July 6th 2025
Good mornin people, i return to your inbox with another release. Looking to explore the wild west of the world this week. Now, I also hope you have all had a positive and productive week.
Now, let’s get straight into this.
01. AI Sperm Tracker
Oh yeah, this is how it sounds. A couple for near enough 18 years have been trying to conceive a baby. Using all the modern methods, IVF , visiting fertility centres. Now this couple went to Columbia University where they used the STAR method (Sperm Tracking And Recovery). This method is where AI will search and find sperm within a man, who previously thought that there was none at all. An Astrophysics AI, used to spot starts repurposed by Dr. Zev Williams. It captures 8 million high-speed microscope images in under an hour, analyzing them in real time to locate rare sperm cells invisible to human eyes. Is this not absolutely bonkers!
With a procedure cost of about $3,000 (under a quarter of full IVF), STAR offers a non-invasive alternative to testicular surgery or donor sperm. However, experts caution that it’s still early days. Larger studies and long-term follow-up are vital to confirm safety and efficacy.
02.Cosmic Stranger Blazes Through Our Solar System
Astronomers confirmed the discovery of 3I/ATLAS (initially cataloged as A11pl3Z) Now, seriously this is only the third known interstellar object ever spotted entering our solar system. Measuring roughly 10–20 km across (around 6–12 miles), this mysterious visitor cruises at an astounding 60 km/s (about 37 mi/s), coming from the direction of Sagittarius. Its hyperbolic path makes one thing crystal clear, this is no native of our solar system, it’s passing through on a one-way journey. But actually imagine the size of this thing, 6-12 miles across!!
While its exact nature remains unclear, early observations suggest it’s an icy comet with a slight coma and brief tail, indicating sublimation of volatile minerals. 3I/ATLAS currently floats near Jupiter’s orbit, set to pierce closest to our fiery Sun in late October, then past Mars, and be briefly hidden behind the Sun before emerging in December for further study. Though it poses no danger, its pass will keep it at least 1.6 AU from Earth. This giant interstellar traveler fuels excitement: it may be the largest such object yet observed, and it represents a rare, tangible clue about the makeup of distant star systems.
03. “Bille” – The Pyramid That Always Lands Upright
Mathematicians and engineers have finally brought to life a remarkable shape known as Bille, the world’s first monostable tetrahedron. This four‑faced pyramid will always tip into the same position. Literally no matter how you toss or set it down. I will put the video below, it’s actaully wild. Though John Conway hypothesized about such a shape in the 1980s, he later doubted it was physically possible. Now we’ve got proof in carbon fiber and tungsten carbide, precision-built to within a tenth of a gram and millimeter.
Bille’s secret lies in balancing geometry and mass. The team discovered that three consecutive edges must form obtuse angles, and the center of mass must lie in a tiny “loading zone” beneath one face. After exhaustive computational searches to find the exact shape and weight distribution, they created a hollow tetrahedron with a dense tungsten-carbide base, yet the tiniest blob of glue once prevented it from working properly! The precision is on another level.
Quizzz
Q1: What mammal has the longest gestation period on earth?
Q2: Who invented the color wheel in 1666?
Q3: What Major Park is larger than the entire country of monaco?
Q4: Over 60% of the worlds lakes are located where?
04. Sahara’s Ancient “Whale Graveyard”
In Egypt’s Western Desert lies Wadi Al‑Hitan, literally the “Valley of the Whales” a UNESCO World Heritage site brimming with more than 400 fossils from whale ancestors that once walked the Earth. These Eocene-era giants, dating back 34–56 million years, offer remarkable snapshots of evolution in motion. Now these fossils tells us a lot. creatures like Basilosaurus isis grew up to 18 meters long yet retained hind limbs with ankles, toes, even five-fingered flippers on their forelimbs. These “walking whales” physically link terrestrial mammals to modern cetaceans. Honestly blew my mind. Unearthed knee joints, feet bones, and even tiny toes were so well-preserved that paleontologists have reconstructed how these whales slowly adapted to aquatic life before fully leaving land behind.
Located 150 km southwest of Cairo in what was once the Tethys Ocean, Wadi Al‑Hitan’s fossils are embedded in sandstone and limestone, preserved by desert conditions as the sea receded. Today, the site functions like a natural museum, complete with guided trails where visitors can marvel at skeletons lying in situ, helping us visualize one of evolution’s most dramatic transformations. Land mammals becoming whales.
05. China’s Humanoid Robot Soccer Team Steals the Show
In Beijing this weekend, four university teams fielded humanoid robots in a fully autonomous 3-vs-3 soccer match. Absolutely no humans driving from the sidelines. These pint-sized robot athletes, built by Booster Robotics and programmed by Tsinghua, China Agricultural, and other universities, used onboard cameras, AI vision, and deep reinforcement learning to chase, pass, and score—occasionally toppling over in true human‑esque fashion
The final score was 5–3 to Tsinghua University's THU Robotics, winning over fans who cheered harder for the bots than for China’s underwhelming national team. Some robots even needed to be carried off the field on mini stretchers after dramatic tumbles, adding a comical yet compelling layer to the spectacle. Booster Robotics CEO Cheng Hao emphasized this event isn’t just entertainment, it’s a high-stakes test for refining robot agility, strategy, and safety, aiming to build public trust as China heads toward its first World Humanoid Robot Games in August. Honestly what will this robot world be like in another 5-10 years !
Fire Facts
1. Including its territories, France has 12 time zones, the most of any other country.
2. Babies are born with 275 to 300 bones. By the time they're adults, they only have 206 since some bones fuse together as they grow.
3. The liver is the only human organ that can fully regenerate itself.
4. Napoleon Bonaparte was once attacked by a swarm of rabbits.
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Quiz Answers
Q1 - At around 22 months, elephants have the longest gestation period of any mammal on earth.
Q2 - Sir Issac Newton
Q3 - New York City Central Park
Q4 - Canada
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