It's the most contagious. Plus, ’elephant boots?‘
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| | It's the biggest COVID variant in the U.S.—and the most contagious ever. Experts fear the new, rapidly spreading variant will trigger a winter wave and change the course of the pandemic.
Experts still haven't determined if getting the latest booster helps your chances of escaping this variant, known as XBB.1.5—but evidence shows a shot can reduce the severity of illness. (Above, a cell infected with COVID.)
Some school districts, like Ann Arbor, Michigan, have already reinstituted masks to try to lessen the risk. What can you do?
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 | | PHOTOGRAPH BY REBECCA HALE | | | Boots from endangered elephants? Last summer, Nat Geo’s Dina Fine Maron saw something for sale online that she was surprised could be purchased in the U.S.: a pair of boots (pictured above) purportedly made from the skin of endangered Asian elephants. She spent months investigating the boots’ origin, tracking down information about its makers, and even sent a pair of the boots for DNA testing. | | | |
| Out of the caves: Europe’s ice caves are rapidly disappearing, and these three young scientists are working against time to better understand them. Their work, Nat Geo Explorer Robbie Shone reports, is invaluable. Pictured above, Maria Wind, Tanguy Racine, and Gabriella Koltai studying maps of the caves they sampled.
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 | | VIDEO BY FIRE OF LOVE, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC DOCUMENTARY FILMS | | Hard to stop: “Once you see an eruption,” said volcanologist Katia Krafft, “you can't live without it because it's so grandiose, it's so strong.” Krafft (pictured above) was a fearless pioneer in volcanology, studying the explosive peaks at a time when there were few women in the field. Her story is told in the National Geographic documentary Fire of Love, now streaming on Disney+.
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Today’s soundtrack: Beautiful World, Colin Hay
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