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NASA’s Curiosity Rover Found The Largest Organic Molecules On Mars To Date—Decane, Undecane, And Dodecane—In Cumberland Rock. These Fatty Acids May Hint At Ancient Life Or Natural Processes. Found In Gale Crater, Once Lake-Filled, The Discovery Boosts Hopes Of Finding More Complex Signs Of Life And Supports Returning Samples To Earth For Deeper Study.

US Scientists Say They’ve Found A New Color—“Olo,” A Vivid Blue-Green—By Firing Laser Pulses Into 1 Eye Of 5 People, All With Normal Color Vision, Stimulating Only M Cone Cells (Green) Out Of The Eye’s 3 Types: S (Blue), M (Green), And L (Red). This Rare Activation Created A Color Unseen In Nature, Possibly Aiding Color Blindness Research.

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MICrONS Researchers Mapped The World’s Most Detailed Brain/Mammalian Brain Wiring, Revealing 200k+ Cells, 4km Of Axons & 523M Synapses In A Cubic MM Of A Mouse‘s Visual Cortex. 150+ Scientists Used AI, 3D Models, And Microscopy To Reveal New Neuron Behaviors, Aiding Studies Of Brain Function And Disorders Like Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, And Autism.

Lebron James Made History As The First NBA Player To Score 50,033 Combined Points During The Lakers’ 136-115 Win Over The Pelicans, Achieving This Milestone With A 25-Foot 3-Pointer In His 22nd Season. At 40, He’s The Oldest Western Conference Player Of The Month, & The First Male Pro Athlete Honored As A Ken Doll By The Barbie Brand. Cool!

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In A First, But Controversial Breakthrough, Scientists Generated Electricity From Earth’s Rotation Using A Weak Manganese-Zinc Ferrite Conductor Aligned Perpendicular To Earth’s Rotation & Magnetic Field. The Device Produced 17 µV—Sparking Skepticism. Further Research And Scaling Aim To Explore Its Potential For Renewable Energy Innovation.

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The World’s First Human-Humanoid Robot Race Debuts On 4/13/25 In Beijing. In The Half-Marathon (~21km), Robots Face A 3.5-hour Limit, 10-min Battery Swap Penalties, And Must Be Bipedal. Remote Or Autonomous Control Is Allowed. The Event, Part Of Beijing E-Town’s $686m Robotics Plan, Blends Sport And Tech To Showcase China’s AI Ambitions.

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Prototaxites, Earth’s First Dry-Land Giants From 443-359 Myrs Ago, Stood 26 ft Tall. Once Thought To Be Fungi, Research Now Shows They’re Unrelated To Any Known Life, With Tube Structures, Lignin Traits, And Heterotrophic Behavior. Found In Scotland‘s Rhynie Chert (1843), They Hint At An Extinct Eukaryote Lineage, Perhaps A New Kingdom.

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For The First Time Ever, Scientists Used A 56-Qubit Quantum Computer To Generate Truly Random Numbers, A Feat Impossible For Regular Computers. Supercomputers Verified The Numbers Against Strict Randomness Standards. This Breakthrough Boosts Online Security And Enables Real-World Quantum Applications In Finance, Manufacturing, And Beyond.

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Adrien Brody, The Youngest Best Actor Oscar Winner In 2003, Broke The Guinness World Records For The Longest Oscar Acceptance Speech With A 5-Min 36-Sec Speech For “The Brutalist” At The 2025 Oscars. He Topped Greer Garson’s 1943 Record Of 5-Min 30-Sec For “Mrs. Miniver.” He Also Joked, “Not My First Rodeo,” Reflecting On Acting’s Fragility.

Australian Sprinter Gout Gout, 17, Ran The Year 2025 World’s Fastest 200m Time, 20.05s On 3/16/25, At The Queensland State Championships. In The Final, He Clocked 19.98s (Wind +3.6m/s), Becoming The First AustralianTo Break 20s Unofficially. He’s Only The 7th Under-20 To Achieve This In Any Wind. Usain Bolt Holds The World’s 200m Record At 19.19s (2009).