Medical experts say spoon was precariously lodged, with even minor movements posing a risk of intestinal perforation or ...

A Chinese man unknowingly carried a 15-centimetre ceramic spoon in his duodenum for six months after a boozy night in ...

A Chinese man unknowingly harbored a 15cm coffee spoon in his duodenum for six months after a drunken incident in Thailand ...

By 2024, the average brain studied by scientists at the University of New Mexico contained the equivalent of one plastic throw-away spoon, about 7 grams worth, said Dr. Matthew Campen, a ...

Nearly a year after McDonald’s ditched the hollow plastic spoon, more changes are coming for the McFlurry. Beginning September 10, the chain is eliminating the plastic, dome-shaped lid and ...

Surely, that much plastic would gunk up our cognitive machinery. You probably don’t have quite that much of the stuff in your brain, but the idea of any plastic piling up there is still unnerving.

In the most extreme case, the researchers estimated the brain was 0.48% plastic, meaning the particles added up to a couple of grams — the weight of a typical plastic spoon.