The first living human recipient of a genetically engineered pig kidney has died roughly two months after receiving the organ. Rick Slayman, 62, was diagnosed with final-stage kidney disease last year and received the pig kidney in March, according to CNN. Slayman was discharged from the hospital in April. At the time, doctors said they […]
Call it the Little Engine that Might. NASA says it is exploring the concept of building a railway system on the moon for the day when it becomes not just an object in the sky, but a working mine for minerals that Earthlings might covet. The concept is called Flexible Levitation on a Track, or […]
The sun will be sending Earth a lot of static in the coming days, but on the plus side, the Northern Lights could be visible from Alabama. On Thursday, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued a Severe (G4) Geomagnetic Storm Watch Thursday, according to an NOAA news release. The alert is the first issued […]
The first brain implant by Elon Musk-owned Neuralink isn’t functioning the way it was designed to. The issue was first investigated by The Wall Street Journal, though after the company was contacted by the Journal for comment, it posted about the issue on its public blog. Noland Arbaugh, an Arizona native who was paralyzed in […]
Once upon a time, anyone wondering how long they might live would look at their parents and other ancestors, guess whether all those terrible things in the news about this or that vice are really as deadly as they say, and come up with a number that was as good a guess as any. But […]
The total solar eclipse North America had been waiting for arrived Monday. NASA kept a livestream going for those whose location did not allow them to take in the spectacle or were prevented from seeing it by clouds. “The total solar eclipse crosses over Mazatlán, Mexico with the sun getting completely blocked out by the […]
I can’t decide whether to be nervous about this or not. Maybe you can help me out. According to Scientific American, scientists launched a project last week to combat global warming by spraying “microscopic salt crystals” in to the air to create clouds that reflect more of the sun’s rays back out into space. One […]
Turns out that spending $69 billion in a major acquisition deal can have dire consequences on the bottom line. Now — as cold as this may be — what’s the easiest way to massage that bottom line? Reducing payroll. And that’s exactly the strategy that Microsoft appears to be adopting after it announced a massive […]
“Just because you can doesn’t mean you should.” That enduring quote, often attributed to American writer William C. Taylor, was a thought echoed by numerous consumers when some of the more off-the-wall ideas were unveiled at the 2024 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The event began Tuesday, and will end Friday, but the show […]
For centuries, the mysteries surrounding the structures of Ancient Egyptian have baffled researchers. A new study published in the journal Physical Review Fluids and conducted by a team of scientists at New York University posits that the Egyptian Sphinx may have been created through natural means, rather than through manpower alone. While the exact process undertaken […]
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