Once painfully uncompetitive, the U.S.-made automobile is clawing its way back with good-looking designs, attention to detail, and even respectable fuel economy

Brighter Living with Jill Cordes: A handy website to help you stay active and fit.

Most disasters lie outside human control, but some of the world’s most devastating events have been caused by humans.

Yassin's Falafel House, a refugee-owned business in Tennessee, keeps that honor top of mind by always giving back to the community.

Kids are fond of one fruit in particular, but most still aren't eating enough fruit each day.

One day consumers are giving up their SUVs, and the next day they want them back. It's enough to drive an auto company CEO crazy. The bottom line: Watch what co

Americans tend to buy more fuel-efficient cars when prices at the pump go up.

The all-electric bus costs about $175,000 but is expected to help school districts save $11,000 per year in fuel costs.

For many reasons, happiness with new cars and trucks is hitting a five-year low.

Everyone assumes that wild and wooly New Jersey, Massachusetts and New York have this nailed, but not so!

$2.50 a gallon gas makes a compelling case for crossovers and big fuel hogs.

The chicken chain is working with THRIVE to purchase coffee from farmers who can by-pass the middleman and get paid up to 10x more for their beans.

U.S. landowners voluntarily protect more land (and water) than all national parks in the lower 48 states, a new census shows.

Three markets were chosen as America's favorites. Was your favorite market at the top?

A webinar with last year’s winners will kick off this year’s contest.

Opening day at the Collingswood Farmers Market in New Jersey is a huge success.

Find out if your favorite farmers market won in American Farmland Trust’s annual contest.

The results are in for American Farmland Trust’s 2011 America’s Favorite Farmers Markets contest. Did your favorite market win?

Learn about the importance of the city that marks a dividing line in the Mississippi River.

Incineration has become America's stopgap solution following China's crackdown on imported foreign waste, and it's hurting low-income communities.

Study finds U.S. and Canada have lost 29% of birds in past 50 years.

The movie "Hidden Figures" is the story of the African-American trailblazers who helped win the space race. Now NASA is naming a building after one of them.

As the largest domestic hunger relief organization, Feeding America manages 200 food banks that distribute food to 60,000 agencies.

SkyBridge, North America's longest pedestrian suspension bridge, opened earlier this year in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. And now it's ready for Christmas.

Volkswagen is trying to convince Americans that its TDI diesels are as environmentally friendly as hybrids, and it's using sports marketing to get the message a

Fom Argentina to Mexico, solar in Latin America is likely to grow like gangbusters in the coming years.

New book about the painkiller industry has already been optioned by Warner Bros.

When the only way to visit your neighbors is to hop into a car, holiday parties take on a deeper significance.

A terrifying, meat-eating worm is named after John Bobbitt — you know, that terrible episode from 1993 involving Lorena Bobbit and a big knife.

You may think you like spending time alone, but these deserted roads stretch for hundreds of miles through remote areas with nary another human around.

America 2026: How Trains Will Make Your Commute Better

Health care is essential, but so is a smartphone if you want to get a job or even sign up for health care ... despite what Jason Chaffetz says.

More of MNN's user guides for some of the best national, state and local parks in the United States. Explore America's parks with this series.

This is part of Explore America's Parks, a series of user's guides to national, state and local park systems across the United States. We'll be adding new parks

The National Park of American Samoa isn’t the sort of place you visit on your way to some other destination. You have to really want to be here. It’s a 5 ½

Three communities recognized as setting the "gold standard" for local-level sustainability planning named winners of the 2011 Siemens Sustainable Community Awar

U.S. water usage is at a 45-year low, according to a new government report. But is that low enough?

In some regions, as many as 80 percent of trees could be in danger from RAD or rapid apple decline.

Jim Motavalli shares an excerpt from his just-released book, ​"The Real Dirt on America's Frontier Legends"

Lucky was a broken street dog until he journeyed half a world away to inspire others.

The American robin, Turdus migratorius, is migrating earlier likely in response to changing environmental conditions.

A new book, "They Are Already Here" by Sarah Scoles, looks at the people who are obsessed with unidentified flying objects — but for different reasons.

One of the most highly anticipated museums of the past decade, the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture is finally opening.

These recipes from previous centuries are just as delicious today as they were hundreds of years ago.

From local ingredients to storied traditions, hop on the Great American Cookie Train to see what cookies are the most popular around the country.

These highways pass by beautiful landscapes but aren't frequented by many travelers.

From parkways to pedestrian malls, PBS takes the wheel for a tour of the nation's most influential streets in a new episode of the "10 That Changed" series.

This didn't just happen; the creation of the suburbs and interstate highways were the direct result of a Cold War defense policy.

'America's Forest' with host Chuck Leavell of The Rolling Stones explains how forests can help climate change, the economy and so much more.

The Florida Aquarium has discovered how ridged coral reproduce, which had previously been a mystery.