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FDA OKs trial of pig livers as dialysis-like treatment for liver failure
The first-of-its kind clinical trial could help more than 35,000 people hospitalized in the U.S. each year for liver failure.
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Blue Origin completes space trip featuring all-female crew
Today’s female-only spaceflight was the first since 1963, when Valentina Tereshkova of the former Soviet Union became the first woman in space.
Doctors remove pig kidney from an Alabama woman after a record 130 days
Scientists are genetically altering pigs so their organs are more humanlike to address a severe shortage of transplantable human organs.
Celebrity-laden Blue Origin rocket set to launch Monday
Katy Perry and Gayle King are among six women who will briefly reach the edge of space, the most recent high-profile launch by Jeff Bezos' rocket company.
Trump signs executive order to boost U.S. coal industry, in part to fuel artificial intelligence
It's the latest move by the Trump administration that clashes with global aims to reduce coal power and cut harmful greenhouse gas emissions fueling climate change.
A proposed tax credit could help homeowners hit by climate-fueled natural disasters
The legislation would create a tax credit to reimburse people for retrofitting their homes with upgraded protections against major disasters, including hurricanes and wildfires.
Scientists genetically engineer wolves with white hair like the extinct dire wolf
Don't call it a comeback, some experts say. University at Buffalo biologist Vincent Lynch said the results only bring back the exterior semblance of an extinct species.
Rare virus that killed Gene Hackman's wife linked to 3 deaths in California town
The latest death was the third from hantavirus in Mammoth Lakes since early February, health officials there said.
5 nurses who work on the same floor at Massachusetts hospital have brain tumors
The tumors, all benign, are three different types, Mass General Brigham Newton-Wellesley Hospital outside Boston said. The hospital said an investigation found no environmental risk.
Hoots and grunts from bonobos show signs of complex communication
Researchers spent months eavesdropping on wild bonobos at a rainforest in Congo. Their research suggests the animals can use some features of language to communicate.
ACLU sues National Institutes of Health for 'ideological purge' of research projects
The lawsuit says NIH has canceled more than 670 research grants, which were due more than $1.1 billion in funding.
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