This week, we learned …
… why Louisiana is spending $18 million on a 10,800-square-foot model of the Mississippi. Photos of the week!

Map by John Kappler, National Geographic Education Programs
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… how the search for “hill rice” went from West Africa to the Gullah-Geechee Nation to, improbably and beautifully, a field in Trinidad. Read of the week!

Photograph by International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), courtesy Wikimedia. CC-BY-2.0
… the value of smarter teachers.

Photograph by CT Ticknor
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… we have new protected areas in Seychelles and Chile.

Photograph by Thomas P. Peschak, National Geographic
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… the bittersweet history of border walls.
Courtesy of: Visual Capitalist
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… before-school exercise programs may help students thrive.

Photograph by Michael S. Yamashita, National Geographic
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… seaweeds mitigate ocean acidification.

Photograph by Brian J. Skerry, National Geographic
… how the brilliant history of Nubian civilization was nearly lost to colonialism, and how archaeologists are working to recover it.

Illustration by Gregory Manchess, National Geographic
… the geography of the U.S. Olympic team.

Official White House Photo by D. Myles Cullen
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… kissing may be influenced by geography.

Photograph by Lt. Victor Jorgensen Department of Defense. Department of the Navy. Naval Photographic Center. Public domain
Might language have been influenced by geography, too?
… what states are in the South.

Map by National Geographic