Mary Joe

“Spider-Man: No Way Home” Has Become The First And Only Movie Released In 2021 To Cross A Global Ticket Sale Of A Billion Dollars. And The Movie Achieved This Feat In Just Over A Week Since Its Dec. 17th, 2021 Release. The Movie Is Also Said To Be The Only Movie To Have Done This Since The Pandemic Began About 2 Years Ago.

Oriini Kaipara, A 38-Year-Old Māori Journalist At The “Newshub Live” Bulletin In New Zealand, Is Now The First Person With Traditional Facial Markings To Ever Host A Primetime News Program On National Television. Ms. Oriini, Previously Made History In 2019, At TVNZ, As The First Person With Māori Facial Markings To Present A Mainstream TV News Program.

Scientists May Have Discovered The World’s Best Preserved Dinosaur Embryo In Ganzhou, China. The Embryo, Named Baby Yingliang, Believed To Be A Toothless Theropod Dinosaur, Or Oviraptorosaur, And At Least 66 Myrs Old, Was Preparing To Hatch Just Like A Chicken. This Discovery Will Enhance Our Understanding On The Link Between Dinosaurs And Modern Birds.

New Zealand, In A Bid To Become Smoke-Free By 2025, Will Be The First Country To Ban Cigarettes By Preventing People Aged 14 And Under From Ever Buying Cigarettes, Begining From The Year 2022. The Plan Would Also See The Reduction In Cigarettes Nicotine Levels Available To Older People. While Also Raising The Smoking Age Year By Year.

Sesame Street, The 52-Year-Old Show, Has Added The First Asian American Muppet To Its Show. The Muppet, Called Ji-Young, A 7-Year-Old Korean American Who Loves Playing The Electric Guitar And Skateboarding, Will Usher In Rock Music, Asian Culture And Talk About Racism, Given The Surge In Racism And Violence Targeting Asians And Asian Americans.

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 Have Found The First Direct Evidence Of A Never Before Seen Mineral That Forms In The Mantle. The Mineral, Davemaoite, Is Said To Be A High Pressure-Temperature Form Of Wollastonite, A Commonly Found Mineral. The Davemaoite Was Discovered, Using Synchrotron X-ray Diffraction, In A Botswana Diamond, Which Formed In The mantle.…

The Longest Partial Lunar Eclipse In This Century And In ~580 Years Will Occur For 3 Hrs And 28 Mins, Begining Late Thursday Night To Early Friday (18th-19th, Nov. 2021) Across The USA. And Spectators Do Not Need Special Glasses To View It. A Partial Lunar Eclipse Occurs When The Sun, Earth, And Moon Are In An Almost Straight Line.

A 6-Year Research, Based On 88,926 Adults, With An Average Age 61, Is Indicating That Falling Asleep Between 10 to 11 p.m May Minimise The Risk For Heart Disease. The Study Shows That Folks Who Fall Asleep Earlier Than 10 p.m. Or At Mid Night/ Later Were Associated With Respective 24% Or 25% Increase In Risk Of Cardiovascular Disease.

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A Researcher Is Stating That The Moon”s Top Rocky Soil Layer Contains Enough Oxygen That Can Sustain 8 Billion People For 100,000 Years. However, The Oxygen, Which Makes Up 45% Of The Lunar Soil, Would Have To Be Extracted From Its Bonded State With, Fortunately, Existing Technology, Increasing The Feasibility For Long Term Moon Base.

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