Judson Spearman

Paleontologists Found Zavacephale Rinpoche, The Oldest And Most Complete Dome-Headed Dinosaur (DHD), In Mongolia’s Gobi Desert, Jutting From A Cliff. At 108–115M Years Old, It’s 15M Years Older Than Prior DHDs. The Juvenile, 3.3ft Long & 12.9lbs, With A Full Skull & Limbs, Offer Rare Insight Into Pachycephalosaur (DHD) Growth & Evolution.

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Japan, With The World’s Longest Life Expectancy, Has Set A World Record For The 55th Year, As Nearly 100K Citizens Are Now Aged 100+. As Of 9/2025, The Count Was 99,763 With 88% Women. Shigeko Kagawa (F, 114) & Kiyotaka Mizuno (M, 111) Are The Oldest. Diet, Low Obesity, & Active Living Help, Though Critics Say Data Errors May Inflate Stats.

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Hunter-Gatherers In Asia Smoke-Dried Their Dead 12–14Kyrs Ago, Marking The Oldest Known Evidence Of Intentional Mummification, Predating Chile (~5050 BC) & Egypt (~3000 BC). 2017–2025 Study Of 54 Crouched Burials From 11 Sites Showed, Via Spectroscopy, Heat/Smoke Preservation, Suggesting Ritual Care Like Modern Papua New Guinea Practices.

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Ethiopia Inaugurated The $5B Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) On 9/9/25 In Guba (Blue Nile). Funded 91% By The Central Bank & 9% By Citizens, GERD Generates 5,150 MW, Making It Africa’s Largest Dam. Egypt Fears GERD Could Reduce Nile Flow During Droughts, Threatening Its Water Supply & Dam. In 2022, ~55% Of Ethiopians Had Electricity.

Starting Fall 2026, Tufts’ Tuition Pact Offers Free Tuition To U.S. Undergrads From Families Earning Under $150K, With Full Aid/No Loans For Those Under $60K. Backed By $143M In Donor-Funded Aid To Expand Access, Cut Debt & Boost Diversity, Tufts Joins MIT, Brandeis & Holy Cross In Offering Tuition-Free Education To Qualifying Families.

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Larry Ellison Briefly Surpassed Elon Musk As The World’s Richest, On 9/9/25, After Oracle Shares Surged 40% On Booming AI & Cloud Demand, Lifting His Net Worth To $393B Vs Musk’s $385B. Musk Could Become The First Trillionaire If Tesla’s 10-Yr Ambitious Targets Are Met. Ellison’s Oracle Is A Top Contender For Tiktok Amid U.S. Divestment Pressure.

Argentina’s Kheiron Biotech Created The World’s First Genetically Edited (GE) Horses, Cloned From Champion Polo Pureza, Using CRISPR To Reduce Myostatin & Boost Muscle For Greater Power & Speed In Polo. Following Prometea, The First Cloned Horse Born In Italy In 2003, GE Horses Are Banned In Argentine Polo, Fueling Ethical & Breeding Debates.

Pope Leo XIV Canonized Carlo Acutis, A London-Born Teen Raised In Milan, As The First Millennial Saint. Known As “God’s Influencer,” He Used Tech Skills To Document Eucharistic Miracles. He Died Of Leukemia At 15 In 2006 & Is Buried In Assisi, Italy. He Joins Youthful Saints Like Maria Goretti (11) & Dominic Savio (14) In Inspiring Modern Faith.

Microbial DNA From 483 Mammoth Remains Revealed 6 Of The Oldest Host-Associated Microbes, Including Relatives Of Actinobacillus, Pasteurella, Streptococcus, & Erysipelothrix. An Erysipelothrix Genome From A 1.1M-Yr-Old Mammoth Represents The Oldest Host-Associated Microbial DNA Ever Sequenced, Providing Ice Age Diseases & Adaptations Clues.

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In A First, Researchers Found A Denisovan (DN) Gene, MUC19, In Humans Passed On Via Neanderthal (ND) DNA. DNs Interbred With NDs; Then NDs Later Interbred With Early Modern Humans, Passing The Gene To Early Americans. This Gene Transfer, Found In 1 In 3 Mexicans Today, May Have Helped Against Diseases As Humans Migrated Across The Americas.

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