Pigeon-fancying provocateur Duke Riley's 'Fly By Night' is set to dazzle over the East River.

Dutch designer Dan Roosegaarde's Space Waste Lab visualizes 'the smog of our universe.'

A fair trade wedding dress maker discusses how her business was born.

The stylish recycled rubber bracelets provide fair wages to the women who craft them, and sales of the bracelets support children in Africa.

These 2 tutorials will get you scarfing in lots of new ways!

It's rare to see anyone choose to throw away a plastic bottle if a recycling bin is nearby. Unfortunately, it’s still common to see carpet waiting curbside fo

Clarke's Breaking Ground is a nonprofit organization that works on the local level to help communities complete projects like bridges, libraries and schools.

Author and GMO expert Jeffrey Smith shares his advice on how to make the best food choices when you're not the one doing the cooking.

Do you even know what the night sky looks like sans human interference?

Bright skies at night make some trees bud early for spring.

First new global map of Earth at night since 2012 shows the growing impact of light pollution across the globe.

This step-by-step Kindle book will help families of all sizes get home-cooked meals on the table.

Guide to pulling off a traditional Thanksgiving dinner with style from the former New York Times restaurant critic is a bargain.

After months of leaks and rumors, the iPhone 5S is finally real.

Lost in the woods? Stuck in the wild? These 8 handy smartphone apps will help you survive in the wilderness.

New meta-trackers integrate data for an overall view of users' activity and aim to find hidden connections that might help users improve their lives.

A new study shows that using your phone while you're en route affects your posture.

New empathy-building app lets you swap lives with people you don’t know.

Tracking Santa this year? There's an app for that. And a website, and a Facebook page, and a twitter profile, and more.

The company will do the work for you.

Rob Schmitz, Marketplace Shanghai bureau chief, is only the second reporter to gain access to the factory floor at Apple's Chinese manufacturer. See highlights

This worry-free form of the popular multimedia chatting app limits children's activities to drawing and taking photos to store on your device.

Apple's app store hasMark Bittman’s go-to book on the basics of how to cook just about anything you can imagine for free.

Filmmaker Josh Seftel bought his mother an iPad last year and turned her into a YouTube sensation. In the process, he the two developed an even closer bond.

As we head into the kitchen with tablets and smartphones, we need creative ways to keep them food-free.

Get The Greenwash Guide, a free primer on how to spot really green vs. greenwashed products.

Launched on national Bike to Work Day, MyCommuteSucks.org touches a mad-as-hell exposed nerve.

Learn how telecommuting can work for you with some advice from people who do it.

What could be better than losing weight and gaining money? Here's what can happen when you take a bike for a spin.

Ratings have become the new human resources department.

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.

Leticia Gasca failed miserably at her business, but then she realized the amazing power of admitting your failures and a new business venture was born.

Project Bike Tech offers students diverse skills and options when they leave high school.

MNN's family blogger chats with Philippe Cousteau about science, exploration, adventure and the eco-savvy kids who are changing the world.

Did your favorite school make the list as one of the 10 greenest colleges in the U.S.?

Are you qualified to recite the Girl Scout promise? Prove it.

Environmental Defense launches 'spendometer' to track anti-climate campaigning.

A New Yorker article gives a behind-the-scenes look at what led to the demise of the climate bill this summer. Here are five observations.

Is there an eco-friendly fireplace? From pellet stoves to bio-ethanol fireplaces, engineered logs and wood-burning inserts, here's an enviro breakdown.

Spied some natural dish soap or gluten-free snacks on your favorite TV show? Green Product Placement gets eco-friendly goods some time in front of the camera.

Whip up a thoughtful gift that's simple to create and easy on the environment.

Effects of the fiscal cliff deal on food policy

Virgin Spaceship Unity, set to begin test flights next month, includes a very special nod to the theoretical physicist.

'Bill Nye Saves the World' will dispel myths and anti-scientific rhetoric on everything from climate change to GMOs.

The Science Guy is back, just in time to 'Save the World' with verifiable facts and guest stars like Alton Brown.

Celebrities are asked to show off their hidden talents, and Oprah surprises with her ability to make dog poop stains vanish.

Stephen Hawking, the renowned theoretical physicist, lived for 50 years with ALS, a group of rare neurological diseases, but he never let it define him.

Only about 2 percent of Iceland is now forested, down from as much as 40 percent before Vikings arrived.

Conservation efforts are helping some large predators reclaim ancestral habitats, a new study finds.

Even subtle changes of scenery can have dramatic effects on our mental and physical health, a growing field of research suggests.