Plus, what your lips tell us; spiders that fascinate; the Italian pleasure palace
|  | Wednesday, February 8, 2023 | | | | |
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| | Enemies on all sides, Mary, the deposed queen of Scotland, resorted to complex coded messages as she tried to save her life and topple her cousin, powerful Queen Elizabeth I.
These letters, considered lost for centuries, have been uncovered by a trio of cryptographers. Years of hard work broke Mary's sophisticated ciphers, revealing her plots and plans to oust England’s formidable monarch and return to power.
Where were the letters hidden? How was this code broken? What happened to Mary (pictured above)?
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 | | PHOTOGRAPH BY THE PICTURE ART COLLECTION, ALAMY | | | Discovered: Here's a section of one of Mary Stuart's complex cipher and code tables. The messages often made their way to French officials in Mary’s attempt to regain the throne. Read more. | | | |
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| | New insights on menopause (Pictured above, 44-year-old Lisa Davis, who described ”a particularly hot flush ... a wave of heat rose from the pelvic floor ... to my cheeks.”) | | | | | | | | |
 | PHOTOGRAPH BY GIANLUCA COLLA, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
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 | PHOTOGRAPH BY JAVIER AZNAR
| | | How many species? The world is full of spiders with surprising and beautiful adaptations. Some arachnids thrive in the arctic or live mostly underwater. Others cast their web like a net while some pounce on their prey. How many known spider species are there? Do you have a guess? Click here for the answer. (Above, a rarely seen crab spider in Ecuador.) | | | |
 | | ILLUSTRATION BY ANDREW FAZEKAS | | The Green Comet, and Virgo’s Groove: Last week we captured the best view in 50,000 years of Comet ZTF? Late Friday, however, you can see The Green Comet as it pairs up with Mars in the early evening sky. Binoculars are the best bet to see the receding comet. And if you stay up til midnight you can watch the gibbous waning moon glide by the bright blue-white star Spica in the constellation Virgo. — Andrew Fazekas
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