The first release of moths with genetically-engineered "self-destruct" switches onto American farms is being heralded as an insecticide-free solution to pests.

Researchers isolate a gene mutation that might give a strong indication on whether or not a person will develop type 2 diabetes.

With a donation of $970 million, the Facebook co-founder has become the country's top philanthropist for 2013.

General Mills scraps new legal terms that served to waive the rights of Facebook fans and coupon users to sue the company.

When disasters strike, we want to help the victims, even from thousands of miles away. Consider these giving strategies to make sure your donation counts.

A decade-long search for alien life called the Breakthrough LiBillionaire Yuri Milner pledges to fund a decade-long search for intelligent life.

Chuck Leavell, keyboardist for The Rolling Stones and the cofounder of MNN, sits down with country music star Gretchen Wilson at Farm Aid 2009 to talk about fig

Complete catalog for the corn gene will have far-reaching implications in the fight against hunger and disease.

Electric cars are really shooting off into the stratosphere, and it’s all Elon Musk can do to keep up.

VW is poised to reinvent itself as an EV-friendly treehugger.

As its name implies, Scavenger Studio by Eerkes Architects was constructed from materials plucked from soon-to-be-demolished homes.

After you read the last page of this new book for kids, you can start a discussion about food, farmers and eating.

When you buy these presents, stocking stuffers and hostess gifts, you're also giving to charity.

A botched message on health insurance reform offers lessons in the effort to sell climate change legislation.

Worlds collide as energy corporations, Fortune 500 CEO's, nonprofit leaders and 60,000 protestors try to make sense of the Copenhagen climate talks.

Video: MNN blogger Karl Burkart chats with Current TV about the politics of blogging at the Copenhagen climate summit.

Climate talks in Denmark are on hold after a group of developing nations walked out over concerns about abandoning the Kyoto Protocol.

Canada does an about-face on its climate target (if only) and the G77 suspends talks after a move to eliminate Kyoto Protocol language.

A 'prediction market' is betting on the outcome of Copenhagen. Here are 4 experts making their own predictions for COP15.

Ethiopia shocks African nations by supporting the new draft agreement at Copenhagen. Drama sure to ensure tomorrow.

NGO's furious over new draft agreement and a radical reduction of badges at the Bella Center. Only 300 delegates will now be allowed in.

The U.S. secretary of state makes the ACES climate bill targets official and pledges to build a $100 billion fund.

The Bolivian Alliance for the Americas (ALBA) led an impromptu press conference denouncing the closed meeting of 18 'friendly nations' led by Obama. Hugo Chavez

Both environmentalists and U.N. officials agree ... COP15 was a 'failure.' But the 'Copenhagen Accord,' though flawed could mark the messy beginnings of a post-

Video: Rachel Maddow is joined by <i>New York Times</i> columnist Thomas Friedman, fresh from attending the climate change conference in Copenhagen for a discus

Video clips from the great Copenhagen march for the climate.

The Mongol invasion scrubbed nearly 700 million tons of carbon from the atmosphere, according to new research.

Quick, somebody get Rudolph some Rolaids. Along with the methane emissions generated by a fleet of airborne tundra reindeer, take a gander at other contributor

Citing increasing abuses of their return policy, L.L. Bean has updated its lifetime guarantee policy.

By default, women take on the role of rememberer and organizer, and all that mental labor adds up, even if the rest of the family can't see it.

Judging workers' value by time spent at a desk hurts working moms — and companies' bottom lines. Flex time could fix it.

McKenna Pope shares her thoughts on convincing Hasbro to change the design of the Easy Bake Oven.

The organization has revamped everything from badges to cookie sales to try to be more relevant.

Covering thousands of miles on three-inch wings, the common green darner dragonfly completes a multi-generation journey every year.

A newly developed insulation from students at California State University could dramatically reduce the cost of air conditioning.

Limbaugh blasts GM for trying to sell the Chevrolet Volt in China, but his central premise (based on a New York Times story, no less) may be wrong.

Should baby boomers be blamed for stealing our kids' futures? Author Bruce Gibney thinks so — and he has a point.

Cartagena, Colombia's Caribbean port city, might not enjoy the name recognition of Bogota or even Medellin, but it has many of the features of a bona fide mains

Two moms are suing General Mills over the use of the term 'natural' to market its Nature Valley products. Do lawsuits like this create any change?

As electric cars become increasingly mainstream, they're starting to build up a charge on social media around the world.

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The FDA would like for 23andMe to prove that their tests are accurate.

The USDA says this method of tampering with a food's genes is not the same as genetically modifying it.

Shareholders make decision over concerns that titanium dioxide could be toxic.

Why do many of us choose to buy brand name products when the store brand is nearly identical?

Fuel-cell advocates are none too happy about Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu’s abrupt decision earlier this month to cancel $100 million in hydrogen

Iceland is carving a niche in the hydrogen fuel market with a new program called Sustainable Marine and Road Transport–Hydrogen.

The Artificial Inorganic Leaf (AIL) may unlock the secrets to producing cheap, clean hydrogen by mimicking the photosynthetic structure of the leaf.

The technology would pack a lot of energy into a small space and allow laptops and iPhones to run for weeks without refueling.

Automakers are finally rolling out the high-tech zero-emission vehicles they've been working on for 30 years.