In a Maryland operating room one day in November 2025, doctors made medical history by transplanting a genetically modified pig kidney[1] into a living patient. The kidney had been engineered to mimic human tissue and was grown in a pig, as an alternative to waiting around for a human organ donor who might never come. For decades, this...
Why can’t I wiggle my toes one at a time, like my fingers?
Curious Kids[1] is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. [2]. Why can’t I wiggle my toes individually, like I can with my fingers? – Vincent, age 15, Arlington, Virginia One of my favorite activities is going to the zoo where I live
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Far-right extremists have been organizing online since before the internet – and AI is their next frontier
How can society police the global spread of online far-right extremism while still protecting free speech? That’s a question policymakers and watchdog organizations confronted as early as the 1980s and ’90s – and it hasn’t gone away[1].
Decades before artificial intelligence[2], Telegram[3] and white nationalist Nick Fuentes’ livestreams...
People who talk with their hands seem more clear and persuasive – new research
When people use hand gestures that visually represent what they’re saying, listeners see them as more clear, competent and persuasive. That’s the key finding from my new research published in the Journal of Marketing Research, where I analyzed thousands of TED Talks and ran controlled experiments to examine how gestures shape communication...