Mary Joe

An Octopus Has Been Spotted At The Depth Of ~7,000m In The Java Trench Of The Indian Ocean, Making It The World’s Deepest Octopus. The Octopus, A “Dumbo” Species, Is Said To Have Surpassed Previous Sighting At 5,145m. This Discovery Indicates That Octopus Can Find Potentially Suitable Habitat Across At Least 99% Of The Global Seafloor.

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The First Human Trial, On 45 People, By The US Biotech Firm Moderna, Is Indicating Positive Results, As Their COVID-19 Vaccine Triggered An Immune Response In People And Protected Mice From Lung Infections With The Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. The Company Plans To Press On With Further Trials With 600 People Shortly. Cool!

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Researchers Have Stumbled Upon A Find That Bumble Bees Make Holes In Leaves Of Plant To Force Than To Flower Early. And That The Hungrier The Bees Are The More Holes They Make. This Process Is Said To, For Example, Reduce Flowering Time From An Average Of 33 Days To 17 Days. Understanding This Process Would Be Beneficial To Horticulturist.

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If You Are Like Me Who Has Been Obsessively Wiping Down Surfaces Like Doorknobs, Groceries, And Packages To Protect Against The Coronavirus, Well, The CDC, Contrary To Previous Finds, Is Saying To Ease Off As Coronavirus Only Easily Spread Between Humans Who Are Within 6 Feet. However, Though, I Will Not Stop Wipping Down Those Surfaces.

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The Oldest Evidence That Supports An East Asian Ancestry For Native Americans May Have Been Found In Russia. The Evidence Is The 14,000-Year-Old Tooth Of A Man Who Lived 4500 Kilometers from Beringia. This Find, In addition To Previous Finds, Indicates That Native American Ancestors Occupied A Vast Region Of Northeastern Eurasia.

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Some Bees, Like The European Honeybees, Fend Off Hornets By Stinging Them. While Other Bees, Like The Japanese Honeybees Swarm The Hornet, Working Together, By Vibration, To Generate Heat Of About 115 Degrees, Which Is Hot Enough To Cook The Hornet. Asian Giant Hornet Carries A Rigid Exoskeleton That Makes Bee Stings Ineffective. Cool!

The Fossil Of One Of The Last Flesh-Eating Dinosaurs, A Type Of Megaraptor, May Have Been Discovered By Paleontologist In Argentina. The 70 Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Is Said To Be 10 Meters In Length. And The Most Prominent Thing About This Dinosaur Is That The Thumb Ends In A Claw, Which Is Approximately 40 Centimeters In Length.

A 4-Year-Old Llama Named Winter, In Belgium, May Be Very Important In The Fight Against Coronavirus. This Was Stated After It Was Discovered That The Antibodies From Winter, Which Previously Neutralized ASARS And MERS, Are Now The First To Kill Coronavirus In Lab Experiments. Llamas, As Test Animals., Have Antibodies Similar To Humans.

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A New Study Of 2 Different Microbes, Bacterium E. Coli–Lacks A Nucleus, And Yeast, Which Has One, Is Indicating That They Could Thrive In 100% Hydrogen Environment, But Not As Well As In Oxygen Environment. This Implies That Life Could Evolve On A More Broader Range Of Alien World As Hydrogen Is The Most Common Element In The Universe.

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The Oldest Known Salamander, Triassurus Sixtelae, Was Found In Kyrgyzstan Madygen Formation. This ~230–240 Ma Triassic Fossil Is A Stem-Salamander That Lived In Shallow Freshwater Lakes. It Extends The Salamander Lineage By ~60–90 Myrs Supporting Eurasian Origins For The Group. But Does Not Resolve The Overall Origin Of Modern Amphibians.

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