Plus, a secret tunnel in Giza; a grizzly bacchanal; pioneering horse riders; can new treatment reverse arthritis?
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The Pill went on the market for women in the 1960s. And the male contraception pill? Researchers would joke that it was “a couple years away for 50 years.”
But now, new forms of birth control for men finally seem within reach. And not just male hormonal pills, but gels and implants. Many of these developing products are more convenient and foolproof than condoms or easily reversed than vasectomies.
What’s the status of these advancements? And will men share sexual responsibility?
Read the full story here. (Pictured above, sperm swimming around an egg.)
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 | | PHOTOGRAPH BY STEVEN GNAM | | Tiny moths, big bears: When silvery moths migrate to the Northern Rockies to gorge on flowers, the grizzlies climb thousands of feet uphill to meet—and eat—them. A grizzly can feast on tens of thousands of these army cutworm moths a day. But as more and more hikers head into the mountains, they risk scaring the grizzlies off prime eating grounds—or even putting themselves in danger, Douglas Main reports. (Pictured above, a grizzly takes a pause from digging.)
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 | | PHOTOGRAPH BY NICHOLE SOBECKI | | | The land of Kush: Sudan’s turbulent modern-day leadershjip has its youth turning on its historical past, specifically the little-known kingdom of Kush, Nat Geo reports. Explorer Nichole Sobecki shows schoolchildren gathering (above) in front of ancient pyramid tombs at the capital of Meroë where Kushite kings and queens are found. Constructing about 255 pyramids, the Kushites built nearly twice the number Egypt erected. | | | |
 | | PHOTOGRAPH BY ANDRÉ DIB, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC | | What’s an arapaima? “While most large-bodied animal species are declining, it’s the opposite trend [for the arapaima],” said Nat Geo Explorer João Campos-Silva (pictured), a Brazilian scientist working to protect the Amazon and its species.
Arapaima—fish found in the Amazon that can grow to 10 feet in length and 450 pounds in weight—have come back from extinction at a rate of 600 percent in the last 11 years.
Learn more about Campos-Silva’s work.
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Today's soundtrack: On The Amazon, Don McLean
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