The Power of Making is the new craft show at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. It's a mix of craft and science: a coming-together of the disciplines.

Facial recognition technology may delight parents wanting constant updates, but it's an invasion of children's privacy.

Kids deserve a better example than that.

They're non-toxic, waterproof, and cute.

Swimming against the cultural tide of over-parenting is hard, and a word of encouragement goes a long way.

It's one thing to criticize kids' tech habits, but what alternatives do parents offer them?

Letting kids venture out alone could be the best thing you do for them.

New research shows it's because they feel empowered by 'sustainable behaviors'.

The Glowing, Glowing, Gone is a brightly somber campaign calling for urgent action against climate change.

An alarming case study in the North Atlantic bolsters Greenpeace's call for a Global Ocean Treaty.

There was a time when family heirlooms were cherished, but now minimalism is valued more.

Young people's interest in 'healthy, clean living' has them cooking, crafting, and counting their pennies in ways that baffle their Boomer parents.

It is, quite literally, the 'outfit of the day,' never to be seen again because it has been returned to the store.

The next two months represent the highest rate of consumption during the year, but it doesn't have to be that way.

This might be a model for how to live lightly in a circular economy.

Already suffering a perilous decline, the deaths of 4 North Atlantic right whales in the Gulf of St. Lawrence this month doesn't bode well for the species.

A writer argues that glitzy new plant-based technology distracts from the bigger issue of animal welfare.

Victory gardens have come back ever bigger - garden magazines and home gardening tools sales are good even in this recessionary economy. The harvest season is almost upon us, and an extension of that urban victory garden idea is to glean the fruit (and

During World War II ordinary citizens across the country did their part for the war effort by planting victory gardens to lessen the demand on the food system caused by the war. Some have suggested that sustainability is about returning to the more

These reefs live in murky water with low levels of light and are likely to survive rising sea levels, researchers say.

Not coming soon from a modular company near you.

It always amazes, how much work people do for this.

But the hotel design competition is always interesting, even in an off year.

Dr. David Katz argues that poor nutrition is a greater threat than the coronavirus, but we think both are concerning.

This is what happens when LEDs get cheaper and better: designers use more of them. Someone predicted this once.

Architects all over the world should be doing this too.

Steve Webb thinks we should tax upfront carbon like cigarettes, and we should build in wood and stone.

The Amazon is home to one of the most fascinating life forms of all -- humans, like us, but who are living free from the narrow confines of our 'civilization'.

The answer is pretty surprising.

When the government furloughed park workers responsible for emptying trash bins, it came as welcome news for bears.

An economics professor suggested we replace libraries with Amazon bookstores "to save taxpayers money" and the Internet went wild, with good reason.

Jonathan Safran Foer argues convincingly that changing our diets is the most effective way to fight the climate crisis.

The 2019 rating by EWG finds that most sunscreens contain sketchy ingredients and/or don't offer adequate protection.

Among other remarkable features, a cat’s tongue is covered in little spines, turning it into the world’s most magical hairbrush.

Cuddly, gentle, and low maintenance, there's a lot to love about these feathery fowl.

New research suggests that dogs' facial anatomy has changed over thousands of years specifically to allow better communication with us.

Not only is it Groundhog Day and Super Bowl Sunday, but it's also an extra-special 8-digit palindrome day.

Anthropologist David Graeber thinks we could do without half our jobs.

Boom-and-bust cycles are no coincidence.

Less work doesn't have to be a bad thing.

A rise in Arctic storms has more than doubled the number of winter warming events, which could greatly impede ice growth.

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

NASA's monthly Puzzler is meant to puzzle readers; this one has the experts puzzled as well.

There's a new polar bear live cam in town ...

Svalbard's wild reindeer are surviving warmer winters by foraging on, yes, seaweed.

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

A lot of our history is being lost so that people can get that popular look.

These pink and blue-tinted photographs suggest that our biology has a big influence on the way we perceive reality.

This week The Man with A Spear in His Chest, founder of Interface Ray Anderson, held a press conference to mark a milestone in his company's journey up "Mount Sustainability". They are making excellent progress towards their target of zero

Not much point in having a healthy house if you spend all day in an unhealthy office.