Do it for my grandma, do it for nine eleven, but above all, do it for beanis

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Years of feeding the sci-fi fueled interstellar fantasy, Kurzgesagt eventually had to admit its practically impossible. Forgive my stupid petty gloating, but it feels good to see.

they're torpedoing the only damn legible thing left on that website!

I kinda just assumed all mammals have belly buttons. But then I realized, I've given many dogs many belly rubs, and I've never noticed a navel. So whats the deal with that? We're not the only one's that got em, right?

It turns out the world may not be quite so contaminated, it's just the research laboratories.

Scientists may have been unknowingly inflating microplastics pollution estimates, and the surprising source could be their own lab gloves. A University of Michigan study found that common nitrile and latex gloves release tiny particles called stearates, which closely resemble microplastics and can contaminate samples during testing. In some cases, this led to wildly exaggerated results, forcing researchers to track down the unexpected culprit.

I love science. I don't mean that disingenuously . I do kinda love that years of research on this topic asking the big important questions, and it all gets tripped up by someone eventually asking the small, easily forgettable, procedural question.