Thursday, September 26, 2024

In today’s Discovery newsletter, we encounter England’s teenage queen, discover the world’s oldest cheese, see how puppies become good dogs ... and learn a surprisingly simple treatment for menopause.

She was still a teenager. And Lady Jane Grey had no idea she would be named (briefly) queen of England. Or that she would be railroaded and imprisoned, spending her final days at the Tower of London.

London’s Tower of Terror held other royal prisoners--little princes never seen again, wives of Henry VIII on their way out. But one 20-year-old woman moved from prisoner to become one of England’s mightiest monarchs. Who was she? 

Related: The teenager who became queen of England (for nine days)  The Doomed: The six wives of Henry VIII 
The Disappeared: What happened to the little princes in the Tower of London? 

Training a better dog? Puppy kindergarten is back in session. These pups, depending on their development and age, can pick up all sorts of training here—and researchers are trying out experiments used on human children. What can the doggies learn?  

A. Self-control
B. Human gestures
C. Changing rules
D. All of the above

Today’s Soundtrack: Complication, Robbie Fulks & Jim DeWan

Today’s newsletter was edited and curated by David Beard and produced by Alec Egamov. Sign up here to get tomorrow’s Top Ten Nat Geo stories or catch Sunday’s Photo of The Week.