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Leggett told researchers that she “became one” with her device. It helped her to control the unpredictable, violent seizures she routinely experienced, and allowed her to take charge of her own life. So she was devastated when, two years later, she was told she had to remove the implant because the company that made it had gone bust. The removal of this implant, and others like it, might represent a breach of human rights, ethicists say in a paper published earlier this month. And the issue will only become more…

Image via Marvel Studios New promotional footage for James Gunn’s upcoming Marvel swan song, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, showed off that one of the characters received a major upgrade. This new ability was hinted back during the franchise Holiday Special, and both fans and the Guardians of the Galaxy star in question are excited for this new addition to the film. Karen Gillan retweeted a short video with the caption “New arm, who dis.” The video had her character, Nebula using her new arm that was gifted to…

A schematic depiction of the burial and deep subduction of organic carbon. Credit: R. Dasgupta/Rice UniversityRising global temperatures are leading to a decrease in the amount of organic carbon being deposited in the ocean floor.An international group of researchers meticulously collected data from over 50 years of oceanic scientific drilling expeditions to carry out a groundbreaking study of organic carbon that sinks to the ocean floor and is drawn deep into the earth.According to their study, published recently in the…