Maria Hernandez

Mercedes Became The First To Sell Autonomous Cars In The US, In CA & NV, Allowing Drivers To Do Other Activities While Car Drives At Low Speeds On Approved Freeways. Their “Level 3” Tech, Drive Pilot, Surpasses Tesla’s Level 2 Tech But Trails Waymo Or GM’s Cruise Near-Total Autonomy Level 4 Tech. Mercedes Aims For Level 4 By 2030.

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Scientists Discovered A Huge Water Reservoir, 3x Earth’s Oceans, 700 Km Deep Within The Mantle In The Rock Ringwoodite. This Find Challenges Theories On Earth’s Water Origin, Suggesting Possibly Internal Rather Than From Comets. Seismic Data Reveals This Underground Ocean, Potentially Reshaping Our Understanding Of The Planet’s Water Cycle.

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Chinese Scientists Created One Of The Stretchiest Materials Known To Science By Linking Polymer Coils With Carbon Atoms. The Elastic Hydrogel (HG) Stretches Up To 15x Its Size Before Reverting To Its Original Shape, Unlike Traditional HGs. The HG, Tested With Robot Grippers, Proved Gentle On Fragile Items, Hinting At Wide Commercial Use.

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The Carrington Event (CE) Of 1859, The Largest Solar Storm (SS) On Record, Was Stronger Than Believed. Historical Magnetograms Show It Reached >500 NT/Minute. SSs, Like CE, Have Occurred Throughout History, But Accurate Data To Measure Their Sizes Spans < 200 Yrs, Highlighting Our Vulnerability To Such Events And The Need For Preparation.

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Miassite, RH17S15, Is The World’s First Unconventional Superconductor (USC) Found In Nature And Also Synthesized In Labs, Which Does Not Conform To The Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer Theory (BCS), Joining A Group That Only Includes Lab-Conceived USC. This Discovery Holds Promise For Economically Advancing Industrial Superconductor Technologies.

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Harvard Researchers Have Developed A Breakthrough Eco-Friendly Solid-State Lithium Metal Battery That Is Rechargeable In 10 Mins And Can Be Recharged Over 6,000 Times, More Than Any Pouch-Shaped Battery. The Battery Could Significantly Enhance Electric Vehicle Range. Harvard Would Lease The Battery To Adden Energy To Commercialize It.

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France Made History As The First World Country To Guarantee Abortion Rights In Its Constitution. France Parliament’s Approval, Timed With International Women’s Day, Underscores Abortion As A Fundamental Freedom. Yet, President Macron‘s Bid For EU-Wide Consensus Faces Hurdles Due To Differing Abortion Laws Within Member States, E.G., In Poland And Malta.

Scientists Innovated Aerogel Glass Bricks With The Highest Insulation For Bricks, Plus Light Transmission. The Product Excels In Thermal Insulation Without Added Thickness, Reducing Lighting/HVAC Energy. This Is A Breakthrough In Building Materials, Even In Space. Eco-Friendly Brick Alternatives Include Ferrock And Sugarcrete Bricks.

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Archaeologists Found A 12,940-Year-Old Bead In La Prele Mammoth Site, Wyoming, Likely The Americas’ Oldest Ornament. The Hare Bone Bead, With Origin Determined Via MS & Micro-Ct Scan, Suggests The Clovis People, A Prehistoric Native American Group, Utilized Hares, Challenging Assumptions And Indicating They Hunted More Than Just Big Games.

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Perseverance Rover (PR) Confirms Ancient Lake Sediments In Mars’ Jerezo Crater, Hinting At A Water-Filled Past. PR Radar Sounding Aligns With Orbital Imagery And Other Data, Supporting Mars’ Wet History. This Find Backs A Once Warmer, Potentially Habitable Mars. Scientists Plan To Study The 3-Byr-Old Jerezo’s Sediment Sample On Earth.

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Scientists Discovered The Largest Known Deep-Sea Coral Reef, 68 Mi Wide At Some Points And Stretching 310 Miles From Florida To S. Carolina. Found At Depths Of 655 To 3,280 Ft, It Relies On Filtering Food Particles. The Reef, Nearly 3x The Size Of Yellowstone, Hints At More Hidden Deep-Sea Reefs. The Great Barrier Reef Is ~ 1,430 Mi Long.

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Scientists Unearthed The Earliest Direct Evidence Of Oxygen-Producing Photosynthesis (OPP) In A 1.75-Byr Old Bacteria Fossil In Australia & Canada, Pushing Back OPP Origin By 1.2 Byrs. The OPP Reshaped Earth’s Atmosphere, Potentially Aiding Complex Life Evolution, And Shedding Light On Photosynthesis Evolution & Earth’s History Impact.

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Geophysical Findings Reveal Deniliquin, A 520km-Wide Impact Structure Submerged Beneath NSW, Australia, Surpassing The Largest Known Impact Crater (IC), South Africa’s Vredefort Crater. Sediment Analysis Suggests An Impact 440-500 Myrs Ago. Rock Sample Recovery Is Crucial To Confirm Its Meteoritic Origin. Most IC Are Less Than 200 Myrs Old.

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Researchers Observed Aurora-Like Radio Waves For The First Time On The Sun, Lingering 25,000 Miles Above A Sunspot For A Week, Resembling The Northern Lights. While Solar Auroras Have Been Seen On Distant Stars, This Discovery Offers New Methods Of Studying The Sun’s Solar Activities With The Potential Of Finding Past Solar Auroras.

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Surgeons At NYU, In May 2023, Performed The World’s First Full Eye Transplant On Aaron James, 46, Post-Face Transplant Due To A High-Voltage Accident. Early Signs Show Success, But Vision’s Return Remains Unsure. The 21Hr Surgery, A Leap In Optic Nerve Healing, Offers Hope For Treating Blindness, Fueling Prospects For Breakthroughs.

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Researchers Have Produced The Largest Human Brain Cell Map, Encompassing Over 3,000 Cell Types, Through Single-Cell RNA Sequencing Of 3 Million Brain Cells. This Groundbreaking Map Reveals Regional Variations And Gene Regulation Mechanisms, Aiding The Study Of Brain Disorders And Genetics And Providing Deep Insights Into Brain Complexity.

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Scientists, For The First Time, Thawed And Grew Mammalian, Frozen Mouse, Embryos Under ISS Microgravity Conditions For 4 Days, With No Significant Developmental Issues. This First-Ever Research Suggests Mammals Could Survive/Reproduce In Space, Impacting Future Space Missions And NASA’s Artemis Program For Lunar And Mars Exploration.

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A Massive Lithium Deposit Of 20-40 MMT, Found Along The Nevada-Oregon Border In The McDermitt Caldera, Is Potentially One Of The World’s Largest. This Find Could Greatly Impact The EV Industry, Affecting Lithium Prices, Supply, & Geopolitics. As EV Demand Outpaces Lithium Supply, Increased Production & Processing Capabilities Are Essential.

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A Recent Study Suggests Earth’s Core May Be Enveloped By An Ancient Ocean Floor Hosting Mountains, 5x Taller Than Mt. Everest. This Find Comes From The Most Detailed Geological Map Of The Southern Hemisphere, Showing A Vast Ultra-Low Velocity Zone, Likely Containing Subducted Oceanic Materials, Influencing Heat Flow & Geological Activities.

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Researchers Have Discovered, In Peru’s Ica Valley, Fossils Of Perucetus Colossus, A Prehistoric Whale Said To Be The Heaviest Animal To Have Ever Lived On Earth—Possibly Weighing 2-3x The Blue Whale. The Colossal Nature Of The Creature, Which Swam The Seas About 39 Mya, Suggests That It Navigated Shallow Waters Using An Undulating Swimming Technique.