Chicago Symphony audiences expected to hear the American composer’s clarinet concerto, written for CSO principal clarinetist Stephen Williamson, last season. Unexpected quadruple bypass surgery ...

Used to make cooking spatulas, takeout boxes and kitchen peelers, black plastic made headlines after a study last year claimed that the material contained toxic flame retardants which could be ...

Every minute, the equivalent of one garbage truck of plastic enters our oceans. Scientists warn that by 2040, plastic waste in our seas could triple, threatening marine life and potentially our ...

Plastic packaging can have substantially smaller environmental impacts—including 70% lower greenhouse gas emissions—compared to other packaging materials, according to a new study. The findings ...

ARE YOU SPENDING your winter crunching away, trying to get visible abs for the summer? You can pile up all the situp reps you want, but you won't be much closer to the core muscle you're training ...

The league has another potential win on its hands with the automated ball-strike system (ABS). The challenge system is being used in spring training games this season, but there are no plans yet ...

Major League Baseball is trying something new this spring as they're allowing teams to challenge two ball and strike calls per game with the ABS challenge system. Players, managers and fans have ...

Okay, so maybe "robo-umps" is a little bit too science-fiction. The actual term is automated ball-strike technology, or ABS for short, and it's less a replacement for home-plate umpires than it is ...

We’ve never lived in a world in which major-league spring training games had balls and strikes called by robot umps, otherwise known as the Automated Ball-Strike system (ABS). But it’ll happen ...

Do you want sculpted abs but tired of endless crunches? Doing Pilates for abs is a refreshing and highly effective alternative. It is a low-impact exercise method that focuses on strengthening your ...