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A fish swimming in the Revillagigedo National Park off the coast of Mexico in this undated photo

Study: Mexican fishery not hurt by marine reserve

In fact, the commercial fishery is likely benefiting from the marine life spilling out of the marine park.

An artist's impression of an aging star swelling up and beginning to engulf a planet, much like the Sun will do in about 5 billion years.

This star ate its own planet. Earth may share the same fate

For the first time, astronomers have caught a star in the act of swallowing a planet, providing a glimpse into how the sun may eventually eat up Earth.

Kame Ogito, 89, gathers seaweed at low tide in Motobu, Okinawa, Japan. Seaweed is part of the plant-based, low-calorie diet that makes Okinawans some of the longest-lived people in the world.

7 habits to live a healthier life, inspired by the world's longest-lived communities

Dan Buettner has spent decades exploring the lifestyles and diets of people in remote places where living to 100 is more common. Here are life-enhancing habits from these "blue zones."

The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, Europe's largest, is seen in the background of the shallow Kakhovka Reservoir. Water levels in the reservoir have been falling rapidly after a critical dam collapsed.

A Ukrainian nuclear plant is facing a water shortage

The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant used a large reservoir for cooling water. Now that reservoir is rapidly draining.

A study released by the U.S. Geological Survey on Wednesday estimates that at least 45% of U.S. tap water could be contaminated with at least one form of PFAS, which could have harmful health effects.

'Forever chemicals' could be in nearly half of U.S. tap water, a federal study finds

Here's what to do if you're worried about what's in your faucet.

Cultural burning in a Northern California forest.

CHANGING PLANET: Season 2

Premieres Wednesday, April 19, 2023 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS App + Encores Sunday, April 23 at 2 p.m. on KPBS TV and 9 p.m. on KPBS 2. In its second year, CHANGING PLANET revisits six of our planet's most vulnerable ecosystems and catches up with the truly inspiring people introduced in the first season: scientists and local experts fighting to safeguard their communities and wildlife, and charting the progress of their game-changing environmental projects.

In Huntington's disease, proteins form toxic clumps that kill brain cells.

Huntington's spreads like 'fire in the brain.' Scientists say they've found the spark

Diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's spread through the brain like a forest fire. A new study suggests how the fire starts.

10 million sign up for Meta's Twitter rival app, Threads

Threads is billed as a text-based version of Meta's photo-sharing app Instagram that the company says provides "a new, separate space for real-time updates and public conversations."

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