Over at Quanta Magazine [Shalma Wegsman] asks What Is the Fourier Transform? [Shalma] begins by telling you a little about Joseph Fourier, the French mathematician with an interest in heat propagation ...

In a groundbreaking moment for xenotransplantation, Chinese scientists have announced the first-ever transplant of a pig lung into a human—a step forward in the long quest to solve the organ shortage ...