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PFAS can contaminate the environment – their chemical structure makes them difficult to remove. George Pachantouris/Moment via Getty Images

Business

We developed a way to use light to dismantle PFAS ‘forever...

Staff Writer - December 14, 2024

Arindam Sau, University of Colorado Boulder; Mihai Popescu, Colorado State University, and Xin Liu, Colorado State University Perfluoroalkyl and...

Health

Regulating ‘forever chemicals’: 3 essential reads on PFAS

Staff Writer - March 8, 2023

Jennifer Weeks, The Conversation The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is preparing to release a draft regulation limiting two fluorinated...

EXPLORING NATURE

The moment you look away from those adorable eyes, these mischievous creatures will sneak out of your lab. Joshua J. Cotten/Unsplash, CC BY-SA

culture

Raccoons break into liquor stores, scale skyscrapers and pick locks –...

Staff Writer - January 18, 2026

Kelly Lambert, University of Richmond When a curious raccoon broke into an Ashland, Virginia, liquor store in December 2025,...

A Chinese visitor looks at condoms at the Beijing International Sex Supplies Exhibition. Zhang Peng/LightRocket via Getty Images

China’s new condom tax will prove no effective barrier to country’s...

January 15, 2026

Phytoplankton blooms, seen by satellite in the Baltic Sea, pull carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere. European Space Agency via Flickr, CC BY-SA

Climate engineering would alter the oceans, reshaping marine life – our...

January 14, 2026

Observing the night sky can get kids interested in astronomy and STEM careers. Jeremy Thomas/Unsplash

Rural areas have darker skies but fewer resources for students interested...

January 13, 2026

SpaceX’s Starship rocket launches in August 2025. Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP via Getty Images

Superheavy-lift rockets like SpaceX’s Starship could transform astronomy by making space...

January 11, 2026