News Nearly all fish in the US are still contaminated by mercury. Here’s what you need to know November 1, 2024
Environment This European satellite can track nitrogen dioxide — and it wasn’t meant to August 7, 2024
Chemistry Meet Mammoth, the world’s largest vacuum that now sucks thousands of tons of carbon out of the air May 13, 2024
Agriculture Is python meat a sssustainable alternative to industrial meat from farm animals? March 23, 2024
Environment Plastic bans work. Billions of plastic bags were avoided in the US alone January 31, 2024
Future Bacteria-based biosensor can monitor water pollution without an external power source November 3, 2023
Environment Strawberry crops are releasing large amounts of plastics in their production July 11, 2023
Environment Scientists create edible food packaging that could replace single-use plastics July 4, 2023
Environment UN unveils plan for the world to slash plastic pollution by 80% by 2040 May 18, 2023 - Updated on May 22, 2023
Environment Reducing drinking water contamination will also generate billions in health benefits May 15, 2023
Environment New device lets people check air quality cheaply and anywhere they are March 20, 2023 - Updated on July 28, 2023
Environment Our plastic problem is only getting worse. At this rate, more than twice as much plastic will enter the oceans by 2040 March 8, 2023 - Updated on March 9, 2023
Environment Indoor air pollution can affect your cognitive ability. Just look at chess players February 6, 2023
Environment Eating one freshwater fish is like drinking a month’s worth of forever chemicals-laced water January 17, 2023 - Updated on April 20, 2023
Environment How storytelling can connect children to marine pollution — and make a difference December 21, 2022
Environment How much plastic from Amazon ends up in the ocean? Enough to wrap the Earth in air pillows 800 times December 15, 2022
Environment Air pollution causes almost half of all stillbirths — over 1 million a year December 1, 2022
Environment US embassies started sharing real-time air quality data. Then, pollution started going down October 25, 2022
Environment Tidying up: New plastic material is biodegradable both in the ocean and on dry land September 23, 2022
Biology Research on air pollution points to a pill that could stop cancer from developing September 13, 2022
Chemistry Cheap, simple new technique developed to destroy ultra-resistant ‘forever chemical’ pollution August 19, 2022 - Updated on April 22, 2023
Health Forever chemicals seem to dramatically promote liver disease and liver cancer in humans August 10, 2022
Health Thousands of workers may have been exposed to toxic chemicals while fixing America’s crumbling underground infrastructure August 8, 2022 - Updated on January 3, 2023
Chemistry The story of how plastic was invented, and how it’s turned into a big problem July 21, 2022
Health Microplastic particles found in supermarket meat, milk, and in the bodies of farm animals in Holland July 8, 2022
Environment India bans some single-use plastic products to tackle pollution — but leaves many on the table July 5, 2022
Animals These bees made blue honey after visiting an M&M factory May 28, 2022 - Updated on December 28, 2022
Environment Farmlands in Europe may be the single largest reservoir of microplastics in the world May 10, 2022
Environment Futuristic foods like Lab-grown meat and insects could slash our food-related emissions by 80% April 27, 2022
Health Regular blood donations can help remove toxic ‘forever chemicals’ from our bodies April 21, 2022
Climate Tumble dryers pollute our environment with dangerous microfibers, but there is a solution April 6, 2022
