World First

Health World’s first successful voice box transplant helps patient talk again

Significant advancement in organ transplantation, provides new hope for those who have lost their ability to speak, swallow, and breathe

Discoveries This 2,000-year-old device is the world’s first computer Joshua Shavit

Discoveries Introducing the world’s-first telecommunication device from 2,500 years ago Joshua Shavit

Discoveries 13 year-old boy is the first-ever patient to be cured of extremely deadly brain cancer Joshua Shavit

Discoveries Scientists make first-ever sighting of a live newborn great white Joseph Shavit

Discoveries First-time ever: Man swims nonstop for over 51 hours between California coast and Catalina Joseph Shavit

Discoveries In a global first, man swims nonstop for over 51 hours between California coast and Catalina Island Joseph Shavit

Discoveries Groundbreaking new form of carbon opens up entirely new possibilities in material science Joseph Shavit

Discoveries Cambridge student solves 2,500 year old grammar puzzle Joseph Shavit

Discoveries Scientists create the first-ever printable, wearable insect repellent Joseph Shavit

Discoveries Compact, massive triple star system detected for the first time Joseph Shavit

Discoveries For the first time, a human liver was treated in a machine and then successfully transplanted Joseph Shavit

Discoveries Introducing the world’s first hands-free jetpack Joseph Shavit

Discoveries Quantum sensor breakthrough paves way for groundbreaking mapping of Earth’s underworld Joseph Shavit

Discoveries Robot performs first laparoscopic surgery without human assistance Joseph Shavit

Global Good Astronomers discover mysterious object unlike anything they have seen before Joseph Shavit

Global Good A world-first study has revealed how space travel affects red blood cells Joseph Shavit