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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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