Synthetics and Plastics

Beauty products made with natural ingredients

2012-04-22 00:00:00

It's never been easier to feel like a natural woman. The 1960s mantra about getting ourselves back to the garden now applies to an increasing number of beauty products, with some small companies literally going to the garden and farm to bring customers...

Construction spending and manufacturing growing -- slightly

2011-11-01 16:34:24

L.A. adds milk, juice, soup cartons to curbside recycling program

2011-06-13 16:34:04

Biodegradable plastics: Plant symbol chosen as icon

2011-04-21 21:34:10

Toxic chemical rules are on Brown's agenda

2011-02-01 04:33:59

'The Whale' by Philip Hoare

2010-02-25 00:00:00

Philip Hoare is best known for his biography of Noel Coward, but he turns his attention to a much grimmer subject than the follies of "Mad Dogs and Englishmen" in "The Whale," an eminently readable chronicle of the tragic interaction between humans and...

Young humpback whale tangled in rope off Hawaii

2009-12-02 21:33:39

Humpback whale remains entangled, but with less rope, off Maui

2009-12-03 16:33:54

Rescuers hope to free entangled humpback whale in Hawaii by cutting rope

2009-12-04 21:33:38

15 airlines and carriers sign preliminary deals to use synthetic fuels

2009-12-15 16:33:33

Fake blood, real benefits

2009-12-16 16:32:33

TTXGP North America electric motorcycle race announces competitors [updated]

2010-05-03 16:34:09

Try using alternative high-performance lubricants made from pure, natural and organic ingredients. Back away from conventional lubricants that contain toxic ingredients that have been linked to cancer and yeast infections. HuffingtonPost.

2010-02-19 10:15:10

The Simply Home collection of weather-resistant polypropylene rugs is manufactured by Colonial Mills. The line includes nine geometric patters in a palette of 32 colors. This combination looks like it was made for Palm Springs pool decks, but other designs are tamer.

2009-04-01 13:17:25

William Hudghton Hoey of Enfield has been painting and sketching for a number of years in oils and watercolor. He is now experimenting with a plastic paper called yupo. Most of his work is in watercolor. Hoey studied technical illustration at Glasgow School of Art in Scotland, where he was born.

2008-08-03 00:00:00