In recent years, cosmetic surgery has been more prevalent than ever before. In 2024 alone, more than 7.4 million people ...

Melinda Farina, known as the Beauty Broker, sends Hollywood actresses and everyday women to doctors around the globe. In her world, the knives are always out. Credit...Photo illustration by Daria ...

As some celebrities come clean about what aesthetic procedures they have had done, public interest is skyrocketing. But is this a good thing or a bad thing for patient well-being? Experts weigh in.

In Geneva, negotiators from 175 nations are trying to hammer out the first-ever legally binding treaty on plastic pollution. The urgency of the talks was underscored this week by a new study published ...

In the world of celebrity, there’s always buzz around who’s had what done, whether it’s low-key Botox or more involved procedures like liposuction, a Brazilian butt lift or even a full-on facelift.

Marine plastic litter tends to grab headlines, with images of suffocating seabirds or bottles washing up along coastlines. Increasingly, researchers have been finding tiny microplastic fragments ...

Nations kicked off a meeting on Tuesday to try to complete a landmark treaty aimed at ending the plastic pollution crisis that affects every ecosystem and person on the planet. It’s the sixth time ...

With conventional waste management systems falling short, many scientists are turning to nature for innovative solutions to the issue of plastic waste. One promising avenue is microbial degradation: ...

As an Autopian reader and former child, you probably at some point assembled at least one or two plastic model-kits with hopes to bring your four-wheeled fantasies into three-dimensional reality, even ...

This spring, citizen scientists across the country and the globe participated in the International Plastic Pellet Count, collecting small, usually round so-called “nurdles” on the shores of their ...