Prices are low, values are high and there aren't a lot of crowds in shoulder season.

With fears of the coronavirus — and flu season — here's how to stay safe on a plane.

Whether it's Dry January or Dry July, a month off from alcohol could be good for your body.

Theory explains many of the bizarre observations made in quantum mechanics.

If the results can be replicated, 'this would be a no-brainer Nobel Prize,' according to one researcher.

The American coot is not as boring as it looks. These ducks are hiding some rather mischievous behavior under that boring veneer.

The groundbreaking quantum experiment could allow us to build things on the atomic level.

Scientists are at a loss to explain why infants seem largely resistant to the coronavirus, but new studies are providing clues.

A turtle's shell is a lot more fragile than it looks, which is we need to stop looking at it as a suit of armor.

The mountain pika is sensitive to temperature change. Warmer mountains and less snowpack are problems for this rabbit relative.

Fireflies are disappearing, likely due to three factors: Habitat loss, toxic chemicals and light pollution. Here’s how you can help them bounce back.

Copper is so effective, many experts think we should coat hospital beds, railings and other public furniture with an alloy of the metal.

The 1970s Swiss fitness creation called vitaparcour is back and more popular than ever.

Farm research focused on good bacteria in the gut is helping scientists understand asthma, allergies and the immune system.

The difference in color between the northern and southern halves of Utah's Great Salt Lake are clear as day. But what causes that pink hue?

Ohio voters just passed the Lake Erie Bill of Rights, and it could help to save the pollution-choked Great Lake.

Bioluminescent algae blooms every few years on the California coast, Australia and elsewhere.

Practicing focus and acceptance can help with everything from stress relief to healthy eating.

To a geologist, a gravestone can offer information other rocks can't. One project is using gravestones to better understand how the elements, particularly acid

Howard Lee is a multidisciplinary artist from England who specializes in 'illusion, trickery and playful deception.'

It's that time of year again! The 2016 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year competition is officially underway.

Follow NASA's lead and explore this natural wonder by air. Scientists working for NASA's CORAL project are embarking on a two-month aerial study.

Have you ever looked up on a crisp fall day and noticed how brilliant and clear the blue sky is? That's not just your imagination.

Learn about the natural mechanisms that produce breathtaking fall leaf colors each year.

Theropods like the T. Rex have their bony cranial ornamentation to thank for their enormous size.

The electric pressure cooker is taking home cooks by storm, and it's good for creating hot meals quickly on a cold day.

Some of the most common foods we eat for breakfast so we don't start the day on an empty tank are full of sugar or have little nutrition.

Australian chef Adam Liaw creates an easy, 3-ingredient snack for an entire grammar school class for less than $10.

Food delivery services and high-tech appliances could be a boon for boomers, especially if kitchens disappear.

To solve our housing crisis and build homes for aging boomers where they want them, we have to loosen up our concept of neighborhood.

Cohousing isn't just a place to live, it's an intentional community.

Epiphytic plants encompasses an enormous range of plants that grow on top of others, acquiring their nutrients through all sorts of nifty and unusual ways.

Research shows that talking to houseplants can help their growth — and now there's a new book full of bedtime stories just for them.

Once critical for survival, Germany's allotment gardens now provide a different type of health and wellness.

Grab your shovel and some seeds and combat climate change and whatever life brings with a backyard garden.

A recent letter from the regulator could indicate that it wants to widen its remit to include diversity and inclusion. Should brokers be worried? Martin Friel reports.

With more cars on the road and few infrastructure projects to ease congestion, traffic jams are just getting more epic.

Driving can be fun (especially in a Miata!) but walking and cycling is a lot healthier, cheaper and better for the environment.

If people from any age group can't move to a walkable city, then they're going to have to fix what they've got.

How you get around determines where you live, and vice versa.

With newly passed legislation, San Francisco is now the largest city in the country to not require a minimum number of parking spaces for new developments.

Pedestrians and cyclists will soon rule the streets in the Norwegian capital's downtown core.

Smart Growth America's Dangerous by Design report finds walking to be a particularly perilous activity in Orlando, Daytona Beach and Cape Coral, Florida.

It's way more efficient, not to mention more polite, for everyone.

Only a small fraction of flights would need to adjust their altitudes to achieve the effect, new research suggests.

Even if self-driving cars could replace mass transit, it would be a very bad thing.

Created by humans, these fires just keep on burning due to underground stores of peat.

Scandinavians already have a reputation for being nice. Now Norway may give away territory without even being asked.

This David vs. Goliath story could impact the future of renewable energy everywhere.

Months after opening a flagship training center near Las Vegas, SolarCity is exiting the state and slashing jobs.