Researchers estimate that mercury emissions in the atmosphere have quadrupled since the Industrial Revolution. The heavy metal, generated by burning fossil fuels and the disposal of industrial and ...

National Comics #5 is known for its stand-out Lou Fine cover and for its interior story featuring the expanded origin of the Quality Comics version of Uncle Sam. In addition to work by Fine and Will ...

In 1956, in the quiet seaside town of Minamata on the southwestern coast of Japan’s Kyushu Island, cats began to behave very strangely. They convulsed, displayed excessive salivation, and gradually ...

Mercury is one of the most fascinating elements on the periodic table while we typically associate metals with being solid, heavy, and structurally rigid, mercury breaks all the rules by flowing like ...

A team of researchers might have found just the right material to efficiently remove mercury -- even at low levels -- from contaminated bodies of water. Researchers estimate that mercury emissions in ...