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Previous Studies Have Associated Air Pollution With Dementia And Reduction In Intelligence. And Now, A New Recent Study Is Linking Air Pollution, With Particles Smaller Than 2.5 Micrometres, To Depression And Suicide. And That Cutting The Air Pollution To EU Legal Limit Could Prevent About 15% Of Depression.

Depression and suicide…

Notre Dame, A 850-Year-Old Gothic Cathedral, Will Not Be Celebrating It First Christmas In 200 Years Because Of The Fire In April 2019. The French Government Said That Nearly $1.1Bn Has Been Raised Or Pledged For Its Reconstruction. The Catholic Church Has Only Missed Christmas When It Was Closed During The French Revolution in 1792.

“1917,” A 2019 Movie Directed By Sam Mendes, Is Being Hailed By Critics As The Best War Movie Since “Saving Private Ryan” (1998). The Movie Centers Around 2 British Soldiers, Schofield (Played By George MacKay) And Blake (Dean-Charles Chapman), Sent To Deliver A Message To Save 1,600 British Soldiers, Which Includes Blake’s Brother, From A Deadly Ambush.

Researchers, Via Studying 100,000 American Female Nurses Since 1976, Are Indicating A Relationship Between Heart Disease–Related Death Rate And A Woman’s Birth Month Or Birth Season. The Study Seems To Correlate The Highest Heart Disease Mortality Rate To Women Born In April ( Spring And Summer), And The Lowest To Those Born In December (Fall).…

Scientists, Using Proxies From Mollusk Shells From Around The World, Are Indicating Increases In The Global Temperature, From Carbon Dioxide Releases, And Mercury Levels, Both From The Eruptions Of The Deccan Traps, Before The Chicxulub Asteroid Wiped Out The Dinosaurs. All Of Which Could Have Led To The Dinosaur Extinction.

Global…

As Part Of The Annual Fund Raiser For The Whitehall Volunteer Fire Department, The Youngest Mayor In The USA, William Charles McMillan, A 7-Month-Old Baby, On December 15Th, 2019, Was Sworn In After Being The Highest Bidder During The Fund Raiser, On October 20, 2019, For The Honorary Mayor Role In Whitehall, Texas. :=)

A 7 Month Old…

The World’s Oldest Intact Shipwreck Was Found. And Now, The World’s Largest (110 Feet Long) Classical Shipwreck Has Been Discovered, At 60m Depth, In Eastern Mediterranean. The Ship, Which Dates Back Btw 100 BCE And 100 CE, Is Said To Comprise Amphorae–Large Terracotta Pots Used In The Roman Empire For Transporting Wine And Olive Oil.

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Researchers, Inspired By How Lotus leaves Repel Water, Have Innovated A Self Cleaning Plastic Surface That Repels All Forms Of Bacteria, Preventing Antibiotic-Resistant Superbugs And Other Dangerous Bacteria In, E.g., Hospitals And Kitchen Settings. The Surface Could Also Be Used In Food Wraps Or Shrink-Wrapped Onto, E.G, Door Handles.

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Popular Harvard Geneticist, George Church is Conceptualizing A Dating App, Which He Hopes To Use In Creating A Healthier Society. Hopefully, By People Placing Emphasis On Their DNA Compatibility, For Partner Selection, To Help Eliminate Hereditary Diseases. But Again, There’s That Thing Called “Love,” And Sequencing Of Everyone’s Genome.

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NASA Is Mapping Potential Mars Landing Sites By Studying Shallow Subsurface Ice, Some Just 30–60 cm Deep. Ice Will Be Crucial For Future Astronauts To Harvest Local Ice For Drinking Water & Rocket Fuel Through In Situ Resource Utilization. Data From MRO And Odyssey Highlight Arcadia Planitia As A Promising Landing Site With Accessible Ice.

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