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Hier — 24 avril 2024Presse

How NASA Repaired Voyager 1 From 15 Billion Miles Away

Par : Stephen Clark， Ars Technica
The far-traveled space probe is once again transmitting usable data, after a glitch caused months of gibberish.

Greffe de rein de porc : une personne vivante en bénéficie pour la deuxième fois

Le rein de porc génétiquement modifié était accompagné d’une pompe cardiaque, procédure combinée inédite dans le domaine. Cette avancée devrait permettre de remédier aux problèmes de pénuries de dons d’organes.
Lisa Pisano, 54 ans, avant son opération, à hôpital NYU Langone de New York aux États-Unis, le 29 mars 2024.

Doctors Combined a Heart Pump and Pig Kidney Transplant in Breakthrough Surgery

Par : Emily Mullin
In the first procedure of its kind, a 54-year-old New Jersey woman received a genetically engineered pig kidney and thymus after getting a heart pump.

Bird Flu Is Infecting More Mammals. What Does That Mean for Us?

Par : Apoorva Mandavilli and Emily Anthes
H5N1, an avian flu virus, has killed tens of thousands of marine mammals, and infiltrated American livestock for the first time. Scientists are working quickly to assess how it is evolving and how much of a risk it poses to humans.

Checking a dead otter for bird flu infection last year on Chepeconde Beach in Peru.

Plant-Based Meat Boomed. Here Comes the Bust

Par : Matt Reynolds
Sales of vegan meat are trending downward in the US, with companies scrambling to win back customers.

Green Roofs Are Great. Blue-Green Roofs Are Even Better

Par : Matt Simon
Amsterdam is experimenting with roofs that not only grow plants but capture water for a building’s residents. Welcome to the squeezable sponge city of tomorrow.
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Here’s a Clever Way to Uncover America’s Voting Deserts

Par : Lyndie Chiou
Mathematicians are using topological abstractions to find places poorly served by polling stations.

How One Corporation Is Cashing In on America’s Drought

Par : Maanvi Singh
In an unprecedented deal, a private company purchased land in a tiny Arizona town—and sold its water rights to a suburb 200 miles away. Local residents fear the agreement has “opened Pandora’s box.”

The Magnetic Heart of the Milky Way

Par : Dennis Overbye
A new map of the center of the Milky Way galaxy reveals details of its magnetic fields

Unruly Gut Fungi Can Make Your Covid Worse

Par : Maggie Chen
An infection can upset your microbiome, and if certain gut fungi run riot, this can kick the immune system into overdrive.

Environmental Damage Could Cost You a Fifth of Your Income Over the Next 25 Years

Par : John Timmer， Ars Technica
The world is already committed to warming that will undercut the global economy by 20 percent between now and 2050. That’s six times the price of limiting warming to 2 degrees Celsius.

We Finally Know Where Neuralink’s Brain Implant Trial Is Happening

Par : Emily Mullin
After months of secrecy, Neuralink revealed that the partner site for its brain implant study is the Barrow Neurological Institute.

Satellite Data Reveals Sinking Risk for China’s Cities

Par : Delger Erdenesanaa
Development and groundwater pumping are causing land subsidence and heightening the risks of sea level rise.

Sidewalk construction in Tianjin. Last year thousands of residents were evacuated from apartments in the city after nearby streets split apart.

L'Écosse reconnaît qu’elle ne pourra pas atteindre son objectif climatique pour 2030

Dans un «contexte difficile de coupes budgétaire et de retour en arrière du Royaume-Uni» sur des mesures climatiques phares, le gouvernement écossais se dit incapable de baisser de 75% les émissions de gaz à effet de serre d'ici à 2030.
Le Parlement écossais, à Édimbourg.

The Rise of the Carbon Farmer

Par : Jessica Rawnsley
Farmers around the world are reigniting the less intensive agricultural practices of yesteryear—to improve soil health, raise yields, and trap carbon in the atmosphere back down in the soil.

The Atlas Robot Is Dead. Long Live the Atlas Robot

Par : Carlton Reid
Before the dear old model could even power down, Boston Dynamics unleashed a stronger new Atlas robot that can move in ways us puny humans never can.

No, Dubai’s Floods Weren’t Caused by Cloud Seeding

Par : Amit Katwala
Heavy rain has triggered flash flooding in Dubai. But those who blame cloud seeding are misguided.

US Infrastructure Is Broken. Here’s an $830 Million Plan to Fix It

Par : Matt Simon
WIRED spoke with US transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg about recent grants to fix ancient roads, bridges, and other critical infrastructure before it’s too late.

They Experimented on Themselves in Secret. What They Discovered Helped Win a War

Par : Rachel Lance
The untold, top-secret story of the British researchers who found the key to keeping humans alive underwater—and helped make D-Day a success.

The Paradox That's Supercharging Climate Change

Par : Matt Simon
Humanity needs to burn less fossil fuels. But that means fewer aerosols to help cool the planet—and a potential acceleration of global warming.

It Takes Guts to Fix Wind Turbines for a Living

Par : Caitlin Kelly
Want one of the fastest-growing jobs in the US? Get used to being high.

The Next Frontier for Brain Implants Is Artificial Vision

Par : Emily Mullin
Elon Musk’s Neuralink and others are developing devices that could provide blind people with a crude sense of sight.

The Quest to Map the Inside of the Proton

Par : Charlie Wood
Long-anticipated experiments that use light to mimic gravity are revealing the distribution of energies, forces, and pressures inside a subatomic particle for the first time.

Space Force Is Planning a Military Exercise in Orbit

Par : Stephen Clark， Ars Technica
Two satellites will engage in a “realistic threat response scenario” when Victus Haze gets underway.

Toronto Wants to Manage Storms and Floods—With a Rain Tax

Outcry reached such a crescendo last week that the city canceled public hearings on the tax, which is intended to help offset the hundreds of millions spent managing stormwater and basement flooding.

Bird Flu Is Spreading in Alarming New Ways

Par : David Cox
H5N1 has infected cattle across the US and jumped from a mammal to a human for the first time. Experts fear it may someday evolve to spread among humans.

Global Stockpile of Cholera Vaccine Is Gone as Outbreaks Spread

Par : Stephanie Nolen
One company is going to great lengths to build it up, but it will be years before it returns to the minimum level.

A health worker administering a dosage of the cholera vaccine during an immunization campaign in Harare, Zimbabwe, in January.

This Woman Will Decide Which Babies Are Born

Par : Jason Kehe
Noor Siddiqui founded Orchid so people could “have healthy babies.” Now she’s using the company’s gene technology on herself—and talking about it for the first time.

Mexico City’s Metro System Is Sinking Fast. Yours Could Be Next

Par : Matt Simon
Subsidence is causing parts of Mexico City to sink, and it’s happening at an uneven rate. That’s bad news for its sprawling public transportation system.

The Honeybees Versus the Murder Hornets

Par : Frankie Adkins
Under threat from murder hornets, climate change, and habitat loss, UK honeybees are getting help from AI-enabled apiculturists tracking everything from foraging patterns to foreign invaders.
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