Music festivals are messy. In between the loud bass and muddy boots, there’s also an unglamorous mountain of waste left ...

Some gut bacteria recycle discarded sex hormones, like oestrogens, back into the body. The level of these bacteria seems to ...

Human and animal waste can replace many fertilizers if managed better and used closer to farms, improving farming systems.

Inside every cell, a cleanup operation runs around the clock. Proteins are constantly damaged by wear and tear. Some can be repaired, while others must be dismantled and recycled. When this system ...

On many coastlines around the world, piles of discarded oyster and mussel shells are a common sight—the leftovers of a global ...