Garrison Architects creates a series of green modular structures to grace NYC's Sandy-ravaged beaches by Memorial Day.

Blu Homes tackles the suburbs with Balance Metro, a new take on a 3-bedroom design that's geared for infill lots.

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

A Chicago restaurant is serving crystal-clear pumpkin pie. Do you think it's fun or freaky?

HIV might never have become a global pandemic if it wasn't for the ecology of what is now known as Kinshasa, and what was then a 1920s colonial hub.

The wildfire in the Florida Everglades has spread to 32,000 acres, and officials are using all the resources they can to contain it.

Food news and items of interest from around the Web for your weekend reading.

An heirloom tomato has been named after Michael Pollan. The "Michael Pollan" tomato is an oddly shaped green and yellow tomato.

Food news and items of interest from around the Web — Giada de Laurentiis, Jersey Girl Cooks and weeknight dinner parties.

A study found that microplastics can be kept inside water-dwelling creatures, like mosquitoes, as they age.

Raymond Wang, 17, won prestigious $75,000 award for engineering a system to make cabin air safer.

159 coral reefs were examined in the Asian-Pacific region, and 89 percent of those reefs were contaminated with plastics and disease.

If you thought the plastic bag waste from a loaf was a big problem, wait till you find out what's even more damaging.

Food news and items of interest from around the Web for your weekend reading.

Rhabdomyolysis is rare, but if your workouts cause extreme soreness or swelling, check with your doctor.

Take the quiz to win 4 tickets and VIP access to one of the band's end-of-the-year shows in Atlanta.

The surface of Mercury is shrinking faster than previously thought, photos from a NASA spacecraft orbiting the tiny planet reveal.

As far as creative ideas to keep food food from being wasted go, Toast Beer is pretty brilliant.

Sweden is to thank (go figure) for a hot new lifestyle trend known as plogging that encourages participants to beautify cities while burning calories.

The Ritz-Carlton in Charlotte uses organic ingredients, LED lights and a green vegetated moss roof on it’s holiday house.

An all-natural mix that’s wheat-free, gluten-free and made with organic ingredients.

Food news and items of interest from around the Web for your weekend reading.

A new study concludes humans have accidentally spread a virus and parasite that are obliterating bees.

Getting past the ick factor isn't the only obstacle for a beer made from treated wastewater to be sold on the market.

The USDA deputy secretary Kathleen Merrigan did a Q&A with The Washington Post about challenges for the organic food market.

Panera’s St. Louis Bread Co. in Missouri lets customers pay what they can.

As sourcing ingredients directly from local farms gains in popularity, more chefs are building relationships with farmers to get the pick of their crops.

You nominated your favorite green chefs, and here they are: Forty rising culinary stars, all working to make great sustenance more sustainable.

You nominated your favorite green chefs, and here they are: Forty rising culinary stars, all working to make great sustenance more sustainable.

You nominated your favorite green chefs, and here they are: Forty rising culinary stars, all working to make great sustenance more sustainable.

You nominated your favorite green chefs, and here they are: Forty rising culinary stars, all working to make great sustenance more sustainable.

Instagramming your restaurant could get you a slap on the wrist from the chef. Should it?

Virtualization makes cloud computing possible, productive and profitable. Many businesses large and small think it can do the same thing for work by creating a

Joining an environmental book club (or cracking a few eco-books solo) is a virtually effortless way to green up your life a bit.

The bat-killing fungal infection known as white-nose syndrome has been found in two new U.S. states.

A study found that an invasive species of camel cricket from Asia is now far more common in American basements than the native variety.

These deadly mushrooms have caused five deaths in California since 2010, and even experienced mushroom gatherers can misidentify them.

Life-affirming data from 1976 was dismissed as a 'false positive,' but former NASA scientist Gilbert V. Levin is speaking up.

Environmental scientist Amy Luers warns that a cultural shift to our approach to emissions and climate mitigation requires a broad, long-term view. Tying the is

Recession proof green jobs, $7 million in energy efficiency savings and more.

Forget Pat Conroy ... nothing says 'summer reading' like upcycling bibles and tiny house memoirs.

For readers, it's great news that Playboy is getting rid of the naked photos.

It's the season for global warming meetings. Will this year be any different?

A National Geographic Kids book teaches all about the “Human Footprint.”

Researchers are trying to better understand how light pollution affects the endangered animals.

'Reading Rainbow' host LeVar Burton demonstrates a new app aimed at getting kids to love reading.

This all-article, no-recipe magazine about food and cooking packs a lot into its first free issue.

A trio works from anywhere in the world, teleworking during the Olympics and a mandatory work from home day. If you’re preparing for the Friday night commute

In an effort to wean America off landfill-clogging synthetic dryer sheets, Method introduces a curious new laundry product that's essentially 100 heat-activated

Effects of the fiscal cliff deal on food policy