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Medical team at the Johns Hopkins University may perform a penile transplant in coming months. If it happens, it will be first penile transplant in the United States. With this transplant, the team wants to offer a life-changing opportunity to wounded military veterans.

The medical team led by Dr. W.P. Andrew Lee said the surgery will give servicemen with often-hidden wound of war a new lease on life. As per the team, it has received permission to perform about 60 transplants on veterans with injuries to their genitals.

Kate Knott, a nurse practitioner and transplant coordinator at Johns Hopkins, said, “The psychological impacts of these injuries have obviously been huge for patients. To fully restore somebody...after such a devastating injury would be pretty great”.

Over 10% children in the US are living with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), according to a new study. It also suggested that cases of the disorder have surged among girls and minority groups in the US in last few years.

Experts believe surge in confirmed ADHD cases among girls, older kids and Hispanics could be because of better screening among some previously under diagnosed groups. More than 5.5 million kids aged five to 17 years have the neurodevelopmental psychiatric disorder, as per the study which analyzed ADHD cases confirmed by parents from 2003 to 2011.

A pineapple pesticide linked to milk in Hawaii also has a connection with men’s brains, and those men may develop Parkinson's disease, according to a new study published in journal Neuron.

The study has made its place in a long list of studies that have linked various pesticides to the degenerative disorder of the central nervous system that mainly affects the motor system. The new findings have also supported an observation stating that individuals who smoke are safe against Parkinson's disease.

Astronomers who were searching for signs of extraterrestrial laser pulses from alien structure KIC 8462852 have come up empty handed. As per the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI), astronomers didn’t find any extraterrestrial laser pulse emanating from the stellar body.

KIC 8462852's inconsistent dimming was baffling astronomers from a long time. Some of them think the anomalous star may have an extraterrestrial civilization. To observe the possibilities, they hunted for brief laser pulses from the stellar body, but found nothing, as per a report of SETI.

Not every planet in the solar system has a round moon like earth’s natural satellite. Some planets have ugly duckling moons. Ringed planet Saturn has over 60 moons, ranging from fascinating Titan to icy Enceladus to awkward-looking Prometheus.

Now, Cassini spacecraft of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has captured a high resolution photograph of Prometheus that lives around Saturn's F ring. The recent image is among the highest resolution images captured by Cassini till now. The newest photo released by the US space agency showed pockmarked surface of the moon in great details.

Non-governmental environmental organization Greenpeace has exposed some climate change researchers who are ready to conceal payment sources for their research. A sting operation by the group showed the researchers are even willing to do so even if the payment is coming from overseas oil, gas and coal producing corporations.

Greenpeace employed two of its members to act as representatives of energy companies for the sting operation, which took place over period of several months. Their job was to convince prominent commentators on climate change to show papers extolling the benefits of carbon emissions.