ResusNation #161

Welcome to ResusNation #160 Moon or Bust (But Mostly Puke): The Artemis II Medical Brief NASA sent four people around the Moon, and while the PR department posts high-resolution Earthrise photos, the medical team is effectively running a high-stakes ICU in a tin can. Artemis II isn't just a flight; it's a crash course in Space Adaptation Syndrome (SAS), which is the polite way of saying the...

Welcome to ResusNation #159 The Beetle Juice That Kills You Imagine you’re a Khoisan tracker in the Kalahari, and instead of a pharmacy, your "extra-strength" solution for hunting a wild animal is tucked inside the dirt. Enter the Diamphidia beetle, a creature whose larvae contain a diamphotoxin so powerful it makes rattlesnake venom look like a refreshing electrolyte drink. We aren't just ...

Welcome to ResusNation #158 Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V: The 20-Year Mouse Glitch Imagine you’ve been copying the same homework assignment since 2005, but every time you hit print, the ink gets blurrier and blurrier. That is essentially what Japanese researchers did over a two-decade-long bender of somatic cell nuclear transfer. They started with one female mouse and just kept hitting the “clone” button...