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AstraZeneca And The University Of Oxford Have Stated, In A Relatively Unclear Report, That Their COVID-19 Vaccine Is, On Average, 70% Effective Against Covid-19, Less Than Those From Moderna, And Pfizer And BioNTech. But AstraZeneca Vaccine, Compared To Others, Seem Easiest To Mass Produce And Store, And It’s Also The Cheapest, At $3 To $4 Per Dose.

The Trail Blazing Continues For President-Elect Joe Biden. He Has Appointed The First Woman, Janet Yellen, To Head The Treasury Department. Nominated The First Latino And Immigrant, Alejandro Mayorkas, To Head The Homeland Security Dept., And Also Tapped Avril Haines, Which Could Make Her The First Female Director Of National Intelligence.

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The Chinese New Submersible, Named Fendouzhe/Striver, Is The Deepest Diving Manned Submersible In The World, After Descending ~10,909 Metres To The Bottom Of The Challenger Deep Of The Marina Trench, Just Shy Of The 10,927 Metres World Record Set By The American Explorer In 2019. Fendouzhe Also Beamed Up The World’s First Live Video From Challenger Deep.

Scientists, In A First Of Its Kind, May Have Discovered A Way To Reverse Aging In Folks Over 64 Years By Using Oxygen Therapy (Breathing Pure Oxygen In Pressurized Chamber) To Target Cells And DNA Linked To Aging. The 3 Months Experiment Period Indicates That Folks Gained 25 Years Younger At The Cellular Biological Level. Hmm!

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Natural Diamond Form From Carbon, ~150 km Deep In The Earth, Under High Temperature And Pressure. And They Take Billion Of Years To Form. And Yes, Synthetic Diamond Have Been Created In Labs Since The 1940s. But Researchers In Australia, In What May Be A First, Were Able To Create Diamond In Minutes Under Room Temperature. Cool!

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The US FDA Has Approved The First Coronavirus Prescription Home Test Kit That Gives Result In A Little As 30 Minutes. The Kit, Lucira, Developed By Lucira Health, Is Said To Be Suitable For Folks Who Are At Least 14 Years Of Age. But Health Care Providers Must Collect Their Test Samples To Report Results To Health Authorities.

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Lego Has Set A New Record By Creating The Largest Lego Structure Comprising 9,036 Pieces Of Lego Bricks. The Structure, A Version Of The Colosseum, Measures 10.5 Inches High By 20.5 Inches Wide And Is 23.5 Inches Deep. The Colosseum Has About 1,500 More Pieces Than The Previous Record-Holder– The 7,541-Piece Star Wars Millennium Falcon.

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SpaceX Crew Dragon, In A Fully Operational Mission, Made History By Being The First Privately Owned Spacecraft, Built By SpaceX, To Deliver, On Monday, November 16th, 2020, A 4-Person Crew For A 6 Months Long Stay At The International Space Station (ISS). SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Completed It First Test Mission To ISS In March Of 2019.

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Mordena Just Announced That Their Vaccine, mRNA-1273, Is Effective Against COVID-19 As It Was Able To Reduce The Risk Of The Virus Infection By 94.5%. This News Comes A week After Pfizer And BioNTech Announced The Result From Their Study. Regardless, Experts Urge More Study To Better Understand The Efficacy Of The Vaccines.

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Yes, We Have Had 14 Black Astronauts Visit The International Space Station (ISS) During Its Construction. But Their Stay Was For A Short While. This Time, NASA, Via Sending Victor J. Glover–A Navy Commander And Test Pilot To ISS For A Longer, 6 Months, Stay, Will Make Him The First Black Astronaut To Stay This Long.

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A Woman, For The First Time, Has Been Appointed As The General Manager (GM) Of A Team Sports Operation In A Major Men’s Professional League In North America. Ms. Kim Ng, Age 51, Who Will Also Become The First Asian-American GM In The Baseball Major League History, Was Appointed As The General Manager For The Miami Marlins.

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US President-Elect Joe Biden Will Be The First Incoming President To Win Georgia Since President Clinton Won It In 1992. Georgia Has Been A Republican Strong Hold For Nearly 3 Decades. Joe Biden’s Win Will Bring The Final Tally For The “Concluded,” 2020 US Election Between President-Elect Joe Biden And President Donald Trump To 306-232.

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The Archeological Discovery, During A Salvage Excavation, Could Be Evidence Of The Geshurite People, Whose Capital, According To The Bible, Is Located North Of The Sea Of Galilee. The Unique Rock Etchings Of 2 Figures, Dated To Circa 11th-9th Century BCE, Found Inside The Earliest Fortified Settlement, In The Golan Heights, Could Be Linked To Geshurite.

A Team of Researchers Have Engineered A New Soil That Could Advance The Scope Of Agriculture. A Gram Of The Soil Is Said To Be Able To Extract 3-4 Grams Of Water From The Atmosphere, Especially In cool Humid Periods At Night, And Distribute The Water To Plants During The Day. This Innovation May Expand Farming To Uninhabitable Lands.

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Pfizer And BioNTech Have Stated That Their COVID-19 Vaccine Was Very Effective And Exceeded Expectations. The Vaccine Results Showed That Folks Injected Twice, 3 Weeks Apart, Experienced >90% Fewer Cases Of Symptomatic Covid-19 Than Those Given A Placebo. But Experts Have Indicated The Hurdles To Cross Before Approving The Vaccine.

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The World’s First Human Passenger Test Of A New Mode Of Transportation, Since 100 Years, Was Successfully Done By “Virgin Hyperloop.” Hyperloop Is A Transportation Mode Via A Vehicle, Magnetically Suspended In A Vaccum Tube, Which Can Reach Speeds Of 600 mph. But The Virgin Hyperloop Test Got To A Speed Of 100 mph Due To The 500m Long Track.

Researchers Have Discovered Another Strange Planet, K2-141b, Where It Rains Rocks On Its NightSide. The Temperature Of The Planet On The Dayside Can Reach 5,400 ℉. The Planet’s Molten Lava Ocean, Atmosphere, And Surface Are Said To Comprise The Same Rock Ingredient. All Rocky Planets, Including Earth, Were Once At This Molten Stage.

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Joe Biden And Kamala Harris Made History In This 2020 Presidential Election. Joe Biden Had The Highest Votes In A US Presidental Election History To Become President-Elect. While Kamala Harris Became The First Female, The First Black, And The First South Asian Vice-President Elect, Making Her Husband The First Second Gentleman. Congrats!

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The First Religious School, Dawatul Koran Third Sex Madrassa, For The Transgender Community, In Bangladesh, Has Openned, Thanks To Funds From The Late Businessman, Ahmad Chowdhury. The School Will Educate Transgenders So That They Can Find Jobs, As Conservative Social Attitude Has Made It Hard For Them To Access Jobs And Education.

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Researchers May Have Developed A Cheap And Effective Way To Measure Chronic Cortisol Level, Which Could Help To Effectively Diagnose Depression And Stress-Related Conditions Like Addison’s Disease. The Method, Which Uses Ear Wax, Is Said To Be More Effective Than Hair, Blood, Urine, And Saliva Tests, Which Track Short Term Cortisol Levels.

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