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US Scientists, In A First, Used Geobacter Sulfurreducens Bacteria To Create Protein Nanowires For Ultra-Efficient, Bio-Integrated Artificial Neurons That Mimic Real Neurons. It Senses Natural Signals (~0.1V) With Low Power Use (1/10th Voltage, 1/100th Power). While Sustainable & Brain-Like, Scaling Issues Hinder Full Computing Replacement.

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China Launched The World’s First Dual-Tower Solar-Thermal Power Plant In The Gobi Desert, The World’s 5th Largest Desert, Using 27,000 Smart Mirrors To Focus Sunlight As Heat To Generate Steam-Powered Electricity Even After Sunset. It Boosts Efficiency By 25% & Powers 500k Homes. China Runs The Highest No (21) Of Such Plants, With 30 More Coming.

A First-Of-Its-Kind Study In Uganda & Ivory Coast Found That Wild Chimpanzees Consume ∼14g Of Ethanol Daily From Fermented Fruit, Equal To ∼2.5 Human Drinks (A Beer + A Wine Glass + A Shot)/Day. This Supports The “Drunken Monkey” Hypothesis That Our Taste For Alcohol Evolved In Primates ∼10Mya. Critics, However, Dispute The Intake Estimates.

Chinese Scientists, In A World-First, Created A Clear Coating That Turns Any Glass Window Into Solar Panels. Using Cholesteric Liquid Crystal Concentrators, It Directs Sunlight To Window Edge Solar Cells Where Up To 38.1% Of Green Light Is Collected And Converted To Electricity. Scalable & Retrofit-Ready, It Could Reduce Carbon Emissions.

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UK Scientists, In A First, Found A Strong Link Between Thumb Length & Brain Size Across 94 Living & Fossil Primate Species. Longer Thumbs, Important For Gripping & Handling Objects, Are Tied To A Larger Neocortex, Which Controls Thinking & Senses. This Link Holds Without Humans, Showing Hands & Brains Co-Evolved Over Millions Of Years.

Radia’s Windrunner, Expected By 2030, Will Be The World’s Largest Cargo Aircraft By Volume (6,800m³+). Built To Fill An Airlift Gap, It Can Carry, E.G., Six CH-47 Chinooks Or 12 Apaches Intact. With 7–12x The Capacity Of Current Airlifters, It Targets Rapid Deployment To Remote Bases, Supports US Military/Special Ops, And Disaster Relief.

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Chinese Scientists Created A World-First Transparent 0.62mm Self-Cleaning Glass That Removes 98% Of Dust Using Alternating Electric Fields Without Water, Chemicals Or Abrasion. The Mass Producible Glass Also Repels New Dust, Making It Ideal For Solar Panels & Windows In Dusty Areas Where Visibility, Cost, & Energy Efficiency Are Critical.

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Paleontologists Found Zavacephale Rinpoche, The Oldest And Most Complete Dome-Headed Dinosaur (DHD), In Mongolia’s Gobi Desert, Jutting From A Cliff. At 108–115M Years Old, It’s 15M Years Older Than Prior DHDs. The Juvenile, 3.3ft Long & 12.9lbs, With A Full Skull & Limbs, Offer Rare Insight Into Pachycephalosaur (DHD) Growth & Evolution.

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Hunter-Gatherers In Asia Smoke-Dried Their Dead 12–14Kyrs Ago, Marking The Oldest Known Evidence Of Intentional Mummification, Predating Chile (~5050 BC) & Egypt (~3000 BC). 2017–2025 Study Of 54 Crouched Burials From 11 Sites Showed, Via Spectroscopy, Heat/Smoke Preservation, Suggesting Ritual Care Like Modern Papua New Guinea Practices.

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Rwanda Launched Africa’s First Self-Flying Taxi, The EHang EH216-S, At The 2025 Africa Aviation Summit In Kigali. Backed By China, This 2-Passenger Electric eVTOL Drone Hits 130 km/h, 30 km Per Charge, & Reaches 100m Altitude, With 16 Independent Motors Ensuring Safety. With This Debut, Rwanda Joins eVTOL Pioneers Like China, UAE, & The US