Containers that the U.S. government plans to use to store dangerous nuclear waste underground may be more vulnerable to water damage than previously thought. Millions of liters of highly radioactive ...

This article was originally featured on Hakai Magazine, an online publication about science and society in coastal ecosystems. Read more stories like this at hakaimagazine.com. They had no idea the ...

There are better food storage containers to choose from. Plastic containers are commonly used to store and microwave food, but experts and scientific research warns that these containers can leach ...

If you've ever unloaded a dishwasher and found everything sparkling dry, except for that one plastic container still clinging to a puddle of water, well, you're not alone. It's one of those everyday ...

Passers-by going down East Willett Drive on Saturday might have noticed a sharp contrast in the University of Wyoming’s typically brown and gold campus landscape, thanks to a brightly-colored shipping ...

Selection of spices in a kitchen. Image (c) Tim Sandle. Selection of spices in a kitchen. Image (c) Tim Sandle. Food scientists who conducted a large collaborative study of consumer behaviour have ...

The forces of nature that so often dictate how life unfolds in the Arctic may also help give Canadian scientists new opportunities to work in the North, particularly in remote coastal areas. Small ...

This post was originally published by Hakai Magazine. They had no idea the shipping container was full of toxic gas. But mere moments after opening it, the two workers began to feel the effects. One ...