Nearly 45 million tons of electronics were thrown out in 2016. The value of the raw materials in that e-waste is about $55 billion, but most of that waste isn’t being recovered.
The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) in US is warning people, especially kids, to stay away from cellphones whenever possible.
The gene CMAH, that allows for the synthesis of a sugar called Neu5Gc, is missing from humans. This sugar is present in red meats, some fish and dairy products.
Struggling to process its own waste, China, the world’s largest importer of recycled goods, will no longer accept mixed plastic and paper from the rest of the world.
Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, bombed-out buildings in Syria and an anti-Trump march in New York are among the images captured by the agency photographers shortlisted by the Guardian picture desk this year.
UNICEF has published a report and according to their studies, the brains of over 17 million children might be affected by pollution.
Fires continue to burn Southern California, and climate scientists have warned us for years that the region was entering a year-round fire regime.
Farm animals in the US, such as pigs, cows, and chickens, receive more than 80 percent of the antibiotics sold in the States.
Globally around 200,000 people die each year in the developing world due to organophosphorus pesticide poisoning.
Meteorologists warns that the collapse of Pine Island and Thwaites glaciers in Antarctica could flood every coastal city on Earth.
There is more artificial light at night across the globe and that light at night is getting brighter. The rate of growth is approximately two percent each year.
A US sugar industry trade group appears to have pulled the plug on a study that was producing evidence linking sucrose to disease nearly 50 years ago.
The international team of researchers looked at the sperm impact of short and long term exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) among nearly 6500 15 to 49 year old men in Taiwan.
Researchers have found that the arc of prehistory bends towards economic inequality. Findings have profound implications for contemporary society.
The viewpoint article -- "World Scientists' Warning to Humanity: A Second Notice" - was signed by more than 15,000 scientists in 184 countries.
