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Saturday, January 21, 2023
In today’s newsletter, w= e see the architectural wonders made o= f mud, explore a possible alternative to opioids, celebrate Lunar New Ye= ar, search for circular econ= omies … and determine if the redhead = rumors are true=2E
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You hear the pit before you see it, says photographer M= oises Saman=2E

Inside, men tirelessly swinging rock-crushin= g hammers=2E Women haul loads of granite up steep walls=2E Children work be= side them=2E Tires burn=2E

The insatiable need for concrete in Burki= na Faso’s modern construction projects keep quarries like the Pissy = Granite Mine (above) running=2E Now there's a growing c= all to return to traditional mud building techniques across the Middle East= and North Africa—especially as temperatures rise=2E

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High-rises of mud: The city of Shibam in Yemen= was built with the heat in mind=2E Nicknamed Manhattan of the Desert, the = tall earthen buildings create shade and their white walls reflect sunlight= =2E The city dates back to the 16th century=2E
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Divine protection: The mud brick walls are mor= e than six feet thick and insulate the Grand Mosque of BoboDioulasso in Bur= kina Faso=2E Walls made from concrete cinder blocks, on the other hand, all= ow heat to pass through freely=2E
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Returning to tradition: Salima Naji, a Morocca= n architect and anthropologist, believes that her country has forgotten the= benefits of mud buildings in the heat=2E “But we must remember, bec= ause we need it now more than ever,” she says=2E <= strong style=3D"">Read more=2E
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These yellow disks (above) prove there’s better= way to toss used cooking oil Related: The = massive ‘fatbergs’ filling the world's sewers
A new, non-addictive pain killer could = replace opioids
California may experience an increasingly rare ’superbloomȁ= 9;
These sibli= ngs set aside their musical instruments=2E=2E=2E and discovered a planet
Invasive ants are a bigger t= hreat than we thought
Preservation or pillage? How the Parthenon = lost its marbles
Sunday is Lunar New Year=2E Here’s why = it prompts the world’s largest human migration
A growing search for traces of the ancient = Chola dynasty
Happy National Squirrel Day! Now to settle the debate: Are gray squirrels = smarter than red squirrels?
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PHOTOGRAPHS BY JAN VE= RMEER
Scary and beautiful: The new show The Last of Us has us thinking about fungi that can create zombies&= #x2014;which already exis= ts, by the way=2E But during the pandemic, photographer Jan Vermeer also had fungi on the mind=2E Stuck at home in t= he Netherlands, he started photographing fungi that appeared in his neighbo= rhood (like the fly agaric mushroom, left, and the Rama= riopsis pulchella fungus, right)=2E
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A world with no trash? Photographer Luca Locatelli was on assignment in Iceland to see what a= waste-less world might look like=2E His work focused on “circu= lar economies” that aim to use few new resources and recycle eve= rything else=2E “Iceland is a place of balance between humans and na= ture,” says Locatelli of these houses near Glj=C3=BAfrab=C3=BAi wate= rfall=2E

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Redheads forever: Certain cosmetic and DNA tes= ting companies have proposed that redheads are going extinct=2E But genetic= ists would like to set the record straight: The rumor is false=2E Decades o= f research have revealed how redheads evolved—and why the trait is a= round to stay, = Nat Geo reports=2E

Related: A Nat Geo photographer&= #x2019;s winding journey making portraits of redheads
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Today’s soundtrack: La Bicicleta, Carlos Vives<= /strong> and Shakira

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