Scientists have uncovered the first strong evidence that the amount of plastic polluting the oceans has risen vastly in recent decades — by analyzing 60 years of log books for plankton-tracking vessels. Nature reports: Data recorded by instruments known as continuous plankton recorders (CPRs) — which ships have collectively towed millions of kilometres across the Atlantic Ocean — show that the…
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The Speed of Viruses: Zombies vs. the Real World
If there is one thing that can be said with any degree of certainty about the fictional zombie virus, it’s that it generally takes over its host an incredibly fast pace. In both 28 Days Later and 28 Weeks Later, the “Rage Virus” has control of the victim in a matter of just a couple… Continue reading The Speed of Viruses: Zombies vs. the Real World
Scientists: We kept pig brains alive 10 hours after death. Bioethicists: “Holy shit.”
Scientists hooked 32 dead pig brains up to a machine to revive them. And it worked. Around 15 minutes after a mammal’s brain is cut off from oxygen, the organ is supposed to die. Without life-giving oxygen, the cells of the brain quickly starve. Some of the cells burst open, while the chemistry of others… Continue reading Scientists: We kept pig brains alive 10 hours after death. Bioethicists: “Holy shit.”
Sutta Study: Ill
In the Gilana Sutta, the Buddha offers a potent teaching on impermanence to an ailing and distressed monk.
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Microplastics Are Blowing In the Wind
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Scientific American: Scientists have detected tiny pieces of plastic falling out of the air like artificial dust. A first-of-its-kind study finds these particles have blown in on the wind from at least 100 kilometers away and likely much farther. This is a clear indication that atmospheric transport is yet another way plastic pollution…
Paranormal Encounters at Japan’s Haunted Suicide Forest
At the foot of Japan’s iconic Mt. Fuji, lying sprawled amongst some of the most majestic scenery in Japan, lies the haunted destination of broken souls known as Aokigahara, often referred to as the “Sea of Trees” and more infamously as the demon infested “Suicide Forest.” Aokigahara Forest lies at the northwest base of the picturesque… Continue reading Paranormal Encounters at Japan’s Haunted Suicide Forest
The race to save the planet from plastic
Scientists are trying to accelerate evolution to make plastics rot. A tiny new organism is showing them how. Sometime between 2010 and 2015, a tiny organism with an unusual appetite made a home in an industrial site near a bottle-recycling plant in Sakai, Japan. The site, located by a bustling port in one of the… Continue reading The race to save the planet from plastic
Easy Ways to Attract Birds to Your Yard
One of the best things about having a yard is the ability to enjoy nature and all its elements, including Source: https://www.doityourself.com/stry/easy-ways-to-attract-birds-to-your-yard…
Mysterious star 21 Comae reinvestigated with MOST satellite
Astronomers have employed the Microvariability and Oscillations of Stars (MOST) space telescope to conduct a new investigation of the enigmatic variable star 21 Comae whose nature is still widely debated. Results of the new study, presented in a paper published April 9, could help us better understand this mysterious object. Source: https://phys.org/news/2019-04-mysterious-star-comae-reinvestigated-satellite.html…
Does a year in space make you older or younger?
The NASA Twins study – featuring astronaut twins Scott and Mark Kelly – was the perfect space experiment. Scott spent a year in space aboard the International Space Station. Mark remained on Earth. The results? Source: https://earthsky.org/human-world/year-in-space-human-body-twins-study…