Jan 30, 2015 11:19AM
Pine resin and alfalfa seeds are components of a Swedish chemical product that could enable lithium-ion batteries to be recharged for a millennium.
Plastic bags are being marketed as “biodegradable” or “oxodegradable” on scant evidence, says the Federal Trade Commission.
Supporters of a law banning GMO crops on the islands of Maui, Lanai and Molokai are slugging it out in court with Monsanto and Dow.
Jan 30, 2015 11:18AM
The recent carbon targets agreed upon by President Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping—the leaders of the world’s two biggest economies—signal a big step forward in emissions control.
Newly-emphasized threats to oceans from toxic plastic trash and rising temperatures lend urgency to an organized European effort to study and protect sea waters.
In the last six years, twice as many countries have become more violent than those that have become more peaceful, according to the Global Peace Index.
Vastly improving on pizza delivery, he latest in healthy food innovations comes from a service that delivers fresh ingredients and a half-hour recipe to our door.
Low-emission, petroleum-free cordwood made out of compressed sawdust, nutshells and even olive pits is a good first step to ecologically sound fires.
Jan 30, 2015 11:17AM
Fewer than a quarter of Americans report being satisfied with their friendships, with GenXers and Boomers the least happy.
Married people are less likely to suffer from cardiovascular disease than divorced, widowed and single people.
