I speak of — as you probably already guessed — the Frisbee or what's generically termed a flying disc. Its origin story ...

In March 2022, the United Nations Environmental Assembly (UNEA) decided to work towards an international legally binding instrument to end plastic pollution. IUCN will engage in the negotiations ...

There are other benefits to Blu-rays, like the fact you truly own your movie collection, and get stunning box art and behind-the-scenes extras that come on the disc. It may not be a very vibrant ...

Phaistos Disc. Credit: C. Messier/Wikimedia Commons/CC-BY-SA-4.0 The Phaistos Disc, discovered in 1908 in Crete, has long been a subject of intrigue due to its undeciphered symbols arranged in a ...

CINCINNATI (WXIX) - New research is sounding the alarm about what happens when plastic breaks down over time and where it ends up in our bodies. The plastic forms smaller particles called ...

At its new optical disc laboratory for acrylic DVDs, the company operates a EUR 1.5m replication line similar to those owned by DVD producers, in an effort to develop and test the performance of ...

But few would have known that this particularly pernicious plastic polymer had been phased out if they’d been waiting for the state to make mention of this monumental milestone — one that ...

Our brains are full of plastic. This was the fun news I read earlier this week while picking up dinner take-out, packed in plastic containers, crammed in a plastic bag and accompanied by Styrofoam ...

Many patients with lower back pain, sciatica, pain down the back of the legs, or weakness of the lower-extremity muscles are diagnosed with a herniated (a.k.a. compressed or ruptured) spinal disc.

A New York plastic bag maker that had been part of legal challenges to the state's bag ban is closing its factory there and laying off 146 workers, according to state filings. Poly-Pak Industries ...