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Affordable Reef-Safe Sunscreen on Horizon as Scientists Create More Sustainable Way to Make Zinc Oxide
A new, more sustainable way to make zinc oxide—a key ingredient in many high end health and beauty products such as sunscreens—has been developed...
9 Eco Deals For Earth Day – Ways to Treat Yourself and The Planet
First celebrated 51 years ago on April 22nd, Earth Day was a holiday born of civic-mindedness, meant to celebrate nature in all her glorious...
Mountains of Garbage in Russia are Being Turned into Fashionable Accessories
A Russian fashion brand is trying to tackle St. Petersburg's mountains of garbage by creating an entire supply chain out of them.
Sifting through the...
Amid the Green Funeral Movement, Scattering Ashes Ensures These Forests Remain Pristine Forever
Across America, small parcels of forested land are being bought from private owners by a conservation group called Better Place Forests.
With the intention of...
Sir David Attenborough Backs This New Tech That Can Recycle All Plastics
A new recycling plant under construction in England features technologies that can break down any kind of plastic polymer into its constituent elements for...
How to Turn Plastic Waste From Your Recycle Bin Into Profit
This article, by Joshua M. Pearce of Michigan Technological University, has been republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license.
People will recycle...
The Ever-Growing Pile of Electronic Waste is Now On the Decline, Study Finds
A new study has found that the total mass of electronic waste generated by Americans has been declining since 2015.
In an age when most of...
Meet the Sea Slugs That Chop Off Their Heads and Then Grow New Bodies
Since the days of BBC's original Planet Earth, nature documentaries have brilliantly revealed the bizarreness of life. But, the behavior of a sea slug...
The Inspiring and Playful Hidden Message in the Mars Perseverance Rover’s Parachute
When computer nerds are placed in command of one of humanity's most ambitious scientific undertakings, you know there's going to be some fun involved.
NASA's...
Scientists Use Novel Ink With Calcium to 3D-Print ‘Bone’ With Living Cells
3D printers may one day become a permanent fixture of operating rooms, now that Australian scientists showed they could print bone-like structures containing living...
Processors in Tech Wearables like Fitbits Could Be Replaced Using Mushroom Mycelium
Wearable electronic sensors, such as those within Fitbit watches and pedometers that detect biological signals, could be replaced in the future by... mushrooms.
No that's...
Startup Cleans Up Laundry Detergent With Powerful Soap That Uses Bio Ingredients
A biotech startup is hoping to bring a little eco-friendly product mojo to a relatively untapped corner of the market: laundry detergent.
Dirty Labs' product...
Mexico City With 9 Million People, Joins China By Enacting New Ban on Single-use Plastics and Straws in 2021
In Mexico City, after more than a year of behind-the-scenes work, a ban on single-use containers, cutlery, straws, cups, stirrers and other popular but...
Cultivate These Keystone Plants in Your Yard to Help Bees and Butterflies Thrive and Pollinate
A keystone species is one which disproportionately affects a particular ecosystem's plants and animals. Organizing your garden around native keystone species can ensure that...
Good News on Epic Bike Trail Stretching Coast to Coast Across USA, as Cycling Popularity Soars During Pandemic
Back in 2019, we shared word of an exciting new trail designed to allow cyclists and hikers to travel 3,700 miles across America from...
Plastic Straws and Single-Use Bags Vanish From China as Ban Kicks In
In China, 2020 was bid farewell with a flurry of fireworks and the scratching off of 200 million metric tonnes of plastic straws from...
Researchers Pull Carbon Out of the Sky And Convert it to Instant Jet Fuel, Reshaping Aviation For Good
A simple, yet world-altering method of sucking CO2 from the air into airplanes where it is converted directly to jet fuel is described in...
Seaweed-Eating Giant Crabs Could Help Save Florida Coral Reefs – And They’re Lovingly Named ‘The Reef Goats’
Researchers in the Florida Keys have determined that coral reefs can be saved from invasive seaweed with the help of a particular species of...
Resveratrol for Cold and Flu: Anti-Aging Compound Shown Promise as Flu and COVID Treatment
While the world shelters in place to see if a vaccine might end the COVID-19 pandemic, a body of researchers are suggesting that if...
Island Province in China Bans All Disposable Plastics – And Rallies to Ramp Up Biodegradable Substitutes
While once-pristine beaches around the tropics are becoming infamous for their plastic litter, the Chinese island province of Hainan is putting a new plan...