Asha Tunde

A First-Of-Its-Kind Study Shows A Massive Tropical Eruption Around 1345 Cooled The Mediterranean, Causing 3 Years Of Crop Failures. Grain Imports From The Black Sea Port Of Caffa Carried Plague‑infected Fleas To Italy In 1347, Sparking The Black Death That Killed 30–60% Of Europe. Climate Shocks, Not Just Trade, Were The Critical Trigger.

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Scientists In Canada, Off BC, Recorded The First-Ever Cooperative Hunt Between Killer Whales & Pacific White-Sided Dolphins For Chinook Salmon. Dolphins Used Echolocation To Scout; While The Whales Tore The Large Prey. Whales Gain Efficient Hunting; While Dolphins Get Scraps & Potential Protection, Confirming A Mutually Beneficial Alliance.

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JWST Made The First Detection Of Carbon-Rich Molecules In The Gas-Dust Disk Around CT Cha b (~620 Ly Away). The Disk May Form Exomoons Via A Hydrocarbon-Dominated Path Unlike Our Solar System Moons. CT Cha b Has 14–24 Jupiter Masses And Orbits Far From Its Star, Blurring If It’s A Planet Or A Failed Star, But Offers Clues To Moon Formation.

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Carreras Pampa, Bolivia, Is Now The World’s Largest Dino Tracksite, With 16,600 Theropod Prints & 1,378 Swim Tracks. The Upper Cretaceous Site, Surpassing Cal Orck’o, Also Holds Records For Continuous Trackways & Tail Traces. Tracks Show Varied Behaviors (Walking, Swimming, Group Travel) On A Flat Surface, Unlike Cal Orck’o’s Vertical Wall.

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The Most Detailed Model Of Theia, A Mars-Sized Planet, Indicates It Formed Closer To The Sun Than Earth, Hitting Earth ~4.5Byrs Ago. The Debris Formed The Moon. Fe, Mo, Zr, O Isotope Data From Earth & Apollo Rocks Show Both Bodies Are Nearly Identical, Proving Theia Was Local. The Impact Mixed Both Worlds, & Added Metals To Earth’s Mantle.

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Scientists In Germany Released The GlobalBuildingAtlas, The Most Detailed 3D Map Of Earth’s ~2.75B Buildings At 3×3m Resolution, Surpassing The Earlier ~1.7B Map. It Improves Coverage In Underserved Regions, Aiding Urban Planning, Climate & Disaster Research; Adds A “Building Volume Per Capita” Metric, & Is Openly Available Under CC BY 4.0.

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China’s DeepSeek Math-V2 Is The First Open-Weight A.I To Achieve IMO Gold-Level Math Scores, Matching Rivals Google DeepMind And OpenAI. Unlike Them, It’s Free On Hugging Face/GitHub And Can “Self-Verify” Solutions. Despite Acclaim, It Faces Bans In Multiple U.S. States/Agencies & GDPR Restrictions In Italy Over Security & Privacy Concerns.

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Scientists in France Using NASA’s Perseverance Rover SuperCam Detected “Mini Lightning” On Mars, Seen As Static Discharges In Dust Devils Linked To Dust Friction. The Discovery May Reshape Views Of Mars Chemistry, Climate, & Habitability. Though Debate Continues, Mars Now Joins Earth, Jupiter & Saturn With Atmospheric Electrical Activity.

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The U.K Approved The Build Of Its Largest Floating Solar Farm, The Barrow Energydock (40 MWp, 46.5K Panels Farm) On Cavendish Dock, Built By Associated British Ports. It Will Power 14k Homes, Support Industries Including BAE Systems, Cut Carbon, & Protect Port Land. Ecological Features Are Planned, Though Bird Groups Object To Habitat Loss.

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For The First Time, China’s Tiangong Station Achieved Artificial Photosynthesis In Orbit. The Shenzhou-19 Crew Used A Catalyst To Turn CO₂ & Water Into Oxygen & Ethylene (A Rocket Fuel Precursor) At Room Temp & Normal Pressure. It’s More Energy-Efficient Than The ISS’s Electrolysis, Marking A Major Step For Sustainable Air & Fuel In Space.

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