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• TIMELY: September is National Recovery Month.• CHALLENGES TYPICAL CONVICTIONS: Scientists are challenging the view that

addiction is a moral failing and are researching treatments that could offer an exit from the cycle of desire, bingeing and withdrawal that traps tens of millions of people.

• THE LATEST RESEARCH: Advances in neuroscience are allowing scientists to develop a detailed picture of how addiction disrupts pathways and processes that underlie desire, habit formation, pleasure, learning, emotional regulation and cognition in the brain.

NEWSNATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE

SEPTEMBER 2017Look for the September issue online now at ngm.com and on print newsstands on August 29.

Interviews and visuals avai lable.

A Tiny Country Feeds the World• SMALL BUT MIGHTY: The Dutch, the second-largest global exporter of food by dollar value after the U.S., have become world leaders

in agricultural innovation, pioneering new paths to fight hunger and changing the way we farm, with only a fraction of the land available to other countries.

• SILICON VALLEY OF THE FOOD SYSTEM: Firms in Holland are using the world’s most efficient agricultural innovations on a large scale and developing technology to maximize production, including climate-controlled farms, greenhouses that yield much more produce than outdoor acres and with much less chemicals, hydroponic farming, utilizing drones to assess crop conditions, and more.

Available:• Interviews w/ author Fran Smith and a number of featured scientists, researchers and

former addicts• Graphic illustrating how craving and pleasure affect the brain’s reward system and how

addiction occurs within• Explainer video walking viewers through the science of addiction

Available:• Interview w/ author Frank Viviano and a number of featured scientists and researchers• A gallery of photos illustrating some of the new technologies being used by the Dutch

The Science of Addiction (cover story)

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Stewards of the Sea

Available:• Video of photographer Thomas P. Peschak swimming through a “fish tornado” in Cabo Pulmo• Photos of some of the area’s native marine species • Map showing Baja California’s protected areas • Interviews w/ author Erik Vance and photographer Thomas P. Peschak

The Gorillas Dian Fossey Saved• A COMPLEX PAST: To some in Rwanda, the American zoologist and primatologist was a menacing intruder, but Fossey’s work kept

mountain gorillas from being wiped out .• LEGACY UNDER THREAT: Today the great apes face new challenges, including the risk of infection from humans or livestock and other

human activities.

• A SERIOUS THREAT: Ocean conservationists often call the Gulf of Mexico the “aquari-um of the world,” but overfishing has threatened the diversity and quantity of its sea life.

• NOTABLE CASE STUDY: As fish populations crash elsewhere, local communities in Mexico’s Baja California, in partnership with nonprofits and the Mexican government, are limiting catches to keep harvests bountiful, boost tourism and preserve a way of life.

Available:

• Archival photos of Fossey and the gorillas she protected

• Interviews w/ author Elizabeth Royte