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'She was waiting for a 1-in-a-million match': Alabama woman is the 3rd patient to ever get a pig kidney
An Alabama woman underwent a transplant procedure to get a new kidney from a gene-edited pig.
The position of the magnetic north pole is officially changing. Why?
The updated version of the World Magnetic Model was released on Dec. 17, with a new prediction of how the magnetic north pole will shift over the next five years. Here's why it was changed.
Scientists followed a mysterious signal — and found 2 black holes gorging on something like never before
While investigating a mysterious radiation signal unlike any seen before, astronomers may have uncovered a rare pair of binary supermassive black holes with a truly monstrous appetite.
When will MDMA be approved for therapy? Major trial issues may stand in the way, psychiatrist Dr. Albino Oliveira-Maia says.
When will MDMA be approved for therapy? Major trial issues may stand in the way, psychiatrist Dr. Albino Oliveira-Maia says
7,000-year-old alien-like figurine from Kuwait a 'total surprise' to archaeologists
A newfound clay head from the sixth millennium B.C. is the first of its kind ever found in Kuwait, but similar finds have been unearthed from ancient Mesopotamia.
We might have been completely wrong about the origin of Saturn's rings, new study claims
Computer modeling suggests Saturn's rings are billions of years older than previous research suggests — but the new findings are up for debate.
The Canon 10x32 IS are some of the best image-stabilized binoculars we have ever tested and are currently available with a $324 saving in this deal
Deals With a 29% saving, these tech-packed binoculars are at the lowest price they have been in years.
Weird lickable lollipop invention lets you taste in virtual reality
Licking a lollipop-shaped device can let you taste and smell nine flavors in VR.
Antarctica's 'Deception Island' is one of the only places on Earth where you can sail into an active volcano
Earth from space A 2018 satellite photo shows the aptly named Deception Island, which was formed by a massive eruption 4,000 years ago and remains volcanically active today.
4,000-year-old bones reveal 'unprecedented' violence — tongue removal, cannibalism and evisceration in Bronze Age Britain
The extremely violent treatment of the corpses of at least 37 Bronze Age people is rewriting the history of prehistoric Britain.
NASA solves 44-year-old mystery of why Jupiter's Io is so volcanically active
Io is the most volcanically active world in our solar system. Now, NASA scientists have revealed how and why.
Bat poop used to grow cannabis kills 2 in New York in unusual cases
Two men from Rochester, New York died from a type of pneumonia after being exposed to a harmful fungus living in bat poop used to grow cannabis.
Worst die-off of a single species in the modern era discovered — and 'the blob' was to blame
The blob — an extreme marine heatwave that hit the northeast Pacific between 2014 and 2016 — killed approximately 4 million common murre, and the population is yet to recover, a new study finds.
Radiation-resistant 'extremophile' microbe dubbed 'Conan the Bacterium' inspires new antioxidant
A three-part complex based on the molecules that give "Conan the Bacterium" its radiation resistance may protect humans against damage from ionizing radiation.
Henry the giant crocodile, who has sired 10,000 babies, celebrates 124th birthday
Henry the Nile crocodile will celebrate his 124th birthday at the Crocworld Conservation Centre in South Africa on Dec. 16.
World's 1st nuclear-diamond battery of its kind could power devices for 1000s of years
The world's first nuclear-diamond battery uses carbon-14 to power devices for more than 10,000 years.
After accident crash on Mars, NASA's Ingenuity helicopter could live on as a weather station for 20 years
"She still has one final gift for us, which is that she's now going to continue on as a weather station of sorts."
Sutton Hoo helmet: A gold- and jewel-encrusted relic with ties to Beowulf and a lost Anglo-Saxon king
Fragments of a helmet recovered from the Sutton Hoo ship burial show that early-medieval metalwork could be decorative and functional.
