Ken Yun

Elon Musk Became The World’s First Trillionaire On 6/12/26, After Spacex’s Largest IPO In History (~$85.7B) Sent Shares Soaring. Fueled By His Stakes In Spacex & Tesla, His Fortune Sparked Debate Over Wealth Inequality. The IPO Reflects Investors’ Confidence In Spacex’s Mars, Starlink, & A.I Goals Despite Losses, Risks & Sale Restrictions.

U.K Scientists Grew The First Lab-Made Oesophagus (OS) That Replaced A 2.5cm Section In 8 Mini-Pigs. A Donor Pig‘s OS Was Decellularized, Seeded With The Recipient Pig’s Own Cells, Matured In A Bioreactor & Implanted. 5/8 Reached The 6-Mth Endpoint With Normal Swallowing, W/O Immunosuppression. Promising For Babies With Oesophageal Atresia.

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U.S. Researchers Discovered How Sperm Rapidly Absorb And Burn Glucose For A Powerful Energy Burst. They Identified Aldolase As The Key Protein That Switches Sugar Into “Turbo Fuel,” Activating Dormant Sperm For A High-Speed Swim To The Egg. The Finding Could Improve Fertility Treatments And Enable Targeted, Non-Hormonal Male Birth Control.

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Zootopia 2 Made History As Hollywood’s Highest-Grossing Animated Film, Earning $1.707B And Surpassing Inside Out 2. It’s The 9th Highest-Grossing Film Of All Time, & Is Disney Animation’s Biggest Hit On A $150M Budget. Released Nov 2025, Judy & Nick Tackle Gary De’Snake. It’s Huge In China, But Trails Global Animated Champ Ne Zha 2 (~$2.2B).

A First-Of-Its-Kind Study Shows A Massive Tropical Eruption Around 1345 Cooled The Mediterranean, Causing 3 Years Of Crop Failures. Grain Imports From The Black Sea Port Of Caffa Carried Plague‑infected Fleas To Italy In 1347, Sparking The Black Death That Killed 30–60% Of Europe. Climate Shocks, Not Just Trade, Were The Critical Trigger.

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Anthony Albanese (62) Wed Jodie Haydon (47) In Canberra, Becoming The First Sitting Australian PM To Engage (2/14/24) & Marry (11/29/25) In The Nation’s 124-Year Federal History. The Ceremony At The Lodge Included His Son Nathan & Dog Toto (Ring Bearer), Attended By ~60 Guests. They Walked The Aisle To Stevie Wonder‘s “Signed, Sealed, Delivered.”

Zohran Mamdani, 34, Will Become NYC’s First Muslim, First South Asian, And 2nd-Youngest Mayor (After Hugh J. Grant, 30, In 1889), Leading The Most Populous & Highly Diverse U.S. City. In Virginia, Democrat Ghazala Hashmi, 61, Is Elected Lt. Gov., Becoming The First Muslim Woman, First Indian American, & First South Asian To Win Statewide Office.

Cameroon’s 92-Year-Old President Paul Biya, The World’s Oldest President, Has Won A Disputed 8th Term With 53.66% Of Votes Amid Deadly Protests & Fraud Claims. Biya Has Ruled For 43 Years, Sparking Youth Unrest In A Country Where Over 70% Are Under 35. Security & Protesters Clashes Leave Deaths, With Critics Warning Of Rising Instability.

Swiss Researchers Created A World-First Low-Cost Method For 3D Printing Metals Using Hydrogels Instead Of Metal Powders Or Molten Alloys. They Print A Polymer Framework, Add Metal Ions, Grow Nanoparticles, Then Heat It To Form Pure Metal. The Result Is Up To 25× Stronger & Shrinks Only 20%, Compared To 60–90% Shrinkage In Older Methods.

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France’s Prime Minister (PM) Sébastien Lecornu, 39, Resigned On 10/6/25 After Just 27 Days, Making Him The Shortest-Serving PM In Modern French History & The 7th PM To Quit Under Macron. Lecornu’s Cabinet Failed To Unite Parliament Over A Budget. Macron Now Faces Mounting Pressure To Call New Elections Or Step Down Amid Deep Political Turmoil.