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 | | NASA'S SCIENTIFIC VISUALIZATION STUDIO, DATA FROM NASA/UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA/CSA/YORK UNIVERSITY/MDA | | Maybe it will just be a close call. Their odds of hitting us? It’s not zero.
A few of these asteroids will be coming dangerously close. Here are five we should keep tabs on. This includes by far the biggest suspect (shown above).
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 | | PHOTOGRAPH BY YURANAN NANTHAISONG | | What is this thing? It has eight legs, is electric blue, and is something scientists are saying is “meant to be seen.” The newest species of what has been found in a mangrove in Thailand?
A. Caterpillar
B. Tarantula
C. Polyphemus moth
D. Wolf spider
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 | | PHOTOGRAPH BY NATALIE KEYSSAR | | Giddy-up! On ranches hundreds of miles from the Mexican border, women known as escaramuzas wear elaborately embroidered dresses and sombreros as they perform a synchronized horseback ballet at a full gallop as part of charreadas—Mexican rodeos.
Hugely popular with Mexico’s elite, the highly competitive sport also thrives within diaspora communities in the United States. Above, members of the Flor de Gardenia (Gardenia Flower) team take part in a charreada in Snelling, California.
Learn more about this historical tradition taking place on both sides of the border.
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 | | PHOTOGRAPH BY WILLARD CULVER, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION | | Missing sweet tooth: Part of the reason your cat turns up its nose at that cupcake left out on the kitchen counter but your dog will find a way to devour it is that pups can taste sugar—felines can’t.
There’s still a lot scientists don’t know about animal taste preferences. But researchers are starting to unravel some of the mysteries around our four-legged friends’ flavor fancies. (Above, a blue Persian cat stares at goldfish in a bowl.)
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