Modern cars are quite advanced. Cars equipped with different levels of autonomous driving, for example, are among the most technologically advanced vehicles on the road today, as are EVs and hybrids.

Plastic waste on a global level amounts to hundreds of millions of tonnes annually, although very little of that is recycled. On the other hand, corrosive waste such as spent battery acid from used ...

Researchers have developed a solar-powered reactor to break down hard-to-recycle forms of plastic waste using acid recovered from old car batteries, and converting it into clean hydrogen fuel and ...

Dr. Elizabeth Yuko is a bioethicist and adjunct professor of ethics at Fordham University. She has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, Rolling Stone, CNN & Playboy.

So I was having problems with my car's battery, so I went to Autozone and got a new duralast battery with (IIRC) a 5-year warranty. When I got it home to try and install it, I tipped it on its side to ...