What makes humans different from other species? To environmental engineer and Santa Clara University professor Stephanie Hughes, it's the fact that we produce things that can't be used again in nature ...

Twenty years ago, William Rathje, an archaeologist at the University of Arizona, wrote a book with Cullen Murphy, managing editor of The Atlantic Monthly, titled Rubbish! The Archaeology of Garbage.

Whether it's indulgent food choices, sexual habits or North Korean secrets, the stuff that people throw away can reveal all, says Chris Baraniuk. Dangling over the pool of sewage, at the end of a ...

The annual Freshmen Convocation welcomed the largest class in CSUN history to the lawn of Oviatt Library Thursday evening to learn about the importance of “Garbology”, a book written by Edward Humes.

Americans generate more trash than anyone else on the planet: more than 7 pounds per person each day. About 69 percent of that trash goes immediately into landfills. And most landfill trash is made up ...

A professor lends worms to students, takes them to sewage processing plants and encourages them to answer their own questions about garbage.... What makes humans different from other species? To ...