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More Promising News On The Coronavirus Vaccine: The 1,077 People Trial, Conducted By The University Of Oxford, Showed That Their Vaccine Appears Safe And Triggers An Immune Response That Can Fight Coronavirus. Regardless, Larger Trials Are On The Way To Verify The Vaccine Effectiveness. The UK Has Already Ordered 100 Million Vaccine Doses.

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Researchers, After ~30 Years, Have Finally Discovered The Gene, In Chromosome 11, Which Allows The Cape Honey Bees Of S. Africa To Give Birth, Asexually, To Only Females. But This Process Often Leads To Conflict As Worker Bees Fight To Be The Next Queen Mother. This Find Has Important Implications For Sectors Like Agriculture And Biotech.

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Scientists Spotted The Highest Dwelling Mammal In The World, A Mouse, At Height Of ~22,000 Ft. The Mouse Was Captured At The Top Of The Andes Llullaillaco Volcano On The Border Of Chile And Argentina. This Discovery Can Help Understand How Mammals Can Adapt To Harsh Environments. The World’s Deepest Dwelling Animal Has Also Been Spotted.

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Scientists May Have Discovered Bacteria That Feeds On Metal After Suspecting That They Have Existed For More Than A Million Years. The Bacteria, Speculated To Be Found In Tap Water, Was Chanced Upon To Be The First To Use Manganese As An Energy Source. This Find Has Implication For Better Understanding Groundwater And Manganese Nodules.

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Amazon Is Enhancing Shopping Experience With The New Smart Shopping Cart Called Amazon Dash Cart, Which Will Be Tested In Woodland Hills, California. The Cart, Which Can Handle Small To Medium Grocery Trips, Will Comprise Sensors, Cameras, And Smart Display To Track Every Item That A Customer Buys For Easy Cashier-Less Checkout Via the Dash Cart Lane.

The First COVID-19 Experimental Drug In The USA, Created By Moderna Inc. And The National Institutes of Health, Is Set To Advance To The Final Stage After Scientists Discovered That It Responded As Expected And Triggered An Immune Response In People. The Final Test Will Begin Around July 27th, 2020 In A 30,000 Person Study. Nice!

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The COVID-19 Antibodies, Generally Produced In 1- 3 Weeks, According To A Questionable Study, Could Decline Within Months After Coronavirus Infection. The Antibody Response Will Start Declining 20 To 30 Days After Covid-19 Symptoms Emerge. This Study Has Implications For Developing An Effective Vaccine And Protection Against Reinfection.

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Diageo, The Drink Company That Owns The Johnnie Walker Brand, Wants To Do A Trial Run To Package The Brand In An Environmentally-Friendly Recyclable Paper Bottle. This Is To Protect The Environment By Reducing Carbon Emissions And Plastic Usage. Diageo’s Paper Whisky Bottle Is Expected To Be Tried In Spring Of 2021.

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Researchers, After Removing Variables Like Population Density, And Covid-19 Response, Discovered That Every 10% Increase In Tuberculosis Vaccination, Using Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG), Was Associated With A 10.4% Reduction In Covid-19 Mortality. However, WHO Has Cautioned Against Using BCG, In Combating Covid-19, Until More Is Known.

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The Videos Set Up By Wildlife Conservation Society Captured The World’s Rarest Gorillas With Several Babies In The Dense Mbe Mountains In Cross River State, Nigeria. About 300 Of These Gorillas Are Found In An Isolated Region Along The Nigeria/Cameroon Border. The Latest Sighting Indicates That The Gorillas Are Well Protected And Reproducing.