Plus, walk with herders trying to stop lion attacks; launch falcons in Abu Dhabi; look into an unexplored volcano for the first time
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Mushrooms are big these days. California is awash in an epic 'shroom bloom. Doctors are experimenting with varieties to make better psychedelics. However, this rainforest on Brazil‘s Atlantic coast offers another type of illumination.
Six newly discovered types of fantastic fungi are lighting up. In the dark. (Pictured above, mycena lucentipes emitting a neon-green glow.) What makes the mushrooms flourish? How do we get there?
See the whole blooming story here.
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But wait, there’s more: One of the world’s most biodiverse biomes in the world, Brazil’s Atlantic Forest gives travelers up close looks at rare flora and fauna. Read more. | | | |
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Is privilege an accurate diagnosis? For cystic fibrosis, doctors often have been slow to diagnose people of color, because it had been considered a ‘white’ disease. It took 54 years for Terry Wright (pictured taking a pulmonary test above) to get properly diagnosed—and he has suffered significant, irreversible lung damage, Nat Geo reports.
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| Herders on the storm: As lightning flashes behind them, Maasai herders talk about lions preying on cattle alongside a vast nature reserve. “I was amazed by the bravery of the guys, who would run right up to the lions, throwing stones to scare them off,” says Nat Geo photographer and Explorer Charlie Hamilton James. Read more about the lion attacks.
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| | Unlocking the sea’s mysteries: Behind every man is a great woman, or in this case three. While two male scientists explored the deep seas in the bathysphere in the 1930s, Gloria Hollister Anable (right) transcribed their observations, Jocelyn Crane Griffin (center) helped identify the marine life, and Else Bostelmann (left) created drawings of the creatures.
That’s not all.
Anable and Griffin also took turns submerging in the small steel orb, with Anable setting the record for reaching the greatest depth by a woman, Nat Geo reports.
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Today’s soundtrack: Wishing Well, by Abby Posner
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