Half of all plastics ever manufactured have been made in the last 15 years.

Production increased exponentially, from 2 million tons of plastics in 1950 to 448 million tons by 2015.

Production is expected to double by 2050.

Every year, about 8 million tons of plastic waste escapes into the oceans from coastal nations.

Study in how South Siberian nomadic pastoralists practice patrilineal semi-ownership of seasonal camps, likely ongoing since at least the 9th century.

Train travel is thriving in Central Europe, and so are dining cars.

In a city defined by harmonious 19th-century architecture, the dark glass-and-steel design of Montparnasse Tower has always stood out like a 690-foot sore thumb.