Pat Godslove

Paleontologists Identified The First New Spinosaurid In Over 100 Years, Spinosaurus Mirabilis, From Niger’s Sahara. The School-Bus-Sized (15m Long) Semi-Aquatic Fish-Eater Lived 95–100 Mya And Had A Unique, Likely Keratin-Covered, Scimitar-Shaped Head Crest Unlike Spinosaurus Aegyptiacus. The Find Offers Major Insights Into Spinosaur Evolution.

U.K’s Oldest Indian Restaurant, Veeraswamy (Founded 1926 On Regent St), Faces Closure As The Crown Estate Won’t Renew Its Lease For Building Refurbishment. It Survived The Blitz And Won A Michelin Star In 2016. A 20k+ Petition To King Charles III, Backed By Celebrity Chefs Like Raymond Blanc, Seeks To Save It, But Relocation Plans Proceed.

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Tyrannoroter Heberti, A 307-Million-Year-Old Tetrapod, Is The Earliest And Most Complete Known Herbivorous 4-Legged Land Vertebrate. Found In Carboniferous Swamps Of Nova Scotia, CA (~307 Ma), This Football-Sized Creature Had Specialized Grinding Teeth, Including On Its Palate, For Tough, High-Fiber Plants, Though It Was Likely Omnivorous

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U.S. Researchers Discovered How Sperm Rapidly Absorb And Burn Glucose For A Powerful Energy Burst. They Identified Aldolase As The Key Protein That Switches Sugar Into “Turbo Fuel,” Activating Dormant Sperm For A High-Speed Swim To The Egg. The Finding Could Improve Fertility Treatments And Enable Targeted, Non-Hormonal Male Birth Control.

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U.S Researchers Observed Kanzi (Age 43), A Smart Bonobo, Could Play Make-Believe. He Correctly Identified Which Empty Cups “Contained” Invisible Juice 68% Of The Time And Tracked Pretend Grapes In Bowls. This Is The First Clear Proof A Non-Human Animal Can Imagine, Suggesting Imagination Dates Back 6–9 Ma. Sadly, Kanzi Died In 2025 At 44.

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U.S Scientists Discovered D. Woaabi, A New Nematode/Roundworm Species In Utah’s Great Salt Lake’s Extreme Salinity, Often ~5x Higher Than The Ocean. D. Woaabi Is The 3rd Known Animal Group (Alongside Brine Shrimp & Brine Flies) Known To Survive Such Extremes. This Discovery Sheds Light On Extremophile Biology And The Lake‘s Unique History.

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Breugnathair Elgolensis (~167 Ma) Is The Most Complete Jurassic Lizard Fossil. At 41cm, This New Squamate Species (Parviraptoridae) Bridges The Lizard-Snake Transition. Found On Skye, Scotland, In 2016, It Features Lizard Limbs But Snake-Like Jaws & Python Fangs, Proving That Specialized Feeding Traits Evolved Before Snakes Lost Their Legs.

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Australian Researchers Made A World-First Discovery In A Lab Study Of 60 Captive Endangered Alpine Tree Frogs (Litoria Verreauxii Alpina). They Found That Frogs Infected With Chytrid Fungus Jumped ~24% Farther Than Healthy Frogs By Week Six, Potentially Aiding The Fungus Spread Or Allowing The Frog To Find Mate Faster & Mate Before Death.

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China’s 2025 Trade Surplus (Exported/Sold More Abroad Than Imported/Bought) Reached A Record $1.19Tn (£890B), The First Time Any Country Topped $1Tn. It Beat China’s 2024 Record Of $993B (Up ~20%). No Other Nation Has Come Close; Past Highs Were ~$600–665B For China And ~$250B For Germany, Making This Extraordinary Amid Global Challenges.

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U.S Researchers Unexpectedly Found That OTULIN Is A “Master Regulator” Of Tau, The Protein Killing Brain Cells In Alzheimer’s. Blocking OTULIN Stops Tau Production At The Gene Level. The Drug UC495 Partially Mimics This Blocking, Slashing Toxic Tau & Inflammation In Human Neurons, While Safely Controlling 13K+ Genes Tied To Aging/Dementia.

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