Yvonne Bethel

The World’s Oldest Surviving City Is A Debated Topic, But Contenders Include Jericho, Middle East, With Continuous Settlement Evidence From Around 9,000 BCE. Damascus; Aleppo, Syria; And Faiyum, Egypt Are Also Ancient Cities With Long Human Habitation Histories, Dating Back To ~ 3,000 BCE, Possibly 6, 000 BCE, And ~ 5,500 BCE, Respectively.

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Biden’s Govt Has Completed The First-Ever National Inventory Of Old-Growth Forests In The US, Using Data Analysis And Public Input. These Ancient Forests Hold Mysteries & Play A Crucial Role In, E.G., Carbon Storage But Face Threats From, E.G., Logging, And Climate Change. Collab. Btw US Forest Service & Nasa Will Help Protect The Forests.

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The World’s 2nd Deepest Blue Hole, Taam Ja’, Was Discovered Off Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula In 2021. It Measures ~900 Ft Deep And Spans 147,000 Square Ft. Taam Ja’ Lacks Oxygen And Sunlight But Supports Diverse Life Adapted To Low-Oxygen Conditions. It’s The 2nd, After The ~980 Ft China’s Dragon Hole. Blue Holes Are Underwater CaCO3 Cave Fm.

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Martha Stewart, At Age 81, Has Made History By Being The Oldest Woman To Be Featured On The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Cover. She Took The Title From Maye Musk, Who At Age 74, Appeared On The 2022 Cover. The Magazine Aims To Promote Age Diversity In Media And Challenge Conventional Notions Of Beauty And Admiration When It Comes To Women.

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Scientists, After 50+ Yrs, Discovered That The Moon Has A Solid Inner Core & Fluid Outer Core, Similar To Earth. Computer Model Based On Apollo And Grail Data Found The Inner Core To Be 310 mi Wide. Mantle Overturn Evidence May Explain Iron On The Moon’s Surface. This Find Could Help Solve The Moon’s Geologic Puzzles & Aid Future Missions.

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Scientists, For The First Time, Observed A Star, Wasp-12, Swallow A Gas Giant Planet Like Jupiter In Aquila Constellation 10-15k Yrs Ago, Emitting Bursts Of Light & Dust In Cold Infrared Energy. Experts Say Earth May Suffer The Same Fate In 5 Byrs As Our Sun Turns Into A Red Giant. The Star-Gulping Data Could Help Find Similar Events.

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Colorado’s Biofire Has Launched The First Biometric Smart Gun With Facial Recognition And Fingerprint Verification. The Gun Grip Has A Fingerprint Sensor, While The Back Has 3D Facial Recognition. When Held, A Green Light Turns On To Indicate The Firearm Recognizes The Holder. Pre-Orders Began In April 2023, Aiming To Improve Gun Safety.

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Spacex, On 4/20/23, Launched Starship, The Most Powerful Rocket Ever Built For Deep Space Travels To E.g., Mars. Sadly, It Exploded 4 Mins Into The Flight. Starship Has 2 Compartments, One For Carrying People And Goods And Another For A Super Booster With 33 Engines. The Failed Launch Offers Valuable Insights For Improvement Before The Next Test.

Dr. Howard Tucker, The World’s Oldest Practicing Doctor At 100—The Guinness World Records, Credits His Longevity To Good Genes, Luck, Exercise, Continuous Learning, And A Healthy Lifestyle Free From Smoking. Dr. Tucker, A Neurologist, Has Retired From Patient Care But Continues To Teach At St. Vincent Charity Medical Center, Cleveland, OH

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The Antarctic Desert, Categorized As A Cold Desert, Is The World’s Largest Desert Spanning ~ 5.48 Million Square Miles. The Arctic Desert, Also A Cold Desert, Is The Second Largest At ~ 5.37 Million Square Miles. The Sahara Desert, Classified As A Hot And Dry Desert, Is The Largest Non-Polar Desert, Covering ~3.55 Million Square Miles.

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The Largest Known Star, UY Scuti, Discovered By German Astronomers In 1860, Is In The Milky Way Galaxy, ~9500 Ly From Earth. It’s 1700x The Radius Of Our Sun. Stars Like UY Scuti Are Rare Due To Their Shorter Lifespan (In Millions), Unlike Those That Last For Billions Of Years. The Smallest Star, EBLM J0555-57Ab, Is About Saturn’s Size.

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United Airlines, If Approved By The FAA, Plans To Launch North America’s First Commercial eVTOL Air Taxi Service Between Downtown Chicago And O’hare International Airport In 2025. An eVTOL, Of The 200 Archer Midnight eVTOLs Purchased From Archer Aviation For $1 Billion, Can Complete The Route In 10 Mins, A Fraction Of The Hour-Long Drive, At ~$100/Trip.

New Research Suggests That Skilled Painters Like Da Vinci And Rembrandt Intentionally Used Egg Yolk In Oil Paintings Due To Its Beneficial Properties, Including Protection Against Humidity, Viscosity, And Its Antioxidant Effects. This Discovery Sheds Light On Art History And Offers Insights For Better Preservation & Conservation Of Artwork.

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Fremont, CA Is The Happiest City In The USA, For The 2nd Year In A Row, In A Wallethub Ranking Of 182 Cities Based On 30 Factors Like Emotional & Physical Well-Being, Income, And Environment. San Jose, CA; Madison, WI; Overland Park, KS; And San Francisco, CA Rounded Out The Top 5. California Dominated The List, While Detroit Ranked Last.

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Nadia Kahf Has Become The First Hajiba Wearing Judge In New Jersey After Her New Jersey Superior Court Appointment. But Carolyn Walker-Dialo Is The First Hijab-Wearing Judge In The US After Her Appointment As A Civil Court Judge In NY In 2015. Many Muslims Serve As Judges In The US, But These Women Are The Only Ones Known To Wear Hijab.

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Scientists Can Observe Oceanic Crust Forming In The East African Rift Valley As The Valley Continues To Mature, With Further Splits, From Its Relatively Early Stage Of A Plate Boundary Divergence. The Rift, In 5 -10 Myrs, Could Give Rise To Coastlines In Countries Like Kenya And Uganda, As Eastern Africa Separates From The Rest Of The African Continent.

Researchers Have Discovered That A Hydrogen Consuming Enzyme, Huc, Found In Soil Bacteria, Could Generate Electricity From Air. The Study Also Revealed That Huc Could Be Stored For A Long Time At Freezing Temperature Or Up To 80 oC Without Losing Its Electric Generating Power–Making It A Potential GroundBreaking Source Of Clean Energy.

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An Olympic Swimming Pool-Sized Asteroid, 2023 DW, Has A Small, 1 In 560, Chance Of Impacting Earth On Feb 14, 2046, According To Nasa. It Is Estimated To Fly Pass Earth At A Distance Of ~1.1m Miles, Making It The Only Space Rock On Nasa’s Risk List To Rank 1 On The Torino Impact Hazard Scale—Indicating An Unlikely Risk For An Impact.

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Researchers, Including NASA Scientists, Using Satellite Imagery And AI To Map ~10 Billion Trees, Carried Out The First Comprehensive Estimate Of Tree Carbon Density In The Drylands Of Africa. The Study Estimates ~0.84 Billion Metric Tons Of Carbon—A Data That Is Essential For, E.g., Understanding Global Carbon Cycle And Climate Change Projection.

Adiah And Adrial Nadarajah, According To The Guinness World Records, Are The World’s Most Premature Twins. The Canadian Siblings Were Born At 21.3 Wks– 126 Days Early, Overtaking The Previous Record Of 125 Days Early Birth Set In 2018 By Identical Twins Kambry and Keeley Ewoldt In Iowa, US. A Full-Term Pregnancy Is Usually 9 Months (39 Wks).