Like a sumptuous holiday feast, PT’s readers were served up smorgasbord of content in the final month of 2025. Tuck into the ...

Each year, an estimated 24 billion pounds of plastic flow into the world’s oceans. What often looks like floating debris to ...

The rapid accumulation of plastic waste is currently posing significant risks for both human health and the environment on ...

Microplastics are scourge of the world’s oceans, but finding where they accumulate could help direct conservation efforts.

Every load of laundry sends tiny plastic fibers down the drain. These fragments, shed from synthetic fabrics, slip through ...

A volcanologist answers your questions about glass-shard hairballs, cooking breakfast over lava, Gollum's end on Mount Doom, ...

Researchers in North Carolina placed chips in plastic bottles to track their journey from local creeks to the ocean. The findings so far are unexpected.

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A plastic bag, a dirty pizza box, plastic utensils, paper napkins, and a soda can—a single takeout meal can feel like a game of recycling trivia. Which items can be recycled? What kinds of plastic go ...

By inserting tiny imperfections into the stones, scientists open up possibilities in computing, encryption and sensors ...

Song Sung Blue" gives Memphis filmmaker Craig Brewer the opportunity to return to movie theaters in a major way for the first ...

Colorado team develop a new form of silicone that is more transparent than window glass, and a better thermal insulator than ...