Pat Godslove

Regulators, For The First Time, Approved The Sale Of Lab-Grown Meat (LGM) In The US, With Upside Foods And Good Meat Authorized To Sell Chicken Made From Animal Cells. LGM Will Be Served In Some Restaurants Initially. Supermarket Availability May Take Time. LGM Aims To Reduce Harm To Animals And The Envir. But Public LGM Skepticism Remains

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Elephant Seals’ Sleep Patterns Have Been Recorded For The First Time, Showing That During Foraging Trips They Sleep For Only 2 Hrs/Day, Similar To African Elephants. They Nap For 10 Mins At A Time During Deep 30 Mins Dives And Sleep Over 10 Hrs/Day On The Beach During Breeding Season. This Data Could Identify & Protect Seals’ Rest Areas.

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Jay-Z, Aka Shawn Carter, Aged 53, Tops Forbes’ Billionaires List As The World’s Richest Rapper With A Net Worth Of $2.5b As Of April 2023. His Wealth Stems From Music, His Entertainment Company-Roc Nation, Basquiat Art, Marcy Venture Partners, And His Business Venture/Partnerships With Armand De Brignac Champagne And D’usse Cognac.

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Moderna Is Optimistic About The Development Of Vaccines For Heart Disease, Cancer, And Other Previously Untreatable Conditions By 2030, Based On Promising Studies. Advances In Messenger RNA Technology, Used In The Covid-19 Vaccine, Are Driving This Progress By Instructing Human Cells To Trigger An Immune Response Against Specific Diseases.

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A Company, Adventures Overland, Is Organizing The World’s Longest Bus Journey, In August 2023, Which Would Cover 12,000 Km For $24,300 Per Traveler. Up To 30 Passengers Can Join The 56-Day Trip From Istanbul To London, Crossing 22 Countries. The Guinness World Record‘s Longest Bus Route Is 6,200 Km Between Lima And Rio De Janeiro.

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French Bulldog, For The First Time In 31 Years, Has Been Ranked As The Most Favorite Dog In The USA, Surpassing The Labrador Retrievers. The Rank Was Done By The American Kennel Club Based On Data From 716,500 Voluntary Registrations From Dog Owners. The 3rd, 4th, And 5th Positions Went To Golden Retrievers, German Shepherds, And Poodles.

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The World’s First Cataract Surgery On Penguins Was Done, By Mandai Wildlife Group, On 6 Geriatric Penguins That Reside At Singapore’s Jurong Bird Park, A Popular Tourist Attraction That Houses Some 5,000 Birds. The Cloudy Lens, In A 2.5 Hours Surgery Per Penguin, Were Replaced With Lenses Manufactured In Germany To Fit Each Penguin’s Eye.

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An Arctic Walrus, For The First Time In Over 25 Years, Was Spotted Along The W. Coast Of Scotland. Walrus Are Long Distance Travelers, And Some Experts Are Speculating This To Be The Same Walrus Seen In Netherlands, France, England, & Iceland. 2 Walrus Groups Are Thought To Exist In The Wild: ~25,000 Atlantic And ~ 200,000 Pacific Walruses.

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A Very Rare Insect, The Giant Lacewing, Or Polystoechotes Punctata, Of The Jurassic Era, Has Been Spotted For The First Time Since It Vanished In The 1950s From E. North America. The Bug, Found In 2012 At An Arkansas Walmart, Was Identified In 2022. Factors Like Pollution & Artificial Light Are Said To Have Caused Its Disappearance.

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The Biggest Living Frog On Earth, Said To Grow As Big As A Cat, Is Now Endangered As It Has Been Over-Hunted For Food And Pet Trade In Cameroon And Equatorial Guinea. A Conservative Group Is, However, Effectively Making Efforts To The Save The Frog By Working With Hunters And Setting Up Alternative Food Sources, Snail Farms, For The Locals.