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A Rare Coco De Mer Palm At The Eden Project (EP) Has Grown The UK’s Largest Mature Leaf, ~4m Long. Grown From A 2003 Seychelles Seed, It’s The First Of Its Kind To Mature In The UK. The Leaf May Reach 8–10m & Aids Seed Germination. EP Also Saw The UK’s First Flowering Of The Baobab, The Famed “Tree Of Life” Native To Madagascar And Africa.

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Largest-Ever Lifespan Study Of 1,176 Species Finds Females Outlive Males In 72% Of Mammals By ~13%, While In 68% Birds, Males Outlive Females By ~5%. Why? Male Competition For Mates Cuts Lifespan; Caregiving Boosts Female Survival. Matching Sex Chromosomes (XX/ZZ) Help Guard Against Mutations. Even In Zoos, The Gap Remains—It’s Biological.

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Scientists Converted A Blood Type A Kidney To Universal Type O Using Enzymes FpGalactosaminidase & FpGalNAc deacetylase, And Then Transplanted It Into A Brain-Dead Patient. Unlike Prior Lungs & Kidney Conversions, This Is The First Human Implantation. It Worked For 2 Days Before Rejection. This Feat Could Slash The 2–4 Yrs Type O Wait Time.

Sanae Takaichi, 64, Ally Of Slain ex-PM Shinzo Abe (Japan‘s Longest Serving PM, ~9 yrs), Was Elected LDP Leader, Positioning Her To Be Japan’s First Female PM. She Beat Shinjiro Koizumi, 44, Who Would Have Been Japan’s Youngest PM. Her Win Fuels Debate On Nationalism, China, & U.S. Trade. LDP’s Lost Majority In Parliament Clouds Her Path To Power.

UK Scientists Led The Trial Of AMT-130, The First Gene Therapy Tested In Humans For Huntington’s. Developed By uniQure, It Reduces Toxic Huntingtin Protein. In A 3-Year, 29-Person Study, High-Dose Patients Saw 75% Slower Progression. Results Were Measured Via Motor/Cognitive Tests And Spinal Fluid Markers. FDA Filing Is Expected Early 2026.

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Twin Brothers Ian & Stuart Paton, 64, From Hampshire, UK, Set Two Guinness World Records With A 1,278kg Pumpkin Measuring 6.4m+ In Circumference, Making It The World’s Heaviest & Largest Pumpkin. Grown Locally & Watered With 130 Gallons Daily, It Surpassed Travis Gienger’s 1,247kg, 6.1m Record, Swelling From Golf Ball To Giant In 130 Days.

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A First-Of-Its-Kind Study In Uganda & Ivory Coast Found That Wild Chimpanzees Consume ∼14g Of Ethanol Daily From Fermented Fruit, Equal To ∼2.5 Human Drinks (A Beer + A Wine Glass + A Shot)/Day. This Supports The “Drunken Monkey” Hypothesis That Our Taste For Alcohol Evolved In Primates ∼10Mya. Critics, However, Dispute The Intake Estimates.

France’s Prime Minister (PM) Sébastien Lecornu, 39, Resigned On 10/6/25 After Just 27 Days, Making Him The Shortest-Serving PM In Modern French History & The 7th PM To Quit Under Macron. Lecornu’s Cabinet Failed To Unite Parliament Over A Budget. Macron Now Faces Mounting Pressure To Call New Elections Or Step Down Amid Deep Political Turmoil.

Dame Sarah Mullally, 63, Becomes The First-Ever Woman Archbishop Of Canterbury In 1,400 Years, Leading 85M Anglicans Worldwide. A Former UK‘s Youngest Chief Nurse At 37 & Bishop Of London, She Replaces Justin Welby Amid Abuse Scandal Fallout. Her Appointment Sparks Debate On Women’s Roles In The Church & Challenges On LGBTQ Inclusion & Racism.

Domen Škofic Made History As The First To Climb A Plane Mid-Flight. At 2500m Above Aigen, Austria, He Scaled A Very Hard (8a-Grade) Climb Route Bolted To A Modified Red Bull Let L-13 Blanik Glider. Starting At The Cockpit, He Climbed A Figure-Eight Path Across Both Wings & Fuselage In -10°C & 100km/h Winds, Redefining Climbing & Aerial Sport.