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Another Cool Animal Inspired Innovation. This Ant And Spider Inspired Metal Is So Water Repellent, It Refuses To Sink Regardless Of How Damaged It Is Or How Often It Is Forced Into Water. The Metal Could Lead To Building Unsinkable Ships And Wearable Flotation Devices, And Even Electronic Devices That Can Survive Long Term In The Ocean. Cool!

I Do Concur That, Though, Well-Intentioned, The Creation Of Rhino Horn From Horse Hair Could Have Major Disadvantages Than Advantages, As Flooding The Market With Fake Horns Could Increase Poaching Rate Because Demand For The Real Thing Could Surge. In addition, It May Become The New Get Out Of Jail Excuse For Poachers Feigning Ignorance.

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The First New Strain Of HIV, In 19 Years, Called “HIV-1 Group M, subtype L,” Has Been Discovered. Now, Before You Start Freaking Out, This Is Just Another Additional Subtype Of HIV. This Means That It Poses No New Threat As The Current Testing And Preventive Treatments Will Diagnose And Treat The New Strain.

Vitamin E Acetate, Commonly Used In Skin Lotions Or As A Vitamin Supplement, May Be The Main Culprit In The Vaping Cases That killed 40 People And Sickened 2,051 In The USA. This Is According To A CDC Report, After Testing 29 Patients From 10 States, Which Determined Many Patients Used Illicit THC-Based Product Containing The Culprit.

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An Ape Species, Danuvius Guggenmosi, Now Indicates That Human Ancestors Stood Upright Millions Of Years Earlier Than Thought, Based On The Discovered Male Ape Fossil, With Resemblance To Human Bones, Which Lived ~12 Mya In Now Southern Germany. Previous Upright Standing Apes Records, From Crete and Kenya, Date Back To 6 Mya.

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Inspired By Photosynthesis In Plants, Scientists Have Created An Artificial Leaf That Can Inexpensively Convert Carbon Dioxide (CO2), A Primary Cause Of Global Warming, To Alternative Energy Called Methanol. This Innovation Could Help Fight Climate Change By Reducing CO2 Emission And Providing An Alternative To Fossil Fuel.

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It Has Been The Norm That Losing Weight Can Help Prevent Health Complications And Improve Mortality Later In Life. But Researchers Are Saying That It Only Works If Weight Is Lost At Younger Age. Losing Weight In Middle Age Or Late Adulthood, Based On The Study, May Increase The Risk Of Premature Death Especially From Heart Disease.

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A New Study, Involving Five Men And Five Women, Is Stating That It Takes The Brain About 100-300 Milliseconds To Recognize A Familiar Song. The Study Result Is Indicative Of How Fast The Temporary Circuitry Is In The Brain, And Also The Deep Hold That Music Has On Our Memory, Which May Be Leveraged In Dementia Therapy.

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A New Innovation For Swiftly Charging A Lithium-Ion Electric Vehicle Battery Has Been Developed By Engineers At Penn State. This Innovation Would Add Roughly 200 Miles Of Driving Range In Just 10 Minutes, Compared To Current Fast-Charging Stations That Take 20 Minutes To Provide Just 60-80 Miles Of Driving Range.

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Researchers Are Stating, Based On Mitochondrial DNA Analysis, That Everyone Today Can Precisely Trace Their Common Ancestry To A Woman Who Lived In Modern Day Botswana, South Of The Zambezi River, About 200,000 YA When Early Humans Emerged In Africa. This Discovery, However, Undermines The East African Origin Of Modern Humans.

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Studies Indicate That People, In Social Facilitation Of Eating (SFE), Tend To Eat ~29-48% More In Company Of Family And Friends Than When They Eat Alone. This Could Be Due To Longer Meal Duration Moderated By The Familiarity Of Co-Eaters. Researchers Are Also Theorizing SFE As An Evolved Efficient Evolutionary Adaptation Mechanism.

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This’s A First Time Hearing Of A Rare Medical Condition Called “Auto-Brewery Syndrome (ABS).” Someone With ABS Would Get Drunk Because The Body Is Producing Alcohol Due To Yeast, In The Gut, Which Converts Carbohydrates In The Food One Eats To Alcohol. Fortunately, ABS Can Be Treated With Antifungal Therapies And Probiotics.

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A British Engineer, Trevor Jackson, Signed A Multi-Million-Pound Deal With Austin Electric, In Essex, To Manufacture A Battery On A Large Scale In The UK. Jackson’s Fuel Cell Battery Is Said To Come With Many Major Advantages Over The Best Battery Models, Including Being Able To Power An Electric Car For 1,500 Miles Without Recharge.

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Google Is Stating That It Has Built A 53-bit Quantum Computer, Named Sycamore, Which Took 200 Seconds To Solve A Problem That Would Take The World’s Fastest Supercomputer 10,000 Years To Solve. And This Technological Development Could Open Future Doors In, E.G., Machine Learning, Medicine And Better Battery Design. Cool!

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Researchers Are At A loss On How To Explain Another Discovery That Defiles Known Logic —-The Discovery Of A Star, Named HD 140283, Which Is Said To Be Older Than The Universe. The Star, Nicknamed Methuselah In Reference To The Oldest Biblical Character, Is Said To Be ~14.27 BY Old While The Universe Is Estimated To Be ~13.8 BY Old.

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Lionel Messi Of Barcelona, With The Goal On 10/23/19, Against Slavia Praha, Became The First Player To Score In 15 Consecutive European Champions League Campaigns Dating Back To The 2005-06 Season. The Goal, Against Slavia Praha, Also Tied Him Up In Ranks With Real Madrid Stars, Raúl And Cristiano Ronaldo For Scoring Against 33 Teams.

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Another Upcoming Development That Sounds Great But Could Raise Ethical Concerns Regarding The Future Of Baby-Making. Scientists In Netherland Say That They Are 10 Years From Creating The World’s First Artifical Womb For Humans, Which Can Save Babies Born Prematurely. Premature Birth, Before 34 Weeks, Is The Biggest Cause Of Death Among New Borns. Hmm!

In A Bid To Enhance Computer-Human Interaction, A Team Of French Human-Computer Interaction Researchers Have Created Something That Might Give You The Creeps. They Call It “Skin-On,” A Mobile Case Made With Synthetic Human Skin. Skin-On Is Said To Respond To, For Example, Tickling, Poking, Stretching, Grabbing, And Pinching. Hmm!

Pretty Mysterious Creature, Called “The Blob,” Which Appears To Be A Fungi But Behaves Like An Animal. The Blob Is Said To Have About 720 Sexes, And With Some Degree Of Intelligence For Resolving Problems. The Salt Hating Creature Is Also Said To Be Able To Transmit Knowledge With One Another When Fused Together.

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Starving Cancer Of Their Favorite Food By Blocking The Metabolism Of Glutamine And The Transportation Of Glucose To Cancer Cells, According To Scientists, Could Inhibit Cancer Tumor Growth. And This’s Why It’s Exciting That Scientists Have Discovered A High Potency Molecule Known As Glutor, Which Could Block 44 Glucose Transporters.

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