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A Researcher, In Queensland, Australia, Has Discovered A Potentially World’s Hairiest Beetle, Excastra Albopilosa, In Dec., 2021. With Long Fluffy White Hairs, It’s Believed To Mimic Fungus-Infected Insects, A Possible Deterrent To Predators. This cm-Long Longhorn Beetle Is Said To Be Of A New Genus, And Only One Specimen Has Been Found.

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A Very Rare Insect, The Giant Lacewing, Or Polystoechotes Punctata, Of The Jurassic Era, Has Been Spotted For The First Time Since It Vanished In The 1950s From E. North America. The Bug, Found In 2012 At An Arkansas Walmart, Was Identified In 2022. Factors Like Pollution & Artificial Light Are Said To Have Caused Its Disappearance.

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Elon Musk Is Now the First Person In The World To Lose $200 Billion, After His Company, Tesla, Stocks Plunged 65%, In 2022, Due To Increasing Competition From Electric Automakers. This Loss Has Made Him The Second Richest Person In The World, Behind LVMH Chairman, Bernard Arnault. Musk Had A Peak Net Worth Of $340 Billion In Nov. 2021.

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Amazon Is Now The First Publicly Traded Company In The World To Lose $1 Trillion Dollars In Market Value, After Its Market Value Shrunk From $1.88 Trillion To $879 Billion. The Loss Is Attributed To These Factors: Disappointing Earnings, Soaring Inflation, A Slumping Economy, Raising Interest Rates, And Tightening Monetary Policies.

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An Armoured Dinosaur From The Cretaceous, Named Jakapil kaniukura, Has For The First Time Been Discovered, By Palaeontologists, In Southern Argentina. The Creature, Part Of The Thyreophoran Dinosaur Group That Includes Stegosaurus, Is Said To Be The Size Of An Average House Cat. And Is Speculated To Have Walked Upright On Its Back Legs.

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Saudi Aramco, On 5/11/22, Became The World’s Most Valuable Company When Its Market Valuation Of $2.43 Trillion Surpassed Apple’s $2.37 Trillion. This Overthrow Comes As Energy Stocks Continue To Rise, With Investors Selling Off Shares In Several Industrial Sectors, E.g., In Technology. Apple Surpassed Saudi Aramco In Valuation In 2020.

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Stan, The World’s Most Complete Tyrannosaurus Rex Skeleton, And Also The Most Expensive Fossil In The World, Now Has A New Home At The New Museum Of Natural History, Which Is Expected To Open In 2025 In Abu Dhabi. Stan, A 67 Million-Year-Old T. Rex That Is 39-Foot-Long (11.7-Meter-Long), Was Bought For $31.8 Million In 2020.

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The World’s Most Complete And Best Preserved Triceratops Skeleton Was Exhibited For The First Time At Melbourne Museum In Australia. The Dinosaur Fossil Had 266 Bones, Comprising 85% Of The Total Skeleton. The Triceratops, Named Horridus, Stands About 2 m (6.6 ft) Tall, 6 To 7 m (19.7 to 23 ft) Long, And Weighs Over A Ton.

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Researchers Have Found, In Montana, The Fossil Of The Oldest Known Ancestor Of Octopuses. The Fossil, ~330 Myrs Old, Indicates That Octopuses Existed Earlier Than Thought, Even Before Dinosaurs. The 4.7 Inch Fossil, With 10 Limbs (Modern Octopuses Have 8), Belongs To A Vampyropod, A Likely Ancestor Of Modern Octopuses And Vampire Squids.

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Scientists May Have Discovered, In China, The Oldest, ~168 Myrs Old, Stegosaur Fossil, Called Bashanosaurus Primitivus, That Could Shed Light On Stegosaur Evolution. The Stegosaur, The Oldest Found In Asia, Is A Herbivorous Dinosaur With Attributes Not Seen In Later Stegosaur. Stegosaur Species Have Not Been Found In Antarctica & Australia.

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Researchers Have Discovered The Remains Of The World’s Largest Animal, A Jurassic Pterosaur, That Ever Flew When It Existed 170 Myrs Ago In Scotland. The Fossil Find Will Throw More Light On Pterosaur Evolution, As It Indicates That The Dinosaur, With A Wingspan Of 2.5 Meters Or Larger, Existed 25m Years Earlier Than Previously Thought.

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Researchers Used A Five-Drug-Cocktail Silicone Cap To Regenerate The Amputated Limb Of A Frog. The New Leg Had A New Bonelike Structure, Internal Tissues, And New “Toes” Without Bones. The Leg Responded To Touch And Enabled The Frog To Swim And Return To A Normal Way Of Life. Researchers Hope To Improve On This For Future Use On Humans.

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A Unique Fossilized Ankylosaur, An Armored Spikey Dinosaur, Was Discovered For The First Time In Africa, In Morocco. The Ankylosaur, Called Spicomellus, Is Probably One Of The Earlier (~168 Myrs Ago) Ankylosaurs To Walk On Earth. Ankylosaurs Are Well-Known From Northern Continents, I.E., N. America And Asia. Unlike The Southern Continents.

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The Analysis Of A Jaw Fossil Of A Pterosaur, Discovered In June 2011, In A Quarry In Northwest Queensland, Indicates That It Belonged To A New Species Of Anhanguerian Pterosaur, The Largest Terrifying Dragon-Like Beast That Flew Over Australia 105 Myrs Ago. The Pterosaur, Named Thapunngaka Shawi, Was Said To Have A ~30 Ft (7 m) Wingspan.

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Alligator Muja, Who Recently Celebrated Its 85th Birthday At The Belgrade Zoo, Is Said To Be The World’s Oldest Alligator. Muja Is So Old For An Aligator, Whose Lifespan Is Between 30-50 Years, That It Survived 3 Bombings– The World War II 1941, 1944 And The NATO 1999 Bombings. The Oldest Alligator, Until Muja, Saturn, Died In Russia In 2020.

Fossils Of A New Species Of Ancient Giant Rhino, Suggested To Have Roamed Btw NW China And India-Pakistan, Was Discovered In NW China. The Hornless Rhino, Paraceratherium Linxiaense, The Size of 4 Large African Elephants, Is Said To Be The Largest Land Mammal On Earth. With Head That Could Reach 7m, Making It Taller Than A Giraffe.

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The World’s Smallest Dinosaur, Thought To Be A Bird, May Be, With Skepticism In Some Quarters, A Lizard. Researchers Are Indicating This Upon Further Review Of The Fossil’s Attributes And Those of Another Discovered Oculudentavis Fossil. Bird-Like Attributes, Like Long And Tapering Snout And Vaulted Skull Roof, Led To The Confusion.

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Researchers Have Determined That Adult Planarians, A Type Of Flatworm, Can Still See Light In The Absence Of Their Eyes Or Heads. As The Worms Were Able To Detect Light Even After The Head Was Decapitated, By Using Body Cells That Create A Type Of Light-Sensitive Protein Known As An Opsin. Planarians Can Regenerate Body Parts.

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Researchers May Have Discovered How The Largest Known Flying Animal, Azhdarchid Pterosaurs (AP), With Neck Longer Than A Giraffe, 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.