It would make sense for Microsoft to either cut Windows RT out of the picture or somehow merge it with Windows Phone.

Microsoft faces strong competition on both desktop and mobile fronts. What can the new CEO do to ensure the company's success?

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.

Natura, Benjamin Moore's eco paint line, hits Pottery Barn Kids with a fabulous collection of colors that won't induce headaches and other VOC-related maladies.

Popular magazine and testing facility finds that nontoxic paints have improved in recent years, performing just as well as conventional paints.

You really don't need the stuff that makes your bathroom smell like an overchlorinated swimming pool.

It might be time to give this oft-maligned home decor another chance.

The latest, largest study finds talcum powder likely causes little risk for ovarian cancer.

The flu vaccine is your best weapon against the flu this year.

Health officials have identified a 'very strong culprit' for the devastating sickness linked to e-cigarettes.

Hand sanitizers aren't as effective as soap and water, but sometimes they're a smart choice.

There are a few things you can do to wake up a mind that still wants to sleep.

Colorado and Washington state have legalized marijuana, and others are considering measures. Test your cannabis knowledge.

Raising a child is an expensive undertaking, and new parents can get a severe case of sticker shock even before they've left the maternity ward.

Why does the North Dakota outpost of Williston have the highest rents for a one-bedroom apartment in the entire country according to a new survey?

Find out how this stand-up comedian, writer and entrepreneur found his dream job.

They might just kill a few sites that you know and love.

Like the eat local movement, this trend is another way to keep your dollars close to home.

Massachusetts has a plan.

Here's what you need to know about the overtime rules that have been put on hold and how they could affect your paycheck if they go through.

Want to be financially independent and retire early? Try this extreme saving plan called the FIRE movement.

A new U.S. report on climate change offers 'information that every human needs.'

The EPA administrator fires back at a coal utility company during a Senate committee hearing.

Program offers national recognition for kids working to make their world a greener place.

Your dutiful blogger has been evacuated from his home. However, it didn't stop me from taking a stroll along with banks of an infamously filthy canal in Brookly

Jackson will leave the agency early next year, she revealed in a statement Thursday, adding that 'the ship is sailing in the right direction.'

Two environmental journalists call for the Environmental Protection Agency to become more open to the press and thus to the public.

Residents living near Brooklyn's Gowanus Canal rally against a planned residential development that they believe will lead to increased flooding risk.

The EPA has unveiled a plan to limit carbon emissions from new coal-fired power plants. Here's a look at what the rules could mean.

The EPA staff is being cut by 6 percent, disrupting services like pollution cleanup and public health research.

U.S. authorities have largely suspended their investigation of the molasses spill that fouled Hawaiian waters last month.

The Environmental Protection Agency spent MLK Day spreading the gospel of food waste reduction to faith-based groups.

There's never been a better time to start bicycling to work. Here's how to get rolling!

Do you really want to green your home? You can't do it alone. Here's how to get the sort of family buy-in you need to make it work.

Being a renter may limit your options when it comes to living green. But there are still plenty of ways to lighten your environmental footprint -- without takin

Social entrepreneur harnesses the power of stories to help illiterate communities leverage their ingenuity to find solutions to local problems.

SRI, the system of rice intensification, has taken agribusiness giants by surprise with its record-breaking harvests across the globe.

BrightFarms cuts out the middle man and grows local produce at the store.

6 home-schooled siblings demonstrate the power of motivation. (And their four younger sisters and brother aren't too far behind.)

Each socially-conscious Jewish teenager receives $36,000 for further public service work or education.

Conservation photographer Morgan Heim talks about her work, and how being foolish can lead to brilliant things.

Father-daughter team turns a common race practice into a clever opportunity to help the less fortunate.

A California couple helps veterans with PTSD and rescued wolves and wolfdogs forge lasting bonds that change lives.

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

The invasive species has already wreaked havoc in the Great Lakes and other regions.

The bat-killing fungal infection known as white-nose syndrome has been found in two new U.S. states.

Cane toads have been introduced to many parts of the world with the intention of using them as natural pest control.

All it took was one avian aficionado with a love of William Shakespeare to introduce this aggressive species to the United States.

A once-'mild' virus found in Africa 70 years ago is now running wild. Here's everything you need to know.

Conservationists are hoping for a Christmas (Island) miracle.