The harmful plastic debris has been pulled down by powerful deep-sea currents that create microplastic hotspots, a deep-sea equivalent of so-called garbage patches created by currents on the ocean's surface.
Joe Biden is being pressured by his donors not to pick Elizabeth Warren as his running mate. Biden, though, appears to be shrugging off any suggestion that Warren shouldn't be involved with his potential administration.
Global sea levels have risen 0.55 inches since 2003 due to ice melt in Antarctica and Greenland driven by climate change according to new data measurements from several NASA satellites.
As Apple prepares to report earnings after Thursday's closing bell, Todd Gordon of Ascent Wealth Partners is watching one key level on its chart for an "all clear."
Macy's is planning to emerge from the coronavirus pandemic as a fraction of its former self, Chief Executive Officer Jeff Gennette told analysts Thursday, as he outlined the department store chain's plans to reopen stores in phases.
There will be more than $7 trillion invested in making business workflows digital as the coronavirus experience proves the value of virtual work, according to Bill McDermott, ServiceNow CEO.
Xbox head Phil Spencer explains why he believes Xbox's game pipeline, rather than the release date of its next-gen console, is more likely to be disrupted by the coronavirus.
New York City is suspending 24-hour subway service to disinfect subway cars during the coronavirus crisis, Mayor Bill de Blasio and Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced.
NASA awarded contracts to teams of companies on Thursday, to begin work on lunar landers toward the agency's goal of putting astronauts on the Moon by 2024.
Trump said U.S. officials and scientists are fast-tracking work to produce a vaccine for the coronavirus, adding that he is in charge of its development dubbed "Operation Warp Speed."