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Researchers May Have Discovered How The Largest Known Flying Animal, Azhdarchid Pterosaurs (AP), With Neck Longer Than A Garrife, Held Its Head Up In Flight Or Carried Large Preys. They Discovered, Using CT Scan On Fossils From Morrocco, That AP Had A Unique Internal Neck Structure That Optimized Its Neck For Strength And Lightness.

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Japanese Researchers Discovered That Sea Slugs Could Decapitate Their Heads And Still Survive, Even To The Extent, For Some, Of Regenerating A New Body That Includes A Heart And Digestive System—Body Parts That Are Essential To Human Survival. But The Regeneration Only Applies To The Younger Ones, As The Older Ones Eventually Died.

Monde Nissin Corp.,The Producer Of Philippine’s Best-Selling Instant Noodle Brand “Lucky Me!,” Has Filed For An Initial Public Offering (IPO) To Raise As Much As 63 Billion Pesos ($1.3 billion). The Company Plans To Sell 3.6 Billion Shares At As Much As 17.5 Pesos Each, Which Could Be The Biggest First-Time Share Sale In Philippine.

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Researchers Accidentally Discovered, As A Fossil, The Biggest Coelacanths Ever. The Discovered Fossil, Found In Morocco, Estimated To Be About 5 Metres In Length, Is Said To Be As Big As A Great White Shark. Coelacanths Still Swim In The Oceans Today And Are Said To Have Survived The Extinction That Killed Off The Dinosaurs.

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Elon Musk’s Electric Car Company, Tesla, Went Up In Value, Hitting, For The First Time On Wednesday the 6th Of January. 2021, The Market Value Of $700bn. This Increase In Share Price Also Made Elon Musk, Now Worth Over $185bn, The World’s Richest Man, Ahead Of Amazon Founder, Jeff Bezos, Who Held The Title Since 2017.

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Researchers Are Indicating Alligators As The Largest Species That Can Regrow Missing Limbs. But Unlike The Lizards, Alligators Do Not Regrow Skeletal Muscles, But Just “Cartilage, Connective Tissue, And Skin.” This Find Implies That Alligators Are More Regenerative Than Mammals, But Less Than Lizards. Limbs Regrowth Is A Survival Trait.

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A New Species Of Prehistoric Crocodile Has Been Discovered. The Reptile, Called “Paludirex Vincenti,” Aka “Swamp king,” Is Said To Have Been A Top Predator In SE Queensland During The Pliocene. The 65 cm Skull Of The Reptile Indicates It Was ~16-Foot Long, And Resembled The Largest Crocodylian Today (Indo-Pacific Crocodile) But On Steriods.

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Scientists May Have Found The Oldest Animal Sperm Inside A New Species Of An Ostracod, Called Myanmarcypris Hui. The Sperm, Said To Be 100 Myrs Old, Was Found In An Ostracod Frozen Inside The Blob Of Tree Resin In Myanmar. The Sperm Age Dwarfs The Oldest Known Sample Of A Fossilized Animal (Ostracod) Sperm, Said To Be 17 Myrs Old.

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Apple Is On A Roll By Being The First Publicly Traded US Company To Be Valued At $2 Trillion. And This Comes After ~2 Years When The Company Was Noted To Be The First Publicly Traded Company Worth $1 Trillion. The $2 Trillion Valuation Is Based On The Current Share Count Of 4.275 Billion, Valued At $467.77 Per Share. Awesome!

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A New Study Is Indicating That An Enormous Ancient Animal, Ancestor To The American Alligators, With Banana-Size Teeth And As Long As Buses And Limos, Existed About 75 To 82 Myrs Ago. The Creature, Called “Terror Crocodile” Or Deinosuchus, And The Largest Carnivore In Its Ecosystem, Preyed On Dinosaurs That Fed Near Its Water Ways.

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The Sahara, 100 Myrs Ago, Was The Most Dangerous Place On Earth, Comprising Ferocious Creatures, Including Flying Reptiles And Crocodile-like Predators. This Is Based On The Biggest Scientific Review, In Almost 100 Years, Of Fossil Vertebrates From An Area Of Cretaceous Rock Formations, In Southeastern Morocco, Called The Kem Kem Group.

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Researchers May Have Discovered The Largest Siphonophore Apolemia, In The World, During An Expedition To The Ningaloo Canyons, Off Western Coast Of Australia. Siphonophore Are String-Like Creatures, Made Up Of Interconnected Clones, Each Clone Specialized To A Particular Task. The Outer Ring Diameter Of This Creature Is Estimated At 49 Ft.

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Researchers May Have Discovered The Oldest (~555 Myrs Old) Fossil Of A Worm-Like Animal, Called Ikaria Wariootia, Which’s Probably The Oldest Ancestor To Almost Every Living Animal Today. The Animal, ~The Size Of A Rice Grain, Discovered In Australia, Is Said To Be The Earliest Bilaterian Animal (2 Symmetrical Sides With A Mouth And Anus).

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Vampire Bats, According To Researchers, Build Long Bonding Relationship To Survive, E.G, Starvation By Regurgitating Digested Blood Meal To Share With Another Vampire Bat, As If It Was An Offspring. This Is Because Finding Blood Meal Can Be Difficult. This Strategy Could Be Risky, For The Givers, If Their Gesture Is Not Reciprocated.

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Researchers May Have Discovered The Smallest Known Dinosaur, Called Oculudentavis Khaungraae, In A 99-Myr-Old Amber From Myanmar. The Dinosaur, About A Bee Hummingbird Size (The Tiniest Living Bird), Could Shed Light On, E.G., Small Birds Evolution From Dinosaurs, And The Small Animals That Existed During The Time Of The Dinosaurs.

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Saudi Arabia State-Owned Oil Giant Saudi Aramco Sold The Biggest Shares To Date In The World, Raising A Record $25.6bn (£19.4bn) In Its Initial Public Offering (IPO) In Riyadh. This Surpasses That Of China’s Alibaba, Which Raised $25bn In 2014 In New York. Saudi Aramco IPO Will Value The Company At $1.7tn When Trading Begins.

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Scientists Have Identified 4 Genetic Regions Linked To Left-Handedness. These Genetic Variants Are Said To Be Responsible For Differences In Brain Structure, Which Could Be Responsible For The Better Verbal Skills Than Right-Handed Folks. The Study Also Discovered A Correlation Btw Left-Handedness, Schizophrenia, And Parkinson’s Diseases.

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Hopefully, The 75-Year-Old Fight Is Over After Scientists Classified The Contentious Dickinsonia And Other Bizarre Fossils Of The Ediacaran Biota Into The Animal Kingdom. The Ediacaran Biota Is Said To Have Appeared Around 600 MYA, And Flourished For Tens Of Millions Of Years, Making Them The Oldest Animal Fossil On The Planet. Cool!

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Quite An Interesting Discovery That Left-Handedness May Be Determined By Genes In The Spinal Cord As Early As 8 Weeks In The Womb. I Use To Think It Was Decided By The Brain. But No, It’s Probably The Spinal Cords Before The Brain Takes Control Of Movement. About 10% Of The World Are Left-Handed.

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Apple, Currently The Most Profitable Company In USA, Is Now The First Publicly Traded Company Worth $1 Trillion Dollars. PetroChina Was Actually The First Company Worth $1.1 Trillion, But Most Of Its Shares Were Held By The Chinese Government. Apple Accomplished This Through Smart Business Acumen And By Diversifying Their Profit Source.

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