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Breugnathair Elgolensis (~167 Ma) Is The Most Complete Jurassic Lizard Fossil. At 41cm, This New Squamate Species (Parviraptoridae) Bridges The Lizard-Snake Transition. Found On Skye, Scotland, In 2016, It Features Lizard Limbs But Snake-Like Jaws & Python Fangs, Proving That Specialized Feeding Traits Evolved Before Snakes Lost Their Legs.

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Australian Researchers Made A World-First Discovery In A Lab Study Of 60 Captive Endangered Alpine Tree Frogs (Litoria Verreauxii Alpina). They Found That Frogs Infected With Chytrid Fungus Jumped ~24% Farther Than Healthy Frogs By Week Six, Potentially Aiding The Fungus Spread Or Allowing The Frog To Find Mate Faster & Mate Before Death.

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China’s 2025 Trade Surplus (Exported/Sold More Abroad Than Imported/Bought) Reached A Record $1.19Tn (£890B), The First Time Any Country Topped $1Tn. It Beat China’s 2024 Record Of $993B (Up ~20%). No Other Nation Has Come Close; Past Highs Were ~$600–665B For China And ~$250B For Germany, Making This Extraordinary Amid Global Challenges.

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U.S Researchers Unexpectedly Found That OTULIN Is A “Master Regulator” Of Tau, The Protein Killing Brain Cells In Alzheimer’s. Blocking OTULIN Stops Tau Production At The Gene Level. The Drug UC495 Partially Mimics This Blocking, Slashing Toxic Tau & Inflammation In Human Neurons, While Safely Controlling 13K+ Genes Tied To Aging/Dementia.

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NASA & ESA Confirmed The First Discovery Of Cloud-9, A Giant Starless Gas Cloud And Failed Galaxy. First Detected By The FAST Telescope In 2023 & Confirmed By Hubble In Jan 2026, It Contains Only Hydrogen Held By A Dark Matter Halo. Located 14M Ly Away Near Messier 94, It Is A Rare Early-Universe Relic Showing Why Some Galaxies Never Form.

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U.K Researchers, In A Novel Study Of 30 Overweight Adults Aged 50–78, Found That Just 10–12 Mins Of Intense Exercise, Like Hard Cycling, Releases Helpful Blood Molecules (Like IL-6/Myokines) That Improve DNA Repair & Slow Bowel Cancer Cell Growth In Lab Tests. This Find Is Not A Cure, But Shows Short Exercise Bursts May Reduce Cancer Risk.

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Astronomers Discovered The Most Distant Supernova Ever Observed, Exploding When The Universe Was Only ~730 Myrs Old (Z≈7.3). First Detected Via A Gamma-Ray Burst GRB 250314A By The SVOM Satellite On 3/14/25, It Was Later Confirmed By JWST, Shedding Light On How Early Massive Stars Formed And Died. Findings Were Announced In December 2025.

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Japan’s Firms Kirin And Fujitsu Found A World-First Way A Brain Supplement, Citicoline, Supports The Brain Via The Gut. Taken Orally, It Boosts Acetylcholine In Gut Nerves, Signaling The Brain Via The Gut-Brain Axis To Aid Memory And Focus. Found Using A.I And Lab Tests, This Method Could Fast-Track Healthier Foods Without Animal Testing!

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Saturn Now Has 274 Moons, The Most In Our Solar System (SS), Surpassing Jupiter As The SS’s “Moon King.” Astronomers Using The Canada–France-Hawaii Telescope Discovered 128 Tiny (2-4 Km) Potato-Shaped Moons, Likely Fragments From Ancient Collisions. First Spotted In 2023, The 128 Moons Orbits Were Confirmed And Announced In 2025 By The IAU.

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Khaleda Zia, Bangladesh’s First Female PM Has Died At 80. She Was The World’s 2nd Elected Female Leader In A Mainly Muslim Nation, After Pakistan’s Benazir Bhutto. Out Of Power Since 2006, Khaleda Remained Influential As Her BNP Party Heads Into The Feb 2026 Elections, As A Leading Contender, With Son Tarique Rahman Emerging As A P.M Candidate.