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Shigir Idol, The Oldest Known Wooden Sculpture In The World, First Discovered In 1890, In The Ural Mountains In Russia, Has Come To Be Symbolic. The Idol, Dated To ~12,250 Years Old, Has Come To Indicate That The People Of The Period, Who Created It, Contrary To What Researchers Originally Thought, Had An Appreciation For Sophisticated Art.

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Researchers, Based On NASA’s Chandra Observatory Snapshots In 2002 And 2017, Have For The First Time Discovered X-Ray Activity From Uranus, With Most X-Rays Scattered From The Sun. But Other X-Rays Are Unaccounted For, As Researchers Think Uranus Rings, Like Saturn’s Rings, Could Be An X-ray Source. The X-Rays Could Broaden Our Understanding Of Uranus.

NASA’s Helicopter, Ingenuity, Has Touched Down On The Red Planet, Mars, On The 4th Of April, 2021, After Being Dropped Off By The Perseverance Rover. The 4 lbs Helicopter Will Now Depend On Its Solar Battery To Keep Its System Warm During The Cold Martian Night. The $85 Million Drone Is Expected To Make Its First Flight On April 11, 2021.

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Researchers, Based On Pollen And Leaf Fossils, Are Indicating That The Dinosaur Killing Asteroid Caused Modern Day Tropical Rainforests To Emerge. And This Was Probably By One Or More Mechanisms: The Killing Of The Dinosaurs That Impacted The Ecosystem; Via The Nutrient-Rich Ash Deposits; Or The Preferential Extinction Of Conifer Species.

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Researchers May Have Discovered 2 Theia Remains Inside The Earth’s Mantle. Theia Is Said To Have Collided With Earth 4.5 Byr Ago, Knocking Off The Rock That Formed The Moon. Theia Remains, Supported By Isotopic Evidence And Modeling, Are Said To Be In The Large Low-Shear Velocity Provinces, Probably Beneath W. Africa And The Pacific Ocean.

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Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Researchers Have Released The Most Detailed, And The First Time Polarized-Light Image Of A Black Hole , In Messier 87 Galaxy, Showing Magnetic Fields Behavior At The Very Edge Of A Black Hole. The EHT’s Data Is Key To Understanding How Magnetic Fields Allow Black Holes To ‘Eat’ Matter And Launch Powerful Jets.

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A Researcher, Based On Peer-Reviewed Research Studies, Is Indicating That Human Penises Are Shrinking And Genitals Becoming Malformed In New Babies, As A Result Of Pollution From Phthalates, A Chemical Used When Manufacturing Plastics. Phthalates Are Also Said To Mimic Hormone Oestrogen, Causing Behaviours In Adults That Lower Fertility.

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New Evidence May Have Been Discovered That Supports The First Documented Record Of Salt Use As Mayan Currency, Depicted In A 2500-Year Old Mural Painted In Calakmul Ruins, Mexico. The New Evidence Are Clay Pots And Utensils Utilized To Produce Standardized Salt Units That Were, Probably, Used As Money In Trades, Like The Ancient Romans Did.

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The World’s Largest Painting, Spaning 7,176 Sq Ft, About The Floor-Span Of Nearly 4 Basketball Courts, Was Sold At A Dubai Auction For £45m ($62m). The Proceeds From The Painting, Titled “The Journey of Humanity,” Will Go To Children’s Charity. British Artist Sacha Jafri Created The Painting In 2020, In Dubai, During The COVID-19 Lockdown.

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Evanston, In Illinois, Has Become The First US City To Compensate Black Residents For Past Discrimination And The Lingering Aftermath Of Slavery. Qualified Blacks Residents Are To Receive $25,000, Via A Program Funded From Donations And From A 3% Tax Revenue On Recreational Marijuana, For Home Repairs Or Down Payments On Property.

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