Virgil Warfield

Scientists Found Australia’s Oldest Crocodile Eggshells (~55Myr-old) In Queensland, From Extinct ~5m-Long Mekosuchine Crocodiles (MC). MC Dominated Waters In Forested Australia When It Was Near Antarctica; Some MCs Were Tree-Climbing “Drop Crocs” That Hunted Like Leopards. They Died Out ~3kyrs Ago Due To, E.G., Drying Habitats & Prey-Loss.

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China’s 2025 Trade Surplus (Exported/Sold More Abroad Than Imported/Bought) Reached A Record $1.19Tn (£890B), The First Time Any Country Topped $1Tn. It Beat China’s 2024 Record Of $993B (Up ~20%). No Other Nation Has Come Close; Past Highs Were ~$600–665B For China And ~$250B For Germany, Making This Extraordinary Amid Global Challenges.

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U.S Scientists Created The Fastest Hepatitis C (HCV) Test By Adapting The DASH Rapid PCR System From COVID-19. Using Untreated Blood, It Gives Results In 15 Mins, Up To 75% Faster Than Prior Tests, & Showed 100% Agreement With Lab PCR, Enabling Same-Day Diagnosis & Treatment To Meet WHO’s 2030 Elimination Goal For The ~50M People Affected.

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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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Gustav Klimt’s Portrait Of Elisabeth Lederer (1914–16) Sold In N.Y On 11/18/25 For $236.4M, Becoming The 2nd-Costliest Artwork Only To Da Vinci’s $450.3M Salvator Mundi. It Also Set A Modern Art Sale Record, Topping Warhol’s $195M Marilyn; Became Sotheby’s Costliest Sale; Was Nazi-Looted, Rescued In 1948, & Later Owned By Estée Lauder Heir.

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A UK Firm, Quantum Motion (QM), Built The World’s First Full-Stack Quantum Computer Using Mass-Producible Silicon CMOS Chips (Spin Qubits). The System’s Three-Rack Size Is Data-Center-Friendly, & Is Compatible With Standard Software (Qiskit/Cirq). Installed At The UK’s NQCC, It Will Be Tested For Uses Like Drug Discovery. QM Has Raised £62m

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Sanae Takaichi, 64, Ally Of Slain ex-PM Shinzo Abe (Japan‘s Longest Serving PM, ~9 yrs), Was Elected LDP Leader, Positioning Her To Be Japan’s First Female PM. She Beat Shinjiro Koizumi, 44, Who Would Have Been Japan’s Youngest PM. Her Win Fuels Debate On Nationalism, China, & U.S. Trade. LDP’s Lost Majority In Parliament Clouds Her Path To Power.

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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Japan, With The World’s Longest Life Expectancy, Has Set A World Record For The 55th Year, As Nearly 100K Citizens Are Now Aged 100+. As Of 9/2025, The Count Was 99,763 With 88% Women. Shigeko Kagawa (F, 114) & Kiyotaka Mizuno (M, 111) Are The Oldest. Diet, Low Obesity, & Active Living Help, Though Critics Say Data Errors May Inflate Stats.

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China Opened The World’s First Robot Mall In Beijing’s E-Town. Modeled After “4S” Car Dealerships (Sales, Service, Spare Parts, & Surveys), The 4-Storey Mall Offers 100+ Robot Types ($278–137k+) From 200 Brands Like Ubtech & Unitree. Visitors Can Test Bots, Dine At Robot-Run Restaurants, & See A $97k Einstein Bot & Other Animatronic Icons.