Latasha Pettway

In A Historic First Since 1963’s Valentina T Spaceflight, An All-Female Blue Origin Crew—Katy Perry, Gayle King, Lauren Sánchez, Aisha Bowe, Amanda Nguyễn, & Kerianne Flynn—Spent ~10 Mins In Space, Marveling At Earth & Zero Gravity. This Was New Shepard’s 11th Human Flight On 4/14/25. Tickets Need ~$150k Deposit, But Celebs Often Fly As Guests.

Josh Allen, Buffalo Bills QB, Signed A 6-Year, $330m Deal With A Record-Breaking $250m Guaranteed—The Largest Guarantee Ever Given To An NFL Player, Surpassing Deshaun Watson’s $230m. Myles Garrett Of The Cleveland Browns Became The Highest-Paid Non-QB With A 4-Year, $40m-A-Year Deal, $123.5m Guaranteed. Allen Led Bills To AFC Title Game.

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Scientists In Tokyo Have Attached A Lab-Grown Living Skin Tissue To A Robotic Face, And Manipulated A Living Skin For The First Time To ,E.G., “Smile.” This Breakthrough Could Lead To More Life-Like Robots And Safer Cosmetic Testing. Despite Progress, Overcoming The Unnerving Feeling Evoked By The Nearly Human-Like Robots Remains Challenging.

A Farm In Australia Breaks World Record, Certified By Guinness World Records, For Growing The Largest Blueberry Which Is ~4cm-Wide And Weighs 20.4g. The Fruit Breed, An Eterna Breed, Developed By Costa Group, Yields Consistently Large Fruits That Maintain Flavor And Firmness. The Farmers May Preserve The Giant Berry Via A Resin Cast.

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Larry Fitzgerald Solidified His NFL Status As A Top Wide Receiver (WR) With An Unmatched Earning Of $182,490,000, After A 16-Year Career At Arizona Cardinals. This Earning Surpasses Julio Jones, The Second-Highest Paid WR, By $36,170,956. Calvin Johnson Is The Only Other WR To Exceed $100 M While Playing For A Single Team, Detroit Lions.

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Anna May Wong, Dubbed Hollywood’s First Asian American Movie Star, Is The First Asian American Featured On US Quarters. Wong, Who Died In 1961, Had A Career Spanning 60 Films, And Earned A Star On The Hollywood Walk Of Fame In 1960. Wong Is Featured On The 5th Coin, Released In 2022, Which Celebrates Female Trailblazers In American History.

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Starr Andrews, Age 21, Has Become The First US Black Figure Skater To Win The International Skating Union (ISU) Grand Prix Medal At The Skate Canada International (SCI) Competition, Since The Series Began In 1995. Ms. Andrews Won A Silver Medal At The Competition, Which Took Place On Oct. 29th, 2022 In Mississauga, Ontario. Congrats!

Researchers Now Understand How The Protein, TGF-beta, Controls The Process Of Division Or Death Of Hair Cells, Eventually Causing Baldness. Too Much Of TGF-beta Would Kill Hair Cells And Vice Versa. A More Precise Understanding Of How TGF-beta Activates Cell Division Could Help Activate Follicle Stem Cells And Stimulate Hair Growth.

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Mellody Hobson Will Be The First Black Woman To Be A Part Owner Of An NFL Team, When The Ownership Group, In Which She Is A Member, Takes Over The Denver Broncos In A $4.65 B Deal. Hobson, Age 53, A Co-CEO Of The $17.8 B Ariel Investments, Married To Star Wars Creator, George Lucas, Sits On Many Boards Like Starbucks And Estée Lauder.

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NASA‘s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), For The First Time In History, Has Appointed A Woman As Its Head. Dr. Laurie Leshin, Who Is Also The Vice President Of Caltech, Is A Distinguished Geochemist And Space Scientist. Dr. Leshin, An Advocate For Gender Equality In STEM, Wants To Make JPL An All-Inclusive Environment For Great Minds.

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The United Arab Emirate Will Make History By Being The First Arab Nation To Send An Astronaut, In The Spring Of 2023, For A Long Term, 6 Months Mission To The International Space Station (ISS). The Mission Will Also Be The First Non-ISS Partner Professional Astronaut Flight, Facilitated By A US Commercial Space Company Called Axiom Space.

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Douglas Smith, A British Gardener, Is A TrailBlazer Who Has Broken Records When It Comes To Garden Plants That Range From Pumpkin To Sunflower. Mr. Smith, In March Of 2022, Grew 1269 Tomatoes On A Single Stem, Thereby Breaking His Previous Guinness World Record, Which Has Been In place For More Than 10 Years When He Grew 488 Tomatoes.

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Maya Angelou, Legendary Poet And Activist, Has Become The First Black Woman Printed On The US Quarter. Maya’s Quarters Are The First, In The American Women Quarters Program, To Honor Prominent Women In US History. Other Quarters, Later In 2022 Through 2025, Will Feature Others Like Sally Ride–The First American Woman Astronaut In Space.

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The UAE Hope Probe, Via Its Ultraviolet Spectrometer, Has Found Higher Levels Of Oxygen (Unpredicted Variations Of 50% Or More In The Brightness) In Mars Atmosphere Than The Expected Relative Uniform Oxygen Levels Across Mars. The Discovery Is Said To Have Implications For Existing Martian Atmospheric Models And The Atmosphere Behavior.

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Michelle Wu, An Asian American Woman, Has Made History As The First Woman, And The First Person Of Color To Be Elected As The Mayor Of Boston, Massachusetts. Wu’s Election Broke Boston’s 200-Year Pattern Of Only Electing White Men For The Position. Wu Was Also The First Asian American Woman Elected, In 2013, As Boston’s City Councilman.

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NASA’s Perseverance Rover, On Sept. 1, 2021, Snagged The First Rock Samples From Mars At A Ridge Dubbed “Citadelle” (French For “Castle”). The Samples Are Expected To Be Delivered To Earth As Early As 2031 By A Joint NASA-European Space Agency Mission. The Samples, Once Delivered, Will Be The First Piece Of Another Planet On Earth.

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Ms. Josephine Baker, Who Died In 1975, Will Be The First Black Woman To Be Given One Of The Highest Honors In France–Honored With A Memorial Plaque At The Panthéon Monument, Paris, On Nov. 30th. The Late Ms. Baker Was A French-American Singer, Dancer, And Actress Who Fought Against Racism And In The French Resistance During WWW II.

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Scientists Built A Tiny Roach-Like Robot That Can Withstand A Million Times Its Weight And Move At Speeds 20 Body Lengths/Second. The Robot Is Built With Polyvinylidene Difluoride Material That Expands And Contracts With Small AC Application, Giving The Robot A Forward “Leapfrogging” Motion. The Robot Can Be Used To Inspect Tight Spaces.

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The Tastry’s App, BottleBird, Uses AI, Wine Profile Data, And Consumer’s “Palate Survey” For Personal Taste And Smell Preferences To Personalize Wine Recommendations For Consumers, And Improve Sales For Wine Traders. These Parameters Make BottleBird Different From Apps Like Vivino, Which Rely On Historical Purchase And Rating Data.

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China, In An Ambitious Bid For Space, Wants To Send Its First Crew To Mars In 2033. And Then Regularly, In 2035, 2037, 2041, And 2043. China Will First Use Robots To Explore Mars, To Find Suitable Environment, Before Sending Astronauts To Build A Mars Base. After Which, China Will Begin A Large-Scale Earth-To-Mars Cargo Missions.

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