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IN A NUTSHELL 🧠 Neuralink has launched its first European clinical trial in the United Kingdom, focusing on individuals with severe paralysis. 🔍 The trial will involve implanting the N1 chip in seven patients to enable control of digital devices through thought. 💡 Neuralink’s technology uses 128 ultra-thin threads to connect approximately 1,000 electrodes to the brain. 🌍 The trial …

Czech-American women’s tennis legend, Martina Navratilova, has shared her thoughts on Florida’s 46th governor, Ron DeSantis, as he recently declared a commemoration to Terry Gene Bollea, widely known as the WWE icon Hulk Hogan. Navratilova is widely recognised as one of the greatest women’s tennis players of all time. Throughout her decorated career spanning four decades, she won 167 WTA …

A Maine resident has been hospitalized with the year’s first human case of the rare tick-borne Powassan virus.  Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC) reported the hospitalization of the unnamed Hancock County resident this week, noting the Powassan virus as the cause of illness.  The rare virus, spread from animal to human, usually via a tick or …

In a groundbreaking study published in the Journal of Human Evolution, researchers have uncovered fascinating details about human evolution in ancient Asia through fossilized teeth discovered at the Hualongdong site in Anhui Province, China. The findings, led by Professor Wu Xiujie, director of the Hualongdong excavations, challenge established theories of Homo evolution, particularly in Asia during the Middle Pleistocene era. …

A potential new male contraceptive drug has just undergone its first tests in human volunteers. The results give the first indication that the drug, which does not use artificial hormones or affect testosterone production by the testes, may be safe in humans. While previous attempts have been made to develop a male contraceptive in the past, these largely failed to …

First human case of West Nile Virus reported in the I-35 corridor  MySA Hays County confirms first human case of West Nile Virus  KXAN Austin West Nile detected in Brazos County, health department confirms  KBTX News 3 Midland Health Department responds to West Nile detection  newswest9.com West Nile virus warning issued for Bastrop County  The Elgin Courier Source link

A team of explorers believed they discovered an ancient sunken city that would rewrite human history, but the ruins have mysteriously been ignored for 25 years. In 2001, marine engineer Paulina Zelitsky and her husband, Paul Weinzweig, from Advanced Digital Communications (ADC), revealed that they had stumbled upon a collection of stone structures over 2,000 feet underwater near Cuba. Sonar scans …

New research published in the American Journal of Biological Anthropology highlights the extreme sexual dimorphism in early human ancestors, revealing that some species like Australopithecus afarensis and A. africanus exhibited striking size differences between males and females. This newly uncovered information, led by anthropologist Adam D. Gordon of the University at Albany, challenges previous assumptions about early hominin social structures …

You can only learn so much from watching 20-plus seasons of Grey’s Anatomy, so I’m asking real-life medical professionals: What’s a freaky fact about the human body that most people wouldn’t want to know? Maybe you’re an OB-GYN, and you know that ovaries can develop tumors with teeth… —u/_bbycake Maybe you’re a brain surgeon who knows that patients won’t feel …

Maine resident hospitalized with year’s first human case of tick-borne Powassan virus, CDC says  The Portland Press Herald Mainer hospitalized with tick-borne disease  Bangor Daily News Maine resident tests positive for Powassan virus  WGME Maine CDC reports first human Powassan case, first West Nile bird case of the year  newscentermaine.com Maine sees first of Powassan, West Nile virus cases of the year  WMTW Source link