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Reggie Risseeuw and Marques Pfaff

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4.6 • 739 Ratings

🗓️ 11 January 2022

⏱️ 18 minutes

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A human has received a genetically-altered pig’s heart in a transplant for the first time ever. Plus, China’s lunar lander found water on the moon. And a look into the origins and phenomenon of Wordle. Sponsors: Lendtable, Use code KOTTKE at Lendtable.com to get an extra $50 added to your Lendtable balance Indeed, Get a free $75 sponsored job credit at Indeed.com/goodnews Links: In a First, Man Receives a Heart From a Genetically Altered Pig (NY Times) In 1st, US surgeons transplant pig heart into human patient (AP) First transplant of a pig heart into a person sparks ethics questions (STAT) A gene-edited pig’s heart has been transplanted into a human for the first time (MIT Technology Review) Chinese Lunar Lander Makes The First Ever On-Site Detection of Water on The Moon (Science Alert) Chang'E-5 lander makes first onsite detection of water on moon (Phys) China's Chang'E-5 lander finds first onsite evidence of water on the Moon (New Atlas) Wordle Is a Love Story (NY Times) Wordle creator overwhelmed by global success of hit puzzle (The Guardian) Wordle creator promises viral game will stay simple and ad-free (BBC) Done your Wordle for the day? Try out these spoofs instead (The Verge) Heard Of Wordle? Now There's A Pokémon Version (Nintendo Life) How to win at Wordle using linguistic theory (The Guardian) The Physical Manifestation Of Wurdle Pounds My Butt As A Slightly Frustrating But Ultimately Rewarding And Meditative Daily Routine by Chuck Tingle United States Mint Begins Shipping First American Women Quarters™ Program Coins (US Mint) Maya Angelou becomes first Black woman to appear on US quarter as Treasury begins distribution (CNN) Kottke.Org Jackson Bird on Twitter See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:26.7	Music lines and stores subject to availability ends 14th of february welcome to the kotky ride home for tuesday january 11th 2022 i'm jackson bird today a human has received a genetically
0:35.3	altered pig's heart in a transplant for the first time ever,
0:39.9	plus China's lunar lander found water on the moon, and a look into the origins and phenomenon
0:47.3	of Wordle. Here are some of the cool things from the news today.
0:55.0	For the first time ever, a pig's heart has been transplanted into a human, and so far,
1:02.2	he's doing great.
1:03.6	57-year-old David Bennett, Sr., received the heart on Friday at the University of
1:08.3	Maryland Medical Center as a last chance shot at survival from
1:12.3	a life-threatening heart condition. Bennett is awake and breathing on his own and expected to come
1:17.8	off of a heart-lung bypass machine later today. Now while it's being called a watershed moment,
1:24.0	experts emphasize that it's more of a one-off and that as transplant physician and
1:28.6	chief medical officer of the United Network for organ sharing, Dr. David Klessen told the New York
1:32.8	Times, quote, it takes a long time to mature a therapy like this. End quote. The pig itself
1:39.9	was genetically altered. Some genes were inactivated, like ones that cause a human rejection response
1:45.9	or would keep the heart growing after the transplant, and other human genes were added to help the
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