Whether you filed your taxes early or are scrambling at the last minute, it's not a bad idea to start planning what to do with your tax refund.

Have you considered the impact of your purchasing decisions? That's what I've been doing — again.

Restaurants tap into the community supported agriculture model.

Digital Domain brought Tupac back to life for the 2012 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.

A growing number of businesses are moving to the cloud for everything from applications to data storage, but how secure is our data in the cloud?

The sun-powered plane Solar Impulse demonstrates the vast potential for renewable energy after successfully setting the distance record for solar aviation.

Physicists have gotten a first look at the way electrons spin in a tiny diamond wire, and it could mean big things for computer technology.

HVAC heavyweight Honeywell unveils Lyric, an attractive and eager-to-adapt household thermostat with GPS-based functionality.

How exactly does turning a pillow into a big fluffy gadget help us disconnect from the world?

Climate doubters are apoplectic over a few misinterpreted sentences in the draft report.

Mold prevention is vital for healthy living, particularly when it comes to food. Keep the green fuzz off of your food by keeping the fridge clean and inspectin

A new study suggests the shape of an egg is determined by how much time a bird spends in flight.

Microsoft's Hohm Scores app ranks more than 60 million U.S. homes according to energy efficiency. How'd yours fare? And, most importantly, how'd your friends an

The Big Apple's complaining culture gets its own mapping website that spotlights the top complaints reported within 42 different neighborhoods on a daily basis.

Capital One's new contract update raises the hackles of critics who question the company's right to contact customers by 'personal visit.'

New designs like the Eargo and new rules from the government may change everything.

Denmark-based Lego is the world's most profitable toy-maker. But when it reported a revenue decline for early 2016, the news was just what the company wanted.

Ireland's national investment fund will sell all investments in coal, oil, gas and peat as soon as possible.

We know our old CRT television sets are loaded with lead, our batteries are bursting with heavy metals and although strides have been made in reducing mercury c

The chemical’s makers can’t guarantee Diphenylamine's safety, so the EU doesn't allow its use. Here in the U.S. it’s found on 80 percent of conventional apples.

It takes more than just dedication and intelligence to be a pillar of the community.

Lush, lovely and totally invasive, running bamboo has been branded as public enemy number one in several towns in the Northeast.

Forget the meek; the jellyfish might just inherent the Earth.

Feral cats cover a staggering 99.8 percent of Australian landmass, according to a new report in the journal Biological Conservation.

'Switched at Birth' stars raise poultry, reveal upcoming storylines.

New Discovery series 'Lone Target' turns Joel Lambert into human prey.

Conservation photographer Krista Schlyer is documenting the people, wildlife and landscapes of America's 'forgotten' river.

In a goofy, profane, self-mocking rap video, a handful of young Australian climate scientists preach an inconvenient truth: There are two few scientists at the

Scientists find that adults infected with a common strain of the herpes virus are more likely to develop Type 2 diabetes than those free of the virus.

Would you live in Facebookville? The company's $120 million housing community might just bring the old “company town” concept back into fashion.

Facebook tops the list of the country's best companies for internships.

Facebook is in talks to buy a drone company that manufactures ultra-lightweight, solar-powered planes.

The social network's acquisition of the makers of the Oculus Rift headset promises to change the way we experience online media.

Each day will symbolize one year that Nelson Mandela spent in prison.

Mild-mannered European travel guru Rick Steves never fails to surprise.

Gut-wrenching appeals can mean fewer donations, say two British researchers who looked into marketing approaches.

People are using low-power FM radio stations (LPFMs) to inform, educate and spark change in their communities.

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

The secret to a longer, healthy life might have been living in our guts this whole time.

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

The Ozark chinquapin tree was believed to have been wiped out by blight, but it has slowly resurfaced.

Coal has made Duke Energy wealthy, yet the company's CEO admits it can be dangerous. Will he solve the problem?

Margaret Palmer, professor of biology at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Studies, believes there's a better way to mine for coal than blowin

Perfect for blustery apartment balconies, the student-designed O-Wind Turbine is a national winner of the James Dyson Award.

Find out what the LEED Green Building Rating System has in common with Shakespeare.

The company's New York headquarters is now equipped with energy-saving LED lighting.

Organization will provide a one-year membership to the U.S. Green Building Council.

In observation of one of the original New Urbanist-style planned communities' 75th anniversary, Norris, Tenn. gets a self-sufficient prefab demo home.

Holst Architecture's Bud Clark Commons project joins an eclectic assortment of notable green buildings on the 2014 AIA COTE annual top 10 list.

Wood that bounces sunlight back into the atmosphere could be a game-changer for buildings.