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How much plastic actually gets recycled?

Plastics, plastics everywhere. We’re drowning in plastic. In 2017, the U.S. produced nearly 35.4 million tons (32 million metric tons) of the stuff, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. If you want to reduce your own contribution to the plastic…

Two New Ancient Species Of Cockroach Found Preserved In Amber

These 99 million-year-old discoveries represent “the only known dinosaur age cave survivors.” Lenka Podstrelená, Sendi et al. Gondwana Res 2020 (Copyright Elsevier 2020)The two species likely descended from a common ancestor, before the supercontinent of Gondwana drifted apart. An international…

How fast can the coronavirus mutate?

This is a transmission electron microscope image showing the new coronavirus emerging from the surface of human cells. The new coronavirus, like all other viruses, mutates, or undergoes small changes in its genome. A recently published study suggested that the…