Also, the Viking king behind 'Bluetooth'; how the parents of Jesus met; masters of ‘microsleeps’; castor oil
| Imagine living your best lives into the upper 80s or 90s, with better stress response and immune protection than in younger years.
We're just now finding these characteristics—in a fish living in the American Southwest.
A fish? Yes, the bigmouth buffalofish (above), which holds tantalizing clues to aging. | | | |
| PHOTOGRAPH BY BEN HORTON, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION | | | |
| PHOTOGRAPH BY JESSE RIESER | | Where’s Rudolph? In some places, Santa skips the sleigh. In California, he can be seen riding a surfboard. In this Texas Hill Country town (above), he opts for typical cowboy transportation. And he carries an umbrella, too. This image is part of a Nat Geo feature on new holiday traditions. | | | |
| PHOTOGRAPH BY ACACIA JOHNSON, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION | | Nappers extraordinaire: When nesting, these chinstrap penguins take four-second-long “microsleeps,” a strategy that allows parents to keep constant watch over vulnerable eggs and chicks (above, on Antarctica’s South Shetland Islands.)
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Today’s soundtrack: Eyes on You, Nicky Youre
Coming tomorrow: We’re heading to the Arctic—and the real ‘Murder at the End of the World’
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