A new study seeks to define what a 'hyper-palatable' food is, and how they're specifically designed to make us eat more than we should.

The holiday season is a weighted one, full of food and food-pushers. Here's how to gently, but firmly, stand your ground.

With careful planning and strategic shopping, you can prep a week's worth of soup so that getting dinner on the table isn't so hard.

Volkswagen is trying to convince Americans that its TDI diesels are as environmentally friendly as hybrids, and it's using sports marketing to get the message a

Marshall Dostal was using fry grease to fuel his cars before taking it another step to create Further soap.

Video: Jason Mraz talks about touring green with Chuck at Farm Aid.

NASCAR racetracks are at the heart of red-state America, but here they are installing photovoltaic farms, running on ethanol and biodiesel, and mowing the lawn

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

A Canadian company and a partner are the latest to defraud an EPA system designed to bring more renewable fuels into the market.

Obama's new man on Asian carp talks about his plans to eradicate the species.

Mad science? By combining the brains of two different species, one scientist hopes to create a hybrid bird which can be taught to sing.

Sunlight in the form of fuel? A breakthrough new discovery brings science one step closer to creating clean hydrogen fuel using only water and sunlight.

Snails implanted with biofuel cells produce enough electricity to power small circuits, and may one day provide reconnaissance for the military.

Scientists created the glowing effect without any genetic modification.

Quantum theory offers an answer to one of the oldest and most fundamental questions in biochemistry.

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.

A biker in South Australia stopped when she saw a koala and it came up to her looking for water.

Juice and soda aren’t the only drink options available for children. Here are some healthy drink alternatives for kids (and adults).

New studies link triclosan to osteoporosis and impaired muscle function.

Microplastics in fresh water are primarily laundry lint that comes from washing machines, and they end up in your drinking glass.

Utility-scale solar power requires a lot of land. But there are ways to work around that problem.

They're baaack ... nearly 30 years later, solar panels are once again gracing the roof of America's most famous neoclassical mansion.

Deserts have a lot of sun, but not much water. That's why researchers are advocating combined solar and agave farms.

With the purchase of New Mexico's largest solar facility, the long-term partnership is nearing 300MW of installed solar power.

Even partial shade can dramatically cut an entire solar array's output — but not any more. An award-winning team believes it has the answer.

After the 2007 Burning Man, volunteers repurposed a solar array for a local school. That installation led to many, many more.

In rural areas, Internet connectivity can be a powerful force for economic empowerment.

The conceptual Dutch Windwheel takes the term 'mixed-use development' to dizzying new extremes.

Fom Argentina to Mexico, solar in Latin America is likely to grow like gangbusters in the coming years.

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

An award-winning MIT team has created a portable, solar-powered desalination system that could provide freshwater in remote locations.

With the power of 5,000 suns, the real engineering breakthrough with the Solar Sunflower might be its cooling system.

Although solar panels do most of the heavy lifting, so to speak.

Photovoltaic cells convert the sun's energy into electricity — but what if solar energy could instead be converted directly into liquid fuel?

Massive investment coupled with falling prices has created a perfect renewable storm in the Golden State.

Bacteria can help solar panels convert sunlight to energy, even on overcast days.

Norwegian cruise operator Hurtigruten is instituting a plan to power its ships using dead fish, part of an effort to be more environmentally sound.

A deceased celebrity tops Barbara Walters' annual list for the first time.

Politically active Facebook users are much more likely to "unfriend" people, a new study finds.

Watch what happens when an eager young lion cub gets in too deep (literally) while dining on a freshly killed buffalo.

Who or what is making the sound remains a mystery, but it may be a 'dinner bell' signaling feeding time for deep sea creatures.

They don't have a queen or any larvae, but these resilient insects are still trying to eke out an existence.

A newly discovered hybrid of aurochs and ice age bison has been affectionately called the 'Higgs bison' due to its elusive nature.

A terrifying, meat-eating worm is named after John Bobbitt — you know, that terrible episode from 1993 involving Lorena Bobbit and a big knife.

It stretches for at least 85 miles and is likely the keystone source of the region's fisheries.

New research backs the tortoise in the classic fable, suggesting slow and steady always wins, no matter the race.

There are so many things you can do with Raspberry Pi, an amazing, tiny computer.

Many public library systems are eliminating late fees on materials because they see them as a form of social inequity.

Experiencing a pleasant tingle when someone crinkles paper isn't as weird as you think. It's called ASMR or 'brain orgasm.' Here's why it happens.