Two new studies have described the ways in which tiny microplastics can end up in humans' organs – and even in the brains of mice. One of the studies, published in Environmental Health Perspectives on Apr. 10., involved feeding healthy mice microplastics over a period of four to eight weeks. Scientists later found that various organs in the mice were contaminated. "In mice that ingested microspheres, we detected polystyrene microspheres in distant tissues including the brain, liver, and kidney,"...
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Analysis of a 1,500 year old grave in northwestern Argentina, containing the skeletons of a person and a fox, suggest that the fox was a human companion. For CNN, Mindy Weisberger writes that humans domesticated foxes thousands of years ago. Archaeologists originally uncovered the near-complete D. — Read the rest
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Since the discovery of Neptune in 1846, scientists have postulated that there is yet another planet, Planet 9, lurking in our solar system. Originally called Planet X (not the Roman numeral 10, but just a a placeholder, and not to be confused with Planet X, the doomsday planet Nibiru), Planet 9 is believed to be […]
A forgotten poem by Chronicles of Narnia author CS Lewis reveals details of friendships between fantasy writers and medievalists at the University of Leeds.
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A small team of planetary scientists from the California Institute of Technology, Université Côte d'Azur and Southwest Research Institute reports possible new evidence of Planet 9. They have published their paper on the arXiv preprint server, and it has been accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal Letters.
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Microplastics are pervasive environmental pollutants found in the icy landscapes of Antarctica to the food on our plates.
Earthquakes and landslides are famously difficult to predict and prepare for. By studying a miniature version of the ground in the lab, scientists at the UvA Institute of Physics have demonstrated how these events can be triggered by a small external shock wave. Bring a flotation device: it involves the ground briefly turning into a liquid.
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