107.9 The River » national geographic http://theriver1079.com Casper's Real Rock Variety Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:49:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 National Geographic Plans to Transmit Tweets into Space http://theriver1079.com/tweets-in-space/ http://theriver1079.com/tweets-in-space/#comments Thu, 28 Jun 2012 14:00:43 +0000 Don Deane http://thefw.com/?p=133992 As a way to promote its show ‘Chasing UFOs’ and potentially impress aliens with our highly-advanced Twitter technology, the National Geographic Channel will broadcast tweets into the deepest recesses of space this coming August.

]]> http://theriver1079.com/tweets-in-space/feed/ 0 Getty National Geographic Explains How We Got to Seven Billion People [VIDEO] http://theriver1079.com/national-geographic-population-video/ http://theriver1079.com/national-geographic-population-video/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 15:00:51 +0000 Shauna Wright http://thefw.com/?p=52078 Recently, the world welcomed its seven-billionth person. But what does it all mean?

In a stylish video titled ‘World Population: A National Geographic Tour,’ the nature magazine stalwart puts things in perspective with tidbits about how many people are born and how many die every second of every day, the average human lifespan, and the growing popularity of “mega-cities.”

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