The Invisible Harm of Thirdhand Smoke, Why Whales Get Lost During Solar Storms, and A Massive Virus That Blurs the Line Between Life and Non-Life

Published: March 31, 2020, 7 a.m.

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Learn about the invisible harms of thirdhand smoke; massive viruses that blur the line between the living and non-living; and why whales get lost during solar storms.

Moviegoers contaminate nonsmoking movie theater with \'thirdhand\' cigarette smoke by Kelsey Donk

Massive viruses that blur the line between living and non-living by Cameron Duke

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Solar storms blind whales because they mess with magnetoreception by Cameron Duke

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