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National Geographic Magazine

May 01 2019
Magazine

Amazing discoveries and experiences await you in every issue of National Geographic magazine. The latest news in science, exploration, and culture will open your eyes to the world’s many wonders.

WHAT’S COMING

Oceans of Debris

MODERN GIRLS, ANCIENT RITE • In May a village in Spain welcomes spring the way it has for centuries, by featuring girls on altars.

THE BACKSTORY • A FEW LUCKY GIRLS IN A SPANISH VILLAGE BECOME SYMBOLS OF SPRING IN FLOWER FRAMES.

The Future of Dying in Style • WE MEMORIALIZE THE DEAD WITH THE TOOLS OF OUR TIMES. IN THE HIGH-TECH 21ST CENTURY, THERE ARE SOME PRETTY ODD OPTIONS.

Ashes to Ashes: Other Options

Will bytes replace gravestones? • A HISTORIAN ASKS HOW WE’LL MARK DEATH AND MEMORIALIZE LOVED ONES IN A DIGITAL FUTURE.

FOUR REASONS SCIENTISTS HAVEN’T YET STOPPED EBOLA

BREAKTHROUGHS • DISPATCHES FROM THE FRONT LINES OF SCIENCE AND INNOVATION

CHINA’S SCIENCE BOOM

SOARING SPIDERS

A FITTING PROFESSION

MOUNT RAINIER IS SHEDDING ITS GLACIERS

TOADS’ SEX LIFE HINGES ON FINDING THE PERFECT POOL

Finding Dignity in a Dirty Job • THE BAYAKOU OF PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI, PERFORM A SERVICE THAT IS ESSENTIAL TO THE HEALTH OF THE CITY. AND YET THEY MUST KEEP THEIR WORK A SECRET.

LITTLE PIECES, BIG PROBLEMS • Newborn fish are eating tiny bits of plastic trash instead of food. If the baby fish die, there will be fewer big fish—and that could rattle the food chain.

LEONARDO’S ENDURING BRILLIANCE • 500 years after his death, Leonardo da Vinci’s stunning creativity and foresight in science, the arts, and engineering continue to amaze us.

The Anatomist • Determined to understand every fiber in the body, Leonardo dissected animal and human cadavers. On this sheet, he rendered the bones and muscles of the arm, shoulder, and foot. Leonardo intended to publish an anatomical treatise but never did. Had he succeeded, he might have been recognized as the founder of modern anatomy, a distinction later given to Andreas Vesalius.

Blurring the Lines • Leonardo didn’t sign his paintings; collaboration was a common practice in his time, one that makes attribution a challenge today. But the 24 works at right are associated, some at least in part, with the master. Two of them, the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper, are among the world’s most famous.

The Scientist • Leonardo not only observed and documented the natural world in his notebooks; he also launched experiments to understand the mechanics of how it worked. He was especially captivated by the properties of water. On this sheet he depicted the movement of water when disturbed by a barrier (top) and when falling from a sluice into a pool (bottom), forming vortices.

The Engineer • Fascinated by the principles of engineering, Leonardo devised plans for bridges, buildings, and military equipment. Above all, he yearned to outline a flying machine for humans, and thus spent more than two decades studying animal flight. On a page from the Codex Atlanticus, he sketched a design for a mechanical wing.

Flights of Imagination • Leonardo often found inspiration in nature. His observations of birds and bats helped refine his attempts, some more successful than others, to engineer flying machines. His quest to achieve manned flight occupied him for over two decades.

The Art of War • Leonardo, a pacifist and likely a vegetarian, called war a “beastly madness.” Yet the artistic genius was drawn into weapon design by his patrons and the creative challenge of imagining tools that amplified human strength. Most of his weapons were very ambitious—and were never built.

The Inventor • Leonardo filled his notebooks with inventions that were never built, including this apparatus designed to allow divers to...


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Frequency: Monthly Pages: 144 Publisher: National Geographic Society Edition: May 01 2019

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Amazing discoveries and experiences await you in every issue of National Geographic magazine. The latest news in science, exploration, and culture will open your eyes to the world’s many wonders.

WHAT’S COMING

Oceans of Debris

MODERN GIRLS, ANCIENT RITE • In May a village in Spain welcomes spring the way it has for centuries, by featuring girls on altars.

THE BACKSTORY • A FEW LUCKY GIRLS IN A SPANISH VILLAGE BECOME SYMBOLS OF SPRING IN FLOWER FRAMES.

The Future of Dying in Style • WE MEMORIALIZE THE DEAD WITH THE TOOLS OF OUR TIMES. IN THE HIGH-TECH 21ST CENTURY, THERE ARE SOME PRETTY ODD OPTIONS.

Ashes to Ashes: Other Options

Will bytes replace gravestones? • A HISTORIAN ASKS HOW WE’LL MARK DEATH AND MEMORIALIZE LOVED ONES IN A DIGITAL FUTURE.

FOUR REASONS SCIENTISTS HAVEN’T YET STOPPED EBOLA

BREAKTHROUGHS • DISPATCHES FROM THE FRONT LINES OF SCIENCE AND INNOVATION

CHINA’S SCIENCE BOOM

SOARING SPIDERS

A FITTING PROFESSION

MOUNT RAINIER IS SHEDDING ITS GLACIERS

TOADS’ SEX LIFE HINGES ON FINDING THE PERFECT POOL

Finding Dignity in a Dirty Job • THE BAYAKOU OF PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI, PERFORM A SERVICE THAT IS ESSENTIAL TO THE HEALTH OF THE CITY. AND YET THEY MUST KEEP THEIR WORK A SECRET.

LITTLE PIECES, BIG PROBLEMS • Newborn fish are eating tiny bits of plastic trash instead of food. If the baby fish die, there will be fewer big fish—and that could rattle the food chain.

LEONARDO’S ENDURING BRILLIANCE • 500 years after his death, Leonardo da Vinci’s stunning creativity and foresight in science, the arts, and engineering continue to amaze us.

The Anatomist • Determined to understand every fiber in the body, Leonardo dissected animal and human cadavers. On this sheet, he rendered the bones and muscles of the arm, shoulder, and foot. Leonardo intended to publish an anatomical treatise but never did. Had he succeeded, he might have been recognized as the founder of modern anatomy, a distinction later given to Andreas Vesalius.

Blurring the Lines • Leonardo didn’t sign his paintings; collaboration was a common practice in his time, one that makes attribution a challenge today. But the 24 works at right are associated, some at least in part, with the master. Two of them, the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper, are among the world’s most famous.

The Scientist • Leonardo not only observed and documented the natural world in his notebooks; he also launched experiments to understand the mechanics of how it worked. He was especially captivated by the properties of water. On this sheet he depicted the movement of water when disturbed by a barrier (top) and when falling from a sluice into a pool (bottom), forming vortices.

The Engineer • Fascinated by the principles of engineering, Leonardo devised plans for bridges, buildings, and military equipment. Above all, he yearned to outline a flying machine for humans, and thus spent more than two decades studying animal flight. On a page from the Codex Atlanticus, he sketched a design for a mechanical wing.

Flights of Imagination • Leonardo often found inspiration in nature. His observations of birds and bats helped refine his attempts, some more successful than others, to engineer flying machines. His quest to achieve manned flight occupied him for over two decades.

The Art of War • Leonardo, a pacifist and likely a vegetarian, called war a “beastly madness.” Yet the artistic genius was drawn into weapon design by his patrons and the creative challenge of imagining tools that amplified human strength. Most of his weapons were very ambitious—and were never built.

The Inventor • Leonardo filled his notebooks with inventions that were never built, including this apparatus designed to allow divers to...


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