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Parking + Housing: A studio apartment that deflates into a parking space

In an attempt to really utilize the shrinking amount of living space in cities, designer Aaron Cheng unveils a micro-apartment concept that, thanks to pneumatics, doubles as a parking space during the day. [...]

Parking + Housing: A studio apartment that deflates into a parking space

In an attempt to really utilize the shrinking amount of living space in cities, designer Aaron Cheng unveils a micro-apartment concept that, thanks to pneumatics, doubles as a parking space during the day. [...]

Supernova blasts revealed in spiral galaxy image

Astronomers studied the galaxy’s 2007 supernova explosion over the course of a year. [...]

L’Oreal heiress sells island paradise in Seychelles

Liliane Bettencourt sold a string of private islands in the Seychelles to a firm linked to an ocean conservation foundation. [...]

Nat Geo series to showcase America’s national parks

The eight-part series, expected to debut in 2015, will use extreme-slow motion, time-lapse photography, and tiny cameras to show the parks like never before. [...]

Tiger numbers on the rise in Nepal

Camera traps took about 300 photographs of tigers in the park in 2011, from which 37 individuals were identified by their unique pattern of stripes. [...]

Tiger numbers on the rise in Nepal

Camera traps took about 300 photographs of tigers in the park in 2011, from which 37 individuals were identified by their unique pattern of stripes. [...]

What’s wrong with India’s electric grid?

Limited sources of energy with an overburdened power grid may compromise India’s growth and stability. [...]

Photos: Massive humpback whale washes up in Australian swimming area

The 33-foot whale was pushed over a chain fence into the public saltwater pool during high tide, probably the result of a rough migration. [...]

NASA telescope begins hunt for black holes

Launched in June, the NuSTAR observatory has observed various bright X-ray sources across the sky to make sure its instruments are in top shape. [...]