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What Is Nuclear Waste and How Is It Managed?
Nuclear waste is radioactive material that requires controlled handling because its radioactivity or other hazardous properties persist after use. The term covers severa…
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Environment
Why solar energy is the only viable energy source in the long term
Not only can solar energy completely meet all of the world's energy needs, in the long term it is the only energy source that will not overheat the Earth.
Food safety
What do you know about food 'expiry dates'?
The shelf life of food is the period of time during which the food can be kept at its best quality as recommended by manufacturers to consumers.
New technology
Scientists have developed a battery that can last for thousands of years without needing to be recharged!
Nuclear waste is radioactive waste created by nuclear power plants that no one wants to keep near their homes or even carried through their communities.
Biology
7 common bacteria that cause food poisoning
Food can become contaminated with bacteria from water sources, waste, soil, or human processes during production and transportation.
Environment
How was the world's dirtiest river saved?
Countries are looking for ways to save rivers and oceans that have already been
Environment
Discover the mystery behind the world's roundest natural lake
Kingsley Lake is distinctive for its unusual circular shape.
Health
How does the kidney filter blood?
On a hot day you feel thirsty and drink glass after glass of water… Then comes the urge to pee which originates from two bean-shaped organs that act as sensors to purify…
Environment
Even if humanity becomes extinct, these three traces of humanity will still exist almost forever!
Human extinction is a fantasy, but the traces humans leave behind are not.
Scientific works
Canada to build nuclear grave nearly 700m deep
The deep geological repository in Canada will have multiple layers of natural and man-made protection to safely isolate spent nuclear fuel.
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Discovered a place containing a giant 'red treasure' many times larger than an underground mine, which can be recycled infinitely
A 97-year-old mining company is turning what would otherwise be discarded in drawers and landfills into a precious material the world needs.
Oceanography
Do aquatic animals pee?
The answer is definitely yes, aquatic animals definitely do pee. Urine from marine life forms an important part of the nutrient cycle in our oceans.
Environment
Warning of an explosion of electronic waste created by AI
New research suggests that the amount of electronic waste generated by artificial intelligence (AI) could increase 2,000-fold by 2030, reaching 5 million tonnes.
Environment
Mealworms - a promising solution to the threat of plastic waste
ICIPE scientists have discovered that the larvae of a beetle species, scientifically known as Alphitobius, are capable of consuming plastic - a global environmental poll…
Environment
More than 6 million tons of plastic waste are floating in rivers, lakes and oceans.
The volume of plastic waste globally has doubled in 20 years, from 156 million tons in 2000 to 353 million tons in 2019 and is expected to nearly triple to more than 1 b…