Cindy Alverez

NWA-16788, The Largest Mars Meteorite Found On Earth, Weighs 24.67 Kg—70% More Than 2021’s Taoudenni 002 (14.51 Kg, Mali). Discovered In Niger’s Sahara In Nov 2023 & Confirmed By The Shanghai Astronomy Museum, It Shows Little Weathering & Contains Maskelynite, Pyroxene, And Olivine. Sotheby’s Will Auction It On 7/16/25, With Bids Up To $4M.

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The World’s First Malaria Drug For Babies Under 4.5kg, Coartem Baby Or Riamet Baby In Some Countries, Has Been Approved By Swiss Authorities. Developed By Novartis & MMV, It Will Be Rolled Out In Africa Soon. In 2023, Malaria Caused ~597K Deaths—76% Were Kids Under 5. This Not-For-Profit Drug Closes A Critical Care Gap For Newborn Babies.

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Oregon-Based Nuscale Has Built The First Nuclear-Powered Simulator Using Reversible Solid Oxide Fuel Cells To Model Zero-Emission Production Of 200+ Tons/Day Of Hydrogen, Electricity, & Freshwater All At Once. It Reuses Salty Water To Make Hydrogen, Saves Clean Water, & In Larger Setups, Could Power 400K Homes & Supply Water To 2.3M People.

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In Yunnan, China, Archaeologists Found 35 Wooden Tools (WT) From 250k–361k Yrs Ago—East Asia’s Oldest WT. Made During The Paleolithic Era. They Were Used To Dig Edible Plants, Not Hunt Like Spears From Schöningen, Germany. Preserved In Lake Clay, They Show East Asian Hominins‘ Strategic Planning. Dating Used Luminescence & Resonance (ESR).

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Nvidia, On 7/4/25, Briefly Became The World’s Most Valuable Company At $3.92T, Topping Microsoft ($3.7T, 2nd) & Apple ($3.19T, 3rd). A Fierce AI Race Among Tech Giants Has Driven Massive Demand For Nvidia Chips. Now Worth More Than All UK-Listed Firms & Canada+Mexico’s Markets, It Makes Up 7% Of The S&P 500, & 28% With Other Tech Titans.

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Catalonia, Spain, Campaigns As The Region With The Best Gastronomy In The World, Uniting 100+ Chefs. It Boasts 62 Restaurants With A Total Of 77 Michelin Stars, And 3 Are Ranked Among The World’s Best. Named The 2025 World Region Of Gastronomy By IGCAT, It Fuses Culinary Excellence With Tourism, Innovation, And A Thriving Agri-Food Sector.

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Carnegie Mellon Has Developed The World’s First Noninvasive Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) To Control A Robotic Hand Using Thought Alone. EEG Captures Brain Signals, And Deep Learning Decodes Them In Real Time For Precise, Multi-Finger Control. Surgery-Free & Adaptable, It’s A Major Breakthrough In Assistive Tech & Human-Machine Interaction.

For The First Time, Scientists In Scotland Beamed Light Through A Human Head Using Enhanced FNIRS By Boosting Laser Strength And Refining Photon Collection. Only 1 Of 8 Participants Showed Results, But It Proved A Breakthrough For Deeper, Affordable, & Portable Brain Scans—Potentially Revolutionizing Diagnosis For Strokes, Tumors, And More.

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The $1.2B New Harbor Bridge Connects Corpus Christi To North Beach And Is Now The Tallest Point In South Texas (538 Ft Above MSL) & The Longest U.S. Cable-Stayed Bridge (1,661 Ft). It Enhances Port Access, Reduces Traffic, & Boosts Economic Growth. The Southbound Lanes Opened On 6/28/25; The Northbound Lanes Are Set To Open In Early July.

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A New Blood Type, Gwada Negative, Was Found In A 68-Year-Old Woman From Guadeloupe. First Detected In 2011 In Paris, It Was Identified In 2019 Via Gene Sequencing As A Rare Pigz Gene Mutation. She’s The Only Known Match. It’s The 48th Blood Group; Only 8 Are Common. Blood Types Are Based On Antigens—The First, ABO, Was Discovered In 1901.

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