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Kashe Quest, A 2-Year Old Kid From LA With A 146 IQ, Has Become The Youngest USA Mensa Member. Muhammad Haryz Nadzim, Age 3, With A 142 IQ, Became The Youngest UK Mensa Member In 2020. Applicants Must Score At Or Above The 98th Percentile On A Standard Intelligence Test To Join Mensa, The Largest International High IQ Society. Impressive Kids!

Tardigrades, Aka Water Bears Or Moss Piglets, Are One Of Nature’s Toughest/Indestructible Critters And Can Survive Being 1) Frozen For ~30 Years, 2) Inside A Volcano, 3) In Space, And 4) About A Mile Underground In The Antarctic Lake. However, Researchers Have Discovered That Tardigrades Die When Shot Out Of A Gun At Speeds Of More Than 2000 MPH.…

Researchers May Have Proven An Alternative Method Of Breathing Oxygen Via The Anus/Bottom. They Discovered That Severe Oxygen-Deprived Animals, Like In Mice And Pigs, Could Absorb Oxygen From Oxygen-Rich Liquid Squirted Into Their Rectums. This Alternative Would Be Most Welcome If It’s Practical In Patients With Severe Lungs Disease.

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A Blind Man Had His Eyesight Partially Restored, In A First Of Such Successful Treatment In Human Using Optogenetic Therapy And Engineered Goggles. The 58-Year-Old Man, For 40 Years, Was Afflicted With A Neurodegenerative Eye Disease, Retinitis Pigmentosa, Which Changes How The Retina Responds To Light, Which Could Lead To Total Blindness.…

The Introduction Of 26 Adult Tasmanian Devils, In Late 2020, Into The 400-Hectare Sanctuary, North Of Sydney, Have Resulted In The Birth Of Tasmanian Devils 3000 Years After They Disappeared From Australia, Thought To Have Been Wiped-Out By Wild Dogs. This Is Hope For Rewilding Australia, Which Has The World’s Worst Mammal Extinction Rate.

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A New Species Of Venomous Spider That Can Live For 20 Years Was Discovered In Florida Zoo. The Spider, A Pine Rockland Trapdoor Spider, Said To Look Like A Shiny Black Small Tarantula With A Bee-Like Sting, Spends Their Entire Life In The Same Burrow–The Females For 20 Years And The Males For Typically 7 Years Before Leaving To Mate.

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Google Has Unveiled An AI App Known As “Dermatology Assist.” The App, Modeled After A Previous Tool For Identifying Symptoms Of Certain Cancers And Tuberculosis, Uses Questions And Images Uploaded To Identify Hair, Skin, And Nail Conditions, Enabling Doctors To Provide More Tailored Treatment. The App Can Recognise 288 Skin Conditions.

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The First Global Study Conducted BY WHO And ILO Showed That Long Working Hours Resulted In The Death Of 745,000 People, In 2016, From Stroke And Heart Disease. And That More Than 55 Hours Work Week Was Associated With A 35% Higher Risk Of Stroke And 17% Higher Risk Of Dying From Heart Disease, Compared With 35-40 Hours Work Week.

An Egyptian Mummy Thought To Be That Of An Ancient Male Priest, Turned Out To Be The First Well Preserved Pregnant Egyptian Mummy Ever Discovered. The Mummy, Between Ages 20 To 30 And 26 To 30 Weeks Pregnant, Dates Back More Than 2000 Years, During Cleopatra’s Reign. And The Mummy May Provide New Possibilities For Pregnancy Studies In Ancient Times.

Scientists Surprisingly Discovered A More Than 100-Year-Old Sturgeon In The Detroit River. The 6′ 10″ Length And 240 Pound Female Giant Fish, Is Speculated To Be One Of The Largest Lake Sturgeon Ever Recorded In The US. Female Sturgeons Are Said To Have 150 Years Life Span While The Male Sturgeons Can Live For 50 To 60 Years.

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