Ferrets Help Scientists Produce Nasal Spray That Prevents COVID-19 Infection.

“COVID coronavirus replication was completely blocked. …these antivirals (developed from ferret tests) … is easily administered and … protection would be immediate and last for at least 24 hours.” — Anne Moscona, M. D. and Matteo Porotto, Ph.D., Professors in the Dept. of Pediatrics and Directors, Center for Host-Pathogen Interaction, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians …

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Huge Sunspot This Election Day Emitted Minor C-class Solar Flare, Caused Low Frequency Radio Blackout Over Indian Ocean.

“Looking forward to see how this almost 100,000 kilometer-long new active solar region will evolve!” — Giuseppe Petricca, November 3, 2020, Northern Scotland     November 3, 2020  Albuquerque, New Mexico – Today Spaceweather.com reported one of the largest new sunspots in months as Americans in the United States wait on this Election Day 2020 …

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Tonight’s Rare “Halloween Blue Full Moon,” Visible In All Time Zones, Hasn’t Happened Since 1944.

“In total, for 2020, we’ll have 13 full Moons, including two Supermoons, and a full Moon on Halloween visible in all time zones, which is more uncommon than you may realize.” — The Farmers’ Almanac, October 2020.   October 31, 2020  Albuquerque, New Mexico –  October 2020 began with a full moon and ends with …

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Beyond Egypt to Peruvian Plains of Nazca, Cats Mummified for Eternal Life.

“The ancient Egyptians were not obsessed with death. They were obsessed with life!  So mummification was anticipating life after death with the goal to perpetuate living forever.” — Melinda Zeder, Curator, Smithsonian Museum, Washington, D. C., 2011   October 25, 2020 Plains of Nazca, Peru – Wonderful cat creatures have been loved and admired for …

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Today NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Will Try To Land On Asteroid Bennu, Grab A Sample and Take Off — Never Tried Before.

    October 20, 2020  Tucson, Arizona – Today NASA is going to try to briefly touch down on the mysterious asteroid Bennu and pick up a sample of its rocky surface to bring back to Earth for study.  By 5 PM Eastern,  NASA will begin its official NASA TV stream of its first ever attempt …

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Lawton, Oklahoma Rancher Reports Still-Warm Newborn Calves Bloodlessly Mutilated Sunday, October 11, 2020.

“The ribcage was cut out on one, like in a perfect diamond cut, and the heart was missing. On another one, the testicles were removed, but there were no cuts in the testicle bags. I didn't see any blood anywhere.” — Cody Zimmerman, Cattle Raiser, Lawton, Oklahoma, about bloodless mutilations of two male, newborn calves …

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Utah Reports Nearly 10,000 Minks Have Died of COVID-19 Since Late September.

“Minks show open mouth breathing, discharge from their eyes and nose … and typically die the next day.” — Dean Taylor, D.V.M., State Veterinarian, Utah Dept. of Agriculture and Food   October 10, 2020 Salt Lake City, Utah – The Utah Department of Agriculture and Food confirmed this week that at least 10,000 minks have …

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Hurricane Delta Today Has “Exploded” Into A Dangerous Category 4 Hurricane Headed for Gulf Coast.

— “Satellite images showed that the Delta hurricane was an incredibly compact hurricane on Tuesday morning, October 6, 2020, … only 24 hours after it became the 25th tropical storm of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season.” – AccuWeather, October 6, 2020 — “Now is the time for Louisianans to prepare for Hurricane Delta. This storm …

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Part 1: Bloodless Animal Mutilations in Kenya, Sweden, France, England, United States.

“… To my surprise, there were no signs of blood in the immediate area or around its wound … and we failed to hear any sounds coming from the cow pen during the night where I keep my seven animals.” — Mzee Paul Kigen, Farmer, Chebagal village, Bureti Sub-County, Kericho, Kenya, Africa, reported September 25, …

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Today Is the 2020 Autumnal Equinox.

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Why Are Migratory and Songbirds Dropping Dead Out of the Skies in New Mexico and Southwestern Colorado?

“We’ve never seen anything like this before.” — Joe Lewandowski, Spokesperson, Colorado Parks and Wildlife, Denver, Colorado “Many of the Valarde birds have little to no fat, many are underweight, and there’s not a lot of external signs that they have been inhaling a lot of smoke.” — Jenna McCullough, Ornithology Ph.D. student, University of …

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Today NOAA and NASA Announced Solar Cycle 25 Has Begun; Sunspots Will Increase to 2025 Maximum.

“As we emerge from Cycle 24 solar minimum and approach Cycle 25’s maximum in 2025, it is important to remember solar activity never stops; it changes form as the pendulum swings.”  — Lika Guhathakurta, Solar Physicist, Heliophysics Division, NASA, Washington, D. C.   September 15, 2020 Washington, D. C. – NOAA and NASA today officially …

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What Is Creating Phosphene — A Biosignature on Earth — in the Atmosphere of Venus?

“I thought we’d just be able to rule out extreme scenarios, like the Venus clouds being stuffed full of organisms. When we got the first hints of phosphine in Venus’ spectrum, it was a shock!” — Jane Greaves, Ph.D., Astronomy Group, Cardiff University School of Physics and Astronomy “Either this Venus phosphene discovery is a …

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Satellite View of Wildfires Burning Millions of Acres in California, Oregon and Washington.

“These are not just wildfires, they are (changing) climate fires.” — Governor Jay Inslee, Washington September 11, 2020    California, Oregon and Washington –  California Governor Gavin Newsom reported today that the August Complex Fire at 472,185 acres has merged with the Elkhorn Fire at more than 255,000 acres to produce the largest wildfire in California history …

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400 Cattle, Horses and Deer Blood-Sucked-To-Death in Louisiana.

  “They’re vicious little suckers.” — Craig Fontenot, D.V.M., Ville Platte, Louisiana     September 11, 2020  Ville Platte, Louisiana  – Veterinarian Craig Fontenot, D.V.M., from Ville Platte, Louisiana, reports that some 400 cattle and several horses and deer have been found dead southwestern Louisiana with their blood drained by dense clouds of blood-sucking mosquitoes …

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California’s #CreekFire Is Generating Heat So Intense It’s Producing Pyrocumulonimbus 8 – 9 Miles High.

#CreekFire, Fresno and Madera Co, CA.

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Was This Mutilated Deer Dropped from Sky On Turnpike Near Bloomingdale, NJ?

  — “This deer looks like the face was cut with precision like some of the cows you have reported on, Linda,  looks so exactly the same.” — D. M. in Bloomingdale, New Jersey, August 31, 2020 — “The deer was just lying there, except it was missing the two eyes, the side of the …

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French Agriculture Official Says “At Least 30 Cases” of Surgical Horse Mutilations Throughout France Since 2018.

“It's not just only police who are puzzled by this 'post-mortem mutilation.' The August 17, 2020, case bothers me: it's as if it was done in two stages. And it's the first time that's happened, or at least the first time we've realized it.” — Claire Juillet, Head of the Agricultural Union Coordination Rurale, Normandie, …

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Mysterious Fast Radio Burst Has Repeated On A Predicted Cycle — But Why?

“The projected turn-off date for FRB 121102 now is around August 31 – September 9, 2020,” if it stays on its previous repeating cycle. — National Astronomy Observatory of China, Beijing   August 26, 2020 Albuquerque, New Mexico – Two months ago on June 21, 2020, Earthfiles reported that at least one Fast Radio Burst …

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