China's most polluted cities have made strides in reducing air pollution, but there's still work to be done.

Single roots can have thousand-dollar price tags, attracting poachers into protected lands, so what makes ginseng so valuable?

Whether it's a white lie or a whopper, fibs are part of our daily lives. We like to think we're honest but, well, we're not. Test your falsehood expertise.

Think bird-watching is boring? It's not if you visit these 10 destinations during bird migration season.

Yet one more scandal rocks the Chinese people as ongoing food regulation issues continue to haunt them.

'Where the River Runs' is a pop-up meadow with a deep environmental message.

In June 2012, a network of 16,000 computers trained itself to recognize a cat by looking at 10 million images from YouTube videos.

Solving secret codes hidden within video games could soon spill over into real life mysteries.

China is the world's largest polluter and the largest green innovator. It is a country full of environmental contradictions, but so is the United States.

Sweatshops filled with robots could bring manufacturing of smartphones, computers and TVs to the United States, as well.

A simple parenting technique helps Inuit children learn to control anger at an early age.

A new coalition of Japanese tour operators is trying to seize on the country's waning interest in killing wild cetaceans.

In a surprise announcement, Earth's two largest economies revealed a game-changing agreement to cut carbon emissions.

Smartphones and video-sharing social media sites make uploading and viewing videos easier than ever, driving our obsession with pets.

After debuting in Nottingham, England, the big-hearted concept catering to 'rough sleepers' is coming to America.

In an effort to combat pollution, China is building 'forest cities' and people will be moving into the first one in about 2 years.

Regardless of where you live, there are birds to admire. Here are some tips to begin watching, including 5 useful apps to try.

The rainforest as a living machine, is quite possibly the most sophisticated technology on the planet.

Officially called the "3D fast bus," the bus will literally straddle the road and carry passengers over cars and under overpasses.

Cars with 10 horsepower, fish tanks and Home Depot hardware are just part of the fun. Some even plug in.

Sky City was supposed to be 220 stories and this building was supposed to be 97 stories; but there's more to building than just technical innovation.

New massive panda park in China will connect bear populations and should help with finding mates.

To meet China's insatiable demand for pork, Shuanghui International is turning to an American company to help 'bring home the bacon.'

The U.S. secretary of state makes the ACES climate bill targets official and pledges to build a $100 billion fund.

Get the skinny on SlimStyle, Philips' latest LED bulb release that boasts a svelte profile and a price tag that's anticipated to be highly competitive.

Blogger and editor Anna Hackman chats with MNN about green buildings, green business and bar mitzvahs.

Chengdu's wild plan involves a reflective satellite or "moon" that would beam down a "dusk-like glow" within city limits.

ames Beard Award winner Elissa Altman's book about her relationships with food and those she loves is a bargain right now for Kindle.

NBC’s Adrienne Mong ventures inside one of China’s fake Apple stores to look at the bogus products being sold under the guise of the legitimate American tec

Chinese government offers high-speed rail expertise to U.S. projects.

Just a week after the West Virginia Governor shot a bullet through the cap and trade bill he has pulled way ahead in the polls.

The newly elected senator is having a tough time getting on committees after taking 'dead aim' at the cap-and-trade bill during the campaign season.

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Fill up on food that tastes like 'freedom and rebellion and independence' in honor of Lorelai, Rory and all your favorite Stars Hollow residents.

China admits it's the leading emitter of greenhouse gas emissions — even though everyone else already knew that. What that means for this week's negotiations

The newest advertiser on the Glenn Beck program is using fear of an economic and societal collapse to sell heirlooms seeds.

The Porsche 918 Spyder and Ferrari F70 offer split personalities: voracious performance on tap, but eco-driving if you tread lightly. Is it a new era of Dr. Gre

The Monkey's Paw book store in Toronto has a Biblio-Mat that distributes random rare books to customers for only a few dollars.

Peter Tabichi, a teacher in remote Kenya who has been giving most of his salary to the poor, became the first African to win the Global Teacher Prize.

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

We chat with astrotourism specialist Valerie Stimac, and author of 'Dark Skies,' about the best places to gaze into the beauty of the heavens.

From a wolf moon eclipse to multiple SpaceX Starlink launches, here's what not to miss in the January 2020 night sky.

Older people are watching more television than ever — about 4.5 hours a day — and more than any other group.

In an effort to save money and labor, a farm in Germany has begun selling fresh, local produce from vending machines.

Popular online shopping holiday produces billions of dollars in sales — and billions of boxes in the trash.

China will turn away 24 types of recyclable material imported from the U.S. and other countries due to concerns over contamination.

Several months into China's ban on most waste imports, a new study paints a sobering yet optimistic view of how we need to handle our plastic.

Xenobots are hybrids of living frog cells and machinery — a unique hybrid of organic and inorganic parts that can power themselves.

The bald eagles of the Decorah and Decorah North nests in Iowa are the stars of two webcams that let us follow along with their daily drama.

Dr. Don Milton's Gesundheit machine collects the breath exhaled by a sick person so researchers can study how viruses are spread.