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04.24.24

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The Rise of the Carbon Farmer

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PLANET PIONEERS | 6-MINUTE READ

Farmers around the world are reigniting the less intensive agricultural practices of yesteryear—to improve soil health, raise yields, and trap carbon in the atmosphere back down in the soil.

By Jessica Rawnsley

She Didn't Qualify for a Transplant—So Now She Has a Two Pig Organs

Overview of surgical theatre where transplant is taking place

XENOTRANSPLANTATION | 4-MINUTE READ

In the first procedure of its kind, a 54-year-old New Jersey woman received a genetically engineered pig kidney and thymus after getting a heart pump.

By Emily Mullin

Unruly Gut Fungi Can Make Your Covid Worse

Scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of Candida albicans

MUSHROOM CLOUD | 4-MINUTE READ

An infection can upset your microbiome, and if certain gut fungi run riot, this can kick the immune system into overdrive.

By Maggie Chen

Plant-Based Meat Boomed. Here Comes the Bust

Photo of Beyond meat burger patties getting packaged.

LOW APPETITE | 2-MINUTE READ

Sales of vegan meat are trending downward in the US, with companies scrambling to win back customers.

By Matt Reynolds

We Finally Know Where Neuralink's Brain Implant Trial Is Happening

BRAIN STORM | 2-MINUTE READ

After months of secrecy, Neuralink revealed that the partner site for its brain implant study is the Barrow Neurological Institute.

By Emily Mullin

NASA Confirms Where the Space Junk That Hit a Florida House Came From

Photo of a recovered stanchion from the NASA flight support equipment used to mount International Space Station batteries on a cargo pallet.

HEADS UP | 6-MINUTE READ

Space law just got a little more complicated.

By Stephen Clark, Ars Technica

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Green Roofs Are Great. Blue-Green Roofs Are Even Better

Amsterdam is experimenting with roofs that not only grow plants but capture water for a building's residents. Welcome to the squeezable sponge city of tomorrow.

Here's a Clever Way to Uncover America's Voting Deserts

Mathematicians are using topological abstractions to find places poorly served by polling stations.

Photo of a downed telephone pole amid debris in the aftermath of a tornado in Lakeview, Ohio, March 15, 2024.

Environmental Damage Could Cost You a Fifth of Your Income Over the Next 25 Years

The world is already committed to warming that will undercut the global economy by 20 percent between now and 2050. That's six times the price of limiting warming to 2 degrees Celsius.

Photo of the Colorado River at Yuma, Arizona

How One Corporation Is Cashing In on America's Drought

In an unprecedented deal, a private company purchased land in a tiny Arizona town—and sold its water rights to a suburb 200 miles away. Local residents fear the agreement has "opened Pandora's box."

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MONEY PROBLEMS | 4-MINUTE READ
Change Healthcare Finally Admits It Paid Ransomware Hackers—and Still Faces a Patient Data Leak

By Andy Greenberg

The company belatedly conceded both that it had paid the cybercriminals extorting it and that patient data nonetheless ended up on the dark web.

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Japan: Nintendo death threats suspect charged by police

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Japan: Nintendo death threats suspect charged by police

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April 24

Japanese police have charged the man responsible for sending death threats to Nintendo, resulting in the cancellation of the Nintendo Live Tokyo event earlier this year. According to reports from Japanese newspaper Kyoto Shimbun, the 27-year-old suspect from Ibaraki Prefecture has been charged with the forcible obstruction of business after sending 39 threats through Nintendo's […]

Eiyuden Chronicle devs are working to improve the Nintendo Switch version

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April 24

Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes is now available for purchase, but unfortunately the Nintendo Switch version of the game has a few performance issues, which didn't go down too well with reviewers playing on the platform. Today, the official Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes X account has tweeted that they "are diligently researching technical improvements for Switch […]

The Rise of the Carbon Farmer