These epidemics have hit full force, with scientists scrambling to unravel the causes and, more importantly, the solutions.

Mushroom extracts have been shown to reduce the presence of bee-killing viruses.

After two days of being glued to the news watching the miners emerge, it’s time to celebrate.

Check out this wonderfully strange music about the Bagger 288, one of the largest mining excavators in the world.

New report lists the 10 places most threatened by a 100-year-old mining law. Some say it's time to update the rules.

A crowd of farmers, environmentalists and community members gather at a May Day rally in Sydney to call for tougher mining restrictions to protect sensitive lan

Chessboard-like grid patterns that cover sand dunes in China are explained as attempts at mining nickel in the deserts.

Eucalyptus trees can hold grains of gold, potentially helping reveal buried treasure.

The Caterpillar 797 is a 50-foot-tall dump truck widely used in the mining industry. Watch what happens when it faces off against a stationary Land Cruiser.

Coudersport Ice Mine is located in the Appalachian Mountains.

University of Oregon architecture student Cameron Huber scores the top spot (and $2,000) in Hammer & Hand's beauty and brawn-seeking perFORM Design Competition.

Complimentary or not, Thomas Paino welcomes the attention being lavished on his super-efficient Long Island City rowhouse.

Who said old houses can't learn new energy-saving tricks?

Months ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference, French Parliament approves aggressive new commercial building rules.

An international design competition hopes to bring energy-efficient housing and more to Tristan da Cunha.

For starters, it's more energy efficient than a standard door that swings.

Advanced refrigeration system, nearly a mile long, is meant to keep contaminated water from the damaged nuclear plant from escaping into the sea.

William Henry Harrison, James K. Polk and Zachary Taylor all died under suspicious circumstances.

Simple chemical process is cheap and safe, and could soon eliminate BPA as a pollutant.

159 coral reefs were examined in the Asian-Pacific region, and 89 percent of those reefs were contaminated with plastics and disease.

Direct-to-consumer water filter company Mesopaper removes a variety of contaminants without the mess, waste or high price tag.

Made of plastic and metal, it harms our oceans just like microbeads.

You've heard of Ebola and likely Zika, but there are many dangerous viruses that have yet to make horrific headlines.

The disease is in the news again, but this time, campylobacter jejuni is linked to puppies. We answer several questions.

The first 'A' in NASA's acronym name — Aeronautics — will play a leading role in the final flights of its recently retired shuttle program. Space agency jet

Cries of "I see it!" rang out through the crowd as a speck on the horizon got bigger and bigger, resolving into the odd shape of two attached aircraft approachi

The Enterprise and Endeavour both have temporary displays, but their museums need help to make plans for permanent homes a reality.

Space shuttle Enterprise suffered minor wing damage on June 3 when it collided with the navigation guides for a New York railroad bridge during the first half o

The iconic space shuttle Endeavour, in commission for 20 years, has arrived at a museum in LA, making that its home for the foreseeable future.

Here's a handy cheat sheet to help you keep the spacecraft straight.

Beyoncé ended the year on a sour note with members of the NASA community.

Utilities from California to North Carolina are preparing for a brief but sharp decrease in solar production during the Great American Eclipse on Aug. 21.

British tech startup Seawater Greenhouse makes the impossible feat of growing crops in arid regions possible with the help of plenty of sunshine and saltwater.

If you're not ready to go cold turkey with beef, we have some bean recipes to get you started in replacing just a meal or two.

Just think of Indiana-based startup Try It Tiny as the Airbnb of tiny house-friendly land rentals.

Using satellite data and machine learning, researchers have mapped the movements of over 70,000 industrial fishing vessels.

More food companies in the U.K. and U.S. are using sustainable seafood to make fish sticks, a kid favorite.

There are lots of labels designed to make you think you're buying better food. Are they reliable?

Chesapeake Energy, which has one of the largest natural gas recovery operations in the country, halts all fracking in the state after a spill on the eve of the

Nancy Rabalais has spent a lifetime documenting the effect of ocean "dead zones." The Louisiana researcher has increased our understanding of these hypoxic zone

Recurrent sheens of oil in the Gulf of Mexico near the site of 2010's Deepwater Horizon oil spill have baffled researchers.

The NOAA suspects the infectious morbillivirus is responsible for the unusually high number of dolphin strandings and deaths this month.

Five years after the 2010 BP oil spill, the endangered reptiles are one of several species still suffering from enigmatic declines.

GoodGuide, home of the world's largest healthy and green product database, is searching for a Rock Star User Interaction Engineer.

Beautiful solar system map by Eleanor Lutz shows the orbits of more than 18,000 celestial objects.

Scientists propose dropping poison to kill mice on the Farallon Islands, but there's concern that wildlife and water quality will suffer.

With huge eyes in tiny bodies, baby jumping spiders have high-quality vision.

After reports of icy pens, rotten food and sick animals sparked an outcry, 97 orcas and belugas have been released from a Russian 'whale jail.'

The daughter-in-law and granddaughter of famous explorer Jacques Cousteau continue the mission of water stewardship.

U.S. first lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden, wife of U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, host a party at the White House on May 10 for mothers, grandmothers an