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Month: June 2019

Human beings swallow 50,000 microparticles of plastic per year. More, if you like bottled water.

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And, The Guardian adds, we also inhale about that much plastic into our lungs as well. The study, published in Environmental Science and Technology, is the first hard look at how much microplastic… Read the rest “Human beings swallow 50,000 microparticles of plastic per year. More, if you like bottled water.”

The CRISPR-edited babies might have shortened lifespans.

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Why? Well, as Nature explains, we’ve just found out that the same gene combination that gives HIV resistance to those kids He Jianku worked on also makes them 21% likelier to die before… Read the rest “The CRISPR-edited babies might have shortened lifespans.”

scientific illustration of Mariner 10 for a 10c stamp

Science Art: Mariner 10 issue of 1975, by Roy Gjerston

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scientific illustration of Mariner 10 for a 10c stampClick to embiggen

Roy Gjerston was an artist who designed stamps for the US Postal Service and spaceship concept art for General Dynamics. So this stamp, commemorating the Mariner 10 probe… Read the rest “Science Art: Mariner 10 issue of 1975, by Roy Gjerston”

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