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Humans

Supercooling tripled the shelf life of donor livers

Cooling organs to subzero temperatures could help them last longer, making lifesaving transplants available to more people.

Earth

Ancient crystal growths in caves reveal seas rose 16 meters in a warmer world

The Pliocene era cave formations on the Spanish coast of Mallorca offer hints about how oceans could respond to human-driven climate change.

Humans

Vaping is suspected in a fifth death and hundreds of injuries

U.S. health officials can’t yet point to a substance or device that’s behind a rising number of severe lung injuries and deaths tied to e-cigarettes.

Space

India lost contact with its first lunar lander just before touchdown

Chandrayaan 2 mission officials are trying to figure out why its rover-carrying lander went silent moments before it was to reach the moon’s surface.