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Happy Wednesday, Nautilus readers! The day’s most fascinating science stories include a glimpse into the diary of a dancer in psychosis, the lifeforms that may be able to survive Venus’s acidic hellscape, and the 1960s post-docs that designed an atomic bomb. |
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Do transplanted hearts age to be the same as their new host? |
The miracles of modern transplant surgery can still sometimes boggle the mind. That the beating heart of one person can be sewn into the living body of another to save their life can seem like a Frankensteinian feat. But today, this kind of surgery is a standard and established medical procedure rather than an experimental one: In 2025, in the United States alone, more than 4,500 hearts were transplanted. |
The tragedy is that it’s not available to everyone. Many thousands of people snake through long organ donation lists waiting their turn, and many of them die before their number comes up. That’s partly because everyone wants to receive a young, healthy heart rather than an old and weary one—the younger the better. |
This could soon change, if recent findings about how organs age hold up. |
Read the full story. → |
More stories about the marvels of medicine: |
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🧠 Health |
> It’s linked to dementia, suicide, and stroke. (Read on ABC News) |
> A famed dancer’s diary offers a glimpse into psychosis. (Read on Nautilus) |
> Muscle loss is a big warning sign of dementia. (Read on Nautilus) |
🐌 Animals |
> A striking new fish species was discovered in the Amazon. (See it on Nautilus) |
> Frogs use bacterial armor to defend against fungus. (Read on Nautilus) |
> How snail shells can be used to map prehistoric cyclones. (Read on Nautilus) |
🪐 Space Exploration |
> Why is Uranus tilted on its side? (Read on Space.com) |
> Venus is an acidic hellscape, but it may still be hospitable to some. (Read on Gizmodo) |
> NASA’s planning to test Boeing’s Starliner, after failures stranded astronauts at the ISS for 9 months. (Read on CBS News) |
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Today’s Trivia |
🧐 Which creative once wrote 6,000 words on wallpaper? |
A) Jackson Pollock
B) Charles Dickens
C) Berthe Morisot
D) Ludwig Van Beethoven |
Click here for the answer. |
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She wished to educate women because they had a right to enjoy the pleasures of the mind. “I assure you,” she addressed her female readers, “that the most wonderful and the most interesting phenomena of nature are almost all of them produced by chemical powers.” |
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| —Journalist Regan Penaluna in her story “Lessons in Chemistry, 19th-Century Style” |
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