The new policy at Dignity Health Mercy Medical Center in Merced builds trust and community, and the patients are seeing the results.

This nun in Ireland shows off her soccer skills in a game of keepie uppie with a police officer.

Grimbergen Abbey will use centuries-old books as inspiration to start brewing beer again after more than 200 years.

How to pollen-proof your life with these 20 tips for seasonal allergy sufferers.

Lance Armstrong joins a new media campaign to market the innovative 2011 Nissan Leaf.

Paul Scott sells Nissan Leafs for a living. He put up his retirement savings for a few minutes with the president to talk about EVs and climate change.

New survey shows women like men who drive green cars — and that they find supercar drivers "arrogant."

Innovative program seeks to match landowners with people who will lease their land for organic farming.

Shanghai's largest organic farm branches out into the hospitality industry. The first step? Constructing a visitors center from over 70 shipping containers.

After graduating from college, Daniel Mays followed his heart back to the land and has been working to build his own small organic farm up here in Maine.

The mini-farm isn't just for tasty food — the Veg-01 experiment will test how well lettuce and other large plants grow in orbit.

With campfire season just around the corner, the Explorers Axe collection will help you chop — and look — smart.

These pioneers are sprouting produce indoors, no soil or sunlight required.

Japan is pledging $500 million to build a wall of frozen earth around the Fukushima nuclear power plant, which has been leaking radioactive water.

The venom of some cone snails contains insulin, a new study finds, helping the sluggish mollusks snag speedier prey.

The wunderkind behind the battery-powered car revolution chats with MNN about his company's future.

I liked this small battery SUV fine, though it exhibited a mysterious slowdown. If charge times are speeded up and the price kept within reason, it should sell.

British loo roll company Nouvelle erects an outdoor advertisement that doubles as a massive roadside bird feeder.

In trendy Barnsbury, a quarter million pounds will get you a flat that's close to all the action and where the toilet is in the shower.

The just-unveiled glass-bottomed walkways at Tower Bridge offer a dazzling new way to see the city. And, yes, ladies can wear skirts without fear.

Beyond making way for ducklings, the new lanes are also meant to help humans slow down and be more polite.

Manchester's City of Trees scheme will plant one leafy specimen for every resident.

To grill perfect salmon and shrimp, get ready to break out the cooking oil.

The vernal equinox marks a shift in seasons, and nothing says that better than flowers bursting into bloom.

Study finds that moisturizer with sunscreen isn't as effective as straight sunscreen.

Artist Day Schildkret creates morning altars out of flowers, bark and leaves every day.

Why are hundreds of people taking up the challenge to bake every loaf in the 'Bread Baker's Apprentice'? The organizer has some thoughts.

All of the ingredients for this monochromatic side dish are in season in most regions right now, and they combine to make a quick and healthy side dish.

You can change your buying and eating habits, one step at a time, says author Lou Bendrick in an excerpt from her book, "Eat Where You Live."

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

Whole Foods Market unveils a rating system for household cleaning products sold in its stores. But is additional transparency really necessary in a store that a

As Memorial Day kicks off summer in the U.S., an American alligator sums up the moment by channeling Gallagher with an iconic summertime fruit.

The “hip, cool and tech-oriented” chain will target millennials.

Full moons can disturb your sleep, but it's the lunar cycle that's to blame, not the light.

How to add more of this healthful fruit to your diet.

Exercise has been proven to help those with anxiety issues.

For my 23rd birthday, along with some shirts and books and other stuff, I got Hodgkin's disease.

The yoga clothing giant is recalling the pants because they're too sheer.

Mike Lewis helps to heal people with brain injuries via some mindful belly-laughs.

The Day of the Dude is now celebrated worldwide.

From ginger to exercise, natural methods may help beat cramps, bloating and other monthly symptoms.

There's a waiting list 1,000-people long to do yoga surrounded by goats in Oregon.

Farms offer stress relief yoga classes with the help of calming critters, like goats and alpacas.

New rules in Europe could effectively ban oil derived from 'tar sands,' prompting cheers from environmentalists but jeers from some Canadians.

Deep sea explorers capture video of a rare encounter with a piglet squid, so named because it appears to have a snout.

By good fortune, we happened to share our ferry to the windy, carbon-neutral island of Samso with the Danish prophet of renewable energy, Soren Hermansen, direc

Wind turbine technicians can spend their work day suspended hundreds of feet above the ground.

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Break out the turntable and your old vinyl, and you may be surprised at how your digital loving kids connect with them — and you.

Soundtracked by Sigur Rós, the ultra-mellow trek was broadcast live on national television.