Plastic pollution can feel distant – until it shows up in places it shouldn’t, like human blood. Most plastics don’t truly go away. Instead, they break into microplastics that drift through oceans, move up the food chain, and linger for decades. Now, researchers in Japan say they may have a better option. They have created
Off the coast of Argentina, the deep ocean is revealing secrets that could change everything we know about marine ecosystems. Recent discoveries have uncovered vast, uncharted coral reefs and species previously unknown to science, highlighting a richness of life that was once hidden beneath the waves. Argentina’s Deep-Sea Biodiversity: A New Frontier In a significant
Jumping on trampolines might usually be associated with children, but the many health benefits are also making it a popular option among fitness-conscious adults—just check social media for the trending, high-energy rebounding workout classes. And those taking part might be on to something. The exercise isn’t just a fun way to mix up your workouts,
It looks like a March launch is no longer in the cards for Artemis II, NASA’s first crewed trip to the moon’s vicinity since the final Apollo mission over 50 years ago. While preparations were underway at the Kennedy Space Center for a launch as soon as March 6, the space agency says it ran
On Aug. 2, 1153, Jerusalem — one of the oldest cities in the world — experienced a total solar eclipse for the last time until Aug. 6, 2241, according to the book Totality by the late Fred Espenak, NASA’s eclipse calculator extraordinaire. That’s a gap of 1,108 years. Meanwhile, people living in a quadrant covering
Space junk returning to the Earth is introducing metal pollution to the pristine upper atmosphere as it burns up on re-entry, a new study has found. Published today in the journal Communications Earth & Environment, the study was led by Robin Wing from the Leibniz Institute of Atmospheric Physics in Germany. Using highly sensitive lasers,
Geologists have resolved a long-standing mystery about how two major rivers in the western United States became connected. They found that a hidden shift deep underground briefly lowered a mountain barrier, allowing one river to cut straight through and join the other. Where the river cuts Across northeastern Utah, the Green River, the
A common shoreline barnacle has been documented piercing deep-sea sharks and extracting nutrients directly from their flesh, marking a complete transition from filter feeding to parasitism. That shift captures an evolutionary turning point in living form, revealing how an ordinary marine animal can cross into a radically different way of life. A fjord transformation
The 17-mile Large Hadron Collider (LHC), located beneath the French-Swiss border, regularly slams heavy ions together at near light speed. But on July 30, 2025, researchers reported something many thought belonged to folklore: lead ions momentarily changed into gold before decaying back into more ordinary matter. The analysis shows that a single run of lead
Scientists have used lab-grown microbes to bind loose desert sand into a thin, stable layer that wind cannot easily blow away. That stronger surface gives restoration teams time to plant shrubs and grasses before harsh winds and heat wipe out young plants. A crust takes hold On straw checkerboards laid across northwest China,