Mathew Damon

Dr. Howard Tucker, The World’s Oldest Practicing Doctor At 100—The Guinness World Records, Credits His Longevity To Good Genes, Luck, Exercise, Continuous Learning, And A Healthy Lifestyle Free From Smoking. Dr. Tucker, A Neurologist, Has Retired From Patient Care But Continues To Teach At St. Vincent Charity Medical Center, Cleveland, OH

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The Antarctic Desert, Categorized As A Cold Desert, Is The World’s Largest Desert Spanning ~ 5.48 Million Square Miles. The Arctic Desert, Also A Cold Desert, Is The Second Largest At ~ 5.37 Million Square Miles. The Sahara Desert, Classified As A Hot And Dry Desert, Is The Largest Non-Polar Desert, Covering ~3.55 Million Square Miles.

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The Largest Known Star, UY Scuti, Discovered By German Astronomers In 1860, Is In The Milky Way Galaxy, ~9500 Ly From Earth. It’s 1700x The Radius Of Our Sun. Stars Like UY Scuti Are Rare Due To Their Shorter Lifespan (In Millions), Unlike Those That Last For Billions Of Years. The Smallest Star, EBLM J0555-57Ab, Is About Saturn’s Size.

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New Research Suggests That Skilled Painters Like Da Vinci And Rembrandt Intentionally Used Egg Yolk In Oil Paintings Due To Its Beneficial Properties, Including Protection Against Humidity, Viscosity, And Its Antioxidant Effects. This Discovery Sheds Light On Art History And Offers Insights For Better Preservation & Conservation Of Artwork.

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Fremont, CA Is The Happiest City In The USA, For The 2nd Year In A Row, In A Wallethub Ranking Of 182 Cities Based On 30 Factors Like Emotional & Physical Well-Being, Income, And Environment. San Jose, CA; Madison, WI; Overland Park, KS; And San Francisco, CA Rounded Out The Top 5. California Dominated The List, While Detroit Ranked Last.

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Nadia Kahf Has Become The First Hajiba Wearing Judge In New Jersey After Her New Jersey Superior Court Appointment. But Carolyn Walker-Dialo Is The First Hijab-Wearing Judge In The US After Her Appointment As A Civil Court Judge In NY In 2015. Many Muslims Serve As Judges In The US, But These Women Are The Only Ones Known To Wear Hijab.

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Scientists Can Observe Oceanic Crust Forming In The East African Rift Valley As The Valley Continues To Mature, With Further Splits, From Its Relatively Early Stage Of A Plate Boundary Divergence. The Rift, In 5 -10 Myrs, Could Give Rise To Coastlines In Countries Like Kenya And Uganda, As Eastern Africa Separates From The Rest Of The African Continent.

Researchers Have Discovered That A Hydrogen Consuming Enzyme, Huc, Found In Soil Bacteria, Could Generate Electricity From Air. The Study Also Revealed That Huc Could Be Stored For A Long Time At Freezing Temperature Or Up To 80 oC Without Losing Its Electric Generating Power–Making It A Potential GroundBreaking Source Of Clean Energy.

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An Olympic Swimming Pool-Sized Asteroid, 2023 DW, Has A Small, 1 In 560, Chance Of Impacting Earth On Feb 14, 2046, According To Nasa. It Is Estimated To Fly Pass Earth At A Distance Of ~1.1m Miles, Making It The Only Space Rock On Nasa’s Risk List To Rank 1 On The Torino Impact Hazard Scale—Indicating An Unlikely Risk For An Impact.

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Researchers, Including NASA Scientists, Using Satellite Imagery And AI To Map ~10 Billion Trees, Carried Out The First Comprehensive Estimate Of Tree Carbon Density In The Drylands Of Africa. The Study Estimates ~0.84 Billion Metric Tons Of Carbon—A Data That Is Essential For, E.g., Understanding Global Carbon Cycle And Climate Change Projection.

Adiah And Adrial Nadarajah, According To The Guinness World Records, Are The World’s Most Premature Twins. The Canadian Siblings Were Born At 21.3 Wks– 126 Days Early, Overtaking The Previous Record Of 125 Days Early Birth Set In 2018 By Identical Twins Kambry and Keeley Ewoldt In Iowa, US. A Full-Term Pregnancy Is Usually 9 Months (39 Wks).

María Branyas Morera, Following The Death Of 118-Year-Old Lucile Randon Of France, Is Now Said To Be The Oldest Living Woman And The Oldest Living Person By The Guinness World Records. Ms. Morera, Who Is 115 Years And 321 Days Old, As Of 1/19/2023, Was Born In California, USA, On 3/4/1907. But She Returned To Spain 8 Years After Her Birth.

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Scientists, For The First Time, Have Developed A Living Solar Cell From The Succulent Plant Corpuscularia Lehmannii. The Cell Works When Electron Is Transported, Via Water And Nutrients As Electrolytes, During Photosynthesis. The Plant’s Leaf Is Said To Generate 20 µA/cm2 of Photocurrent Density, For Over A Day, When Exposed To Light.

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EctoLife Is The First Artificial Womb (AW) Concept Facility, Which, In Theory, Could Grow About 30,000 Babies Per Year. Parents Can Engineer Their Embryos Before They Are Implanted In The AW. The Facility Is Said To Be A Solution For Countries With Depleting Populations, For Infertile Couples, Or For Women That Have Lost Their Wombs.

Researchers, Based On NASA’s Mars Curiosity Rover Data, Have Found, In The Gale Crater, A Gemstone, Opal, Which Surrounds An Extensive Network Of Fractures That Could Have Been Water-Rich And Provided Habitable Conditions. Opal, Which Forms From Silica & Water, Could Act As A Proxy Or Be Used As A Water Source In Future Mars Exploration.

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A Houston Resident, Tanya Herbert, Has Broken The Guinness World Records For Having The World’s Largest Feet On A Living Female. She Broke The Record, Currently Held By Julie Felton From The UK, With Her Right Foot Measuring 13.03 in And Her Left 12.79 in. Herbert, Who Is 6 ft. 9 in Tall, Typically Wears A US Women’s Size 18 Or A US Men’s Size 16-17.

Anna May Wong, Dubbed Hollywood’s First Asian American Movie Star, Is The First Asian American Featured On US Quarters. Wong, Who Died In 1961, Had A Career Spanning 60 Films, And Earned A Star On The Hollywood Walk Of Fame In 1960. Wong Is Featured On The 5th Coin, Released In 2022, Which Celebrates Female Trailblazers In American History.

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Scientists Are Stating That Rainwater Is Unsafe To Drink Anywhere In The World Due To Persistent Harmful Chemicals In Them, Some Of Which, like PFAS, Can Cause Cancer. The Study Is Based On The US Environmental Protection Stds For Levels Of The Thousands Of Chemicals That Do Not Break Down And Are Continuously Recycled In The Envr.

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Researchers Are Indicating That The Moon Has Crater Pits That Could Provide Habitable Temperature For Humans. And The Temp Is Said To Steadily Hover Around 63 °F (17 °C). The Pits Are Speculated To Lead To Caves That Could Provide Shelter For Humans. Both The Temp And Shelter Could Lead To Long Term Safe Lunar Exploration And Moon Base.

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Saudi Arabia Plans To Build The World’s Biggest Structure—2 Mirrored Buildings That Are ~488 m High And Running Parallel For 120 Km Across Coastal And Desert Terrain. The Buildings, Est. At A Trillion Dollars And Part Of The Smart City Project Called Neom, Will House ~5 Mil People. And Be Connect By Walkways And Underground Trains.

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