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An Extremely Rare Kangaroo, And Probably The Only One Of A Kind In North America, Was Born At The Animal Park In Harpursville, New York. The Kangaroo, Called Cosmo, Is Said To Be Uniquely White Due To A Genetic Condition Called Leucism, Which Causes Loss Of Pigmentation In An Animal Skin Or Fur.

An extremely rare white kangaroo was…

A Paralyzed Mice, With Spinal Cord Injury, Was Made To Work After 2-3 Weeks Of Receiving An Innovative Treatment, Which Involves Injecting Designer Protein Into The Brain To Stimulate The Paralyzed Nerve Cells To Establish Neural Link That Was Considered, Until Now, Irreparable In Mammals. A Lot More Testing Is Needed Before Use On Humans.

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Researchers, Using Satellite Imagery And Algorithm, May Have, For The First Time, Developed A Successful Method For Monitoring Animals In Complex Environments. Heterogenous Environments Make It Harder To Count Animals. This Method Could Enable Animal Conservationists To Better Protect Biodiversity From A Possible Sixth Mass Extinction.

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Amanda Gorman, Who Is 22 Years Of Age, And Became America’s first-Ever National Youth Poet Laureate In 2017, Has Now Become The Youngest Poet To Ever Perform At A Presidential Inauguration For President Joe Biden. Her Poetry, The Hill We Climb, Which Was Delivered To The World, Calls For Unity And Togetherness. Pretty Impressive! And Congrats!

Researchers Were Able To Grow, In The Lab, A Small Wood-Like Rigid Structure In The Shape Of A Gel Matrix. This Achievement, Though Done On A Small Scale, Has Many Implications For The Forestry, Construction, And Agriculture Sectors. But First, It Needs To Be Commercially Scalable And Practical To, E.G., Grow Furniture Like Tables.

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Sarah Thomas, 42, Will Make Another History As She Will Be The First Female To Officiate In The Super Bowl LV On February 7, 2021, In Tampa, Florida. She Previously Made History In 2015 As The First Female To Be Hired Full Time As An Official In The The National Football League (NFL). Congrats To Her.

Sarah Thomas to become first…

A Company Has Developed A Wristband Wearable Device, Called Moodbeam, Which Employees Can Wear To Let Employers Know, Via An App, Their Emotional State, Whether Happy Or Sad. This Device Comes With Many Employees Working From Home And Employers Being Unable To Physically Track Their Mental State, Which Can Impact Their Productivity.

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Researchers May Have Discovered The Oldest Rocky Planet, TOI-561b, In Our Galaxy. The Planet, Same Density As Earth But 1.5X Earth’s Size, Orbits Its 10 Byr-Old Sun Every 12 Hrs Due To Their Closeness, Giving TOI-561b A Surface Temp. Of Over 1,700 °C. TOI-561b Indicates Rocky Planets Were Forming Since The Universe Inception 14 Byr Ago.

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The Gaboon Viper (Bitis Gabonica) Is The Heaviest Venomous But Placid-Natured African Snake, And The Largest Member Of The Bitis Genus Of Vipers. The Snake Is Said To Hold The World’s Record For Having The Longest Fangs (~5cm), Which Can Inject ~2 Grams Of Venom Per Bite, The Largest Yield Of All Venomous Snakes.

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A Gaming Company, Raze, May Have Innovated What It Is Calling The World’s Smartest N95 Face Mask. The Transparent Mask Is Said To Come With, E.G., A Voice Amplifier To Improve Speech; An Active Ventilation For Exhaling Warm Air And Inhaling Cool Air; And A Light Mode That Lits Up In Dark Environment To Show One’s Mouth And Expression.

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President Donald Trump Has Become The First Sitting US President, In US History, To Be Impeached Twice By The US House Of Representative. He Was Accused Of Inciting Riot/Insurrection In The US Capitol, The Seat Of The US Congress, With His False Claim Of Election Fraud. He Faces Trial In The US Senate After Leaving Office.

A South Korean Start-Up, Petpuls, Based On More Than 10,000 Barks From 50 Dog Breeds, Have Developed An AI-Powered Device That Can Give “Voice,” Via Smartphone App, To Dogs. The Dog Collar Device Is Said To Be Able To Detect, From A Dog’s Bark, With A 90% Average Accuracy Rate, 5 Emotions Of Being Happy, Relaxed, Anxious, Angry, Or Sad.

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Researchers, In A Surprising Discovery, While Trying To Protect The The Micronesian Starlings Bird Nest In Guam, Have Discovered A New Type Of Snake Locomotion, In Which The Brown Tree Snake Can Form A Lasso, With Its Body, Around A Smooth Cylindrical Pole, To Get To A Bird’s Nest. This Discovery Could Help To Better Protect Birds In Guam.

Scientists, By “Reverse Aging” A 30 Ft Long 46-Year-Old Megalodon Fossil (MF), Have Deduced That Baby Megalodons Were More Than 6.5 Ft Long, And That The Babies, Like Modern Sharks, May Have Cannibalized Each Other In the Womb To Reach Such A Size. The MF, Which Existed 15 Millon Yrs Ago, Was Tugged From Rocks In Belgium In The 1860s.

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Scientists May Have Discovered The Oldest Python In The World. The Python, Called “Messelopython Freyi,” A New Python Species That Is 47 Myrs Old And About One Meter Long, Was Discovered At UNESCO World Heritage Site “Messel Pit,” In Germany. This Discovery Could Be A Major Leap Forward In Understanding Python’s Evolutionary History.

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The First Complete Platypus Genome Map, Indicating Platypus Is A Blend Of Vertebrate Animals Like Reptiles, Birds, and Mammals, May Explain Platypus Weirdness, As They Are Venomous And Lay Eggs Like Reptiles. But Feed Their Young With Milk And Have Furry Coats Like Mammals. The Map May Improve Our Understanding Of Other Mammals Evolution.

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Researchers Have Discovered A Strange Dinosaur Species, Called Ubijara Jubatus, About The Size Of A Chicken. The Dinosaur, Believed To Have Lived ~110 Myrs Ago In NE Brazil, Has Thick Long Hair That Runs Down Its Back, And Stiff Ribbon-Like Keratin Structures, Projecting 15cm From Its Shoulders, Used For Intimidation Or Attracting Mates.

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A Ring, Named The Marigold, Or “The Ring Of Prosperity,” Has Set A New Guinness World Record For Having The Highest Number Of Natural Diamonds. The Ring, Which Weighs Over 165 Grams, Was Designed With 12,636 Diamond, Surpassing The Previous Record Holder, Which Was Designed With 7,801 Diamonds. Both Records Were Set In India.

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South Korea’s Population Falls For The First Time In History. South Korea, With The World’s Lowest Birth Rate, Is Alarmed As, In 2020, It Recorded More Deaths ( ~307,764 People) Than Births ( ~275,815 Babies Were Born). The Decline Is Attributed To The Poor Balance, For Women, Btw Work And Life, And The High Cost Of Raising A Family.

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Mr. Alex Padilla, Age 47, And California Secretary Of State Has Been Selected, By Governor Gavin Newsom, To Fill The Senate Seat Vacated By Vice-President-Elect Kamala Harris. This Selection Is A Big Deal As He Will Be The First Latino To Fill A US Senate Seat In The 170-Year History of California, A State That Is Home To 15 Million Hispanics.