Science & Health: Space, Medicine, Climate Change And Humans
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Shipwreck From Historic Shackleton Expedition Found After 107 Years
An international expedition has finally found the wreck of Endurance, a British ship that got hopelessly stuck in the dense ice pack and sank in Antarctica’s Weddell Sea in 1915.
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The World’s First Person to Receive a Genetically Modified Pig Heart Has Now Died
David Bennett, the world’s first human to receive a genetically modified pig heart, has died just two months following the historic transplantation. Doctors at the University of Maryland Medical Centre, where the surgery was performed, announced his passing Wednesday morning. At this time, the cause of death is reportedly unclear.
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IonBlue: The Renewable Energy Subscription Service That Doesn’t Want To Exist
IonBlue is an Australian startup focused on offsetting the carbon impact of the electricity you recharge your EV with. Here’s how it works.
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How Is There So Much Rain Along the East Coast of Australia?
At any one time, Earth’s atmosphere holds only about a week’s worth of rain. But rainfall and floods have devastated Australia’s eastern regions for weeks and more heavy rain is forecast. So where’s all this water coming from? We recently investigated the physical processes driving rainfall in eastern Australia. By following moisture from the oceans…