microplastics

Tech

We’re Eating Plastics From Our Own Dirty Laundry

09.14.17

By James Jackson
Tech

Ocean Currents Are Carrying Our Plastic Garbage to the Arctic

04.19.17

By Lisa Cumming
Tech

Our Clothes Are Poisoning Deep-Sea Animals With Microplastics

09.30.16

By Kate Lunau
Tech

14 Women Sailed to Sea to Investigate Plastic’s Toxic Impact on Hormones

03.16.15

By Victoria Turk
Tech

Hundreds of Thousands of Tons of Plastic Are Missing Somewhere in the Ocean

06.30.14

By Jason Koebler
Tech

We’re Looking for a Missing Plane and All We’ve Found Is Trash

04.07.14

By Jason Koebler

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From Reverend Al Sharpton officiating, to a New Orleans-style procession, to a repast at a bowling alley, no one holds a fake funeral like Rick Rubin.

05.19.26

By Lauren Boisvert
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Music

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These wildly underrated psych-rock albums still hold up decades later.

05.19.26

By Lauren Boisvert
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Life

‘Uniboob’ Is an Actual Medical Condition. Here’s How It Happens.

Doctors call it “bread-loafing.” Make of that what you will.

05.19.26

By Ashley Fike
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Life

The 37% Rule Says This Is How Many People You Should Date Before Choosing One

Get enough experience to know what you actually want

05.19.26

By Ashley Fike
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Life

If You Feel Guilty All the Time, You Probably Have a High IQ. Here’s Why.

Of course Freud is involved.

05.19.26

By Ashley Fike