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 | | PHOTOGRAPH BY BETTMANN ARCHIVE, GETTY IMAGES | | The Saturday Evening Post once called Ann Lowe (above right) “society’s best kept secret.”
Future first lady Jackie Kennedy didn’t mention her by name when asked who designed her wedding dress. Only now—42 years after Lowe’s death—is the pioneering fashion designer getting her own exhibition. What was the holdup?
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 | | PHOTOGRAPH BY STUFISH ENTERTAINMENT ARCHITECTS | | From ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ to Bennu: In his youth, he built his own telescope. Then he built his own electric guitar. The two creations would lead to a path that blends a passion for music and outer space.
Meet rock star scientist Brian May, guitarist for the band Queen—and an astrophysicist—who helped NASA land on a particularly threatening asteroid.
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| Whatever it takes: As a young child living in Kabul, Nat Geo Explorer Shabana Basij-Rasikh dressed as a boy, hid books, and took classes in secrecy, risking her life for education. She went on to found the nation’s only all-girls boarding school. Then, the Taliban drove her away—so she runs the school in exile. (Above, students hang out at the School of Leadership.)
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 | | PHOTOGRAPH BY BRYAN SCHUTMAAT, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION | | Outdoor adventures: From hiking Hawaii’s highest peak to snowshoeing amid Michigan’s frozen waterfalls, the United States offers a breathtaking range of natural landscapes.
And you can flip through the locations in National Geographic's new book Great Outdoors USA: 1,000 Adventures Across All 50 States. Check out where to hike, raft, climb, surf, and bike through some of the best outdoor gems including Texas’ Big Bend National Park (above) where campers along the Rio Grande can soak up moonbeams and starlight in part of the world’s largest Dark Sky reserve.
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Today’s soundtrack: Bohemian Rhapsody, Queen
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