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Fibreglass from boats found in marine food chain for first time | Science & Tech News
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Tiny fragments of glass fibre widely used to make small boats around the world have been found in the marine food chain for the first time. Scientists at the universities of Portsmouth and Brighton found the glass shards, just a fraction of a millimetre long, in shellfish caught off the south coast of England. The…
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Marine worm with ‘googly eyes’ 20 times heavier than its head may see in completely new way | Science & Tech News
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A marine worm found off an Italian party island has grown enormous eyes that weigh about 20 times more than the rest of its head. The eyes of the nocturnal Vanadis bristle worm are so large that if humans had eyes proportionally as big, they would add an extra 100kg to our heads. Scientists have…