Christmas trees, real or fake? It's a tricky choice for eco-conscious folks. Real trees are natural and can be recycled, but cutting them down isn't great. Fake trees last longer, but they're often made of toxic plastic. Experts don't agree on which is better. Tim O'Connor from the National Christma
Imagine an engine that can blast through the skies and then continue its journey underwater. Sounds like something straight out of a sci-fi movie, right? Well, researchers in China have made it a reality with the world's first boron ramjet engine that works both in the air and underwater. This isn't
Have you ever thought about what happens to all the plastic we throw away? A lot of it ends up in the air we breathe as microplastics. These tiny plastic pieces, less than 5 millimeters in size, are everywhere, from the deepest oceans to the highest mountains. They come from things like old tires, f
Five years after that tragic fire, Notre Dame Cathedral is ready to show off its newly renovated interior. On a crisp, sunny day, French President Emmanuel Macron got a sneak peek inside the iconic cathedral. Gone are the gloomy memories of the fire; instead, visitors can now enjoy the bright, airy
After years of gridlock, there's finally a glimmer of hope in international plastic treaty talks. A large group of countries is pushing hard for a production cap to be included in the treaty. But not everyone is on board, and some nations are trying to water down the agreement. The talks in Busan, S
Ever wondered how we can make wastewater treatment plants work more efficiently? Scientists have come up with a clever way to predict changes in water quality, which is really important for managing the process and reducing pollution. They combined something called convolutional bi-directional gated
Imagine if you could juice up your phone while drinking water at the same time. Scientists have come up with two materials, CP1 and CP2, made from lead. CP2 is super speedy in moving electrons, which makes energy production quicker and eco-friendlier. While both materials look promising, CP2 could b
Imagine trying to figure out what dinosaurs ate by looking at their fossilized vomit and poop. That's exactly what scientists did! They studied hundreds of these "bromalites" from Poland, which are over 200 million years old. By using advanced tools like particle accelerators, they found bits of fis
You might think that the biggest problem with antibiotic production wastewater is the leftover antibiotics. But there's more to worry about. This wastewater also has high amounts of organic pollutants, which can be very harmful on their own or when mixed with antibiotics. One study looked at how the
Pollutants can act differently depending on the environment they're in. Scientists wondered how two specific pollutants, 6-OH-BDE-47 and 6-MeO-BDE-47, behave when there's plenty of oxygen (oxic conditions) or not much (anoxic conditions). They used labeled versions of these pollutants to see what ha
