Rob Stein

The researchers say they hope to produce their first mammoth-like Asian elephant embryos next year.

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Yeah. And then they'll implant them into female Asian elephants, which will hopefully give birth to the first mammoth-like Asian elephant calves by 2028. Wow. I'm going to mark my calendar.

Yeah. And then they'll implant them into female Asian elephants, which will hopefully give birth to the first mammoth-like Asian elephant calves by 2028. Wow. I'm going to mark my calendar.

Yeah. And then they'll implant them into female Asian elephants, which will hopefully give birth to the first mammoth-like Asian elephant calves by 2028. Wow. I'm going to mark my calendar.

And, you know, Gina, they're also working on bringing back other extinct creatures like the dodo bird and the Tasmanian tiger. Yeah.

And, you know, Gina, they're also working on bringing back other extinct creatures like the dodo bird and the Tasmanian tiger. Yeah.

And, you know, Gina, they're also working on bringing back other extinct creatures like the dodo bird and the Tasmanian tiger. Yeah.

Oh, anytime, Gina. It's been fun.

Oh, anytime, Gina. It's been fun.

Oh, anytime, Gina. It's been fun.

Well, this is kind of a good news, bad news story. Let's start with the good news. This winter's COVID surge looks like the mildest since the virus first emerged. Here's Caitlin Rivers. She's an epidemiologist at Johns Hopkins.

Well, this is kind of a good news, bad news story. Let's start with the good news. This winter's COVID surge looks like the mildest since the virus first emerged. Here's Caitlin Rivers. She's an epidemiologist at Johns Hopkins.

Well, this is kind of a good news, bad news story. Let's start with the good news. This winter's COVID surge looks like the mildest since the virus first emerged. Here's Caitlin Rivers. She's an epidemiologist at Johns Hopkins.

There's still plenty of people getting it and even ending up in the hospital or worse. So River says people shouldn't let down their guard. Now, when it comes to COVID, though, I mean, why is this winter's COVID wave so mild? Well, one possible explanation is that we went through an unusually intense summer COVID surge that also started relatively late.

There's still plenty of people getting it and even ending up in the hospital or worse. So River says people shouldn't let down their guard. Now, when it comes to COVID, though, I mean, why is this winter's COVID wave so mild? Well, one possible explanation is that we went through an unusually intense summer COVID surge that also started relatively late.

There's still plenty of people getting it and even ending up in the hospital or worse. So River says people shouldn't let down their guard. Now, when it comes to COVID, though, I mean, why is this winter's COVID wave so mild? Well, one possible explanation is that we went through an unusually intense summer COVID surge that also started relatively late.

So lots of people may still have some immunity from when they had COVID this summer, but And no new variant has evolved that's any better at getting around the immunity people have built up. There's also a theory called viral interference. That's when the presence of one virus kind of pushes out other viruses. Here's Aubrey Gordon. She's an epidemiologist at the University of Michigan.