In exclusive and exceptionally irrigated Rancho Santa Fe, residents now face water rationing.

Sure, it's backed by Apple's Tim Cook. But would you spend $300 on a shower apparatus?

Humans have spent countless centuries perfecting the science (and art!) of collecting, storing and transporting water. Here's how ancient India did it.

Bel Air: Champagne wishes and $90,000 water bill dreams.

A carnivorous plant, desert beetle and cactus are behind a revolutionary new material that can collect water out of thin air.

The now-permanent rules are just common sense, really.

Matthew Mazzotta's installation marries rainwater harvesting with the deeply pacifying sound of raindrops bouncing off a tin roof.

Theses six apps can help you add hours back to your day.

A Microsoft experiment goes awry in short order as Tay runs straight into Godwin's Law.

Conservative saver? Risky investor? Results of a new study suggest that your position in the family line-up may drive your financial decisions.

Animals at Australia's Mogo Zoo were saved from wildfires by savvy staff.

It's been 5 years since the West Virginia northern flying squirrel came off the Endangered Species List, and the recovery rate is encouraging.

Antique bulbs create retro vibe but also are the most-energy guzzling option for restaurants.

The City of Brotherly Love hosts a restaurant week with a local twist and offers a free, downloadable cookbook, 'Center City Cooks,' which includes seasonal rec

In less than 2 minutes a day, you'll learn 101 (no, make that 202) things about Philadelphia that the tourism company wishes you knew.

Instagramming your restaurant could get you a slap on the wrist from the chef. Should it?

Watson will help doctors diagnose and treat cancer patients.

Pantech's new phone will be available from AT&T on October 7, 2012.

Officials hope the aircraft will help prevent unsafe E. coli counts, which have caused beach closures in the past.

Physicists have gotten a first look at the way electrons spin in a tiny diamond wire, and it could mean big things for computer technology.

New tool rewards users for 'dropping' climate change facts into different online forums or comments on trending articles.

This fraudster has an overactive imagination.

Mold and water go hand-in-hand, so learn how to find mold and prevent it.

What does it mean to water a piano? What your boss was referring to as “watering your piano” is actually a phrase used to explain the presence of a piano hu

New research suggests long, happy marriages may be in the genes.

The latest, largest study finds talcum powder likely causes little risk for ovarian cancer.

New survey finds that as the U.S. economy worsened, vasectomy rates increased.

Puerto Rico wants to attract more tourists as part of its post-Maria economic recovery efforts, so don't be afraid to go there.

We keep voting for people who promise to make things like they were, forgetting that things could be awful.

A natural method for battling bacteria like E.coli and salmonella may be on its way.

Imagine a smartphone for the visually impaired that has the tools most sighted smartphone users have come to take for granted

The social workers have assisted veterans, children and families.

Vijay Brihmadesam, one of the minds behind Tava Indian Kitchen, has mastered the tasty and convenient fast-food market.

The creator of Tabasco sauce is often credited with a proliferation of large rodents called nutria in the swamps of Louisiana.

Officials in Australia quarantine imported versions of the pop singer Katy Perry's latest album due to its seed-paper packaging.

Unlike other roaches, this Asian cockroach — which has never been seen in the U.S. — can survive the cold and snow.

The beetle has already wreaked havoc around the Pacific, and recent sightings in Hawaii could spell trouble for its iconic palm trees.

Giant African snails have invaded the Galapagos, but two rescued dogs are sniffing them out and helping researchers fix the ecology of the islands.

White-nose syndrome is obliterating American bats, but scientists may have found a ray of hope: bacteria that live on bat wings.

These deadly mushrooms have caused five deaths in California since 2010, and even experienced mushroom gatherers can misidentify them.

Following a 3-week stint, the very big bunnies will hop to other cities.

Feral cats cover a staggering 99.8 percent of Australian landmass, according to a new report in the journal Biological Conservation.

High winds and vacant land create the perfect recipe for tumbleweed terror in Victorville.

People in France have been reporting sightings of bright, hungry predatory worms since 1999.

The 27-mile long electrified fence in Australia creates a predator-free area of almost 23,200 acres.

It's been a good week for MNN in the press as cofounder Chuck Leavell hits Jimmy Fallon's show and the pages of The Daily Beast and Reuters.

Chuck Leavell recounts his most recent presidential run-in at the UN Climate Summit.

Measures taken in the current Ebola outbreak may hold some clues for how to handle samples brought back to Earth from Mars.

NASA aims to launch a flight test Thursday, June 4, of an innovative "flying saucer" that could help humans land on Mars in the future.

Having conquered both the moon and Cupertino, Sir Norman Foster eyes the Red Planet.