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Stunning belly art reveals baby inside her mom's body

A photographer, a body painter, and a pregnant woman team up to show what it looks like inside the womb.



  • Babies & Pregnancy

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Just because your baby is crying doesn't mean you should feed her, research says

Parents may be teaching babies to use food as a comfort, which leads to obesity later in life, studies show. But as a parent, I'm not buying it.



  • Babies & Pregnancy

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Hotel lets travelers rest their weary, discerning heads in rehabbed Airstreams

Eco-architect-turned-full-time vintage aluminum trailer renovator Matthew Hofmann reveals an Airstream hotel in beautiful downtown Santa Barbara.



  • Remodeling & Design

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America's oldest indoor shopping mall to be reborn as mixed-use micro-loft complex

In the biggest city in America's smallest state, comes a micro-apartment complex that aims to revive a struggling 19th-century indoor shopping center.



  • Remodeling & Design

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In Beijing, a ghost-plagued fixer-upper that eludes renovation

In Beijing, a city lousy with haunted spots, one historic mansion in need of some TLC just can't seem to catch a break due to its ghostly reputation.




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Preservation work to begin on Buckminster Fuller's dome-shaped digs

Naturally, the man responsible for the geodesic dome also lived in one. Now, Bucky's landmark 1960 structure will be restored and opened as a museum.



  • Remodeling & Design

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Hollyhock House: Frank Lloyd Wright beauty to bloom again following 6-year facelift

The flower flower motif-stamped Los Angeles masterpiece is set to reopen as a museum following renovations.



  • Remodeling & Design

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Hurricane-battered NASA Beach House to be restored

The Kennedy Space Center hideaway sustained significant damage from Hurricane Matthew.




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Denver's bike-sharing program may be unconstitutional, says candidate for governor

Is Denver's B-Cycle program nothing but a form of U.N. control of the city? The Mayoral Republican gubernatorial frontrunner thinks so.




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Mongolia's Gobi bear clings to existence

Mongolia, the host of this year's World Environment Day, is home to Earth's rarest bear. Conservationists hope 2013 will mark the start of its comeback.




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The best of the IPCC climate report leaks

Here is a sneak preview of what to expect when the AR5 report is issued next week, based on the leaks so far.



  • Climate & Weather

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Making over the nutrition facts label

A consumer advocacy group wants to make nutrition labels less confusing.




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17 food certification labels decoded

Consumers who need guidance about all the seals and certifications on food packaging can find some answers in this food label guide.




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17 food certification labels decoded: Nos. 9-17

Part II: Consumers who need guidance deciphering all the seals, certifications and claims on food packaging can find answers in MNN's Food Label Guide.




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8 reasons to appreciate nutrition-packed strawberries

Strawberry nutrition facts. You probably know these berries pack a vitamin C wallop, but there's a wealth of other good stuff inside including fiber, manganese,




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3 nutrients linked to a better night's sleep

Many common sleep problems can be remedied by small, but specific, changes to nutrition.




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Food 'score' labels could inspire healthier choices

Health ratings on packages could influence consumers' purchasing decisions and drive food companies to make healthier products.



  • Fitness & Well-Being

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How to read nutrition labels

Understanding what you are eating is a crucial step to healthier living. But what do all those food labels really mean?




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Can you eat your way to beauty? A new book says, 'absolutely'

“Eat Pretty” has simple nutrition information to transform your beauty routine – inside and out.




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Beet juice is the secret to your best run

This powerhouse veggie includes compounds that will enable you to run further — but incorporating it into your diet should be done carefully.



  • Fitness & Well-Being

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What if nutrition labels had pictures?

If we could see a photo of the amount of sugar that's in a soft drink right on the label, would it make us think twice?




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Can traffic lights help us eat better?

Researchers add color-coded traffic symbols along with calorie counts to a menu to see how they influence people's choices.




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5 health benefits of fresh cranberries

How healthy are all those cranberries you’ll be eating during the holiday season? You’ll like the answer.




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5 high-fiber foods you should be eating

Fiber is essential to a healthy digestive system. Find a place for these high fiber foods throughout your day and you'll get plenty.




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Snuggling with baby penguins and other perks of being a wildlife photographer

Sue Flood's new book on emperor penguins, 'Emperor: The Perfect Penguin,' is the culmination of 9 years of work.




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This beautiful photo of the moon is 50,000 images rolled into 1

Astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy spent hours creating this breathtakingly detailed composite image of our moon.




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Image Awards celebrate the beauty of invisible biological worlds

Annual Koch Institute exhibition explores the thought-provoking and stunning visuals behind life sciences and biomedical research at MIT.



  • Arts & Culture

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This man's love affair with icebergs will warm you on the inside

No one gets more excited about iceberg season than camera-toting Canadian Mark Gray.




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Remembering Apollo 11 and the giant step that changed everything

It's been 50 years since the Apollo 11 mission and the first step on the moon. Here's a look back in photos.




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Polar bear photos 'testify to the beauty of this fragile world'

Wildlife photographer Michel Rawicki captures polar bears in their private moments.




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9 wild videos of polar bears

As polar bears struggle to survive in the fast-changing Arctic, MNN presents a tribute to the animals' legendary power, precocity and perseverance.




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Caged cameraman films polar bear attack

A BBC videographer learns what an Arctic seal's final moments might look like.




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Life in the 'Polar Bear Capital of the World'

The people of Churchill, Manitoba, live among polar bears — some of the world's most dangerous predators — for several months each year.




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Proposal to ban trade in polar bear parts fails at international wildlife conference

The U.S.-backed proposal was opposed by Canada, which is home to two-thirds of the world's polar bears.




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Polar bear's origins still befuddles scientists

Polar bears and brown bears diverged much longer ago than previously thought.




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Norway is hiring a polar bear spotter

The governor’s office of the Arctic Svalbard islands is seeking to fill the temporary position beginning July 8.




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Orphaned polar bear arrives in New York

The orphaned polar bear cub that was rescued in Alaska earlier this year arrived safely at a new home in Buffalo, N.Y.




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Meet Wolodja, Berlin's newest polar bear

The zoo s hoping the 2-year-old male will pair up with the resident female and produce a cub.




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Gus, New York City's beloved neurotic polar bear, has died at 27

The Central Park Zoo’s celebrated star was made famous when an animal psychologist was called in to address the bear’s problems.




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Forget polar bears: Global warming will hit the tropics first

In the next decade, the tropics will suffer unprecedented climate change effects, long before the Arctic and its polar bears see big shifts.



  • Climate & Weather

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Live webcam offers rare glimpse of migrating polar bears

Explore.org has affixed several high-definition cameras to locations in Churchill, Manitoba, the 'Polar Bear Capital of the World.'




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How can lasers protect polar bears from oil drilling?

Polar-bear dens, where mama bears raise young cubs during the harsh Alaska winters, could be identified using laser technology.




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What killed polar bear Knut?

The culprit of the sudden death of famed polar bear tot Knut has been found, says an international team of scientists.




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Watch a polar bear cub take his first steps

The 2-month-old cub at the Toronto Zoo hasn't quite nailed walking, but he's definitely got being cute figured out.




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Polar bears changing hunting and dietary habits as ice shrinks

Polar bears have shifted to a diet of more land-based food in response to climate change and melting sea ice.




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Google Street View puts polar bears on the map

The conservation nonprofit Polar Bears International will use the 360-degree panoramas for educational outreach and scientific research.




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Wobbly polar bear twins debut at German zoo

The cuddly duo — a boy and a girl born at the Hellabrunn Zoo on Dec. 9 — explore their enclosure with their mom, Giovanna.




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How polar bear cubs beat the summer heat

Far from the frosty climate of the Arctic Circle, this adorable family is making do in the summer heat with a brand new swimming pool.




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At Oregon Zoo, waste heat to be transferred from the tundra to the tropics

A geothermal loop will keep a fancy new elephant house toasty with the captured heat generated by the cooling system in the polar bear habitat.




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As polar bears wait, let's talk about ice

The world's southernmost population of polar bears is waiting for sea ice to form just weeks before the U.N.'s climate change conference.