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A ~10cm Titanosaur Tail Vertebra Found In 1985 On James Ross Island, Antarctica ~40 Years Ago Has Been Identified As Antarctica’s First Dinosaur Bone. It Dates To ~82 Mya, When The Continent Had Lush Forests. Titanosaurs Were The Group That Included Earth’s Largest Dinosaurs, And This Plant-Eater Was ~7m Long, Likely A Juvenile Or Small Adult.

Elon Musk Became The World’s First Trillionaire On 6/12/26, After Spacex’s Largest IPO In History (~$85.7B) Sent Shares Soaring. Fueled By His Stakes In Spacex & Tesla, His Fortune Sparked Debate Over Wealth Inequality. The IPO Reflects Investors’ Confidence In Spacex’s Mars, Starlink, & A.I Goals Despite Losses, Risks & Sale Restrictions.

Colossal Biosciences (Texas), In A World-First, Hatched 26 Healthy Chicks From Fully Artificial, 3D-Printed Eggs With No Natural Shell, Marking The First Complete Embryo Development Outside A Biological Egg. The Monitored Chicks Are A Major Step Toward Reviving Extinct Birds Like The Dodo And South Island Moa And Helping Endangered Species.

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Curiosity Rover Used A First-Of-Its-Kind Rock-Dissolving Chemical Test To Identify The Most Diverse Set Of Organic Molecules (OM) Ever Found On Mars, 20+ OM, Including 7 Never Before Detected There. Some Nitrogen-Bearing Molecules May Link To Prebiotic RNA/DNA Building Blocks, Strengthening Evidence Mars Was Once Habitable, But Do Not Prove Life Existed.

Michael Jackson Biopic, Michael (2026), Broke Biopic/Music Film Records For: 1) Biggest Worldwide Opening ~$217–218M ($97M In U.S/Canada + ~$120–121M Intl), Beating Oppenheimer (~$180M); 2) Biggest Domestic Opening $97M (Besting Straight Outta Compton ~$60M); 3) Biggest Opening Day ~$39.5–40M, Topping Bohemian Rhapsody & Straight Outta Compton.

U.K Scientists Grew The First Lab-Made Oesophagus (OS) That Replaced A 2.5cm Section In 8 Mini-Pigs. A Donor Pig‘s OS Was Decellularized, Seeded With The Recipient Pig’s Own Cells, Matured In A Bioreactor & Implanted. 5/8 Reached The 6-Mth Endpoint With Normal Swallowing, W/O Immunosuppression. Promising For Babies With Oesophageal Atresia.

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NASA Launched Artemis II On April 1, 2026, At 6:35 P.M. EDT From Kennedy Space Center Using SLS Rocket & Orion Spacecraft. Astronauts Will Travel ~252,757 Miles From Earth On April 6, Surpassing Apollo 13 To Become The Furthest Humans Have Ever Traveled Into Space, Before Returning On April 10 With The Fastest Crewed Reentry Ever At Mach ~32.

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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Ibu Baron (“The Baroness”), A 7.22m Reticulated Python From Indonesia, Is The Longest Recorded Wild Snake According To Guinness World Records, Roughly The Length Of A London Bus. Weighing 96.5kg, She May Reach 7.9m When Relaxed. As A Non-Venomous Constrictor Capable Of Eating Large Prey, She Highlights Rising Human–Snake Conflict Due To Habitat Loss.

U.S Researchers Analyzed The Largest T. Rex Dataset, 17 Leg Bones, To Study Growth Rings, Revealing Hidden Annual Patterns. The Findings Show T. Rex Reached Full Adult Size (~8 Tons) Around Age 35–40, Not 20–25 As Previously Thought. They Matured Gradually Over Decades With Prolonged Adolescence, Implying Lifespans Well Beyond 40 Years.

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