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Geologists Have, For The First Time, Animated How The Earth’s Plates Moved Relative To Each Other Over The Last Billion Years. The Geologists Spent 4 Years To Create The Animation, Using Paleomagnetism And Current Tectonic Plate Data. The Animation May Help Explain How Earth Became Habitable For Complex Creatures.

Researchers Are Indicating That Some Stonehenge Bluestones Were Previously Used In Wales Before Being Transported To Their Current Location. This Find Is Based On The Discovery, In Wales, Close To The Bluestone Source, Of The Identical 110m Diameters Of The Stone Circle, Known As Waun Mawn. And The Attributes Of The Securing Stone Hole.

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4 Persons, In Oregon, USA, Who Received The Complete COVID-19 Vaccine Dose, Tested Positive For COVID-19. This Makes Oregon One Of The First States To Identify “Breakthrough Cases,” In Which Folks Considered Immune Are Now Sickened With Mild Cases Of COVID-19. But Health Officials Are Not Surprised By This Given The Vaccines ~95% Efficacy.

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An American, Renee Capozzola, Has Become The First Female To Win The Title Of “The Underwater Photographer Of The Year.” She Won The 2021 Competition With Her Photo Submission, Entitled “Sharks’ Skylight,” Which Was Taken On The Pacific Island Of Moorea In August. Her Photo Bested 4,500 Submissions From Competitors Across 68 Countries.

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A New Study, A First Of Its Kind, Which Focuses On The Health Impact Of Cannabis On Blood Pressure, Heart Rate And Metabolism In Hypertensive Adults That Are 60 Years And Above, Shows That Cannabis May Reduce Blood Pressure In Older Adults. The Study Is Very Pertinent As Older Adults Have Become The Fastest Growing Users Of Cannabis.

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Researchers Have Discovered Another Similarity Between Mice And Humans. They Found That Baby Mice Tend To Remember Their Mum Even As Adults, Just Like Human Infants Do. And The Memories Formed Are Linked To Increase In Brain Neurons Associated With Social Memory, Which Is An Animal’s Ability To Recognize And Remember Members Of Its Species.

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Dr. Okonjo-Iweala, Nigerian’s Former Minister Of Finance, If Confirmed, Will Be The First Woman And The First African To Head The World Trade Organization (WTO). She Is Currently The Front Runner And Strongest US Supported Candidate For The Position After Her Fieciest Rival From South Korea, Yoo Myung-hee, Withdrew From Consideration.

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The Catholic Pope, In His Desire For Greater Participation Of Women In Decision Making, Has For The First Time Appointed A Woman, Sister Nathalie Becquart, Age 52, Who Is From France, As An Undersecretary To The Synod Of Bishops (SOB). SOB Advises The Pontiff And Debates Some Of The Most Controversial Issues In The Roman Catholic Church.

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Ms. Li Ziqi, A Chinese Internet Culinary Sensation, Has Set A Guinness World Records For Having The Most Subscribers For Her Rural Lifestyle Chinese-language Youtube Channel. At The Time Of Setting The Record, In July 2020, Li Ziqi Had 11.4 Million Subscribers. But The Number Has Gone Up To 14.1 Million At The End Of January 2021.

Another History-Making Moment In The US President Joe Biden Administration As Pete Buttigieg, Age 39, And The Former Mayor Of South Bend, Indiana, Will Be The First Openly Gay Person To Be Confirmed To A US Cabinet Post. Pete Was Approved By The US Senate As Transportation Secretary. Congrats to Him And Other Trail Blazers.

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The World’s First Successful Face And Hand Transplant, After 23 Hours Of Surgery, Was Performed, On 22-Year-Old Joe Dimeo, By Doctors At The NYU Langone Medical Center. Mr. Dimeo, At Age 20, Sustained Third-Degree Burns Over ~80% Of His Body Due To A Car Accident. The August 2020 Operation Involved 80 People Across 6 Surgical Teams.

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Chloé Zhao–The Director Of “Nomadland,” Emerald Fennell–The Director Of “Promising Young Woman,” And Regina King–The Director Of “One Night In Miami,” Together, Have Made History In The 2021 Golden Globes Award, As This Will Be The First Time That More Than One Woman Is Nominated For The Best Director Award In A Single Year. Congrats!

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A Very Rare Mineral On Earth, Called Jarosite, Known To Be Found Around Volcano Vents And In Exposed Mining Wastes, Was Recently Discovered In Antarctica. This Discovery Is Interesting Because Jarosite Is Abundant On Mars, Which May Hint At Almost The Same Environmental Conditions Existing On Both Mars And In The Deep Antarctic Ice.

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Scientists May Have Discovered, In The Sorata Massif Rainforests, In Northern Madagascar, The World’s Smallest Reptile, A 13.5 mm Long Male Chameleon Species Called Brookesia Nana (BN). But The Female BN, At 19.2 mm Long, Is Larger Than The World’s Smallest 16 mm Long Female Gecko, A Reptile Of The Sphaerodactylus Ariasae Species.

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Researchers, Based On A Trace Fossil And Using Reflectance Transformation Imaging, May Have Discovered A New Species Of Praying Mantis, Called Labradormantis Guilbaulti. The New Praying Mantis Species, Which Lived In Labrador About 100 Myrs Ago, During The Time Of The Dinosaurs, May Throw More Light On Praying Mantis Evolution.

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A Purple Dye, On A Textile, Which Dates To About 1,000 BC, Around The Reign Of King David, Was Found At An Excavations Site In Timna, ~220km South Of Jerusalem. This True Purple Dye, Worth More Than Gold, Is Mentioned In The Bible, Including In Garments Worn By King David, King Solomon, And Jesus Christ.

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A Snowy Owl Was Spotted In New York City’s Central Park For The First Time In 130 Years. The Snowy Owl, Which Resides In the Arctic Tundra, Has Not Been Seen In New York City Since It Was Last Spotted In The Winter Of 1890. The Owl Has Since Moved On. But Exhibit Of It Can Be Seeing At The American Museum of Natural History.

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Jonathan, A Seychelles Giant Tortoise, Hatched In 1832, At 189 Years Old, Is The World’s Oldest Known Land Animal. Jonathan, Now Blind Due To Old Age, Lives, Since The Late 1880s, On The Remote Island Of St. Helena, In The South Atlantic, And Has His Portrait Printed On The Back Of The Island’s 5 Pence Coin. Cool!

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A New Study Is Indicating That Infant Mortality Rate Drops By 1.8% Annually In Big Cities In The USA, For Every One Dollar Increase In Minimum Wage. The Study Is Based On Previous Studies That Have Consistently Shown That Increase In Minimum Wage Improves Standard Of Living, Alleviating Conditions That Lead To Infant Mortality.

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The U.S. FDA Has Approved The First Long-Acting Monthly 2-Shot Drug Combo That Can Replace Daily HIV Pills. The Combo, Called Cabenuva, Comprises Rilpivirine, Sold As Edurant By Johnson & Johnson, And A New Drug, Cabotegravir, From ViiV Healthcare. The Combo Are Given As Separate Shots Once A Month. 2 Months Dosing Is Also Being Tested.

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