Pigs

At any given moment, there are as many as 12,500 Duroc hogs snorting around the barnyards of Imani Farms, a pig farm in southwestern Ontario.The farm’s pens are a cacophony of squeals, screams, barks and grunts, with each sound telegraphing…

Issued on: 09/03/2022 - 17:23 A 57-year-old man with terminal heart disease who made history as the first person to receive a genetically modified pig’s heart died on Tuesday…

Chivalry 2 has released the House Aberfell update which includes a new map and new weapons – watch the trailer below. Available today (February 16) for PC (via the Epic Games Store) and PS4, PS5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S, House…

Researchers from UConn Heath and Yale University have made new advances connecting the evolution of pregnancy and cancer metastasis. Publishing in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Yasir Suhail, a postdoctoral researcher…

Iowa State University scientists may have uncovered an important clue that sheds light on why pigs don't get sick when exposed to the coronavirus. Studies since the start of the pandemic have noted that pigs can be infected by the virus if…

Israeli biotech company Matricelf (TASE: MTLF) today reported that it has successfully completed another usability trial with human implants for replacing the injured spinal cord of a living pig. The company is developing…

Speech sounds elicit comparable neural responses and stimulate the same region in the brain of humans, macaques and guinea pigs, a multidisciplinary group of University of Pittsburgh researchers reported in the journal eNeuro today. The…

According to time-honored advice, drinking a glass of warm milk at bedtime will encourage a good night's rest. Milk's sleep-enhancing properties are commonly ascribed to tryptophan, but scientists have also discovered a mixture of milk…

A disease outbreak blossoms in China. Exactly how it emerges, far from the eyes of any surveilling scientist, no one can quite explain. It spreads with incredible speed, killing in wide swaths, freezing transport and trade, and causing vast…

By AFP LONDON: Harry Potter author JK Rowling on Tuesday released her first children's Christmas book, inspired by lockdown and her son David's beloved cuddly toy pigs. "The Christmas Pig" is a story about "being…