Artemis II commander Reid Wisemen looking back at Earth from deep space.
For all the astronauts of this generation, seeing the whole Earth’s disc is not common at all, having been the human space operations limited to the low earth orbit in the last 53 years.
That tiny teaspoon of honey in your tea is more precious than it seems. To make just one teaspoon, 12 honeybees must work together their entire lives, visiting over 30,000 flowers and flying nearly 800 miles—all while carrying nectar drop by drop back to the hive.
Bees are master engineers of nature. They communicate using waggle dances, coordinate massive team foraging missions, and maintain hive temperatures with wing vibrations. But beyond honey, bees play a critical role in the planet—they pollinate 75% of the world’s crops, including fruits, vegetables, and nuts.
A man with diabetes is making his own insulin after cell transplant.
A 42-year-old man with type 1 diabetes has become the first patient in the world to naturally produce insulin again after receiving gene-edited pancreatic cells.
Using CRISPR-Cas12b technology, scientists reprogrammed donor islet cells to evade immune system attacks that normally destroy transplanted tissue in diabetics. This breakthrough eliminates the need for lifelong immunosuppressive drugs, which often carry severe side effects.
The patient received nearly 80 million of these “hypoimmune” cells, which survived and thrived in his body. Four months later, doctors confirmed the cells were producing insulin by detecting C-peptide spikes after meals.
While still in early trials, this marks a potential revolution in diabetes care, showing that the disease could one day be managed without daily insulin injections. If scaled, it could transform the lives of millions living with type 1 diabetes worldwide.
[Carlsson, Per-Ola, et al. “Survival of Transplanted Allogeneic Beta Cells with No Immunosuppression.” The New England Journal of Medicine, Aug. 4, 2025.]
Sri Kodanda Rama Swamy Temple, Ejipura – Bengaluru Behold the world’s tallest monolithic Vishnu statue standing 108 ft tall and carved from a single granite rock weighing around 420 tonnes.
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