The researchers created plastics that stay strong while in use but break down when exposed to specific everyday triggers. No ...

Yuwei Gu was hiking through Bear Mountain State Park in New York when inspiration struck. Plastic bottles littered the trail ...

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Ocean plastic kills sea creatures. For the first time, researchers examined data to find out how much it takes. The answer: ...

As the weather cools, anglers in the region are turning to moving waters like rivers to catch fish stocking up for winter.

(THE CONVERSATION) For much of the 20th century, teaching was a stable, middle-class job in the U.S. Now it’s becoming a lot harder to survive on a teacher’s salary: Wages have been stagnant for ...