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Fireplaces need a lot of things to make sure that they are working, especially if you want them to do so properly and not smoke you out of your house and home whenever you want to enjoy a cuddle ...

Plastic grocery bags are a significant contributor to global plastic pollution, and California is taking a big step up in tackling the problem. Thomas is a native of upstate New York and a ...

Due to their small size, animals can eat ... banned the sale of loose plastic glitter and some other products that contain microbeads, in a bid to cut environmentally harmful microplastic ...

Plastic bags start out as fossil fuels and end up as deadly waste in landfills and the ocean. Birds often mistake shredded plastic bags for food, filling their stomachs with toxic debris. For hungry ...

A new study finds a bacterium in this family can break down the plastic for food. Researchers also identified the enzyme the bacterium use to degrade plastic. The discovery opens new possibilities ...

Plastic surgery now gives better results than ... Your doctor can make small changes in the size and position of the breast when the nipple and areola are rebuilt. Surgeons can make a nipple ...

An curved arrow pointing right. What do we get wrong when we talk about ocean plastic? A lot, it turns out. Business Insider producer Elizabeth McCauley dives into the scientific literature and ...

They added a plastic-wrapped bunch of cut lilies, as well as a jasmine plant ... The container must be the right size: large enough to fully conceal any internal plastic pot, but not so big ...

Nanqing Zhou, a lead author on the study and postdoctoral researcher, compared the bacteria’s consumption of plastic to how people eat cows. “If you want to eat beef, you need to cut [it] into ...

Some of the worst offenders, which can take decades to degrade in landfills, are polypropylene—which is used for things such as food packaging and bumpers—and polyethylene, found in plastic ...

Scientists have developed a "self-digesting plastic", which, they say, could help reduce pollution. Polyurethane is used in everything from phone cases to trainers, but is tricky to recycle and ...