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.

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

New research conducted in the UK reveals that diseases common in "managed" bees are now reaching wild populations.

These epidemics have hit full force, with scientists scrambling to unravel the causes and, more importantly, the solutions.

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.

Mark Ruffalo, actor and environmental activist whose family lives in an area of upstate New York directly where "fracking" is a common practice, explains the da

In honor of the Chilean miners being rescued, we've put together a selection of miraculous rescue efforts.

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Robert Redford shares why he has joined the fight against the coal mine.

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New report lists the 10 places most threatened by a 100-year-old mining law. Some say it's time to update the rules.

A scathing report on the April 2010 mine disaster that killed 29 miners at the Upper Big Branch mine in West Virginia is set to be released.

Did Japan hit the rare earth elements jackpot? Scientists have found undersea mud off the coast that could be packed with elements like yttrium, cerium and pras

A new billionaire-backed venture announced today that it plans to use robots to mine asteroids for precious metals and in the process add trillions of dollars t

A newly unveiled firm's asteroid-mining plans may be ambitious, but they're not any crazier than some extractive operations already under way here on Earth, com

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Mining the plentiful resources of the moon and near-Earth asteroids could alter the course of human history, adding trillions of dollars to the world economy an

American chemists are searching for new and resourceful ways to extract uranium from deposit-rich oceans in order to reduce the expensive mining process's cost.

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

Science has finally discovered the answer to the centuries-old question of how to turn something into gold.

Researchers stumble upon a method that could replace toxic cyanide with plain old cornstarch.

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

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

Photographer explains the story behind Indonesia's majestic Kawah Ijen volcano, which appears to spew eerie blue lava.

Coal mines are destroying the life that its miners have come to know through pollution and job loss.

Traces of air pollution from 16th-century Spanish silver mines were discovered deep inside an ice cap in the Peruvian Andes

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How do you clean up a river? The answer is twofold: treatment and dilution.

An eye-catching community sauna is a symbol of rebirth for the arctic mining town of Kiruna, which is being forced to move 2 miles to the east.

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.

American-style refrigerators don't just waste energy, they can hurt your health and wallet too.

New research finds that exposure to mildly cooler temps may be the key to shedding pounds.

The cloud wastes an awful lot of energy as heat. One company is putting it to good use.

Who said old houses can't learn new energy-saving tricks?

Our houses are way more efficient than they used to be, but we're using more energy per capita than we ever have.

More than 7,000 cities in 172 countries are expected to take part in the one-hour event on Saturday.

New EPA regulations will clean up the biggest problem with burning wood: pollution and particulates.

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A UCI scientist accidentally discovered a way to make a rechargeable, lithium-ion battery that could last for 400 years.

The era of 900-watt-and-higher vacuum cleaners comes to an end in the European Union due to new efficiency standards.

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

Advanced refrigeration system, nearly a mile long, is meant to keep contaminated water from the damaged nuclear plant from escaping into the sea.

William Henry Harrison, James K. Polk and Zachary Taylor all died under suspicious circumstances.

"Ain't No Fish" is a stop-motion animated short film that uses a 1940s show tune to highlight ocean pollution.

Populations of the mosquito-like bug have exploded around India's Taj Mahal because of unchecked pollution.