Scientists Say They've Found Microplastics in People's Poo, But Don't Worry Just Yet
It’s still unclear just how seriously we should take this discovery.
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It’s still unclear just how seriously we should take this discovery.
What you’re seeing here is only the tip of the... uh... you know what.
However, people growing up in countries such as Japan, China, and Spain will see greater gains in life expectancy.
New research suggests it was climate change—not human activity—that caused Thylacoleo carnifex, an Australian marsupial lion, to go extinct.
Fingers crossed these end up in a museum or other public institution.
A mesmerising deep-sea dancer by the name of Enypniastes eximia is enjoying a moment in the limelight.
"It would be fantastic if some remote civilisation somewhere else in the universe were already working on this."
Signs of life? Or just normal geology? New research suggests the latter.
Salt from Asia is the worst offender.
It's solid, but softer than previously thought.
An image was taken by Navcam: Left A onboard NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 2199.
Exercise of the cardiovascular kind, at least.
Why use boring old stars, when you can use black holes instead?
Like so much else, it's all humans' fault.
It may be small, rocky, and lacking an atmosphere, but scientists are launching a mission that could uncover some of its secrets.
There’s still a long way to go, but physicists are laying the bricks of their underlying mathematical foundation.