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In an unexpected offshoot of the local food movement, distilleries are embracing farming.

Ohio’s first legal moonshine distillery makes its home in a town with a fascinating bootlegging past.

Rum Diplomatico has a very rare certification for environmental awareness.

Do you have friends who are always throwing parties? We've got the tools to make them happy.

These Owl's Brew teas are specially crafted for cocktails will make summer cocktails simple to shake up.

The 2014 farm bill removed some of the barriers to growing hemp. Humboldt Distillery ran with it.

Break out the whisky and the haggis for this celebration of Scotland's national poet, Robert Burns.

Stealing bar glasses to keep as a souvenir goes way back and plays a key role in the mint julep, Kentucky Derby relationship.

The oddball asteroid Lutetia is a rocky remnant of the material that formed Earth, Venus and Mercury about 4.5 billion years ago, a new study suggests.

An impact basin spotted on Mercury with two smaller craters above it looks remarkably like the sweet treat-loving Cookie Monster muppet of "Sesame Street" fame.

Spliced from thousands of screenshots of the planets, NASA has created a new video of Mercury that shows off the planet's diversity in terrain.

A video from a NASA spacecraft studying the sun has captured an unexpected sight.

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

The dream of a space-faring humanity is deep-rooted.

Think you're an expert at talking trash? Then you won't be afraid to test your recycling knowledge.

From what they eat to wear they live, test your giant panda knowledge with this quiz.

From the cheetah to the hare, so many creatures are wickedly quick. Test your trivia smarts on what makes them so swift.

You use pasta in sauce, in soups and in salads. But do you know the names of the different pasta types?

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

Harish Hande launched his solar company to dispel the myth that renewable energy was too expensive for poor people. The West could learn something from him.

For almost 40 years, Art and Nan Kellam lived off-grid on a Maine island, eschewing modern technology, but not each other.

Rich natural gas deposits off the shore of Israel can meet the country's energy needs well into the next century, provided it can be extracted economically.

If fracking techniques pollute water supplies, what will happen to beer production?

Impact Energies sells and leases solar panel systems to people making less than $6 a day in Ghana. It was acquired by Persistent Energy Partners.

The Guest-Imator is a digital portion calculator that even considers the amount of leftovers you want to have. It works for vegan meals, too.

Ubiquitous Mardi Gras beads can be made of other things: Biodegradable seed bombs, anyone?

Illegal dung dumping is on the rise as the already-strong Dutch dairy sector continues to grow.

Organic supermarket chain EkoPlaza teams with an anti-plastic waste group to launch a supermarket aisle liberated from plastic packaging.

A Product Impact Dashboard tells you exactly how much rubbish was used to create Pentatonic's cushions, tables and serving bowls.

A study found that while plastic bag litter has decreased in the U.K. seabed, other forms of pollution have increased.

From Buckingham Palace to the BBC, British institutions are putting the kibosh on single-use plastic.

A singular place to say 'I do' in the Seattle area, Brightwater Treatment Plant can process 36 million gallons of wastewater daily.

Although new on the Indian retail scene, Ikea already has big plans to alleviate one of the country's largest environmental ills.

Malaysia and the Philippines are forcefully rejecting trash from wealthier countries.

These plastic filters far surpass plastic straws in coastal cleanup tallies and they're toxic on land, too.

Wildlife biologist Steve Barlow has invented a nest box that can be added to utility right-of-way markers across the U.S. and Canada.

Psychologists and scientists are concerned about the rising rates of suicide among children, and what the shrinking gender gap might mean.

A colorful oath or spirited expletive can heal the body and soul. (We have the science to prove it.)

Phil Jones and The Union of Concerned Scientists say The Daily Mail misrepresented a statement about climate change data to support skeptics' claims.

255 top climate scientists are reiterating their conclusions on global warming in the face of increased e-mail attacks.

Earth Day has provided the occasion for a tsunami of eco-friendly apps for the iPhone and now Android gets some green love.

Nintendo gets the lowest score on the Greenpeace Guide to Greener Electronics for its failure to address e-waste or cut CO2 emissions.

New hi-tech Environ thermostat allows you to remotely monitor and control your home energy use.

Empowering consumers to make smart decisions can change the marketplace and shrink our national energy footprint.

Casio shows off realistic animated messages at Consumer Electronics Show