These transforming shoes can go from flat to a stylish stiletto within seconds.

For thousands of years, people have wondered how these monuments in Egypt were made.

Finally, Net Zero done right.

Leggings are a wardrobe staple for many, whether we’re keeping our legs warm in the winter or staying comfy at yoga all year long.

The longer we wait, the more expensive (and dangerous) it gets.

Put your money directly into the hands that made the gift you're buying.

Why did Facebook pay $1 billion for Instagram and what can the environmental movement learn from this? It's all about emotion.

With Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg facing criticism for supporting Keystone XL pipeline, a comedy duo mocks Facebook "Mess" Everything Up Department.

The Austrian system can build at 30 storey high-rise in thirty days

This pediatric care unit showcases how sustainable and kid-friendly design can come together.

Honeybees survey vast tracts of land during their communal foraging. They share their best finds in a waggle dance, which new research has turned into a powerful tool for assessing ecosystem health.

Although some may wish it so, a world without spiders would be a miserable place.

This 10-minute video was shot by a man who was supposed to be at the MusiCafé bar that was engulfed by flames on july 6.

Experts have predicted a "high risk" of rupture on this aging oil pipeline that has recently been approved to bring Alberta tar sands crude to Eastern Canada.

Dan Hanganu mixes the modern with the even more modern, totally respectful of the original.

Here is one woman's version of simple living on the river, in a boat that is equipped to see the tough northern winters through.

Interested in trying out a night or two in a hand-built earthship? Here's one you can rent, located in an "eco-preneur" and permaculture community in Quebec.

In a Canadian province where a winter heating with electricity might cost a few hundred dollars per month minimum, this man manages to cut his heating bill by using free solar energy.

Built on a gooseneck trailer, this big tiny home features a lot of clever small-space design ideas.

This micro-home is a customized, winter-proofed dwelling for two.

Coming in at 425 square feet, this extra-wide, modernist tiny house actually feels quite roomy.

This winter-proofed van is now home to two engineers who love the outdoors.

If you live in San Diego and find the prospect of banding together with your neighbors to get better rates on installing your own solar panels interesting, then this one is for you: 1BOG (that's One Block Off the Grid ...) has announced that they will

In partnership with CleanTECH San Diego, the University of California, San Diego plans to develop and construct a smart grid system for the San Diego region. In total, over 25 local national and global organizations will

A Colorado family that had long ago given up on finding their cat got some incredible news this week, when Willow was found in New York City -- five years later and 1,800 miles from home.

Solar grid parity will vary from city to city. A new interactive map helps show how it will spread.

Ordinary humans can see about 1 million colors, but thanks to a genetic mutation, this artist can see an estimated 100 million colors.

In exchange for cultivating someone else's backyard for a year, this activist is experimenting with an increasingly simpler lifestyle, documented step-by-step online.

This renovated bus is a mobile coworking space that brings location-independent professionals out into the great outdoors, combining work with a hike, a bike trip or a surf ride on the waves.

A beautiful video by photographer Pete McBride shows how this epic and ancient river is now the most endangered in the country.

They are going to be autonomous taxis. Is this a good idea?

It may be decades before AVs are good enough, so in the meantime everyone will have to keep out of their way.

A new article published in the online journal PLoS ONE takes on the issue of energy sprawl -- namely how much land is required to produce energy from different sources -- under different potential US energy and climate policies in 2030.

This year, French tire giant Michelin (yes, the Michelin that made the tires on your car) held its 10th Challenge Bibendum event, this time in Rio de Janeiro. If you've never heard of this thing, don't kick yourself,

Two new pieces in NRDC's Switchboard blog remind us that the debate over corn ethanol subsidies is alive and well; and illustrate, through two new reports, the benefits of ditching Federal support altogether. The first, from the

Few industrialists in recent times have done more to imperil environmental protections and public health than the Koch brothers. The force behind Americans for Prosperity and Koch Industries have galvanized

A measure that would remove roughly $6 billion in annual ethanol subsidies just passed the U.S. Senate, signaling, among other things, a shift in public attitude towards the once-heralded alternative fuel. It

The rare metal is now worth US $1,700 an ounce.

It's so much more than books.

The Double Pyramid is an innovative way of portraying how the ecological footprints of our food compare to their nutritional value.

There is a day for everything, and today we celebrate ride sharing.

Why own a fondue pot when you can borrow one?

Why buy a kid's size bike when you can rent the right size bike every year?

Sharing resources and renting just what you need is green, but not much of a business model.

There are a lot of good reasons to get rid of that old plug.

UC Berkeley’s new robot is the most vertically agile robot ever built – why is it so unnerving?

A big publisher says the former; an author says the latter. What do you think?

Aiming to raise awareness about e-waste recycling, this photographer used 4,100 pounds of e-waste in these futuristic scenes.

"If a touchscreen must be used, it should be embedded alongside a set of fixed, physical buttons that support muscle memory and single actions."

Don't Blink or You'll Miss It! Google has created a series of video ads called "Search Stories". They're basically short vignettes showing some cool projects that were made possible by people finding the right information (using Google, of course). The