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Plastic ocean: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch Posted: 1 year ago by psycmoe
It began with a line of plastic bags ghosting the surface, followed by an ugly tangle of junk: nets and ropes and bottles, motor-oil jugs and cracked bath toys, a mangled tarp. Tires. A traffic cone. Moore could not believe his eyes. Out here in this desolate place, the water was a stew of plastic crap. It was as though someone had taken the pristine seascape of his youth and swapped it for a landfill.
(Posted 1 year ago by BrownTrout)
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Garden gnome maker's plastic prostitutes Posted: 1 year ago by Bornbad
A Romanian entrepreneur has come under fire for putting plastic prostitutes on the street to advertise his garden gnome business.
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Eco-chic: Debenhams unveil recycled women's suit made from 50 plastic bottles Posted: 8 months ago by AutumnLotus
It is sometimes said that beautiful women can look good dressed in any old rubbish.
Well now they can test that theory. Designers from Debenhams have come up with a £55 trouser suit that is made entirely from recycled plastic bottles.
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Indiana couple do same day weight-loss surgery Posted: 11 months ago by BellyBombers
An Indiana couple who topped the scales at more than 700 pounds combined have undergone weight-loss surgery — on the same day.
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The twin sisters who've spent £60k on cosmetic surgery to always look the same Posted: 5 months ago by AutumnLotus
Like many identical twins, Jo and Kerry Burton have always done everything in tandem - from coming down with chickenpox to donning tutus for ballet lessons.
So when Jo decided to have cosmetic surgery on her nose, Kerry naturally followed suit.
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Nano-layered plastic sheet is strong as steel Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
A new transparent, composite plastic as strong as steel and as thin as a sheet of paper has been developed. The plastic could be used one day to produce lighter, stronger armour for soldiers or police and their vehicles. It also has potential to reduce the energy required to separate gasses in chemical factories and improve microtechnology such as microchips or biomedical sensors.
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Skeleton may show ancient brain surgery Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
Greek archaeologists said Tuesday they have unearthed rare evidence of what they believe was brain surgery performed nearly 1,800 years ago on a young woman - who died during or shortly after the operation.
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Scientists Sail to Pacific Plastic Garbage Patch Posted: 4 months ago by Bornbad
It's not your average garbage dump: Out in the middle of the vast Pacific Ocean lies the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch," an area of open sea hundreds of miles across littered with floating bits of plastic debris.
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China Bans the Use of Plastic Bags Posted: 2 years ago by wildminou
China announced this week that production and use of plastic bags in supermarkets and retail shops will be banned beginning June 1. Chinese citizens use as many as 3 billion plastic bags a day.
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Spinal Surgery Made Teen FIVE INCHES taller Posted: 2 years ago by DemureArt
Teenage model realises catwalk dream after radical spinal surgery made her five inches taller.
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New plastic shifts between hard, soft Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
Scientists in the US have created a breakthrough substance that can change in seconds when exposed to liquid, shifting from hard plastic to soft and back again. The material, inspired by the skin of sea cucumbers, has astounding "mechanical morphing characteristics."
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What Do You Do With a Plastic Fetus? Posted: 4 months ago by Doggylives
I needed about 4 or 5 plastic fetuses for an art project I'm doing (maybe one day ill finish it and link it from here), but I could only find them in 50-bags. One can never really have TOO MANY plastic fetuses, so I went ahead and bought them and began giving the extras away to friends and enemies.
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30,000 people a year wake during surgery Posted: 2 years ago by dollyllama
Patients say it feels like being trapped in a corpse: They awake during surgery, unable to move or scream. Some remember hearing their surgeons talk, and a few recall feeling intense pain.
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Puppy swallows 10.5 inch plastic arrow! Posted: 4 months ago by AutumnLotus
PDSA vets saved the life of a mischievous puppy who swallowed a full-length plastic arrow, measuring 10.5 inches, almost as long as the puppy herself!
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Accidental Discovery Leads To Brain Surgery To Reverser Loss Of Memory Posted: 2 years ago by 2manyusernames
During an experimental brain surgery to reduce a patient's appetite, surgeons triggered a déjà vu event. The patient had vivid and precise memories of something that happened 30 years ago. The possibilities of this being used to help Alzheimer's patients are being investigated.
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Training with blue plastic AK 47 Posted: 2 years ago by deepdiver
Training with blue plastic rifles in the army of Afghanistan
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Cosmetic Surgery can Kill Posted: 3 years ago by Sparky
Americans underwent at least 10.2 million cosmetic surgery procedures last year. Like any other surgical procedure, cosmetic operations can never be completely free of risk.
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Insurer Must Pay for Boy Breast Surgery Posted: 3 years ago by suebe
An insurer that refused to pay for a teenage boy's breast reduction surgery on the ground that it was cosmetic must reimburse his father for the operation, an appeals court ruled Tuesday.
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Czech Republic offering some rather...unique perks for nurses. Posted: 6 months ago by 2manyusernames
I know we have a few nurses here on Plime. The Czech Republic is in desperate need of nurses. Petra Kalivodova was considering renewing her contract and was given an offer that she not only couldn't refuse but didn't want to.
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Crawford Had Surgery? Posted: 3 years ago by musicgirldani
Cindy is suing a french magazine that claimed she had surgical procedures. Meanwhile, a NY plastic surgeon does allude to the fact that she may have had an eyebrow lift.
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