With the help of interior designers and other CNN Underscored staffers, I rounded up 13 convincing artificial plants that’ll ...

Engineers at Northwestern University have taken a striking leap toward merging machines with the human brain by printing artificial neurons that can actually communicate with real ones. These flexible ...

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Artificial sweeteners have long been marketed as a healthier alternative to sugar, but new research suggests they may not be so harmless for brain health. A large, long-term study has found a link ...

The Food and Drug Administration recently announced that it is redefining the label claim “no artificial colors” on food packaging. The policy change is part of an agency’s effort to incentivize food ...

For centuries, most of the world’s economies grew at a similarly slow rate. However, a “Great Divergence” occurred with the Industrial Revolution, causing industrializing nations to accelerate their ...

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Every December, as twinkling lights go up and the scent of pine (real or artificial) fills our living rooms, one question returns: which Christmas tree is better for the planet, a real or an ...

Tree farmers and the marketing group that supports them want more Americans to buy live-cut trees. A new Home Depot ad gave them holiday hope. By Kevin Draper Milk had “Got Milk?” Beef had “Beef: It’s ...

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU) - For families getting their Christmas decorations up and ready, many try to see if they should buy a real tree or not. Promotions Director for the Wisconsin Christmas Tree ...

Should you get a real Christmas tree, as more than 30 million people will do this year, according to the National Christmas Tree Association, or join the more 10 million people the Nature Conservancy ...

COLUMBUS — Christmas tree shoppers are sticking with real trees this year as tariffs on Chinese goods make artificial alternatives more expensive. According to the American Christmas Tree Association, ...