Most national food days seem arbitrary, but this one makes sense. You're going to need a clean fridge to prepare for all those Thanksgiving leftovers.

Wipe lightbulbs? Wash doormats? My spring cleaning routine strays far from The Good Housekeeping Institute's unachievable checklist.

If you are aiming for more minimalist surroundings but find it hard to part with things, this trick could work for you.

Laundry is an endless chore. With so much hands-on experience, you'd think we know what we're doing, right? Wrong.

The Reddit guessing game Fridge Detective peeks inside people's refrigerators for clues, and it may remind you of the mess in your own.

If you can't bring yourself to go all Marie Kondo on spring cleaning this year, try taking more attainable baby steps.

Despite warnings to keep detergent pods away from children, poison control centers are still besieged with calls.

'Inception' star chats with Bill Maher about colony collapse disorder and how industrialized farming is harming bee populations.

The big-bodied bees join the ranks of ants and termites, which have long been known to rely on a separate caste of 'soldiers' to defend the colony.

When her concern about colony collapse disorder reached a peak, this writer put her deep, personal fear of bees aside. Sort of.

Markus Imhoof's new documentary balances microphotography with compelling storytelling. The film will debut on June 10.

Donating money to help the bees is as easy as adding a mustache to your cat's (or your friend's) photo.

The apiarian artery is the buzziest infrastructure project in Scandinavia.

Raymond Wang, 17, won prestigious $75,000 award for engineering a system to make cabin air safer.

Robert Byrd's death will create a void that may directly affect environmental policy.

Some see the EPA's regulation of mining in the region as federal overreach. Politicians are running against the agency in November's election.

Video: Newscasters say relationship may be old news, but it does add a new twist to a day of reunions.

Rolling Stone's Jeff Goodell joins Morning Joe to discuss former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship and examining his role in the worst mining disaster in 40 yea

Check out this wonderfully strange music about the Bagger 288, one of the largest mining excavators in the world.

Supreme Court decides not to hear the case about a plan to build 'the world's largest garbage dump' near the iconic national park.

The 150-foot-wide asteroid 2012 DA14 may harbor $65 billion of recoverable water and $130 billion in metals.

Chilean mine accident survivor, Mario Sepulveda, is said to be thrilled with the casting decision.

Eucalyptus trees can hold grains of gold, potentially helping reveal buried treasure.

But for now only the penguins can enjoy them. (Turns out, mining is illegal in Antarctica.)

Buried deep in your cellphone, laptop, and flat-screen television are a bevy of obscure elements that make our modern lives possible.

Worth more than $1 million, this gemstone is distinguished for its rich color palette and light-refracting qualities that defy description.

University of Oregon architecture student Cameron Huber scores the top spot (and $2,000) in Hammer & Hand's beauty and brawn-seeking perFORM Design Competition.

Complimentary or not, Thomas Paino welcomes the attention being lavished on his super-efficient Long Island City rowhouse.

To chill or not to chill? For these items often found in the refrigerator, the answer ranges from 'not always' to a resounding 'never!'

An international design competition hopes to bring energy-efficient housing and more to Tristan da Cunha.

Farming runoff turns the sea floor into a wet desert and forces species onward or upward.

Scenes of devastation along the state's Indian River Lagoon show hundreds of thousands of dead fish.

A cave in Slovenia has two new baby olms — ghostly 'dragons' that can live for 100 years but rarely reproduce.

Dubbed the "Jacuzzi of Despair," this lake on the ocean floor is made of heavy water rich with toxins.

Neolithic humans in the Wadi Faynan region of southern Jordan may have polluted the river while first learning how to smelt.

Paddlers Paul Twedt and Michael Anderson started their Three Rivers Project to clean up Minnesota's three largest rivers.

Simple chemical process is cheap and safe, and could soon eliminate BPA as a pollutant.

New study reveals animals in ocean trenches are digesting plastic.

Untreated, unfiltered water is a pricey new trend that many are buying into — even though "raw" water could really cause you some harm.

159 coral reefs were examined in the Asian-Pacific region, and 89 percent of those reefs were contaminated with plastics and disease.

Direct-to-consumer water filter company Mesopaper removes a variety of contaminants without the mess, waste or high price tag.

If it isn't covered in toxic foam, Bellandur Lake in Bangalore is catching fire. The residents have complained

Spanish endurance athlete Antonio de la Rosa is the first to cross the Pacific on a paddleboard.

You've heard of Ebola and likely Zika, but there are many dangerous viruses that have yet to make horrific headlines.

NASA's space shuttle Discovery is set to land in Washington, D.C. this April, where the now retired fleet leader — the world's most flown spacecraft — will

The modified-Boeing 747, known as the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA), touched down at NASA's Kennedy Space Center here on April 10. The jumbo jetliner came in f

Space shuttle Discovery, NASA's fleet leader and the world's most flown spacecraft, lifted off for the last time on on April 17 to be delivered to the Smithsoni

Cries of "I see it!" rang out through the crowd as a speck on the horizon got bigger and bigger, resolving into the odd shape of two attached aircraft approachi

Residents of the Big Apple may catch sight of an unusual sight over their famous skyline this week: a NASA space shuttle riding atop a jumbo jet.

The new exhibit for NASA's space shuttle Enterprise — opening in New York City Thursday, July 19 — starts off a bit like a spacewalk. Visitors to the Intrep