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SUSPENDING THE CLOCK= OF REPRODUCTION
Thursday, February 16, 2023
In today’s newsletter, w= e discover the latest science on freezing eggs, hike a <= /em>sea-to-sea Am= erican trail, catch rain-drenched California&= #x2019;s ‘super-shroom’, track a poaching kingpin on the lam =2E=2E=2E and see how = one bunker can help us all survive chemical contamination=2E
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It has been about a decade since freezing a women’s eggs has moved = from experimental and controversial intro the mainstream=2E And only in the= past few years has it become normalized for women who want to extend their= reproductive life=2E

What’s involved? Will insurance cover i= t? What’s the live birth rate, and does it, too, decline with age?
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Please consider getting our full digital rep= ort and magazine by subscribing here=2E
The decision: At left, Alex= , 37, is freezing her eggs until she and her husband have more sta= bility=2E At right, an egg-retrieval needle=2E It goes through the vaginal = wall and up to the ovaries, where it collects follicular fluid and eggs=2E = At top, Kelly, 33, at home, with the needles an= d hormones she used for her two egg freezing cycles=2E Read more=2E
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A poaching kin= gpin is on the run (Above, elephant tusks he was accused= of smuggling)
Can this type of fat make yo= u youthful?
Photos: The disappearing mountai= n hares of Scotland
Love inspired these stunning monuments—= all created by women
That time a Nat Geo Explorer= went scuba diving with the president
= Egypt’s ’Succession’: How a powerful pharaoh held on s= o long that his empire was endangered
Tequila and mezcal are booming= =2E Why that’s bad for bats=2E See it!
Here’s how lifestyle chan= ges could extend your life
Vanished: Wher= e did this Biblical kingdom go? Researchers finally have a clue=2E
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‘It’s a super-shroom!’ T= he unexpected deluge of rain in California this winter has set the stage fo= r an epic, increasingly rare mushroom season=2E The last one, some hunters = say, was more than 20 years ago=2E Even those new to fungi foraging will be= able to find mushrooms in their backyards, ready to be seen, admired, and = often eaten, Na= t Geo reports=2E (Above, mushrooms in the Amanita genus=2E)

Related: Is= this how The Last of Us starts? Because that fungus is real=2E
Also: Why scientists are creating psychedelics with bette= r trips
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Are we contaminated? From massive chemical spi= lls—like the recent train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio—to chemicals i= n everyday products, our bodies are constantly exposed to harmful compounds= =2E The question is, how much are we absorbing? Few know better than the re= searchers who have been testing German blood= and urine for chemicals since 1985 (a few of their some= 400,000 samples stored in a bunker, above)=2E

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From sea to shining sea: Once completed, the G= reat American Rail-Trail will run 3,700 miles and connect Washington, D=2EC= =2E to Washington state=2E This epic project is converting abandoned railwa= ys crisscrossing the Midwest into trails—and is already re-energizing America’s heartland= =2E (Above, a stretch of Nebraska’s 219-mile Cowboy R= ecreation and Nature Trail, which connects to the new cross-country path=2E)
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