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The 2026 Oscar Trailblazers: Autumn Durald Arkapaw Became The First Woman And First Black Winner Of Best Cinematography For Sinners. “Golden” From KPop Demon Hunters Became The First K-Pop Song To Win Best Original Song. Jessie Buckley Became The First Irish Best Actress. “One Battle After Another” Dominated With 6 Oscars, Including Best Picture.

U.K Researchers, In A World First, Proved That European Hedgehogs Can Detect High-Frequency Sounds Up To At Least 85 KHz. This Is Thanks To Their Stiffened Middle-Ear Bones, Similar To Echolocating Bats. This May Explain Why Hedgehogs Don’t Hear Some Car Noises, Which Leads To Road Deaths. Future Ultrasound Repellers Could Help Save Them.

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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.

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 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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Shakira’s “Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran World Tour” (2025-26) Is The Highest-Grossing Tour By A Latin Artist Ever. Earning $421.6M Across 86 Shows (Mostly In U.S/Latin America Stadiums), It Sold 3.3M Tickets, Beating Luis Miguel’s Record ($409.5M/2.9M Tickets). Guinness World Record Confirmed The Feat For The Tour, Which Kicked Off In Feb 2025.

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Sinners Made History For The 2026 Oscars, Shattering The 14-Nomination (Nod) Record Held By “All About Eve,” “Titanic,” & “La La Land” With 16 Nods. This Vampire Thriller/Horror Allegory For Black Culture Leads Best Picture Contenders & Scores Best Actor Nod For Michael B. Jordan For His Dual Role As Twins . It Is Now The Most-Nominated Film Ever.

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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Zootopia 2 Made History As Hollywood’s Highest-Grossing Animated Film, Earning $1.707B And Surpassing Inside Out 2. It’s The 9th Highest-Grossing Film Of All Time, & Is Disney Animation’s Biggest Hit On A $150M Budget. Released Nov 2025, Judy & Nick Tackle Gary De’Snake. It’s Huge In China, But Trails Global Animated Champ Ne Zha 2 (~$2.2B).