Lee Harper

Doctors In China Achieved A World First In Jan/26; They Connected A 56-Yr-Old Man With Severe Liver Failure To CRISPR Gene-Edited Pig Liver Outside His Body. For ~2.5 Days, It Filtered His Blood/Cleared Toxins, & Stabilized Him, Without Major Rejection, Until He Got A Human Liver Transplant. This Is A Major Breakthrough For Organ Shortages.

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China’s Changan Nevo (Qiyuan) A06 Is The World’s First Mass-Produced Passenger E.V Powered By A Sodium-Ion Battery (SIB) From CATL. Its 45 kWh Naxtra SIB Pack Delivers ~248–250 Miles (≈400km) Of Range. Sodium Is Cheaper & More Abundant Than Scarce Lithium, Retaining ~90% Power At −40°F & Working To −58°F. The E.V Is Set For Showrooms In Mid-2026.

Paleontologists Identified The First New Spinosaurid In Over 100 Years, Spinosaurus Mirabilis, From Niger’s Sahara. The School-Bus-Sized (15m Long) Semi-Aquatic Fish-Eater Lived 95–100 Mya And Had A Unique, Likely Keratin-Covered, Scimitar-Shaped Head Crest Unlike Spinosaurus Aegyptiacus. The Find Offers Major Insights Into Spinosaur Evolution.

3I/ATLAS, Discovered In July 2025, Is The 3rd Confirmed Interstellar Comet (IC) After ‘Oumuamua & Borisov. In 2026, NASA‘s Swift Detected OH Gas (Sign Of Water) Outgassing At ~40 Kg/Sec While It Was Unusually Far, ~3.5 AU, From The Sun. It’s The First Direct Water Detection From An IC, Showing Other Star Systems Host Water-Rich Icy Bodies.

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China’s “Artificial Sun” (EAST Tokamak) Is The First Real-World Proof That Fusion Can Exceed The Greenwald Density Limit, Long Thought To Cap Plasma Density Before Instability. EAST Sustained Plasma 30–65% Above That Cap In A New Regime Where Plasma & Reactor Walls Self-Organize, Clearing A Key Hurdle Toward Practical, Clean Fusion Energy.

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