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09/22/2023
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By Zoey Sky
Study: Asteroid that wiped out dinosaurs allowed flowers to grow on the planet
According to a study, the giant asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs at the end of the Cretaceous period about 145 million to 66 million years ago left flowers relatively unharmed. In the aftermath, ancient flowers bloomed on a post-apocalyptic Earth. Details of the study were published in the journal Biology Letters. After an asteroid struck […]
09/15/2023
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By Olivia Cook
Study: “Eco-friendly” plant-based drinking straws more harmful than plastic ones due to toxic FOREVER CHEMICALS
Plant-based drinking straws, often touted as alternatives to plastic versions, may not be “eco-friendly” as they purport themselves to be. This is because researchers from Belgium have found that these plant-based straws contain toxic “forever chemicals” that cause more harm to the environment. The authors of the study published in Food Additives & Contaminants looked […]
08/03/2023
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By Kevin Hughes
Scientists discover 12 new sponge species that look like polar bears, unicorns and aliens
Scientists recently discovered 12 new sponge species, some of which resemble polar bears and the mythical unicorn. Others even look like extraterrestrials. Their discovery was announced in a recent study by Thomas Turner, an associate professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) specializing in marine biology, along with research ecologist Steve Lonhart. They found the […]
08/02/2023
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By Olivia Cook
Texas doctors SHOCKED to discover man’s rash was actually a case of the Biblical disease leprosy
A man in Texas who came in due to mysterious ring-shaped rashes was surprised to learn that his condition was actually the Biblical disease of leprosy. The man, who is in his 20s, suggests that the roots of the man’s leprosy may date from his time in Samoa. He moved to Texas in 2019 and […]
07/14/2023
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By Laura Harris
STUDY: Chicken bones are proof that human activities and appetites can rapidly transform the natural world
A recent study suggests that chicken bones symbolize the abrupt transformation caused by human activity and appetites, which tipped the planet into a new geological epoch known as the Anthropocene, or the “era of humans.” Originating from the jungles of Southeast Asia, the red junglefowl became one of the first domesticated chicken species after humans domesticated it about […]
06/29/2023
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By Ethan Huff
Study finds that chlorine dioxide destroys gender-bender herbicide atrazine in water
The peer-reviewed journal Water Research is publishing a bombshell study in its July 1, Volume 239 issue about a novel form of “solar-activated” chlorine dioxide that is powerful enough to degrade and neutralize toxic atrazine in drinking water, rendering it safe for human and animal consumption. Chinese researchers from numerous prominent universities looked at solar-activated […]
06/14/2023
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By Laura Harris
VIRGIN BIRTH: American crocodile isolated in reptile park for 16 years lays clutch of eggs
Scientists have confirmed a virgin birth in crocodiles for the first time in history. A female American crocodile that had been isolated for 16 years in a reptile park was recently discovered to have laid a clutch of eggs. The crocodile was placed in captivity at Parque Reptilandia in Costa Rica in 2002 at the […]
05/10/2023
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By Ethan Huff
Recycling plastic turns out to be WORSE for the environment than just throwing it away… recycling SPREADS microplastics pollution
For several decades now, we have been told that recycling plastic is much better for the environment than simply trashing it – but is that actually true? New research published in the Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances casts a shadow of doubt on the merits of plastic recycling, which appear to be massively overblown and […]
05/09/2023
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By Zoey Sky
Study: 360M-year-old fossil from Ireland proves plants are capable of self-defense
Trees produce fruit and provide shade. According to a study, trees are also capable of self-defense. Researchers have discovered the oldest evidence of plant self-defense in wood from a 360-million-year-old fossil from Ireland. The study involved an international team of researchers and was co-led by Dr. Carla J. Harper, assistant professor in Botany in the School of Natural […]
04/27/2023
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By Kevin Hughes
Researchers discover bizarre holes on ocean floor that spit fluids like a fire hose
Holes spitting warm fluids from the border between tectonic plates have been found at the bottom of the ocean off the coast of Oregon. Scientists believe this strange, never-before-seen phenomenon, known as Pythia’s Oasis after an ancient Greek priestess, could give a better understanding of earthquake risk along the hazardous fault. The Cascadia subduction zone […]
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