Unapologetically is a Yahoo Life series in which women and men from all walks of life get the chance to share how they live their best life — out loud and in living color, without fear or regret — looking back at the past with a smile and embracing the future with excited anticipation. As a mom of three daughters, Denise Richards knows the importance of honing a healthy body image. “When I was working out, I would never use the words ‘being in shape,’ or anything like that — it was… Source link
Read More »MIT researchers create new material as strong as steel and light as plastic
MIT researchers have developed a new material that’s as strong as steel but as light as plastic. It can be easily manufactured in large quantities, and the use cases range from lightweight coatings for cars and phones to building blocks for massive structures such as bridges, according to Michael Strano, the Carbon P. Dubbs Professor of Chemical Engineering at MIT and the senior author of a new study. “We don’t usually think of plastics as being something that you could use to support a… Source link
Read More »Ocean Cleanup pilots ‘the first scalable technology’ to remove plastic waste from Earth’s waters
Each year, 8 million tons of plastic — the equivalent of a garbage truck load every minute — is dumped into the ocean, according to the World Economic Forum. The Ocean Cleanup, a nonprofit engineering environmental organization based in the Netherlands, is attempting to remove as much of that plastic as is feasible. “Our strategy is really twofold,” The Ocean Cleanup CEO and Founder Boyan Slat said on Yahoo Finance Live (video above). “On one hand, stop the source, preventing more… Source link
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