Published on: 2025-06-05 05:00:00
Almost all of The Verge’s staff have had the experience of moving to a new house or apartment. While the experience was different for everyone, one thing we all had in common is that, during this highly stressful process, we had each discovered at least one tool, app, or other gadget that turned out to be really (and sometimes unexpectedly) helpful in making things just a little bit easier. Here are some of the items — tech and otherwise — that could be useful if you’re moving from one home to
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In my 15 years of reviewing tech, this pellet-firing, story-telling, pretend-urinating robot attack dog is easily the strangest thing I’ve ever tested. Arriving in a slightly battered box following a series of questionable decisions on Temu, I’m immediately drawn to the words “FIRE BULLETS PET” emblazoned on the box. And there, resting behind the protective plastic window with all the innocence of a newborn lamb, lies the plastic destroyer of worlds that my four-and-a-half-year-old immediately
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When hunger and laziness coalesce, reheating last night's takeout or the leftover pasta you took home from a restaurant in the microwave seems like the best idea. But if you don't do it properly, you could be ingesting microplastics and harmful chemicals. But is plastic contamination as dangerous as experts say? All signs point to yes. Study after study has shown that the resulting chemical exposure of microplastics could pose significant health risks, linking to increases in medical issues lik
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When hunger and laziness coalesce, reheating last night's takeout or the leftover pasta you took home from a restaurant in the microwave seems like the best idea. But if you don't do it properly, you could be ingesting microplastics and harmful chemicals. But is plastic contamination as dangerous as experts say? All signs point to yes. Study after study has shown that the resulting chemical exposure of microplastics could pose significant health risks, linking to increases in medical issues lik
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Squeaky stuffed animals are endearing. But when the animal is a real baby bird and its stomach makes crunching noises from all the plastic it has ingested, the endearment quickly turns into a dystopian nightmare. This, however, is not happening in a faraway dystopia. Scientists from the Adrift Lab ocean research group were horrified to discover “crunchy birds” on Australia’s UNESCO World Heritage-listed Lord Howe Island. What’s more, on their first day of fieldwork on the island this year, the
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🕵️ 40 bundles of soft plastic packaging waste were tracked through take-back schemes across England over 12 months. 🔥 Of the tracked soft plastic packaging waste collected for recycling at Sainsbury's and Tesco stores, 70% of the soft plastic that reached a known destination was burnt, not recycled 🇹🇷 The rest ended up at recycling facilities that downcycle soft plastic waste into lower value products – the majority of which were in Türkiye. ⚠️ Environmental law NGO ClientEarth warns that the
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🕵️ 40 bundles of soft plastic packaging waste were tracked through take-back schemes across England over 12 months. 🔥 Of the tracked soft plastic packaging waste collected for recycling at Sainsbury's and Tesco stores, 70% of the soft plastic that reached a known destination was burnt, not recycled 🇹🇷 The rest ended up at recycling facilities that downcycle soft plastic waste into lower value products – the majority of which were in Türkiye. ⚠️ Environmental law NGO ClientEarth warns that the
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Image by BSIP / UIG Via Getty Studies A nasty bacterial superbug that kills hundreds of thousands of people per year is spreading through hospitals — and it feeds on something surprising, scientists have now found. Researchers from the Brunel University of London have found, per a new study in the journal Cell, that the bacterial Pseudomonas aeruginosa appears to "digest" medical plastic. Associated with more than 559,000 deaths globally per year, this drug-resistant bug is, according to the
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-17 23:00:03
Microplastics have just been found to be in our chewing gum. Researchers at UCLA discovered that microplastics are released directly into our mouths every time we chew gum. In a new study published in Chemistry for Life, scientists tested 10 different chewing gum brands and found microplastics in each one. Both natural and synthetic varieties were shown to shed microscopic plastic particles during chewing. On average, each gram of gum releases around 100 microplastics, with some pieces spiking a
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-22 04:06:15
Image by Getty / Futurism Neuroscience/Brain Science Each of our brains is swimming in enough microplastics to form a plastic spoon, scientists discovered earlier this year. Since then, medical researchers have been scrambling to understand how that could affect our neurological health. Now, ominous data is starting to trickle in, with new research comprising four papers published in the journal Brain Medicine suggesting that microplastics could be contributing to rising rates of depression, d
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Scientists have found alarming amounts of microplastics in virtually everything, from sea turtles to testicles. But discovering a plastic spoon’s worth of these pernicious particles inside human brains may be the most disturbing of all. That recent finding prompted researchers to dig deeper into the health consequences of plastic accumulation in the brain. According to a new review study, published today in the journal Brain Medicine, microplastics may be the missing link in the relationship be
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Newell Brands, the maker of Rubbermaid, is facing a class action lawsuit for its claims that the plastic-based containers are "microwave safe" and "freezer safe." The complaint alleges that despite the products' marketing, they can release microplastics into food when used as directed. Ziploc was hit with a similar class action lawsuit earlier this week. Ziploc storage bags are made from polyethylene and polypropylene. These types of plastics are known to release microplastics into foods when e
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I've got a box of Ziploc bags in my cabinet, and I'm looking at them completely differently now that S.C. Johnson, the maker of Ziploc, is facing a class action lawsuit. The lawsuit says that the marketing that Ziploc storage bags are "suitable for freezer use" and "microwave safe" is misleading because the bags are made from polyethylene and polypropylene. These types of plastics are known to release microplastics into foods when exposed to extreme temperatures, something that is not mentioned
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-17 17:03:00
A quick glance at the statistics makes for horrifying reading. Globally, 1 million plastic bottles are purchased every minute. Fifty billion single-use plastic bottles are bought each year in the US alone, and 35 billion are incinerated or sent to landfills. And we’ve not even touched on soda cans, where over 100 billion are sold each year. Photograph: Chris Haslam Bottled water should not be as popular—or as profitable—as it is, especially with so many fantastic reusable bottles available. It
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I’m on the hunt for the best eco-friendly cleaning products. Deep-cleaning my house used to leave me with a lot of plastic bags, paper, and plastic containers to throw away. But I’ve been trying to reduce my footprint, and for this guide I tried to find an environmentally conscious recommendation that could fit in every step of your cleaning routine, including my favorite overall: the Blueland Clean Essentials Kit ($46). Scientists are developing new ways to recycle plastic, but it's not an Ear
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Think you're not eating microplastics? Think again. Researchers at UCLA have uncovered something unsettling: microplastics are released directly into your mouth every time you chew gum. In a new study published in Chemistry for Life, scientists tested 10 different chewing gum brands and found microplastics in every single one. Both natural and synthetic varieties were shown to shed microscopic plastic particles during chewing. On average, each gram of gum releases around 100 microplastics, with
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-08-23 18:15:26
Image by Peter Dazeley via Getty / Futurism Treatments A high-end medical practice is offering clients the purported service of scrubbing their blood of microplastics. In an interview with Wired, Clarify Clinics CEO Yael Cohen said that her London facility's bespoke blood-filtering service — which is otherwise known as apheresis and generally used for plasma donation or other so-called therapeutic plasma exchange procedures — is so comfortable that some patients doze off during it. "Once it’s
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A new study from the University of California, Los Angeles has discovered that there are microplastics in chewing gum. Both natural and synthetic gum releases microplastics into the mouth when chewed, according to a statement published in Chemistry for Life. Out of the 10 brands of chewing gum that were tested, all were found to contain microplastics. According to the statement, "[The lab] measured an average of 100 microplastics released per gram of gum, though some individual gum pieces releas
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-09-09 04:31:00
A new study from the University of California, Los Angeles has discovered that there are microplastics in chewing gum. Both natural and synthetic gum releases microplastics into the mouth when chewed, according to a statement published in Chemistry for Life. Out of the 10 brands of chewing gum that were tested, all were found to contain microplastics. According to the statement, "[The lab] measured an average of 100 microplastics released per gram of gum, though some individual gum pieces releas
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-09-10 22:00:00
This is a non-exhaustative list of places microplastics have been found: Mount Everest, the Mariana Trench, Antarctic snow, clouds, plankton, turtles, whales, cattle, birds, tap water, beer, salt, human plancentas, semen, breast milk, feces, testicles, livers, brains, arteries, and blood. My blood, specifically. In early March I milked a few drops out of my fingertips and sent the sample to be tested for microplastics. I was in the London office of Clarify Clinics—a firm that offers to cleanse
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-09-15 09:30:07
Image by Getty / Futurism Developments Not to burst your perfectly blown bubble, but it turns out that chewing gum may be flooding your mouth with microplastics. As detailed in a pilot study, which is awaiting peer review, a team of UCLA researchers found that chomping down on just one stick of the rubbery candy releases up to thousands of microplastic shards into your saliva. The findings, which will be presented at a meeting of the American Chemical Society this week, are yet another exampl
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Microplastics have been under the microscope lately, especially considering it's estimated that people consume between 39,000 and 52,000 microplastic particles yearly. That number goes up to 74,000 to 121,000 particles when you include those we breathe in. Microplastics have become such a part of our lives that a new study found a plastic spoon's worth of tiny plastic shards in human brain tissue. That sounds bad, but exactly how bad is it? To dig deeper, we spoke with a family physician about
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Plastics are durable and strong, which is great while they’re being used but frustrating when they end up in the environment. Scientists at RIKEN in Japan have developed a new type of plastic that’s just as stable in everyday use but dissolves quickly in saltwater, leaving behind safe compounds. The benefit of plastics is that they’re made with strong covalent bonds that hold their molecules together, meaning they take a lot of energy to break. This is why they’re so sturdy, long-lasting and pe
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-09-21 09:15:39
In just the last couple of years, scientists have found microplastics in disturbing places, from beneath Arctic ice to human blood, testicles, and even brains. In fact, plastic is so widespread that it has triggered a new geological epoch. Now, researchers have added chewing gum to the growing list of products that expose humans to microplastics. A team of researchers has revealed that chewing a single stick of gum can release hundreds to thousands of microplastics into our saliva—meaning it mo
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This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: The photographs show the TPA product formation at different runs after every 4 h of heating (total reaction time = 20 h). Credit: Green Chemistry (2025). DOI: 10.1039/D4GC05916F Harnessing moisture from air, Northwestern University chemists have developed a simple new method for breaking down plastic waste. The non
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A Bloomberg report last year revealed that Apple had been experimenting with the idea of building an Apple Watch SE made of plastic in an effort to cut costs. However, it seems that the company has now given up on changing the material of the entry-level Apple Watch, which, let’s be honest, should always be metal. The controversial rumored plastic Apple Watch SE The original report from July 2024 said that Apple wanted to change the aluminum shell of the Apple Watch SE in favor of “hard plasti
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We’ve been hearing for some time that Apple is working on a version of the Apple Watch SE with a plastic shell to offer a cheaper and more kid-friendly option, but it seems bringing that vision to life is a bit more complicated than expected. After Apple’s September event last year came and went with no new Apple Watch SE announced, Mark Gurman reported that the team had run into some “cost and quality” challenges with the plastic design, but that it was still happening. Now, in this week’s Powe
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According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, the rumored plastic design for the next-generation Apple Watch SE is now in ‘serious jeopardy.’ There are some internal conflicts regarding the plastic housing, and it isn’t necessarily cheaper to produce. Last year, Bloomberg reported that Apple was considering switching to a ‘rigid plastic’ for the next-generation Apple Watch SE. This would’ve potentially allowed for an even lower starting price. Now, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports that the switch to pl
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Microplastics have been under the microscope lately, especially considering it's estimated that people consume between 39,000 and 52,000 microplastic particles yearly. That number goes up to 74,000 to 121,000 particles when you include those we breathe in. Microplastics have become such a part of our lives that a new study found a plastic spoon's worth of tiny plastic shards in human brain tissue. That sounds bad, but exactly how bad is it? To dig deeper, we spoke with a family physician about
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-10-02 08:03:14
A researcher has identified a surprising source of plastic pollution: chewing gum. In an essay for The Conversation, microplastics expert David Jones of the UK's University of Portsmouth revealed that most modern chewing gum contains "a variety of oil-based synthetic rubbers," akin to the stuff that car tires are made of — which is not only going into our bodies, but also the environment upon being spat out. Mysteriously, Wrigley, the maker of "Double Mint" gum and the world's largest manufact
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