In the Nov. 10 SN: Real benefits of virtual therapy, monkey malaria in humans, round electrons disappoint, mouse pups with two dads, bats’ hover techniques, Europa’s icy spikes, a vampire burial and more.
MAMMOTH WORLD A Columbian mammoth (Mammuthus columbi), an American mastodon (Mammut americanum) and a gomphothere (Cuvieronius) were among the prehistoric elephant relatives that roamed North America and Eurasia until the end of the last ice age.
Sergio De La Rosa
TREAD LIGHTLY Tiny pieces from rubber tires, brake pads and asphalt make up most of the airborne microplastic pollution around three German highways, a study finds.
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BABY BEWARE Climate change may be spoiling the Arctic as a low-predator haven for ground-nesting shorebirds like these spoonbill sandpipers, named for their distinctive bills.
Pavel Tomkovich
REVEAL DNA analyses of these skulls and bone fragments from Lagoa Santa, Brazil, and other ancient remains from North and South America are helping scientists learn more about the peopling of the Americas.
Natural History Museum of Denmark
