Mice zapped with cosmic rays can incur brain damage, suggesting that astronauts' brains could suffer over time on deep-space missions to Mars and beyond.

Holiday gift ideas for future astronauts and solar system aficionados.

Viola Davis and Emmy Rossum do their part.

In a controversial book on ecotourism and endangered species, primatologist Craig Stanford reveals the economics of conservation.

Plus: Heidi Klum’s Earth Day and Howard Stern’s animal instincts.

Shark expert Jeff Kurr talks with MNN about Discovery's 'Shark Week' and his new documentary for this year's celebration.

Comic artist Rob Lang gives animals a way to speak their piece with "Underdone Comics.'

Don't dwell on the bad stuff that happened in 2016. Take a look at the year's best news.

A new IPCC report is about to come out that proves what we all know already -- there is most definitely a connection between climate change and extreme weather.

Worried about input costs, beer titan Molson Coors went green mainly to save green. If the end result - less waste - is to the planet's benefit, why should we c

World leaders have pledged to limit the rise to 3.6 degrees, but a new study finds global temperatures could increase 10.8 degrees by century's end.

Environmental scientist Amy Luers warns that a cultural shift to our approach to emissions and climate mitigation requires a broad, long-term view. Tying the is

A new study reveals how binge eating can reset the body's food clock, and may have implications for other health issues.

New video shows how sugar effects the brain like alcohol, nicotine and heroin.

New research shows that replacing unhealthy foods with a serving of low-fat yogurt can significantly lessen a person's risk of developing Type 2 diabetes.

New study finds link between long hours at manual labor jobs and Type 2 diabetes.

Funding for the newest Breakthrough Prize is announced as the awards for life sciences and physics are given at a California ceremony.

This gratitude project is simple, quick, creative and you probably have everything you need to participate in your pocket already.

According to some experts, the ubiquitous BFF self-portraits may be responsible for a significant increase in head lice.

Family, friends, and Facebook join in the efforts to remember Kristina Chesterman by making her biggest dreams come true.

The idea grew out of disaster message boards that sprung up on Facebook after Japan's most recent natural disaster.

The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded $29 million in Recovery Act funding for weatherization training centers in 27 states.

New Hampshire, New Mexico, Montana, Minnesota, and Utah have completed 30% of their home weatherization projects, unlocking additional program funding.

Chanie Kirschner's house looks like one of those plastic-wrapped gifts. (Well, on the inside windows, anyway.)

Making room in your budget for charitable giving will require some adjustments. But if a cause is important to you, it's worth a little extra saving.

Video: Chuck Leavell, keyboardist for The Rolling Stones and cofounder of MNN, sits down with singer-songwriter Will Dailey to chat about Farm Aid and eating go

Turns out peeing on a jellyfish sting may do more harm than good, here's what to do if you get tased with a tentacle.

Epidiolex is the first marijuana-based drug to earn FDA approval.

A device undergoing clinical trials in the U.K. may detect cancer by analyzing the compounds left by cells' biochemical reactions.

Mercury, bloodletting, corpses, radioactive water and even heroin are just some of the treatments doctors used to prescribe patients.

Here are the winners and highly commended images from the 2019 Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards.

The two cities will receive substantial financial and technical assistance from Bloomberg Philanthropies to help combat combat climate change.

The town of Ipswich has been haunted by a nursery rhyme playing over a loudspeaker for more than a year.

A new report from the Health Effects Institute says are breathing air that's considered unsafe by the World Health Organization.

The new World Trade Center buildings will include a bevy of sustainable features that maximize energy efficiency, reduce waste and minimize the environmental im

Study measuring traces of psychotropic drugs in the air of eight major Italian cities has alarming results.

Soil organisms play a critical role in influencing a naturally occurring phenomenon known as "tree migration," say University of Tennessee researchers.

Oxybenzone, a common UV-filtering agent in sunscreens, linked to deformities and DNA damage in coral around the world.

New plastic PDK can be broken down at a molecular level and come back just as strong to be reused again and again.

Wood that bounces sunlight back into the atmosphere could be a game-changer for buildings.

One side says the EPA is overstepping its bounds, while some say it didn't go far enough.

Kenaf, the carbon-sequestering monster plant, provides food, shelter and carbon credits.

Driving with a burger in one hand and a cellphone in the other is a sure recipe for highway disaster. And all that old food is hanging out, just waiting to give

When the weather outside is frightful, battery performance suffers.

Tesla Motors gets some high-powered competition.

Rescuers spent months nursing a paralyzed leopard until the day he stood on his own paws.

Beauty abounds in the weather-warped details of Dwell Development's latest net-zero residence.

The after-school carpentry wizards at Sawhorse Revolution have big, community-bettering plans for micro-housing.

Co-owned by a quartet of couples, Llano Exit Strategy blends communal living and rural solitude.

Beautiful and daring, Cinder Cone will resonate with those who have graduated from Thrasher to Dwell.