There’s an awful lot of junk floating around in space, with recent estimates suggesting there could be more than 25,000 objects in orbit around the Earth right now. We don’t often get to see this junk up close to find out how a lifetime in space affects man-made objects, until now. 2024 Mercedes-AMG GLC43 Is … Read more
There’s a term of art for this whole system: reverse logistics. For the first 100 years of the plastics revolution, companies essentially sprayed products at customers—it was a one-way movement of atoms. Successful recycling requires doing this process in reverse, an entirely new set of skills. How do you get stuff back? What new economics, … Read more
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When Pradhanang found a trash mix that could be fashioned into a platform and resist breaking down with age, she began talking to her colleagues in Nepal. By 2021, they had secured $78,000 in funding from the Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research, a research and policy funder, to operate a study across Nepal, India, … Read more
Exposure to fine particulate matter, a common air pollutant, can significantly decrease the odds of a successful in vitro fertilization (IVF) cycle, even in areas with good air quality, a new study found. The Australian study published Sunday in the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology found that exposure to pollution before the retrieval of … Read more
A view of the Google headquarters in Mountain View, California, on April 16, 2024. Tayfun Coskun | Anadolu | Getty Images Google‘s emissions surged nearly 50% since 2019, the company said Tuesday in its 2024 environmental report, marking a notable setback in its goal to achieve net-zero emissions by 2030. Google’s emissions also increased 13% … Read more
Houston Chronicle/hearst Newspapers Via Getty Images | Hearst Newspapers | Getty Images The City of Wichita recently had an experience that’s become all too common — its water system was hacked. The cyberattack, which targeted water metering, billing and payment processing, followed the targeting of water utilities across the U.S. in recent years. In going … Read more
In 2010, three months before her seventh birthday, Ella Roberta suddenly developed a chest infection and a severe cough. Her mother, Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah, took her to the local hospital in Lewisham, South East London, where she was initially diagnosed with asthma. In the following months, she got worse and began suffering from coughing syncope—coughing episodes … Read more
A family in Florida faced a scary ordeal earlier this year. No, they weren’t caught up in a Ron DeSantis rally, instead they had their house smashed up by a chunk of junk from the International Space Station that smashed through their ceiling. Now, the family is suing NASA for $80,000 to cover the costs … Read more
As the weather gets hotter, Americans water their lawns more often and waste more water. Traditional sprinklers aren’t accurate, usually watering the driveway, the sidewalk and the lawn. Landscape irrigation uses about 9 billion gallons of water per day, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and about half of that goes to waste. Meanwhile, … Read more
PIXLEY, Calif. — The stench of cow feces, urine and ammonia forces residents to keep windows and doors closed in parts of California’s farming country. Some people constantly run air purifiers at home to counter the smell and, they say, fight off air-related ailments. “We have a lot of health problems going around in this … Read more
