Zhang Wei

For The First Time, NASA Found Traces Of Tryptophan, An Essential Earth Amino Acid, In Bennu (BN) Samples. This Brings BN’s Total # Of Protein-Building Amino Acid To 15 Of 20 Used On Earth. BN Also Holds All 5 Nucleobases & Water Signs. These Finds Support The Idea That Carbon-Rich Asteroids Delivered Life’s Building Blocks To Early Earth.

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A First-Of-Its-Kind Study Shows A Massive Tropical Eruption Around 1345 Cooled The Mediterranean, Causing 3 Years Of Crop Failures. Grain Imports From The Black Sea Port Of Caffa Carried Plague‑infected Fleas To Italy In 1347, Sparking The Black Death That Killed 30–60% Of Europe. Climate Shocks, Not Just Trade, Were The Critical Trigger.

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Scientists In Canada, Off BC, Recorded The First-Ever Cooperative Hunt Between Killer Whales & Pacific White-Sided Dolphins For Chinook Salmon. Dolphins Used Echolocation To Scout; While The Whales Tore The Large Prey. Whales Gain Efficient Hunting; While Dolphins Get Scraps & Potential Protection, Confirming A Mutually Beneficial Alliance.

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For The First Time, A Streaming Giant (Netflix) Is Acquiring Warner Bros., One Of The Oldest & Most Iconic Film Studios In The World. The $82.7B Grab, The 2nd Largest Media Merger After The $182B AOL–Time Warner Deal In 2000, Now Faces A $108.4B All-Cash Hostile Bid From Paramount Skydance; Plus Antitrust, Guild, Lawsuit, & Regulatory Hurdles.

An Israeli Team Completed The First Successful Human Implant Of A Fully 3D-Bioprinted Cornea By Precise Bio Inc. Made From Cultured Corneal Cells On A Hydrogel Frame, It Integrated Without Rejection & Restored Basic Vision In Days. A Donor Cornea Can Yield 300+ Custom Implants, Potentially Ending ~13M Global Waitlists For Corneal Blindness.

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JWST Made The First Detection Of Carbon-Rich Molecules In The Gas-Dust Disk Around CT Cha b (~620 Ly Away). The Disk May Form Exomoons Via A Hydrocarbon-Dominated Path Unlike Our Solar System Moons. CT Cha b Has 14–24 Jupiter Masses And Orbits Far From Its Star, Blurring If It’s A Planet Or A Failed Star, But Offers Clues To Moon Formation.

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Carreras Pampa, Bolivia, Is Now The World’s Largest Dino Tracksite, With 16,600 Theropod Prints & 1,378 Swim Tracks. The Upper Cretaceous Site, Surpassing Cal Orck’o, Also Holds Records For Continuous Trackways & Tail Traces. Tracks Show Varied Behaviors (Walking, Swimming, Group Travel) On A Flat Surface, Unlike Cal Orck’o’s Vertical Wall.

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Luana Lopes Lara, 29, Ex-Ballerina & MIT Grad, Co-Founded Kalshi, A U.S.-Regulated Event-Betting Platform. A $1B Funding Round Led By Paradigm, Sequoia & A16z Boosted Kalshi To An $11B Valuation. Her 12% Stake Is Worth $1.3B, Making Her The Youngest Self-Made Female Billionaire, Surpassing Lucy Guo ($1.1B, Scale AI) & Taylor Swift ($1.1B).

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U.S Scientists Created The World’s First Non-Invasive Nasal Drop To Treat Glioblastoma. The Drop Uses Nasal Nerves To Bypass The Blood-Brain Barrier, Activating STING In Brain Immune Cells To Turn Cold Tumors Hot For Immune Attack. In Mice, The Drop Plus T-Cell Drugs Eradicated Tumors And Provided Long-Term Immunity. Human Trials Are Next.

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The Most Detailed Model Of Theia, A Mars-Sized Planet, Indicates It Formed Closer To The Sun Than Earth, Hitting Earth ~4.5Byrs Ago. The Debris Formed The Moon. Fe, Mo, Zr, O Isotope Data From Earth & Apollo Rocks Show Both Bodies Are Nearly Identical, Proving Theia Was Local. The Impact Mixed Both Worlds, & Added Metals To Earth’s Mantle.

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