A vast amount of the plastic garbage littering the surface of the ocean may be disappearing, a new study suggests.

The threat of coronavirus has made hand sanitizer hard to find at stores. Here's how to make homemade hand sanitizer.

Fewer manufacturers are using high fructose corn syrup in their products, but they aren’t making them less sweet.

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

Food and Drug Administration denies the Corn Refiners Association's request to change the name of the famous syrup to corn sugar.

Many people would prefer that sweets contain sugar and not high-fructose corn syrup. Hershey is considering giving them what they want.

A zero-waste lifestyle isn't as hard as it sounds. These simple steps are the gateway to living a zero-waste lifestyle.

San Jose City Council selects two sites for "sleeper cabin"-based housing communities for the homeless, after years of discussion and local opposition.

Researchers say they've identified a universal code of human morality.

Spontaneous by nature, desire paths are the most optimal way to get from point A to B as decided by pedestrians, not planners.

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

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

With fewer Americans actually able to change a tire, and the auto industry looking to save weight and costs to meet fuel economy targets, it's not surprising th

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Mars and back on a tank of fuel? Ion drive could revolutionize space travel.

A prototype lunar rover that was sold to a scrapyard and reported by NASA to be lost has now been found.

There is no such thing as a "male brain" or a "female brain," new research finds.

A tiny satellite built by grade schoolers may get a little help from above during its launch.

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.

Here are five hot trends that paleontologists expect to see in 2016 and the years ahead.

Biologists were surprised to find carnivorous pitcher plants eating vertebrates, which may be a first for North America.

About 16 percent of hot sauces tested from Mexico and South America had lead in them. If you’re concerned about the lead in your hot sauce, try making your own.

Testing for food safety brings to light many frightening food infractions; even an innocent-seeming pizza can be suspect.

FDA issues a proposal to improve food safety for animals. Proposed rule would require producers of treats, blamed for pet deaths, to meet new requirements.

The Food and Drug Administration has issued a proposal that would require makers of soaps to show that their products really work.

No illness related to the recall have been reported, and shoppers should be wary of jars with a "Best Buy" date of June 16, 2015.

The Environmental Working Group’s food database turns up nearly 500 supermarket foods that contain azodicarbonamide.

The FDA issued a statement, and then a clarification about that statement, about aging cheese on wood. What does it mean?

Even if the FDA knows something is harmful, it seems no one can make them do anything about it.

When there’s no take back program for unneeded or expired medications, the Pill Terminator makes them unpalatable to people and animals.

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.

The company is voluntarily recalling 30,000 cases of Classic Hummus. Find out if you have the affected products in your refrigerator.

Congress passed the Food Safety Modernization Act four years ago but hasn’t given the FDA the money needed to implement the act.

The Personal Care Product Safety Act would give the FDA more regulatory muscle to ensure that the ingredients used in these products are safe.

Genetically modified salmon will now be sold in stores and restaurants, and it doesn't have to be labeled.

A coalition of plaintiffs hit the FDA with a lawsuit saying it did not consider environmental risks when it approved the genetically modified fish.

Alliance for Natural Health-USA released tests on breakfast foods, and glyphosate was found in 11 of 24 samples. WHO says the chemical is probably carcinogenic.

The makers of the mostly chocolate and sugar product want it reclassified. The FDA wants to know what the public thinks about that.

FDA, WHO crack down on popular ingredient in processed foods.

Changes on fast-food menus are a step in the right direction, but the task of finding healthy food falls to parents.

Starbucks raised its drink prices, but here's how to recoup the loss and maybe save a little extra.

You could buy two boxes of cereal for what one bowl will cost at Kellogg's Time Square cafe, but you'd have to add your own lemon zest.

Panera made good on its promise to get rid of 150 ingredients on its 'No No List,' but what does that mean?

The downloadable romance novel "Tender Wings of Desire" from KFC is free. But how does Rob Lowe fit into all of this?

From the Montepulciano region of Italy comes a rich, spicy wine from Italy’s largest winery, which is embracing biodynamic practices.

A new study done in Boston eases concerns about contamination from the city environment that could be in foraged foods.

Keep yourself safe from bacteria like salmonella by following these tips.

Weed killer glyphosate is being carried by foraging bees back to their hives — even organic bee hives.

A new study finds only 8 percent of recipes in cookbooks have information on internal cooking temperatures and not all that information is considered safe.