Plus: wireless headphones, a sweet Specialized bike, and a pair of magical sunglasses.
A fully human system to cultivate skin cells for grafting
Researchers have, for the first time, successfully cultured skin cells from human tissue-proteins to produce skin grafts for safer treatment of severe burns. The new technique could potentially replace the decades-old method of culturing skin grafts from combined human and animal biological material — the latter is considered high-risk under pharmaceutical GMP standards and the resulting ‘xenografts’ are limited to the treatment of severe burns or for compassionate use.
Three types of depression identified
Scientists have used brain imaging to identify three sub-types of depression — including one that is unresponsive to commonly prescribed serotonin boosting drugs.
NASA retires Kepler Space Telescope
After nine years in deep space collecting data, NASA’s Kepler space telescope has run out of fuel needed for further science operations. NASA has decided to retire the spacecraft within its current, safe orbit, away from Earth. Kepler leaves a legacy of more than 2,600 planet discoveries from outside our solar system, many of which could be promising places for life.
Staggering extent of human impact on planet revealed in new report
Humanity and the way we feed, fuel and finance our societies and economies is pushing nature and the services that power and sustain us to the brink, according to a new report that presents a sobering picture of the impact of human activity on the world’s wildlife, forests, oceans, rivers and climate.
Just How Fast Is the Parker Solar Probe? Astonishingly Fast
The probe just broke the record to become the fastest human-made object, relative to the sun. Here’s what that record really means.
Top Stories in October: ‘Next Generation’ Voting Machines Have Alarming Vulnerabilities
Plus: The carousing Texan who won a Nobel, a brain-eating amoeba claims another victim, and Netflix finally cancels some shows.
MacBook Air 2018: hands-on with Apple’s new ultra-thin laptop
Apple has finally unveiled a long-awaited revamp of the MacBook Air, replacing the influential but outdated laptop with a new model that adds a high-resolution Retina display, USB-C, and Touch ID. The laptop strongly resembles the 13.3-inch MacBook Pro released two years ago, but the design has been tweaked a subtle taper to make it a bit smaller — and to more closely resemble the iconic Air.
The laptop was unveiled on stage at the Howard Gilman Opera House in Brooklyn, and now Apple has brought us out into a demo area to check out the new machines. It really does look a lot like a MacBook Pro, but the taper makes a huge difference in the overall feel of the device. I can fully understand why Apple just went for it and called this a…
iPad Pro: hands-on with Apple’s new all-screen tablet
Apple announced a new, completely redesigned iPad Pro moments ago in New York, and I just got to spend a few minutes trying it out. The iPad Pro no longer has a home button; it’s all Face ID from here on out. The transition to Face ID allowed Apple to make the iPad’s side bezels slimmer than ever before, and the result might be the truest embodiment of a “tablet” yet. This thing is just a giant, beautiful screen. The 11-inch display is housed in a device similar to the size of the previous 10.5-inch iPad Pro, and the 12.9-inch model is physically smaller than its predecessor. The rounded edges of the last few iPads have switched over to flat edges reminiscent of the very original (or the iPhone 4 through 5S).
The overall feel of the…
Apple iPad Pro 2018: Specs, Features, Price
Apple’s iPad Pro is undergoing some major renovations, starting with a home button excavation.