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The ‘Atacama Humanoid’ featured in the documentary ‘Sirius,’ to be released on April 22, was not a fetus as has been suggested by many commentators, but was 6 to 8 years old, according to the team producing the film. According to a press release issued today by the Sirius team, a DNA sample from bone marrow extracted from the specimen provides proof of age. "Ata was male and survived post-birth 6 to 8 years," said a team spokesperson. This would mean that the body, which has nine rib pairs as opposed to a human’s twelve, is not an animal fetus.
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Transplantation of body parts may soon become a thing of the past: We’ll either regrow them or we’ll PRINT them.

The idea of printing organs has moved beyond science fiction, as the technology of three-dimensional printing (in which layers of material are laid down one at a time to create a solid object) has improved.

Although they can’t yet print transplantable organs, researchers have used the technique to build layers of cells into living tissues. These tissues can be used to test drugs (instead of using animals–or even humans).
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The circulation of waters around the Antarctic continent is faltering, and could lead to the failure of currents around the world. If this happens, atmospheric circulation will also fail, with immediate and serious consequences for highly polluted areas such as China, Northern Iran, parts of the United States and Europe and many other areas. China is especially vulnerable and could not sustain a protracted period without atmospheric circulation.
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