Remembering West Hempstead's Aurora Plastics and its model kits that entranced Long Islanders
Explore the history of Aurora Plastics, the Long Island company behind iconic model kits of superheroes, monsters and ...
Foreign Policy18d
Big Oil’s Next Cash Cow Is Plastics
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NPR20d
Scientists know our bodies are full of microplastics. What are they doing to us?
It's a disturbing thought: At this very moment, tiny crumbs of plastic are trickling through ... their way into the bloodstream. Size makes a big difference here, Prata says.
USA Today20d
Are your plastic kitchen utensils toxic? An alarming study gets an update.
An alarming study that had Americans tossing out their black plastic kitchen utensils, toys and to-go packages earlier this month overstated the concern, the researchers admit. But they still say ...
Wired20d
The Study That Called Out Black Plastic Utensils Had a Major Math Error
The corrected study still ends by saying that the flame retardants "significantly contaminate" the plastic products, which have "high exposure potential." Ars has reached out to the lead author ...
The Hill21d
Viral study on black kitchen utensils had glaring error, researchers issue correction
The study, published last month in the journal Chemosphere, tested 203 household products made of black plastic. The researchers found 85% of them contained high concentrations of flame retardant.
The Verge21d
Nvidia’s $249 dev kit promises cheap, small AI power
Nvidia announced the latest in its Jetson Orin Nano AI computer line, the Jetson Orin Nano Super Developer Kit. Sort of like a Raspberry Pi but for powerful AI processing, the tiny $249 computer ...
The Robot Report21d
Jetson Orin Nano Super developer kit available from NVIDIA
NVIDIA released the Jetson Orin Nano Super Developer Kit today. The new software release increases generative artificial intelligence workload performance from 40 trillion operations per second, or ...
Page Six22d
Bigwig plastic surgeon reveals his unconventional Botox technique to prevent bruising
Dr. Weintraub has certainly seen a trend for a less-is-more approach in plastic surgery, with smaller breast implants and more careful use of Botox and fillers in NYC becoming in vogue.
Ars Technica22d
Huge math error corrected in black plastic study; authors say it doesn’t matter
The corrected study still ends by saying that the flame retardants "significantly contaminate" the plastic products, which have "high exposure potential." Ars has reached out to the lead author ...
The Online Citizen26d
Bertha Henson raises alarm over full NRIC numbers on ACRA’s new Bizfile system
Veteran journalist Bertha Henson raised alarms on 12 December about the ease of accessing full NRIC numbers via ACRA’s new Bizfile system. By entering a name, even individuals with no business ties ...