You can start making gifts and homemade goods for everyone in your life when you learn to quilt, crochet or sew. Here’s what ...

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Among the plastic in your house might be an orange-colored hard laundry detergent bottle and a squeezable clear ketchup bottle. Come recycling day, you might put them on the curb in a blue bin or ...

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a comfort rating tells you the lowest temperature at the quilt keeps you comfortable. A temperature rating, on the other hand, is the lowest temperature at the bag keeps you safe. Comfort ratings ...

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If you haven’t already, now is the time to incorporate a hand cream into your daily routine. Today’s high-performance hand creams don’t just hydrate; they absorb quickly, so you won’t ...

Frequent hand washing and proper ventilation can help as well. “Many people wash and reuse the black plastic containers their food comes in,” Birnbaum said. “I tell people to immediately ...

A new study finds a bacterium in this family can break down the plastic for food. Researchers also identified the enzyme the bacterium use to degrade plastic. The discovery opens new possibilities ...

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While a common family of bacteria, Comamonadaceae, grow on plastics in urban rivers and wastewater systems, it was unclear how these bacteria interact with and break down plastic. Professor Ludmilla ...