Neapolitan pies are served with a hint of smog in San Vitaliano.

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

For biodynamic goodness full of organic fruity flavor, try Zhena's Gypsy Tea's new line of good-for-you green teas.

Actor says he would like to do for olive oil what director Francis Ford Coppola did for wine.

There are some foods you should never put into a deep freeze in the first place, and here are six of them.

A synthetic form of alcohol called "alcosynth" that doesn't cause hangovers could replace normal booze by 2050.

Unit from Germany is the answer for off-grid campsites, providing access to 'Glee' reruns, night lighting and microwaves that brown.

Big hydrogen power plants like the one just installed in Bridgeport, Conn., can complement a fleet of fuel-cell cars.

Hoag's Object, a celestial doughnut that features a galaxy within a galaxy, is a beautiful enigma of the cosmos.

Researchers have found a rocky planet, GJ 1252 b, that's just 66.5 light-years away and it's zipping around a red dwarf star.

Astronomers use the Hubble telescope to image Rubin’s galaxy, or UGC 2885, which may be the biggest galaxy ever.

NASA's Planet Hunter, TESS, discovered its first potentially habitable Earth-sized planet called TOI 700 d, located 100 light-years away.

Planet Green's web video series features 26 tasty organic treats... in alphabetical order.

Amazon's Farmers Market Direct program brings farmers extra business while delivering produce picked by a personal shopper to your doorstep.

Local young people are leaving the wetlands for jobs in cities partly because the Dead Zone is eradicating the Gulf of Mexico’s shrimp supplies.

Despite lawsuits, the DOE awards the all-electric auto manufacturer its first big government loan.

Oct. 30 is National Weatherization Day 2009, and awareness events are planned across the country.

The MIT physicist is already steeped in Beltway politics, but his enthusiasm for nuclear power and natural gas worries some environmental advocates.

TerraCycle's 'Make Garbage Great' says yes, with 100-plus recycling tips and DIY projects.

North Carolina State University's new pizza box composting project raises the bar for college recycling programs.

Incredible enzyme is capable of breaking down the PET in plastic bottles into raw materials in as little as 10 hours.

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

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

Massive gem, the second-largest ever found, measures a whopping 1,111 carats.

Thanks to an abundance of beech seeds, so far this year 150 orange-fronted parakeet chicks have been born in the wild in New Zealand.

When we come down with the flu, we might think the worst is over after a week of a sore throat and body aches. But such viral infections may have lasting, unsee

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

Artisanal ice cream maker offers frozen cocktail cure that contains bourbon, cayenne, lemon and honey.

The lower vaccination rate in this age group may be one reason for the unusually high number of hospitalizations and deaths, the CDC says.

Officials are worried that a group of people in the Amazon who had been living in isolation from the outside world may have contracted the flu.

New study finds that pregnant women — and their babies — might be at an even greater risk for the flu virus.

Snowed in? Try these activities to keep you and your kids busy on your next snow day.

The severity of two big winter storms from 2010 are compared, stat by stat. Which one emerges as the true snow storm of the year?

Extreme winds have damaged the roof over the Wrigley Field press box in addition to other buildings in the area.

A NOAA satellite captures the February 2011 snowstorm as it blankets the U.S.

A blizzard's snow and ice can knock out power and cause big problems. These tips will ensure that you're ready for the worst.

The blizzard that pounded the southern Plains states added to the snow the area received just days ago.

A big year for Antarctic sea ice is causing headaches for ship captains.

The storm's huge expanse across nearly two-thirds of the country was clearly visible in NASA satellite imagery.

Study links benzene exposure to sperm abnormality.

Chimp Haven sanctuary has new open-air corral for climbing, playing and exploring.

CBS EcoMedia's Paul Polizzotto says his biggest business influence has been the ocean.

Volunteers can lend a hand, from categorizing whale songs to planting sunflowers.

Program in Alberta helps humans peacefully coexist with often dangerous wildlife.

I briefly lived with hunter-gatherers in the rainforest, where a couple visiting tourists did something very unexpected.

Hundreds of thousands of sandhill cranes gather every year at this one spot in central Nebraska.

Turns out that food is one of the worst contaminants in the paper recycling process.

A Wales hospice honors children by memorializing their names in birdsong.

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