Innovative technology enables electronic devices to function in contact with body tissues.

Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for their invention of the blue light-emitting diode.

Greenpeace reports what the world's leading consumer electronics companies are doing to address their environmental impacts.

Here's a vodka that treads lightly on the earth and deliciously on the palate

Dr. Bronner's Magic Soaps, the health food store staple with confounding labeling, has been a green home fixture for over 60 years.

Check out this infographic, which breaks down the importance of organic food, how mobile usage affects purchasing, food labels and more.

Taking fish antibiotics instead of human drugs is a creative solution when money is tight, but it could lead to dangerous consequences.

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

The USDA deputy secretary Kathleen Merrigan did a Q&A with The Washington Post about challenges for the organic food market.

If you've upgraded and have old Apple products or other cellphones lying around, Gazelle will give you cash. It's fast, easy and the company will even send you

Climate doubters are apoplectic over a few misinterpreted sentences in the draft report.

Olympics officials are trying to make February's Winter Games in Korea one of the most environmentally friendly gatherings ever.

Researchers present results of the ORIGIN study evaluating 12,500 patients in 40 countries.

Diet and exercise can help people with Type 2 diabetes lose weight, but that weight loss may not translate into a lower risk of heart problems.

Funding for the newest Breakthrough Prize is announced as the awards for life sciences and physics are given at a California ceremony.

On the way to a palliative care facility, cancer patient Ron McCartney had one request: a caramel sundae.

From cheap fashion to the billion-dollar trash trade, the following five books demonstrate some of the key connections between economic and natural systems.

World's leading CEOs and policy-makers 'creating environmental capital' in tough economic times.

Nine of the top 12 cars on the 2015 ACEEE list are either plug-ins or hybrids.

Let's apply the great American traditions of propaganda and intimidation to the climate change debate.

The bestseller’s flawed climate arguments show that maverick heroes aren’t right about everything.

The status quo gets what it wants when it sows confusion.

After protests and complaints about prior Olympics uniforms being made in China, Ralph Lauren brings production back the USA.

The online retailer's new 'Election Heat Map' uses book-sales data to reveal a widespread Republican streak among its American customers.

Starbuck's new keyboard app offers 28 coffee-inspired emojis that make words obsolete when you're planning a coffee date.

This is one fun way to learn a language and play with your food.

The 3rd annual Green Grades report card by ForestEthics holds big office supply companies accountable for their sometimes questionable paper sourcing.

It was supposed to be Carmageddon in L.A., but instead the two-day closure of the busiest freeway in Los Angeles reiterated a timeless lesson about cars: We los

Ratings have become the new human resources department.

Lego's new set features a paleontologist, an astronomer and a chemist — all of them female.

Earth lost 39 million acres of tropical tree cover in 2017. That's like losing 40 football fields full of trees every minute for a year.

World Rhino Day has us thinking about how amazing this animal really is, and how close we are to losing it forever.

Four architecture students hope to build a seafaring crescent that would irrigate crops with icebergs and house 800 people.

Irish teen Fionn Ferreira won the 2019 Google Science Fair for removing microplastics from water.

The developers of Mars rovers, the Hybrid X electric car, and a wastewater cleaning technique are also recognized in the magazine's annual Breakthrough Awards.

From confounding dress codes to exclusion from many events, the road to gold for women has had plenty of quirky twists.

In honor of the International Day of Happiness, here's everything you need to know about laughter.

Even if the FDA knows something is harmful, it seems no one can make them do anything about it.

You're ingesting microplastics when you consume this trendy salt source.

A visit to Panasonic's Eco Ideas House and to the big Tokyo electronics show, which embraced green this year, incorporating the electric car into a smart grid v

Police chief refuses to intervene and offers his support for the rights of breastfeeding mothers.

A 'living' wrapper called kombucha slime could ease the world's plastic pain.

The number of negative health reactions to cosmetic products reported to the FDA has skyrocketed, with the majority of complaints coming for hair products.

Green considerations for the responsible homeowner and gadget-lover.

New research suggests that discussing politics — and even arguing — offers more benefits than you might think.

Microplastics in fresh water are primarily laundry lint that comes from washing machines, and they end up in your drinking glass.

Scientists are working to harness the power of the static electricity to power our devices. It's a surprisingly mysterious natural phenomenon.

Probiotics, whether in supplement or food form, are a booming industry, but the science behind the health benefit claims is still catching up.

What these all-too-common chemicals do to our bodies.

Gore kept his cool despite the bravado of the 'Skeptical Environmentalist'.