Cindy Alverez

Researchers Successfully Made A Second Attempt At Producing Human-Monkey Chimeras, By Infusing Human Stem Cells Into 132 Embryos Of Long-Tailed Macaques. But The Embryos Were Then Terminated 19 Days After Injecting The Stem Cells. Chimeras May Be Unethical, But May Help In Drug Tests Or To Overcome Donor Organs/Tissues Shortages Globally.

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Rachael Blackmore, A 31-Year-Old Irishwoman, And A Professional Jockey Since 2015 Is Now The First Woman, Riding Minella Times, To Win Britain’s Grand National Horse Race–A Male-Dominated Sport. Blackmore Is The 20th Female Jockey To Compete In The Grand National Race Since 1839. And Women Have Only Being Permitted As Jockeys Since 1975.

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Chloe Zhao Made History By Being One Of The Three Women Shortlisted For The Golden Globe Best Director Award. And Now, She Has Blazed Another Major Trail By Being The First Asian Woman And The Second Woman To Win The Golden Globe Best Director Award, After Barbra Streisand Won It In 1984. Congrats Chloe!

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Researchers, In A First Of Its Kind, Are Indicating That They Were Able To Converse With Lucid Dreamers—-People Aware That They Are Dreaming. The Research, Involving 36 Participants, Was Conducted By 4 Independent Labs That Used Different Communication Methods. This Feat Is Regarded As An Important Milestone For Understanding Dreams.

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Southbank By Beulah, The $2 Billion Tower Scheduled For Construction In 2021, And Set To Be Australia’s Largest Tower, Will Also Be The World’s Tallest Vertical Garden. The Garden Will Comprise Plants Distributed Based On The Exact Nature Characteristics Of Each m² Of The Tower To Expose The Plants To Their Natural Climate Conditions.

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Researchers Are Indicating That Some Stonehenge Bluestones Were Previously Used In Wales Before Being Transported To Their Current Location. This Find Is Based On The Discovery, In Wales, Close To The Bluestone Source, Of The Identical 110m Diameters Of The Stone Circle, Known As Waun Mawn. And The Attributes Of The Securing Stone Hole.

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Dr. Okonjo-Iweala, Nigerian’s Former Minister Of Finance, If Confirmed, Will Be The First Woman And The First African To Head The World Trade Organization (WTO). She Is Currently The Front Runner And Strongest US Supported Candidate For The Position After Her Fieciest Rival From South Korea, Yoo Myung-hee, Withdrew From Consideration.

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Chloé Zhao–The Director Of “Nomadland,” Emerald Fennell–The Director Of “Promising Young Woman,” And Regina King–The Director Of “One Night In Miami,” Together, Have Made History In The 2021 Golden Globes Award, As This Will Be The First Time That More Than One Woman Is Nominated For The Best Director Award In A Single Year. Congrats!

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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!

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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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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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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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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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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Though The Clinical Trial Is Not Complete, There Seem To Be Light At The End Of The Tunnel As Hundreds In A City In Eastern China Are Queuing To Get A Coronavirus Vaccine, Which Has Been Rolled Out To The Public With The Backing Of The Chinese Government. Anyone Can Get The Vaccine If One Pays The $60 (£45) Injection Fee. Fingers Crossed.

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