Pine needles can be broken down and transformed into paint.

Plastic bottles and caps should now be kept together when you recycle them. The reason? It's easier to sort them that way.

Electronic cigarettes are surging in popularity among young people, despite bans in Michigan and San Francisco.

A study from UC Berkeley reveals that information stimulates our dopamine-producing reward system — just like food and money.

New research explains why ants never get stuck in traffic.

MIT engineers say this cheap, low-energy process can remove CO2 from the air.

The brain's impulsivity switch could be key to fighting obesity as well addiction and disease.

DNA found in chewed birch pitch helps scientists recreate image, but it's also unraveling other Stone Age secrets.

Numerical palindromes can be read the same forwards and backwards.

Scientists using artificial intelligence have devised a highly accurate blood test for 50 kinds of cancer by looking for the DNA of dead tumor cells.

A massive study finds that no research tool can predict the outcome of a human life.

Flavonoids are plant-based compounds with powerful antioxidant properties found in a lot of fruits and vegetables like blueberries and grapes.

A study finds that a tomato's cancer-fighting properties are reduced when consumed with iron-rich food.

Deforestation is occurring so fast in the Brazilian Amazon that three football fields worth of tree cover are lost every minute.

The future of transportation

We have a new, official word for all that gym wear you're seeing everywhere these days.

These before-and-after shots perfectly capture the moment a compliment is received.

Better skin and hair may be only a pot of rice away.

Taking care of your sweaters means following washing instructions and making repairs as needed.

How about an out-of-this-world accessory for your Valentine?

Gwyneth says you can 'technically' eat her beauty products. He breaks out the fast food to test her theory.

Ditch those store-bought products with microbeads and make your own with natural exfoliants like poppy seeds, grits and salt.

A good diet alone may not be enough to get glowing skin, but you can make your own beauty elixirs and tonics to feed your skin from the inside out.

Temporary dye from Lauren Bowker of The Unseen works using thermoregulating molecules.

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

The ability of royal jelly to help heal wounds is yet another great reason to love (and save) the bees.

From the fastest to the heaviest, there are some impressive flying creatures in the animal kingdom, including birds, fish and snakes.

Gouldian finches can have red, black or yellow heads and researchers want to know why.

See the winners of 2019's Bird Photographer of the Year, a global photographic competition featuring 63 countries and countless beautiful birds.

A new study from a team of ornithologists shows how urban living affects the health of American crows.

When birds migrate at night, there are fewer predators but that doesn't mean it's safe.

Some male birds keep their mates interested using fancy displays of affection.

California condors hatch at Zion and Grand Canyon national parks, pushing their numbers beyond 500.

A great horned owl is rescued from the ashes of the Maria Fire in California.

The only endemic duck remaining on the Hawaiian islands is back from the brink of genetic extinction.

The bald eagles of the Decorah and Decorah North nests in Iowa are the stars of two webcams that let us follow along with their daily drama.

Video shows a majestic murmuration of starlings flying across a beautiful Irish sky.

BIrds and bats don't seem to rely on their gut bacteria for the same things we do.

A massive bald eagle is filmed in slow motion taking off from a street in Melrose, near Boston.

Passing someone a sexually transmitted infection is viewed as worse than giving them the flu — even if the flu turns out to be fatal, a new study finds.

The H5N1 influenza virus, also known as "bird flu," may well be more prevalent and less deadly than health officials had thought, according to a new study publi

Influenza activity in the U.S. remained relatively low from October through January — so low, in fact, that the current flu season is considered not to have o

Scientists have found a new influenza virus that infects bats. But don't pull out the hand sanitizer leftover from the H1N1, or swine flu, pandemic just yet. Wh

While research on the lab-altered H5N1 virus that can be transmitted between mammals in laboratories is put on hold, scientists are debating how to balance bios

Some prize pigs at Ohio's county fairs may have a dark secret.

Are you sick? Staying hydrated is important. Here are some nourishing ways to get more fluid when you're feeling ill..

Forty-one states are battling widespread influenza outbreaks early in virus' season.

The best way to protect yourself against the flu is to get the flu shot, and the best time for that is before the flu season starts.

The government released a framework to determine to fund research that could create a version of the bird flu virus that could infect by airborne droplets.

Twitter posts with anti-vaccine sentiments are "contagious," while posts with a positive take on vaccines are not.