YOUR WEEKLY ESCAPE: The famous Viking warrior who was actually a woman

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Extraordinary people, discoveries, and places in a time of turmoil

Take a deep breath. In this crazy time, there are still amazing tales of purpose and dedication, exploration that leads to discovery and understanding, and a natural world that often astounds us. Here are a few of those stories:

PHOTOGRAPH BY THOMAS P. PESCHAK Sea turtles are surviving—despite us These reptiles have roamed the oceans for 100 million years. We've put them at risk, but with a little help, they're rebounding. SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE SHARE

PHOTOGRAPH BY NASA Rugged 'mountains' taller than Everest lurk deep inside Earth Revealed by powerful earthquakes, the subterranean structures offer exciting new clues to why our planet is a chemical oddball. CLIMB! SHARE

ILLUSTRATION COURTESY UPPSALA UNIVERSITY This famous Viking warrior was a woman, DNA reveals The well-known gravesite filled with swords, arrowheads, and two sacrificed horses reflected the ideal of Viking male warrior life—or so many archaeologists had thought. LEARN MORE SHARE

PHOTOGRAPH BY MARTIN SCHOELLER How your outlook changes after you go to space Astronauts try to explain how looking at Earth from orbit has indelibly transformed them. "If I could get every Earthling to do one circle of the Earth, I think things would run a little differently." SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE SHARE

I see at the window just over the street, A maid in the lamplight her love-letter reading. Her red mouth is smiling, her news is so sweet; And the heart in my bosom is cured of its bleeding, As I look on the maiden her love-letter reading. Alice Cary Poet; “The Window Just Over The Street”

PHOTOGRAPH BY BRAD SPUDICH A legendary Ozark chestnut tree, thought extinct, is rediscovered The chinquapin was supposed to have been wiped out by blight. Now one determined Missouri naturalist is hand-pollinating trees in secret groves to bring it back. READ ON SHARE

PHOTOGRAPH BY ROBERT CLARK How we make, remember, and forget memories Human memory happens in many parts of the brain at once, and some types of memories stick around longer than others. READ THE STORY SHARE

Need a distraction? Welcome to the world of competitive wiffle ball (The Ringer)  ›› 11 stranger-than-fiction documentaries on Netflix and Hulu (NYT)  ››

‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ SHORT FILM SHOWCASE‌ ‌ ‌  The extraordinary true story of the first camera phone Phillipe Kahn invented the first camera phone on June 11, 1997, the day his daughter was born. This short film re-enacts the birth of the invention that forever changed the way we document the world around us. WATCH SHARE

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