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Octopuses Are Increasingly Using Trash For Shelter, Harrowing Study Shows

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Human waste has become so ubiquitous in the ocean, it’s becoming easier for octopuses to shelter in our trash than in seashells or coral. A systematic review of underwater photographs and videos from around the world has tallied 24 cephalopod species making their homes in marine litter.   For years, divers and scientists have observed … Read more

Analysis From 113 Countries Shows The Harrowing Extent of Loneliness We Live With

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More humans are alive today than ever before, and yet around the world, people are still feeling alone a lot of the time. Even before the global pandemic hit, a sweeping meta analysis has found chronic or severe loneliness was a common and overlooked experience in numerous nations.   Past studies in the industrialized world … Read more