This week , a CRISPR - editedpig kidneyhas successfully been transplant into a live on person , engender effort welcome ridiculous - look hatchling of theworld ’s rarest fish , and scientist simulate black holes in the laboratory using “ quantum tornados ” for the first sentence . lastly , we investigate thelongest solar eclipseon phonograph recording .
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Study Claiming Humans Built A 25,000-Year-Old Pyramid In Indonesia Removed By Journal
A journal has retracted a controversial cogitation that claimed that humanity had begun constructing a " pyramid " in Indonesia as far back as 25,000 twelvemonth ago . In November 2023 , the study garnered a lot of media attending for its over-the-top claim that a mountain in Indonesia is in reality the earth ’s oldest pyramid work up by ancient man . Butreactions from archaeologistssince publication were extremely unbelieving about its bluff finis . Read the full story here
A CRISPR-Edited Pig Kidney Has Been Transplanted Into A Living Person For The First Time
In a world first , doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital ( MGH ) have successfully transplanted a genetically modified pig kidney into a living human recipient . The patient , 62 - year - old Richard “ Rick ” Slayman , had been subsist with last - stage kidney disease , rely on dialysis to survive after a previously transfer human kidney had begin to bomb . Read the full narrative here
The World’s Rarest Fish Is Making A Comeback, One Ridiculous Baby At A Time
Behold , the rarest fish in the existence ! The red handfish , Thymichthys politus , is get laid from justtwo belittled patchesof reef off the coast of Tasmania , thought to be home to around 100 adult . Habitat degradation and climate change have threatened them withextinction , but thanks to a bringing up programme , they welcomed 21 hatchling in 2023 and you have to see them . Read the full story here
First-Ever “Quantum Tornado” Lets Scientists Simulate Black Holes In The Lab
dim holes are objects at the limit of our forcible theories , so the well we understand them , the advantageously we can test our cognition of the existence . While astrophysical black holes are studied in so many ways , it would be much well-off to take apart one in the lab . unluckily , experience one in a lab would run to the destruction of said laboratory and probably the planet , so scientists have found the next upright affair : they have created a simulation using a quantum twister . Read the full tale here
Archaeologists Find Shipwrecks Using Clues From Homer’s Iliad
Archaeologists have used theIliad , an Ancient Greek epic verse form written in the 8th C BCE put towards the closing of the fabled Trojan War , as a guide to locate shipwreck off the seashore of Greece . Researchers have located 10shipwrecksthat sink at points between 3000 BCE to World War II around the island of Kasos . Among these source was Homer’sIliad , which reference Kasos as a trading hub that joined the fight against Troy . study the full story here
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When Was The Longest Recorded Solar Eclipse In History?
Not all solar eclipses are adequate – even if we ’re ignoring partial and annular occultation , some are more telling sights than others . Next month ’s North American eclipse will last a fate long than the 2017 equivalent , but how long can an occultation theoretically last ? And when was the longest occultation of all?Read the full write up here
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