Plus: The face of an 8,000-year-old man; new research on the origins of life; the rise of the Virgin Mary
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 | | PHOTOGRAPH BY DIANA MARKOSIAN | | | How the Virgin Mary became the world's most powerful woman | | She barely speaks in the New Testament, and clues about her life remain elusive. Because so little is known of Mary from Scripture, say scholars, "you can project on her whatever cultural values you have." Today, she is celebrated around the world as a universal symbol of maternal love, as well as of suffering and sacrifice. But over the centuries, her image has undergone dramatic shifts. | | | |
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| | | Could a serendipitous discovery reveal the origins of life on Earth? | | Experiments suggest that metabolism could have begun spontaneously on our primordial planet. That has scientists rethinking the steps that could have led to the first living organism—and it has forced them to once again confront a longstanding question: How do we define life in the first place? | | | |
 | | FERNANDO G. BAPTISTA, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CREATIVE | | | An intact tomb is shedding light on a mysterious civilization that ruled Peru | | Around the seventh century A.D., the Wari emerged from obscurity in Peru, rising to glory long before the Inca. They became master engineers and founded a sprawling capital. But unlike other imperial powers they had no system of writing, and many of their sites had been looted over the centuries. The discovery of a rare royal tomb is filling in many of the blanks. | | | |
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 | | PHOTOGRAPH BY TODD GIPSTEIN, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION | | | Now we know how tabby cats get their stripes | | Of the nearly 60 million pet cats in the United States, one of the most common is the classic tabby—a coat pattern that features stripes, dots, and swirls, and what looks like an M imprinted on the cat's forehead. Yet as popular as tabbies are, scientists have known little about how they get this distinctive appearance—until now. | | | |
 | | PHOTOGRAPH BY CHRISTIE HEMM KLOK | | | People are (literally) losing their marbles as an old pastime rises again | | Here's how it works: The marbles must be handmade by glass artists. The artists sell the marbles to enthusiasts who then hide them in public spaces, snapping photos to post as clues within Facebook groups. Once the posts go up, marble hunters venture out to find the treasure, facing untold obstacles and fierce competition. | | | |
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