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Microplastics found in every human testicle in study (www.theguardian.com)
Scientists say discovery may be linked to decades-long decline in sperm counts in men around the world...
Migrant workers diagnosed with deadly lung disease linked to kitchen revamps (www.msn.com)
There were a cluster of cases who were migrant workers working pretty much for family-based organisations, all of whom were working with no control. So no water suppression, no real PPE....
New Law Would Force Government to Declassify Every UFO Document (futurism.com)
Titled the “UAP Transparency Act,” a reference to the government’s new preferred term for UFOs of “unidentified aerial/anomalous phenomenon,” the new law introduced by Tennessee Republican Tim Burchett would require that all documents about these phenomena be declassified....
When did humans start wearing clothes? (www.livescience.com)
Lice are incredibly specialized to their habitats; a type that evolved to grasp human head hair wouldn’t survive among human pubic hair, for example. But before our ancestors lost their fur, those lice probably roamed all over their bodies. So, by looking at DNA to unravel the evolutionary history of lice, scientists have...
More Evidence for the Gravitational Wave Background of the Universe (www.universetoday.com)
Gravitational waves are ripples in spacetime caused by violent processes in the Universe. They were predicted by Einstein back in 1916 as part of his General Theory of Relativity. It is thought the waves are generated by accelerating masses such as merging black holes, colliding neutron stars and the like. They are expected to...
Remains of two men from central China shed light on ancient practice of punitive amputation (phys.org)
It’s a scene straight out of a mystery novel: The skeletons of two unrelated men show signs of remarkably similar injuries. One is missing about one-fifth of his lower left leg, while the other is missing the same length of bone, down to the centimeter, on his right....
Snake Island: The isle writhing with vipers where only Brazilian military and scientists are allowed (www.livescience.com)
Snake Island was isolated from the Brazilian mainland at the end of the last ice age, trapping Earth’s only known population of highly venomous golden lancehead pit vipers on a rock in the Atlantic....
Horses buried alive in medieval funerals came from distant lands (www.science.org)
An ancient cemetery on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea contains some surprising bodies. Here, 1100 years ago, prominent warriors were cremated and buried with grave goods including amber beads, axes, and silver jewelry. Also present: the skeletons of young horses. Travelers’ tales and archaeological clues suggest a cruel...
The wooden artifacts from Schöningen’s Spear Horizon and their place in human evolution (www.pnas.org)
Wooden tools rarely survive in the Paleolithic record limiting our understanding of Pleistocene hunter-gather lifeways. With 187 wooden artifacts, Schöningen 13 II-4 provides the largest assemblage worldwide introduced here for the first time in full. Wooden tools include at least 10 spears and seven throwing sticks used in...
The "Goldilocks" zone of habitable planets is likely outdated. Here's why. (bigthink.com)
The Habitable Zone (HZ) is where conditions are just right for liquid water on a planet’s surface....
Found at last: long-lost branch of the Nile that ran by the pyramids (www.nature.com)
Stretching beneath the ground near the Giza pyramid complex in Egypt lie the remains of an ancient branch of the Nile River that might once have helped ancient Egyptians to build their monuments....
Claim 100,000 homes are empty in Scotland is Mostly True (theferret.scot)
Ferret Fact Service verdict: Mostly True...
Three of the Oldest Stars in the Universe Found Circling the Milky Way (www.universetoday.com)
Mention the Milky Way and most people will visualise a great big spiral galaxy billions of years old. It’s thought to be a galaxy that took shape billions of years after the Big Bang. Studies by astronomers have revealed that there are the echo’s of an earlier time around us. A team of astronomers from MIT have found three...
Underground 'anomaly' found near iconic Giza pyramid complex (phys.org)
Study of the cemetery has been focused mostly on mastabas, rectangular tombs made of limestone or mud, with flat roofs. But one part of the Western Cemetery has remained mostly unexplored—a flat, vacant area with no structures....
Big cat DNA confirmed on sheep carcass | Rhyl Journal (www.rhyljournal.co.uk)
DNA belonging to a big cat has been identified on a sheep carcass found in Cumbria - leading to speculation that some sightings of mystery creatures are panthers or pumas....
Chunk of space debris lands in Sask. farm field (www.cbc.ca)
As a farmer in rural Saskatchewan, Barry Sawchuk is used to removing rocks and weeds from his fields....
Asbestos Is Finally Banned in the U.S. Here’s Why It Took So Long (www.scientificamerican.com)
In March the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that it was banning ongoing uses of asbestos. People might have thought, Wait—what? Wasn’t it already banned? After all, many remember asbestos—a naturally occurring, fibrous mineral that is resistant to heat and flame but is also toxic and carcinogenic—being...
Unraveling the Secrets of Near-Death Experiences (www.scientificamerican.com)
Lifting the Veil on Near-Death Experiences...
Near-flawless quantum teleportation demonstrated in groundbreaking experiment (studyfinds.org)
TURKU, Finland — Beam me up, Scotty! In a study that seems straight out of a “Star Trek” episode, an international team of researchers has achieved a remarkable feat in the realm of quantum teleportation. They have successfully conducted near-perfect quantum teleportation despite the presence of noise that typically...
How to tell if a conspiracy theory is probably false (theconversation.com)
Conspiracy theories are everywhere, and they can involve just about anything....
This 50,000-year-old block of ice reveals the true state of CO2 levels now (newatlas.com)
What the researchers found was that yes, there have been periods of elevated CO2 in the atmosphere far beyond ‘normal’ range – but those levels pale in comparison to what we’re now facing thanks to anthropogenic greenhouse-gas emissions....
Climate Meltdown: Study Warns of Massive Tsunamis From Antarctic Landslides (flipboard.com)
Climate change could unleash gigantic tsunamis in the Southern Ocean by triggering underwater landslides in Antarctica, a new study warns. By drilling into sediment cores hundreds of feet beneath the seafloor in Antarctica, scientists discovered that during previous periods of global warming — 3 million and 15 million years...
Alien flagged down military convoy to ask for spare part' claims UFO whistleblower (www.msn.com)
A UFO whistleblower has made the extraordinary claim that an alien once flagged down a military convoy to ask for a spare part. The latest in a line of UFO whistleblowers, he alleges that the US government has had dealings with extraterrestrial beings....
A strange fungus could transform emerging cicadas into ‘saltshakers of death,’ scientists say (edition.cnn.com)
This spring, billions of cicadas will emerge after more than a decade underground, ready to climb into the trees and make a ruckus as they sing to attract mates. But some of these insects won’t succeed in their goal of procreating — instead, they’ll be controlled like zombies into spreading a strange fungus that hijacks...
Scientists have found 'evidence' of advanced alien civilisations (www.indy100.com)
It’s long been assumed that if alien civilisations do exist, they’re a hell of a lot smarter than we are....