SCIENCE & TECH
Scientists are finding microplastics in Lake Tahoe—one of the world’s clearest lakes and the largest alpine lake in North America—for the first time. The lake straddles the state line between California and…
SCIENCE & TECH
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SCIENCE & TECH
The Mystery of Himalaya’s ‘Skeleton Lake’ Becomes Even Stranger With DNA Test…
by FDeditorDubbed “Skeleton Lake,” Roopkund Lake in northern India has been baffling the world ever since a British forest guide first stumbled upon it in 1942. This small, shallow body of…
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SAN FRANCISCO—Alphabet Inc’s Google announced on Aug. 22 that its YouTube streaming video service disabled 210 channels appearing to engage in a coordinated influence operation around the Hong Kong protests,…
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SCIENCE & TECH
Is It a Bird or a Bunny? This Optical Illusion of an Animal Is Confusing the Internet
by FDeditorIt’s a bird! It’s a rabbit! No, it’s definitely a bird. But hey, you be the judge. A video of a black animal getting a nice scratch is spreading quickly…
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SCIENCE & TECH
First Titanic Dives in 14 Years Reveal How the Ocean Floor Is Swallowing up the Shipwreck…
by FDeditorThe RMS Titanic was visited by divers for the first time in 14 years, and the ship that was once a picture of luxury was found in the process of…
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SCIENCE & TECH
Research Team Will Disclose Its Findings on Loch Ness Monster in September
by FDeditorA team of researchers from the New Zealand University of Otago has combed Loch Ness looking for traces of DNA from the elusive Loch Ness Monster (Nessie). Professor Neil Gemmell, the…
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SCIENCE & TECH
Black Hole Detected for the First Time Swallowing a Neutron Star: Scientists
by FDeditorA group of scientists, featuring some from the Australian National University (ANU), say that they have observed a black hole swallowing a neutron star for the first time. Gravitational-wave observatories…