Alexander Hamilton

The 4th Of July, 2023, Was Earth’s Hottest Day In Up To 125,000 Years. The Global Avg Temp Reached 17.18 Oc, Surpassing The Record Set The Previous Day. This Extreme Temp Is Attributed To El Niño, Exacerbating The Effects Of Global Warming. The Trend Of Broken Temp Records Is Likely To Continue Due To El Niño’s Quickening Of Global Warming.

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Researchers, Based On NASA’s Mars Curiosity Rover Data, Have Found, In The Gale Crater, A Gemstone, Opal, Which Surrounds An Extensive Network Of Fractures That Could Have Been Water-Rich And Provided Habitable Conditions. Opal, Which Forms From Silica & Water, Could Act As A Proxy Or Be Used As A Water Source In Future Mars Exploration.

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NASA Plans To Crash The International Space Station (ISS) Into Point Nemo, In The South Pacific Ocean, By 2031. Point Nemo Is The point In The Ocean That is Farthest From Land, And It Has Been A Watery Grave For Many Other Spacecrafts. The ISS, Launched In 2000, Has Received More Than 200 Astronauts From 19 Different Countries.

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Researchers Discovered That Mouse Sperm, Freeze-Dried And Exposed To A High Level Of Cosmic Radiation For ~6 Years At The International Space Station, Can Still Successfully Birth Healthy Normal Pups That Are Free Of Genetic Defects. This Discovery Is Important As We Plan Future Long Term Space Exploration And Colonization Missions.

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Evanston, In Illinois, Has Become The First US City To Compensate Black Residents For Past Discrimination And The Lingering Aftermath Of Slavery. Qualified Blacks Residents Are To Receive $25,000, Via A Program Funded From Donations And From A 3% Tax Revenue On Recreational Marijuana, For Home Repairs Or Down Payments On Property.

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A Very Rare Mineral On Earth, Called Jarosite, Known To Be Found Around Volcano Vents And In Exposed Mining Wastes, Was Recently Discovered In Antarctica. This Discovery Is Interesting Because Jarosite Is Abundant On Mars, Which May Hint At Almost The Same Environmental Conditions Existing On Both Mars And In The Deep Antarctic Ice.

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Cambridge, Massachusetts, To Combat Climate Change, Will Be The First US City To Require All Gas Pumps In The City To Display Bright, Yellow Stickers That Says “Burning Gasoline, Diesel, And Ethanol Has Major Consequences On Human Health And The Environment, Including Contributing To Climate Change.” Other US Cities May Follow Soon.

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September Of 2020 Is The Hottest Month On Record, Having Surpassed September Of 2021, The Previous Record Holder, By 0.05°C. The Increasing Temperature Trend Is Driven By Human Green House Gas Emissions, Which Also Helped Fuel The Hottest Day On Record. The Elevated Temperature Is Said To Have Contributed To WildFires Around The World.

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It Takes ~6 Hours And 4 Orbits Around The Earth For A Soyuz Spacecraft To Rendevous With The International Space Station. But The Soyuz MS-17, Carrying NASA Astronaut Kate Rubins And Russian Cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov And Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, Did It In ~3 Hours With Only 2 Orbits, After A Record-Breaking Speed, Arriving On 10/14/2020 At 4:48 a.m. EDT.

Japanese Researchers Discovered That A Bacteria, Named Deinococcus Radiodurans, AKA Conan The Bacterium Due To Its Extreme Hardness, Is Capable Of Surviving In Space After It Survived For 3 Years Outside The International Space Station. The Discovery Could Throw More Light On The Possibility Of Life Existing On Other Planets.

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