Jeremy Yatvin – Athens Science Observer https://athensscienceobserver.com A Closer Look at the Science Around Us Sat, 12 May 2018 23:38:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://i1.wp.com/athensscienceobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/cropped-eye512.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Jeremy Yatvin – Athens Science Observer https://athensscienceobserver.com 32 32 94425623 Degradable Polymers: Plastics our Future Can Depend On https://athensscienceobserver.com/2016/03/22/degradable-polymers-plastics-our-future-can-depend-on/ Tue, 22 Mar 2016 16:57:35 +0000 https://athensscienceobserver.com/?p=2760 Consumer plastics is an immense industry, with over 200 million tons produced annually. Of these plastics, 22-43% end up in a landfill, where they sit, inert, slowly breaking down into small particles that enter the environment and interfere in the life cycles of many animals, especially aquatic creatures like fish and zooplankton. This negatively impacts […]

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]]> 2760 UV Defender: The Protective Power of Sunscreen https://athensscienceobserver.com/2015/09/03/uv-defender-the-protective-power-of-sunscreen/ Thu, 03 Sep 2015 14:57:17 +0000 https://athensscienceobserver.com/?p=1403 It’s a familiar scene from childhood: you rush outside your house in the summer, or you bravely singe your feet walking across hot sand at the beach, and as you run off, your mother calls you back. She needs to put sunscreen on you. She pulls out a brightly colored tube whose back is covered […]

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