Your teflon pan is leaking thousands of plastic particles from each crack
We really should pay more attention to our cookware.
Dr. Andrei Mihai is a geophysicist and founder of ZME Science. He has a Ph.D. in geophysics and archaeology and has completed courses from prestigious universities (with programs ranging from climate and astronomy to chemistry and geology). He is passionate about making research more accessible to everyone and communicating news and features to a broad audience.
We really should pay more attention to our cookware.
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Don't diagnose yourself, take it to the doctor.
The impact of such companies is proving to be even greater than we thought.
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Healthcare systems all around the world are increasingly pressured.
It's the cutest octopus you'll see... if you can see it.
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We're not out of the pandemic just yet.
This brown dwarf is absolutely sizzling.
Smart kettles offer a lot of functionality for modern requirements.
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This type of lamp could be quite useful.
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The dug pipe, the oldest ever discovered in China, controlled water runoff and potentially contained it in a moat.
For environmentally-friendly nutrition, this could be an important breakthrough.
While one side of the US is burning, the other is struck by floods.
It's exactly what scientists predicted.