The sunlight feels warm and inviting, but a digital storm is brewing beneath the surface of our smartphone screens, one that threatens the very skin we’re trying to protect. Recent research from the University of Alberta has pulled back the curtain on a troubling trend: TikTok is currently serving as an massive incubator for sunscreen misinformation. By analyzing nearly a thousand of the most-viewed videos on the subject, researchers discovered that falsehoods aren’t just present—they are actually performing better than the truth. It turns out that alarmist content is far more “shareable” than scientific consensus, creating a dangerous feedback loop…

False Bay, a sparkling gem of South Africa’s coastline, is cherished for its biodiversity, vibrant tourism, and bustling fishing industry. Yet, beneath its waves, a silent transformation is taking place. A pioneering study led by the University of Cape Town (UCT) has uncovered that the bay’s waters and the sand upon its floor have become a repository for a cocktail of modern life: painkillers, agricultural herbicides, and heavy metals. These substances, the remnants of years of urban expansion, wastewater discharge, and harbor operations, are now a permanent part of the marine landscape. The research, published in the Marine Pollution Bulletin,…