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Wednesday, June 26, 2024

In today’s newsletter, we learn about a struggle to distinguish faces, jump into flaming forests, witness a butterfly’s 4,300-mile journey ... and visit real-life places featured in Star Wars. Plus, get ready for a Nat Geo quiz!

faceless mannequins arranged against a black background

PHOTOGRAPH BY BALLBURN_PHOTOGRAPHY, GETTY IMAGES

Brad Pitt and Jane Goodall are bad at faces. I mean, really bad. Science is uncovering more about the neurological disorder commonly known as face blindness, in which people struggle to remember and recognize faces—familiar or famous.

One thing is becoming clear: Many more people than previously thought have this condition. Do you, or anyone you know?

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Related: How we learn to see faces

STORIES WE’RE FOLLOWING

feet in boots over aerial view of forest

PHOTOGRAPH BY MARK THIESSEN

When wildfires break out, this elite team of ‘smokejumpers’ parachute in

Who was the real Princess Tiana? Meet the Louisiana legend who inspired her.

Love Epsom salt baths? Here's how they affect your body, according to science

This butterfly takes one of the longest insect journeys ever recorded

Why are so many girls reaching puberty earlier?

Most women have uterine fibroids. Doctors have no idea why.

Love summer but hate pesky bugs? These predators are nature’s pest control. Related: You really are a mosquito magnet. Here’s what you can do about it.

Baby great white shark reveals huge nursery near NYC in scientific first

What learning new languages can do for your adult brain

What caused these unique auroras?

Why do we get gray hair?

WHAT IN THE WORLD?

A park ranger taking a photograph of a digital thermometer that shows temperatures are 126 degrees Farenheit, or 52 degrees Celsius

PHOTOGRAPH BY ROGER KISBY, REDUX

Developed in Enlightenment-era France, the metric system of weights and measures is used in all but three nations in the world. The United States is one of those three. What are the other two countries?

A. Andorra and the Seychelles
B. Liberia and Myanmar
C. Russia and Moldava
D. Singapore and Panama

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Related: How the French Revolution created the metric system

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LAST GLIMPSE

A house on the waters of Lake Como in Italy

PHOTOGRAPH BY BERTHOLD STEINHILBER, REDUX

It’s a ‘Star Wars’ world … and we’re just living in it. The series may not take place on Earth, but each setting was inspired by and filmed in a real location, like the Villa del Balbianello (above). Visit some of the most famous real-life places featured on screen, represented as being from Tattooine to the planets Khofar and Olega in The Acolyte (now streaming on Disney+).

VACATION IN HYPERSPACE

Today’s soundtrack: Pon Pón, Khruangbin

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