Inside: shark meat, 3,600-year-old tsunami, lookalike bugs
| ![](https://images.emlcdn.net/cdn/1001126/956f3ae9-4a9c-489a-a4ae-c804ff78f70e/sp.gif) | Monday, July 17, 2023 | | | | |
![a boy sleeping](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_sd2Co6TCj3u-j128DWuFRvX9CeG-1_Rx-jVHDjrXnMvsnYbS_kk9NNXdFqnCFhEqo8htsvQG2Rx-CrMjvm1y7BWxZ2tX3QjpM7HKzzX4sef7NO5HM7nnkd2DJI9E-SuUU-aZwDmQgExj9kRh4eXf3iVPGY8j91y0_7rUmg0KmX97U=s0-d) | PHOTOGRAPH BY MAGNUS WENNMAN | | | |
![At one stall in the city of Aracruz, vendor Robson da Vitoria Rodrigues prepares a Caribbean sharpnose shark for his customers.](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_tsUPbjHJWnq3RZJcMOQKIph2NXk6lNF5M7M71Zc7NUVmC-T9X_MU4LxT3T8ZDd9ByMVGbKWJgAkJLOpKYL9h2sZRNyDtDNeTgT0kGVN_bkCUCP_bjn3g006-0DCrmCJ0nlqo9ry51YE1FYDy-8_7PS3Y13fIdPbO_bfADNSrSRYTI=s0-d) | PHOTOGRAPH BY VICTOR MORIYAMA | | | |
![a snake](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_tYFQ4PdRPzPUDqkb612PBNBV1hd9og5VaymnipItfL7ecrr2lElBCjAJXd7MuOh6n00NFlhK1doa7AWc7940M33t9j2NKhcpgesBxj33OJY3ZButDtHrKZsvMTDKCxg1y9TVO6O6cOdU8gqDY4UCfwpTuNjvZ7CGxKCTH7BC7TXRKo=s0-d) | PHOTOGRAPH BY MATTIAS KLUM | | | |
![a woman with acne scars on her back and shoulders](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_ulx_HiezI4JMvrM5a34EURqyYJkVDV8sdX8KUnR77bewjIzZSGRMzVQhZEXx0fnrgI2aA4RhTwgoQkl0ht5JKMC6xjZ8OShuyn_zvHXFrf-9Pj1ml5sTUMIY-Brq6zDK6J19hELFeOrcBLYUJdYbtyvV-_u2g21JKWIAh41q2YpZ2E=s0-d) | PHOTOGRPAH BY SEVENTYFOUR IMAGES / ALAMY STOCK PHOTO | | Hormone balancing, debunked: Feeling crampy? Acne acting up? Tired? Gaining weight? Anxiety? Google these symptoms, and you may read that your hormones are “unbalanced.” But what does that really mean—and what should you do about it? (Pictured above, a woman with acne scars on her back and shoulders.) | | | |
![an older version of a wheelchair](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_uOnbmYgSr1VKTte9INAwETQzzOWjUmr9RSz3a6Zwknwj0w5hLeBURHWZzG426Yfxr30iQikxnc5ltDKq8DsknFh9pVGwNF3CrReRBLOpSOuYkN2R01rg4HMUHcWw3Ltvwq176jOnqFb-T5bnsq0cDsV2CGF-0X0U8Agaw-skMz0a7P=s0-d) | PHOTOGRAPH BY JIM RICHARDSON, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION | | Getting better and better: A series of lighter, more maneuverable wheelchairs haven’t just changed the daily lives of the people who use them—they change their self-perception, Nat Geo finds. (Pictured above, an older version of a wheelchair.) | | | |
Today’s soundtrack: On My Mind, Jorja Smith
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