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Physicians from Johns Hopkins Medicine have performed two turning point reed organ transplanting involving an HIV - positive liver and kidney . It ’s a historic precedent that will do much to alleviate the ongoing organ shortage , while paving the way towards standardised transplanting involving other diseases . The medico , who announced the surgeries yesterday , used variety meat donate by the family of an HIV - positive woman who died earlier this month ....

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Although there ’s technically a lot of squad remaining in the competition , two of the frontrunners — the Japanese HAKUTO squad , and Astrobotic — have team up up to deploy their military mission to the Sun Myung Moon next year , aboard the same SpaceX Falcon 9 roquette . First position in the Lunar X competition will go to the first automaton that explores at least 500 time and transmits HD video and image back to Earth ....

They ’re not in every home just yet , but if you ’re favourable enough to have a 3D printer at your disposal , a Gallic sculptor by the name of Gael Langevin will allow you create more than just plastic bangle . He ’s expend the past year originate a 3D printable robot , and has made the open source architectural plan useable throughThingiversefor free . At the present moment only the design for the golem ’s remaining and right weapon are available , but Gael plans to post the schematics for the principal and torso once he ’s complicate and perfect their design ....

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When you purchase through links on our site , we may realise an affiliate commission . Here ’s how it wreak . Archaeologists in Korea have uncovered the clay of multiple flushing toilets within a 1,300 - year - onetime castle complex . But there was one " throne " to rule them all : The pate prince get a special bathroom that drain directly into a nearby river ....