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WHAT CAN DOGS DO BETTER FOR YOU THAN YOUR FRIENDS?

Monday, January 29, 2024

In today’s newsletter, we flip the script—and check your knowledge on these four stories. Plus, news headlines and our photo of the day.

A man holds a white dog inside his coat

PHOTOGRAPH BY GERD LUDWIG, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION

We’re making today’s newsletter a joint effort with you, the readers. Here are four stories, and you tell us what makes them special. We’ll make it interesting for the first question: New readers—and quiz-takers—could earn a free trial subscription.

Story No. 1: A new study shows that dogs can be better than your human friends for some things. Which point does the study emphasize?

A. Relieving stress and anxiety
B. Helping you exercise
C. Building your social relationships
D. All of the above

CLICK FOR THE ANSWER

STORY NO. 2: WHERE IN THE WORLD?

Waves crash against a cruise ship maneuvering through the Drake Passage.

PHOTOGRAPH BY MICHAEL MELFORD, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION

What makes these waters so treacherous? Winds unbroken by land howl through the Drake Passage, one of the most dangerous areas in the world for ships. The winds and waves are fed by the three oceans it abuts. Which of these oceans DOES NOT touch the Drake Passage?

A. Atlantic
B. Indian
C. Pacific
D. Southern

HERE’S THE ANSWER

STORY NO. 3: WHAT IN THE WORLD?

PHOTOGRAPH BY ERIC RISBERG, AP

What will be flooding California? In weeks, the most populous U.S. state is forecast to experience two ”thousand-year storms.” Both will rain down from gigantic rivers in the sky (the cause of this 2019 California flooding above). How long can these atmospheric rivers get?

A. 500 miles
B. 1,000 miles
C. 5,000 miles
D. 8,000 miles

STORY NO. 4: WHAT’S BEHIND THIS BREAKTHROUGH?

Author Judith Newman shares a quiet moment with her son Gus, who is on the autism spectrum

PHOTOGRAPH BY LYNN JOHNSON, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION

Determining autism in kids: An estimated 1 in 36 children have autism, but there has been no way to uniformly screen and diagnose them. Until now. (Above, quthor Judith Newman shares a quiet moment with her son Gus, who is on the autism spectrum.) How did this advance come about?

A. A new medical test
B. Machine learning to analyze behavior
C. An app
D. B and C

THE ANSWER’S RIGHT HERE

STORIES WE’RE FOLLOWING

Olympic skier, Lindsey Vonn, the most decorated World Cup American ski racer, exercising in her home gym in Vail, Colorado.

PHOTOGRAPH BY DINA LITOVSKY

The new way you can stop osteoporosis (ski champ Lindsey Vonn demonstrates, above)

The increase in stomach cancer is particularly worrisome because the disease is often more virulent in young women

A bloody 19th-century health craze almost drove these creatures extinct

The lost continent that has been mapped for the first time

Is a shoe-free home really better? Scientists may have an answer.

‘Forever chemicals’ are hiding in your kitchen. Here’s where—and what you can do.

PHOTO OF THE DAY

A black and white photo of a pancake that looks like a moon

PHOTOGRAPH BY ROBERT PUFLEB

Any celestial body might have its creation story—but how many come with a recipe? Consider the moonlike image (above), which is actually a pancake. As they prepared breakfast, web designer Nadine Schlieper and photographer Robert Pufleb were struck by the lunar features they saw in pancakes, from the cratering bubbles as the batter fried to the mottled finished product. The pair ended up making and photographing scores of hotcakes, and reflecting on how images can mislead.

Readers, did you like today’s quiz presentation? How’d you do? Should we try it more often? Let us know!

Today’s soundtrack: He’s Missta Know It All, Stevie Wonder

Today’s newsletter was curated and edited by Jen Tse, Nancy San Martín, Nishita Naga, and David Beard.

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