Wombats have cubed dropping because of this internal organ. Source: https://www.livescience.com/why-wombats-have-cubed-poop.html
Tag: organ
‘Flatliners’ still have heartbeats left. But death comes within 5 minutes.
People’s heartbeats may stop and restart as they die, with implications for the practice of organ donation. Source: https://www.livescience.com/flatlining-death-heartbeats-continue.html
The First Pig-to-Human Organ Transplants Could Happen This Year
Every day in the United States, 17 people die waiting for a lifesaving organ transplant. To address this crisis, one biotech company is turning to an unlikely source: pigs. Maryland-based United Therapeutics says it plans to begin transplanting organs from genetically modified pigs into people as soon as this year. From a report: “We’re right on that cusp. We’re looking to…
Woman’s stomach pain turns out to be rare case of ‘wandering spleen’
The organ shifted when ligaments around it became loose. Source: https://www.livescience.com/wandering-spleen-case-report.html
61 weird and wonderful ways to measure a building with a smartphone
Unusual uses for a smartphone, plus a new organ and stopping palaeontologists from saying “bone”, in Feedback’s weird weekly round-up Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24833071-500-61-weird-and-wonderful-ways-to-measure-a-building-with-a-smartphone/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Look Ma, no ears! Teensy spiders hear with organ on their legs
Though known for their huge eyes, ogre-faced spiders also “listen” for their prey. Source: https://www.livescience.com/ogre-faced-spider-hearing.html
Scientists discover new organ in the throat
A newly discovered set of salivary glands is nestled behind the nose. Source: https://www.livescience.com/new-salivary-gland.html
How many organs are in the human body?
There isn’t an official “organ count” for the human body, but is there a ballpark estimate? Source: https://www.livescience.com/how-many-organs-in-human-body.html
Surgical device inspired by parasitic wasps could extract bits of you
Parasitic wasps use a long, thin, tubular organ to implant eggs in their victims. A device inspired by this organ could make it easier and less painful to remove tumours, blood clots or even whole organs Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2255694-surgical-device-inspired-by-parasitic-wasps-could-extract-bits-of-you/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
A Chinese perspective on autumn
In Chinese thought, autumn is with the direction west, considered to be the direction of dreams and visions. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/autumn-equinox-cycles-of-nature-and-chinese-philosophy…