Ed Cara
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Photos: Hellish Dust Storm in Greece Leave Athens Dark Orange
Residents in Greece were witnesses to a hellish-looking dust storm this week. The dust originated from the Sahara desert in North Africa and was blown across the Mediterranean Sea by strong winds. By Tuesday, Athens and other Greek cities were blanketed in an orange-red and potentially dangerous haze. Though the dust storm had begun to…
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NYU Doctors Perform First-Ever Pig Kidney Transplant Combined With Heart Pump Implant
Another milestone in pig-to-human transplantation has been crossed, with doctors at New York University Langone today announcing the world’s first combination pig kidney and heart pump transplant. The recipient is a 54-year-old woman named Lisa Pisano who was diagnosed with terminal kidney disease and heart failure. The concept of animal-to-human organ transplantation, or xenotransplantation, has…
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The Nintendo Virtual Boy Deserves Your Respect
The authors of an upcoming book on Nintendo’s infamous video game console argue that the Virtual Boy was more than just a gimmicky failure.
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Tuberculosis Is Making a Comeback in the U.S.
There were nearly 10,000 documented cases of tuberculosis in 2023, the third straight year of increased cases.