Sure, we all know there’s always more fish in the sea. But there’s also plenty more plastic garbage.
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118 million at risk as severe storms, tornadoes forecast to again blast through central, southern U.S.
More storms are forecast for Wednesday through Friday this week in the central and southern U.S.
Blown by the wind, ‘microplastic’ pollution discovered in pristine mountain peaks
We’ve polluted the deepest oceans with plastic garbage, so it’s not surprising we’re also ruining our most pristine mountain peaks too.
Louisiana, Mississippi and Arkansas are Southern states most at risk of tornadoes Saturday
Folks in the South are in for a stormy and potentially dangerous Saturday, meteorologists warn. “There is a significant riskfor severe thunderstorms and tornadoes.”
So, we’ve seen the first-ever photo of a black hole. What happens now?
Is the adventure over? No, far from it: “The researchers who captured the first-ever images of a black hole don’t plan to rest on their laurels.”
Life in outer space: NASA studies health changes between astronaut twins Scott and Mark Kelly
Space travelers in moviesmay zip around the universe with no ill effects, but in reality we have no idea how humans will react to being in outer space for years on end.
New human species discovered in a cave in the Philippines
A tiny, long-lost cousin of our own human species was discovered, scientists announced.
Dogs may accurately sniff out lung cancer through their super-sensitive noses, research shows
Here’s another reason to love dogs. Using their super-sensitive noses, dogs were able to sniff out lung cancer in samples of humanblood with 97% accuracy.
‘We have seen what we thought was unseeable’: First photo of a black hole revealed
Astronomers releasedthe first picture of a black hole. What we see in the image is gas and dust circling the hole, far enough away to be safe.
Good-bye glaciers: 390 billion tons of snow and ice melts each year as globe warms
Thanks to global warming, our planet’s glaciers continue to melt away, losing up to 390 billion tons of ice and snow per year, a new study suggests.