A teacher in Jiangxi, China, guided his students through building a two-stage rocket crafted from plastic bottles, powered ...

This simple bottle cap trick creates a shocking illusion that looks impossible at first glance. With a quick motion and clever handling, it appears as if your finger passes straight through solid ...

Chemists design biodegradable plastics inspired by nature, programming polymers to stay durable in use and break down safely ...

From superbugs and heart disease to pollution, junk food and smartphones, these ten major studies reveal how science is ...

Daily exposure to microplastics may accelerate artery damage and heart disease, especially in men, a new study finds.

Scientists are finding tiny fragments of plastic lodged in the very blood vessels that keep the heart alive, and the pattern ...

Glenmark Pharmaceuticals has recalled over 11,000 bottles of Ziac tablets, a common blood pressure medication, after the drug may have been cross-contaminated with a cholesterol medication called ...

Certain single-use plastics may soon be banned in the City of Santa Barbara. Items include small plastic water bottles, Mylar balloons, plastic confetti, and other disposables that harm the ...

Seeing plastic trash while hiking inspired a Rutgers chemist to rethink why synthetic plastics last forever while natural ...