Leaders of countries and companies will be in Cancun for new climate talks this week. The business world looks poised to be heard and hopes governments will lis

In the middle of a takedown of Van Jones, the White House's Special Advisor for Green Jobs, Glenn Beck veered strangely off-topic.

The rise and fall of Rev. Billy James Hargis, along with the popularity of Glenn Beck, makes our media columnist long for the days of the Fairness Doctrine.

American Express is encouraging its card members to shop at small businesses this Saturday.

This year marks the first year that an electric vehicle tops the ACEEE's greenest car list.

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

Experts doubt the theory behind the 'happiness pie chart,' saying what you really can impact is how happy you are.

Artist Dave Rittinger's shirts are beautifully leafy to wear and easily compostable at end of use -- and scratchily impractical to wear.

Some of NYC's oldest trees will get the appreciation they deserve with some creative lighting, poetry and more.

Scientists and artists have more in common than one might think. Many techniques used by artists are just as indispensable for scientists, who use interesting i

These human nests are biomimicry at its best, built the way birds do with cozy comfort in mind.

From confounding dress codes to exclusion from many events, the road to gold for women has had plenty of quirky twists.

Skip the stretching and forget the sports drinks. Modern research is proving that many commonly held fitness beliefs just aren't true.

In honor of the International Day of Happiness, here's everything you need to know about laughter.

Judith Jones, the editor of 'Mastering the Art of French Cooking' who had a knack for knowing what would sell big, has died at age 93.

A new book called 'Wild Land' proves there's still untouched wilderness, documenting that fact with glorious photos.

Check out this low-key Midwestern capitol for urban, rural and agricultural fun.

More people will soon become familiar with the concept of a plastic footprint.

There are many issues about high-fructose corn syrup, all of them connected to corn-focused industrial agriculture, a practice that is destroying our health and

These organic, gluten-free, and naturally dyed candy canes were a lifesaver for this mom.

Sweets can exacerbate skin aging and wrinkles, research shows.

By implementing 'housing first' on a national scale, Finland has almost eliminated homelessness.

Japan's cube-shaped watermelons are more than just a novelty. They're easier to store in the small refrigerators typically found in Japanese homes.

These stone fruits look and taste similar, but they're not always interchangeable in recipes.

The two-stroke motor isn't new. There's probably one in your weed whacker. But Achates Power and other companies say they can turn around the two-stroke motor's

With big sales numbers, the manufacturers are rolling out a record number of new models at the 2016 New York Auto Show.

The use-at-home device that treats migraines with a pulse of magnetic energy has shown significant promise in clinical trials.

Philadelphia chefs Michael Solomnov, Greg Vernick and Stephen Starr take home three top of awards at the Oscars of the food world. Meet the winners.

Restaurants are redesigning themselves to accommodate the rise in take-out orders.

CNN recommends several boxed wines for the holiday weekend. Are the boxes the only eco-friendly thing about them?

If you've never tried a Carmenere before, Lapostolle’s Alexandre Cuvee Carmenere would be a great bottle to start with.

From the Montepulciano region of Italy comes a rich, spicy wine from Italy’s largest winery, which is embracing biodynamic practices.

Researchers suggest our most lasting legacy will be chicken bones.

A visit to Panasonic's Eco Ideas House and to the big Tokyo electronics show, which embraced green this year, incorporating the electric car into a smart grid v

You might get discounts by sharing your fitness data with an insurance company. But they might get way too much insight into the details of your life.

Small businesses generate more jobs — and our kids are going to need them — so support Small Business Saturday.

In an effort to save money and labor, a farm in Germany has begun selling fresh, local produce from vending machines.

Bob's Red Mill, an internationally renowned natural foods flouring mill and market, is now completely owned by its 209 proud employees.

Send love into the world with a little bit of creativity and paint.

The Department of Energy has awarded $188 million to small businesses in 34 states to spur clean energy innovation, job creation and more.

The U.S. Department of Energy awards $57 million to 33 small business projects.

The MIT physicist is already steeped in Beltway politics, but his enthusiasm for nuclear power and natural gas worries some environmental advocates.

Giving human names to hurricanes may seem odd, but it's part of a major shift in our relationship with tropical cyclones over the past 60 years.

The wild horses of the Outer Banks in North Carolina have been riding out storms for centuries.

New findings show manure burns cleaner than traditional fuels, more intense hurricanes are predicted, a housing trend could cut carbon emissions and more.

Japanese scientists have found a special bacteria, Ideonella sakainesis, that likes to eat polyethylene terephthalate, better known as PET.

Projects in India and Myanmar and using flying tech to plant trees under the right conditions.

Researchers found the brains of people who spent months in the Antarctic got smaller. What they learned applies to all of us.

Xenobots are hybrids of living frog cells and machinery — a unique hybrid of organic and inorganic parts that can power themselves.

Ice Age humans likely lived in these strange circles made from mammoth bones.