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Original Lyrics of Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody May Fetch $1Mil at Auction, in Huge New Freddie Mercury London Exhibit
Feast your eyes on these original lyrics scrawled by Freddie Mercury of Queen while writing the #1 hit song Bohemian Rhapsody. The small sheet...
Baggage Handlers at Airport Where Freddie Mercury Once Worked Honor Him With Special Birthday Performance
It was the late singer's 72nd birthday this week, so his fellow baggage handlers decided to honor his special day with a special performance.
Super Sponge Can Cleanse Mercury From Polluted Water Within Seconds
Mercury is very toxic and can cause long-term health damage, but removing it from water is challenging. To address this growing problem, this lab...
Levels of Mercury in Atlantic Tuna Rapidly Declines
Environmental surveys taken over the last twenty years have shown an exciting drop of 19% mercury content in Atlantic bluefin tuna.
Asteroid Named After Freddie Mercury in Honor of His Birthday
On what would have been his 70th birthday, this asteroid was named after rock and roll legend Freddie Mercury by his friend and guitarist Brian May.
Amount of Mercury, DDT and Other Contaminants in Fish is at 40-Year Low
Fish in today’s oceans contain far lower levels of mercury, DDT and other toxic substances than at any time in the last four decades,...
Accidental Discovery: Orange Peels Could Suck Mercury Out of Oceans
Scientists in Australia accidentally stumbled on a substance that can remove toxic mercury from the sea. It’s called limonene, and can be found in...
40% Less Mercury in Fish Shows Success of US Coal Industry Caps
A large drop in bluefish mercury levels suggest a healthier seafood supply – and that U.S. coal regulations are working.
Mercury levels in bluefish caught...
More Than 140 Nations, US and China, Adopt Treaty to Cut Mercury
Over the past 100 years, mercury concentrations have doubled in the top layer of the world's oceans. That's why more than 140 governments meeting...
New Clean Air Act Protections Tackle Deadly Mercury Pollution from Dirty Power Plants
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency yesterday announced the first-ever national standards to reduce dangerous mercury, arsenic and other toxic air pollutants from power plants....
140 Countries to Tackle Mercury Pollution
More than 140 nations agreed on Friday to negotiate a legally binding global treaty to phase out the use of deadly mercury, a...
Greenpeace Applauds Apple for New Arsenic and Mercury-Free Laptop
Greenpeace applauded Apple for the release of its new greener MacBook Air laptop, particularly its mercury and arsenic-free design, reports the iPod news blog....
Destructive Gold Miners Work Overtime to Restore Thousands of Acres of Amazon Rainforest
In the Madre de Dios region of southern Peru, small, artisanal gold mines and the miners that work them have become a source of...
Good News in History, March 29
50 years ago today in Lintong County, Shaanxi Province, a group of farmers—Yang Zhifa, his five brothers, and his neighbor Wang Puzhi—were digging in...
First-time Ever, Scientists Find Planet Almost as Big as its Host Star: ‘How little we know about the universe’
Far out in the galaxy, astronomers at Penn State have found a planet that is just a little bit smaller than its host star,...
Good News in History, October 30
50 years ago today, the Bosphorus Bridge was completed, linking mainland Europe with Anatolia over the Bosporus Straits for the first time. It's a...
Good News in History, October 24
On this day last year, a five-month-old bar-tailed godwit became a world record holder by flying 8,425 miles non-stop from Alaska to Australia in...
Good News in History, September 5
34 years ago today, the Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention (ILO) produced the first internationally binding treaty protecting the rights of such peoples to...
Good News in History, August 25
20 years ago, NASA successfully launched the Spitzer Space Telescope. Spitzer was the third infrared space telescope, but the first to use an Earth-trailing...
Good News in History, August 17
Happy Birthday to Robert De Niro, who was born in New York City 80 years ago today. The actor has appeared in over 100...