Session cocktails and plant-based barbecue are the biggest food trends this summer.

Try these non-alcoholic cocktails, zero-proof cocktails. Your non-imbibing friends will thank you for giving them great choices.

Mercury is not just hellishly hot but apparently covered in brimstone. A vast part of the planet is covered with dried lava – enough to bury the state of Tex

This week in the hour before sunrise early morning stargazers will get a double treat: the planet Mercury and two special comets.

This April and May, see Mars shine, look out for meteor showers, marvel at Saturn's rings and keep your eyes peeled for a total lunar eclipse.

A NASA spacecraft slammed into the surface of Mercury on Thursday, April 30, bringing a groundbreaking mission to a dramatic end.

Web site and mobile app help you find the lowest gas prices in your area.

In England, Tesco supermarket is overhauling its fresh produce department to fight food waste.

Technology may be drastically changing each year, but there are a few older gadgets you can still buy without regretting your decision later.

Incentives for recycling old or unwanted electronics may be the best solution.

An unstoppable smart home start-up faces its first major bump in the road: Safety concerns over the Nest Protect smoke detector's 'Nest Wave' function.

Anyone in the U.S. can buy Google Glass starting at 9 a.m. ET on April 15 through the Explorer program – but spaces are limited.

Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for their invention of the blue light-emitting diode.

Carefully managed fire is used as a tool to protect wildlands from invasive plants and other threats.

Scientists scramble to understand the causes of colony collapse disorder.

Pando, the world's largest-known organism, is dying. But there might still be time to save this wonder of nature.

Create your eco-friendly, organic culinary masterpiece wearing one of these sassy aprons.

Despite the recession, organics made an impressive showing in 2008. Find out how impressive.

Switching out some surprisingly toxic household products for cleaner, greener alternatives can help save your health, money and the planet.

An all-natural mix that’s wheat-free, gluten-free and made with organic ingredients.

ColdLife organics grows its own food, keeps it cold, and delivers it to your door.

Free printable coupons plus recipe ideas to use them to make cooking at home a little easier.

From your blood pressure to your vision, here's how barometric pressure might affect you.

Hearing aids and cataract surgery can slow mental decline, say new studies.

Our food blogger shares her thoughts after visiting the sustainable chain restaurant for the first time.

New study advises women to eat fish while pregnant, but hold the mercury. Researchers evaluated 600 mothers and children and found that children who are exposed

Each year the Environmental Working Group ranks supermarket produce by its pesticide load, the worst are known as the Dirty Dozen.

Unanimous decision rules in favor of Monsanto regarding the replanting of seeds from genetically modified soybeans.

Meanwhile, a new Bayer-funded study disputes that its pesticide is killing bees.

Environmental Working Group’s latest Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce assists consumers in reducing the pesticides they consume in their diets.

Consumer Reports’ risk guide helps shoppers make informed decisions when buying fruits and vegetables.

A new study concludes humans have accidentally spread a virus and parasite that are obliterating bees.

In exclusive and exceptionally irrigated Rancho Santa Fe, residents now face water rationing.

These gardens epitomize a balance between beauty and conservation, promoting smart water practices and boosting honeybee populations in the area.

From their vanilla-scented secretions to their amazing ability to alter an ecosystem, here's what you need to know about beavers.

Rutherford Seydel's Oxygen Project creates a sustainable Earth while creating financial sustainability for all. All it will take is a massive group action.

Our landlocked water is drying up, and the oceans are rising.

In a new world of digital fabrication, computer-driven tools of all kinds will change the way we make things.

.dog domains are reserved for dog lovers and providers of canine products and services, but .cat isn't what you'd expect.

When fingerprints fail, a map of your brainwaves could help keep your cyberworld safe.

The sieve of Eratosthenes is an ancient tool for finding primes, but it might get a boost by modern computing.

Paper can be reprinted up to 80 times, greatly reducing the waste associated with inkjet printing.

Computers can't solve this chess problem. Can you?

Using tiny eyewear, researchers tricked the insects into revealing secrets that could lead to simpler visual processing in robots.

Are you a cyberslacker? Turns out checking Facebook and laughing at LOLcats makes you a more productive worker, research shows.

The World1 computer program at MIT considered a range of factors and predicted the world might collapse in 2040. So far, it has been right.

Now that oil is trading for half of what it was last summer, will investors want to put their money into alternative energy sources? We look at the data.

New study shows that nearly half the investment managers from some of the world's largest funds don’t consider climate change an important factor when making

Jimmy Fallon is joined by Ladysmith Black Mambazo as they sing an ode to Fair Trade and Ben & Jerry's.

At the height of S’mores season, protesters are leaving cards with QR codes near Hershey’s chocolate products in stores to alert shoppers of the problems wi