If bringing back mammoths from the dead wasn’t enough of a feat, the scientists hoping to resurrect a hybrid version of the Ice Age giant think doing so could help limit greenhouse gas emissions in the Arctic. They argue the mammoth-like creatures would disturb the tundra landscape in a way that would keep carbon trapped in the ground. Paul Mann has visited a Siberian park where other animals have already been introduced to try to accomplish a similar goal, and its early success suggests resurrecting mammoths to tackle climate change might not be as outlandish an idea as it first seems.

Meanwhile, another attempt to bring back wildlife isn’t going so well. Protests erupted in the Netherlands after images of starving animals emerged from a “rewilding” project near Amsterdam. Activists have even been throwing bales of hay over the fence for hungry wild cattle and horses. But rewilding itself is not the problem, argues Paul Jepson.

Most people think of schizophrenia as a disease of the brain, but a new review by Toby Pillinger suggests that there are just as profound changes to other body organs at the onset of the disease. This might explain why people with schizophrenia die 15 to 20 years earlier than the average person. He unpicks what the review findings mean.

When Israel bombed Iranian military installations in Syria last week, the man who broke the news to the world was the country’s defence minister, Avigdor Lieberman. A hawkish right-winger with a track record of belligerent rhetoric against Iran, he is known for his uncompromising views on the Palestinian issue and his poisonous relationship with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Yaniv Voller explains what makes Lieberman so important.

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