Ken Yun

Nasa’s Parker Solar Probe Is Now The First Spacecraft To Touch Our Sun. The Probe Successfully Flew Through The Sun’s Upper Atmosphere To Sample Our Sun’s Particles And Magnetic Fields. This Feat Will Give Us Deeper Insights Into Our Sun’s Evolution And Impacts On Our Solar System, Inferably Teaching Us About Other Suns In The Universe.

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Ms. Magdalena Andersson, Who Resigned From Office As The First Female Prime Minister (PM) Of Sweden, Has Made History Again As The First Female Elected Twice As Sweden’s PM, After Being Re-Elected On Monday 11/29/2021 By Parliament. Ms. Andersson Was Re-Appointed As PM When Majority Of The Parliament Did Not Vote Against Her.

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Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) Survey, By Comparing The Cost In Dollars For Goods And Services In 173 Cities, Has For The First Time Named Tel Aviv, Israel, As The World’s Most Expensive City To Live In, While Paris And Singapore Came A Joint Second. Zurich Came Third. Damascus, In War-Torn Syria, Remains The World’s Cheapest City.

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A 6-Year Research, Based On 88,926 Adults, With An Average Age 61, Is Indicating That Falling Asleep Between 10 to 11 p.m May Minimise The Risk For Heart Disease. The Study Shows That Folks Who Fall Asleep Earlier Than 10 p.m. Or At Mid Night/ Later Were Associated With Respective 24% Or 25% Increase In Risk Of Cardiovascular Disease.

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Researchers Have Discovered One Of The Biggest Animals From The Cambrian Period. The Long Head Ocean-Dwelling (OD) Animal, Named Titanokorys Gainesi, Related To The Horseshoe Crab, Was Discovered In The Burgess Shale In Canada. Gainesi Is Said To Be 1/2 Meter In Length Compared To Many Of The Other Cambrian OD Pinky-Finger-Size Organisms.

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Target, To Attract And Retain Talents In A Tight Job Market, Will, Like Walmart, Cover 100% Of The Cost Of Tuition And Books For Its Employes That Enroll In Any Of The 250 Programs At Over 40 Schools And Universities Across The USA. The Company Will Also Pay $10,000 A Year For Master’s Programs Within Its Available Network Of Schools.

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Walmart, The Largest US Private Employer, To Curb Rising Student Loan Debt, Wants To Pay 100% Of College Tuition And Book Costs For Its Associates. The Retail Giant Plans To Offer This Educational Assistance Program Effective Aug. 16, 2021, With The Termination Of The $1/Day Fee For Participating In Its Live Better U Education Program.

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Research Is Indicating That 7% Of The Human DNA Is Unrelated To Our Ancient Ancestors And, Therefore, Unique To Modern Humans. This Find Indicates How Closely Related Modern Humans Are To, E.g., Neanderthals. The Study Was Conducted Using DNAs From 279 Humans Located Worldwide And From Fossilized Remains Of Neanderthals and Denisovans.

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Zaila Avant-garde, A 14-Year-Old Girl From New Orleans, Louisiana, Is The First African-American To Win The National Spelling Bee Competition. The 2021 93rd Competition Began With 209 Spellers, Ranging In Age From 9 To 15, From The US, The Bahamas, Canada, Ghana, And Japan. Jody-Anne Maxwell, From Jamaica, Was The Only Black To Win It In 1998.

Researchers May Have Discovered An Entirely New Human Species Called Homo Longi Or Dragon Man. The Discovery Was Made Based On The Analysis Of A Nearly Intact, At Least, 146,000 Years Old Skull Found In Harbin, China ~90 Years Ago. Researchers Are Indicating That Dragon Man Is More Closely Related To Humans Than Neanderthals Are.

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Carl Nassib, The Defensive Lineman For The Las Vegas Raiders, Has Become The First Openly Gay Active Player In The NFL’s 101-Year History. Carl Will Be The Second Openly Gay Player On A Professional Men’s Team In The Big 5 American Sports After Collin Martin, A Member Of Major Soccer League, Minnesota United FC, Came Out In 2018.

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France Is Sending A Second Statue Of Liberty To The US. The Statue, Named “Little Sister,” Though Symbolic As The Original, Is 1/16 The Original’s Size. Little Sister, First Made In 2009, Will Be Temporarily Erected, From July 1st To 5th, 2021, On Ellis Island, Before Going To Its Final Destination–The French Ambassador’s Residence.

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A New Study, Based On The Computer Model Of A Fossilized T. Rex Tail, Is Indicating That T. Rex Likely Moved At A Speed Of ~3 Miles/Hour. Researchers Believe That This Speed, Comparable To The Walking Speed Of Humans, Was Adapted By T-Rex As It Would Require Minimal Energy. Another Study Did Estimate T. Rex Top Speed To ~12-18 Miles/Hour.

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Researchers Have Estimated That Some 2.5 Billion T. Rex Lived And Died During The 2.5 Myrs That They Existed In The Cretaceous Period (65 –98 Myrs Ago). Scientists Estimated The Number Based On Fossil Record, Density Data And Data From Climate Models. They Also Deduced, For The First Time, That T. Rex Life Span Could Reach The Late 20s.

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The 4m-Long Saint-Bélec Slab, First Discovered In 1900, May Be Europe’s Oldest Map, With Its Markings Depicting A Rough 3D Match To The River Region In Which The Ancient Saint-Bélec Burial Mound Existed. There Are Such Stone Map Carvings All Over The World, But This May Be The First Map, Globally, To Depict An Area On A Specific Scale.

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A Researcher, Based On Peer-Reviewed Research Studies, Is Indicating That Human Penises Are Shrinking And Genitals Becoming Malformed In New Babies, As A Result Of Pollution From Phthalates, A Chemical Used When Manufacturing Plastics. Phthalates Are Also Said To Mimic Hormone Oestrogen, Causing Behaviours In Adults That Lower Fertility.

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Finland, For The 4th Year In A Row, Based On Gallup World Poll Data That Focused On The Relationship Btw Wellbeing And Covid-19, Has Been Named The Year 2021 World’s Happiest Country. Iceland, Denmark, Switzerland, And The Netherlands Came 2nd, 3rd, 4th, And 5th Respectively. The US, UK, And Australia Came 14th, 18th, And 12th Respectively.

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These And Many Other Feats Now Confirms President Joe Biden As The Trail Blazing Champion. The Appointments Of Michael Regan, Age 45, As The First Black Man To Lead The EPA; Marcia Fudge, Age 86, As The First Black Woman To Head The Housing And Urban Development; And Deb Haaland, Age 60, As The First Native American Cabinet Secretary.

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Atlanta Has Created The USA’s Largest Free Food Forest About 10 Mins From Atlanta’s Airport—The World’s Busiest Airport. The 7.1 Acres Of Urban Agriculture, Located In Browns Mill, Where The Closest Grocery Store Is A 30-Mins Bus Ride, Will Comprise 2,500 Edible And Medicinal Plants. There Are At Least 70 Free Food Forests In The USA.

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The First Black-Footed Ferret, Called Elizabeth Ann, An Endangered Animal Native To North America, Was Cloned From Cells That Were Banked In 1988. The Cells Were Developed Into Embryos, Then Implanted Into A Domestic Ferret Surrogate, From Which Ann Was Delivered Via C-Section. This Feat Could Lead To Genetic Diversity For Endangered Species.