Research is revealing how our connections with others keep us healthy. 

It was the first sensation we felt as infants—the soothing caress of others. Now, after two years of social distance, we are learning more about how crucial hugs and handshakes are.

Also in the June 2022 edition of National Geographic Magazine: 

Iberian lynx: a success story
Transforming trash into art
The deepest cave on Earth?
Philippines reefs under threat

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