Eating plastic, it’s fantastic! Scientists might have found an unlikely solution to the trash problem choking our planet — a plastic-eating insect, which was described in the journal Nature. The ...

Hundreds of middle and high school students presented projects at the 70th Greater New Orleans Science and Engineering Fair last week at Tulane University. Gone are the days of baking-soda volcanoes, ...

It's time now for our science news round up from Short Wave, NPR's science podcast. I'm joined by the show's hosts, Regina Barber and Emily Kwong. Hello, you two. EMILY KWONG, BYLINE: Hey, Ari. REGINA ...

Scientists have long sought to develop better plastic recycling methods, and the answer might be crawling around in the wild. Researchers from the University of Queensland in Australia say that a ...