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An estimated 129 billion single-use face masks are disposed of around the world every month, according to the American Chemical Society. That number is a lot to add to the current problems in plastic pollution.
Disposable face masks used to prevent transmission of diseases, particularly COVID-19 in this time of the pandemic, is made of elastic and metallic polypropylene plastic material that is thrown in the trash after use and ends up in landfills.
Florida News Times reported that many of these masks are also often seen cluttered on the streets, bodies of water, such as seas, oceans, and rivers, and could also harm the wildlife.
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The discovery of animal super senses was anticipated by Albert Einstein some 70 years before evidence emerged, a long-lost letter written in 1949 has revealed.
In the correspondence with radar researcher Glyn Davys, the Nobel laureate mused that new physics might one day emerge from the study of migratory birds.
Such a concept is still being explored today, with researchers revealing how migratory birds are able to precisely navigate when flying thousands of miles.
In 2008, experts fitted thrushes with radio transmitters, showing for the first time that birds have a form of magnetic compass that help them to orient themselves.
The previously unpublished letter to her late husband was recently shared with Australian researchers by Judith Davys.