Scientists Can Now Turn Used Soda Bottles Into Vanilla Flavoring
Laborers sort through polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles at a recycling factory in BangladeshKazi Salahuddin Razu/NurPhoto/Getty Images Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of…
Nothing Proves The End of Bipartisanship Like Gun Control
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) at a gun violence memorial on the National Mall on April 14, 2021.Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via AP Images Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.To hear Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) tell it,…
Republicans Declare War on Biden’s Nonexistent Plan to Grab Farmland
Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.Farmers, sharpen your pitchforks: President Joe Biden is coming for your land. At least, that is, according to Fox News, various Republican politicians, and the farm trade press. The outrage centers…
Your Yoga Pants Are Spewing Microplastics Into the Environment
Dmitry Feoktistov/ TASS/ Getty Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.This story was originally published by Wired and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. You probably know by now that when you wash a load of synthetic clothes,…
More Chess Stars Are Denouncing a Cheating Billionaire
Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.It started with good intentions: Raise funds for pandemic relief in India, the world’s hardest-hit country in measures of death and devastation by COVID. The biggest names were set to play,…
How the Fossil Fuel Industry Convinced Americans to Love Gas Stoves
Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.Early last year in the Fox Hills neighborhood of Culver City, California, a man named Wilson Truong posted an item on the Nextdoor social media platform—where users can interact with their…