It's hard to get a read on Polaris because it's too bright for our equipment. Plus, other cool facts about the North Star.

The moon is surprisingly rich in water, nuclear fuel and rare metals, which is why humans are interested in mining it.

Websites like FamilyTreeNow and even Whitepages have a surprising amount of your personal information.

Common questions parents aren’t asking their dentist about their children's teeth and gums, but should be.

The company celebrated its employees and independent agents who exemplify its mission to serve the community.

Packed with protein, calcium and probiotics, yogurt is a popular dairy staple available in lots of varieties.

‘Moments of Joy’ highlights Aflac’s near-25-year commitment to raising awareness for childhood cancer while addressing the challenges kids face.

Dig into some new winter flavors with root vegetables. Add seasonal flavor with parsnips, rutabagas, turnips, and others.

With careful planning and strategic shopping, you can prep a week's worth of soup so that getting dinner on the table isn't so hard.

Reduce the carbon footprint of your food by making smart food choices, not necessarily just by eating local.

Fifteen-year-old Cassandra Lin is changing her community, her state, and her world, one pot of grease at a time.

50 technology companies will compete in the clean technology 'Oscars.'

Although nanorobots made of DNA have been developed before, these spiders can move over greater distances and follow complex commands.

Biomimicry has been around for decades, but could it be the future of sustainability? Some researchers are using nature to develop better technology, while othe

Researchers are setting their sights to resurrecting passenger pigeons and woolly mammoths, but would it do more harm than good?

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

Scientists still aren't entirely sure how the spiders make use of the carbon nanotubes, but their webs are the strongest ever recorded.

The enhanced silk was also 50 percent stronger than the regular stuff.

Italians have mastered 'la dolce far niente' and so should you.

Smog in northern India is so bad, it's the equivalent of smoking 2 packs of cigarettes a day.

Ambient noise can help mask sounds at night, but pink noise and brown noise may help you more than the white noise you've always heard about.

Hydroelectric power has not received the attention that solar and wind enjoy, but that could be changing.

Thousands of drilling rigs are idle and roustabouts are being laid off. Why not put them to work drilling for renewable energy?

Developers hope the design will bring affordable lighting to people worldwide who live along the coast.

Norwegian cruise operator Hurtigruten is instituting a plan to power its ships using dead fish, part of an effort to be more environmentally sound.

An new power plant in England turns waste wood into power. But it doesn't burn it.

Green Bank, West Virginia. is literally one of the quietest places in America, the perfect place for scientists to listen for E.T.

Watch what happens when an eager young lion cub gets in too deep (literally) while dining on a freshly killed buffalo.

Fossil reveals plumage patterns of these ancient beasts, further establishing an evolutionary link between dinosaurs and birds.

Could virtual reality change our relationship with the natural world?

How this little prince grew into the tyrant king of the dinosaur world.

Australian researchers have traced the largest dinosaur footprint ever found, an intimidating 5-foot, 9-inch long impression made by a giant sauropod.

Once the 2011 tsunami rolled back into the ocean, it swept marine life as far away as California.

The Inaccessible Island rail (Atlantisia rogersi) can only be found on a single Atlantic island in the middle of nowhere. Here's how it got there.

The average smoker takes about six days of smoke breaks each year, so maybe nonsmokers deserve extra vacation days in return.

People donated about $50 each to help save and restore the historic La Mothe-Chandeniers castle in France.

Passengers and crew of United Airlines Flight 93 who died on Sept. 11 honored at the national memorial site in Pennsylvania.

A Christmas commercial from British retailer Argos inspires both parents and kids to dream big.

The discoveries of two different burial sites in Norway have been facilitated by improved radar technology.

There are two types of creative peaks, and they occur at different ages, combating the idea that the fires of creativity burn out after your youth.

Mark your calendar for math holidays that celebrate moles, spirals and an endless string of numbers!

If you watched the Great American Eclipse of 2017, here's how you can tell if you hurt your eyesight in the process.

Manufacturers don't have to tell you what fragrance chemicals are in the products you use, but those chemicals can cause health issues.

You may think you like spending time alone, but these deserted roads stretch for hundreds of miles through remote areas with nary another human around.

A ghost forest occurs when sea levels rise and flood healthy coastal forests with saltwater, killing the trees. Plus, 5 ghost forests in the U.S.

Sand dollars are echinoids that live on the ocean floor. You may enjoy collecting their shells, but how much do you really know about these quiet creatures?

So many animals don't have homes. Can you open up your home to one homeless animal, just for the holidays?

If your favorite sport involves dog competitors, you are in for a treat on Thanksgiving Day when perfectly coiffed pooches representing 187 breeds and varieties

A UPS driver thought he saw something in the snow. Turns out it was a tiny, white puppy that had been abandoned.

You might hibernate when it snows, but your dog loves playing in a winter wonderland.