ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — A Florida bill is taking aim at paper straws. A bill has been introduced in both the House and Senate that would require jurisdictions with straw laws to allow options other ...

17-year-old turns food waste into paper towels. Uses cellulose from food scraps, pectin, and calcium. Prototypes absorb 5-6ml liquid, potentially cost-effective. A 17-year-old student from California ...

A used paper towel is rarely given a second thought. Once it has wiped up a spill or dried a surface, it usually goes straight into the bin, while the material it was made from has already passed ...

A geologist reflects on the disaster and explains why rapid warming will make deadly glacial floods far more common. By Jason Gulley Jason Gulley is a professor of geology at the University of South ...

Nearly 3,000 people are missing and at least 670 people are dead after flash flooding tore through Nepal and Tibet early Wednesday, according to the Associated Press. Initial assessments found that a ...

Used paper towels are usually thrown away after cleaning up spills or drying surfaces. But a 17-year-old student from California has explored whether discarded food could instead be used to create a ...

While consumers often believe paper cups are a safe option, a team from the University of Queensland Alliance for Environmental Health Sciences has uncovered evidence that shows they should be warned ...

I fell in love with tuna melts a few summers ago. I’d never had one before — they weren’t common in my Texas hometown when I was growing up — and I’d been reluctant to try them for years. Big mistake ...