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On Wednesday, June 24, two powerful earthquakes struck northern Venezuela in rapid succession, causing widespread devastation, killing at least 164 people, and injuring hundreds more. Acting President Delcy Rodriguez publicly reported the casualty figures in a televised address on June 25, with the toll expected to rise due to ongoing
Can Fungi Fix Our Plastic Problem? Polymer-Eating Mushrooms Show Potential in a Variety of Applications
Since the revolutionary discovery of the first synthetic polymers in 1869, plastics have become an indispensable...
India Bakes Under Unprecedented Heat; Millions Seek Refuge Indoors While Crops Fail, Electricity Demand
India has been baking under an unprecedented heat wave with numerous regions in the country recording...
Is the Modern Conservation Mentality Threatening the Environment?
As much as 21 percent of all land on Earth is ecologically intact due to the conservation practices of...
Facility Designed to Fight Global Warming Breaks Down Due to Freezing Temperatures
A first of its kind facility located in Iceland east of Reykjavik, the Climeworks “Orca” plant, designed...
2.4 Billion GE Mosquitoes to Be Released in US, Despite Uncertainties
UK-based biological pest control company Oxitec claims to have discovered a way to apply genetic engineering...
Talking Trees – Communal and Altruistic Habits of the Forest
According to Peter Wohleben, best-selling author of The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They...
Uranium Found in Two-Thirds of US Community Water, Study Finds
A study on metal concentrations in U.S. community water systems recently published in the Lancet by Columbia...
Important Lessons in Traditional Values From Indigenous Peoples
Indigenous peoples have inhabited Earth for millennia. Being descendants of the first occupants of a...
How and Why You Might Swap Out Avocados for Peas
The avocado is a large berry, containing a single, sizable seed. On the outside, it appears egg-shaped...