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Tuesday, April 2, 2024

In today’s newsletter, we rediscover the Ice Maiden of Ampato, explore an experimental first in the use of psychedelics ... and hunt for extraterrestrial life.

The Ice Maiden of Ampato reconstructed by Oscar Nilsson with clothes made by weavers from Centro de Textiles Tradicionales in Chinchero

PHOTOGRAPH BY DAGMARA SOCHA

Atop the Andean mountain, the teenager met her death. Five hundred years later, her body was discovered—and only recently have specialists reconstructed her face.

Her visage stands as testimony both to scientific discovery—and to a life that was extinguished in a mysterious Inca ritual. Read the full story.

THE ICE MAIDEN OF AMPATO

STORIES WE’RE FOLLOWING

Silhouetted liberty cap mushroom, surrounded by a pink and purple aura.

PHOTOGRAPH BY NIGEL HUTCHINGS, SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY

Can psychedelics treat people with a severe brain injury? (Pictured above, a Kirlian photograph of hallucinogenic mushrooms.)

With spring starting to warm things up, how much SPF is enough? Your burning questions, answered

We may finally know the real Egyptian pharoah who went after Moses (Free article)

Your workout can have profound—sometimes dangerous—impacts on digestion. These tweaks can help.

Can art tell us which animals were on Noah’s ark?

Colon cancer diagnoses are rising. Here’s what to look out for.

LED light therapy for skin is trendy—but does it work? (Free article)

Who was Mary Magdalene? Historians are still trying to figure it out.

WHAT IN THE WORLD?

Portrait of a violinist and composer wearing a white wig, believed to be Vivaldi

SCALA, FLORENCE

What happened to Vivaldi? The composer of The Four Seasons was little more than a footnote for 200 years after his death, despite his iconic melodies. But, a 20th-century innovation restored his worldwide fame.

THE ‘REBIRTH’ OF AN ICON

LAST GLIMPSE

An illustration of what exoplanet K2-18 b could look like based on science data

ILLUSTRATION BY NASA, CSA, ESA, J. OLMSTED (STSCI) , SCIENCE: N. MADHUSUDHAN (CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY)

The hunt for alien life: The mixture of gasses measured in the exoplanet K2-18 b suggests it may have a global ocean beneath a hydrogen-rich atmosphere—and astronomers even spotted a tantalizing, though unconfirmed, sign of life. Here’s what we know.

LIFE BEYOND EARTH?

Today’s soundtrack: Another World, Gary Morris (feat. Crystal Gayle)

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