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These And Many Other Feats Now Confirms President Joe Biden As The Trail Blazing Champion. The Appointments Of Michael Regan, Age 45, As The First Black Man To Lead The EPA; Marcia Fudge, Age 86, As The First Black Woman To Head The Housing And Urban Development; And Deb Haaland, Age 60, As The First Native American Cabinet Secretary.

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Scientists May Have Developed A Device That Enables “Communication” With Plant Via Electrical Signals. The Device Was Successfully Tested On Venus Flytrap. The Device Could Advance Plant-Based Technologies. E.g., Plant-Based Robots That Can Help Pick-up Fragile Objects, Or Help Improve Food Security By Detecting Diseases Early In Crops.

A 4-Year Archaeological Project Has Led To The Discovery Of A New Set Of Dead Sea Scroll, The First Of Such Find In 60 Years. The Scrolls, Found In The West Bank, Are Portions Of The Book Of The 12 Minor Prophets. Also Uncovered Is A 10,500-Year-Old Basket, Which Israeli Authorities Say Could Be The World’s Oldest Basket.

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Avatar Has Climbed Back To The Top As The Highest Earning Movie Of All Time. This Upset Is Due To Its Recent Re-release, This Weekend, In China. Avatar, At An Estimated $2,798,579,794, Beat The Current Chart Leader, Avengers: Endgame, Which Grossed About $2,797,501,328, Previously Surpassing Avatar After It Was Released In 2019.

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A Study, In A First Of Its Kind, Is Indicating That Conotoxins, From Venomous Cone Snail, Has Potential For Developing Novel Anti-Adhesion Treatment For Severe Malaria Like P. Falciparum. Conotoxins Could Disrupt Protein-Protein And Protein-Polysaccharide Interactions That Directly Contribute To Malaria, And Possibly To AIDS And COVID-19.

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Scientists Have Developed A Self-Sustainable Wearable Device, Called Wearable Microgrid, Capable Of Harvesting Energy From Sweat And Body Movement To Power Small Electronics Quickly And Continuously. The Washable Wearable Device Comprises 1) Sweat-Powered Biofuel Cells, 2) Motion-Powered Devices And 3) Energy-Storing Supercapacitors.

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Researchers May Have Discovered A Meteorite Derived From A Planet At Its Early Stage Of Formation. The Meteorite, Named Erg Chech 002 (EC 002), Said To Be Older Than Earth, Was Found In The Sahara Desert. EC 002 Is The “Oldest Known Extra-Terrestrial Lava” On Earth And May Offer Glimpse Of Planetary Formation In The Early Solar System.

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Japanese Researchers Discovered That Sea Slugs Could Decapitate Their Heads And Still Survive, Even To The Extent, For Some, Of Regenerating A New Body That Includes A Heart And Digestive System—Body Parts That Are Essential To Human Survival. But The Regeneration Only Applies To The Younger Ones, As The Older Ones Eventually Died.

Chloe Zhao Made History By Being One Of The Three Women Shortlisted For The Golden Globe Best Director Award. And Now, She Has Blazed Another Major Trail By Being The First Asian Woman And The Second Woman To Win The Golden Globe Best Director Award, After Barbra Streisand Won It In 1984. Congrats Chloe!

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Dutch Students, Aka AeroDelft Team, From Delft University, Plan To Fly The World’s First Hydrogen-Powered (HP) Aircraft Called Phoenix PT, In July Of 2021. The Team, From The University That Demoed The Flying V, Sees A Future For The First Around The World HP Flight By 2025, And The First Commercial HP Aircraft Operations By 2035.

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