Plus, pandas experience jet lag; a manatee gif; are you getting enough Vitamin D?
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 | PHOTOGRAPH BY FRANK RUMPENHORST, PICTURE ALLIANCE/GETTY IMAGES
| | Nine of 10 prescriptions in the United States are for generic drugs (some pictured above). You may not even know that you are taking a generic, which costs 80 to 85 percent less than a brand name.
You may fear it is less effective, as do some doctors. What do the experts have to say?
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 | | PHOTOGRAPH BY YASIN AKGUL, AFP/GETTY IMAGES | | Warning: Earthquake! Seconds before a devastating quake hits, and depending on where you live, an app on your phone can send you a warning. While this technology is still new and improving, it’s “like weather forecasting 100 years ago,” Nat Geo reports. (Pictured, a car drives past collapsed buildings in Turkey following a February quake in which a warning failed to reach most residents in time.)
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| Sea cows: Some manatees have made their way up to Rhode Island for the first time in seven years. These Florida-native creatures once faced extinction, but they’ve made a comeback. What future do they face now? (Pictured, a juvenile manatee floating in Florida’s Crystal River.)
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| Happy birthday to us! The first issue of National Geographic was published on this day in 1888. It had no photos and cost 50 cents. The first picture essay came in 1905—11 pages with photographs of Tibet. Two board members were so appalled they resigned, saying the magazine was becoming “a picture book.” Since then, Nat Geo has reached millions of people around the globe. Among its many iconic photos, this image (above) captured by Nat Geo Explorer Joel Sartore of an Edward’s fig parrot.
Related: Here’s what was in that first issue
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Today’s soundtrack: Birthday, Kings of Leon
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