Polar Day. a day lasting more than 24 hours, occurring in polar regions north of the arctic circle and south of the antarctic circle. At points in the northern hemisphere with a geographic latitude Ï, the sun does not drop below the horizon at certain times of the year.
(Newser) â You know what they say: You're never too old to donate an organ. Well, they should say that, anyway. The Evening Times reports a woman recently became Scotland's oldest organ donor after dying at the age of 107. Her corneas were removed and are now helping a young patient see. The message is, don't rule yourself out, says Lesley Hogan of NHS Blood and Transplant.
Man survives 25 years with donor heart, becoming one of longest-surviving heart recipients. A few weeks ago, Thomas Cook celebrated an unexpected milestone, having lived as long with a donor heart as he had with his own. In reality, however, the new heart became his own the moment surgeons transplanted it inside his chest 25 years ago.