Through her book Turn Here Sweet Corn: Organic Farming Works, Atina Diffley takes us through her life of conquering odds; from an abusive marriage to battling uphill as an organic farmer long before it was in fashion.

Pollution is warming the atmosphere through summer thunderstorm clouds. How much the warming effect of these clouds offsets the cooling that other clouds provide is not yet clear.

A newly published collection of more than 20 studies provides mounting evidence that salmon raised in man-made hatcheries can harm wild salmon through competition for food and habitat.

The Karton Group in Australia has a new take on cardboard packaging. Instead of shipping furniture in cardboard, their furniture IS the cardboard.

Not only is adult onset diabetes on the rise in children, the disease is more rapidly progressive in children. Meanwhile the food industry continues to aggressively market sugar laden "foods" to our kids.

Academic research is often dictated by corporations that endow professorships, give money to universities, and put their executives on education boards.

A new UCLA rat study is the first to show how a diet steadily high in fructose slows the brain, hampering memory and learning—and how omega-3 fatty acids can counteract the disruption.

The late "Elephant whisperer" Lawrence Anthony was a hero to animals in his native Africa and around the world. He became famous for easily handling elephants others considered to be killers.