“Castaway” runs through April 6 of next year at Harvard‘s Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology. The Peabody‘s Ilisa ...

Now, new research, published Friday in Science Advances, reexamines the U.S.’s role as a plastic consumer and concludes that the country has much more work to do at home to manage its waste.

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 ...

Cambridge University’s Fitzwilliam Museum is spotlighting the men and women who fought to end slavery but received little attention from artists during their lifetimes May 28, 2025 4:51 p.m ...

Global plastic sales hit $712 billion in 2023, with a growth forecast of 3.4% annually through 2028. ExxonMobil, a key player, expanded its propylene production, diversifying from oil to plastics.