Plus, inside Leonardo's journals, Columbus or Indigenous Peoples’ Day; can belief help heal?
| | Monday, October 9, 2023 | | | | |
| PHOTOGRAPH BY STEVE PYKE, GETTY IMAGES | | The medical researcher took the precious cargo on a long road trip, stuffed it into a box, and placed it under a cooler.
He took it all the way to Kansas, believing there was something special in the dissected brain, segmented and preserved in celloidin. | | | |
| PHOTOGRAPH BY KARINE AIGNER | | | |
| PHOTOGRAPH BY DARRIN ZAMMIT LUPI, REUTERS/REDUX | | King of bolts: So-called ‘superbolts’ like the one above that struck the sea during a storm in Malta are 1,000 times stronger and brighter than average lightning. Scientists have finally found a cause of these dramatic flashes of electricity.
Related: Chasing lightning | | | |
| PHOTOGRAPH BY KILIII YÜYAN | | Moving past Columbus: Quannah Rose Chasinghorse, a groundbreaking Indigenous model, uses her fame to support her activism, reminding people “whose land you’re living on.” Native sovereignty, she says, is key to “defending my ways of life, trying to protect what’s left.” She was a key part of our feature on Native sovereignty—and also was among the cast of the pathbreaking FX series “Reservation Dogs."
Related: This portrait captures the strength behind the Native sovereignty movement | | | |
| FINE ART/GETTY IMAGES | | Realm of genius: How in the world did Leonardo da Vinci come up with ideas for his eternal masterpieces such as ”The Last Supper” or the ”Mona Lisa?”
A flip through his journals, which includes thousands of notes, doodles, and drawings, provide a glimpse into the thought process of this Renaissance genius. Take a peek! | | | |
Today’s soundtrack: Monday Monday Monday, Tegan and Sara
Thanks for reading today’s newsletter! It was curated and edited by Jen Tse, Hannah Farrow, Nancy San Martín, and David Beard. Is anyone in your family a little too fascinated with the Roman Empire? Let us know! | | | |
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