... and more about Queen Isabella, National Lion Day, sweating out toxins
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 | | ALFREDO MATUS/ALAMY/ACI | | Was it drought? Bloody power struggles? The wrath of the gods?
The swift fall of the sophisticated Maya civilization perplexes experts today even as evidence points to several factors.
Instead of rising like the great pyramid of Calakmul (above), later fortifications and temples still stand unfinished, as if—all of a sudden—work just stopped.
What did the Maya scribes say? They had fallen silent, too.
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 | | PHOTOGRAPH BY NASA, ESL, DAVID JEWITT/UCLA | | | |
 | | PHOTOGRAPH BY JENNIFER MCCLURE | | Breast or bottle: We know more about cow’s milk than human milk—but as new research surfaces, what we do know could change the lives of millions. (Above, Esme clings to her mother's breast.)
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| Boom-and-bust cycle: When the rains and herds move north in Tanzania’s Serengeti National Park, lions struggle find enough food—leaving some to starve to death. Among these apex predators (above, two male lions rest in a dry lake bed) live zebras, cheetahs, elephants—and an urgent need to protect this intricate web of life.
Related: Are South Africa’s captive lions inbred?
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 | | PHOTOGRAPH BY ORONOZ/ALBUM | | ‘Game of Thrones’ style? To seize power in Spain, Queen Isabella (depicted above in a saintly pose) had to play it smart. As a woman and as the third heir in line, she defied the odds and rose to the top—and ushered in a golden age for Spain. Here’s how.
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Cat-stravaganza! Our series of cat stories for Tuesday’s newsletter got this purr from reader Mary Koyl: “Yes, my cat recognizes my voice, runs to the specific window and sliding glass door when I ask him if he wants me to open them and runs to his food bowl when I ask him if he wants to eat. I could go on.....”
Today’s soundtrack: August 10, Khruangbin
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