You're not officially supposed to listen to Christmas music until after Thanksgiving, but Pentatonix's a cappella cover is worth breaking the rules for.

Perched above Mexico City's trendiest shopping district, the Billboard House is obscured by a mural created by the dwelling's artist-in-residence.

Located under the Hiawatha Glacier, the impact crater is one of the largest on Earth.

If you are looking for ways to make your holiday meal a lot more interesting, look no further. These vegetarian and vegan recipes are not only gourmet but most

The basic principles are pretty straightforward, but getting all the details right can be challenging. Probably the biggest issue is finding the right combinati

Fun holiday question: What foods on your holiday menu will eventually rot?

Particle accelerators do more than collide subatomic particles and atoms together — they provide clues about the universe.

Waves crash against wind turbines perched on a jetty in Boulogne-sur-mer, France.

Moving allows the opportunity to purge stuff and declutter spaces. Here are five tips to purge, pack and move while reducing the stress of it all.

Nothing gets the holidays off to a bad start like broken ornaments and tangled lights. Avoid the hassle and store them right.

A scathing report on the April 2010 mine disaster that killed 29 miners at the Upper Big Branch mine in West Virginia is set to be released.

Did Japan hit the rare earth elements jackpot? Scientists have found undersea mud off the coast that could be packed with elements like yttrium, cerium and pras

Massey Energy kept two sets of safety log books at their Big Branch Mine in West Virginia, where 29 miners died after an explosion last year— one for the fede

Take a tour of Box Office, the first commercial office building in the U.S. built from retired shipping containers.

Scenes of devastation along the state's Indian River Lagoon show hundreds of thousands of dead fish.

A new study suggests that dark matter from the galactic plane may have been what really killed the dinosaurs — and it may one day threaten us.

The sun, like many stars, may be a binary, meaning it could have a mass-extinction-causing 'brother.'

At least five similar die-offs have happened before, but this is the first in human history — and the first with human help.

Think you're an expert at talking trash? Then you won't be afraid to test your recycling knowledge.

A storm chaser captured stunning clear video of a perfect tornado in Wyoming.

City lights keeping you awake? Put on an eco-friendly sleep mask and get a darker, deeper night's sleep.

The agency hopes that public access to the information will encourage collaboration and innovation across the computer science community.

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

Conservationists are hoping for a Christmas (Island) miracle.

NASA has just released an image of a unique hole on the surface of Mars.

A newly formed crater on Mars reveals the red planet's blue underbelly.

She's featured in the PBS documentary 'Makers'.

In a speech in Indonesia, Secretary of State John Kerry also derided "head in the sand" climate change deniers.

Organizers are planning a huge event to celebrate the joy of 'ginger pride.'

UC Davis vets and engineers designed a mask and cast exclusively for Loca, a Staffordshire bull terrier severely injured by another dog.

This middle-of-nowhere cave may have never been seen by humans.

The elusive Bahama nuthatch was found in limited numbers on the island Grand Bahama amid concerns it had been wiped out in 2016.

We've rounded up the best last-minute gifts: presents you can send your loved ones digitally that will arrive in email immediately.

Video: Rachel Maddow is joined by <i>New York Times</i> columnist Thomas Friedman, fresh from attending the climate change conference in Copenhagen for a discus

Christmas is the season for many things, including a massive carbon footprint.

David and Morgan Surkin run the PortSports Social Club, a recreational sports and events club that puts as much emphasis on helping nonprofit organizations as i

Martyn Poliakoff, a professor of chemistry at the University of Nottingham, may first appear like a mad scientist in his popular series of YouTube videos in whi

Tracking Santa this year? There's an app for that. And a website, and a Facebook page, and a twitter profile, and more.

With a few clicks of a mouse, you can buy Christmas gifts for the home cook, vegetarian, paleo or recipe hoarder in your life.

Learn how telecommuting can work for you with some advice from people who do it.

Except for war or natural disaster, young people have never had it so bad economically.

Richard Turere's solar-powered invention safely scares lions away from his family's cattle.

Here are some simple ways to have a more eco-friendly Christmas.

Scientists are studying the sleep habits of mountain lions to help protect the cats from habitat loss.

A royal Bengal tiger takes refuge in a local man's bed from deadly floods near Kaziranga National Park.

These brightly colored beetles come together in huge groups, but it's not just to cuddle.

Scientists tracking 278-square-mile block of ice hope to learn from it as it moves away from its parent glacier.

The disintegration of a giant Antarctic ice shelf that had been stable for millennia was caused by a chain reaction of lakes draining on top of the ice.

Researchers in Greenland are studying how warming glaciers relate to sea level rise around the world. They had a front-row seat to the Helheim glacier calving.

They may seem like a modern oddity, but arachnid decorations on Christmas trees are actually inspired by an old Ukrainian legend.