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A Pet Cat Became The First Animal To Test Positive For COVID-19 In The Uk, Suspectedly From Its Owner. Experts Recommend Hand Wash Before/After Contact With Pets, Owners With Coronavirus Should Avoid Close Contact With Pets, And keep Pets Indoors To Avoid Virus Spread. However, There’re No Evidence Pets Can Transmit Coronavirus To Humans.

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Diageo, The Drink Company That Owns The Johnnie Walker Brand, Wants To Do A Trial Run To Package The Brand In An Environmentally-Friendly Recyclable Paper Bottle. This Is To Protect The Environment By Reducing Carbon Emissions And Plastic Usage. Diageo’s Paper Whisky Bottle Is Expected To Be Tried In Spring Of 2021.

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A Team of Scientists Have Grown A Flowering Plant From A 32,000-Year-Old Frozen Silene Stenophylla Seed, Dating Back To The Pleistocene Epoch. This Revived Plant Surpasses The Oldest Previous Record holder—The 2000-Year-Old Revived Plant From Judean Date Palm Seeds. Pleistocene Aged Animal Has Also Previously Been Revived.

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Scientists May Have Observed, For The First Time In Dolphins, A Behaviour That Is Only Sometimes Observed In Non-Human Animals Like primates. And That Is The Ability Of Dolphins To Learn From Their Peers. In This Case, To Trap Their Preys In Empty Shells (Shelling)— A Skill That Is Not Learned From Their Parents Or Elders. Smart!

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The House Representative Democrats Passed A Bill On Friday, 6/26/2020, To Make Washington, D.C. The 51st U.S. State. Washington, D.C Pays More Federal Taxes Than 22 States And Has A Population Of ~700,000 People, Which Is Larger Than Wyoming Or Vermont. The Bill, However, Is Seen By Some To Be Dead On Arrival In The Republican-Held Senate.

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The Largest Ancient Monument, In Britain, Was Discovered Near Stonehenge Using Geophysical Remote Sensing Technology And Sampling. The Structure, A 20 Ring Shaft, Is Suggested To Have Been Excavated By Neolithic People More Than 4,500 Years Ago. The Monument Is A 2km Circle Of Large Shafts Measuring More Than 10m In Diameter And 5m Deep.

A New Study, Which Took Place During The Summer And Over A-Three-Year Period, Is Indicating That Hummingbirds Can See Diverse Colors That Are Invisible To Human Eyes. And This Is Because Of Their Four-Color Cone Vision (Tetrachromatic). And These Colors Influence Their Decisions Regarding Food, Evading Predators, Or Choosing A Mate. Cool!

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Researchers May Have Discovered, In A Sedimentary Rock Called The Wulongqing Formation In Yunnan, China, The Oldest Parasite Stuck To Its Host Some 510 Million Years Ago. The Tube-like Shaped Parasites, Called Neobolus Wulongqingensis, Are Said To Have Exhibited kleptoparasitism, Where They Steal Food From The Host Brachiopods, A Filter Feeder.

A New Study Shows That, Obviously, New And Diverse Changes To One’s Physical Or Mental Routine Can Lead To Enhanced Happiness. Some Of These Diverse Activities Could Range From Traveling To New Places To Simple Things, One Can Do During The Lock-Down, Like Going For Walks, Exercising, Taking Different Routes To Places, And Etc.

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Another COVID-19 Inspired Innovation. This Time, A Chinese Startup, Rokid, Has Developed Wearable Glasses, T1 Glasses, Equipped With Infrared Sensor And Camera, Which Allows Wearers To “See” Peoples’ Temperatures. The Company Plans To Upgrade The Glass To Take Multiple Temperature Measurements Simultaneously In Busy Locations Like Malls.

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