Logan Mason

The South American Lungfish, Lepidosiren Paradoxa, Has The Largest Animal Genome At 30x A Human’s. A Living Fossil & Closest Relative To Early Land Vertebrates, It Breaths Air Through Lung-Like Organs.Its Genome Offers Insights Into Tetrapod Evolution. A Plant, Tmesipteris Oblanceolata, Holds The Largest Genome Overall At 50x A Human’s.

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Moderna Is Optimistic About The Development Of Vaccines For Heart Disease, Cancer, And Other Previously Untreatable Conditions By 2030, Based On Promising Studies. Advances In Messenger RNA Technology, Used In The Covid-19 Vaccine, Are Driving This Progress By Instructing Human Cells To Trigger An Immune Response Against Specific Diseases.

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~100 Scientists, From The Telomere-To-Telomere (T2T) Consortium, Have Completely Sequenced The Human Genome By 100% Since It Was 92% Sequenced ~20 Years Ago . This Complete 100% Sequencing Will Provide Information That Will Aid Us To Better Understand How We Form As Individual Organism, And How We Vary Btw Other Humans, And Other Species.

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Researchers Have Discovered A New Strain Of Coronavirus That Has About 50 Mutations, Compared To The Fewer Than 20 Mutations In The Delta Variant. The New Strain, Called Omicron, Is Said To Pose Very High Risk, And Is Probably The Most Contagious Strain. Omicron Has Been Found In More Than A Dozen Countries Across At Least Five Continents.

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Researchers Are Developing A No Pain Injection, Called Bubble Gum, Which Uses Laser To Push Tiny Droplets Into The Outer Layer Of The Skin In A Process That Is Quicker Than A Mosquito Bite. The Injection, Which May Be Available To The Public In 1-3 Years, Could Help Speed-Up Vaccination As It Eliminates Injection Phobia.

Researchers May Have Discovered, From Fossil Bones Found In A Sinkhole In Isreal, A New Human Ancestor Named Nesher Ramla Homo (NRH). NRH Is Said To Have Lived, Alongside Humans, Btw 140,000 And 120,000 Years Ago In Arabia And Israel. And That The Chinless And Possibly More Ancient NRH Interbreded With Humans And Neanderthals.

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The US Gov. Has Launched A Couple Of Tools To Make It Easier To Find The Closest COVID-19 Vaccination Sites. One Of The Tools, An Improved Version Of VaccineFinder, Is Located On Vaccine.gov. The Other Tool Is A Zipcode Text Hotlines—GETVAX Or VACUNA (Spanish Speakers). 1-800 Hotline, In Dozens Of Languages, Is Still In The Pipeline.

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US CDC Is Stating That Covid-19 Fully Vaccinated People Can Unmask At Small Outdoor Gatherings Like When Dining Outside With Friends From Multiple Households. But They Should Mask-Up In Large Indoor Gatherings Or Crowded Outdoor Events. Vaccinated And Unvaccinated Folks Are Advised To Wear Masks In Indoor Public Spaces, Like Malls.

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Researchers Have Developed A New Device For Administering Vaccines. The Device Utilizes Electrically Ignited Gun Powder To Generate Pressure That Pushes The Device To Relatively Painlessly, Compared To Needles, Penetrate A Person’s Skin, Sending The Vaccine Through Tiny Apertures. The Device Would Also Be Safer For Health Care Workers.

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Nature Conservationists In Australia Are Planning To Build The World’s First Duck-Billed Platypus Refuge, As The Animal Hinges On The Verge Of Extinction Due To Bushfires and Drought. The Refuge Is Expected To Accommodate About 65 Platypus, Especially In Times Of Crisis. The Refuge Would Also Help To Better Understand The Animal, To Ensure Its Future.