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The University Of Southern California (USC), A Private College, Is Set To Join The List Of Colleges And Universities That Want To Make Education Tuition-Free For Low-Income Students. USC Will Make Tuition Free For Students From Families With An Annual Income Of $80,000 Or Less, Starting In The Fall Of 2020. Cool!

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Although Neanderthal Skeletons, With Bones Still Arranged In Original Position (Articulated), Have Been Excavated In South-East Spain In Years 2006-7 And 2010, Researchers Are Indicating That The Newly And First Discovered Neanderthal Skeleton, In A Decade, From Iraq, Called Shanidar Z, Is More Completely Articulated Than Previous Finds.

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Another Nerdy Discovery That In About 6 Billion Years, Our Sun Would Become A Giant Red Star, Which Would Emit Infrared Energy With Momentum Capable Of, In What Is Known As the YORP Effect, Changing The Orbit, Rotation And Orientation Of Near By Objects Like Asteroids, Which Could Cause All The Asteroids, In The Asteroid Belt, To Shatter.

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A New Study, From Sweden, Of More Than 7,236 Children That Died Before They Turned A-Year-Old Is Indicating A 45% Increased Risk Of Death During Early Life For Babies Born Via In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) Than Those Born Naturally. The Study Linked The Increased But Relatively Very Small Risk Of Death To High Premature Birth Via IVF.

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A 100-Year-Old Galapagos Giant Tortoise, Named Diego, Is Retiring After Being Part Of A Captive Breeding Program To Help Save The Endangered Tortoise Species, Chelonoidis Hoodensis, From Going Extinct. Diego Is Said To Have Fathered 800 Babies Of The 2,000 Baby Tortoises That Were Born And Brought Back To Espanola Island In The Galapagos.

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AI, In The World’s First, Has Developed A Drug, DSP-1181, Which May Treat Patients With Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. DSP-1181 Is Now At Phase 1 Clinical Trials After 12 Months (Takes ~5 Years From Synthesizing A Drug To Trials). This’s Cool As AI, In The Future, May Make Drug Development Faster, Cheaper And More Efficient.

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A 2012 To 2013 Survey Of The Sexual History Of 2,537 Men And 3,185 Women, Coupled With Their Health Rating, Indicate That Having 10 Or More Sexual Partners Throughout One’s Life May Raise The Risk Of Cancer For Women By 91%, And For Men By 69%. The Reason For This Is Still Unclear, But Some Are Attributing It To The Higher Risk Of Sexually…

Researchers Have Discovered Series Of Mysterious (Alien!?) Fast Radio Bursts (FRB), Coming From A Single Source 500 Million LY From Earth, With A 16.35 Days Repeating Pattern. The Signal Would Release A Burst Or Two Each Hour Over 4 Days, Then It Would Go Silent For Another 12 Days. FRB Can Help Astronomers Learn More About The Universe.

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The Fossilized Shells Of What May Be The Largest Turtle To Ever Exist On Earth Have Been Found In Venezuela And Colombia. The Giant Turtle, Named Stupendemys Geographicus, Is Said To Have Lived ~5 To 10 Mya. The Shell Is Nearly 10 Feet In Length And Weighed 2,500 Pounds. The Male Shells Are Honed To Protect Their Skulls During Fights.

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The World’s Biggest Iceberg, A Quarter The Size Of Wales, Is About To Enter The Open Sea. The “A-68 Iceberg,” Calved From The Larsen C Ice Shelf In 2017, Is Said To Reduce Antarctica Ice Shelf Size By 12%. The Iceberg May Not Raise Sea Level When It Melts, But Will It Affect Ocean Circulation?

World’s biggest iceberg ‘is about to…