At the 50% mortality threshold, the volumes are even more startling: consuming less than one sugar cube’s worth of plastics ...

Marine animals inevitably eat what we toss in the ocean, including pervasive plastics—but how much is too much?

A new study shows that very small amounts of plastic can kill marine animals and that fragments now appear in common foods ...

The ocean is awash with plastic— more than 171 trillion pieces, scientists have estimated, and growing all the time. Animals ...

Anybody who’s used plastic ice cubes knows there are some pluses and some minuses. The main minuses being that they consist of plastic and often taste kind of gross. Now, researchers at the University ...

Researchers at Rice University in Houston have used 3D printing methods to create polymer cubes that can withstand bullets. The cubes' have elaborate structures and are made up of numerous layered ...

Architectural and design studio Sam Jacob Studio has unveiled a new installation that highlights the burgeoning threat that plastic waste poses to the planet. Suspended from the ceiling of London’s ...