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WHAT’S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT?

Tuesday, May 21, 2024

In today’s newsletter, we examine what it means to get a sleep divorce, discover a new carnivorous dinosaur in Patagonia … and test your knowledge on two topics (scroll down to take both quizzes). Plus, see stunning images of coral reefs.

Two people face opposite directions in bed.

PHOTOGRAPH BY DOROTHY SING ZHANG

It’s a social taboo. You mean you don’t sleep in the same bed as your partner? A surge in searches for the term “sleep divorce” spurred us to ask: How did it come to be that couples shared sleep space as well as lovemaking? Does it mean they don’t love each other as much?

The answers and the history we found were surprising—and, over the years, often had very little to do with love.

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Related: Here are seven tips for better sleep
Also: Is sleeping on your stomach or back better?

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STORIES WE’RE FOLLOWING

A computer illustration of the newly discovered Koleken dinosaur.

ILLUSTRATION BY GABRIEL DIAZ YANTÉN

Scientists just dug up a new dinosaur—with tinier arms than a T.Rex (above, a computer rendering).

Use weed recreationally? Here’s what experts want you to know.

Do you really need 10,000 steps a day? Here’s what the science says.

These bloodsuckers can pick you out in a crowd. Here’s what you can do to repel mosquitos.

Another toll if Iran erupts into conflict: Several culturally historic sites

The unexpected health benefits of Ozempic and Mounjaro

See the beauty of coral reefs in a whole new way

Some people are disavowing their microwaves—are they really that bad?

Rest: 10 of the best hammocks for camping and sleeping

WHAT IN THE WORLD?

A bee is on a pink flower.

PHOTOGRAPH BY BROOKE MCDONOUGH

Which bees are, um, American? North America has 4,000 species, some of them endangered. Which of the following bees (above) are native to the continent?

A. Bumblebees
B. Honeybees
C. Yellow-legged hornet
D. None of the above

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Related: First-ever photos reveal the intimate lives of wild honeybees
Also: Can a spoonful of honey keep seasonal allergies at bay?

LAST GLIMPSE

A painting of a man

SCALA, FLORENCE

Might makes right? A slim volume, best known as The Prince, from an up-and-down Florentine diplomat has survived for centuries as an exposure of power and calculated statecraft. Some interpret the work by Niccolò Machiavelli (depicted above) as a guide to what characteristics?

A. Cunning
B. Brutal force, if needed
C. Fear as a weapon
D. Flexibility in rule
E. All of the above

WHAT IS MACHIAVELLIAN?

Related: Is Peace on Earth possible? See this trailer from the National Geographic series The Story of Us

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Today’s soundtrack: Two Princes, Spin Doctors

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