You may or may not have noticed that public toilets can differ, with some having full seats and others having more of a 'U-shaped' seat for your rear end. Rather than some seats just having a chunk ...

Bengaluru: Gone are the days when going to college in the city would mean attending classes from 9am to 5pm. College timings are now so staggered one wouldn't be surprised to see a college-goer ...

The Athletics are doing more than close out the home portion of their 2024 schedule Thursday afternoon when they host the Texas Rangers; they will, for the final time, take their home field ...

Before assuming her current role she served as a mutual fund analyst and headed up Morningstar’s team of fund researchers in the U.S. She also served as editor of Morningstar Mutual Funds and ...

Contact binaries are fairly common in the solar system; around 14% of near-Earth asteroids larger than 660 feet (200 meters) share the same awkward-looking peanut shape, according to NASA.

For the past couple years, the United Nations has been negotiating a plastics treaty — a binding agreement that could set firm limits on plastic production, establish commitments to reducing ...

The Ohio State University has been awarded $26 million in federal funding to jumpstart natural rubber production in the United States and enhance workforce ... “There is a tremendous amount of ...

In a report published in Marine Pollution Bulletin, researchers from Kyushu University have for the first time, provided a clear numerical target for global efforts to tackle marine plastic pollution.

A decade ago, California became the first U.S. state to ban single-use plastic bags, the flimsy sacks that regularly blew into waterways, littered streets and collected in landfills. The ...

New close-up images reveal the surprising snowman shape of "potentially hazardous ... Ben Turner is a U.K. based staff writer at Live Science. He covers physics and astronomy, among other topics ...