The second generation of Paris' bike-sharing fleet will see 20,000 bikes hit the streets next year, and 30% of those will feature an electric drivetrain.

Parisians are complaining, but the fact is that people need a place to pee; it's a human right.

Like a gadget from a superhero's gizmo-kit, two engineering students have invented a device to battle blazes with noise – water and toxic chemicals not required.

Just think what the waste fat from 46 million Thanksgiving turkeys could fuel.

This Finnish design doesn’t look quite finished but it is ingenious.

Because standing desks cannot stand alone.

It is better than a fixed standing desk? They make a good case for it.

It actually seems to say that you can give someone an adjustable desk but you can't make them stand. That's a very different thing.

It's clever, cheap, burns calories and keeps the blood flowing and heart pumping.

Just standing isn't enough; you gotta move.

Because people gotta move.

Furthering a trend: As the United States continues virtually deadlocked on enacting any legislation pricing carbon or significantly promoting renewable energy, more Asian countries than China are likely to

Residents of Muskingum County in Ohio got quite a shock this week after dozens of exotic animals broke free from an area wildlife farm and took to the streets and highways.

The basketball star has a soft spot for bikes, which he says gave him important freedom as a kid.

Paris has the Promenade plantée and New York has The High Line, parks created on top of once-abandoned railway tracks. Now plans are afoot in Philadelphia to transform the Reading Viaduct into what its designers are

A new public space in Philadelphia helps make the city more human-scale and increase quality of life for people who work or pass through the area.

This is very smart marketing, and not a bad looking bike.

There are all kinds of distracted and compromised people in our roads. Some of them cannot help it. So why are phones a problem?

Drivers used to get away with murder; new legislation is much stronger.

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

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

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

The official naming organization has approved the names to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 8 mission.

Nicknamed 'Farout' by the team that discovered it, the celestial object is some 11,160,000,000 miles away.

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.

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.

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.

The war on coal, it seems, may be ongoing, no matter who's in charge in Washington.

Walking and other gentle movements could power the next generation of devices.

From record investments in energy investments made by US states, to East Africa's largest wind power project, Chicago's smart gridization, to Chevron's huge fine being upheld, here's what we're reading today.

Fresh Cargo's new fair-trade Maasai Treads line combines locally sourced and recycled materials with indigenous sandal-making skills to create footwear that make a stylish, sustainable statement.

This short film, while focused on the island of Kauai, highlights the challenges and crises we will all have to face on our island planet.

The new species endemic to the marine protected area expanded by Obama was named in honor of his efforts to protect and preserve the natural environment.

We still need a ton more renewable energy in order to combat climate change, but the good news is that renewable energy is picking up the pace.

This is, in fact, one of the things that e-bikes are really good at. Another dumb move.

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A really interesting housing project and a look back at Canadian Thanksgiving

and really, are Christmas lights screwing up your Wi-Fi?

Fortunately, that's not the only change in their building regulations.

The data center will be the largest in the world.

This aeroponic indoor gardening system from the Italian startup Hexagro is modular, scalable, and automated.

Toronto, a city rated as one of the most livable in the world by The

We are officially in love with Loch Pooltiel.

This is where we started.

It simply doesn't recognize that some e-bikes are just bikes with a boost, and is unfair to older or disabled riders, or long distance commuters.

The bin-sized device would turn household waste into fuel for heating hot water.

The outdoor gear retailer plans to certify 30 percent of its clothes as fair-trade by the end of 2017.