Aliens, artificial skin, AR glasses—this week’s science is pure sci-fi come alive
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Science just pulled a Rick Sanchez — 3D-printed skin that heals like the real thing
“Aw jeez, Rick, they’ve gone and printed skin now!”
No joke — Swedish researchers have 3D-printed artificial skin that can actually grow its own blood vessels. Think less lab coats, more Rick’s garage vibes.
Here’s how it works: they cooked up a “bio-ink” where skin cells kick back on gelatin beanbags, spitting out collagen like it’s space goo. Then they 3D-printed hydrogel strands that dissolve into tiny tunnels — basically blood-flow portals waiting to be activated.
Why it matters: regular skin grafts are like patching up a spaceship with duct tape — they hold, they work, but they’re not the perfect fix. This new tech could mean grafts that heal faster, scar less, and behave more like the real thing.
Still only in mice for now, but if science keeps leveling up like this, we’re not too far from “interdimensional wound healing.”
Martian Mud Might Be Alive: NASA’s Latest Discovery Stirs Debate
NASA’s Perseverance rover just turned over a rock—well, a whole mudstone—that could rewrite cosmic history.
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