The Suez Canal, a 193 km artificial waterway in Egypt, is a vital artery for global trade, connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea. Inaugurated in 1869, it handles over 12% of global trade and nearly 30% of all global container traffic annually, significantly cutting travel time between Europe and Asia by bypassing the Cape of Good Hope. Its immense importance was highlighted in March 2021 when the Ever Given blockage halted $9.6 billion worth of trade per day. Nationalized by Egypt in 1956 under President Gamal Abdel Nasser, it triggered the Suez Crisis.

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Launched on December 25, 2021, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is NASA's most powerful space telescope, developed in collaboration with ESA and CSA. Positioned 1.5 million km from Earth at Lagrange Point 2 (L2), it uses a 6.5-meter gold-coated mirror and infrared imaging to peer 13.5 billion years into the past. With over $10 billion invested, JWST has surpassed Hubble in deep-space exploration. In July 2022, it released the deepest infrared image of the universe ever taken, revealing ancient galaxies, exoplanet atmospheres, and star-forming regions—fundamentally redefining our understanding of cosmic origins.

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CRISPR-Cas9: The revolutionary "genetic scissors" of modern biology! Discovered in 2012, this Nobel Prize-winning (2020) gene-editing tool allows precise DNA modification. With applications spanning genetic disease treatment, agriculture, and cancer research, CRISPR offers immense potential. It's faster, cheaper, and more accurate, though it also raises important ethical considerations regarding human genome editing. Already making strides in clinical trials for sickle cell anaemia and leukaemia!

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The Human Genome Project: From 1990-2003, we mapped the entire human genetic code – 3.2 billion base pairs! A $3 billion endeavor that revolutionized medicine and unlocked secrets to diseases. #HumanGenomeProject #DNA #Genomics #CodeOfLife