220 years ago a lot of people wanted to move to Canada. Here is how they were welcomed.

One side effect of gold prices continuing to rise (now at a new record of $1500/ounce): Deforestation in parts of the Peruvian Amazon have increased up to 600% since 2003.

The Conga mine, which is majority owned by Newmont Mining Corp, would produce gold as well as copper and silver. Protesters are concerned the mine will contaminate their water and affect a major aquifer.

Oldest ever popcorn discovered in Peru tells the story of indigenous corn varieties versus gmo monoculture crops.

Awamaki Lab's fashion-forward collection successfully pairs Peruvian textiles with modern styles.

Peru continues to approve oil and gas projects despite previous exploration leading to the death of half the Nahua tribe.

Born out of first-hand research in a Lima slum, this time and water-saving device is targeted at families that live without electricity or running water.

This innovative billboard does double duty: advertising for a university's engineering program while producing much-needed clean drinking water for local communities.

Find all your sunny-day basics made with fair-trade fabrics and natural dyes.

Nicolas Laisné's vast project is a very different kind of office development.

From mites to cockroaches, our house dust is literally crawling with things.

New research documents that mantises worldwide are eating small birds; in the US, invasive mantis species are devouring hummingbirds.

Even the CDC recommends this botanical ingredient as comparable to DEET for repelling disease-carrying insects.

New study says there's no safe level of exposure to organophosphates, a main ingredient in pesticides.

When four American families switched to all-organic diets for a week, the results were dramatic.

For example, 72 pesticides approved for use in the United States are banned or in the process of being phased out in the EU.

From ribs and onions to chips and corn, these barbecue-friendly foods can be unfriendly to dogs and cats.

With news that Southwest is allowing mini horses on flights, here's what to know about these petite equine wonders.

It does a lot more than just get you from floor to floor, in this interesting Korean courtyard house.

A health insurer practices what it preaches.

Michael Janzen comes up with an interesting and elegant design. But is it safe?

A good, if not very accurate, idea.

Syte Architects insert a mezzanine and a terrific storage stair in existing loft.

Sometimes you wonder what they were thinking.

An astronaut-eye's view of Hurricane Florence from the International Space Station shows why everyone is kind of freaking out.

Spend 90 minutes in the eyes of an astronaut.

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.

To cap off a week of black hole fever, the cosmic object has now been named by a language professor in Hawaii.

For the first time ever, NASA has recorded a likely marsquake – listen to the haunting tremor here.

Scientists think there is a hidden, protected ocean inside of Pluto – and the implications are wild.

Morocco is making good on it's stated goals of increasing renewable energy development, leading towards 40% of electricity from renewables over the next decade.

The Grand Inga dam will be double the size of China's Three Gorges, but big questions remain about whether ordinary Africans will actually get its electricity.

The latest figures from the EIA show renewable energy sources overtaking nuclear power in the US, through the first nine months of 2011.

Fresh criticism from Georgian environmentalists adds to the diplomatic tensions created by Turkey's dam-building spree.

Think you need to be an engineer and spend a bundle to create a mini-hydropower generator? Think again.

Using the flow of water inside the pipes to power the water network's own monitoring devices could eliminate the need for batteries in those systems.

A new type of hydrokinetic turbine sits within irrigation canals and could power several homes from the flow of water.

While grid-scale liquid metal batteries might be a more exciting technology, good old pumped hydro storage is one of the ways we can store power from intermittent sources (like solar & wind) or shift supply around (from the night to peak use).

According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), by 2018 renewable should overtake natural gas to become the world's second-largest source of energy (oil is #1).

A mix of wind, solar and hydro power could replace fossil fuels in every country in the world.

The project will take advantage of the sun, mountains and sea.

Lost in the woods near a stream, with some empty water bottles, wire, plastic plates, and a stepper motor, *and* you need to charge your smartphone? Try this.

Take one Estream and add moving water for clean, quiet, offgrid energy.

UK households can now buy 15 percent green gas and 100 percent green electricity with one easy tariff.

Oil and gas companies have until 2023 to make 'Paris compatible' plans, or face divestment.

We are all cutting back in the West, but more flying in developing countries overwhelms the savings.

That's what a lot of people are saying as new pollution rules for 2020 get closer.

It's searching for a place to live because its home has been destroyed by our addiction to palm oil.

Petrochemicals are becoming increasingly important to the oil industry as cars go electric.

When the harvest has been poor, rates of adulteration rise.