A drug that slows down Alzheimer’s; a lost Mayan city; AI identifies cancer targets. Plus, foods to eat if you’re fighting a cold; how Japan prepared its ‘sneak’ attack on Pearl Harbor.
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 | | ILLUSTRATION BY MICHAEL WINDING ET AL., 2023 | |
2023 finally gave us a treatment for a disease enfeebling millions of people. The year also brought the power of AI to identify people at higher risk for prostate cancer, demonstrated the mapping of an insect’s brain (above)—and witnessed mice created in an untraditional manner.
Discoveries abounded in medicine as the world rebounded from COVID-19. Here’s a look at those breakthroughs, followed by discoveries in archaeology and science. | | | |
 | PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY MINISTERO DELLA CULTURA
| | The lost city: You’d think centuries of archaeology would have shown us all we need to know about this planet already, but new technology is fueling major discoveries.
Among 2023's breakthroughs: a lost Mayan city was uncovered; a submerged Roman temple was found (the altar, above); and a cave near the Dead Sea yielded remarkably well-preserved swords from thousands of years ago. Catch the new discoveries.
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 | | PHOTOGRAPH BY NATASHA BREEN, REDA&CO/GETTY IMAGES | | What to eat when you're sick: Colds and flu can sap your appetite, right when you need nutrition the most. These are the foods that will keep your immune system in fighting shape—and a few that could make you feel worse.
(Above, ingredients for a green smoothie.)
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 | | BPK/SCALA, FLORENCE | | | Much more than a pretty face: On this day in 1912, a bust of Nefertiti—a former queen and one of the most mysterious and powerful women in ancient Egypt—was discovered during an excavation among the ruins at Amarna. This stunning bust (above) is perhaps the most famous image of a woman whom some scholars believe ruled as pharaoh after the death of husband Amenhotep IV. | | | |
| WHAT’S AHEAD IN THE NIGHT SKY? | |
 | | PHOTOGRAPH BY BEN HORTON, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION | | 9 must-see night sky events in 2024: Mark your calendar now for an array of celestial wonders, including two solar eclipses, a pair of comets, and numerous planetary encounters, writes our night sky specialist, Andrew Fazekas. (Pictured above, a total solar eclipse in 2017, seen from Idaho.)
Related: What is a solar eclipse?
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Today’s soundtrack: Luz de Luna, Natalia Lafourcade
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