Mayra Ramirez post-surgery The first COVID-19 patient in the U.S. to receive a double-lung transplant was discharged from the hospital this week, according to news reports. After the coronavirus inflicted irreversible damage to her lungs, 28-year-old Mayra Ramirez underwent the…
The sperm tail moves very rapidly in 3D like a rotating drill bit, not to-and-fro as 2D microscope data suggested. Under a microscope, human sperm seem to swim like wiggling eels, tails gyrating to and fro as they seek an…
A fatal great white shark attack in Maine on Monday (July 27) was only the state’s second recorded shark attack ever. But white sharks have long been in the waters of the Gulf of Maine. Great white sharks () range…
The head dates back almost 3,000 years and was found in a large building that may have been a palace. A clay head that dates back almost 3,000 years may be a rare depiction of Yahweh, — God — whose…
The Mars 2020 mission is scheduled to launch its Perseverance rover toward the Red Planet on Thursday, July 30. The launch window will open from 7:50 a.m. EDT on July 30 and close on Aug. 15, 2020. The spacecraft will…
Male cicadas infected by a particularly gruesome parasitic fungus become zombies with an undercover mission: They broadcast a female’s sexy come-hither message to other male cicadas, luring their unsuspecting victims to join the zombie cicada horde. Researchers recently discovered this…