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How a tiny retinal implant is helping people regain their sight  Kurt the CyberGuyView Full Coverage on Google News Source link

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and the head of the air traffic controllers’ union held a news conference at Philadelphia International Airport, where they highlighted the impact of the shutdown on air travel, reiterating points Duffy made at the Capitol on Thursday.  “The stress level that our controllers are under right now I think is unacceptable,” Duffy said. Now I want …

Is the government spending money on healthcare for undocumented immigrants?published at 16:41 BST 16:41 BST Bernd Debusmann JrReporting from the White House Question: What is the total federal dollar spending for illegal immigrants’ health? Lorenzo Valla That’s an important question amid the shutdown and goes to the heart of Republican claims about what the Democrats want and, in their view, …

A tiny chip implanted into the eyes of people suffering vision loss from irreversible age-related macular degeneration has restored central sight in a dazzling first. It’s called the PRIMA system, tested across 17 European hospitals, and it restored central vision in 26 of 32 patients who used it for 12 months – many of whom could even read again. The …

An electronic eye implant half the thickness of a human hair has helped people with incurable sight loss to see again, opening up a potential “new era” in tackling blindness. Doctors who implanted the sim card-shaped prosthetic devices say they have helped many of the 38 elderly patients in the trial regain their ability to read letters, numbers and words. …

USSS finds hunting stand with sight line of Trump’s Air Force One in Florida  Axios Trump boards AF1 quickly, using small stairs due to ‘increased security measures’: WH official  Fox News Secret Service found a “suspicious stand” near Florida airport used by Trump, FBI says  CBS News FBI probes hunting stand with sight line on Air Force One in Palm Beach  The Hill Secret …

For Alaskan Evacuees, Home Is Gone, With No Return in Sight  The New York Times Alaska storm damage so bad many evacuees won’t go home for at least 18 months, governor says  CNN Alaska Native communities reeling in wake of Typhoon Halong’s remnants  Yale Climate Connections Nonprofit working to shelter dogs left behind in Halong flood evacuations  Alaska’s News Source Alaska governor asks Trump …

The U.S. Secret Service on Thursday discovered a suspicious hunting stand near Palm Beach International Airport with a direct sight line to where President Donald Trump exits Air Force One, the agency confirmed to NBC News on Sunday. The FBI is now leading an investigation into the discovery, Anthony Guglielmi, a spokesperson for the U.S. Secret Service, said in a …

Get ready stargazers! The Orionid meteor shower peaks next week overnight on Oct. 20-21, bringing with it a flurry of spectacular ‘shooting stars’ to brighten a blissfully dark moonless sky. The Orionid meteor shower is active from Oct. 2 to Nov. 7. It occurs when Earth barrels through the trail of debris shed by Halley’s Comet as it makes its …

Sky-watcher Jason Way captured this amazing shot of a supermoon above Dartmoor’s Haytor Rocks on Tuesday night, among many other images of the phenonomen taken in Cornwall. A supermoon appears brighter and larger than other full moons in the evening sky and occurs when the moon is at its closest point to the Earth. The term was first coined in …