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The World’s Smallest Dinosaur, Thought To Be A Bird, May Be, With Skepticism In Some Quarters, A Lizard. Researchers Are Indicating This Upon Further Review Of The Fossil’s Attributes And Those of Another Discovered Oculudentavis Fossil. Bird-Like Attributes, Like Long And Tapering Snout And Vaulted Skull Roof, Led To The Confusion.

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A New Study, Based On Sleep Data From 85,000 Participants And Self Reported Data, Has Found A Link Btw Misaligned Sleep Cycle And Depressions/Anxiety. For Example, Night Folks Are More Likely To Be Depressed/Anxious When Working In The Morning, Relative To Morning Folks, Who Are Also More Exposed To Sunlight, Which’s Great For Depression.

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Researchers Discovered That Mouse Sperm, Freeze-Dried And Exposed To A High Level Of Cosmic Radiation For ~6 Years At The International Space Station, Can Still Successfully Birth Healthy Normal Pups That Are Free Of Genetic Defects. This Discovery Is Important As We Plan Future Long Term Space Exploration And Colonization Missions.

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MIT Engineers May Have Discovered A New Method Of Generating Electricity. The Method Works Via The Interaction Of Carbon With Its Surrounding Fluid, An Organic Solvent, Which Draws Electrons Out Of Carbon Particles, Thereby Generating Electricity. The Electricity Is Said To Be Sufficient For Chemical Reactions Or To Power Nanoscale Robots.

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France Is Sending A Second Statue Of Liberty To The US. The Statue, Named “Little Sister,” Though Symbolic As The Original, Is 1/16 The Original’s Size. Little Sister, First Made In 2009, Will Be Temporarily Erected, From July 1st To 5th, 2021, On Ellis Island, Before Going To Its Final Destination–The French Ambassador’s Residence.

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Dareen Barbar, Who Lives In Dubai, Has Broken The Guinness World Records For The Longest Samson’s Chair/Static Wall Sit For Female With Above Knee Amputation Category (LA1), During The Launch Of The Guinness World Records Impairment Records Initiative. The Fitness And Lifestyle Coach Maintained The Difficult Position For 2 Mins 8.24 Secs. Congrats!

A Questionable Analysis, Based On 7 Cancer Studies Published Between 1966 And 2020, Seem To Indicate That Eating 2 Medium-Sized Mushrooms Daily Could Reduce The Risk Of Cancer By 45%. But Researchers Don’t Yet Know The Working Mechanism, The Specific Cancers Impacted, And If Other Factors, Like Diet And Physical Activities, Are Involved.

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Researchers May Have Discovered, In 2007, A New Dinosaur Species, Said To Be The Largest Dinosaur Ever Found In Australia. The Dinosaur, Called Australotitan Cooperensis Or “The Southern Titan,” Is 6.5m Tall And As Long As A basketball Court. Australotitan, Closely Related To 3 Sauropod Species, Is One Of The World’s 15 Largest Dinosaurs.

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The US FDA, Pending The Clinical Benefit Study, Has Conditionally Approved The First New Alzheimer’s Disease Drug, Since A Drug Was Last Approved In Almost 20 Years, In 2003. The Novel Experimental Drug, Known As Aducanumab Or Aduhelm, Is Intended For Patients With Earliest Stage Of Dementia, And To Slow Alzheimer’s Disease Progression.

Recall Magawa, The Tanzanian-Born African Giant Pouched Rat Trained To Detect Landmine In Cambodia? Well, Magawa Is Retiring Having Reached The Retirement Age. Magawa Has Been Working For 5 Years In Cambodia And Has Since Cleared 2.4 Million Square Feet Of Land, And In The Process Found 71 Land Mines And 38 Items Of Unexploded Ordnance.

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