2020-03-01_Cosmos_Magazine

It’s important to pick a shady

spot from which to capture the

perfect shot, as shown by editor

Ian Connellan, who went butterfly

spotting for this issue (below, story

p.107). Ilya Mandel and Leslie

Atkins Elliott got a taste of India’s

exciting street life when they visited

Gaden Monastery to teach physics to

monks (right, story page 66).

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ATKINS ELLIOTT, ASHLEY HAY, RICHARD A LOVETT,

KATIE MACK, ILYA MANDEL, NATALIE PARLETTA, IVY

SHIH, TONER STEVENSON, DREW TURNEY, JAMES

URQUHART.

Mind GamesTESS BRADY / SNODGER PUZZLES

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