Life is expensive, and kids will learn important life lessons from earning and saving their own money.

Move over pumpkin spice, the humble pear is a true harbinger of fall. Here's how to choose and eat the different types of pears.

When we throw away banana peels, we throw away a lot of health benefits.

Dig into some new winter flavors with root vegetables. Add seasonal flavor with parsnips, rutabagas, turnips, and others.

While mandatory in drinks like the Sazerac and Manhattan, the aromatic, herbal flavoring agent isn't just for cocktails.

Research suggests a brain on a Western diet can't help itself from wanting more junk food.

The secret ingredient in the Mediterranean diet is in the antioxidants.

Female-owned biodiesel station tanks up the Bay Area.

New findings show that microbes present in biodiesel cause reactions that weaken the steel in fuel storage tanks.

Lipids derived from gator fat meet nearly all of the official standards for high-quality biodiesel.

A thought-provoking infographic explains how we could be turning our food waste into fuel.

You may not realize that nutritional yeast is a vitamin-packed protein. Here's how to add it to salads, pastas and more.

Two Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute students use "mushroom tech" to create high-performance, rigid insulation.

Ships which exude slime from their hulls could cut fuel consumption by 20% and make it difficult for barnacles to attach.

American farmers’ noncompliance with rules intended to keep bugs from developing pesticide resistance could mean trouble for corn.

New research reveals that mushrooms and some vegetables can multiply rapidly when struck by lightning.

Although nanorobots made of DNA have been developed before, these spiders can move over greater distances and follow complex commands.

Scientists hope to end heart transplant surgery forever thanks to help from the amazing zebrafish.

Custom-designed proteins made with the aid of computers could fight chemical weapons such as nerve gas and help decontaminate toxic-waste sites, scientists say.

Philosopher suggests that bioengineering people to be herbivores with small statures and cat-like eyes could help to save the planet.

Biomimicry has been around for decades, but could it be the future of sustainability? Some researchers are using nature to develop better technology, while othe

Bioluminescent art blends science and creativity to create images that can only be seen in the dark.

Russian tycoon Dmitry Itskov says the technology will be a reality by 2045.

Researchers are setting their sights to resurrecting passenger pigeons and woolly mammoths, but would it do more harm than good?

Breakthrough technology could make long-distance space travel feasible, clean our air here on Earth, and even combat global warming.

Technology could lead to the transformation of clothes, cars, buildings and even billboards.

Imagine your city illuminated at night by glow stick-like lighting generated entirely from living organisms.

Wired's video series, 'Five Levels of Difficulty,' challenges an expert to explain a complicated concept to people at five levels of expertise — and it's cool.

Georgia Tech researchers have developed a flexible packaging material that combines cellulose nanocrystals and chitin nanofibers. It could replace PET.

There's an ideal length of time and temperature for steeping each type of tea.

New studies link triclosan to osteoporosis and impaired muscle function.

Italians have mastered 'la dolce far niente' and so should you.

Breakthroughs in artificial photosynthesis could help harness the sun's power for clean, efficient production of liquid hydrogen.

Kerosene lanterns are dangerous, polluting and unhealthy. That's why one charity aims to eliminate them by the end of the decade.

Build enough Powerwall batteries and you can run the world on renewable resources.

U.N. task force looks at turning one big problem into an energy resource.

Advanced methane capture could make a significant dent in U.S. energy demand.

How much wood would a wood car burn if a wood car could burn wood? What's better than a car powered by wood? How about a car powered by wood, made of wood?

Scientists have discovered a novel new way of using microwaves to turn orange peels and other plant-based waste into plastic.

Plant waste has been seen as a possible source of sustainable biofuels, now modified E. coli would convert plant waste into fatty acids, and then into fuel.

Your next camping trip should include this camp stove, which is capable of efficiently burning biomass materials like pine needles, small twigs and wood chips.

A Notre Dame football player turned fashion model has a new role: Eco-entrepreneur.

Luxury treehouse on Orcas Island in Washington state is truly a unique getaway.

Kathy Shea Mormino ditched the legal profession to become The Chicken Chick.

The beautiful, predatory moonfish can warm its own body, just like mammals and birds.

While dolphins and whales might get all the attention, here are some lesser-known sea creatures that are just as magnificent.

When vandals took over an abandoned cow tunnel in Portslade in Brighton, the community took it back.

The newly refurbished stairs in Rome are open to the public again, but tourists will be fined for sitting on them.

The benefits of hobbies and how to choose an activity that can help take your mind off work and add some fun to your life.

Winners announced for the 9th annual Nikon Small World In Motion competition showcasing the best microscopic videos of 2019.