Right now, an estimated 130 million metric tons of plastic waste enters the air, water, soil, and human bodies every year. By 2040, that number will jump to 280 million metric tons—about a garbage ...

Real estate tech startup Modulus Housing has raised a Series A round of $ 7.83 million to drive its next phase of growth. The funding round was led by Kalaari Capital, Hero and Samarthya, with ...

If you look closely at many of the people in President Donald Trump’s orbit, you might notice something familiar. Puffy lips. Overfilled cheekbones. Pixie noses. Known as “Mar-a-Lago face,” the bold ...

Scientists have analysed 10,000 marine animal autopsies to understand how plastic ingestion leads to death. The study found seabirds face extreme risk after swallowing just 23 pieces of plastic, ...

In Geneva, negotiators from 175 nations are trying to hammer out the first-ever legally binding treaty on plastic pollution. The urgency of the talks was underscored this week by a new study published ...

Plastic pollution is a "grave, growing and under-recognized danger" to health that is costing the world at least $1.5 trillion a year, a report published Monday in the Lancet medical journal said. The ...

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A new study offers the first estimate of nanoplastic pollution in the ocean. There’s a lot. By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey What do human brains, placentas and dolphin breath have in common? Signs of plastic ...

State and local policies to regulate the use of plastic bags have significantly reduced how many of them are found littered along U.S. shorelines — potentially cutting that type of waste in half in ...

Indie game developer Happy Volcano and publisher Astra Logical have released a free demo for their upcoming game Modulus. In case you haven't checked this one out, this is a factory automation title ...