🇮🇷 Helicopter crash kills Iran president, solar storm detected by deep-sea observatories, Neuralink's first patient shares his journey

Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi and his foreign minister lost their lives in a helicopter crash amidst mountainous terrain and icy weather, as reported by state media. Search teams discovered the wreckage in East Azerbaijan.

The incident unfolded as Raisi was returning from Iran’s border with Azerbaijan, where he had attended a high-profile event with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to inaugurate a cooperative dam project between the two nations.

A senior Iranian official, preferring not to disclose their identity due to the sensitivity of the situation, informed Reuters, “President Raisi, the foreign minister and all the passengers in the helicopter were killed in the crash.” For more on this development, check out today’s Must-Read.

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🇮🇷 Helicopter crash kills President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister: Iran

The first reports of a helicopter crash in the president’s convoy surfaced on social media and quickly gained traction in local media. Initially, the state-affiliated Mehr news agency reported that Raisi had decided to travel to Tabriz by car due to poor weather conditions, suggesting he was safe.

However, this report was later retracted after state television confirmed that Raisi was indeed aboard the missing helicopter, which had experienced a “hard landing” due to adverse weather conditions.

President Raisi was traveling with several important officials: Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, East Azerbaijan Province Governor Malek Rahmati, and Ayatollah Mohammad Ali Ale-Hashem, who represents Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in East Azerbaijan.

🌊 The last solar storm was so severe that it sank to the ocean floor

The beginning of May proved to be a highly stormy period for our sun. A powerful solar storm lit up skies worldwide with mesmerizing and strongest displays of auroras. Surprisingly, its impacts were felt far beyond our planet’s atmosphere, even at the bottom of the ocean.

Ocean Networks Canada’s instruments based deep beneath the ocean’s surface detected major disturbances in the Earth’s magnetic field. These instruments, which function as underwater observatories, are located as deep as 2.7 kilometers below the ocean’s surface. These mainly serve as magnetic compasses to monitor the ocean off the coast of Canada.

ONC’s undersea observatories were able to record the impacts of the intense solar storm that influenced Earth in May. The data indicated “temporary distortions” in Earth’s magnetic field, showing how far-reaching these solar events can be.

🧠 Neuralink’s 1st patient shares his journey, company seeks next participant

The first human to receive a Neuralink brain implant chip has shared his transformative journey and how the emerging technology changed his life. Noland Arbaugh, a 30-year-old who became paralyzed from the shoulders down following an accident eight years ago, received a Neuralink brain implant chip called “The Link” in January.

“In long-term, I think we can bridge severed nerve signals to a 2nd Neuralink in the spine, restoring full body control,” said Elon Musk, CEO of X, in a tweet.

Neuralink is currently seeking people with quadriplegia to participate in a groundbreaking investigational medical device clinical trial for its brain-computer interface.

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