Meet the American Pocket Shark, the Tiny Bioluminescent Shark Found in the Gulf

What’s finned, bioluminescent, and hiding out in the Gulf of Mexico? A shark that’s small enough to fit into your pocket. At ...

Scientists make Parkinson’s drug from plastic in world first

Scientists have shown that plastic bottles could be converted into levodopa, an important Parkinson’s drug, with implications ...
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Officials target microplastics. What exactly are they? How do they get into the body?

Over time, plastics break into smaller and smaller fragments called microplastics and — when they’re invisible to the naked eye — nanoplastics. The human body’s mechanisms ...
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Bargain Hunters From All Over Virginia Flock To This Jaw-Droppingly Huge Thrift Store

If you’ve ever wondered where all the smart shoppers in Virginia disappear to on weekends, they’re probably at Unique Thrift ...

Plastic garden gear can add microplastics to the soil. Here are some alternatives

As seed-starting and planting season kicks in, AP gardening columnist Jessica Damiano urges gardeners to try reducing plastic ...

Dua Lipa’s Makeup Artist on the Micro-Lining Technique That Instantly Gives You Bigger Lips

This trick is a less-is-more hack that still gives you the illusion that overlined lips create without having it look totally ...