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‘Cataclysmic’ collision of giant asteroids discovered in nearby star
PA Media: Science via Yahoo News· 6 days agoScientists have found evidence of a “cataclysmic” collision of giant asteroids that happened only 20...
Air in Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’ may be far more toxic than previously thought: Study
Semafor via Yahoo News· 5 days agoThe research finds people in the area are exposed to many times higher levels of the toxic chemical...
The EPA Grossly Underestimated How Many Carcinogens are Polluting This Louisiana Region's Air, Study...
Futurism via Yahoo News· 1 day agoA plant-smattered stretch of Louisiana between New Orleans and Baton Rouge is already known as...
Webb Does the “Impossible” – Space Telescope Captures First Glimpse of an Exoplanet’s Interior
SciTechDaily· 1 day agoJames Webb Space Telescope data reveals WASP-107 b has significantly less methane than expected and...
Levels of toxic gas in ‘Cancer Alley’ are ‘substantially’ higher than previously believed: Study
The Hill via AOL· 5 days agoLevels of a carcinogenic gas in a high-pollution area of Louisiana known as “Cancer Alley” are...
Scientists spot massive asteroid collision — in another solar system
Mashable· 5 days agoBeta Pictoris is known to have two gas giant planets, and is seen as a place where rocky worlds...
Can You Really Build Up A Tolerance to Weed? Yes, And It Could Be A Good Thing
Inverse· 3 hours agoAs with other substances, you can build up a tolerance to weed. Weed contains the psychoactive compound tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) which can bring feelings of relaxation and euphoria for some ...
New COVID variant emerges as ER visits rise in the US
Scripps News via AOL· 4 days agoUpdated data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that a recent COVID-19...
Researchers find higher levels of dangerous chemical than expected in southeast Louisiana
AOL· 5 days agoResearchers using high-tech air monitoring equipment rolled through an industrialized stretch of southeast Louisiana in mobile labs and found levels of a carcinogen in concentrations as much ...
Robert I. ‘Ric’ Cottom Jr., historian, author and WYPR commentator, dies
Baltimore Sun via Yahoo News· 5 hours agoRobert I. “Ric” Cottom Jr., an esteemed historian, author and publisher who entertained WYPR for more than two decades with his historical vignettes, died of coronary artery disease May 31 at ...