Anika Reyansh

Singapore PM Lawrence Wong, The World’s Highest-Paid Leader, Gets A S$1.4m ($1.1m) Raise, From S$2.2m To S$3.6m. Govt Cites Need To Attract Talent & Deter Corruption; But It’s Criticized Amid Cost-Of-Living & Job Worries. Next 2 Are Hong Kong CE ~$719k, & Swiss President ~$606k. U.S, The World’s Richest Country By Total GDP, Pays $400k.

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In A World First, U.S Scientists Developed An A.I-Driven Liquid Biopsy That Detects Silent Liver Disease Early. It Scans Free DNA Fragments In A Blood Draw To Spot Fibrosis & Cirrhosis Years Before Symptoms. Traditional Blood Tests Miss Early Fibrosis And Catch Cirrhosis ~50% Making This Non-Invasive Smart Pattern Analysis A Major Advance.

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U.S Scientists Discovered D. Woaabi, A New Nematode/Roundworm Species In Utah’s Great Salt Lake’s Extreme Salinity, Often ~5x Higher Than The Ocean. D. Woaabi Is The 3rd Known Animal Group (Alongside Brine Shrimp & Brine Flies) Known To Survive Such Extremes. This Discovery Sheds Light On Extremophile Biology And The Lake‘s Unique History.

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Olivier Rioux, 19, A 7’9″ Canadian Center For The Florida Gators, Became The World’s Tallest Player To Ever Dunk In College Basketball History In A 102–61 Win Over Saint Francis. The 2021 Guinness World Record Tallest Teen Is Taller Than The Current NBA Tallest Victor Wembanyama (7’4″) & NBA’s Tallest Ever, Manute Bol & Gheorghe Muresan (7’7″).

For The First Time, A Streaming Giant (Netflix) Is Acquiring Warner Bros., One Of The Oldest & Most Iconic Film Studios In The World. The $82.7B Grab, The 2nd Largest Media Merger After The $182B AOL–Time Warner Deal In 2000, Now Faces A $108.4B All-Cash Hostile Bid From Paramount Skydance; Plus Antitrust, Guild, Lawsuit, & Regulatory Hurdles.

The U.K Approved The Build Of Its Largest Floating Solar Farm, The Barrow Energydock (40 MWp, 46.5K Panels Farm) On Cavendish Dock, Built By Associated British Ports. It Will Power 14k Homes, Support Industries Including BAE Systems, Cut Carbon, & Protect Port Land. Ecological Features Are Planned, Though Bird Groups Object To Habitat Loss.

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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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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.

Australia’s First Multi-Storey 3D-Printed Home, Built By Contec In Perth, Had Both Floors Printed On-Site In 18 Hrs. The Hybrid Build, Printed Walls Plus Human Labor, Took 5 Months With Roofing, Wiring, & Interiors. The Build Is Termite-Proof, Cyclone-Rated, & 22% Cheaper Than Conventional Due To, E.G., Rapid Construction & Minimal Waste.

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Jan Janisch-Hanzlik, Nebraska, Became The World’s First Multiple Sclerosis Patient To Receive Donor-Derived (DD) CAR T-Cell Therapy. After Standard Treatments Failed, She Joined A Phase-1 Trial Using DD T-Cells To Target Immune Cells Driving MS. Within 60 Days, Her Dramatic Progress Sparked Hope For Future MS Care & Potential Phase-2 Expansion.