The all-new Toyota Camry Hybrid is perfect for your next family road trip.

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BMW is fielding an all-new 3-Series, and with it an ActiveHybrid 3 that offers both zero to 60 in 5.6 seconds and about 37 mpg. Up a notch, there's the ActiveHy

New data from R.L. Polk reveals that only 35% of hybrid owners bought another hybrid last year.

The Porsche 918 Spyder and Ferrari F70 offer split personalities: voracious performance on tap, but eco-driving if you tread lightly. Is it a new era of Dr. Gre

The Detroit automaker gets a touch of campaign fever with new marketing aimed to take down the competition.

Bob Sakala bought his Toyota Prius Hybrid to save gas. In the week since Hurricane Sandy, he powered his home on three-quarters of a tank of gas.

California's City By the Bay has dramatically cut greenhouse gas emissions by switching to a mostly hybrid taxi fleet. It's a model for the rest of the country.

A bit of a chameleon, this new $25,995 car offers good looks, stellar utility and 47 mpg in the city or on the highway. If you try it, you'll like it.

At 3 percent of the US market & growing, have hybrid cars reached a tipping point?

Audi and Volvo will roll out luxury electric cars in the U.S. market early next year.

It's the company's first foray into electrics — a sporty hatchback A3 — and it's coming to the U.S. early next year.

How about bringing the Concept B, a very cool 5-door hybrid, to the U.S.? Sorry, only for China. That aggravating truth plays out again and again.

Despite $2 a gallon gas, automakers are still going green, and the popularity of the gas-electric range extender format is just one example.

The all-new Niro is joined by revamped versions of the Optima.

The only thing better than a nice, roomy 2016 Chevy Malibu that gets 31 mpg combined is one that adds hybrid efficiency for 47 mpg combined.

Studies show that complex and creative activities like knitting, cake decorating or crossword puzzles can create a non-medicinal, feel-good high.

Toxic compounds called PFAS have been linked to cancer and immune problems, and they may also make it tougher to keep off weight.

50 years after man first walked on the moon, the ripples of that accomplishment continue to inspire innovation.

Well, after months of hard work with the best advisors money can buy, Ford & GM announced a bold strategy to revive their ailing industry — more government lo

Using a diesel engine to power a hydraulic power system, Lightning hopes to take X Prize.

Scientists at the world's largest particle accelerator announced today (Dec. 13) that they'd narrowed down the possibilities for the existence of the elusive Hi

Physicists love the Higgs boson, but they hate the God particle. The elusive Higgs particle, which scientists at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) particle accele

Forget the idea that only 10-minute bursts of activity are important. New research finds that even small moments of activity can help you meet your goal.

A new study says historic smells are part of our 'cultural heritage' and should be saved to bring the past to life.

These feared and beloved predators are arriving on coffee tables, thanks to famed National Geographic photographer Brian Skerry.

Ecologist Chris Thomas, author of 'Inheritors of the Earth,' asks readers to look at what we gain through environmental losses.

Reading novels has all kinds of benefits for the mind — and maybe even the spirit.

A new, all-girl 'Lord of the Flies' movie is in the works, making this the right time to ditch some of the gendered assumptions we have about kids.

From log cabin enthusiasts to tiny house dwellers to aspiring de-clutterers, there's a book for everyone on your holiday gift list.

Rachel Herz explains the science behind our relationship with the food we eat in her new book, "Why You Eat What You Eat."

A dwarsligger, or flipback book, is a small, very portable book that you read vertically, like you're scrolling through text on a smartphone.

Turns out all those dire predictions about paper books and bookstores were wrong — and personally, I'm thrilled.

Farmers markets, a growing bike culture and plenty of parks make this horse-racing town worth a visit.

Reykjavik, the pedestrian-friendly, geothermal-spring-heavy capital of Iceland is ideal for travelers who want to leave a light carbon footprint.

Bali is one of the most famous island tourist destinations in the world. This Indonesian isle's idyllic beaches, endless surf, easygoing population and exotic c

Rehoboth Beach, Del., is a grade-A beach town -- the “Nation’s Summer Capital” nickname is well-deserved. It’s a place where Mother Nature and the atypi

The ocean food web is contaminated by trash and garbage, and it's ending up in our diets.

Euthanasia rates have dropped dramatically at animal shelters across the U.S.

Blue-green algae in lakes can be fatal to dogs that ingest it while playing in the water.

Is the food you're eating healthy? The answer should be simple, but it's not.

A muffin with the same amont of calories as ten chocolate donuts? A pretzel with more saturated fat than a Big Mac? Read it and weep.

A craving for sweets is the same brain function that drug addicts and alcoholics experience for their "fix."

I have some hobbies I take seriously, but I have others I do for the sheer joy of doing it. An essay celebrates dabbling.

Simply asking someone to coffee shouldn't be a big deal—for either gender. And dating would be less fraught if all singles asked others out more often.

Plastic straws create litter and often end up in the stomachs of wild animals — but the group Last Plastic Straw has an easy solution.

It's the paradox of aging when we should be feeling worse as we get older, but we actually have a better sense of well-being.

There is no shortage of toilet paper. But human dignity may be in short supply.

Blending or juicing fruit makes it much easier for your body to access their carbs and calories, which is the opposite of what most people want from a smoothie.

A nutritional powerhouse, jackfruit can keep you full all day and imitate meat.