As much of the country sizzles during the first week of summer, air conditioners — in all of their global warming-causing, envy-inducing, but probably not dea

Not a big shocker: In the wake of Michael Bloomberg announcing a push towards innovative pint-sized housing options in NYC, micro apartment-related news dominat

Aiming to help eradicate the 'performance dinosaur' otherwise known as the standard American home, Bensonwood launches an affordable green prefab offshoot dubbe

Prefab builder Blu Homes details a few considerations — energy-efficient and climate change-ready among them — when thinking about your future home.

Despite the unfortunate acronym, the London Original Loft (LOL) proposal cleverly repurposes unused railway viaduct arches into cave-like residences.

Design studio Minarc partners with Habitat for Humanity to (very quickly) bring affordable, net-zero energy prefab homes to low-income areas of South L.A.

Powered by the wind and sun, Ecocapsule is the ultimate off-grid micro-home for vagabond vacationers.

Gratitude is the cornerstone of Thanksgiving, but research suggests it's also an important building block for mental and physical health.

With all that holiday food prep coming up, now may be the perfect time to teach the little ones some kitchen skills.

Make sure your knives are sharpened and spice rack is stocked so time in the kitchen this holiday season goes more smoothly.

If policing your child’s plate at a holiday dinner dampens the celebration, this one tip may be incredibly freeing for you and your children.

Give your kids another non-alcoholic cocktail option besides a Shirley Temple this holiday season.

Skip the stores and head outdoors to a nearby state park.

As the middle class disappears, the rich go hiking and the poor fight over bargains.

Thanksgiving feasts and Christmas treats will be here soon, but being proactive can help you win the battle of the bulge.

Head into the holiday season with a series of daily questions that help all of us think about what we're thankful for.

Don't want to shop on Black Friday but not sure what else to do? Here are some ideas.

The 2017 Beaujolais Nouveau has just been released, fulfilling the destiny of many French gamay grapes.

Archaeologists have uncovered new evidence that could push the date of human habitation in Australia back possibly as far as 80,000 years ago.

Neanderthals might be extinct, but their genes still live on inside of us.

New research seems to demonstrate that iridium, a rare metal found in meteorites, can kill cancer cells.

New genetic evidence shows that Solenodons survived the asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs.

Pools of water on Earth's moon might have teemed with simple organisms.

Fossil finders have ample opportunity to connect with experts through fossil ID days at museums, parks and universities.

The find confirms that America's earliest human inhabitants were here much sooner than previously thought.

If dinosaurs had telescopes and had pointed them at Saturn, they might have seen a ringless world.

Researchers say the collision of a planetary body with Earth, some 4.4 billion years ago, seeded the elements of life and also led to the creation of our moon.

From nearsightedness to bone mass, a trip to the International Space System has a notable effect on astronauts' bodies.

A new study finds that earthworms cause soil to release more greenhouse gases.

Cyclists have "increased heart rate and respiration," resulting in more CO2 emissions, said state Rep. Ed Orcutt.

This surprising discovery won't be enough to stop climate change, but it will help, researchers say.

A new study explores the implications of a Greenland that's actually green.

It's unlikely that coffee or tea is growing in your garden, so after you finish that cup, put the grounds to work with these clever ideas.

Don't throw out old pantyhose! You can recycle them in many different ways.

The idea behind Toshiko Horiuchi MacAdam's lovely, loopy play structures was born when children started playing on the designer's crochet sculpture in an art ga

Get healthier by focusing on vegetable-based dishes Monday through Friday and eating meat only on the weekends.

CANLOVE, a collective of graffiti artists, is on a mission to collect and upcycle as many spray cans as possible into art.

It really is important to learn to love your stuff. But that love comes so much easier when there is less stuff to love.

Today the EPA moves to veto the largest mountain top removal proposal, Spruce No. 1. Environmentalists have been pushing this for 3 years. Today we celebrate th

Do they really blast the tops off of mountains to get at cheaper coal? Do they really kill whales and dolphins and call it "research". Sarah Palin on the Discov

Mountaintop removal mining has destroyed hundreds of mountain peaks and at least 1,200 miles of streams in the Appalachians, and remains a hotly contested issue

Here are 7 before-and-after images of cities, as seen from space, showing the impact humans have had on the surrounding environment.

Chanie Kirschner remembers a time long ago when no one had cell phones.

Resist the urge to throw away your old gadgets. Here's how to recycle, donate and sell.

Cheap solar panels, micro-inverters, and plug-in technology make DIY solar a reality for the first time.

The president is getting a report card for his first 100 days in office from Michael Pollan and others. How's he doing on the food front?

A nonbinding resolution calls for meatless options to be offered.

Organizers of Food Day are trying to create an Earth Day-like yearly event to push for healthy, affordable food produced in a sustainable, humane way.

Vodka, the top-selling spirit in the nation, is one of the first to go green.

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