A volunteer cleans up the riverbank surrounding the canal in Dhaka, Bangladesh; Before it was a canal, but the continuous deposit of urban waste has completely obstructed it. Zabed Hasnain Chowdhury | SOPA Images | LightRocket via Getty Images More than 1.3 billion tons of plastic waste will flow into …

Georgia School Boards Association executive director Valarie Wilson said she learned Wednesday that the state board would be discussing the matter, but had confirmation Thursday morning before the meeting that the issue was being discussed. removed from the agenda. She said a statewide push to delay school “opposes” the principle …

Researchers from the European Southern Observatory have captured the first images of a planetary system with multiple exoplanets. The system revolves around a star that closely resembles our sun, only younger. Observing these alien systems will teach scientists how systems like ours formed and evolved over time. The technology for …

Most of the Phillies’ work this past offseason was done early. The signings of Zack Wheeler and Didi Gregorius arrived in December for about a week. And from that point on, from the second week of December until now, the only player the Phillies signed on a major league contract …

About five years ago, Remedy Entertainment, the Finnish developer best known for supernatural thrillers like Alan Wake and Control – He decided he wanted to become the type of studio that worked on multiple projects at once. Meanwhile, many on the team were interested in expanding to first-person shooters and …