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The US FDA Has Approved The First Non-Prescription, Over-The-Counter, Use At-Home Rapid Coronavirus Test. The Test, Developed By The Company Ellume, Would Allow Users To Get Their Results Via An App In <20mins. Ellume Is Working On Enhancing A Function To Let Users Share Their Results With Local Health Authorities And Their Doctors.

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I Guess One Can Be A Guinness World Record Holder For Almost Anything. Simone Williams, A 32-Year-Old Brooklyn Fashion Designer, Have Broken The Guinness World Record For Having The Largest Afro. Her Afro Is Said To Measure 4 ft 10 in In Circumference. Aevin Dugas (USA) Previously Held The Record For 8 Years, With Afro Circumference Of 4 ft 7 in.

The Hungarian Parliament Has Passed A Law That Makes It Illegal For Same-Sex Marriage, Which Is Also Illegal In Hungary, To Adopt A Child, Whether Adopting As A Single Parent Or Not. The Right-Wing Government Of Prime Minister Viktor Orban Put Forward The Bill. But As Expected, Rights Groups Have Strongly Criticised The New Law.

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A New Research Is Indicating That The Eastern Honeybees (Apis Cerana), In Vietnam, Use Animal Dung As A Tool To Protect Themselves From Hornets Attack. But Researchers Are Still Speculating As To How The Poop Works– Could It Be Used To Mask The Hornets’ Marking Pheromone?; Mask Bee Odours?, Or Just Deter Hornet Because Of The Smell?

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Scientists, While Calculating How Millions Of Space Orbits Fit Into An Arch Structure That Extends From The Asteroid Belt, Discovered “Superhighways” That Could Enable SpaceCraft To Theoretically Travel Faster And Efficiently To The Outparts Of The Solar System. For Example, Asteroids Traveling Near Jupiter Could Reach Neptune In < 10 Yrs.

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Jupiter And Saturn Do Align Every 20 Years Or There About. But This Will Be The First Time, In 800 Years, That Such An Alignment Will Take Place In December, Giving Rise To What Many Are Calling The Star Of Bethlehem Or The Christmas Star. The Alignment Will Occur On December 21st, 2020–The Longest Night Of The Year (Winter Solstice).…

A New Study May Have Demonstrated That The Defensive “I See You” Signal That Some Honey Bees Relay To Hornets Is Both Visually Driven And Contagious. The Signal Tells The Hornets That Their Attack Plan Has Been Exposed, And Also Sends An Alarm For Reinforcement. Hornets Attack Can Be Deterred, With More Defending Bees Mimicking The Signal.

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The US President-Elect Joe Biden Is Not Letting Off Steam As He Continues To Trail Blaze. He Has Now Chosen A 67-Year-Old Retired General Lloyd Austin As His Defence Secretary. And If Confirmed, General Lloyd Austin Will Be The First African-American To Head The Pentagon. Though There Are Oppositions In Favor Of A Civilian-Controlled Pentagon.

Japan Has One Of The Lowest Birth Rates In The World, With The Year 2019 Numbers Falling Below 865,000–A Record Low. And Because Of This, Japan Plans to Fund Artificial Intelligence To Help Residents Find Love. Hopefully, This Helps With The Projected Decline In Population From 128 Million In 2017 To 53 Million By Century End.

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Women Are Standing Out And Holding Their Own. This Time, Rashida Jones Will Be The First Black Woman To Head A Major Cable News Network. She Will Be Appointed The President Of MSNBC On February 1, 2021, After The Current President, Phil Griffin, Steps Down. MSNBC Is The Third Ranked Cable News Network Behind CNN And Fox News.

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