1、THROUGH AN ASTRONAUTS EYESAs t r o n a u t P e g g y Wh i t s o n h a s s p e n t 6 6 5 d a y s i n s p a c e mo r e t h a n a n y o t h e r Ame r i c a nMARCH 2018WHAT WE LEARNABOUT EARTH FROM SPACE|O N E ST R A N G E R O C K|1 0-PA RT T V S E R I E S P R E M I E R E S M O N D A Y,M A R C H 2 6,O N
2、 N A T I O N A L G E O G R A P H I C60LIFE AMONG THE RUINSFEATURESI?CONTENTSSyrias civil war turned Aleppo neighborhoods into rubble.Now,as a fragile normalcy returns to the city,the challenge is to rebuild what was lost.By Caelainn Hogan Photographs by Sebastin ListeOn the Cover Peggy Whitson has s
3、pent more days in space than any other U.S.astronaut:665,accumulated over three?as NASAs chief astronaut and?“my sense of what home is has expanded.Since being in space,?Photo by Dan WintersMARCH 2018 VOL.233 NO.3 OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY68|BEYOND THE BLUE MARBLEEarth,in a
4、stronauts eyes.By Nadia Drake Photographs by Martin Schoeller108|DRYING LAKESThe worlds inland waters?-mate change,and drought.By Kenneth R.Weiss 30|EPIC JOURNEYSWhy do some birds mi-grate thousands of miles?their way to the same summer and winter sites year after year?Even as researchers answer tho
5、se questions,theyre discov-ering how humans disrupt these ancient journeys.By Yudhijit Bhattacharjee Photographs by Stephen Wilkes88|WHEN LIFE GOT COMPLICATEDFrom microbes to animals.By David Quammen Photographs by David LiittschwagerFRONTFROM THE EDITORSinger-songwriter Paul McCartney on skipping m
6、eat one day a week VISIONSEXPLOREWellness The health?mushrooms;printing a human organ;and lon-gevity tourism in ChinaSPECIAL POSTER:BIRD MIGRATIONS134|SIBERIAN SOLITUDELife in an isolated village.By Eve Conant Photographs by Elena Anosova?Go to QUALITY TIME WITH DIFFICULT WOMEN What do Frida Kahlo,J
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11、aterials.Printed in U.S.A.PHOTO:MARY MCCARTNEY,MPL COMMUNICATIONS|?FROM THE EDITOR?|?A TALK WITH PAUL MCCARTNEYSusan Goldberg:Should I call you Paul or Sir Paul or?Paul McCartney:Paul.SG:OK.I wasn t sure.I m American,so I don t know about these things.One thing I find so interesting about your Meat
12、Free Monday campaign is that you re just asking for one day a week.Why did you decide to ask for only that?PM:I think if you say to people,“I m a vegetarian.I think it s great.I ve been this way for 4 0 years.Now you should be a vegetarian,”it s too much for them to take in.That means they ve got to
13、 change their whole lifestyle.So what we find is,if you say to people,“Well,try one day,”they can do that.And they re kind of willing to do that.And then some people go,“Oh.This is good.”Or“May-be I ll do two days.”Things like that,I don t think you can approach with a sledgehammer.You ve got to kin
14、d of just keep it gentle.SG:Sometimes I see environmentalists with messages,and it sounds like mor-alistic scolding,and I don t know that it s terribly effective.The singer-songwriter behind many of the Beatles greatest hits,Paul McCartney,75,is still selling out arena concerts.Hes also leading the
15、Meat Free Monday campaign,asking people to skip meat once a week to“help slow climate change,preserve precious natural re-sources,and improve their health.”We met in London recently for an interview.PM:That s what I mean.You know,you have to realize when you leave the room,they re going to talk abou
16、t you,not necessarily in great terms.So I try and keep it something that I would ve understood and I would ve accepted before I was vegetarian.SG:You ve been vegetarian for a long time,right?PM:Yeah.Years ago,Linda his late wife and I were on the farm,and the sheep had had lambs.It was the most beautiful time of the lambs life,full of energyand at one meal,we happened to be eating a leg of lamb.We weren t vegetarian then,so we made the connection.We said,“Should we try and not do this?”We did,an