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Cheap gas may bolster spending, but it also drivers consumers to buy less fuel-efficient vehicles.

Astronomers have used instruments on board SOFIA, the world's largest airborne observatory, to examine a planet beyond solar system.

For the first time ever, astronomers have directly observed planets in the process of being born.

The chiton is a marine mollusk built like a tiny tank can see with eyes made of the same material as its armor.

Abraham Lincoln helped the country become the scientific and engineering powerhouse we know today, says Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson.

Astronomers think dark matter forms fine-grained but incredibly long streams throughout the universe.

There is no such thing as a "male brain" or a "female brain," new research finds.

Best-Ever Pluto Photos Show Breathtaking Views of Dwarf Planet

Drought could kill vast swaths of forests around the world if global warming isn't contained, new research suggests.

The rocket's return even surprised SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk, who initially thought the Falcon 9 booster didn't actually stick its landing.

Robot duels, gluttonous snakes and really long fingernails were just some of the oddities.

Here's a look at 10 newly identified, and exceptionally strange, animals, both living and extinct discovered in 2015.

Event Horizon Telescope will harness the power of 9 telescopes around the globe.

This opposition, which occurs every 2 years, is considered relatively favorable and precedes another event when Mars will be at its closest to Earth all year.

Video: Assignment Earth explains why residents and government authorities are determined to clean up and revive the Gowanus Canal.

Almost 600 dogs have died and thousands more have fallen ill in an outbreak linked to jerky treats made in China.

The FDA is taking steps to determine if artificial trans fats should be removed from all foods and possibly save 7,000 lives a year.

No illness related to the recall have been reported, and shoppers should be wary of jars with a "Best Buy" date of June 16, 2015.

The FDA is opening up public comments for reaction to two possible nutrition labels. One will replace the label we’ve been looking at for 20 years.

Jerky dog treats made in China have been linked to 1,000 dog deaths and illness in three people.

Even if the FDA knows something is harmful, it seems no one can make them do anything about it.

When there’s no take back program for unneeded or expired medications, the Pill Terminator makes them unpalatable to people and animals.

Unilever’s lawsuit against eggless Just Mayo for false advertising inadvertently gives the small producer invaluable free advertising.

Advocacy groups call the new recommendation arbitrary and discriminatory.

Don’t let fall sneak up on you without enjoying some of the experiences you’ve been meaning to get to.

At a single Starbuck location, a whooping 378 people bought coffee for the person behind them.

We almost lost the art of making true broth, but it has had a massive revival. Now, you can even enjoy it on the streets of New York.

Meant to satisfy vegans and carnivores, the shredded organic tofu filling is now available at all Chipotle restaurants.

The chicken chain is working with THRIVE to purchase coffee from farmers who can by-pass the middleman and get paid up to 10x more for their beans.

Changes on fast-food menus are a step in the right direction, but the task of finding healthy food falls to parents.

If a group goes out to eat and there's nothing for the veg crowd, guess what happens?

A new batch of full service restaurants bring deserved respectability and dignity to those in need.

Restaurants are on to our wine ordering habits, so the cheapest bottle of wine on the list may really just be the best value.

Biodynamics is often misunderstood. This short video gives some basic facts.

Director and wife Suzy Amis also reveal that they went vegan after watching the documentary 'Forks Over Knives.'

Here's how to store some of the produce you bring home.

There are some foods you should never put into a deep freeze in the first place, and here are six of them.

U.S. landowners voluntarily protect more land (and water) than all national parks in the lower 48 states, a new census shows.

Carey Gillam’s book "Whitewash" finds that glyphosate, the chemical in Monsanto’s Roundup, is everywhere – and evidence that it causes harm has been suppressed.

You're ingesting microplastics when you consume this trendy salt source.

Water vapor escaping Europa hints at a vast saltwater ocean beneath its surface.

There's a supermassive black hole behind the 'baby boom' in the Phoenix galaxy cluster.

India's Chandrayaan-2 mission lander was lost on the surface of the moon, but now NASA officials have found its debris.

Scientists say C/2019 Q4 is a comet from another galaxy.

December's annular solar eclipse looked like a "ring of fire."

Scientists are studying new data from the Hubble telescope showing that planets with the density of cotton candy exist and they're called Super-Puffs.

Astronomers use the Hubble telescope to image Rubin’s galaxy, or UGC 2885, which may be the biggest galaxy ever.

From a wolf moon eclipse to multiple SpaceX Starlink launches, here's what not to miss in the January 2020 night sky.

A new high-resolution image reveals the center of our galaxy as never seen before.