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A scrap metal and electronics recycling yard in Bethlehem has been spilling unsafe levels of toxic mercury into the Hudson River, according to the state Department of Environmental Conservation.

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

Mercury’s strange anatomy could be the result of intense violence in the very young solar system. Unlike Earth, the solar system’s shrinking, smallest planet has an iron core that occupies 65 percent ...

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