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A new video making its round son social media shows how the devastating wildfires in southern Turkey have become.

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Videos of Turkish Wildfires Are Like a Vision of Hell

By Victor Tangermann

A team of scientists detected a series of bright X-ray flares coming from one of the least expected places: from behind a supermassive black hole.

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In a Bizarre Twist, Astronomers Detect Light Coming From Behind Black Hole

By Victor Tangermann

Rapper Lil Uzi Vert and Grimes say that Uzi is in the process of buying the exoplanet WAS-127b. Experts say that's total nonsense.

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Rapper Says He’s Buying an Entire Planet

By Dan Robitzski

A fireball meteor flew over Turkey last week, illuminating the night sky an eerie shade of bright green before it exploded.

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Videos Shows Meteor Explosion Turning Sky an Eerie Green

By Dan Robitzski

As astronauts venture farther and farther into space, they may need a little pick-me-up in the form of psilocybin when they start to feel lonely.

Scientist Says Astronauts Should Take Psychedelic Mushrooms in Space

By Dan Robitzski

There's a growing "dead zone" in the Pacific Ocean where oxygen levels have plummeted so low that everything in the area either fled or died.

Scientists Horrified by Growing “Dead Zone” in Ocean

By Dan Robitzski

A quantum physicist suggests that distant stars could serve as nodes of a galactic communication network that works by altering the light they emit.

Scientist Claims That Aliens May Be Communicating via Starlight

By Dan Robitzski

The amount of ice that melted away from Greenland in a single day would be enough to submerge all of Florida in two inches of water.

One Day of Greenland’s Ice Melt Could Submerge Florida

By Dan Robitzski

The scandal-plagued stock broker app Robinhood had the worst-ever IPO in American history for a company of its size of Thursday.

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Scandal-Plagued Robinhood Suffers Worst IPO in History

By Dan Robitzski

A new study examined which places on Earth would be best prepared to deal with the collapse of global civilization. Did yours make the cut?

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Study: These Countries Are Most Likely to Survive Collapse of Civilization

By Jon Christian

Our planet is in exceptionally bad shape, according to a panel of 14,000 scientists, and "untold suffering" is probably coming our way.

New Paper Warns That Environmental Collapse Will Lead to “Untold Suffering”

By Dan Robitzski

For the first time in history, renewables became the second-most prevalent electricity source in the US in 2020 after natural gas.

Renewables Overtook Coal and Nuclear Power Generation in the US Last Year

By Victor Tangermann

Chinese government is digging a second field of an additional 110 silos for launching nuclear missiles, The New York Times reports.

China Is Building Even More Nuclear Missile Launchers

By Victor Tangermann

According to a new study, the Earth's interior is recycling only about a third of the carbon being sucked below volcanic areas.

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The Earth’s Interior Is Sucking Up Huge Amounts of Carbon, Scientists Say

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists argue that the universe may be folded in on itself, looping together like a giant cosmic donut rathan than expanding in all directions.

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Physicists Say the Universe Wraps Around Itself Like a Giant Donut

By Dan Robitzski

A team of prominent scientists warns that we've already passed several ecological tipping points and are approaching even more.

Scientists Warn That the Earth Is Literally Dying

By Dan Robitzski

Another brutal heat wave is beginning, this time encapsulating much of the continential United States in a massive heat dome.

The US Is Getting Smashed by Another Brutal Heat Wave

By Dan Robitzski

An Argentinian lagoon in the southern Patagonia region has turned a strikingly bright shade of pink, the result of chemical runoff from a nearby plant.

Pollution Runoff Causes Entire Lake to Turn Bright Pink

By Victor Tangermann

Fox and Friends told its audience that a Russian jet was capable of doubling the speed of light. That, to be clear, is total nonsense.

The Geniuses at Fox News Said That a New Jet Flies at Twice the Speed of Light

By Dan Robitzski

The irreverent weather app Carrot now includes a warning about wet bulb conditions that could make it hot enough to drop dead outside.

Weather App Now Warns You When It’s Hot Enough To Drop Dead

By Dan Robitzski

According to a new study, the spending habits of Swedish men lead to far more greenhouse gas emissions than do those of women.

Men Are Causing Way More Climate Change Than Women, Scientists Say

By Dan Robitzski

A team of scientists uncovered a sort of fossil record of dozens of ancient, never-before-seen viruses in a sample of Tibetan ice.

Scientists Discover Dozens of Ancient Viruses, Frozen in Ice

By Dan Robitzski

A top Catholic official resigned on Thursday after hackers revealed that he frequented gay bars and used Grindr, raising questions about digital privacy.

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Top Catholic Bishop Resigns After Hackers Expose That He Was on Grindr

By Dan Robitzski

It turns out that feral hogs release huge amounts of carbon dioxide by diggig up soil as they invade and wreak havoc in new areas.

Feral Hogs Are Contributing Hugely to Climate Change, Experts Say

By Dan Robitzski

The largest wildfire of this year's wildfire season in the US so far is so massive, it's causing absolute mayhem with the weather.

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A Forest Fire in Oregon Is So Huge That It’s Generating Freak Lightning Storms

By Victor Tangermann

The extreme heat in Oregon and California is so bad that baby birds are trying to escape and plumetting from their nests before they can fly.

Baby Birds Are Leaping From Their Nests and Dying Because of Extreme Heat

By Dan Robitzski

The burgeoning space tourism industry comes with a considerable environmental cost that shouldn't be forgotten.

Rocket Launches Are Shockingly Bad for the Environment

By Victor Tangermann

Sandwich chain Subway is in full damage control mode after a New York Times investigation found last month that there is no trace of tuna DNA in its tuna.

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Subway CEO Says Sandwiches Definitely Contain Tuna, Regardless of What That DNA Test Said

By Victor Tangermann

Regions of the Amazon rainforest are now releasing more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere than they can absorb.

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The Amazon Rainforest Is Starting to Emit More Carbon Than It Absorbs

By Victor Tangermann

The 82-foot zero emissions escort tug called "eWolf" could be a game changer in reducing carbon emissions in the maritime industry.

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This Fully Electric Tugboat Will Have Absolutely Massive Battery Packs

By Victor Tangermann

Giant “Mud Volcano” Explosion Seen Near Oil Platform

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Giant “Mud Volcano” Explosion Seen Near Oil Platform

By Tony Ho Tran

Video shows a U-Haul full of fireworks catching fire and detonating everything at once during a block party in Toledo, Ohio.

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Watch a U-Haul Full of Fireworks Explode Spectacularly

By Dan Robitzski

A massive lawsuit alleges that the extensive use of the pesticide chlrpyrifos caused neurological damage in developing embryos and young children.

Lawsuit Claims That Common Pesticide Causes Brain Damage in Children

By Dan Robitzski

In international team of researchers are ringing the alarm bells, warning that our global plastic pollution problem may be nearing a point of no return.

Scientists Say World Is Approaching Non-Reversible “Tipping Point” in Plastic Pollution

By Victor Tangermann

The US Military Says China Is Developing Anti-Satellite Weapons

The US Military Says China Is Developing Anti-Satellite Weapons

By Tony Ho Tran

Over the last 15 years, the Earth has doubled how much energy from the Sun it traps as excess heat on the surface and in the ocean.

Another Heatwave Is Coming for the West Coast

By Tony Ho Tran

Researchers dumped 60 brown trout in a water tank that contained low levels of methamphetamine to see if they would get addicted.

Recent Heatwaves Have Killed More Than 1 Billion Sea Creatures

By Tony Ho Tran

A new car created by award-winning designer Thomas Heatherwick is said to be able to clean the air of pollution while you drive it.

New Car Sucks Up Pollution While It Drives

By Tony Ho Tran

Scientists have developed a unique radar system that relies on microwaves and allows us to produce real-time images and videos of objects through walls.

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New Microwave Tech Can See Through Walls, Scientists Say

By Tony Ho Tran

Elon Musk once again criticized Bitcoin, arguing that the underlying technology of Dogecoin is better suited for scalability.

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Elon Musk Slams Bitcoin’s Underlying Technology

By Dan Robitzski

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US Military Document Admits That Risk of Nuclear War Is Growing

By Dan Robitzski

As the death toll from last week's heatwave continues to climb, officials in Oregon have officially designated it a "mass casualty event."

Officials Declare Deadly Heatwave as “Mass Casualty Event”

By Dan Robitzski

The scientists and entrepreneurs who helped pioneer and popularize carbon capture technology now say it probably can't save us from climate change.

Carbon Capture Pioneers Say Carbon Capture Tech Won’t Save Us

By Dan Robitzski

Researchers dumped 60 brown trout in a water tank that contained low levels of methamphetamine to see if they would get addicted.

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New Research: There’s Enough Meth in Some Rivers to Get Fish Addicted

By Victor Tangermann

Clay samples from Mars suggest that the Red Planet once experienced a long-lasting era of temperate, habitable conditions.

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Clay Dug Up by NASA Mars Rover Makes It Seem Like Red Planet Could’ve Supported Life

By Dan Robitzski

Startup Wants to Build Tiny Nuclear Reactors That Run Off Nuclear Waste

Startup Wants to Build Tiny Nuclear Reactors That Run Off Nuclear Waste

By Victor Tangermann

An undersea pipeline ruptured in the Gulf of Mexico today — and then somehow ignited, causing the surface of the ocean to catch fire.

Underwater Pipeline Leaks, Gulf of Mexico Ocean Catches on Fire

By Jon Christian

Surges in alcohol consumption during the early pandemic seem to be growing rather than easing up, raising questions about what habits will persist on.

American Alcoholism Is Getting Worse

By Dan Robitzski

A retired gas-fired power plant was converted into a Bitcoin-mining facility in upstate New York — and its heating up a nearby lake considerably.

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Neighbors Accuse Bitcoin Mining Facility of Warming Up Entire Lake

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists found an entire population of free-floating exoplanets toward the center of our galaxy by spotting tiny microlensing events at nearby stars.

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Scientists Spot Earth-Like Planets Floating Around Without Stars

By Dan Robitzski

A 11-year-old boy from Belgium just graduated from the University of Antwerp with a bachelor's degree in physics — and with the highest distinction.

11-Year-Old Gets Physics Degree, Says He’ll Use It to Attain Technological Immortality

By Victor Tangermann

The BBC released then promptly edited a climate change for kids that listed a bunch of "positive impacts" that it would have on the UK and the world.

BBC Mocked For Teaching Kids Climate Change Will Have Nice Upsides

By Dan Robitzski

90 percent of Lytton, British Columbia, a small village of approximately 250, burned to the ground after recording Canada's highest ever temperature ever.

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Town Sets All-Time Heat Record, Then Burns to the Ground

By Victor Tangermann

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A Fully Solar-Powered Car May Be Hitting the Road by 2019

By Chelsea Gohd

A huge chunk of the United States is primed for a horrific wildfire. Backyard fireworks displays are definitely not worth the risk.

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We Are Literally Begging You Idiots To Skip The Fireworks This Year

By Dan Robitzski

A prominent lobbyist for ExxonMobil admitted that the company actively fights climate science and climate change legislation in secret.

In Secret Recording, ExxonMobil Lobbyist Brags About Only Pretending to Care About Climate Change

By Dan Robitzski

The military announced plans to performance test a new anti-aging pill that it developed to keep soldiers healthy and operating at peak performance.

The US Military Will Test an Anti-Aging Pill Next Year

By Dan Robitzski

NASA chief Bill Nelson instructed agency scientists to start studying UFOs, but they can't do that unless the military releases its raw data.

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Astrobiologist Demands Pentagon Release Raw UFO Data

By Dan Robitzski

As the heatwave continues, hundreds of heat-related deaths have been reported in Canada and some US states, presenting a dire warning for climate change.

The Climate Change-Linked Heatwave Has Now Killed Hundreds of People

By Dan Robitzski

The evacuated area around post-meltdown Fukushima in Japan is being overrun by "relatively" radioactive boar-pig hybrids.

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Fukushima Now Home to Radioactive Boar-Pig Hybrids

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists have discovered an entire lake in East Antarctica has completely disappeared into the ocean — and it could be the result of climate change.

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A Lake in Antarctica Has Suddenly Disappeared

By Tony Ho Tran

A comet that flew past Earth in late 2018 was releasing a shockingly high amount of alcohol in its wake, according to a new study.

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Comet Sails Past Earth, Leaving Trail of Alcohol in Its Wake

By Dan Robitzski

As the record-shattering heatwave continues, officials report dozens of sudden, heat-related deaths in Canada and the northwestern United States/

Horrific Heatwave Kills Dozens

By Dan Robitzski

A team of scientsits used a nearby galaxy cluster as a magnifying lens that allowed them to study a much more distant galaxy in ten times the detail.

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Scientists Turn Galaxy Cluster Into Giant Magnifying Lens To Study Even Farther Galaxies

By Dan Robitzski