A modern take on comfort foods uses what is fresh and available during the season, but also explores new ingredients and stretches your imagination to look at o

Learn how to savor the fruits of your labor year-round with easy food drying techniques including dehydrators, sun-drying and oven-drying.

Learn which plants will flourish during the fall season in your particular region of the United States.

This fun indoor craft project allows kids to customize their very own miniature garden, plant succulents in a container, and watch them grow.

To prevent kids from getting bored over the summer, teach them some fun garden games.

Soils rich in organic matter grow tasty vegetables and fruits, colorful flowers and strong trees and shrubs.

Springtime is the best time of year to start a new garden.

The demographics are shifting in favor of Generation Z as these young people head to the polls.

Whether you're a 'leaf peeper' or just looking for some fantastic photos, here's how to get the most out of the season's splendor.

SkyBridge, North America's longest pedestrian suspension bridge, opened earlier this year in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. And now it's ready for Christmas.

Residents of Bougainville voted overwhelmingly to become independent from Papua New Guinea.

The highly anticipated successor to the Hubble Space Telescope is scheduled to launch in spring 2021.

50 years worth of data went into making this stunningly detailed moon map.

Life is expensive, and kids will learn important life lessons from earning and saving their own money.

The best strategy to minimize student loan debt is to search for affordable colleges. Yes, it’s complicated, but here’s what to know.

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

You may think you're stuffed, but sugar has a way of making more space in your stomach, Norwegian researchers discover.

Aflac’s vice president and corporate secretary makes sure the company goes above and beyond to create and maintain a culture of purpose.

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

Predicted to be a hot trend in 2020, the rise of everything butters and spreads has only just begun.

When we throw away banana peels, we throw away a lot of health benefits.

Those seeking a more sustainable holiday are choosing DIY food gifts. But have you taken all the precautionary measures when it comes to canning?

Making food from scratch is wonderful, but there are some snacks out there that should probably stay store-bought.

Don't spend money on bottled electrolyte water when you can make your own. This homemade electrolyte drink is healthier than sugar-filled store-bought versions.

Cassandra Lin and her classmates provided enough biodiesel to heat 210 homes in Westerly, Rhode Island.

A Canadian company and a partner are the latest to defraud an EPA system designed to bring more renewable fuels into the market.

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

Asian carp are now in Lake Michigan — and that’s not good news for the Great Lakes, says Conservancy scientist Lindsay Chadderton.

Obama's new man on Asian carp talks about his plans to eradicate the species.

Enormous holes in sea ice called polynyas are explained with help of robot floats, satellites and tech-equipped seals.

Ships which exude slime from their hulls could cut fuel consumption by 20% and make it difficult for barnacles to attach.

Scientists are beginning to unravel the mystery of how caddisfly silk stays sticky underwater, and it could lead to the development of a wet Band-Aid.

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

Facility makes DNA parts for biologists to use in experiments.

Rice University students come up with ingenious and inexpensive health care tool for communities without power.

Custom-designed proteins made with the aid of computers could fight chemical weapons such as nerve gas and help decontaminate toxic-waste sites, scientists say.

Immune cells called macrophages are at the center of the salamander's ability to regrow limbs and regenerate parts of organs.

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Signals that coordinate the rhythms of our heart and lungs offer inspiration for creating 'unbreakable' security codes.

Breakthrough technology could make long-distance space travel feasible, clean our air here on Earth, and even combat global warming.

A lab-created substance composed partly of mussel foot proteins is even stickier than the adhesive used by real mussels.

Gloves designed after a gecko's feet allow human climbers to scale walls with ease.

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

The glove essentially translates sonar into a sense of touch for its wearer.

The Office of Naval Research hopes to harness locusts' powerful sense of smell to protect soldiers on the battlefield.

The webbing was on par with bulletproof Kevlar in strength.

Researchers working on the ASSISI project recently tested the limits of interspecies communication by constructing a makeshift robot translator.

The paper Unocup ditches plastic in a bid to reduce waste and improve ergonomics.

Do your immune system a favor and go dig in the dirt. The bacteria, algae, fungi, protozoa and nematodes will do you good.

Here's a breakdown of how each disinfectant kills specific types of germs.