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OUR BEST BET FOR LIFE IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM?

Wednesday, June 14, 2023

In today’s newsletter, we discover a key element of life on a Saturn moon, find an underrated aid to nutrition, see the dishtowel that ended the Civil War ... and look for the Earth’s next ocean. Plus, happy National Flag Day.

Saturn's Enceladus

PHOTOGRAPH BY MARK THIESSEN, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

The best spot to look for life outside Earth in our solar system may be a moon of Saturn.

A new discovery finds the rarest element needed for life for the first time in an ocean beyond Earth, on the moon Enceladus. In Greek mythology, Enceladus was a 100-armed monster buried under the volcano of Mount Etna on Sicily. Saturn’s Enceladus (pictured above) may have secrets buried of its own.

WHAT DO WE KNOW?

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STORIES WE’RE FOLLOWING

various seeds

PHOTOGRAPH BY BECKY HALE, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

You may be overlooking this nutritional powerhouse. You shouldn't. (Pictured, sunflower, hemp, poppy, chia, sesame, flax, and pumpkin seeds.)

Where will Earth’s next great ocean be?

Rome wasn’t built for today’s climate. Is there time to save it?

The end of inflammation? New approach could treat dozens of diseases

Why you might find AI creepy

To save jaguars, he acts like a jaguar

The three samurai who unified Medieval Japan

How the ‘Magna Carta of AIDS activism’ sparked a revolution

What is a sonic boom—and is it dangerous?

Does it really matter if you buy organic produce? Here’s what the science says

WHAT IN THE WORLD?

a zebra shark embryo

VIDEO BY JENNIFER HAYES

Saving these vulnerable critters: This wiggling embryo is part of an effort to repopulate this animal in the wild. It is a:

A. Vaquita
B. Whale
C. Xingu Corydoras
D. Shark

CLICK TO FIND OUT

IN THE SPOTLIGHT

the dish towel that ended the Civil War

PHOTOGRAPH BY THE SMITHSONIAN

Where did the other half go? Some southerners hated that the Confederate surrender flag—a dishtowel really (pictured above)—ended up in U.S. hands after the Civil War. Along the way, half of the flag went missing. Here's where you can see the other half.

25 MILLION FOOTSTEPS

a worker in a marigold field

PHOTOGRAPH BY ZHOU NA

Oasis: Inside the ‘factory of the world,’ there is still a corner untouched by machines. In China’s rural Yunnan Province, Nat Geo Explorer Paul Salopek finds workers plucking marigolds for essential oils and traditional medicine (pictured above).

The history of this series: Salopek started in 2013 to retrace our ancestors’ global migration—a 24,000-mile journey by foot. Here’s a look at where he’s been—and where he’s still to go.

KEEP ON WALKING

Today’s soundtrack: Love You For A Long Time, Maggie Rogers

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