Design and architecture professionals John Riordan and Kristen Becker have compiled 25 remarkable, sustainable workspaces in their book The Good Office: Green D

With malaria and polio eradication at the top of Gates' to-do list, the Microsoft founder finds fault with Google's focus on tech projects.

Picked no-VOC paints for your health and home air quality? Then ask California to regulate VOCs in common products.

Why does the North Dakota outpost of Williston have the highest rents for a one-bedroom apartment in the entire country according to a new survey?

If your taste buds demand bacon, but the price is straining your food budget, try a recipe that uses just a little bacon but brings a lot of bacon flavor.

Looking out for the safety of kids and pets, the EPA decides to ban some toxic rodent poisons. Here are a few pest remediation alternatives that rely on repelli

SRI, the system of rice intensification, has taken agribusiness giants by surprise with its record-breaking harvests across the globe.

Not only do we need to keep Earth safe from alien microbes, but we need to keep space safe from Earth microbes.

Finding water ice could change everything we thought we knew about the red planet, and make colonization feasible.

Mars' Korolev crater is a well-preserved crater permanently filled with ice.

A study shows that consumption of whole fruits helps reduce the risk of Type 2 diabetes while consumption of fruit juice increased the risk.

This year's ALS Challenge turns away from ice buckets and and bites into the fiery goodness of a hot pepper for a great cause: amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

People are using low-power FM radio stations (LPFMs) to inform, educate and spark change in their communities.

This 12-year program in Finland inspires troubled kids to reach for their dreams.

Video: Chuck Leavell, keyboardist for The Rolling Stones and the cofounder of MNN, finds out about the importance of having a single national wildlife refuge se

Using a single-pixel camera, a patterned light source and some computer processing, researchers have demonstrated a cheap way to do X-rays with "ghost images."

Matt Jones was arrested by TVA police after driving home elderly residents from a community meeting discussing the coal ash spill.

Plucking litter from canals while sightseeing is one of the more singular ways to spend a couple hours in the Dutch city.

The office is the highest scoring LEED-NC version 2009 project in the Northern Hemisphere.

This California hotel that our food blogger stayed goes beyond LEED certification in its sustainability initiatives.

Satellite images confirm another massive iceberg has split from Antarctica, this time from the Pine Island Glacier.

All-new Ford Police Interceptor police cruiser will match the Crown Victoria in power and add eco-friendly upgrades.

Your car could capture and store carbon dioxide for later disposal, making it zero climate emission even without batteries.

The key question isn't why Tesla stock dipped below $200, but why GM and Ford are at $30 and $14.

Muncie, Indiana, police department lets residents pay off parking tickets with donations to the local animal shelter.

Photographer Richard Silver captures the surreal ambience of the "blue hour" with these beautifully spliced landscape images.

From the man who brought you the giant tetrahedron on 57th Street...

The treehouse-esque bunkhouses of Whitetail Woods Regional Park score big at the AIA Housing Awards.

Situated next to the High Line, Solar Carve Tower is specifically designed not to bogart air and natural light from its neighbors.

A new book explains why you’re more likely to go to jail for stealing a DVD than for poisoning a town.

Crew of the F/V Kodiak partners with EcoEmissions to burn fuel more efficiently and reduce pollution.

A new study shows that share prices increase slightly after a carbon disclosure is made.

People living in the the U.S. and the E.U. are responsible for the greatest average loss of Arctic sea ice, says Max Planck Institute.

Thanks to Energy Star qualification, the most affordable high-quality LED on the market, the Cree LED Bulb, just got even cheaper.

With her delicious and healthy products in the store, Mary Waldner shares her rise to success, how she eats at home, and advice to us all in how to enjoy a heal

When Susan Bennett laid down recordings for a client, she had no idea she'd someday be speaking to more than 100 million people.

If you’re unfamiliar with grape varieties like Assyrtiko, this app will teach you the basics, including pronunciations.

The company will do the work for you.

Microsoft is expected to unveil its flagship software suite for its competitor's tablet at the end of the month.

Apple releases 2 videos showing how new iPad apps have transformed the life of 16-year-old Dillan Barmache.

One part garden shed, one part eco-clubhouse and one part home office, the Archipod gives work-at-homers a chance to step out of the house

Don't try to pin down Don Vardo, a petite workspace/guest studio with several green features ... it's capable of leaving when the open road beckons.

Say goodbye to the lumbering old Crown Vic, the new generation of Ford police cars can go from a stop to 100 mph in 14.5 seconds.

The way we work and the jobs we do are changing fast. Are you keeping up?

Richard Turere's solar-powered invention safely scares lions away from his family's cattle.

Gitanjali Rao saw that the current options for testing lead were slow and unreliable, and decided to do something about it.

As Justice John Paul Stevens steps down from the bench, environmentalists remember a "green justice." Though little is known about her environmental positions,

Will congress study for its final exam, or will it revert to be bad habits and hope for best?

By focusing only on the utilities industry, Kerry may be able to get Republican support, but will it cost him votes in his own party?

A lot has changed in American politics in the last year, and a lot has stayed the same.