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Posted: Oct 6, 2021 / 07:00 AM CDT / Updated: Oct 1, 2021 / 01:54 PM CDT

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Government’s vax-or-test rule almost ready as nervous businesses wait

by The Associated Press, Nexstar Media Wire / Oct 20, 2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — More than six weeks after promising a new vaccination-or-testing rule covering the millions of Americans at companies with 100 or more workers, President Joe Biden’s most aggressive move yet to combat the COVID-19 pandemic is almost ready to see the light of day.

An obscure White House office is expected to give the green light any day to the rule's fine print detailing how and when companies will have to require their employees to be vaccinated or undergo weekly testing.

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Why the seat you pick on a plane impacts your carbon emissions

by Alix Martichoux, Nexstar Media Wire / Oct 20, 2021

(NEXSTAR) – Google Flights released a new feature recently that allows prospective travelers to compare flight options not just by price, layovers or airline, but also by carbon dioxide emissions.

The estimated quantity of carbon emissions for each trip is affected by the length of the trip, the airline's planned route and the type of aircraft – newer planes tend to pollute less, Google said. The seat you pick on the plane also has an impact.

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Pig-to-human transplants a step closer after kidney test

by The Associated Press, Nexstar Media Wire / Oct 20, 2021

Scientists temporarily attached a pig’s kidney to a human body and watched it begin to work, a small step in the decades-long quest to one day use animal organs for life-saving transplants.

Pigs have been the most recent research focus to address the organ shortage, but among the hurdles: A sugar in pig cells, foreign to the human body, causes immediate organ rejection. The kidney for this experiment came from a gene-edited animal, engineered to eliminate that sugar and avoid an immune system attack.

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