There’s nothing like a good, practical physics experiment to get the mind thinking about the laws of reality. (Or our simulation of reality. Potato potahto.) YouTube channel The Action Lab provides a ...

Many ancient human societies loved beer. Bronze-Age Egyptians built factories to brew it. Foragers stored the fermented drink in a cave in Israel about 13,000 years ago. A pre-Incan empire in the ...

One of my favorite movie lines in years came from Daniel Day Lewis in the movie "There Will Be Blood": "Imagine..." his character said: "that I have a very long straw now. And I take my straw and I ...

SUFFOLK COUNTY, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) - Long Island lawmakers are calling for the "last straw" in Suffolk County. Local officials and environmental organizers launched the "Strawless Suffolk" initiative ...

Straws might seem insignificant, inspiring jokes about the plastic vs. paper debate, but the plastic straw has come to symbolize a global pollution crisis over the past decade. On Monday, President ...

If you're working toward a greener lifestyle, you might have jumped on the reusable straw bandwagon. Using reusable straws, whether made from bamboo, metal, glass, or silicone, can benefit the ...