The new company, Deep Space Industries, Inc., announced on Jan. 22 that it plans to mine asteroids for metals, water and other resources.

The nascent asteroid-mining industry is set to take its first steps into space this summer.

Energy prices are going to get more expensive for all of us, but low-income households shouldn't have to shoulder the burden. Here's how we can help them.

To chill or not to chill? For these items often found in the refrigerator, the answer ranges from 'not always' to a resounding 'never!'

Paddlers Paul Twedt and Michael Anderson started their Three Rivers Project to clean up Minnesota's three largest rivers.

A 2018 study found that microplastics are being introduced to the environment through fertilizers made through large-scale composting.

Hundreds of eager spectators lined Manhattan's West Side Pier 84 on June 6, as the space shuttle Enterprise completed the final leg of its journey to the Intrep

Following a protracted court battle, Six Flags Great Adventure is set to become the world's first theme park that's fully powered by the sun.

California approved new rules that require new homes and low-rise apartment buildings to use solar panels starting in 2020.

Twelve of the world's leading chocolate producers, with some help from Prince Charles, intend to tackle deforestation.

In the 2 years since the U.K. imposed a 5-pence fee, about a third of shoppers still use plastic bags. What price would change your habits?

President Obama’s oil spill commission has released its final report on the disaster, and those who put the analysis together certainly had a few interesting

Chesapeake Energy, which has one of the largest natural gas recovery operations in the country, halts all fracking in the state after a spill on the eve of the

EPAcoal.org launches a Twitter campaign to send a strong message of support to the EPA for regulating toxic coal sludge so it doesn't enter the water supply.

Thomas Panek just became the first blind runner to complete the NYC Half Marathon with guide dogs.

The Caribbean nation of Haiti was once lush with trees and the animals that lived there, but now only a few sections of primary forest remain.

Mother Nature Network is giving away some of our favorite green books to keep you busy by your favorite low-carbon fireplace this winter.

One of our lucky Facebook followers will have an organic backyard food garden created at their home by professionals.

Become a Pinterest fan, repin from our back-to-school board and you could win an iPad and green books.

Become a Facebook fan and win these 7 environmentally-themed titles.

A video from a NASA spacecraft studying the sun has captured an unexpected sight.

This week in the hour before sunrise early morning stargazers will get a double treat: the planet Mercury and two special comets.

Although new on the Indian retail scene, Ikea already has big plans to alleviate one of the country's largest environmental ills.

Copenhagen gains an unusual new landmark in the form of a multitasking waste-to-energy plant designed by Bjarke Ingels Group that functions as a ski slope.

Today HP unveils a breakthough in powerful computer chip technology that can process data, store memory and stack 3-dimensionally.. just like a brain synapse.

Earth Day has provided the occasion for a tsunami of eco-friendly apps for the iPhone and now Android gets some green love.

Are the days of 'Star Wars'-type droids upon us? Israeli researchers host a tournament to see who can create a robot with the most human handshake.

Paper that stops bullets and yarn that conducts electricity.. it sounds like Sci Fi, but Nanocomp is making these futuristic dreams a reality.

Dell makes recycling its old laptops fairly easy, but most companies make it tough for customers to return no-longer-usable electronics for safe disposal.

Meanwhile, rumors of a pending iPad 3 spread around the Web, but are they to be believed?

Finnish scientists are studying the possibility of turning water droplets into digital bits and using them to power computers instead of electricity.

A prototype wearable computer runs on its own OS, features 720p displays over both eyes and recognizes facial and hand movements.

Intel's Compute Stick turns your big TV into a working Windows computer.

The ad, meant to highlight the environmental costs of palm oil, has touched the hearts of millions.

Cozy up over the holidays with one of these seven throw blankets for around the house made from a variety natural and renewable fibers.

With so many organic companies owned by large corporations, some of their profits may be used to fight Proposition 37 – which would require genetically modifi

7 compostable dinnerware options so you can entertain responsibly.

Before you use CFLs in your home, be sure you understand what to do should a bulb break.

Even if you take the energy and water it takes to build a dishwasher into account, it still beats washing by hand.

A company in the United Arab Emirates is already putting an iceberg-towing plan into action.

The CHIP is a computer the size of a credit card that can do a lot. But it's no Raspberry Pi.

In June 2012, a network of 16,000 computers trained itself to recognize a cat by looking at 10 million images from YouTube videos.

In a new world of digital fabrication, computer-driven tools of all kinds will change the way we make things.

Don't laugh. There are a lot of good reasons to consider it.

The other fruity computer company introduces a touch display for $60.

New books says, 'In the long run, we will neither need nor want professionals to work in the way that they did in the twentieth century and before.'

With WiFi and Bluetooth, Raspberry Pi 3 a lot more than the educational tool it was designed to be.

Using tiny eyewear, researchers tricked the insects into revealing secrets that could lead to simpler visual processing in robots.

The World1 computer program at MIT considered a range of factors and predicted the world might collapse in 2040. So far, it has been right.

First the Danes fund the largest wind company in the U.S. Now the Spaniards are set to open a 24-megawatt solar plant in California. Why are American investors