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Scientists, For The First Time, Observed A Star Explode Into A Supernova. The Star, ~120 Million Light-Years Away, Was Observed, For 130 Days Before It Exploded, Using The University of Hawaii’s Pan-STARRS Telescope In Maui. Supernovas Are Usually Only Detected, But A Few Of A Different Type Stars Have Also Been Caught In An Exploding Act.

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An Israeli Company, NanoScent, Has Modified A Device To Detect COVID-19 From A Person’s Breath. The Device, Initially Built To Detect Cancers Or Other Health Predicaments Based On The Molecules In A Person’s Breath, Comprises A Breath Airbag And Sensors Equipped With Smart Algorithms, Which Can Indicate Whether Or Not A Person Has COVID-19.

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Maya Angelou, Legendary Poet And Activist, Has Become The First Black Woman Printed On The US Quarter. Maya’s Quarters Are The First, In The American Women Quarters Program, To Honor Prominent Women In US History. Other Quarters, Later In 2022 Through 2025, Will Feature Others Like Sally Ride–The First American Woman Astronaut In Space.

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Doctors, For The First Time, Successfully Transplanted A Pig’s Heart Into A Human. The Genetically Modified Pig’s Heart, In A 7 Hours Operations, Was Transferred To A 57-Year-Old David Bennett, Who Suffered A Life-Threatening Arrhythmia And Was Deemed Ineligible To Recieve A Human Heart Transplant. This Feat Could Curb Organ Donor Scarcity Crisis.

NASA Has Launched The World’s Largest And Most Powerful Telescope Ever, After More Than 30 Years Of Development/ Delays. The Tennis Court-Sized 10 Billion Dollar James Webb Space Telescope, Which Will Orbit The Sun, Is Designed To Study The Early Days Of The Universe And With Sensistivty To See Previously Undetectable Celestial Objects.

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Researchers May Have Discovered The Largest Arthropod That Ever Lived/ The Biggest Animal On Land During The Carboniferous. The Arthropod Fossil, A Monstrous Millipede Ancestor About 326 Myrs Old, Called Arthropleura, Was Discovered In 2018 In Northumberland, NE England. The Car-Sized Millipede Was ~8.5 ft (2.6 m) Long And Weighed ~110 Pounds (50Kg).

BMW Has Created The First Car, From A BMW iX, Which Changes Color. And This Color Changing Ability Is Due To The Car’s Body Panels Comprising E Ink Displays, Just Like Those Found In Screens Of E-Readers. The E Ink Display Technology Would Enable The Car Or Part Of The Vehicle To Display Different Colors And/Or Information Like Images And Text.

A Set Of Californian Twins Have Achieved An Extremely Rare Feat By Being Born In Different Years. The Male Twin, Alfredo Antonio Trujillo, Was Born On New Year’s Eve Of 2021. While The Sister, Aylin Yolanda Trujillo, Arrived 15 Mins Later, At Exactly Midnight On Jan. 1st, 2022. The Probability Of This Happening Is Said To Be 1 In 2 Million.

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“Spider-Man: No Way Home” Has Become The First And Only Movie Released In 2021 To Cross A Global Ticket Sale Of A Billion Dollars. And The Movie Achieved This Feat In Just Over A Week Since Its Dec. 17th, 2021 Release. The Movie Is Also Said To Be The Only Movie To Have Done This Since The Pandemic Began About 2 Years Ago.

Oriini Kaipara, A 38-Year-Old Māori Journalist At The “Newshub Live” Bulletin In New Zealand, Is Now The First Person With Traditional Facial Markings To Ever Host A Primetime News Program On National Television. Ms. Oriini, Previously Made History In 2019, At TVNZ, As The First Person With Māori Facial Markings To Present A Mainstream TV News Program.

NASA Is Said To Have Funded A Year-Long Program In Princeton, Which Paid 24 Priests To Find Out How The World’s Religion Would React If Evidence Of Alien Life Was Discovered. This Study Does Make One Curious About NASA’s Confidence In Finding Alien Life, Especially Given The Advances In Technology Like The James Webb Space Telescope.

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TikTok, Previously Ranked No. 7 For Web Traffic, Has Surpassed Google And Facebook To Become The Year 2021 Most Visited Internet Platform. This Ranking Is Based On Cloudflare Data Of Website Generated Traffic In 2021. The Other Top 9 Ranking Websites Are Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, Netflix, YouTube, Twitter, WhatsApp.

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The US FDA Has Approved The First Long-Acting Injectable HIV PrEP Medication. The Drug, Called Apretude, Given To Patients Every 2 Months, Is Said To Be 69% More Effective Than The Daily HIV Prevention Pills, Like Truvada and Descovy, For Cisgender Men And Transgender Women Who Have Sex With Men, And 90% More Effective For Cisgender Women.

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Scientists May Have Discovered The World’s Best Preserved Dinosaur Embryo In Ganzhou, China. The Embryo, Named Baby Yingliang, Believed To Be A Toothless Theropod Dinosaur, Or Oviraptorosaur, And At Least 66 Myrs Old, Was Preparing To Hatch Just Like A Chicken. This Discovery Will Enhance Our Understanding On The Link Between Dinosaurs And Modern Birds.

The US FDA Has Approved The Second COVID-19 Pill, Called Molnupiravir, From Merck. This Approval Comes A Day After The Agency Approved The First-Ever COVID-19 Pill, Called Paxlovid, From Pfizer. The Pills Are For Mild-To-Moderate COVID-19 Ill People, To Take At Home, Who Are At High-Risk Of Progressing To A Severe Stage Of COVID-19.

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Gabriel Boric, A 35-Year-Old Congressman And A Former Student Protester, Has Become The Youngest President In Modern Chile History. And Also The Youngest Leader In South America. The Left-Wing Gabriel Boric Won The Largest Majority Ever Recorded In A Chilean Election, On 12/19/21, To Defeat The Ultra-Conservative José Antonio Kast, Age 56.

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The US FDA Has Approved The First Eye Drop That Could Replace Reading Glasses For Folks 40 Years And Older, Who Experience Age-Related Blurry Near Vision. The Drug, Called Vuity, Which Activates In 15 Minutes, Is Said To Be Able To Provide Sharp Vision For 6 To 10 Hours To The ~128 Million Americans Affected By Blurred Near Vision.

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Nasa’s Parker Solar Probe Is Now The First Spacecraft To Touch Our Sun. The Probe Successfully Flew Through The Sun’s Upper Atmosphere To Sample Our Sun’s Particles And Magnetic Fields. This Feat Will Give Us Deeper Insights Into Our Sun’s Evolution And Impacts On Our Solar System, Inferably Teaching Us About Other Suns In The Universe.

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Malta Has Became The First European Country To Allow Limited Possession And Cultivation Of Marijuana For Personal Use. The Law Allows Adults In Malta To Possess Up To 7g (0.25 oz) Of Cannabis And Grow Up To Four Plants. However, Adults Are Banned From Using It In Public Or Smoking In Front Of Children–Liable To A Fine OF 300-500 Euros

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UAE Will Be The First Nation In The World To Formalize A Work Week That is Shorter Than 5 Days. This Comes When The UAE Adopts A 4.5-day Workweek, Beginning Jan 1, 2022, With Weekends To Comprise Friday Afternoon, Saturday, And Sunday. The Change Is Expected To Boost Work-Life Balance/Enhance Social Wellbeing, While Increasing Performance.

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