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WHAT RAINED DEATH AT THE PASS?

Monday, January 8, 2024

In today’s newsletter, science may have solved a wild adventure mystery, we debate the difference between designer dogs and mixed breeds, meet a barrier-breaking Elvis … and travel to the city that crowned Alexander the Great.

Investigators examine the tent belonging to the hikers/

PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY OF THE DYATLOV MEMORIAL FOUNDATION

An adventure mystery that goes back six decades. Gruesome deaths in the snow (above). Conspiracy theories that included extraterrestrial contact and yetis as likely causes. The terrified climbers fled their camp in socks.

The bizarre deaths of the nine hikers at Russia's Dyatlov Pass have inspired wild speculation (pictured above, investigators examine the tent belonging to the hikers.) Recently, an elegant computer model spit out a surprising explanation for the incident. Do we now know what really happened in that 1959 expedition-turned tragedy?

A ’FROZEN’ SOLUTION?

Film recovered from the scene shows the last photograph taken by the Dyatlov team members cutting the snow slope to erect their tent.

PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY OF THE DYATLOV MEMORIAL FOUNDATION

The last photograph: Film recovered from the scene shows the last photograph taken by the Dyatlov team members cutting the snow slope to erect their tent. Read on.

STORIES WE’RE FOLLOWING

Which breeds this Dalmatian's bloodline is blended with aren't clear from appearance alone.

PHOTOGRAPH BY ANDRESLOPEZFOTOPETS, GETTY IMAGES

Is a mutt better than a designer dog? What are their differences? (Pictured above, a Dalmatian.)

Is tech behind the explosion of ADHD among adults?

Haunted Appalachia? The mountains that witnessed the birth of man and monster

Japan spent decades trying to make itself earthquake resilient. Here's how.

Liked ‘The Bear’? Eat your way around Chicago with these iconic dishes

It’s not too late to join Dry January. Here are the ways going sober helps your body.

Is this the oldest saddle in the world?

Your face yields clues to your ‘real’ age—which could be years behind your chronological age

Utah in the age of dinosaurs

How to effectively make (and stick to) your resolutions

PHOTO OF THE DAY

Airaj Jilani, a retired oil-and-gas project manager from suburban Houston, performs as Elvis Presley.

PHOTOGRAPH BY LYNSEY ADDARIO

Thank you, thank you very much! It's Elvis Presley's birthday today, and what typically doesn't come to mind when you think of The King is a retired oil-and-gas project manager from Houston. However, Airaj Jilani (shown above) can swivel and shimmy with the best of them, photographer and Nat Geo Explorer Lynsey Addario discovered. Learn about his vibrant community.

Related: Why this photographer set out to break Muslim stereotypes

IN THE SPOTLIGHT

A Roman bust of Alexander the Great is on display at the Musei Capitolini in Rome, Italy.

PHOTOGRAPH BY PHOTOGRAPH BY STEFANO BALDINI / BRIDGEMAN IMAGES

You've heard his name—Alexander the Great. Now you can see the ancient Greek city where the king was crowned. A new museum and UNESCO-recognized burial sites shed fresh light on the ruler's lost kingdom (pictured above, a Roman bust of Alexander). Here are some tips on how to see them.

ALEXANDER'S EMPIRE

LAST GLIMPSE

A top view of hands sorting through cordyceps

PHOTOGRAPH BY JUSTIN OLSVIK

Paging Pedro Pascal: The parasitic fungus behind the dystopian series The Last of Us is real — and it's very, very expensive. Considered a folk remedy in China, the price of a high quality kilo of cordyceps (pictured above in a market) has risen to as much as $110,000.

NO ZOMBIES, PLEASE!

Today’s soundtrack: Not the End of the World, Katy Perry

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