A toast to the guy who turned supermarket grape juice into wine and won the Internet.

Studies show that complex and creative activities like knitting, cake decorating or crossword puzzles can create a non-medicinal, feel-good high.

Brighter Living with Jill Cordes: Some of the biggest companies are meeting the challenge.

Brighter Living with Jill Cordes: Could your home go solar? Find out.

Brighter Living with Jill Cordes: Have your voice heard where it counts, and lead by example.

Toxic compounds called PFAS have been linked to cancer and immune problems, and they may also make it tougher to keep off weight.

These photos of service dogs went viral after part of their training took place at a play at the Stratford Festival in Canada.

One scientist found the farthest spot from a McDonald's restaurant in the U.S. -- and went there, eating McDonald's fare all the way.

Artist Dave Rittinger's shirts are beautifully leafy to wear and easily compostable at end of use -- and scratchily impractical to wear.

Join 350.org and thousands of local activists to create one of 15 gigantic aerial art pieces that'll be visible from space!

TckTckTck's mosaic:EARTH combines 'deep zoom' technology with social action to encourage people around the world to join in the growing sustainability movement.

'Over the River' would suspend silver fabric over miles of Arkansas River.

Experts of Paleolithic art in France say some cave drawings have a reoccurring theme.

Artist Patterson Clark naturally 'harvests' areas plagued by weeds and uses the leaves, roots and stems of much-loathed plants to produce handcrafted art suppli

Brighten up a humdrum room while celebrating your favorite wilderness area with beloved illustrator Charley Harper's National Park poster series available at th

Catch up on the environmental headlines from the week of Aug. 14-20, 2011, including the not-so-nutty professor behind the The Periodic Table of the Elements an

BevShots are alcoholic beverages photographed under a microscope, creating artistic colors and patterns.

Some of NYC's oldest trees will get the appreciation they deserve with some creative lighting, poetry and more.

Artist Asher Jay's "Garbagea" confronts us with our throwaway culture in this creative project.

Miss the smells of home? Artist Kirill Rudenko is canning air from many of the world's major cities and selling it for 10 dollars a pop.

A folk hero/renegade builder is sentenced to 539 days in jail after failing to pay for the demolition of hi folk private residence/art installation.

Mosaïcultures Internationales Montréal invited countries all over the world to submit their most awe-inspiring horticultural sculptures.

The casualty list from the government shutdown earlier this month continues to grow for U.S. Antarctic science.

A giant floating sphere built from discarded umbrellas will next set sail on one of the country's most notorious Superfund sites: The Gowanus Canal.

It sounds totally familiar, yet completely new.

Rainworks latest rain-activated installation makes waiting for the bus a touch less tedious.

Artist Amy Guidry uses dreamlike and unusual images to make a statement about the relationship between humans and the world.

According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, alternative fuel vehicles could have a nearly 50% market share by 2035.

Physicists love the Higgs boson, but they hate the God particle. The elusive Higgs particle, which scientists at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) particle accele

From chinstrap penguins to cuckoo bees, these kleptomaniac parasites rob their fellow critters for food and supplies.

From Michael Jordan to J.K. Rowling, these superstars prove the value of perseverance.

From taming inflammation to battling PMS blues, it's time to celebrate these salubrious wonder roots.

Is our sea salt consumption creating thyroid problems? Regardless of how you feel about iodine, here are the simple facts about this popular mineral.

Do the natty Norwegian curling pants defy Olympic dress code?

There's more to an alpaca than their quirky good looks. Did you know the fiber from their fleece is flame-resistant? Here are 11 alpaca facts you may not know.

Calories and exercise are key, of course, but these research-backed workarounds can help you reach your goals.

Forget the idea that only 10-minute bursts of activity are important. New research finds that even small moments of activity can help you meet your goal.

Instead of 'climate change' or 'global warming,' new research finds another term might be more effective in capturing people's attention.

Koalas aren't bears and they rarely drink water.

Fighting C. difficile with antibiotics is often a losing battle, but fecal transplant is novel treatment with FDA warning.

The northern snakehead, a voracious invasive species that can live out of the water for days, is showing up in several states.

To stimulate the appetite, try a glass of homemade vin de citron or vin d'orange.

Paul Hawken's latest book, 'Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming,' focuses on fixes rather than fighting.

"Psychomachia," a medieval epic poem, may be the first, and certainly most brutal, comic book.

A new book, "Popular: The Power of Likability in a Status-Obsessed World," suggests that status matters throughout life, not just in high school.

Two new books will commemorate the 20th anniversary of the publication of the first 'Harry Potter' book.

Ecologist Chris Thomas, author of 'Inheritors of the Earth,' asks readers to look at what we gain through environmental losses.

A new, all-girl 'Lord of the Flies' movie is in the works, making this the right time to ditch some of the gendered assumptions we have about kids.

Animal tracking is time-consuming and difficult, but a new book "Where the Animals Go" by Cheshire and Umbert shows how technology is helping.

'The Art and Science of Ernst Haeckel' is a collection of beautifully illustrated flora and fauna by a German biologist and artist.