A new CNBC documentary follows the secret life of garbage -- from your trash can to the garbage trucks to the landfills -- and our oceans.

A shipping container filled with rubber duckies was lost at sea in 1992, and the bath toys are still washing ashore today.

A new animation shows the path of the debris carried out to sea by last year's massive tsunami in Japan. The tsunami triggered by the devastating earthquake tha

From bully sticks and rawhide to deer antlers and cow hooves, which natural dog chews are OK for your dog?

Blue-green algae in lakes can be fatal to dogs that ingest it while playing in the water.

Love Twinkies but hate the high fructose corn syrup, hydrogenated oils, and scary preservatives? Bake your own Twinks!

See how many calories you're drinking, thanks to a clever visualization from Eat This, Not That. Then help make the bad-for-you drinks less easy on the wallet.

Warning: Your marinara sauce may have as much sugar as two Twinkies.

I have some hobbies I take seriously, but I have others I do for the sheer joy of doing it. An essay celebrates dabbling.

From biodegradable coffins to tree-sprouting urns, eco-friendly burials offer a way for those who live green to also die green.

Millennials are intrigued by furniture rental companies because it's less trouble and good for the planet.

Donations and dishwashing help fund meals at the rocker's New Jersey restaurants.

Netflix and other streaming video services have a climate footprint, but it's not as bad as the headlines say.

Vodka, limoncello, lime juice and cherry simple syrup come together with just a little bitter flavor, too.

Forget the big plastic jug of cloying pre-made mix. Fresh sour mix is easy to make and it's versatile, too.

Eating more fruits and nonstarchy vegetables may help you lose weight over the long term, a new study suggests.

Before you bite into that fig, note that you could be eating dead wasps ... sort of.

Kale isn't the only super food on the block, these super berries are superfoods packed with nutrition.

New report shows major metro employment is moving further away from where people actually live. And it's worse for poor people and minorities.

Electromagnetic hypersensitivity may be an ill of the modern age or just a sign of a different condition.

Poor health, and not unhappiness, was the true cause of early death, the researchers said.

Serious expressions were the rage a century ago, but shifts in society changed things.

The FDA is investigating potentially regulating added caffeine.

The FDA issued a statement, and then a clarification about that statement, about aging cheese on wood. What does it mean?

Even if the FDA knows something is harmful, it seems no one can make them do anything about it.

Advocacy groups call the new recommendation arbitrary and discriminatory.

The new nutrition labels would have updated serving sizes and identified added sugars, but the FDA has put an indefinite hold on them.

Floor plans that let cooks see the people they're serving increase food quality and customer satisfaction.

The 2017 finalist list is out for the James Bear Awards — the 'Oscars' of the food world.

A California restaurant asks families with loud children to leave.

Would you eat meat infused with seaweed? Scientists want to put it in your hot dogs and burgers.

At Global Seed Network's peer-to-peer online network, people can share rare and heirloom seeds for free.

The water coming out of your tap is safe, but there may still be some common contaminants.

It all has to do with the smoke point of the oil.

Chickens with ankle monitors and spinach with trackers can tell consumers a lot about their food — including whether it's tainted.

The New Clermont seeks to recreate Fulton's 1807 journey from New York City to Albany in a new-fangled steamboat and demonstrate hydrogen's potential. But their

Automakers are finally rolling out the high-tech zero-emission vehicles they've been working on for 30 years.

We chat with astrotourism specialist Valerie Stimac, and author of 'Dark Skies,' about the best places to gaze into the beauty of the heavens.

Researchers have found a rocky planet, GJ 1252 b, that's just 66.5 light-years away and it's zipping around a red dwarf star.

A new high-resolution image reveals the center of our galaxy as never seen before.

Astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy created this gorgeous color composite picture of the moon from more than 100,000 photographs.

What caused the planets to neatly divide into terrestrial and gas giants? Scientists believe they now have the answer.

The collision between these stars in 2083 will be impossible to miss.

Researchers studying the mysterious objects say the look like blobs of gas but behave like stars.

Using images from its Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft, NASA reveals the moon's 'dark side' in 4K as observed by the Apollo 13 astronauts.

Astronomers have found a mini-moon called 2020 CD3 in Earth's orbit, but it won't be around for very much longer.

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.

How architect Le Corbusier, a 13th-century abbey and a busload of tourists taught me some lessons.

Older people are watching more television than ever — about 4.5 hours a day — and more than any other group.