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Friday, January 10, 2025

This week’s Top Ten features apocalyptic photos from a still-raging L.A., explores a gigantic, bloody shipwreck, figures out why coughs outlast colds, debunks a Maya narrative ... and discloses a spike in ADHD. Plus, test your knowledge of the wild Serengeti.

The skull of a Batavia survivor excavated on Beacon Island. Archaeologists recently revealed a mass grave on the remote island off western Australia containing the graves of a dozen people who likely died from thirst or disease in 1629 before mutineers seized control.

PHOTOGRAPH BY A. FLAVEL, ‘Shipwrecks of the Roaring 40s’, Australian Research Council

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Murder, mutiny, slavery: ‘World’s worst shipwreck’ was bloodier than we thought

Apocalyptic images as fires ravage Los Angeles

How wildfire smoke affects your body—and how you can protect yourself

Here’s what really caused L.A. fire hydrants to run out of water

The Maya didn’t disappear—and neither did their civilization

If your cold is done, why are you still coughing?

What Aphrodite reveals about ancient attitudes toward love—and desire

Why the first 10 minutes of exercise are so important

Why are record numbers of adults being diagnosed with ADHD?

... AND THE NO. 1 STORY

A steaming cup of tea holds more than flavor—it’s a source of hydration, focus, and antioxidants that support heart health, digestion, and stress relief.

PHOTOGRAPH BY ALEX TREADWAY, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION

After water, the world’s second most popular beverage is tea, and studies show tea drinkers tend to live longer, with fewer chronic health conditions. Why exactly? What is the effect on your body when you drink tea?

WHAT IN THE WORLD?

Tire tracks left by tourist-filled safari vehicles etch a dusty expanse where lions rest in Tanzania’s Hidden Valley. It’s March, and these apex predators have fed well on wildebeest herds calving nearby—the newborns are especially vulnerable. Later in the year, when the herds have followed the rains north in search of better grazing, lions here struggle to find enough prey, and some inevitably starve to death. It’s the boom-and-bust cycle of the Serengeti region that predators of the plains live and die by.

PHOTOGRAPH BY CHARLIE HAMILTON JAMES

These lions, after feasting on wildebeest, are resting in a part of the legendary Serengeti. This home of the wild sits in what two African nations?

A. Ethiopia and Kenya
B. Kenya and Tanzania
C. Kenya and Uganda
D. Uganda and Tanzania

REVEAL THE ANSWER

Another destination: On the trail of the elusive pangolin

Today’s Soundtrack: Breaking Point, Leon Thomas

Today’s newsletter was edited and curated by David Beard and produced by Amanda Williams-Bryant. Let us know if you have suggestions, and/or sign up here to get our upcoming Photo of the Week!

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