A genetically engineered pig kidney helped Towana Looney enjoy 130 days without the need for dialysis before the organ was ...

Surgeons at NYU Langone Health in New York City had to remove a genetically modified pig kidney from Towana Looney, 53, of Gadsden, Ala., because her body rejected the organ. She's back on dialysis.

Scientists are genetically altering pigs so their organs are more humanlike to address a severe shortage of transplantable ...

Brazilian researchers are using laser technology to unearth a lost Portuguese colony and challenge long-held beliefs about human settlement in the Amazon.

Scientist Pete Kelsey and his team have 3D-mapped the entire island of Alcatraz, discovering Civil War secrets, prisoner escape routes – and looking at ways to preserve the island for the future.

The historic total solar eclipse that captured the nation's attention just one year ago won't soon be forgotten by those who witnessed it - or those who nabbed once-in-a-lifetime photos of it.

Jan van Eyck, “Portrait of a Man (Self-Portrait?),” 1433 Vcg Wilson/Corbis, via Getty Images This painting is sometimes credited as the first surviving self-portrait, though, as its title ...

At least 20 people, mostly women and children, killed on the first day of Eid al-Fitr amid a huge food crisis. Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court panel rules the former president must stand ...

That’s why there are no shortage of photos like these that capture unseen moments from that tumultuous period in world history. To an even greater extent than in the previous war, World War II was ...

April 9, 2025 • Amy Sherald, who painted former First Lady Michelle Obama's portrait in 2018, has a major survey of her work opening this week at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York.

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