When oceanographer David Gallo stepped out onto his ship, floating above the resting place of the RMS Titanic, he spotted evidence of a different kind of tragedy — a lone plastic bag floating in the ...

As plastic bags slowly become a thing of the past and reusable totes take over, one group of students is putting the leftovers to good use. A team of artists from Lund University’s School of ...

When it comes to pool floats, I thought I’d seen it all: Giant unicorn pool floats. Motorized pool floats. Pool floats for your dogs. I thought there wasn’t anything left in the world of pool floats ...

SAO PAULO, Brazil – A baby girl found inside a plastic bag floating on a lake in Brazil was released from hospital Sunday in good condition, doctors said. The girl, apparently two months old, was ...

The bag, which washed up on the Outer Banks in North Carolina, is a stark reminder of how long plastic trash lasts. It washed up on a beach at Cape Lookout National Seashore on the Outer Banks in ...

For dealing with mass casualties like those following hurricane Katrina or in some future chemical attack, existing body bags leave much to be desired. So say forensic researchers Arpad Vass and Cyril ...