And our latest Nat Geo quiz—can you guess where in the world?
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 | | PHOTOGRAPH BY MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER BROWN, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION | | Mounting research shows the benefits of treating mood disorders with psychedelic drugs in a supportive environment.
Now researchers are discovering that psychedelics, tested in adult rodents, helped the animals learn in ways only possible as infants. These findings suggest these drugs (above, psychedelic mushrooms) could help patients recover from traumatic brain injuries and strokes. If found to help humans, treatment could include people afflicted with Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s.
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Yikes: Women and alcohol make for a deadly mix. New research shows that women are drinking more, and those in their thirties and forties are surpassing men in the amount of alcohol they consume. While men are still more likely to die from alcohol-related disease, the gap is narrowing.
“It’s legal, readily available, and not so taboo in society, so women feel less worry drinking,” an addiction psychiatry specialist tells us.
Alcohol consumption by women also raises the risk of breast cancer, immune system disorders, fertility problems, and early menopause. Here’s to non-alcoholic beverages. Cheers!
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Flat earth: No matter what the origins of crop circles, the designs are made by flattening crops, usually cereals and grains. “You walk into them, and there is a definite sense of peace,” photographer Robert Ormerod says. “The wind blows through the top of the wheat or the barley in a very kind of beautiful way, almost ripples across like fingertips.” Where is this crop circle from?
A. Bolivia
B. England
C. Nebraska
D. Slovakia
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| | | Maine's mountains and lakes will fill you with wonder | | For some people, the mention of Maine evokes sea breezes and vacations at one of its many beautiful beaches. For National Geographic Photographer Acacia Johnson, she remembers her first time photographing its rugged natural beauty. Join as she explores the pine-scented air and refreshing hikes in the state. | | | |
 | | PHOTOGRAPH BY JOHNNY CRAWFORD, ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION/AP | | Finding its place: The Color Purple, when it published in 1982, won instant success—both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. It was also met with criticism, and has continued to be one of the works most challenged by book-banners in the nation. What’s behind that? (Above, author Alice Walker reads from her book.)
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