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Fish bones may be used to create the environmentally friendly plastic we've been hoping for

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       Plastics are a blight on land and sea, posing a threat to human and animal welfare, but finding a more "green" solution, apart from dramatically cutting our takeout containers and plastic straws, has proven difficult.     Polyurethane, a form of plastic used in clothing, spray foam, mattresses, and other products, is made from crude oil and phosgene, a poisonous gas. The Memorial University of Newfoundland in Canada has created a method for turning fish waste into a substance that is similar to polyurethane but does not contain petroleum-derived crude. This plastic, which is composed of biological materials, will then dissolve more quickly, resulting in fewer microplastics in the atmosphere.      “Around 40 to 60 percent of a fish's landed weight ends up going to waste,” she says. She claims that “surprisingly a lot of waste fish and waste oil will be generated around the world,” with oil accounting for 20% of the total.          One of the most important character

The bones of this cute new toadlet illuminate in the dark

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       It's a little orange toadlet like this. Well, this creature is called a toadlet—that is the scientific name for it. It's only found in the Mantiqueira mountains of Brazil's Atlantic Forest, and its bones fluoresce when exposed to UV light. It's very cute.      The present extent of the Atlantic Forest is just around a fifth of what it once was, but it is home to over 11,000 endangered species. Up to 90% of the amphibians found there are native to the forest, meaning they can only be found there.      This pumpkin toadlet resembles a different breed of pumpkin toadlet. You wouldn't recognize this small frog from its cousin if you come across one while wandering through the woods (they're hard to find because they hide among the leaf litter). It's unknown what purpose the fluorescent bones represent, but they may be related to communication.      It can seem negligible to add one more frog species to the Atlantic Forest's vast frog population. Howev

Billion-Dollar Divorce: 6 Of History's Most Expensive Divorces

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Bill Gates' divorce from his wife Melinda is on track to become the world's most costly divorce, at a cost of US$127 billion. Though weddings are costly, divorce can be almost as costly, particularly if you're one of the world's wealthiest people, with many assets and properties. Are you curious about the costs of some high-profile divorces? 1.Jeff Bezos and MacKenzie Scot        Before Gates' divorce, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his split from MacKenzie Scott in 2019 was the most expensive divorce in history. Scott received US$38 billion and currently has a net worth of US$6.1 billion, making her the third-wealthiest woman in the world. Bezos on the other hand remains the world's richest man. The two met when Scott was working as Bezos' assistant in D.E. Shaw in 1992. They dated for three months, got married, and moved to Seattle, Washington in 1994. The ex-couple have four children. 2.Rupert Murdoch and Anna Maria Mann Media mogul, Rupert Murdoch, and hi