Plus, psychedelic drug use 3,000 years ago; early dementia detection; the best Easter dishes; levitation
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He understands the appeal of traveling the world to photograph animals. But Visarute Angkatavanich has spent years at home capturing hypnotic images of the “moving color” of Siamese fighting fish (above).
He knows it’s hard enough to get that magic moment with people. But these swirling, painterly fish? Well, Angkatavanich has a few tricks—and, over time, has come to a deeper understanding of his subjects.
Read and see his results here.
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Betta beauty: Are they fish? Or are they dancers? Maybe, both. Their flowing fins and vibrant colors are a result from centuries of selective breeding, dating back to 14th century Thailand.
These Siamese fighting fish have also evolved to tolerate slow-moving, low-oxygen water—and can supplement their oxygen intake by gulping air at the water’s surface, like the golden fish (above left) is about to.
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A fish of a different color: These photos, taken two years apart, show Angkatavanich’s good fortune: different fish in the same position, something that he says rarely happens.
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 | PHOTOGRAPH BY STEFANO UNTERTHINER
| | Alarming warming: Svalbard, a Norwegian archipelago, is known as the fastest-warming place on Earth. Will the animals that inhabit the area (like reindeer above) evolve quick enough to survive? Photographer Stefano Unterthiner turned to the wildlife to find the answer—and snapped stunning photographs along the way.
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Global celebrations: Cultures worldwide celebrate Easter in their own ways—from candlelight services in Peru to reenacting of the life and death of Jesus in Jerusalem. Above, Austrian women in traditional dress share eggs that say “Happy Easter.”
Related: 7 of the best Romanian Easter dishes
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| | The ‘magic Olympics’: The toughest audience for a magician... is a crowd of other magicians. But to become the world’s best, fooling your illusionist peers is a magic must. (Above, two women appear to levitate.) The World Championship of Magic “fits somewhere between the Harry Potter Goblet of Fire competition and the Westminster Dog Show,” Nat Geo reports—and it’s well worth the read.
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Today’s soundtrack: Human, The Killers
This newsletter has been curated and edited by David Beard, Hannah Farrow, and Jen Tse. Amanda Williams-Bryant, Alisher Egamov, Rita Spinks, and Jeremy Brandt-Vorel also contributed this week. Thanks for reading! | | | |
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