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  1. Health & Medicine

    Elderly cats with dementia may hold clues for Alzheimer’s

    Immune cells in aging cat brains with amyloid beta destroy nerve endings, mimicking the progression of Alzheimer’s disease in humans.

    By Claudia López Lloreda
  2. Health & Medicine

    Scientists perform the first pig-to-human lung transplant

    The genetically modified lung remained viable for nine days, but the recipient’s immune responses need more research, scientists say.

    By Skyler Ware
  3. Animals

    The mysterious, extinct ‘Fuegian dog’ was actually a semi-tame fox

    Historic European accounts long described the canids as domesticated dogs. A new study suggests that’s probably not true.

    By Jake Buehler
  4. Planetary Science

    NASA’s Webb telescope spotted a new moon orbiting Uranus

    Like Uranus's other 28 moons, the newfound object spotted by JWST will be named after a William Shakespeare or Alexander Pope character.