As it turns out, the Swedish retailer's rooftop power plants are also the biggest in several other states.

IKEA's innovation lab, SPACE10, has been busy updating meatballs, burgers and hotdogs to focus on bugs, algae and plants.

With huge eyes in tiny bodies, baby jumping spiders have high-quality vision.

It’s time to ditch the word "senior" and all the ageist baggage that goes with it.

In the Netherlands, men over 65 on e-bikes are causing a big spike in the cycling death rate. And the Dutch are ahead of the game on all things biking.

Oregon's Silver Falls State Park is a wonderland of rivers, streams, rainforest and cascading water.

This is what London's air would look like without cars.

The biggest rodent to ever stalk the Earth lived about 3 million years ago — and it used its large front teeth the way today's elephants use their tusks.

Try this pretty pineapple-orange and vodka cocktail.

The 2014 farm bill removed some of the barriers to growing hemp. Humboldt Distillery ran with it.

Spliced from thousands of screenshots of the planets, NASA has created a new video of Mercury that shows off the planet's diversity in terrain.

Animals use their senses to detect other animals, communicate and do some wild things. Can you identify the super senses of these animals?

We're surrounded by any number of dangers, but which ones should you really worry about? Take the quiz to find out what's more likely to summon the Grim Reaper.

Although new on the Indian retail scene, Ikea already has big plans to alleviate one of the country's largest environmental ills.

Experts predict the World Wide Web will become seamlessly integrated into every aspect of our lives — but with a dark side to consider.

Wireless inductive charging built into furniture is a good idea whose time has not yet come.

The UP North Loop offers a unique but daunting tour through an array of wild landscapes.

Family sends an SOS message in a bottle from California's Arroyo Seco River — and it saves them.

An organic pizza franchise is expanding fast with a menu that boasts vegan cheeses, organic meats, and gluten-free brownies.

Formed by two wood-clad shipping containers, Skit 2014 is the ideal living arrangement for eremitic types who don't mind ladders and composting toilets.

Solving secret codes hidden within video games could soon spill over into real life mysteries.

I do support fair trade products, but sometimes I wish I didn't.

Researchers studying chimps that like to throw rocks at certain trees in West Africa are getting clues about the purpose of this behavior.

The FoldScope will bring microscopes to the masses and revolutionize health care around the world.

I was recently taking a shower in my bathroom when I looked up and noticed what I think was black fuzz and dots growing on my ceiling! Why does mold seem to lik

Technology projects a touchscreen onto your hand, clothes, a wall, or any surface, so you can operate your phone without removing it from your pocket.

Swedish home furnishings giant Ikea wants to help us breathe easier with pollutant-busting window treatments.

The blue- and yellow-clad home furnishings behemoth plans to add 17 percent more green to the paychecks of employees who earn minimum wage.

There's never been a better time to start bicycling to work. Here's how to get rolling!

If you follow a few simple steps, we promise you won't smell after your bike ride to the office.

Gold Rush? More like cold rush! The cast and crew of the miniseries reveal how they battled extreme weather to bring this epic tale to the screen.

World Wildlife Fund, the Red Cross and UNICEF are among the first users of the new "Donate Now" button.

Back in 1971, Jane Goodall observed a group of chimps break out in civil war. Now new social network analysis offers an explanation for this violent behavior.

The idea grew out of disaster message boards that sprung up on Facebook after Japan's most recent natural disaster.

For many Facebook users, the urge to like a kitten video or snoop on a high-school flame is almost irresistible.

A new study reveals the majority of people you consider your friends may not feel the same way about you.

Breakthrough 'crystal' captures CO2 and could one day turn it into a fuel or turn water into hydrogen.

A new website makes it super easy to help save the world, a little bit at a time.

My new bike has a lithium-charged motor that kicks in just enough added oomp to power me through hills and headwinds.

Apply to the 30-Day Electric Bike Challenge and you could be selected to receive an e-bike for a month in exchange for swearing off the use of your car.

Bicycle sales exceed cars in Europe, and there's compelling evidence that pedaling increases the national happiness quotient.

Two new studies decipher who prefers which kind of car, revealing unexpected attitudes that challenge many assumptions.

James Furzer's simple design is still situated on the streets — yet lifted slightly above them.

The Design Museum's recognition of IKEA's Better Shelter for refugees couldn't come at a more appropriate time.

Faircompanies gives a tour of an unusual Omaha, Nebraska, dwelling that consists of three concrete domes tucked underground.

With guidance from the World Wildlife Fund, Swedish retailer IKEA uses bath towels and duvet covers to spread a message of conservation.

Habitat loss and climate change have pushed the antechinus, a marsupial that looks like a small shrew, to the brink. And their sex lives don't help.

Oil exploration will probably begin in Alaskan waters this summer, according to a top U.S. official, with more lease sales likely in the next four years.

Cash for Clunkers tore through our nation like a drag racer, long before anybody could figure out if it made sense. But its image is already locked in the popul

Wheely's coffee and beverage franchises are carbon-neutral and ready to compete with brick-and-mortar stores.