The United States has doubled down on its opposition to plastic production limits in global treaty talks, according to a diplomatic memo reviewed by The Washington Post, pushing to create a broad ...

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Last week I revealed the sneaky physics behind the “joule thief,” an electrical circuit that lets you squeeze more energy out of seemingly dead batteries. The key, it turned out, was a clever pairing ...

Chemistry is very strange. Depending on how it’s bonded, the same element can either be the most harmless thing in the world or the most toxic substance imaginable. In a similar sense, something like ...

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CHICAGO, Aug. 24, 2026 — Plastic might be the last ingredient you would ever add to a cookie recipe. But a team of researchers is looking to change that. They’ve programmed yeasts to turn plastic and ...

Lynne Peeples is a science journalist in Seattle, Washington. Every year, millions of people start taking a drug with therapeutic effects that can’t be fully explained, for a condition that can’t be ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. The 9-to-5 lifestyle never quite suited Kelan Kline. His first job out of college in 2012 was in ...