PRWeek's editorial team talks news from the holiday break and 2020 predictions.

Saudi Arabia, the cartel's most powerful member, pumped a record of more than 11 million barrels a day.

Unprecedented crude oil demand declines over the second quarter of the year will wipe out over a decade of industry growth in barrel terms.

Using carbon nanotubules, college students have created the world's smallest Cupid, to eventually be used in nanofilters.

American Norwood Thomas traveled to Australia to see his lost love Joyce Morris for the first time since 1945.

Once a luxurious yacht and a racing steamer, this rusty ship is now mired in a creek off the Ohio River.

Scientists can only guess at how they have avoided extinction for so long.

Oilman-turned-solar entrepreneur Jeremy Leggett says there's only one shot to plug the well, and getting it wrong comes with a heavy price.

The cartoonist responsible for beloved webcomic xkcd is also an ace infographic designer. His "Money Chart" is the definitive portrait of a cash-strapped, cash-

In the second Healthy Lunchtime Challenge kids enter their best original lunch recipes for a chance to attend the Kids’ State Dinner.

On Aug. 8, the Greenland ice sheet shattered a seasonal record, with more cumulative melting since record-keeping began more than three decades ago, new researc

Antarctica ice loss was only contributing 0.2 millimeters per year to sea level rise, but that number has jumped to 0.6 millimeters since 2012.

The Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood presents its picks for what not to buy this holiday season.

The flower flower motif-stamped Los Angeles masterpiece is set to reopen as a museum following renovations.

The 17th century New Jersey abode comes with a gazebo, 4-car garage and a couple named Harry and Doris.

German tree-planting advocate brings his Stop talking. Start planting message to the United Nations.

Quinoa is one of the most nutritious foods on the planet, cooked like rice, gluten-free, and loaded with vitamins and minerals.

Photographer Oliver Hellowell believes anyone can accomplish their dreams — even if they have Down syndrome.

For 55 years, photographers have showcased their work in the Natural History Museum, London's Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition.

A controversial move by a church in Georgia has people asking "Can you do that?"

Around 180 laypeople help the sisters keep up their round-the-clock prayer vigil.

The spells are written in a mysterious language, but a few names of demons could be deciphered.

The Swedish ritual of Årsgång or "year walk" is said to reveal visions of the future — if you can complete the requirements.

The all-electric Nissan Leaf is the 2011 World Car of the Year.

They might sound a little pricey, but these might be the longest lasting batteries ever created.

The Fortingall Yew has been male for centuries, so maybe it's finally time to branch out.

Likened to a cathedral, the ornate Crossness Pumping Station reopens for public tours following extensive rehabbing.

Migrating insects are usually overshadowed by birds. But a new study reveals how impressive — and important — their travels can be.

In 2011, Japan was one of the most prepared countries in the world for a massive earthquake. Yet when a mega-quake hit Japan last March, sparking a huge tsunami

Two years after a deadly tsunami swept ashore in Japan, killing more than 15,000 people, solemn reminders of the disaster are still washing ashore.

A powerful earthquake in Alaska sent towering waves up to 30 feet (9 meters) tall crashing down on Hawaii about 500 years ago

In the U.S., there are more trees than there were 100 years ago, according to the FAO. MNN's Chuck Leavell explains why.

.Chances are it's not, but Swedish mega-retailer IKEA has recently come under fire from environmental watchdog groups for clear-cutting old-growth forests in a

We practice thankfulness on certain holidays, but why not all the time?

The find is roughly 2 billion years older than any other known fungus fossil.

Archaeologists have uncovered new evidence that could push the date of human habitation in Australia back possibly as far as 80,000 years ago.

While hiking in New Mexico's Las Cruces desert, Jude Sparks tripped over a stegomastodon skull.

The finding indicates that life on Earth began much earlier than previously thought.

The archaeological site is located a mere 900 feet off Manasota Key in Florida.

Covered in a code no one can understand, the Shigir Idol is the oldest wooden structure in the world.

The find confirms that America's earliest human inhabitants were here much sooner than previously thought.

HIV might never have become a global pandemic if it wasn't for the ecology of what is now known as Kinshasa, and what was then a 1920s colonial hub.

In A.D. 536, a volcanic eruption sent a thick haze into the air that blocked the sun over Europe, the Middle East and some of Asia for 18 months.

The ozone hole above the Antarctic has hit its maximum extent for the year. Due to warm temperatures, the opening in the protective atmospheric layer was the se

The latest World Meteorological Organization Greenhouse Gas Bulletin paints a grim picture for our environment.

It may be time to retire the groundhog and start tracking Arctic sea ice for a better prediction of late-winter weather.

Dale 'Grey Beard' Sanders, 82, hiked the entire Appalachian Trail in a year.

Student Jack Ross Pilkington is working to save dying bee populations and has even become a bit of a beekeeper.