Waste isn’t new, and neither is humanity’s role in creating it. Since the dawn of industrialization, our ability to pollute has scaled alongside our innovations. In 1862, British inventor and ...

Irving, Texas — The word of the day is heuristics. Shira Abel says that phrase can help packaging recyclers, including those handling plastic packaging, increase consumer participation in efforts to ...

(KWTX) -This week we are talking with Natasha Breaux from the Harte Research Institute of Gulf of Mexico Studies at Texas A&M Corpus Christi about their Oyster recycling program know as “Sink your ...

(KWTX) -This week we are talking with Andrew Fazekas from Astronomers without borders about their about their Eclipse recycling and distribution program. After the 2017 Eclipse they were able to ...

PET is one of the most widely used plastics. In principle, PET molecules can be broken down into their basic building blocks using suitable enzymes. In practice, however, these approaches are ...

It's time now for our science news roundup from Short Wave, NPR's science podcast. I am joined by the show's two hosts, Regina Barber and Emily Kwong. Hi, y'all. EMILY KWONG, BYLINE: Hi. REGINA BARBER ...

Being at the heart of an experiment isn’t new for Rathlin Island. It was from the L-shaped outcrop off Northern Ireland’s north-eastern coast that Guglielmo Marconi sent the world’s first commercial ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — The Science Museum of Virginia is encouraging the Commonwealth’s carnivorous oyster eaters to not throw away the shells after they’re done shucking. According to the museum, ...