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Editorial package on the October 2026 Issue page of nationalgeographic.com

Stories: The Rise (and Rise and Rise) of the Suddenly Ubiquitous Jellyfish — All over the globe, jellyfish are increasingly abundant. In Thailand, which has long harvested edible jellies by the millions, the race is on to put the stinging drifters on more of the world’s plates.; The Hidden Toll of Extreme Heat on Pregnancy — With global temperatures on the rise, researchers are confronting an increasingly urgent problem: the impact of extreme heat on expectant mothers and their babies.; A New Way of Looking at a Very Old Skull — Nearly a century ago, the discovery of a 2.5 million-year-old skull helped redefine our knowledge of ancient human ancestry. Here’s how it became a holographic National Geographic cover.; An inside look at NASA's new Artemis moon rovers — A retro-futuristic space truck and a nimble crustacean on wheels just won a competition to deploy on a future NASA Artemis mission. And we took them out for a spin.