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iRonCub3, Developed By The Italian Institute Of Technology, Is The World’s First Jet-Powered Humanoid Robot. Weighing 70 Kg, It Flies Using 4 Jet Engines—2 On Its Back And 2 On Its Arms. Equipped With Advanced Control Algorithms And Heat-Resistant Materials, iRonCub3 Could One Day Assist In Natural Disaster Rescue Missions Or Reach Inaccessible Areas.

Scientists Uncovered A 1,400-Year-Old Seagrass Clone, Zostera Marina (Eelgrass), In The Baltic Sea, Making It The World’s Oldest Known Marine Plant. Using A Genetic Clock Calibrated With A 17-Yr-Old Seagrass Clone, The Team Determined The Age By Comparing Genetic Variations. This Method May Reveal Older Organisms In Other Seagrass Species.

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The Carrington Event (CE) Of 1859, The Largest Solar Storm (SS) On Record, Was Stronger Than Believed. Historical Magnetograms Show It Reached >500 NT/Minute. SSs, Like CE, Have Occurred Throughout History, But Accurate Data To Measure Their Sizes Spans < 200 Yrs, Highlighting Our Vulnerability To Such Events And The Need For Preparation.

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Archaeologists Found A 12,940-Year-Old Bead In La Prele Mammoth Site, Wyoming, Likely The Americas’ Oldest Ornament. The Hare Bone Bead, With Origin Determined Via MS & Micro-Ct Scan, Suggests The Clovis People, A Prehistoric Native American Group, Utilized Hares, Challenging Assumptions And Indicating They Hunted More Than Just Big Games.

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Scientists Unearthed The Earliest Direct Evidence Of Oxygen-Producing Photosynthesis (OPP) In A 1.75-Byr Old Bacteria Fossil In Australia & Canada, Pushing Back OPP Origin By 1.2 Byrs. The OPP Reshaped Earth’s Atmosphere, Potentially Aiding Complex Life Evolution, And Shedding Light On Photosynthesis Evolution & Earth’s History Impact.

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Researchers Observed Aurora-Like Radio Waves For The First Time On The Sun, Lingering 25,000 Miles Above A Sunspot For A Week, Resembling The Northern Lights. While Solar Auroras Have Been Seen On Distant Stars, This Discovery Offers New Methods Of Studying The Sun’s Solar Activities With The Potential Of Finding Past Solar Auroras.

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Dictador, A Spirits Producer, Appoints Mika, The First Humanoid Robot CEO Developed By Hanson Robotics (Creators Of Sophia). Mika, Powered By Advanced AI, Prioritizes Data-Driven Decisions. But Public Opinions On AI Leadership Vary, Especially On Respect & Job Displacement. Even President Biden Recently Addressed AI Security Concerns.

Regulators, For The First Time, Approved The Sale Of Lab-Grown Meat (LGM) In The US, With Upside Foods And Good Meat Authorized To Sell Chicken Made From Animal Cells. LGM Will Be Served In Some Restaurants Initially. Supermarket Availability May Take Time. LGM Aims To Reduce Harm To Animals And The Envir. But Public LGM Skepticism Remains

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Astronomers Discovered Asteroid 2023 FW13, A 50-Ft-Wide Quasi-Moon That Orbits The Sun With Earth, Coming Within 9 Mil Miles Of Our Planet. It Is The Longest-Known Fake Moon Dating Back To ~ 100 B.C. And Will Continue Circling Earth For 1,500 Yrs. It Poses No Collision Threat. A Prior Quasi-Moon, Kamo’oalewa, Found In 2016, May Be A Piece Of Earth’s Moon.

Elephant Seals’ Sleep Patterns Have Been Recorded For The First Time, Showing That During Foraging Trips They Sleep For Only 2 Hrs/Day, Similar To African Elephants. They Nap For 10 Mins At A Time During Deep 30 Mins Dives And Sleep Over 10 Hrs/Day On The Beach During Breeding Season. This Data Could Identify & Protect Seals’ Rest Areas.

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Spacex, On 4/20/23, Launched Starship, The Most Powerful Rocket Ever Built For Deep Space Travels To E.g., Mars. Sadly, It Exploded 4 Mins Into The Flight. Starship Has 2 Compartments, One For Carrying People And Goods And Another For A Super Booster With 33 Engines. The Failed Launch Offers Valuable Insights For Improvement Before The Next Test.

New Research Suggests That Skilled Painters Like Da Vinci And Rembrandt Intentionally Used Egg Yolk In Oil Paintings Due To Its Beneficial Properties, Including Protection Against Humidity, Viscosity, And Its Antioxidant Effects. This Discovery Sheds Light On Art History And Offers Insights For Better Preservation & Conservation Of Artwork.

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Rishi Sunak, A 42-Year-Old Former Finance Minister, Will Become Britain’s First Prime Minister Of Color And The Country’s Youngest Prime Minister In Modern Times After His Last Remaining Rival, Penny Mordaunt, Pulled Out Of The Race, And The Conservative MPs Overwhelmingly Backed Him To Succeed The Outgoing Liz Truss.

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Zahid Quraishi Is The First Muslim American Federal Judge, In US History, After He Was Confirmed By The US Senate To The U.S. District Court For The District Of New Jersey. He Was Also The First Asian-American To Serve On The Federal Bench In New Jersey After His Appointment, In 2019, As A U.S. Magistrate Judge For The Same District.

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The US Senate Has Confirmed Sunshine Suzanne Sykes, Age 48, To The US District Court For The Central District Of California. Her Confirmation Would Uniquely Make Her California’s First-Ever Native American Federal Judge And The 5th Indigenous Woman In US History To Serve On The Federal Court, Which Has ~900 Authorized Federal Judgeships.

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Tafheen Sharif, Who Was The Youngest Councilor In England, In 2012, Has Once Again Made History. She, A Member Of The Labour party, Is Now England’s First Muslim Female Deputy Mayor After Being Elected In Tameside In The UK. Tafheen Sharif, A Pakistani By Origin, Also Served As A Deputy Police Commissioner Of Bedfordshire.

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President Joe Biden Has Appointed Karine Jean-Pierre As The New White House Press Secretary, Making Her The First Black And LGBTQ Person To Hold The Position. Jean-Pierre, Who Currently Serves As The White House’s Principal Deputy Press Secretary, Will Replace Jen Psaki, Who Will Depart Her Role On May 13th, 2020, For A New Position With MSNBC.

NASA, In A First Of Its Kind “Holoportation,” “Teleported” A Hologram Of A Doctor And His Team To Space. The Hologram Of The NASA Flight Surgeon, Dr. Josef Schmid, And His Team Were Teleported In October 2021 To The International Space Station. However, Holoportation Is Not New As It Has Been Used In Advertising, Medical, And Education.

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A 2 Night Study, Involving 20 Persons, Indicates That Sleeping With Light On, At Night, Increases The Risk For Heart Disease And Diabetes. The Study May Have Attributed The Cause To The Body Being Kept More Alert Via The Light Activation Of The Autonomic Nervous System. However, Further Larger Studies Are Advised To Confirm This Result.

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President Joe Biden Has Nominated Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, Age 51, For The USA Supreme Court. The Nomination, A Historical Feat And In Fulfilment Of Biden’s Presidential Campaign Promise, Will Make Judge Jackson The First African American Woman Tapped For Such A Position. Judge Jackson Currently Sits On The U.S. Court Of Appeals For The D.C. Circuit.