A hydroponic agriculture venture named Growing Underground is based in an air raid shelter 100 feet beneath the streets of London.

A new scheme gives London's iconic-yet-disused phone booths a 21st century makeover as solar-powered gadget charging stations.

A study has found that 40% of the receipts U.S. shoppers get everyday are contaminated with shockingly high amounts of the dangerous chemical bisphenol A, aka

Divers enjoy a swim alongside a human-sized jellyfish near Cornwall, England.

Kids living just outside the evacuation zone will be tested for cumulative radiation exposure.

New Horizons is the subject of "Mission Pluto," a special that will premiere July 15 on National Geographic Channel.

From prefab powerhouse Blu Homes comes the company's eighth and largest design: A spacious, two-story take on Michelle Kaufmann's pioneering prefab, the Breezeh

Blu Homes celebrates the East Coast debut of the iconic Breezehouse with an open house weekend in New York's Hudson Valley region.

Catering to young Londoners struggling to enter the city's real estate market, the YMCA's Y:Cube Housing offers a green prefab-based step toward independence.

The Air Quality Egg was named one of Kickstarter's best projects of 2012.

U.S. federal budget woes are shrinking the monitoring network that tracks greenhouse gases such as methane.

U.S. Postal Service expands electronics recycling program. Customers can trade in old cellphones for cash at 3,100 USPS retail locations.

A new system created by a French energy firm heats about 6 million square feet of office space, creating no emissions in the process.

Using a kitchen towel for many uses can spread E. coli and get your family sick.

Deep Space Industries Inc. announced that it plans to harvest metals and water from asteroids within a decade.

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

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

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

NASA's space shuttle Discovery is set to land in Washington, D.C. this April, where the now retired fleet leader — the world's most flown spacecraft — will

After 467 days in orbit and a ticker-tape parade, a special litte astronaut will live out its days at the National Air and Space Museum.

The modified-Boeing 747, known as the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA), touched down at NASA's Kennedy Space Center here on April 10. The jumbo jetliner came in f

Dailey, director of the museum, in a statement released Monday. "At the Udvar-Hazy Center, Discovery will be seen by millions of people in the coming years, esp

Electronics giant announces it will compensate workers relocating to China for the poor quality of air they will have to breathe.

It's no Jurassic Park, but a flea stuck in amber for 20 million years may still shed light on the Black Death.

You make jam in the summer, but you can enjoy it year-round when you make this tasty drink.

They're massive, they're all-natural and, in most cases, they're millions of years older than we are. So how were these amazing landforms created?

Increasingly efficient computers belie the truth that our virtual world is using more and more electricity.

Dell makes recycling its old laptops fairly easy, but most companies make it tough for customers to return no-longer-usable electronics for safe disposal.

Center for Environmental Health's new guide attempts to consolidate electronic buying guides from many nonprofits.

The future of electronics recycling may be in donating used items. With the proliferation of household as well as personal consumer electronics, there’s a ser

There are many reasons to recycle electronics, including copper, steel, gold, silver. The wiring in some older desk tops may yield up to 5 pounds of copper.

A new style of tiny lithium battery that can charge wirelessly could help make cyborg grafts an imminent reality.

Innovative technology enables electronic devices to function in contact with body tissues.

Greenpeace reports what the world's leading consumer electronics companies are doing to address their environmental impacts.

Are you poisoning your family with fish? That is the essence of the question that one San Franciscan man recently took it upon himself to answer.

While "Million Dollar Baby" earned critical acclaim and a Best Actress Oscar for Hilary Swank, it also took a toll on her health.

Shocking lab results have convinced me to buy my tea elsewhere.

A threatened species is on the brink of disappearing as pot farms on public land dish out poisoned baits for wildlife.

With Italy facing severe drought conditions, the Vatican has turned off its iconic fountains for the first time in living memory to help save water.

A perplexing amount of the planet's water slips deep into Earth's interior at some tectonic boundaries, a new study has found. But where does it go?

If you've upgraded and have old Apple products or other cellphones lying around, Gazelle will give you cash. It's fast, easy and the company will even send you

In the field or in front of the camera, these amazing animal conservationists have dedicated their lives towards protecting the Earth and its creatures.

NASA's huge supersonic parachute isn't ready to land astronauts on Mars just yet.

Honey bees between pollination gigs still need to eat. Efforts are underway to keep them from starving when they’re off the clock.

Tattoo may provide an inexpensive and noninvasive method for testing blood sugar levels, without the finger prick.

If there was an 'unlike' button for renovation projects, the 30-year-old social media tycoon would have earned himself more than a few thumbs down.

In the South Bronx, a 124-unit housing development with a rooftop farm combines low-income housing with an emphasis on healthy living and fresh food.

Olivine is a miracle green rock that absorbs carbon dioxide naturally from the air.

Air conditioners have made architects lazy, and we've forgotten how to design houses that might work without it.

This Guam kingfisher chick is one of the rarest birds in the world.