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Polluting, for science!

I know you jest, but it's not like the scientists pushed the container overboard.

So - using disasters to discover new things, for science!

My favorite example of that is still the discovery of radiotrophic fungi[1] in Chernobyl.

It's just so cool to find out about species that feed on radiation. Too bad it takes a local-nuclear-apocalypse level of disaster for that to have happened.

[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiotrophic_fungus

When all planes were grounded after 9/11, scientists collected some really interesting data on how airplane contrails effect the weather. (It's more than you'd expect.) https://globalnews.ca/news/2934513/empty-skies-after-911-set...

Huh. "9/11 proves that global warming caused by vapor trails" sounds absolutely nutty, but apparently is rather accurate.

This is offtopic, but can you please post that article with this title to /r/nottheonion? "Contrails" instead of "vapor trails" might make it even better, but it's damn near perfect as is.

That's actually a good idea.

Edit: Sadly they only allow recent news.

Re: edit: :(

Also, they only allow the original headlines.

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