Plus: Notes from around Hollywood.

Programs about space, nature, science, and animals domestic and wild come to TV this month.

After Hurricane Irma ravaged Florida, a Miami teen saved hundreds of mangroves and replanted them as protection for animals and humans from future storms.

Taiwan-based NMA.tv, famous for its satiric animations, releases a new video about Canada's decision to withdraw from the Kyoto Protocol.

The percentage of Americans who believe the climate is changing has grown, and 64% of Americans favor regulations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

New research finds that a relativity cheap and safe diabetes medication may help prevent breast cancer.

Metformin, an inexpensive and common diabetes drug, may fight ovarian cancer, according to a new study.

Resistance is not futile. In fact, it can stave off colon cancer and ease inflammatory bowel disease and other digestion problems.

Drinking just one 12-ounce soda a day may increase the risk of Type 2 diabetes.

Cinnamon might improve not only the taste of apple pie and oatmeal but also the health of people with diabetes.

Following a Mediterranean diet may help prevent diabetes in people who are at risk for heart disease.

Researchers find a strong association between elevated blood glucose levels and certain types of cancer.

World Wildlife Fund, the Red Cross and UNICEF are among the first users of the new "Donate Now" button.

If Google is making users stupid, then social networks like Facebook may be making people seem smart without actually being so.

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

Watch how one man's donation contributed to surgery that enabled 3-year-old Congo native Loic Mbeze to walk.

Back in 1971, Jane Goodall observed a group of chimps break out in civil war. Now new social network analysis offers an explanation for this violent behavior.

When you share a rescue organization's posts or comment on them, it may not always be what's best for the shelter.

Drug-resistant and sometimes fatal fungus Candida auris has been found in the U.S., and it's hard to detect.

After debuting in Nottingham, England, the big-hearted concept catering to 'rough sleepers' is coming to America.

Learn how Aflac and other companies are using the power of their brands to speak out on major public policy issues and social missions.

Video: Chuck interviews the Indigo Girls about their nonprofit, Honor the Earth.

Video: Rock star Bryan Adams chats about his Canadian homeland and what they're doing to stave off deforestation.

Human trials are set to begin on the treatment, which cured 100 percent of mice during animal trials.

New studies on cancer are paving the way for faster diagnosis, better treatment — and more lives saved.

Stunning 3-D videos capture the drama of life on a subcellular level.

It may be subliminal, but you transmit your fear to your dentist.

Researchers in Brazil are experimenting with sterilized fish skin as bandages for burns.

6.5 percent of Americans over the age of 40 experience phantom odors, but we're not sure what causes this sensation.

A device undergoing clinical trials in the U.K. may detect cancer by analyzing the compounds left by cells' biochemical reactions.

Airbnb is offering free housing for cancer patients and the people who care for them.

The Bush Administration buried a report showing a highly elevated risk of cancer for those living near coal ash. Why do we burn coal again?

Clean coal lobbyist forges 12 letters to trick House members into voting 'No' on ACES.

A study in Philadelphia finds that transforming vacant lots into green spaces has a beneficial impact on mood and wellbeing, particularly in low-income areas.

The two cities will receive substantial financial and technical assistance from Bloomberg Philanthropies to help combat combat climate change.

The New American Home 2012, the official show home of the International Builders' Show, is revealed to be a boxy and modern beauty that's smaller and more effic

The Salmon Cove home was built with the environment in mind.

Study measuring traces of psychotropic drugs in the air of eight major Italian cities has alarming results.

It's amazing how closely the powerful swirls of a hurricane match the Fibonacci sequence.

Ever wonder why mountains are as tall as they are? Why is the tallest mountain on Mars nearly 3 times higher than Mount Everest? MinuteEarth has the answer.

Japanese scientists have discovered that some apples have changed in flavor and firmness over the past few decades. Science says climate change may be to blame.

Researchers say the giant tsunami occured in the Cape Verde Islands 73,000 years ago.

How the Sahara Desert both contributes to and checks the formation of big hurricanes.

Extreme weather journalists are not the calm we need during a hurricane or storm.

Touching a giant hogweed can cause burns and even blindness.

This middle-of-nowhere cave may have never been seen by humans.

New plastic PDK can be broken down at a molecular level and come back just as strong to be reused again and again.

Scientists complete the first-ever genome sequence of the deepest-living animal on Earth.

Ethanol is emerging as one of the biggest wedge issues for Republicans as they focus on the Iowa caucus.

Kenaf, the carbon-sequestering monster plant, provides food, shelter and carbon credits.