"The less plastic in our foods and environment the better." Burger chain turns heads with 'brilliant' alternative for plastic straws: 'Surprisingly durable' first appeared on The Cool Down.

A Carlisle-based building materials distributor has entered into an agreement to supply EcoCocon straw wall panels.

Ecological Building Systems is teaming up with Slovakian company EcoCocon to promote straw panel construction in the UK & ...

At Expo 2025 Osaka, staff are wearing neck fans powered by next-generation perovskite solar cells that weigh less than a sheet of paper.

A CDC advisory panel has recommended that the preservative thimerosal be dropped from flu vaccines, a largely symbolic move but one that could sow doubts about safety.

With a ceasefire in place between Israel and Iran, U.S. Central Command is watching the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow international waterway that Iran could mine in an attempt to close off merchant ...

Reddit users react to a customer discussing Chick-fil-A's rumored move away from plastic straws and toward paper. The popular food restaurant has responded to the claims.

CDC’s once-revered vaccine panel now a “farce”—calls grow to scrap meeting The panel is scheduled to meet Wednesday with an anti-vaccine agenda.

Just don’t expect it to get there quickly. The third rule of conference panels is that at least 10% of it will be spent watching someone carrying the microphone to the wrong person.

Ashley Versher discusses Tyler Perry’s Straw, media representation, and her mission to expand Black women’s narratives in film and TV.