By: Josh Davis/IFL Science One of the defining characteristics of the Anthropocene, the geological epoch we have recently ushered in, is the massive amount of plastics that we manufacture and discard. One of the reasons we use so much of it is because it’s difficult to degrade, but this also means that the billions of tons of plastic…
Jim Carrey Gives A Bizarrely Insightful Interview – ”We Are A Field Of Energy … And I Don’t Care”
By: Educate Inspire Change We haven’t heard much from funny man Jim Carrey lately, as he explores his artistic skills and faces a wrongful death trial over his ex-girlfriend’s suicide. But his latest public appearance shows he hasn’t lost his comedic personality as he trolls an entertainment reporter so hard that she’s genuinely left speechless. He looked…
The Northern Lights Will Be Amazing In The Next Few Days
By: Alfredo Carpineti/IFLScience Grab a warm coat and get ready to travel away from artificial lights. Thanks to the biggest solar flare we have observed in a decade, people at the northernmost and southernmost latitudes might experience an extraordinary spectacle. According to NOAA’s aurora forecast service, the Northern Lights might be visible to more southern latitudes than they usually are,…
Jose Is Now A Category 1 Hurricane
By: Rosie McCall/IFL Science With Texas reeling from Harvey, Irma devastating several Caribbean islands, and now Jose being upgraded from a tropical storm to a Category 1 hurricane, it’s been a rough season for North America. The announcement was made Wednesday afternoon when Jose’s maximum winds hit 125 kilometers per hour (75 miles per hour). As of 5 am ET on Wednesday, maximum…
Tropical Storm Harvey Just Made A Second Landfall
By: Robin Andrews/IFL Science Hurricane Harvey, which is now a tropical storm, looked as if it would finally drift away from Texas and out to sea yesterday. Forecasters then predicted it would make a rare second landfall in the Lone Star State further down the coast, but now it appears to have drifted upwards instead…
Kenya Imposes World’s Toughest Laws Against Using Or Producing Single-Use Plastic Bags
By: Josh Davis/IFL Science Using an innocuous plastic bag in Kenya may well be something you come to regret. The East African nation has now imposed what is believed to be the world’s toughest laws for those caught producing, selling, or even using single-use plastic bags, the result of which involves being sent to jail for…
Why Is The Govt. Sending Bacteria Into the Stratosphere During The Solar Eclipse?
By: The Mind Unleashed NASA released balloons holding bacteria into the sky at the time of the solar eclipse, allegedly to study how bacteria would respond to Mars’ surface. According to the Verge, NASA scientists are mailing students bacteria, that will be sent into the stratosphere on the exact path of the eclipse: “The balloons are…
A Garbage Patch The Size Of Mexico Was Just Discovered In The Pacific Ocean
By: Tom Hale/IFL Science Scientists have found another patch of plastics, human trash, and chemical sludge deep within in a remote pocket of the Pacific Ocean. Much like the more northerly “Great Pacific garbage patch” found between Hawaii and mainland US, it’s definitely not good news. The new patch was recently confirmed by a project led…
Climate Change Authority No Longer Has Any Climate Scientists On It
By: James Felton/IFL Science A climate change authority in Australia has a grand total of zero climate scientists, after their final climate scientist left the board. Professor David Karoly left the Climate Change Authority (CCA) after finishing his five-year term. He is the only scientist to have stuck out his term there, the Guardian reports. Other climate scientists, including Professor Clive…