amp Soon you can drive the cool electric car from 'Iron Man' By www.mnn.com Published On :: Tue, 25 Nov 2014 16:03:49 +0000 Audi’s R8 e-tron sports car is finally a reality — with almost 300 miles on a charge. Full Article Transportation
amp Why low gas prices won't kill Tesla By www.mnn.com Published On :: Sun, 21 Dec 2014 15:00:00 +0000 The key question isn't why Tesla stock dipped below $200, but why GM and Ford are at $30 and $14. Full Article Transportation
amp 2015 Kia Soul EV is a smooth drive that won't overcharge your electric bill By www.mnn.com Published On :: Tue, 03 Feb 2015 13:19:54 +0000 The introduction of the 2015 Kia Soul EV brings the notion of a practical, affordable all-electric car closer to the driveway. Full Article Transportation
amp Introducing Rimac's Concept One electric supercar By www.mnn.com Published On :: Wed, 18 Mar 2015 15:09:44 +0000 These guys aren't shy about taking on Tesla, but first they need to ramp up the factory for this 1,088-horsepower, 200 mph electric from Croatia. Full Article Transportation
amp Elon Musk's big bet on batteries By www.mnn.com Published On :: Fri, 24 Apr 2015 12:58:47 +0000 Next week Tesla will announce new home and utility solutions — but do they pencil out? Full Article Transportation
amp San Fran's new EV chargers are solar-powered, and free! By www.mnn.com Published On :: Wed, 29 Apr 2015 13:22:37 +0000 Charge Across Town is cutting carbon emissions with mobile charging. Just respect the two-hour limit. Full Article Transportation
amp Elon Musk's rocket ride: A biography of the world's most driven CEO By www.mnn.com Published On :: Thu, 28 May 2015 20:41:44 +0000 Running 2 groundbreaking companies at the same time, Musk succeeds by putting himself on the line more than anyone else, says author Ashlee Vance. Full Article Transportation
amp Porsche's mystery plug-in could be a Tesla-killer By www.mnn.com Published On :: Sun, 09 Aug 2015 17:03:11 +0000 The rumor mill says an all-electric shortened Panamera could grace the show stage in Frankfurt, with 250 to 300 miles of range. Full Article Transportation
amp When will EVs get sounds to warn pedestrians? It's coming, but expect delays By www.mnn.com Published On :: Tue, 01 Dec 2015 17:49:50 +0000 And no, we won't be able to use ringtones. (There will likely be standardized noises.) Full Article Transportation
amp What's NASCAR without the noise? By www.mnn.com Published On :: Mon, 01 Feb 2016 16:47:01 +0000 Science Guy Bill Nye wants battery-powered stock car racers. But fans go for the noise. Full Article Transportation
amp Rimac's electric really isn't a Tesla-killer By www.mnn.com Published On :: Thu, 25 Feb 2016 17:51:35 +0000 Rimac's Concept One is a $936,000 supercar made in Croatia, and only 8 will be built. Full Article Transportation
amp BMW's self-driving vision includes a virtual butler By www.mnn.com Published On :: Fri, 11 Mar 2016 16:10:01 +0000 BMW Vision Next 100 Full Article Transportation
amp By 2030, electric vehicles will rule Paris' streets By www.mnn.com Published On :: Thu, 19 Oct 2017 12:15:32 +0000 A ban on gas and diesel cars is the latest in Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo's ongoing crackdown on air pollution. Full Article Transportation
amp EcoSense for Living: There's green in my pizza! By www.mnn.com Published On :: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 19:35:39 +0000 Video: Pizza Fusion shows us how any job can become a green job with the right attitude and practices. Full Article Green Workplace
amp Don't feel weird about saying 'Hi' to strangers By www.mnn.com Published On :: Mon, 23 Sep 2019 17:18:45 +0000 Greeting people you pass on the street with a smile and "Hello" is good for you and them. Full Article Fitness & Well-Being
amp To fight loneliness, let's get innovative By www.mnn.com Published On :: Fri, 24 Jan 2020 14:03:27 +0000 More than one-third of adults in the U.S. over 45 likely suffer from chronic loneliness, but creative housing solutions like these can change those numbers. Full Article Fitness & Well-Being
amp Why are we so reliant on air conditioning? (It's not just climate change, it's bad design) By www.mnn.com Published On :: Mon, 09 Feb 2015 16:45:00 +0000 Air conditioners have made architects lazy, and we've forgotten how to design houses that might work without it. Full Article Remodeling & Design
amp 'Open Building' lets our homes adapt to change By www.mnn.com Published On :: Tue, 17 Feb 2015 19:57:57 +0000 Why not design our homes so that we can get at the things that need to be changed? That's the idea behind "Open Building". Full Article Remodeling & Design
amp Traveling the world doesn't mean you have to leave home behind By www.mnn.com Published On :: Thu, 12 Mar 2015 13:01:00 +0000 Just ask Jenna and Guillaume, who quit their 9-to-5 jobs to pursue their dream of touring North America in a custom-built tiny house. Full Article Remodeling & Design
amp Here's an idea for a new net zero that makes sense By www.mnn.com Published On :: Tue, 17 Mar 2015 14:59:27 +0000 Architect William Maclay brings some sense and sensibility to the concept of net zero energy building. Full Article Remodeling & Design
amp Inside it-architect Bjarke Ingels' BIG deal museum exhibition By www.mnn.com Published On :: Fri, 20 Mar 2015 13:00:53 +0000 Bjarke attack! The Danish maverick is the subject of a climate-themed retrospective at the National Building Museum. Full Article Arts & Culture
amp China's 57-story prefab tower should have been taller By www.mnn.com Published On :: Thu, 26 Mar 2015 16:22:42 +0000 Sky City was supposed to be 220 stories and this building was supposed to be 97 stories; but there's more to building than just technical innovation. Full Article Research & Innovations
amp 'Time Slices' capture twilight's descent on world icons By www.mnn.com Published On :: Fri, 27 Mar 2015 13:00:00 +0000 Photographer Richard Silver captures the surreal ambience of the "blue hour" with these beautifully spliced landscape images. Full Article Travel
amp Bullitt Center: World's greenest commercial building? By www.mnn.com Published On :: Tue, 31 Mar 2015 22:16:53 +0000 A tour of the Bullitt Center in Seattle confirms that it's as green as it can be. Full Article Green Workplace
amp Pittsburgh's Center for Sustainable Landscapes is as green as it gets By www.mnn.com Published On :: Wed, 01 Apr 2015 00:30:42 +0000 With the Living Building Challenge now under its belt, the facility is being heralded as one of the greenest buildings in the world. Full Article Remodeling & Design
amp Help teen carpenters build a tiny house eco-village for Seattle's homeless By www.mnn.com Published On :: Thu, 16 Apr 2015 23:10:01 +0000 The after-school carpentry wizards at Sawhorse Revolution have big, community-bettering plans for micro-housing. Full Article Remodeling & Design
amp World's tallest wood building proposed for Paris By www.mnn.com Published On :: Wed, 03 Jun 2015 18:10:11 +0000 Michael Green, champion of lanky, carbon-neutral buildings, sets his sights on the City of Light. Full Article Remodeling & Design
amp Humanitarian architect to reuse Nepal's earthquake rubble By www.mnn.com Published On :: Wed, 22 Jul 2015 22:00:12 +0000 Leave it to Shigeru Ban to breathe ingenious new life into the painfully abundant remains of a major catastrophe. Full Article Remodeling & Design
amp Barnacle-like sleeping pods provide shelter to London's homeless By www.mnn.com Published On :: Mon, 27 Jul 2015 16:43:42 +0000 James Furzer's simple design is still situated on the streets — yet lifted slightly above them. Full Article Remodeling & Design
amp Plant-clad Hawaiian micro-home is perched atop a hollow 'trunk' By www.mnn.com Published On :: Thu, 20 Aug 2015 19:01:06 +0000 Don't want to live in it anymore? Just covert it into a drive-through shaved ice stand. Full Article Remodeling & Design
amp In Vietnam, an urban college campus reimagined as a 'forested mountain' By www.mnn.com Published On :: Fri, 04 Sep 2015 12:35:57 +0000 Honestly, it would be a touch difficult to hit the books on a campus this wildly verdant. Full Article Remodeling & Design
amp Net-zero home provides California farm laborers with heart and 'sol' By www.mnn.com Published On :: Tue, 08 Sep 2015 15:30:50 +0000 UC Davis students conceive a 'deliberate solution' to substandard farm worker housing. Full Article Remodeling & Design
amp Dying Silicon Valley mall to be reborn with world's largest green roof By www.mnn.com Published On :: Wed, 09 Sep 2015 23:30:56 +0000 The man-made foothills are most definitely alive in Cupertino. Full Article Remodeling & Design
amp Fresh concerns raised over Leonardo DiCaprio's eco-resort By www.mnn.com Published On :: Sun, 24 Jan 2016 20:44:52 +0000 Developers behind the 104-acre sustainable project in Belize promise to consider all concerns ahead of construction in 2017. Full Article Arts & Culture
amp The nicest camper cabins in all of Minnesota win architecture award By www.mnn.com Published On :: Fri, 08 Apr 2016 18:28:20 +0000 The treehouse-esque bunkhouses of Whitetail Woods Regional Park score big at the AIA Housing Awards. Full Article Remodeling & Design
amp Sonoma County is getting an Airstream glampsite By www.mnn.com Published On :: Mon, 11 Apr 2016 19:01:55 +0000 It's just like camping ... but with free WiFi and Malin + Goetz shampoo. Full Article Remodeling & Design
amp IKEA's flat-pack refugee shelter wins coveted design award By www.mnn.com Published On :: Fri, 03 Feb 2017 18:43:39 +0000 The Design Museum's recognition of IKEA's Better Shelter for refugees couldn't come at a more appropriate time. Full Article Remodeling & Design
amp Top 10 'cash for clunkers' trade-ins By www.mnn.com Published On :: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:02:07 +0000 A 'clunker' is a vehicle reaching less than 18 mpg. Check out the top 10 clunkiest clunkers here. Full Article Transportation
amp 'Popular' animals face higher risk of extinction By www.mnn.com Published On :: Wed, 18 Apr 2018 14:22:34 +0000 When people see animals everywhere in pop culture, they assume they're everywhere in real life. Full Article Animals
amp 7% of Australia's reptiles face extinction By www.mnn.com Published On :: Sun, 08 Jul 2018 13:52:29 +0000 International Union for Conservation of Nature has updated its Red List, and the news isn't good for Australia's reptiles. Full Article Animals
amp Meet the planet's 25 most endangered primates By www.mnn.com Published On :: Mon, 20 Aug 2018 16:39:17 +0000 This report highlights 25 apes, monkeys, lemurs, lorises and other primates on the brink of extinction. Full Article Animals
amp A Brazilian rainforest is now being called an 'extinction vortex' By www.mnn.com Published On :: Thu, 27 Sep 2018 04:09:41 +0000 Brazil's once-expansive Atlantic Forest has now almost completely disappeared. Full Article Wilderness & Resources
amp Conservationists record a 'surreal' encounter with a rare forest rhino taking a mud bath By www.mnn.com Published On :: Mon, 19 Nov 2018 14:15:27 +0000 Only 68 critically endangered Javan rhinos are left on Earth. Full Article Animals
amp Conservationists plant a 'super grove' of redwood trees cloned from ancient stumps By www.mnn.com Published On :: Mon, 17 Dec 2018 13:20:34 +0000 The clones come from trees that were larger than any alive today. Full Article Wilderness & Resources
amp Drone reveals 'extinct' Hawaiian flower growing on remote cliff By www.mnn.com Published On :: Wed, 24 Apr 2019 12:25:40 +0000 The rediscovery of this hibiscus relative in Hawaii illustrates the growing importance of drones in wildlife conservation. Full Article Wilderness & Resources
amp Australia declares 'war on cats' By www.mnn.com Published On :: Fri, 26 Apr 2019 12:48:45 +0000 Australia, on track to eliminate 2 million feral cats by 2020, bans outdoor cats. Full Article Pets
amp It's a record season for sea turtles in Georgia, even with a hurricane By www.mnn.com Published On :: Thu, 03 Oct 2019 18:33:44 +0000 2019 has been a record year for the threatened species, even after Hurricane Dorian destroyed sea turtle nests in the state. Full Article Animals
amp Certified Humane Raised & Handled egg labeling By www.mnn.com Published On :: Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:25:51 +0000 Confused about egg carton labeling? You're not alone. Full Article Healthy Eating
amp The Dodge Dart Registry: It's not just for weddings anymore By www.mnn.com Published On :: Mon, 21 Jan 2013 20:57:11 +0000 dodge dart registry Full Article Transportation
amp The plushest peak you ever did see: Three Bad Seeds' nature-inspired pillows By www.mnn.com Published On :: Thu, 18 Apr 2013 21:55:54 +0000 Bring the great outdoors into your home with Three Bad Seeds' line of wilderness-inspired pillows handcrafted from repurposed scrap fabrics. Full Article Remodeling & Design