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A Recent Study Suggests That Excessive Groundwater (GW) Extraction Is Causing The Earth’s Rotational Axis To Drift East, At A Rate Of ~14.3 cm/ Yr, Contributing To Sea Level Rise. Computer Models And Data Indicate GW As The 2nd Most Notable Driver In Long-Term Axis Variations, After Mantle Flow. GW Is Crucial For, E.G., Drinking & Farming.

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The Fossil Of An Immature Diplodocid, A Sauropod, Could Shed More Light On The Illnesses That Inflicted Dinosaurs. The Fossil, Based On Irregular Protrusions In The Neck, Presents The First Evidence Of A Unique Respiratory Infection In A Dinosaur. The 150 Million-Year-Old Fossil Named “Dolly” Was Discovered In SW Montana, USA.

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A Lightning Bolt That Crossed Three Southern US States, Texas, Louisiana, And Mississippi In April 2020, According To World Meteorological Organization, Has Broken A New World Record By Being The Longest Lightning At 477 Mile Long. The Previous Record Was Set By A 440.6 Miles (709 km) Lightning Bolt, Which Was Recorded In Brazil In 2018.

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Freetown Waste Management Recycle, Nigeria, In A First Of Its Kind In The Country, Has Found A Way To Protect The Environment While Creating Jobs From The ~12 Million Waste Tires Produced Every Year In Nigeria. The Tires Are Recycled And Used To Produce, E.G., Paving Bricks, Floor Tiles, And Other High Demand Goods In Nigeria. Nice!

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Scientific Projection Is Indicating The Lagos, Nigeria, A Low Lying City On The Atlantic Coast And Home To More Than 24 Million People, May Become Unliveable At The End Of This Century Because Of Sea-Level Rise Due To Climate Change. And This Is Worsened By The Poor Drainage And Uncontrolled Urban Growth That Plague The City.

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Rani, The 23-Month-Old Bhutti Dwarf Cow In Bangladesh, Which Measures 51cm (20in) High, And Weighs 28kg (62Ib), May Be On Track To Be Crowned The World’s Smallest Cow, If Its Dimension Beats Those Of The Current Title Holder, Manikyam, In Neighbouring India, With Measurement Of 61.1cm High. Rani, By The Way, Has Become A Sensation In Bangladesh.

A Questionable Analysis, Based On 7 Cancer Studies Published Between 1966 And 2020, Seem To Indicate That Eating 2 Medium-Sized Mushrooms Daily Could Reduce The Risk Of Cancer By 45%. But Researchers Don’t Yet Know The Working Mechanism, The Specific Cancers Impacted, And If Other Factors, Like Diet And Physical Activities, Are Involved.

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Could The Radio Signal Detected Over 30 Hours In April And May 2019, In Australia, Be Of Alien Origin? The Signal, With No Earthly Source, Is Said To Have Originated From Proxima Centauri, The Closest Star To The Sun. Some Folks Are Indicating The Signal, Called BLC1, As The First Serious Alien Indicator Since The “Wow!” Signal In 1977.

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Scientists May Have Discovered Phosphine In The Atmosphere Of Venus, Which They Believe Is The First Clear Evidence For Life Beyond Earth. And Their Reasoning Is Logical Because, Unless There Is An Unknown Chemical Reaction That May Result In Phosphine Production, The Only Known Source Is Via Biological Processes, Produced By Bacteria.

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Malignant Cancer, Which Can Spread All Over The Body Causing Severe Health Issues, Was For The First Time Diagnosed In A Dinosaur. The Aggressive Bone Cancer, An Osteosarcoma, Was Diagnosed In The Lower Leg Bone Of A Plant-Eating Dinosaur, The Centrosaurus Apertus. This Study May Broaden Our Understanding Of Dinosaur Afflicting Diseases.

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Wow, A Female Zebra And A Male Donkey Mated, In Kenya, To Give Birth To A Hybrid, Which Looks Like A Zebra And A Donkey. The Zebra-Donkey Hybrid Is Been Called A Zonkey. Both The Mother And Zonkey Are Thriving Okay In Their New Habitat At The Chyulu Hills National Park in Kenya.

A 2012 To 2013 Survey Of The Sexual History Of 2,537 Men And 3,185 Women, Coupled With Their Health Rating, Indicate That Having 10 Or More Sexual Partners Throughout One’s Life May Raise The Risk Of Cancer For Women By 91%, And For Men By 69%. The Reason For This Is Still Unclear, But Some Are Attributing It To The Higher Risk Of Sexually…

The World, On 11/12/19, Witnessed An Event That Happens 13 Times In 100 Yrs–The Smallest Planet In Our Solar System, Mercury, Transitioned Btw The Sun And The Earth. A Transit Happens When The Earth, Sun, And Mercury Are Exactly In Line In 3-D. Transits Can Be Used To Calculate How Stars And Planets Move, Planet Size, And Possible Composition.

The Previous Studies That Indicated That Flies Are Less Likely To Land On Black And White Surfaces Seem To Be True As Japanese Researchers Have Discovered Via Their Cow Experiment. The Researchers Found That Painting Cows With Zebra-Like Stripes Can Reduce, By Nearly 50%, The Number Of Biting Flies That Attack Cows.

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New NASA Computer Models Are Suggesting That Venus Once Had A Stable Climate, With Surface Temperature Ranges From 20C to 50C, And Oceans That Lasted Billions Of Years Until A Mysterious Climate Event Turned It Into A Hell Hole About 700 MYA. The Implication Is That Life May Have Once Thrived On Venus Like It Does On Earth.

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It Would Have Been Weird To Find 15 Dead Cows And 8 Calves In A Straight Line Along A Wire Fence If The Discovery Was Not Made A Few Days After A Lightning Storm. The Lightning, Via The Fence Wire, Probably Shocked The Animals To Death. The Incident Happened In Northeast Texas, On A Farm, Just Outside Of Annona.

The Rate At Which The Indonesia Capital City, Jarkatar, Is Sinking Into the Sea, As Mentioned Here, Is Quite Severe That The Government Now Wants To Move The Capital To The Island Of Borneo, A Project That Is Expected To Cost About $33bn. Construction Is Expected To Begin In 2020, On A 40,000 Hectares Plot, If Parliament Approves.

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Wow! Many Of Us Have Always Thought That Venus Is The Closest Planet To Earth Based On Having The Smallest Average Distance From Earth. But A New Mathematical Method Is Indicating That Mercury Is Closest To Earth. The Method Is Also Indicating That Mercury Is Closest To Every Other Planet In Our Solar System. See Video Explanation Below

This Could Be, For Now, The Biggest Cow In Australia. The 7-Year-Old Holstein-Friesian Cow, Named Kicker, Is Said To Be 6 Ft 3 inches Tall. Most Holstein-Friesian Cows, For Comparison, Are 4 Ft 8 Inches. The Cow Will Live Out The Rest Of Its Life On The Pasture, Thanks To Its Uniqueness.

One Of The Fastest Sinking Cities In The World Is The Indonesian Capital, Jarkatar. The City Is Sinking At 1-15 cm/Year. Almost Half The City Is Below Sea Level. It Is Projected That 95% Of The City Would Be Submerged By 2050. And This Is All Thanks To The Rate Of Ground Water Extraction And Global Warming.

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