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A Blind Man Had His Eyesight Partially Restored, In A First Of Such Successful Treatment In Human Using Optogenetic Therapy And Engineered Goggles. The 58-Year-Old Man, For 40 Years, Was Afflicted With A Neurodegenerative Eye Disease, Retinitis Pigmentosa, Which Changes How The Retina Responds To Light, Which Could Lead To Total Blindness.

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The Introduction Of 26 Adult Tasmanian Devils, In Late 2020, Into The 400-Hectare Sanctuary, North Of Sydney, Have Resulted In The Birth Of Tasmanian Devils 3000 Years After They Disappeared From Australia, Thought To Have Been Wiped-Out By Wild Dogs. This Is Hope For Rewilding Australia, Which Has The World’s Worst Mammal Extinction Rate.

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Phil Mickelson Has Made History As The Oldest Golfer To Win A Golf Major. He Was 50 Years, 11 Months, 8 Days When He Won The 2021 PGA Championship On 5/23/2021. This Win Implies A Total Of 29 Golfers Aged 40 And Above Have Won The Golf Major A Sum Total Of 39 Times. Mickelson Has 6 Major Golf Championships, Winning All But The US Open.

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A New Species Of Venomous Spider That Can Live For 20 Years Was Discovered In Florida Zoo. The Spider, A Pine Rockland Trapdoor Spider, Said To Look Like A Shiny Black Small Tarantula With A Bee-Like Sting, Spends Their Entire Life In The Same Burrow–The Females For 20 Years And The Males For Typically 7 Years Before Leaving To Mate.

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Nikkie de Jager Will Make History As The First Transgender Host Of The Eurovision Song Contest, As She Will Be One of This Year 2021 Competition Hosts. The 27-Year-Old Dutch Star, Known As NikkieTutorials On YouTube, Is A YouTube Star With About 3 Million Subscribers To Her Beauty Channel, Which Receives Over 1.4 Billion Video Views.

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Dean Du Plessis, Born With Tumors Behind Both Retinas, Has Become The First Visually Impaired Commentator To Cover International Cricket. He Developed His Skills Via A Lifetime Of Listening To Cricket And His Ability To Recognise People By Sound, Touch, And Smell, Enabling The 44-Year-Old Zimbabwean To Become A Successful Broadcaster.

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Google Has Unveiled An AI App Known As “Dermatology Assist.” The App, Modeled After A Previous Tool For Identifying Symptoms Of Certain Cancers And Tuberculosis, Uses Questions And Images Uploaded To Identify Hair, Skin, And Nail Conditions, Enabling Doctors To Provide More Tailored Treatment. The App Can Recognise 288 Skin Conditions.

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The First Global Study Conducted BY WHO And ILO Showed That Long Working Hours Resulted In The Death Of 745,000 People, In 2016, From Stroke And Heart Disease. And That More Than 55 Hours Work Week Was Associated With A 35% Higher Risk Of Stroke And 17% Higher Risk Of Dying From Heart Disease, Compared With 35-40 Hours Work Week.

An Egyptian Mummy Thought To Be That Of An Ancient Male Priest, Turned Out To Be The First Well Preserved Pregnant Egyptian Mummy Ever Discovered. The Mummy, Between Ages 20 To 30 And 26 To 30 Weeks Pregnant, Dates Back More Than 2000 Years, During Cleopatra’s Reign. And The Mummy May Provide New Possibilities For Pregnancy Studies In Ancient Times.

Poland Is Ranked As The Worst Country, In The European Union, For The LGBT People For The Second Year In A Row. The Ranking, Produced By ILGA-Europe, Factors In Parameters Like The Legal Situation And Social Climate Faced By The LGBT People. Malta (94%), Belgium (74%), And Luxembourg (72%) Came Top In Rank While Poland Scored 13%.

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Scientists Surprisingly Discovered A More Than 100-Year-Old Sturgeon In The Detroit River. The 6′ 10″ Length And 240 Pound Female Giant Fish, Is Speculated To Be One Of The Largest Lake Sturgeon Ever Recorded In The US. Female Sturgeons Are Said To Have 150 Years Life Span While The Male Sturgeons Can Live For 50 To 60 Years.

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2 Of 3 China’s Robots, In Tianwen-1 Mission, Have Landed On Mars To Study Mars Climate And Geology. This Landing Makes China The Second Country To Successfully Do This. The 2 Robots, Lander And Zhurong Rover, Landed On Utopia Planitia. The Third Robot Will Orbit Mars, Sending The Rover To Locations Of Scientific Interests For Detail Study.

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Funing County, China, Has Banned Parties For, E.G, Birthdays, Or Job Promotions. In-Line With The Central Government Call For Citizens To Curb Wastefulness And Extravagance. The County Also Set New Rules, Applicable To Gov Members, Village Leaders, And Civil Servants, For Weddings And Funerals, Including Cash Gift Ban Of >200 Yuan (US$31).

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Ms. Elisabetta Belloni Is One Of The Most Impressive Women In Power, As She Has Become The First Woman To Head The Department Of Information Security (DIS), Italy’s Secret Services. This Feat Is One Of Her Many Trail Blazes, As She Was Also The First Woman Secretary-General Of Italy’s Foreign Ministry – Italy’s Highest Diplomatic Post.

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The US FDA Has Approved The First Smart Cap For Insulin Pens. The Cap, BigFoot Utility, Is Said To Work With An Integrated Continuous Glucose Monitoring System (iCGM) To Provide Insulin Dose Recommendation, Thereby Helping Patients Determine How Much Insulin Dose They Need. The Cap Is Said To Be Approved For Patients Aged 12 And Older.

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US Gov. Has Approved The Largest Offshore Wind Project, In The US, As Part Of Its Goal To Tackle Climate Change By Harnessing Enough Clean Renewable Energy To Power 400,000 Massachusetts Homes Every Year. The $2.8 B Project, known as Vineyard Wind 1, Comprising 62 Turbines, Is Expected To Begin In 2020, And Will Supply Clean Energy By 2023.

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The US FDA Has Authorized The Use Of Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine For Children, In The US, Btw The Age Of 12 To 15 Years. This Authorization Is Most Welcome, Especially For Schools Effectively Opening, And Other Adolescents Centered Activities Like Summer Camping, And Sleepovers. The Pfizer-BioNTech Is Already Available To Anyone Over 16.

An Archaeologist Has Discover, In Italy, A 2000 Year Old Marble Head That Depicts The First Roman Emperor, Augustus Octavian, At A Young Age. The Head, 35cm High, Dated To Between 20 BC And 10 AD, Was Found In Isernia, Previously Called Aesernia, An Ancient Roman Colony. Augustus Became Rome’s First Emperor In 27 BC.

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Scientists May Have Discovered, In Ecuador, A New Species Of Ant, Called Strumigenys Ayersthey, Belonging To One Of The Most Diverse Ant Genera, Strumigenys. And This New Ant Discovery May Be The First In The World To Be Given A Gender Neutral Scientific Name. Unlike Conventional Names That End With Either -ae For Females And -i For Males.

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Researchers Have Determined That Adult Planarians, A Type Of Flatworm, Can Still See Light In The Absence Of Their Eyes Or Heads. As The Worms Were Able To Detect Light Even After The Head Was Decapitated, By Using Body Cells That Create A Type Of Light-Sensitive Protein Known As An Opsin. Planarians Can Regenerate Body Parts.

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