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Mild-Mannered Stingrays Can Inflict A World Of Hurt
These cousins of the shark send thousands of waders and surfers yelping for medical help each year. A powerful toxin in the barb of the ray's tail triggers a "knifelike pain" that can last for hours....
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A Marine Ecologist On Swimming With Sharks And What 'Jaws' Got Wrong
Neil Hammerschlag has looked inside the mouth of a wild tiger shark and lived to tell the tale. He says that sharks pose only a very small risk to people: "Humans are not on the shark's menu."
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The Importance Of Being Dressed
Humans have been wearing clothes for millennia. Nudity, for humans, is not nakedness but the absence of clothes. Philosopher Alva Noë reflects on this in light of current and not-so-current debates.
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Our Choking Seas
When we fill up our garbage cans, we empty them into bigger ones. The biggest one, we seem to think, is our planet. We can't keep on filling it thinking it's a bottomless pit, says Marcelo Gleiser.
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'Mermaids' And 'Mermen' Of Brazil Refuse To Be Tamed
Tail-costumed swimmers in the South American nation say they will not bend despite official safety warnings.(Image credit: Yasuyoshi Chiba)
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She Tweeted About Medical Waste On A Beach — And It Had An Impact
Shaniera Akram, the wife of the legendary Pakistani cricket star Wasim Akram, took a walk on a Karachi beach and saw hazardous medical waste. So she issued a plea for action on social media.(Image...
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Giant blobs of seaweed are hitting Florida. That's when the real problem begins
From Montego Bay to Miami, sargassum is leaving stinky brown carpets over what was once prime tourist sand. But whether it gets ignored or removed, it comes with high health and environmental...
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Peanuts for infants, poopy beaches and summer pet safety in our news roundup
For most infants, introducing peanuts early can help prevent allergies later on — but a new study reveals most caregivers don't know that. Why? Plus — some summertime advice for keeping pets cool in...
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A girl dies after a sand hole on a Florida beach collapses
The collapse of a sand hole that killed a 7-year-old Indiana girl who was digging with her brother on a Florida beach is a danger that kills and injures several children a year around the...
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In a beach showdown by luxury hotels near Cancun, 2 people were shot dead
A commando of drug gang gunmen on Thursday stormed ashore at a beach on Mexico's resort-studded Caribbean coast in front of luxury hotels and executed two drug dealers from a rival gang.(Image credit:...
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