French lighting design company Blackbody makes the new lighting tech an object of desire.

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Today there was new space added to the Twitter HQ, doubling their size. Designed by the lovely and talented Sara Morishige Williams (@sara), the newest spaces are consistent with the philosophy of the existing offices

Art meets accidental crowd-sourced recycling.

Some of the factors influencing grain yields are natural, while others are of human origin.

This Bilbao tower is like nothing the Passivhaus world has seen.

Sambuca, the "City of Splendor" is hoping to save its historic structures and revive a waning community.

This new California-based company is run by two entrepreneurial moms who understand the value of local production, quality fabrics, and reducing one's environmental impact.

An innovative eco-tourism project in northeast Turkey will take travelers along ancient nomadic routes to taste artisanal organic honey, meet local beekeepers, and enjoy spectacular scenery along the way.

Go beyond your morning toast with these sweet all-natural beauty hacks featuring one of our favorite ingredients.

It even has moving sidewalks for bikes. This is how you get people out of cars.

Architect Jonathan Kearns shows that you can have it all.

These incredible images sent back by the Juno spacecraft gives us a detailed look at Jupiter.

For billions of years, a tiny moon has been slyly orbiting the ice giant – now the little lovely has a poetic name, as well as a surprisingly violent backstory.

Hubble's image of Messier 3 reveals what astronomers say is one of the prettiest "globular clusters" in the universe.

It goes from bland plastic to a thing of beauty.

We are officially in love with Loch Pooltiel.

These devices help solar lighting move beyond the flatness of traditional photovoltaic cells.

Our photo of the day shows Mother Nature's flair for drama.

The New York Times has a stunning feature showing images of Earth and the immense damage caused by man to the land and atmosphere.

Lots of luxurious details in this solar-powered, off-grid tiny house.

It is designed to dry beeswax wraps more easily, but its usefulness goes beyond that.

Take a virtual tour of these amazing spots.

The prime minister also mentioned holding companies responsible for the packaging waste they create.

Part art, part meditative process, these works are created with plant material harvested from the artist's urban garden.

A round home is British Columbia's first home to be Energy Star qualified, a topic of contention on TreeHugger.

On land, slugs are far from nature's most beautiful creatures--but underwater, the family of shell-less creatures known as nudibranchs come in bright neons, glowing pastels, and vibrant primary colors. The 3,000 different kinds of nudibranchs get their

Slugs as we know them aren't the most colorful land-based creatures, but the shell-less mollusk known as nudibranchs (meaning "naked gills"), or sea slugs, are the complete opposite: The more than 3,000 different members

"Chatangora" — that's what Simpsonville, South Carolina-based business Catty Shack Creations is calling "cat hair yarn" — used to create affordable, one-of-a-kind handbags from Persian and Angora cat hair. Professional groomer Danelle

The story combines the beauty of nature, wanderlust, and the deep love that can exist between human and dog.

I know there are lots of transit map fans out there. It's a modern art-form for sure! Take a look at these original time-scaled maps.

The wind has never been this beautiful...

A recent report by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency concluded that 55 percent of U.S. rivers and streams are in poor condition. When we see a number like that we might not realize how many rivers there are in the US...

Plus a bounty of facts about these freewheeling islands of ice.

Wind on the snow dunes of the Ross Ice Shelf causes a near-constant hum that is as beautiful as it is haunting.

Load up the Krug and the caviar and go for a spin.

And GO Logic shows again that they really do with the Little House on the Ferry.

Photographer Joan Sullivan documents the drama of their construction.

Our photo of the day comes from the Essex countryside.

Here's what to know about America's favorite bird of prey.

A sustainably-minded designer makes cards and paper coins that you can plant.

Charred wood never looked so good.

Made with a patented energy- and wood-saving technique, this Corelam collection is perfect for those who move a lot.

The new-to-science Amazonian glassfrog has skin so transparent that its tiny heart can be seen beating in its chest.

What do greenhouse gases bubbling up look like? In these starkly elegant images, we get to seem them up close.

Lance Hosey argues that how things look and feel is as important as how they're made. If it doesn't move the heart, it doesn't move the needle on sustainability.

After spending most of her life in search and rescue, this grand 13-year-old Australian Shepherd is enjoying her golden years with her companion human.

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

Researchers discover how Arctic foxes modify their dens to make the surrounding land more fertile.

Apple remains our culture's most lauded example of great design. But could it be that the company considered to have reached the pinnacle of design is, in fact, an impostor? The definition of good design is changing. It used