That doesn't mean we shouldn't still be trying to electrify everything.

Microsoft decided that a good way to advertise its cloud-based Office 365 software would be to actually put a T-Mobile wifi router with 15 days of free wifi inside a magazine advert.

Green roofs, living walls, vertical farms are all part of a new living architecture.

There is not much that can go wrong in such a simple concept. That's really smart.

The company had been promising "near profitable" results. It turns out they were lowballing.

Up until now, only solid materials have offered the ability to capture materials using the filtering power of pores

On a more positive note, the report also notes that population growth with stabilize sooner than expected, at about 8 billion people by 2042.

Annual growth will soon be negative everywhere except Africa.

There's symbolism here. Let's hope there's substance too.

Tomorrow, real men eat quiche (cheese pi).

You might want to rethink that dream house by the ocean.

The 'mega cruises' are harming the environment, the island's aesthetic appeal, and local quality of life.

With fewer than 30 vaquitas left in the wild, the 'panda of the sea' is the most endangered marine mammal in the world. Now a crazy plan might just save them.

The Myanmar snub-nosed monkey may survive because of work by communities, NGOs and the Myanmar and Chinese governments.

What better way to celebrate National Penguin Awareness Day than by caving to the cute factor with videos of bitty penguins?

A new study finds those with heart disease had higher concentrations of BPA in their urine.

Study assessed the effect of endocrine disrupting chemicals on mice's desire to exercise and found that it makes them lazier.

The building of the massive 5.6-square mile Ivanpah solar project in the Mojave Desert by BrightSource Energy has been suspended in the midst of

Few other animals are known to be intrinsically motivated to assist others in need.

From the news that scientists have created a bacteria that lights up around landmines to the development of a rot-proof apple--that stays fresh for 4 months--a lot happened this week in green. A new study called The Economics of Ecosystems and

A design competition shows ideas that might soon be floating off French Polynesia

You'll be shocked to learn what goes on behind the scenes at grocery stores – and relieved to know there's a much better alternative.

A new report ranks countries by their green investments, and also compares performance to our perceptions.

Now if only he can keep his job in the fall election.

An Arctic explorer calls for 'party ships' to be kept out of this sensitive and remote part of the world.

When the oft-predicted water wars start, we're going to want this technology on our side. Let's hope it survives the budget wars.

It will be electric, autonomous and shared. Where have we heard that before?

Though cotton yields initially doubled when GM cotton began being planted a decade ago, in the past six years yields have failed to increase even though planting has markedly increased.

The Indignados (or "Outraged") have been camping in over 60 Spanish cities for almost 10 days now. What started on the 15th of May (hence the tag #15-M) via social networks has become some of the biggest and most peaceful

TreeHugger just keeps on having to eat its hat with these guys.

After weekly ping pong sessions, participants in a pilot study had significant improvements in speech, handwriting, getting dressed, getting out of bed, and walking.

Telling people to be grateful for what they have doesn't help alleviate symptoms of depression or anxiety, according to new research.

Bill Nye was the guy that said driving your car to the gym is literally insane - why not reclaim a piece of childhood through hooping?

This building alternately fries the public, blows them off their feet and cheats them out of promised public amenities. And did I mention it's bloated, top-heavy and just plain ugly.

"Exuberant low cost studios for creatives and artists" are plugged into a giant structure in this revolutionary project.

Andrew Scheer is a climate arsonist.

The ones we have left should be preserved; they don't make them like they used to.

A new plug-in diagnostic tool could mean better healthcare around the world.

The good people of Denmark phoned in enough kroner to plant nearly a million trees.

This is not a joke. It is also a teaching moment about blogging.

"It's just an amazing, amazing thing that people have done."

The consumer products giant says it will "fundamentally rethink its approach to packaging."

A list of 10 resolutions shows that big changes are coming to the professional food world.

But no, we're not going to compare to that other tower.

Among other things, the data reveals answers about the size of blue whales, the largest organisms to have ever lived on Earth.

It's an industrial design approach, a product that is refined almost to perfection.

Yes, but we still have a problem, says Carl A. Zimrig in a new book "Aluminum Upcycled: sustainable design in historical perspective." Because we are using too much of the stuff.

Our photo of the day comes from Davis, California.

Many parents who work in the tech industry are opting to go screen-free at home.

From frigid naps to diaperless infants to independence at a young age, it takes all kinds to raise the next generation - something that Americans would do well to remember.