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11-04-2025
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X-ray images, Nietzsche estate join UNESCO Memory of World register
The first X-ray images ever taken are now part of the Memory of the World Register of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The German Commission for UNESCO announced their inclusion of the images produced by physicist Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (1845-1923) on Friday. A Munich manuscript of the Babylonian Talmud, one of the most important writings of Judaism, was also included in the register, as is the literary estate of the famed philosopher of nihilism, Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900). A total of 74 new documents have been added to the register, which includes books, manuscripts, musical scores, and audio and film recordings of outstanding value to human history. It now contains more than 500 entries. The X-ray images are pictures that Röntgen took in the course of his research into the electromagnetic radiation. The images include, among others, pictures of Röntgen's own hands, those of his wife Anna Bertha, and even of his hunting rifle. The German UNESCO Commission says the Munich manuscript of the Babylonian Talmud is the only one in the world to contain the complete text of the work. The 14th century manuscript has been in the possession of the Bavarian State Library since 1803. Nietzsche's literary estate is currently held at several sites in Germany and Switzerland. His collected works have been the subject of repeated disputes, revisions and new editions. The German UNESCO Commission explained that the original manuscripts are therefore of particular importance for understanding his philosophy.
Yahoo
08-04-2025
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SpaceX's Fram2 mission captures 1st human X-ray in Earth orbit
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. In 1895, when German physics professor Wihelm Röntgen was experimenting with cathode rays, he accidentally discovered what we know today as X-rays. Realizing the technology could benefit the medical field, Röntgen took the first ever X-ray image of the human body. It was an image of his wife's hand wearing a ring. About 130 years later, the crew of SpaceX's private Fram2 mission has recreated that X-ray portrait — except in space. The Fram2 mission launched on March 31, carrying a quartet of passengers who would soon complete the first human spaceflight in polar orbit. The launch was funded by Maltese cryptocurrency billionaire Chun Wang, who enlisted three polar expedition colleagues to join him on the novel mission. During the three-and-a-half-day spaceflight, the crew performed a total of 22 research experiments, which included observation of Earth's poles, growing mushrooms — and indeed taking the first X-ray images of a human while in orbit. Following the successful hand X-ray, the Fram2 crew continued this technology demonstration with a series of other diagnostic images that included the forearm, pelvis, abdomen and chest; the astronauts also imaged electronics to test the use of the X-ray as a hardware diagnostics tool. The crew further demonstrated a DXA (Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry) scan. Related Stories: — SpaceX Fram2 1st polar astronaut mission: Live updates — SpaceX launches private Fram2 astronauts on historic spaceflight over Earth's poles — Meet the astronauts of SpaceX's Fram2 mission, the 1st to fly over Earth's poles Fram2's Crew Dragon Resilience splashed down on Friday (April 4), parachuting toward the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Oceanside, California. The crewmembers were recovered aboard SpaceX's Dragon recovery vessel Shannon. They recently arrived at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston to complete a number of post-flight experiments and collect post-flight biometric data while recovering from the microgravity environment.
