Newsbreak 3 days ago in Animals, Around The World, Featured, heart transplant, Lawrence Faucette, Maryland, News, organ transplant, organs, pig, pig heart, science, surgery 0 Category: science
Science & Swine: Maryland Surgeons Successfully Transplant Pig Heart Into 58-Year-Old Man
Newsbreak 3 days ago in Animals, Around The World, Featured, heart transplant, Lawrence Faucette, Maryland, News, organ transplant, organs, pig, pig heart, science, surgery 0 Doctors in Maryland successfully transplanted a pig’s heart into a dying man, making him the second patient to undergo the experimental surgery. RELATED: Doctors Successfully Transplant Pig Kidney To Human Patient The Doctors Remain Cautiously Hopeful: “We Don’t Want To Predict Anything” According to AP News, the procedure went down at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, and Lawrence Faucett, 58, has responded well. In…
Meet the demon catshark, a new deep water dwelling species with ghostly white eyes discovered off the coast of Australia
Newsbreak 4 months ago in Around The World, CSIRO Australian National Fish Collection, demon catshark, International, New Species, News, science 0 The demon catshark, a deep water species discovered off the coast of Australia. CSIRO Australian National Fish Collection A new species called the demon catshark has been discovered off the coast of Australia. The first found of its kind, the shark has ghostly white eyes and is likely an opportunistic hunter. A researcher in the discovery told Insider they tracked 40-year-old egg sacks to identify…
A camera caught a fish swimming more than 8,300 meters below the surface near Japan, making it the deepest observation...
Newsbreak 6 months ago in Around The World, Deep Sea, deep sea fish, Fish, record, science, World Records 0 A very young and tiny thread sail filefish Little Dinosaur/Getty Images Scientists photographed a snailfish at 8,336 meters below the ocean, the deepest recording in history, per the BBC. Researchers spotted the fish in the Izu-Ogasawara trench near Japan, the outlet reported. Previously, the deepest recorded fish was seen at 8,178 meters in the Mariana Trench in 2018 Scientists photographed a snailfish swimming 8,336 meters…
Renaissance artists da Vinci and Botticelli may have used egg yolk in their masterpieces, new study finds
Newsbreak 6 months ago in Around The World, Art, Egg, Leonardo da Vinci, News UK, Renaissance, science, UK Weekend 0 Botticelli’s Lamentation over the Dead Christ — one of the artworks found by the study to have egg yolk in the paint. Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images Renaissance artists may have used egg yolk to protect and alter their paintings, scientists find. The study examined works by Leonardo da Vinci and Sandro Botticelli among many others. Egg proteins mixed into oil paint helps paintings withstand…
MIT neuroscientists are testing a headset that uses a ‘disco’ of light and sound to treat Alzheimer’s disease
Newsbreak 6 months ago in Alzheimer's Disease, Around The World, Dispensed, Funding, Health, Healthcare, science, Startup 0 The MIT neuroscientist Li-Huei Tsai is a cofounder of Cognito Therapeutics. Cognito Therapeutics Alzheimer’s disease is a complicated and debilitating disease that has no cure. One startup is testing whether a “disco” of light and sound can slow the disease in patients. Cognito Therapeutics raised $73 million to test this theory in hundreds of people. For decades, biotech companies have struggled to develop treatments for…
‘Zombie virus’ fears as scientists warn 30,000-year-old frozen soil containing RADIOACTIVE waste could be unleashed
SCIENTISTS fear “zombie viruses” containing radioactive waste could be unleashed from 30,000-year-old frozen soil. Researchers have uncovered traces of viruses and bacteria that can infect humans in the frozen layers of soil beneath the ground in the Arctic. Jean-Michel Claverie discovered what he calls ‘zombie viruses’ in the Siberian frozen soilJean-Michel Claverie/IGS/CNRS-AM Jean-Michel Claverie/IGS/CNRS-AM The permafrost essentially serves as a time capsule for ancient viruses[/caption]…
OpenAI’s 37-year-old CEO bet $180 million on a little-known biotech startup that’s trying to help people live 10 years longer
Newsbreak 7 months ago in Around The World, ChatGPT, Dispensed, Healthcare, Longevity, OpenAI, Sam Altman, science 0 Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, walks from lunch during the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference on July 06, 2022 in Sun Valley, Idaho. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images From Jeff Bezos to Jack Dorsey, billionaires are using their wealth to fight aging. According to a report by MIT Technology Review, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is among the group. Altman has quietly funded a longevity startup with…
Colorful, 24-legged predators could save marine ecosystems on the West Coast
A giant sunflower star (Pycnopodia helianthoides) walks across the reef underwater in Point Dume State Beach, California. Brent Durand/Getty Images Kelp forests, one of the most diverse ocean ecosystems, are dying along North America’s West Coast. A new study says recovering sunflower sea star populations could save the forests. The sea stars are voracious predators that feed on urchins and help keep the ecosystem in…
A Worm Moon, the last full moon of winter, hangs in the sky this week. Its other names include Death...
Newsbreak 7 months ago in Around The World, blue moon, Features, full moon, lunar eclipse, Moon, News, science, Skywatching, stargazing, Supermoon 0 The full moon, known as the “Super Pink Moon” rises behind the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France. Christian Hartmann/Reuters A Worm Moon rising in the sky Monday and Tuesday night is the last full moon of winter. The March full moon is also called the Sugar Moon, Sap Moon, or Death Moon. People across North America and Europe have named full moons to track the…
Deadly lab tests may spark brain-swelling Nipah virus pandemic as scientist warns ‘stop helping Mother Nature kill us’
Newsbreak 7 months ago in Around The World, coronavirus, Health, News, Pandemic, science, World News 0 VIRUS researchers have been urged to “stop helping Mother Nature kill us” with deadly lab tests that could spark another pandemic. While questions still rage over whether Covid leaked from the Wuhan Institute of Virology during chilling bat tests, millions continues to be dished out for risky animal experiments. EPA Researchers at the Wuhan Institute of Virology – which has come under fire over the origins…
A manhole cover launched into space with a nuclear test is the fastest human-made object. A scientist on Operation Plumbbob...
Newsbreak 7 months ago in Around The World, Bombs, Features, History, IBM-block, Military & Defense, Nevada Test Site, News Visual Feature, Nuclear Tests, Nuclear Weapons, science, Weapons 0 The pockmarked Nevada Testing Site, strewn with craters from all the nuclear weapons tests that took place there. NNSA Robert Brownlee was on the Operation Plumbbob team that launched an object in space before Sputnik. They put a manhole cover above a nuke underground, and the explosion shot the iron cap into space. The fastest human-made object was part of the US government’s nuclear testing…
Rural Ohio is facing comparisons to Chernobyl after a massive chemical leak caused by a train derailment. Here’s what the...
Newsbreak 7 months ago in Around The World, Chernobyl, Chernobyl Nuclear Incident, International, News, Ohio, Ohio train derailment, science, Toxic Chemicals, Transportation 0 East Palestine incident (left) and Chernobyl power plant (right) DUSTIN FRANZ/AFP via Getty Images // Igor Kostin/Laski Diffusion/Getty Images On February 3 a train derailment caused chemical spillage in East Palestine, Ohio. The spill has already drawn on-line comparisons to the 1986 Chernobyl disaster. The Ohio occasion shares similarities — however also key variations — to the nuclear disaster. Following the February 3 train derailment…
I tried to see the green comet, but made 3 crucial mistakes that left me disappointed
Newsbreak 8 months ago in Around The World, Binocular, California, Camping, comet, Comets, Moon, National Parks, News, original reporting, science, stargazing 0 The writer camped out at Pinnacles National Park to try to see green Comet ZTF. Morgan McFall-Johnsen I tried to see the famous green comet in the night time skies, removed from the metropolis, last weekend. It was a lot tougher than I anticipated, even with recommendation from a professional, as a result of I did not plan forward sufficient. The moon outshined most of…
Biologists found 5 new species of snakes and Leonardo DiCaprio named one that produces a ‘musky and distasteful odor’ after...
Newsbreak 8 months ago in Around The World, Ecuador, Entertainment, Leonardo DiCaprio, News, Panama, science, snake 0 Sibon cover is named in honor of the Canopy Family system of reserves, notably its Canopy Lodge in Valle de Antón, Coclé province, Panama. Alejandro Arteaga Scientists found 5 new brightly-colored species of snake in the jungles of Panama. One of the snakes was named by actor Leonardo DiCaprio in honor of his mom, Irmelin Indenbirken. The snakes are being threatened by mining operations in…
Inside bid to salvage £16million worth of gold from 170-year-old shipwreck as eerie pics show vessel 180ft underwater
SHIPWRECK hunters are hoping to salvage £16million worth of gold from a vessel that was lost in a storm over 169 years in the past. The rusting stays of The Westmoreland – full of a cache of uncommon Nineteenth-century whiskey and gold cash – went undiscovered for over a century. Credit: Chris Roxburgh/Pen News Shipwreck hunters are closing in on the £16million spoils of the…
Scientists are modifying catfish with alligator DNA to create hybrids for human consumption
Newsbreak 8 months ago in Alabama, Alligator, Animal Science, Aquaculture, Around The World, Catfish, Cloning, CRISPR, Gene, gene editing, News, science, Technology 0 Getty Images Scientists at Auburn University injected alligator DNA into farm-raised catfish. The scientists discovered that the fish had been more resistant to illness and fewer seemingly to reproduce. They hope the brand new and fewer disease-prone catfish will one day be bought for human consumption. Life finds a way: Geneticists have created disease-resistant catfish utilizing alligator DNA — and so they could one day…
Study Suggests Obesity Can Spark Alzheimer’s Disease-Like Patterns In Brain
Newsbreak 8 months ago in Alzheimer's, Alzheimer's Disease, Around The World, dementia, Featured, Health, News/Politics, obese, Obesity, science, Study 0 According to a new study, weight problems may cause adjustments within the brain which are corresponding to signs seen in circumstances of Alzheimer’s illness. The Troubling Link Was Uncovered In A Study Of 1,300+ People Scientists on the Montreal Neurological Institute (affiliated with McGill University) performed the analysis, and the findings have been simply printed in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease. Upon analyzing mind scans from over…
Princeton computer science professor says don’t panic over ‘bullshit generator’ ChatGPT
Newsbreak 8 months ago in Around The World, Artificial Intelligence, Careers, ChatGPT, News, OpenAI, science, Tech Insider 0 ChatGPT, a AI chat bot, has gone viral in the past two weeks. Getty Images A Princeton professor told The Markup that “bullshit generator” ChatGPT merely presents narratives. He said it might probably’t be relied on for correct information, and that it is unlikely to spawn a “revolution.” ChatGPT creator OpenAI will reportedly assist Buzzfeed produce work like quizzes. A professor at Princeton researching the…
10 things about ancient Egypt that movies and TV got flawed, according to an expert
Newsbreak 8 months ago in Ancient Egypt, Around The World, misconceptions, Movies, News UK, News Video, science 0 Anthony Browder, Egyptologist, opinions ancient-Egyptian info that movies and sequence got flawed. Disney+ Movies and tv form what people assume about ancient Egypt. But they typically get even the fundamentals flawed, from merciless pharaohs to booby-trapped pyramids. Here are 10 things that “Moon Knight”, “The Mummy”, and others got flawed and one they got proper. Movies and tv have a method of influencing the way…
Signed Charles Darwin manuscript on natural selection sells for nearly $900,000 at auction — shattering records for highest price paid...
Newsbreak 10 months ago in Around The World, Auctions, Charles Darwin, Natural Selection, News, Retail, science, Sotheby's, weekend BI US 0 An picture of the Darwin manuscript. Sotheby’s A signed Charles Darwin manuscript offered for $882,000 at auction, Sotheby’s says. Prior to the sale, the highest-priced Darwin document offered for simply over $400,000, BBC experiences. The manuscript is Darwin’s protection of his natural selection idea. A one-page manuscript from scientist Charles Darwin fetched a whopping $882,000 at a Sotheby’s auction on Friday. Donned with Darwin’s signature…
How to stay safe in an extreme solar flare, where the sun bombards Earth with radiation and magnetic havoc
Newsbreak 10 months ago in Around The World, Blackouts, Classic Format, Coronal Mass Ejection, Earth, Geomagnetic Storm, News, Power outage, science, Solar Flare, Solar Storm, Space Weather, Sun, Tech Insider 0 The sun blows out a coronal mass ejection. NASA/GSFC Solar flares and plasma eruptions are widespread, and generally sufficiently big to wreak havoc on Earth. Eruptions on the sun may cause power outages, radio blackouts, and GPS confusion. Stay safe throughout a solar storm by getting ready to lose energy, printing out maps, and staying off planes. The sun is continually writhing with exercise, with…
7 photos that show the climate crisis is not a distant threat — it’s already here
Newsbreak 10 months ago in Around The World, Climate Change, Deforestation, Droughts, Environment, Features, Hurricanes, News, science, Wildfires 0 A previously sunken boat sits upright into the air as a drought depletes water ranges in Lake Mead on June 22, 2022. AP Photo/John Locher Billions of persons are already struggling due to climate change, a United Nations report concluded. Research hyperlinks international rising temperatures to warmth waves, droughts, heavy rainfall, and wildfires. Here is a assortment of photos that showcase the actuality of residing…
Elon Musk’s brain-chip startup shares video it says shows a monkey telepathically ‘typing’
A monkey demoing Neuralink’s mind chip on the firm’s show-and-tell occasion on November 30, 2022. YouTube Elon Musk shared a video he mentioned confirmed a monkey with a mind chip deciding on letters with its thoughts. Musk clarified that the monkey was not spelling by itself. The demo video was proven at Neuralink’s show-and-tell occasion on Wednesday night time. Elon Musk shared a video of…
Maine Governor Janet Mills criticized Whole Foods after the grocery chain decided to stop selling the state’s lobsters at its...
Getty Images Whole Foods will now not promote Maine lobster in its stores. Gov. Janet Mills mentioned she and different lawmakers had been “deeply frustrated” with the resolution. Whole Foods cited considerations that fishing gear would hurt North Atlantic proper whales. Whole Foods market introduced that it’s going to stop selling Gulf of Maine lobster, following the lead of different retailers boycotting the state’s crustacean…
Humans to live and work on the moon within the decade, NASA official said
An artist’s idea of a crewed Artemis mission to the moon’s floor in the 2020s. NASA NASA expects people to live and work on the moon by 2030, an official said. NASA launched an unmanned spacecraft to the moon final week, thought of a key preliminary step. Astronauts residing on the moon may very well be used as a launchpad for crewed missions to Mars….
The only thing Elon Musk understands about Twitter is how to kill it
Newsbreak 10 months ago in Around The World, Artifical Intelligence, Behavioral Science, BI Graphics, Discourse, Elon Musk, Enterprise, News, Rachel Mendelson, science, Social Media, Tech, Tech Insider, Twitter 0 Musk declared that Twitter is a “collective cybernetic super-intelligence.” Which reveals how little he understands about his new plaything. Rachel Mendelson/Insider In early November, as mass layoffs began at Twitter and blue-check parodies had been about to nuke the corporate’s promoting enterprise, the brand new proprietor received a bit of dorm-roomy. At 1:13 a.m. on a Thursday, Elon Musk tweeted: “Because it consists of billions…
Videos captured a fireball flashing across the Toronto skyline before it struck Earth near Niagara Falls
Toronto skyline Pierre Ogeron/Getty Images A fireball lit up a neighborhood and handed over Toronto early Saturday morning. The object’s affect on Earth was predicted, marking the sixth time in historical past that has occurred. The European Space Agency stated such detection expertise for small objects is enhancing. A vibrant fireball that flashed across the night time sky in the early hours of Saturday morning…
US reverses position and agrees to put money towards a fund that would help poorer nations address climate change
Newsbreak 10 months ago in Around The World, climate change summit, COP27, Egypt, News, Nigeria, science, Sustainability 0 This image taken on November 19, 2022 reveals a view of the previous market space of Egypt’s Red Sea resort metropolis of Sharm el-Sheikh and the Grand Mosque of al-Sahaba (Companions of the Prophet) at sundown throughout the COP 27 climate convention. AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP by way of Getty Images Developed international locations on the UN COP 27 summit agreed to create a “loss and damage”…
The best nature photos of 2022 include giraffes fighting by ‘necking,’ neon green mushrooms, and a baby elephant rescue
Newsbreak 10 months ago in Animals, Around The World, Features, landscapes, Nature, News, Photography, science, Wildlife 0 Anup Shah/Courtesy TNC Photo Contest 2022 The Nature Conservancy’s photograph contest acknowledges gorgeous portraits of animals, landscapes, and vegetation. This 12 months’s winners include sparring giraffes, a black sand seaside, and neon mushrooms. The photos showcase the colourful variety of life and landscapes on Earth. The Nature Conservancy introduced the winners of its annual photograph contest on September 29. Baiju Patil/Courtesy TNC Photo Contest 2022…
The rise and fall of Elizabeth Holmes, the former Theranos CEO found guilty of wire fraud and conspiracy, who was...
Newsbreak 10 months ago in Around The World, Bad Blood, BI Graphics, Billy Evans, Blood Tests, Business Visual Features, Careers, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Elizabeth Holmes, Elizabeth Holmes trial, FDA, Features, Finance, Healthcare, John Carreyrou, Larry Ellison, Law, Ramesh Balwani, Safeway, science, SEC, Silicon Valley, Stanford University, Startups, Steve Jobs, Strategy, Sunny Balwani, Tech, Tech Insider, Theranos, Theranos trial, Unicorn startups, Walgreens, Wall Street Journal 0 Elizabeth Holmes leaves after a listening to at a federal court docket in San Jose, California, on July 17, 2019. Reuters/Stephen Lam Elizabeth Holmes dropped out of Stanford at 19 to begin Theranos and grew its worth to $9 billion. Later, know-how flaws had been uncovered, ensuing in a months-long trial the place Holmes was found guilty on three counts of wire fraud and one depend…
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