Discovered: Polar bears have been around for milions of years; the Big Rip gets moved up; a rat's heart becomes a jellyfish; JFK and LAX, hubs for the spread of infectious disease.
Discovered in Green: The jellyfish are multiplying, rivers might be a good place to get electric power, hydroelectric dams aren't so good for the environment, and bird poop proves DDT hurt bird population.
Discovered: There is not a jellyfish epidemic, Facebook is bad for people with low self-esteem, the case for massages, so many useless tweets.
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