New video shows how sugar effects the brain like alcohol, nicotine and heroin.

For many Facebook users, the urge to like a kitten video or snoop on a high-school flame is almost irresistible.

The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded $29 million in Recovery Act funding for weatherization training centers in 27 states.

Dubbed 'the smartest park ever built,' the Public Square and Gardens at Hudson Yards is now open for visitors.

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

Which form of travel gives off the fewest emissions? Let's just say it pays to carpool.

Brazil's once-expansive Atlantic Forest has now almost completely disappeared.

Microplastics were found in 90 percent of rainwater samples taken from Rocky Mountains.

A California agency's attempt to regulate train pollution is ruled out-of-bounds.

As one of America's youngest and brightest social entrepreneurs, Beth Doane launched her first fashion company at age 22, created a consulting firm focused on s

Will Kindles save the rainforest? Now that Amazon’s debuted its new $359 Kindle, an e-reader available Feb. 24, e-reader and e-book marketers alike are busy b

'Reading Rainbow' host LeVar Burton demonstrates a new app aimed at getting kids to love reading.

North America's only real high-speed train first hit the rails in 1970. An unearthed video from its launch is a reminder of the can-do energy of that 'Mad Men'

It's not just that college isn't for everyone, but even academically inclined kids should have the option to learn a trade.

Finland's vocational education and training (VET) programs cover a range of occupations, and training is available to just about everyone.

Old syrup drums are being repurposed as rain barrels.

Being called a bird brain really isn't an insult, now that scientists have uncovered just how smart these feathered friends really are.

The high-performance NSX from Acura will be a platform for hybrid technology and lightweighting.

Rainworks latest rain-activated installation makes waiting for the bus a touch less tedious.

The creepy bodark tree produces unnervingly strange fruit.

There is no such thing as a "male brain" or a "female brain," new research finds.

The use-at-home device that treats migraines with a pulse of magnetic energy has shown significant promise in clinical trials.

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

What happens when railway station buildings are no longer used? Here are 10 being used for restaurants, museums, homes and more.

A study from UC Berkeley reveals that information stimulates our dopamine-producing reward system — just like food and money.

There's an 'urgent need' for rules governing the use of lab-grown brains.

The brain's impulsivity switch could be key to fighting obesity as well addiction and disease.

Researchers found the brains of people who spent months in the Antarctic got smaller. What they learned applies to all of us.

New research suggests why we feel so in tune with performers at a concert, and it's called "inter-brain coherence."

A 20-year-old woman in Taiwan is the first person known to be infected with a strain of bird flu called H6N1.

Researchers now know why some people are more susceptible to certain strains of the flu.

David Lindo turns his awe for winged creatures into a passion for teaching Britain's urbanites to open their eyes to all the birds around them.

A Brooklynite goes from the urban jungle to the Amazon jungle.

You'll see all kinds the Rainbow Gathering, a temporary utopian village in the forest of Oregon.

Research suggests a brain on a Western diet can't help itself from wanting more junk food.

A Canadian company and a partner are the latest to defraud an EPA system designed to bring more renewable fuels into the market.

Researchers have wedded the arts and sciences by transforming the human brain into a maestro that directs brain waves and signals.

Russian tycoon Dmitry Itskov says the technology will be a reality by 2045.

A scientist successfully used his mind to control the hand of a researcher playing a video game in another building.

Fleets of these 'artificial bees' could one day pollinate our crops just like real bees do.

The U.S. Women's Soccer team got a visit from service dogs in training before their match Thursday.

Video shows rainstorms rolling over Western Australia, dumping rain on areas affected by bushfires.

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A strange and talented blob will be revealed to the public in Paris for the first time.

Visible from Puget Sound to the west, Mount Rainer looms above the Cascade Range at 14,410 feet above sea level. This peak of fire and ice — an active volcano

Beijing turns to Brazil to make up for its shortfall in U.S.-grown soya beans.

WildArk created the Tuke Rainforest Conservancy to protect the people and biodiversity of the area.

Learn more about those weird-looking thingamabobs down there.