Anika Reyansh

Nearly 6,000 Satellites Circle Earth And About 60% Of Them Are Now Space Junk That Could Burn On Re-entry Into the Atmosphere, Creating Tiny Alumina Particles That Will Pollute The Environment. And Because Of This, Researchers Are Contemplating Developing Wooden Satellites, By 2023, That Would Burn Up Without Releasing Polluting Substances.

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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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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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The Trail Blazing Continues For President-Elect Joe Biden. He Has Appointed The First Woman, Janet Yellen, To Head The Treasury Department. Nominated The First Latino And Immigrant, Alejandro Mayorkas, To Head The Homeland Security Dept., And Also Tapped Avril Haines, Which Could Make Her The First Female Director Of National Intelligence.

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The US FDA Has Approved The First Coronavirus Prescription Home Test Kit That Gives Result In A Little As 30 Minutes. The Kit, Lucira, Developed By Lucira Health, Is Said To Be Suitable For Folks Who Are At Least 14 Years Of Age. But Health Care Providers Must Collect Their Test Samples To Report Results To Health Authorities.

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US President-Elect Joe Biden Will Be The First Incoming President To Win Georgia Since President Clinton Won It In 1992. Georgia Has Been A Republican Strong Hold For Nearly 3 Decades. Joe Biden’s Win Will Bring The Final Tally For The “Concluded,” 2020 US Election Between President-Elect Joe Biden And President Donald Trump To 306-232.

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Pfizer And BioNTech Have Stated That Their COVID-19 Vaccine Was Very Effective And Exceeded Expectations. The Vaccine Results Showed That Folks Injected Twice, 3 Weeks Apart, Experienced >90% Fewer Cases Of Symptomatic Covid-19 Than Those Given A Placebo. But Experts Have Indicated The Hurdles To Cross Before Approving The Vaccine.

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Joe Biden And Kamala Harris Made History In This 2020 Presidential Election. Joe Biden Had The Highest Votes In A US Presidental Election History To Become President-Elect. While Kamala Harris Became The First Female, The First Black, And The First South Asian Vice-President Elect, Making Her Husband The First Second Gentleman. Congrats!

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Scientists Have Confirmed That The Potential Water Chemical Signatures Identified In 2009 On The Moon’s Illuminated Surface Is Indeed Water. Researchers Confirmed This Using The World’s Largest Flying Observatory, Operated By NASA And Germany’s Aerospace Center—The Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA), Attached To A Boeing 747.