As part of Shahar Kagan‘s final project at Holon Institute of Technology in Israel, he explored why mistakes sometimes happen in the manufacturing process and objects come out looking far different ...

(Gray News) – Scientists say humankind’s influence on the natural world has reached a new level as a new type of sedimentary rocks partially formed from plastic has been discovered. This new rock has ...

Marcus Eriksen was studying plastic pollution in the Arabian Gulf when he met camel expert Ulrich Wernery. “[Ulrich] said, ‘You want to see plastic? Come with me.’ So we went deep into the desert,” ...

We're surrounded by plastics for much of our lives. Plastics are cheap and easy to make, they're often incredibly durable, and they last just about forever. Unfortunately, those upsides are also ...