Brighter Living with Jill Cordes: Learn how to easily recycle water in your house.

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Brighter Living with Jill Cordes: Save water around the house with very little effort.

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Brighter Living with Jill Cordes: Check out these companies doing their part and learn yours.

Brighter Living with Jill Cordes: Tips to enhancing our energy efficiency.

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

With tax season just around the corner, this video will show you where you could receive some tax credits.

Brighter Living with Jill Cordes: Cookout the green way with these tips and products!

The autonomous aircraft Mars Helicopter heralds the beginning of a new era in our exploration of the red planet.

Are you ready for one of the best meteor showers of the year? You've got that, Jupiter, and the Sturgeon Moon to look forward to.

Nieuwkoop, a sustainable community in the Netherlands, made the night skies safer for bats by using LED lights with a red glow.

From multiple meteor showers to a Hunter's Moon, here's what to spy in the heavens above this month.

Want to wish upon a shooting star? November is one month when you can definitely do that.

Using a diesel engine to power a hydraulic power system, Lightning hopes to take X Prize.

An eel named Miguel Wattson is behind the holiday display at the Tennessee Aquarium.

Weight Watchers? Paleo? Whole30? DASH diet? Every diet offers something different, here's your guide to figuring it all out.

In honor of the International Day of Happiness, here's everything you need to know about laughter.

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

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

In Stranger in the Woods, author Mike Finkel explores the famous Maine recluse Christopher Knight and why he stayed alone for 27 years.

The Monkey's Paw book store in Toronto has a Biblio-Mat that distributes random rare books to customers for only a few dollars.

Botanist and biologist Francis Hallé introduces a new world of rainforest flora in his latest art-driven book.

Ten eco-activists are wanted for a 20-day eco-adventure, sailing from Hawaii to Vancouver while studying plastic pollution in the oceans.

This explore.org film shows how service dog Abby and others helped in the aftermath of Sept. 11, 2001.

Photographers Kelly Pratt and Ian Kreidich capture ballet dancers and dogs in playful moments together.

Princeton University study finds that rats get fatter on high fructose corn syrup than on sugar, even when caloric intake is the same.

Environmental cartoonist Jay Mohr gives his interpretation of the request to change the name of high fructose corn syrup to corn sugar

You're going to snicker at the show's take on the controversial sweetener.

Sweets can exacerbate skin aging and wrinkles, research shows.

The viral #trashtag challenge inspires people to clean up parks, beaches and roadways and post photos on social media.

A recent Harvard study finds that neural activity is a new player when it comes to human aging.

From companies to celebrities, bad apologies are only making things worse.

A nutritional powerhouse, jackfruit can keep you full all day and imitate meat.

CRISPR gene editing is allowing scientists to make wild fruits like the ground cherry more agriculturally viable.

Carmakers have to reach 54.5 mpg by 2025, but $2 a gallon gas and the popularity of gas guzzlers might change that rule.

How do you build the world’s lightest metal? Make it mainly from air, according to scientists.

Best-Ever Pluto Photos Show Breathtaking Views of Dwarf Planet

Rare 'Flasher' Squid Caught on Video

Drought could kill vast swaths of forests around the world if global warming isn't contained, new research suggests.

Formed by material falling onto a newborn star, the two beams of light shoot outward to create the dual-sided lightsaber appearance.

Plasma presents a possible source for the blade, but lots of practical concerns remain.

The newly identified species isn't the only glowing shark in the ocean, but it is the first found in the Pacific coast of Central America.

The FDA is investigating potentially regulating added caffeine.

People should be cautions about using two new weight-loss drugs because it's not clear whether they increase the risk for heart problems.

The backlash from Kraft placing a healthy eating label on its processed cheese singles made the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics rethink the label’s use.

Part work of art, part tribute to farmers who love the earth they work, this new book deserves to be out where people can see it.

At Urban Village Brewing Company in Philadelphia, the pizza dough is started with yeast captured from the air in Old City.

“Down to Earth” highlights the sustainability inititaives at several of California’s wineries and opens up your sustainable wine choices.