UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — An industrial chemical — phased out since 2002, but previously used in stain and water-repellent products and firefighting foam — alters the gut microbiome of mice and could have implications for human health, according to an international team of researchers. Perfluorooctane…
By John Vibes A massive killer whale washed up on shore in early January, in an area between Lincolnshire and Norfolk on the eastern coast of the UK. The 15-foot-long orca was found decomposing in a salt marsh, where soon after the body was examined…
By Survival Two tribal communities famed for their honey-gathering skills have written to the US authorities urging them to scrap support for a conservation project that could lead to the tribe’s eviction from their ancestral forests. The villagers, members of India’s Jenu Kuruba (“honey collectors”)…
Oil and gas production has doubled in some parts of the United States in the last two years, and scientists can use satellites to see impacts of that trend: a significant increase in the release of the lung-irritating air pollutant nitrogen dioxide, for example, and…
By Elias Marat Bees are major fans of hemp and a recent study has found that the taller the hemp plants are the larger the number of bees that will flock to it. The new research, spearheaded by researchers at Cornell University and published last…
Adverse outcomes from childhood exposures to lead and mercury are on the decline in the United States, likely due to decades of restrictions on the use of heavy metals, a new study finds. Despite decreasing levels, exposure to these and other toxic chemicals, especially flame…
By Elias Marat Australia is beginning to receive its first significant rainfall in months as a low-pressure system sweeps in from the east bringing a much-needed respite to parched and fire-ravaged regions across the country. On Thursday morning, downpours already began extinguishing 32 fires across…
By Michael Snyder There has never been a time in modern human history when our planet has been changing as rapidly as it is changing right now. The sun is behaving very strangely, freakishly cold weather is breaking out all over the world, ocean temperatures…
By Emma Fiala Relief is finally on the way to Australia in the form of heavy rainfall expected this week. Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) is forecasting “widespread rainfall,” according to ABC. The rain is expected to start sometime on Wednesday and last through the weekend…
By Elias Marat As Australia’s bushfire crisis continues to impact wildlife, aircraft have been deployed to feed thousands of starving wild animals who have been stranded by the blazes. The government of the hard-hit state of New South Wales (NSW) has begun a campaign of…
By Michael Snyder The nightmarish earthquake swarm that has been rattling Puerto Rico since last month continues to make headlines all over the world. Homes, businesses, schools, hospitals and historic structures all over the main island of Puerto Rico have crumbled, and many residents are…
Nearly a decade after the nuclear accident in Fukushima, Japan, researchers from the University of Georgia have found that wildlife populations are abundant in areas void of human life. The camera study, published in the Journal of Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, reports that…
By Patricia Burke Empathy is Normal, Psychopathy Is Not When my son was a teenager, he worked in a pet and fish store. He received his employee bonuses in the form of store credits, resulting in our house becoming filled with all manner of aquariums…
By Elias Marat New images from space depicting the extent of Australia’s bushfire crisis have shown the frightful scale of the catastrophe facing not only the country but the entire world. Over the weekend, incredible satellite photos published by Maxar Technologies and shared by news…
By John Vibes On Saturday, the pop star Pink pledged to donate $500,000 towards the fire fighting organizations that are working to put out the wildfires currently spreading across Australia. In an Instagram post announcing her donation, the singer, whose real name is Alecia Beth…
By John Vibes The wildfires that are current ripping across Australia have gotten only passing mention in the global media, but they are actually far more serious than similar events in recent years. Very few people around the world are aware of the magnitude of…
By Elias Marat Australia’s bushfire crisis has ravaged local animal and plant life as ecologists warn that the potential loss of nearly 500 million mammals, reptiles, and birds—including 8,000 koalas—could devastate the country’s biodiversity in an unprecedented manner. Despite the terrifying scope of the tragedy,…
By Phillip Schneider The Japanese government is refusing to allow independent testing of contaminated water found in the nuclear power plant at Fukushima, which has been leaking ever since a tsunami and earthquake devastatingly hit the facility in March 2011. The decision not to allow…
By Carly Wood, University of Westminster As many as one in six adults experience mental health problems like depression or anxiety every week. And not only is mental ill-health one of the most common causes of disease worldwide – it’s also on the rise. Finding…
By Elias Marat Thousands of locals and vacationers were plunged into nightmarish conditions Tuesday as fast-moving bushfires tore through southeast Australia, ripping through popular tourist sites and forcing people to seek refuge on nearby beaches. Coastal towns filled with tourists who hoped to usher in…
