Surgeons perform second pig heart transplant, trying to save a dying man
Surgeons have transplanted a pig’s heart into a dying man in a bid to prolong his life
Today: May 01, 2024
Science
At US Antarctic base hit by harassment claims, workers are banned from buying alcohol at bars
From Sunday, workers at the main United States base in Antarctica will no longer be able to walk into a bar and order a beer, after the federal agency overseeing the research program decided to stop serving alcohol
September sizzled to records and was so much warmer than average scientists call it 'mind-blowing'
After a record-smashing hot summer, Earth's warming somehow got even worse in September
Further evidence points to footprints in New Mexico being the oldest sign of humans in Americas
New research shows that fossil footprints discovered at the edge of an ancient lakebed in New Mexico's White Sands National Park date back to between 21,000 and 23,000 years ago
Hurricanes are now twice as likely to zip from minor to whopper than decades ago, study says
A study says Atlantic hurricanes are now more than twice as likely as before to rapidly intensify from wimpy minor hurricanes to powerful and catastrophic in just 24 hours
Visitors tour New Mexico atomic site in likely record attendance fueled by 'Oppenheimer' fanfare
Visitors have lined to tour the southern New Mexico site where the world’s first atomic bomb was detonated
A month after a pig heart transplant, man works to regain strength with no rejection so far
The second person to receive a transplanted heart from a pig has reached the one-month mark and a hospital video shows he's working hard to recover
Forecasters were caught off guard by Otis’ growth. But warming means more hurricanes like it
Hurricane Otis unexpectedly turned from mild to monster in record time, and scientists are struggling to figure out what happened
Climate scientist Saleemul Huq, who emphasized helping poor nations adapt to warming, dies at 71
Saleemul Huq, a pioneering climate scientist from Bangladesh who pushed to get the world to understand, pay for and adapt to worsening warming impacts on poorer nations, has died
Maryland man who received second pig heart transplant dies, hospital says
Maryland doctors say the second person to receive a transplanted heart from a pig has died
Ozone hole is about average size, despite undersea volcano eruption that was expected to worsen it
With last year’s undersea volcano injecting massive amounts of water high into the atmosphere, scientists were bracing for a big Antarctica ozone hole this fall
Book Review: Novelist Amy Tan shares love of the natural world in 'The Backyard Bird Chronicles'
Best-selling novelist Amy Tan of “The Joy Luck Club” fame combines entries from her nature journal with astonishing illustrations thanks to lessons in bird illustration in “The Backyard Bird Chronicles,” to share a birdwatching obsession that dates back to before the COVID-19 pandemic
What's causing the catastrophic rainfall in Kenya?
The torrential rains and deadly floods that have hit Kenya since March have been some of the most catastrophic in the country in recent years
Climate change could virtually disappear in Florida — at least according to state law
Florida is on the verge of repealing what’s left of a 16-year-old law that puts climate change as a priority when making energy policy decisions
It's not yet summer in Brazil, but a dangerous heat wave is sweeping the country
It's still spring in Brazil, but a dangerous heat wave is sweeping the country, prompting health alerts and driving up energy demand as people turn to air conditioning and fans to stay cool
Navy plane overshoots runway and ends up in ocean, but all 9 aboard escape unharmed
A Hawaii official says all nine people aboard a U.S. Navy plane that overshot a runway have escaped injury
Climate change hits women's health harder. Activists want leaders to address it at COP28
With the annual U.N.-led climate summit known as COP to convene later this month in Dubai, activists are urging policymakers to respond to climate change’s disproportionate impact on women and girls
Vice President Harris will attend COP28 climate conference in Dubai
Vice President Kamala Harris will join the United States delegation at the upcoming United Nations conference on climate change in Dubai
Hurricane season that saw storms from California to Nova Scotia ends Thursday
A busy Atlantic hurricane season is now coming to a close
Chinese astronauts return to Earth after 6 months on space station
A Chinese spacecraft has returned to Earth with three astronauts who lived for six months on the country’s space station
Indonesia's Mount Ruang erupts again, spewing ash and peppering villages with debris
Indonesia’s Mount Ruang volcano has erupted for a second time in two weeks, spewing ash more than a mile into the sky, closing an airport and peppering nearby villages with debris
A horse-shaped nebula gets its close-up in new photos by NASA's Webb telescope
NASA’s Webb Space Telescope has revealed the sharpest images yet of a portion of a horse-shaped nebula
Study says California's 2023 snowy rescue from megadrought was a freak event. Don't get used to it
A new study finds that last year’s snow deluge in California, which quickly erased a two decade long megadrought, was essentially a once-in-a-lifetime rescue from above
CDC: 'Vampire facials' at an unlicensed spa in New Mexico led to HIV infections in three women
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a Morbidity and Mortality Report last week that documented the first instances of HIV transmissions contracted through unsterile injections used while receiving “vampire facials,” cosmetic procedures involving microneedling
FDA brings lab tests under federal oversight in bid to improve accuracy and safety
The Food and Drug Administration has finalized a rule to regulate medical tests that have long escaped oversight
