Technology
The First Person to Receive a Pig Kidney Transplant Has...
The hospital that carried out the procedure two months prior says there’s “no indication” that the transplant was related to his death.
These Artificial Blood Platelets Could One Day Save Lives
Platelets help blood clot, but they have a short shelf life. With blood in short supply, synthetic platelets could help meet demand.
NASA’s Quest to Touch the Sun
The outer layers of the sun’s atmosphere are a blistering million degrees hotter than its surface. NASA sent a probe to find out why—by...
In Defense of Parasitic Worms
Nature can’t run without parasites, and climate change is driving some to extinction. What happens when they start to disappear?
The Northern Lights Could Be Visible Across the US Thanks...
Three bursts of charged particles ejected from the sun have merged into a wave that could lead to brilliant auroras being visible...
The Earth Is About to Feast on Dead Cicadas
Two cicada broods, XIX and XIII, are emerging in sync for the first time in 221 years. They’re bringing the banquet of a lifetime...
Elon Musk's Neuralink Had a Brain Implant Setback. It May...
Neuralink experienced a mechanical issue with its first human brain-computer interface implant. Its novel design may make it more...
Sell Lab-Grown Meat in Alabama and You Could Go to Jail
Anyone found guilty of selling or manufacturing cultivated meat in Alabama will face up to a three-month jail sentence and $500 fine.
City Trees Save Lives
Green spaces significantly cool our ever-hotter cities. New research suggests more trees could cut heat-related ER visits in LA by...
How Not to Get Brain-Eating Worms and Mercury Poisoning
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. had both a brain parasite and mercury poisoning at the same time. Just how...
