Coral (and predators) gather around undersea lava. Plus, coronation everything; the history of Cinco de Mayo
 | | PHOTOGRAPH BY LAURENT BALLESTA | | Coral are recolonizing rock formations. New growth comes amid spewing volcanos—as do new predators like orange sea slugs and dogfish sharks.
“There is a great sense of precariousness here, but underwater life is like that—at once fragile and obstinate,” says photographer and Nat Geo Explorer Laurent Ballesta, who dove down to witness the grumbling, spitting, spewing world in action. | | | | |
 | | PHOTOGRAPH BY LAURENT BALLESTA | |
New life—and predators: Where lava flows are the oldest, sea life is already recolonizing rock formations. New growth attracts predators such as the Antiopella cristata, an orange sea slug with white-tipped dorsal projections (above). Read more.
| | | |
 | | PHOTOGRAPH BY ADAM WOOLFITT, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION | | | |
 | | PHOTOGRAPH BY STÉPHAN GLADIEU | | | |
 | | PHOTOGRAPH VIA SCIENCE SOURCE/AGE FOTOSTOCK | | In 1957: She was met with silence after speaking to a room full of men about physics. Then the room erupted in applause. Chien-Shiung Wu (above), who worked on the Manhattan Project, is often called The First Lady of Physics for her pathbreaking work.
| | | |
 | | PHOTOGRAPH BY JOERG MUELLER, VISUM/REDUX | | The new weight-loss drug: “Obesity is an inappropriate starvation response,” one doctor tells Nat Geo—and most physicians now recognize it as a disease. So, the FDA is evaluating a new obesity treatment: Mounjaro. But how does this weight-loss drug compare to others? And how does it really work? (Above, a man on a scale.)
| | | |
Today’s soundtrack: Not Strong Enough, boygenius
We hope this newsletter brightened your Thursday! It was curated and edited by David Beard, Hannah Farrow, Mallory Benedict, and Jen Tse. Have a story idea? Let us know here. Know a friend who might want our newsletter in their inbox? Here’s the signup. See you tomorrow! | | | |
Clicking on the Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and National Geographic Channel links will take you away from our National Geographic Partners site where different terms of use and privacy policy apply.
This email was sent to: mitch.dobbs.pics@blogger.com. Please do not reply to this email as this address is not monitored.
This email contains an advertisement from:
National Geographic | 1145 17th Street, N.W. | Washington, D.C. 20036
Stop all types of future commercial email from National Geographic regarding its products, services, or experiences.
Manage all email preferences with the Walt Disney Family of Companies.
© 2023 National Geographic Partners, LLC, All rights reserved. | | |
