How a pig heart was transplanted into a human for the first time
11 January 2022
The first transplant of a pig heart genetically modified for acceptance into human bodies raises hopes for a new solution to donor organ shortages
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Ancient humans may have started hunting 2 million years ago
11 January 2022
Cut marks on animal bones suggest ancient hominins butchered them for their meat, and that they were first on the scene instead of having to scavenge from carnivores like big cats
Two black holes merged to form a huge one moving at incredible speeds
11 January 2022
Astronomers have long suspected that merging black holes can give the resulting larger black hole a massive boost of speed, and have finally spotted this happening
Fungi that live on eucalyptus roots can control trees' gene activity
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Eucalyptus trees rely on root fungi to source nutrients and water – but the fungi actually control the genetic development of the tree roots by releasing tiny chunks of RNA
What dolphins reveal about the evolution of the clitoris
10 January 2022
Patricia Brennan's latest research suggests that bottlenose dolphins have clitorises that evolved for pleasure. She tells New Scientist why it's important to study animal genitalia
Ancient Egyptian mummy of a young girl is first with a bandaged wound
10 January 2022
The ancient Egyptians were adept at bandaging dead bodies during the mummification process, but we have had no evidence of the way they dressed flesh wounds until now
Outsider wins DARPA challenge to predict where floats drift at sea
10 January 2022
A competition to forecast the locations of 90 floats drifting in the Atlantic could lead to better methods for tracking oil slicks and locating shipwreck survivors
Covid-19 testing in the time of omicron: Everything you need to know
10 January 2022
With omicron infections surging around the world, many countries are changing their coronavirus testing guidelines to better deal with the new variant and the huge number of cases it is causing. Here's what you need to know
Spider fossil sheds light on Australia’s ancient rainforest ecosystem
7 January 2022
A suite of plant and animal fossils from a site in New South Wales date back about 16 million years to a time when the region was blanketed in lush rainforests
World's smallest land snail could fit inside a grain of sand
7 January 2022
The newly discovered Angustopila psammion is the smallest snail ever seen on land, though there are smaller snails in the sea
