Ken Yun

The UK Has COVID-19 Death Rate Of 891 People Per Million, Making It The Highest Death Rate In The World. Moreover, The Total Number Of Deaths In The UK Is Second Only To The US, Where The Death Toll Has Surpassed 100,000. The Financial Times Analysis Has Attributed This To The Late Lock Down Of Countries At Late Stage Of The Pandemic.

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The First Human Trial, On 45 People, By The US Biotech Firm Moderna, Is Indicating Positive Results, As Their COVID-19 Vaccine Triggered An Immune Response In People And Protected Mice From Lung Infections With The Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. The Company Plans To Press On With Further Trials With 600 People Shortly. Cool!

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Researchers At The North Carolina State University Have Developed The World’s Fastest Soft Robot Both On Land And In Water. The Design Of The Robot, Called LEAP, Is Inspired By The Cheetah, The Fastest Animal On Land. LEAP Can Run At Speeds Of 2.7 Body Lengths Per Second Making It 3 Times Faster Than Previous Fastest Robots.

Tom Cruise, Age 56, Will Be The First Actor In The World To Actually Do A Movies Aboard The International Space Station (ISS). This Was Confirmed By NASA’s Director, Jim Bridenstine, On Tuesday, 5/5/2020. Could Tom Cruise Be Part Of The Astronauts Being Launched From US Soil, Later This Month, For The First Time In ~10 Years? Stay Tuned!!

The UK Car Sales Has Plunged To Its Lowest In 74 Years. This Is All Thanks To The Coronavirus Pandemic Lockdown Measures, As All Car Showrooms Were Also Impacted. Society for Motor Manufacturers And Traders (SMMT) Figures Show That Only 4,321 Cars Were Registered In April, The Lowest Monthly Level Since 1946.

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There Are Dogs Specially Trained To Identify Diseases Like Cancer, Malaria And Parkinson’s By Their Scents. And In This Regard, A Charity, In Partnership With Other Health Establishments In The UK, Wants To Train Dogs To Catch Coronavirus Odour So That The Virus Can Be Detected At Busy Areas Like Airports. Cool!

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By Comparing the Defensive Stinging Attributes Of Animals Like The Lionfish and Bees, And Based On Surveys Of The Demographics That Handle Snakes, Like Snake Keepers, Reptile Researchers And Ecologists, Researchers Are Indicating That Most Snakes Evolved Their Venoms For Offence And Not For Self Defense.

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A New Study By NOAA Scientists, Based On Statistical Models Of Arctic Ice, Is Indicating That The Arctic May Be Ice-Free (With Less Than 1 Million Square Kilometers Of Sea Ice) In 15 Years, During An Arctic Summer. And This Could Create Economic Opportunities, And Negatively Influence The Ocean Circulation And Arctic Ecosystem.

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The World’s First Fossilized Plant Gum, Has Been Discovered By A Ph.D. Candidate At The University Of Portsmouth. The Gum was Discovered In 110 Million Years Old Leaves, Found In Early Cretaceous Period Brazil’s Crato Formation. This Find Disproves That Plant Gum Are Unable To Undergo Fossilization Due To Their Soluble Nature.

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Scientists In Japan Have Created A Paper-Thin Biodegradable Device, Made Of Nano Paper, Which Is Used To Connect To The Internet To Transmit Data. The Nano Paper Is Made Of Extremely Thin Fibres That Can Be Decomposed By Microorganisms In The Soil, A Leap Forward Towards Producing Environmentally Friendly Electronics. Nice!

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Researchers Have Discovered Series Of Mysterious (Alien!?) Fast Radio Bursts (FRB), Coming From A Single Source 500 Million LY From Earth, With A 16.35 Days Repeating Pattern. The Signal Would Release A Burst Or Two Each Hour Over 4 Days, Then It Would Go Silent For Another 12 Days. FRB Can Help Astronomers Learn More About The Universe.

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A Team Of Researchers Have Created A Robot, Which According To Them, Based On The First Human Clinical Trials, Could Draw And Test Blood, Providing Quick Results, Which Would Allow Health Professionals To Spend More Time Treating Patients. The Device Is Said To Improve The Safety Of Blood Sampling Regardless Of Vein Visibility/Condition.

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Havard Scientists, By Studying Mice, May Have For The First Time Discovered How Stress Turns Hair Gray. They Attributed Gray Hair To Stress Associated With The Brains Fight Or Flight Response. In Other Words, Hair Turns Gray If One Gets Too Scared. Gray Hair Has Previously Been Linked To Natural Aging, Follicle Disorders, And Stress.

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A Photographer Is Said To Have Taken The Picture Of The Fattest Squirrel In The Uk. But I Wonder How This Conclusion Was Arrived At As There Are No Statistical Data To Back The Conclusion. Gray Squirrels, Unlike Some Squirrels, Do Not Hibernate But Will Eat Entire Body Size In A Week And Store The Fat For The Winter.

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Scientists May Have Developed An Eco-Friendly Living Building Materials (LBM) To Solve Some Problems, E.G., With Sourcing For Construction Materials And Building In Remote And Austere Environments. The Living Concrete, Which Involves Enlisting Bacteria, Gelatin And Sand For Its Construction, Still Needs More Work To Make It Stronger For Practical Uses.

For The First Time, A Complete Ancient Human Genetic Code Was Deciphered From Tooth Marks Left In An Ancient Chewing Gums ( Tar From A Tree). This Is The First Time That This Has Been Done From Anything Other Than A Human Bone. The Human Is Said To Be A Woman Who Lived 6000 Years Ago In Scandinavia.

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Singapore And Japan Have Been Listed As Top 2 Countries Where People Live The Longest. The Average Life Expectancies For Both Countries Are 74.2 And 73.1 Years, Respectively. The Longer Life Expectancy Is Attributed To Mainly Clean Environment And Healthy Diet. Countries Like US ( 66.6 years) And The UK (69.3 years.) Were Ranked Poorly.

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NASA Scientists Are Mapping Out Potential Landing Sites For Astronauts Going To Mars In 2024 Primarily Based On Locations Of Water Ice Believed To Be As Little As An Inch (2.5 cm) Below The Surface. This’s Important As Astronauts Will Probably Need To Harvest What Is Available On Mars, Like Water For Drinking And Making Rocket Fuel.

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Two Major Movie Franchises, Wick 4′ And ‘Matrix 4,’ With A Common Character, Keanu Reeves, Is Set To Be Released On The Same Day Of May 21st, 2021. And The Internet Has Dubbed The Release Date “Keanu Reeves Day.” This May Be The First Time That Such Blockbuster Releases Have Ever Happened In The World. Looking Forward To The Movies!

There Seem To Be A Relationship Between Inbreeding And Facial Deformity As Seen In The Distinctive Jutting Jawline Of The Habsburg Dynasty Of Spanish And Austrian kings, Who Were Known To Intermarry, Which Helped Them Secure Power For 200 Years. The Inbreeding Study Could Help Understand The Effect(s) Of Intermarriage, Which Exist Today.

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