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She was too sick for a traditional transplant. So she received a pig kidney and a heart pump

Associated Press / April 24, 2024

Several biotech companies are genetically modifying pigs so that their organs are less likely to be destroyed by the human immune system.

‘Saber-toothed salmon’ was more of a water warthog, study finds

Phillip Moyer / April 24, 2024

The saber-toothed salmon wasn’t so saber-toothed after all. In fact, its teeth protruded to the side like tusks — so scientists suggest "spike-toothed salmon" is a better name.

Squid birthdays determine male mating tactics

Ryan Geller / April 23, 2024

Earlier birthdates lead to competitive, possessive behavior but females have an alternate fertilization pathway for less aggressive "sneakers," hatched later in the season.

2023’s climate extremes battered Europe, the world’s fastest-warming continent

Cain Burdeau / April 22, 2024

Europe's annual report portrays the harsh reality of climate change: Last year brought the agony of record heat waves, glacier loss, drought, wildfires and flooding.

New study calculates climate change’s economic bite will hit about $38 trillion a year by 2049

Associated Press / April 17, 2024

In the United States, southeastern and southwestern states will get economically pinched more than northern ones, according to the study.

NASA goes back to drawing board on Mars sample return mission

Dave Byrnes / April 15, 2024

Current estimates put an $11 billion price tag on a Mars sample return mission, with the samples not reaching Earth until 2040.

Coffee’s genetic history offers pointers for future-proofing crops

Dave Byrnes / April 15, 2024

The world's most widely consumed coffee species developed hundreds of thousands of years ago, researchers say, in what is now Ethiopia.

Marine cold ‘killer events’ increasing in intensity and frequency

Cameron Thompson / April 15, 2024

Temperature and migratory data point to climate change as a major contributor to frigid water upwelling from the deep.

Vasectomies and tubal ligation procedures increased after Roe overturned, study finds

Sam Ribakoff / April 12, 2024

Young women were also twice as likely to get permanent contraception procedures as young men following the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision in 2022, researchers report.

Ancient sea turtle housed at Boston aquarium for more than 50 years passes another physical

Associated Press / April 9, 2024

“She is iconic. One of the really special things we see is parents with their kids who say, ‘This is Myrtle, she has been here since when I was a kid.’"

Copernicus: March extended record-breaking heat to 10 straight months

Cain Burdeau / April 9, 2024

The EU's Copernicus Climate Service said last month was the warmest March ever measured globally. The planet has endured 10 months in a row of record heat.