Archaeologists have long reconstructed past civilizations from broken pots, discarded tools and buried middens of everyday waste. If someone thousands of years from now digs through the layers we are ...

Kristina Douglass said she hopes "digging into the past ... will give us the tools that will help us be healthier people ...

Plastic is a useful and versatile material, but let’s face it: it’s a massive environmental problem. Virtually every piece of plastic ever created still exists in some form or another, whether it’s an ...

How eight middle schoolers and their coach turned a student challenge into a real-world rescue for researchers ...

Fay Couceiro receives funding from Research Councils, Industry and philanthropic organisations for work relating to microplastics and their removal from the environment. John Schofield does not work ...