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HOW ALCOHOL HURTS WOMEN

January 2, 2024

In today’s newsletter, we learn why women are suffering from a scourge that traditionally affected men; find out how to create good habits ... and discover how cats really think. Plus, did our ancestors interbreed with a ‘ghost population’?

A cocktail on a table and a woman holding another cocktail in the background

PHOTOGRAPH BY ARTUR WIDAK, NURPHOTO/GETTY IMAGES

Wine Country. Cosmo-soaked Sex in the City get-togethers. Tequila shots at the bar. Hollywood pushes the image of modern, empowered women bonding over—and clinking—glasses of liquor.

Ah, but there’s a hangover: As the gender gap in drinking narrows, alcohol-related complications in women are rising. Affected: everything from immune system disorders to breast cancer.

Here’s what we know.

Considering a Dry (or drier) January?
—When you go sober for even a month, your body will change. Here’s how.
—Mocktails have surprising health benefits, even for drinkers

STORIES WE’RE FOLLOWING

A kitten mid-pounce in Decatur, Illinois.

PHOTOGRAPH BY SETH CASTEEL, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CREATIVE IMAGES

Happy Mew Day today: What do cats really think? A new book has insights. (Above, a kitty mid-pounce in Illinois.)

How to create good habits in the new year—or anytime

Could The Last of Us or Jurassic Park really happen? We asked scientists about sci-fi movies.

How to determine your biological age—not your chronological one. (Hint: Your face is key)

What is ‘inflammaging’? Here's how inflammation affects you differently as you age.

It’s not too late to quit smoking. How your body recovers.

1 in 40 Americans have hoarding disorder. This might help.

’The Color Purple’ has been a success on stage and screen. Why do book-banners keep trying to take it out of schools and libraries?

9 spectacular night sky events to see this year

WHERE IN THE WORLD?

A diptych of a courtyard and a dungeon in a mountaintop fortress in southern Spain

PHOTOGRAPHS BY JOSÉ MANUEL NAVIA

On this day in 1492: Spanish forces took the last Moorish stronghold in Iberia, with its fabled mountaintop palace and gardens. Nat Geo recently got a behind-the-scenes look at the restored fortress (above left, a cloister-like courtyard; at right, a silo that stored grain—and served as a dungeon.) Which city are we in?

A. Córdoba
B. Grenada
C. Sevilla
D. Toledo

CLICK FOR THE ANSWER

IN THE SPOTLIGHT

Susie Troxler, 52, plays with daughter Lily, who’s almost two years old, in Lily’s bedroom. “The baby doesn’t know that you’re 50, nor does the baby care,” Troxler says. “You’re gonna have to chase them just as if you’re 25.”

PHOTOGRAPH BY JACKIE MOLLOY

Parenthood is changing. With more developments since IVF, science is getting closer to revolutionizing the prospects of childbearing once again. As more people postpone parenthood, scientists are working on a “moon shot” that could effectively increase the possibility of birthing children later in life (pictured above, Susie Troxler, 52, plays with her two-year old daughter, Lily).

WHAT COULD THIS MEAN?

LAST GLIMPSE

a fragmented human skull found in an archeological site on a black backdrop

PHOTOGRAPH BY REMI BENALI, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION

Do you believe in ghosts? There’s rising thought that early humans interbred with a “ghost population.” When and where, you ask? Is there proof? (Pictured, a skull from which researchers extracted DNA to trace the spread of early Europeans.)

HERE’S WHAT WE KNOW

Today’s soundtrack: Walking With a Ghost, Tegan and Sara

We hope this newsletter helped you get in the swing of a new year. It was curated and edited by David Beard, Nancy San Martín, Jen Tse, and Nishita Naga. Were you forwarded this email or know someone who might want our newsletter? Here’s the signup. See you tomorrow!

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