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.

A cosmic collision between two stars caused a stunning gas rainbow reaction.

To find life on Mars, we may have to send probes and people into this hole.

Everyone spends all their time in open kitchens. Here's why they should get out of there.

A 2012 study of homes in L.A. shows just how menacing stuff can be: "Many find their accumulated possessions exhausting to contemplate, organize, and clean."

Don't miss out on the many lovely things available this spring at local farmers markets!

Video: Danielle shows you how to celebrate Valentine's Day in an organic way.

A hybrid that would be cold-hardy and suitable for outdoor planting may be available for home landscapes in a few years.

North Carolina State University's new pizza box composting project raises the bar for college recycling programs.

Onward Bag is landfill-skirting design at its most ingenious.

The ReTuna mall in Eskilstuna provides a shining example of how the buy-use-dispose model can be turned on its head.

A 'living' wrapper called kombucha slime could ease the world's plastic pain.

Scientists using artificial intelligence have devised a highly accurate blood test for 50 kinds of cancer by looking for the DNA of dead tumor cells.

Incredible enzyme is capable of breaking down the PET in plastic bottles into raw materials in as little as 10 hours.

New research finds that parents who suppress their anxiety actually transmit it to their kids.

Engineers have developed a prototype for an engine that's fueled by microwaved air.

Gouldian finches can have red, black or yellow heads and researchers want to know why.

Ever since Michael Cardenaz saved a hummingbird, the little bird keeps coming back to visit him.

The drab potoo bird uses its coloring to disguise itself as a tree limb.

Black-backed woodpeckers love burned-out forests, but mega-fires are changing their lives.

California condors hatch at Zion and Grand Canyon national parks, pushing their numbers beyond 500.

Each summer, wildlife officials gather to decide which southern refuges, national forests and military bases have enough woodpeckers to donate birds.

The CDC issued a warning that a mutated flu strain might make this year's vaccine less effective.

Lots of research goes into the annual vaccine, but that doesn't mean we always get it right.

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.

When black widow spiders mate, the females often kill and eat the males. But the male spiders have found a way around this terrible fate.

With the help of her grandson, Grandma Joy is camping and seeing the mountains on their quest to visit all the national parks.

Sept. 21 is Museum Day, and it's your chance to get free admission to hundreds of museums across the country.

A new study from the University of Tennessee looks at the multitude of ways and topics married couples argue about, with some not-so-surprising results.

The Via Francigena is a 1,250-mile trail that passes through England, France, Switzerland and Italy.

You may think you're stuffed, but sugar has a way of making more space in your stomach, Norwegian researchers discover.

Female-owned biodiesel station tanks up the Bay Area.

WIth room for 5,000 residents, the $26 billion Ocean Spiral scheme offers a subaqueous alternative to overcrowded and costly terrestrial living.

The new bi-fuel car runs on 'biogas,' which is already a big deal in Europe — and it's cheap, too.

We take a trip to a former Civil War-era insane asylum that has been called one of the most haunted places in America.

A Notre Dame football player turned fashion model has a new role: Eco-entrepreneur.

Scenes from the Little People of America conference in Washington, D.C.

Politically active Facebook users are much more likely to "unfriend" people, a new study finds.

Kathy Shea Mormino ditched the legal profession to become The Chicken Chick.

Illacme tobini is the second leggiest animal species on the planet — but that's not it's only odd feature.

Zoom in on this supposed image of sheep on a hillside and you'll be in for quite the surprise.

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

A Christmas commercial from British retailer Argos inspires both parents and kids to dream big.

Rather than cutting down a live tree, many companies will rent you one that will keep growing and be used several years in a row.

Brizi is a cushioned air filter and fan designed to clean the air around your baby's face and protect them from air pollution.

The Global Wildlife Conservation held their first #WildlifePhotoFail contest, where bloopers and blunders aren't just celebrated, they're rewarded.

Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski, who built and flew her own plane at 14, just earned a Ph.D. from Harvard and she's proof of the growing power of the STEM push.

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission shows why fire safety is important for the holiday season.

A UPS driver thought he saw something in the snow. Turns out it was a tiny, white puppy that had been abandoned.