Plus, the real Jesus; Churchill's mistake; the 'greenest' plant milk
| | Thursday, December 8, 2022 | | | | |
 | | ILLUSTRATION VIA MY BOX, ALAMY | | Your body feels like it has been shoved into an oven.
But it hasn’t. It’s not even warmer. This has been a central riddle of “hot flashes,” reported by up to 80 percent of women during menopause. Now researchers have figured out the neurons in the brain’s hypothalamus (above, in brown) that create the sensation—and have developed a non-hormonal drug to block them.
“In the past decade, we were finally able to put the puzzle pieces together,” says Genevieve Neal-Perry, chair of obstetrics and gynecology at UNC’s School of Medicine.
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 | | PHOTOGRAPH BY JOHN MOORE, GETTY IMAGES | | | That’s not a train: That multicolored strip on the U.S.-Mexico border, running through the image above, is a makeshift wall ordered by Arizona’s governor. The unapproved, politically motivated construction—actually, just a line of empty shipping containers with barbed wire on top—is messing up one of the most environmentally diverse and sensitive parts of the U.S. Southwest, damaging Forest Service land and blocking critical wildlife movement. “These animals need to be able to move to survive,” conservation biologist Emily Burns tells Nat Geo. | | | |
| Lunch in peace: The Turkish city of Mardin shares an important heritage with Aleppo and Mosul, says photographer and Nat Geo Explorer Rena Effendi. All three contain a tapestry of Syriac, Arab, Turkish, and Kurdish cultures—but now only Mardin remains undamaged by brutal modern wars. Mardin, dating back to Mesopotamian times, “stands as witness to this important historic and multicultural heritage,” says Effendi. (Above, a chef and her family eat traditional icli kofte, Turkish stuffed meatballs, in Mardin.)
Related: Grand Byzantine monuments are easy to miss in modern Istanbul
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 | | PHOTOGRAPH BY SYLVAIN CHERKAOUI, PANOS PICTURES/REDUX | | | The Rolls-Royce of sheep: Few things in Senegal signal wealth and luxury quite like a Ladoum sheep. They can weigh up to 400 pounds and sell for more than $80,000. Those with the right shaped muzzle, horns, and testicles even compete in annual, televised beauty pageants—some with big cash prizes. Photographer Sylvain Cherkaoui documented the prized pets and their proud handlers (like Assane Dieye, above). | | | |
Today’s soundtrack: ‘Worthy is the Lamb,’ by Ntokozo Mbambo
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