on 'Killing Kennedy.'
'West by West': 20 stories from Jerry West's autobiography

Basketball great Jerry West's autobiography is rife with revelations about the legend.
The world begins celebrating 2013

Australia and Asian nations are celebrating the New Year in style, from fireworks in Sydney and Hong Kong to a street party in Indonesia. Around the world, people are greeting 2013 with optimism.
Top Picks: International light displays, the albums of classical music Grammy nominees, and more

The website Complex provides a behind-the-scenes glimpse into Amazon's warehouses, PBS airs the history of a renowned ballet company, and more.
Instagram retreats following backlash (+video)

Instagram, a photo-sharing service acquired by Facebook earlier this year, reversed some of the unpopular proposed changes to its terms of service. The remaining new provisions will go into effect on January 19.
Instagram uproar: A testing ground for Facebook? (+video)

A popular photo sharing site owned by Facebook, Instagram released new terms of service on Monday. Now Instagram users have a month to decide how much control over their data they are willing to give up.
10 coffee table books that make great gifts

Stuck for a present for that friend that's hard to shop for? Check out one of these gorgeous coffee table books.
Saving Money 30 ways to spend $0 on gift wrap

Gift wrap becomes trash the moment a present is opened, so spending money for it is senseless. Here are 30 ways to never pay for gift wrap again.
Top Picks: 'Deathly Hallows' Ultimate Edition, Barbra Streisand's unreleased recordings, and more

Ken Burns returns with 'The Dust Bowl,' National Geographic's Andrew Evans documents his travels on Twitter, and more top picks.
Tiny 'Dracula' dinosaur had bristles and fangs, ate veggies

The 200-million-year-old dinosaur 'was two-legged, probably fleet-footed, and had grasping hands,' said researcher Paul Sereno.
World's only undersea lab could shut down

Lack of funding has left the Aquarius Reef Base, an underwater laboratory in the Florida Keys, fighting for its survival.
Latin America Monitor Brazil's solution to prison overcrowding: time off for reading books

Brazil's prison population is 66 percent larger than the system has room for, writes a guest blogger. In an effort to curb overcrowding, new policies offer reduced sentences for things like reading.