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Friday, April 26, 2024
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Topic: Humans

What went behind the ‘breakthrough’ pig to human kidney transplant in New York

In 1997, India had seen a similar operation, when a transplant surgeon from Assam had conducted a pig-to-human heart and lung transplant in Guwahati. The patient, though, died a week later.

Humans are crossing ‘wetbulb’ temperature limit, new climate change research shows

Being able to regulate our temperature has played a key role in enabling humans to survive. But climate change is severely testing it.

Insects are declining at alarming levels. This is bad news for human beings

The fate of insects is entwined with that of people and other vertebrates. Scientists warn that their decline is undermining ecosystems on which many lives depend.

Strengthening foundations of science key to human survival, says govt’s scientific adviser

K VijayRaghavan says it is important to democratise scientific knowledge even if we are not always aware of what use it may eventually have.

Humans aren’t naturally designed to be happy

The happiness and positive-thinking industry is worth $11 billion a year, but happiness is an abstract idea with no equivalent in actual human experience.

What social media needs is more humans

A process that requires human adjudication lets users believe their concerns are being taken seriously, and delays the complaint process, which ensures more speech would remain untouched.

Human noises create havoc for birds, even prevent them from reproducing, says new study

The study by Queen’s University Belfast is the first to establish a link between human-induced noise pollution and decline of bird population.

AI is taking jobs & humans are missing the big picture

Most tech companies are focusing on replacing people with AI with an eye on short-term profits instead of using it to create new tasks for humans for long-term growth.

Why are so many people getting a meat allergy?

Known as alpha-gal allergy, the condition dictates what you can eat, wear, how you relax, and even which medicines are safe.

On Camera

Why the future of cars does not look electrified

Making a jump from internal combustion engines to electric vehicles is the kind of romantic prospect that would appeal to India, which jumped from a shortage of landline phones to an abundance of smartphones.

Notices, fines, court case & now a limited ban — RBI-Kotak relationship has been fraught for years

RBI Wednesday banned Kotak Mahindra Bank from taking on new customers through digital channels & from issuing new credit cards. Violations had to do with strength of bank’s IT infra.

Rafale to Exercise Garuda, a look at Indo-French defence ties as Chief of Defence Staff visits France

Another addition to military cooperation has been the Strategic Space Dialogue, inaugurated in Paris in 2023. Last month, India participated as an observer to France’s AsterX.

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.