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FROM the EDITOR

OUR WORLD • BEHIND THE SCENES WITH NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC EXPLORERS • These contributors have received funding from the National Geographic Society, which is committed to illuminating and protecting the wonder of our world. Learn more about the Society’s support of Explorers at natgeo.com/impact.

FIELD DATA • One photographer’s bear troubles, by the numbers

IN FOCUS • JUST IN FROM OUR PHOTOGRAPHERS

THE QUEST TO REENGINEER • Scientists in Belgium—that celebrated bastion of ancient beer culture—are harnessing genetic breakthroughs and machine learning to reimagine how great booze gets built. Here’s how their revelations in the lab could transform the global beer industry.

Brewing Better Beer … Minus the Buzz • The ingredients to make beer were famously codified in a 1516 Bavarian law permitting only water, barley, and hops. In the centuries since, brewers have continually experimented to create endless varieties. The next frontier: suppressing the production of alcohol—without sacrificing the smell, taste, and texture of beer.

TEXAS HORNED LIZARDS ARE EVERYWHERE—Except Where They Belong • Habitat loss and invasive predators have decimated their population. But an unlikely coalition of scientists and ranchers is working to bring the grumpy-faced animals back from the brink.

THE MISSION TO KEEP THE BORDERLANDS WILD • In the rugged terrain where Mexico and the United States meet, a border wall is just the latest obstacle fragmenting habitats and disrupting migration paths. Here’s how a cadre of conservationists is trying to get animals moving.

HOW OBSTACLES HINDER WILDLIFE MOVEMENT IN THE BORDERLANDS

Making the PERFECT PHOTOGRAPH at 10,000 Feet • It took two years and a rare streak of good weather to document a historic winter climb of Cerro Torre.

HOW BRAZIL WENT COUNTRY • AS AN AGRICULTURAL BOOM SWEEPS THE NATION, A HOMEGROWN MUSICAL STYLE AND A NEW KIND OF COWBOY FLAIR - IS MOVING FROM ITS RURAL ROOTS TO THE CENTER OF THE POPULAR CULTURE

CAN THE BASILICA THAT inspired Notre Dame RETURN TO GLORY? • Inside a 180-year quest to restore the world’s first Gothic church

INTO THE KINGDOM OF SEA HORSES • On a Bahamian island, in a landlocked lagoon, the planet’s densest collection of seahorses is offering scientists new insights into the secret lives of one of the world’s most reclusive fish.

The Poles Are Teeming WITH MORE LIFE THAN WE CAN SEE • In order to understand the massive changes afoot in the warming polar regions, oceanographer Allison Fong is hunting for the tiniest clues.

THE WOLFKEEPERS • HIGH IN THE M OUNTAINS OF WESTERN M ONGOLIA, KAZAKH HERDERS HAVE LIVED IN CAREFUL BALANCE WITH WOLVES FOR CENTURIES. NOW THEY ARE INCREASINGLY COMPELLED TO HUNT THE CREATURES THEY HAVE REVERED FOR GENERATIONS.

AN ANCIENT VESSEL • From an ANCIENT VESSEL