Does the secret society still exist? Plus, the history of Father's Day; a Nat Geo quiz; crocodile 'virgin births'
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| | Just the name of the secret society, the heavy in a Dan Brown best-seller, gets hearts pumping. The Illuminati. Who was the person who organized these plotters? How did they rise so rapidly? Have they managed to survive and change our world? | | | |
| He seemed so soft spoken: Here’s Adam Weishaupt, who founded the secret Illluminati group, which rose to great influence. At top, the pyramid and the all-seeing eye, Illuminati symbols, also used in the Great Seal of the United States. Read more. | | | |
| MICROGRAPH BY DR TONY BRIAN, SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY | | | |
| PHOTOGRAPH BY GHEORGHE POPA | | Not a painting: It looks beautiful from above, but it shows how mine waste has ruined a valley. Each year, the water level rises, and homes, roads, and trees are sinking beneath the slurry. Where is it?
A. California B. Romania C. Spain D. Ukraine | | | |
| PHOTOGRAPH BY GILLES SABRIÉ
| | Amid a machine-powered society, peace: China is one of the most hyper-industrialized societies on Earth. But along his 12,000-mile walking journey, Nat Geo Explorer Paul Salopek found a fading corner where ancient ways remain the every day practice. Like the picture above, where young Buddhist monks use muscles and meditation in the mountainous northwest of Yunnan.
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| PHOTOGRAPH BY ROBIN HAMMOND, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION | | The mother of Father’s Day: Behind every good man is a great woman, or so the saying goes. And it rings true for this holiday: Sonora Louise Smart Dodd was 16-years-old when her father became a widower and was left to raise Dodd and her five younger brothers alone. She was listening to a Mother’s Day sermon when she realized the need for a day to celebrate dads—especially her own. (Above, a father stands with his fraternal twin daughters.)
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Today’s soundtrack: Daddy, Beyoncé
This newsletter has been curated and edited by David Beard, Hannah Farrow, Nancy San Martín, and Jen Tse. Amanda Williams-Bryant, Alisher Egamov, Rita Spinks, and Jeremy Brandt-Vorel also contributed this week. Thanks for reading! | | | |
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