This week, we learned …
… why fish don’t swim upside down. Read of the week!

Photograph by Paul Nicklen, National Geographic
What’s it like to swim with the world’s biggest fish?
… how taming cows and horses sparked inequality across the ancient world.

Photograph by The Yorck Project, courtesy Wikimedia. Public domain
What is the history of domestication?
… kindergarten is being corporatized.

Photograph by Charlie Hamilton James, National Geographic
What are some Nat Geo memories of kindergarten?
… the first hijab-wearing Barbie is based on an American Olympian.
… Fiji has identified islands lost at sea.

Photograph by Mattias Klum, National Geographic
Where else has sea level rise been connected to disappearing islands?
… how to navigate the marketplaces in one of the world’s largest refugee camps.

What is life like in a refugee camp?
… how the Black Death caused medieval women to shrink.

Illustration from Nürnberger Schembart-Buch, courtesy Christian-Albrechts Universita zu Kiel
Who was the Black Death’s patient zero?
… better tests don’t necessarily lead to better teaching.

Photograph by Kristen Bednarz, National Geographic
… a glossary of library terms.

Illustration by the USSR Post, courtesy Wikimedia. Public domain
Follow the Nat Geo Library and Archives to keep up with the latest lingo!
… how Liberia’s investment in charter schools is working out.

Photograph courtesy the U.S. State Department
How is SMS helping Liberian schools?
… librarians can make the best digital mentors.

Photograph by Photograph by Junaid Ahmed, National Geographic Your Shot
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