The glass isn’t always greener. Thought you were being green by buying glass containers? Think again. This so-called eco-friendly vessel component is far less sustainable than people believe, according to scientists at the University of Amherst in Massachusetts. “Despite glass being idealized as being the most sustainable, other packaging types may be more sustainable,” authors … Read more
We’ll drink to that! Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Georgia Tech have found a way to use recycled beer yeast to make water cleaner by removing lead, the schools announced. The breakthrough builds on their 2021 research that a year’s worth of discarded beer from a sole brewery could treat Boston’s entire … Read more
You’ve gotta have a can-doo attitude when choosing to live off the grid. Heating up a meal in the microwave or oven isn’t always feasible for nonconformists, who prefer surviving on nature’s bounty to spending thousands on traditional appliances in an inflated economy. So these solitary sweeties are letting all their food go to waste. “We [turn] … Read more
Pales in comparison? Queen Camilla had sharp-eyed fashion fanatics doing double takes Wednesday when her highness stunned in the same number she donned to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s royal wedding. Turning heads on the second day of the horse races at Royal Ascot, the queen, 75, rocked a pale pink Anna Valentine coat dress, … Read more