Blue whales are "canaries" for microplastic consumption, study finds
The estimate is conservative, one researcher said, but shows the whales are "canaries in the coal mine" for a potentially toxic problem for other animals, including humans.
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Whales off the California coast consume up to 10 million microplastics every day, study finds
A new study found that blue whales off California's coast are consuming about 10,000,000 pieces of microplastics every day — an amount that could be potentially toxic to the whales and other animals that end up with the pollutants in their systems.
"Planet killer" asteroids discovered hiding in sun's glare
The massive space rock could be "very bad for life as we know it" if it collided with Earth.
The science behind NASA's "smiling" sun
The sun appeared to be "smiling" down on Earth ahead of Halloween weekend. But what does it mean?
China launches third and last component of its space station
The Mengtian module is set to join a second one that's also connected to the core module where the crew lives and works.
How an experimental treatment beat a little girl's cancer
When Emily Whitehead was six years old, she became the first child ever to receive genetically-modified T cells, an experimental treatment for her leukemia. It cured her, and helped launch the field of cellular medicine.
Burial grounds and bullets uncovered at site of last Mayan stronghold
Tayasal was the last Mayan city to yield to the Spanish conquest in 1697, a century after Europeans entered the western highlands of what is now Guatemala.
Bird appears to set record with 8,435-mile flight from Alaska to Australia
The bird was tagged with a tracking GPS chip and tiny solar panel that enabled a research team to follow its first annual migration across the Pacific Ocean.
Book excerpt: "The Song of the Cell" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the cancer history "The Emperor of All Maladies" returns with the story of the discovery of cells, and the science of manipulating them.
T. rex display heats up debate over auctions of dinosaur skeletons
One paleontologist lamented that dinosaur skeletons need to be kept available to scientists for study and not made part of private collections.
Investigation
Weeks before Election Day, the FEC can't enforce the law
Tropical Storm Isaias forms in Gulf, could reach U.S. as hurricane this weekend
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Iran's Houthi allies deny losing ground as Mideast crisis engulfs Yemen
Investigation
The life and travels of an alleged Chinese agent in the U.S.
How Israeli and Palestinian kids are coping 3 years after Oct. 7, 2023
Christa Pike is conscious, speaking after botched execution, attorneys say
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Former Cornell frat members ask university to clear their names
Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan to be executed Dec. 3, email states
