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Scheduled for completion in 2014, Turkey’s Ilisu Dam will generate nearly 2 percent of the country’s electricity. It will also submerge dozens of towns on the Tigris River, including 12,000-year-old Hasankeyf. The dam also threatens to dry up Iraq’s Mesopotamian marshes some 1,000 miles (1,609 kilometers) downstream, affecting the people …

Climbing dream team Alex Honnold, Mark Synnott, and Jimmy Chin face rugged cliffs, knife-wielding thieves, and deadly waters as they traverse the globe searching for the next great rock to climb. Upcoming Events at National Geographic Live! http://events.nationalgeographic.com/events/ The National Geographic Live! series brings thought-provoking presentations by today’s leading explorers, …

A terrifying experiment tests the fight-or-flight response of unsuspecting passersby. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe About Brain Games: Using a series of experiments, illusions and man-on-the-street demonstrations, host Jason Silva and guest experts unlock the science behind the mysteries of why we say, eat, feel and act as we do with episodes …

Mind and body have to work together to win this competition. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe About Brain Games: Using a series of experiments, illusions and man-on-the-street demonstrations, host Jason Silva and guest experts unlock the science behind the mysteries of why we say, eat, feel and act as we do with …

Michael, Seth, and Tom test their noses to find peppermint among the crowd. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe About National Geographic: National Geographic is the world’s premium destination for science, exploration, and adventure. Through their world-class scientists, photographers, journalists, and filmmakers, Nat Geo gets you closer to the stories that matter and …

Tom poses the fact that human pupils expand when they see something attractive. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe About National Geographic: National Geographic is the world’s premium destination for science, exploration, and adventure. Through their world-class scientists, photographers, journalists, and filmmakers, Nat Geo gets you closer to the stories that matter and …

On the Lily, Captain Hollywood takes aim on a school of tuna with the help of some air support. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe ➡ Watch all clips of Wicked Tuna here: http://bit.ly/WatchWickedTuna About Wicked Tuna: Wicked Tuna follows a group of salty fishermen from the nation’s oldest seaport, Gloucester, Massachusetts, as …

Endurance jumps an icy river and Military rides an ice luge straight towards a moulin. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe About National Geographic: National Geographic is the world’s premium destination for science, exploration, and adventure. Through their world-class scientists, photographers, journalists, and filmmakers, Nat Geo gets you closer to the stories that …

Weather threatens both Dave on the Tuna.com and Paul on Miss Sambuca. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe About National Geographic: National Geographic is the world’s premium destination for science, exploration, and adventure. Through their world-class scientists, photographers, journalists, and filmmakers, Nat Geo gets you closer to the stories that matter and past …

Military crosses the glacier while the Mountaineers climb a sheer ice cliff. ULTIMATE SURVIVAL ALASKA AIRS SUNDAYS at 10P. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe About National Geographic: National Geographic is the world’s premium destination for science, exploration, and adventure. Through their world-class scientists, photographers, journalists, and filmmakers, Nat Geo gets you closer …