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100% of toxic "forever chemicals" break down overnight in new reaction
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New Atlas reports, "Scientists in Japan have developed a new method for breaking down toxic “forever chemicals” quickly and at room temperature. The technique broke down 100% of certain types of these pollutants overnight, recovering some useful components for reuse."
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Great Salt Lake a significant source of greenhouse gas emissions
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Uh oh!
Science Daily reports, "Great Salt Lake a significant source of greenhouse gas emissions. Desiccating salt lakes identified as underappreciated sources contributing to climate change."
Big monarch caterpillars don’t avoid toxic milkweed goo. They binge on it
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"Maybe science has misunderstood the dining style of big monarch butterfly caterpillars. What insect watchers have called defense against the toxic latex a milkweed plant oozes may not be avoidance at all. Instead of dodging the plants’ sticky, white toxic goo, the plump, older caterpillars could be gorging on it", says Susan Milius via ScienceNews.
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Cassandra Quave.The Plant Hunter.
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Cassandra Quave teaches, "The answer to some of the world’s most pressing problems could be held within our oldest remedies." She is is a leading medical ethnobotanist on a "quest to develop new ways to fight illness and disease through the healing powers of plants."
You should read more about her, and take advantage of any opportunity to hear her speak.
Switching off inflammatory protein leads to longer, healthier lifespans in mice
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Science Daily reported, "Scientists at the Medical Research Council Laboratory of Medical Science and Imperial College London have discovered that 'switching off' a protein called IL-11 can significantly increase the healthy lifespan of mice by almost 25%."