And, the real history behind the Freemasons; why isn’t this proven cold medicine on store shelves?
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 | | PHOTOGRAPH BY JASPER DOEST | | Don’t you hate it when people say they live longer because they have good genes?
It’s often about the relationship of lifestyle to your genes. Men who changed physical activity, stress management, and diet were able to turn off genes associated with prostrate cancer growth. Lifestyle changes, including even modest exercise (pictured above), did the same for colon and breast cancer. Lifestyle choices play a role in 40 percent of deaths of people before age 75.
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Who were they: Satan worshippers? Some of the world’s most influential people? Responsible for high-profile murders? The Freemasons have inspired centuries of conspiracy (the initiation ceremony depicted above). We have the real history.
Related: But what about the Illuminati? | | | |
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Tight quarters: Four astronauts will live within 316 cubic feet—about the size of a single-car garage—for 10 days on a lunar flyby next year. About 18 minutes after the launch, solar arrays will span out to power the craft (illustrated above). The astronauts are expected to lose all contact with Earth for up to 45 minutes when the craft flies behind the moon. What’re they looking for?
Related: How NASA plans to send humans farther into space than ever before
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Not a squirrel: Known as witty, multilingual, “the eighth wonder of the world,” and for haunting a cottage on a remote island in the Irish Sea in the 1930s, this snake-hunting creature (depicted above) was a media sensation. Do you know what it is?
A. Marten
B. Mink
C. Mongoose
D. Weasel
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We asked, you answered: Our story about pets and our health prompted quick responses from readers. “I literally could not have made it through the last three years of working from home without my two cats. They have been such a source of comfort and joy through so much turmoil and uncertainty,” writes Monica McDade. “They instinctively have known when I am depressed or sick. To say that they have been lifesavers is not an overstatement, merely a fact.”
Today’s soundtrack: Sprained Ankle, Julien Baker
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