Many organizations are accepting donations for California wildfire victims and first responders, making it easy for you to help.

Overall, 90 percent of the ground turkey that the magazine examined had one or more of the five bacteria they tested for.

Godwin feels just as comfortable rock climbing a couple hundred feet off the deck as he does in a video editing suite. Meet this digital-friendly adventurer and

In 1994, AT&T ran a series of ads that got much of it right, but missed the big thread.

In their last year of high school, Miranda Wang and Jeanny Yao went looking for a solution to their town's plastic waste problem, and found one close to home.

This versatile fiber can keep you looking good or speed you down the highway.

Effects of the fiscal cliff deal on food policy

The bizarre, unexplained sounds that harmed American diplomats working in Cuba may have come from the Indies short-tailed cricket.

First comprehensive study on climate mortality released today at COP16 projects rapidly increasing death toll especially among children due to the impacts of cl

Scientists used computer models to predict how the glaciers would respond to future climate change, and the results were not reassuring.

As global warming causes glaciers to retreat, long-dormant plants could be reborn.

CSA membership carries with it some unexpected fringe benefits. Here's what you’ll be able to do!

Performers take to the streets of Edinburgh in one of the largest art festivals in the world, Festival Fringe.

From Michael Jordan to J.K. Rowling, these superstars prove the value of perseverance.

Here's how you can donate or otherwise help the animals, residents and first responders affected by wildfires in Australia.

The world's oldest depiction of a campsite may have been unearthed outside a cave in Spain.

2015 was no stranger to shady science.

The Food and Drug Administration has issued a proposal that would require makers of soaps to show that their products really work.

FDA bans 19 ingredients including triclosan and triclocarban found in antibacterial soap and suggests washing with plain soap and water.

KELT-9b's star-like qualities include melting iron and smashing hydrogen molecules, meaning this is not a habitable place.

The U.S. Energy Department wants you to save green by painting your roof white -- as long as it doesn't make your neighbors see red.

One of the cleanest places in your home may actually be one of the dirtiest, according to a study that suggests one in five showerheads spews out bacteria.

Japanese scientists have found a special bacteria, Ideonella sakainesis, that likes to eat polyethylene terephthalate, better known as PET.

BIrds and bats don't seem to rely on their gut bacteria for the same things we do.

Scientists have found a new influenza virus that infects bats. But don't pull out the hand sanitizer leftover from the H1N1, or swine flu, pandemic just yet. Wh

Officials are worried that a group of people in the Amazon who had been living in isolation from the outside world may have contracted the flu.

Bioluminescent art blends science and creativity to create images that can only be seen in the dark.

Imagine your city illuminated at night by glow stick-like lighting generated entirely from living organisms.

Scientists can now add code to bacterial DNA, and the bacteria pass it on to the next generation.

Being connected to nature makes kids happier and more likely to act sustainably.

Renewable energy has made great strides in the U.S. recently. But if you take a look around the globe, you'll find equally encouraging signs.

Bacteria can help solar panels convert sunlight to energy, even on overcast days.

Plant waste has been seen as a possible source of sustainable biofuels, now modified E. coli would convert plant waste into fatty acids, and then into fuel.

Who or what is making the sound remains a mystery, but it may be a 'dinner bell' signaling feeding time for deep sea creatures.

While dolphins and whales might get all the attention, here are some lesser-known sea creatures that are just as magnificent.

Dan Mackay, found thousands of dog tags near London and is on a mission to reunite them with surviving veterans or their relatives.

Feb. 29 is more than just a weird day to have a birthday. There are a lot of traditions guided by this almost-every-four-year surprise.

People in the Bahamas are in need of food, water and other emergency supplies after Hurricane Dorian.

Human beings are obsessed with shiny things, and the attraction is innately tied with one of our most basic human needs.

Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems (MHPS), Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engineering (MHIENG) and Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company (MGC) were selected by the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) to conduct joint research on the effective recycling of carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted from the refinery at Tomakomai City, Hokkaido Japan where the CO2 is captured and stored by the existing demonstration plant. Further utilizing of the demonstration plant currently employed for CO2 Capture and Storage (CCS), the three companies will collaborate on research activities for CO2 Capture and Utilization (CCU) in order to produce methanol from captured CO2. The research is expected to run until February 2021.

The explosion detected in a galaxy 390 million light-years from Earth was 5 times more energetic than anything seen before, but it's no Big Bang.

Copper is so effective, many experts think we should coat hospital beds, railings and other public furniture with an alloy of the metal.

On National Quinoa Day, try this versatile superfood in creative new recipes, like chocolate cookies, veggie burgers, yogurt parfaits and more.

Trade body said it lobbied the regulator to exclude premium finance arrangements as payment deferrals would have left many brokers at greater risk.

There are all kinds of distracted and compromised people in our roads. Some of them cannot help it.

Lichens are not what you think they are. Not plant, not fungus — they are one of a kind.

The areas were part of national monuments in Utah that were dramatically shrunk in 2017.

A new study proposes 'the existence of a novel skin-gut axis' that helps our gut bacteria reap the benefits of sunlight.

Alder Creek is home to hundreds of giant sequoias, from seedlings to millennia-old Methuselahs.

The U.K.'s push to create new marine reserves in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans represents a victory for biodiversity campaigners. (And fish.)