Helsinki is experimenting with a plan to match people with rides, making cars unnecessary.

From the venerable, eco-conscious publisher comes a new place to find great gifts, fairly made jewelry and sustainable fashion.

Pink slime is said to recover 10 to 12 pounds of edible lean beef from every animal and save another 1.5 million animals from slaughter, but does that diminish

The journalist is conducting a 9-month 'economic patriotism' experiment by eating nothing but French food and using only French-made products.

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If you've ever had trouble finding something online, a new website is here to help.

Amazon honors National Bullying Prevention Month with a daily deal on two titles that help empower kids against bullies.

Lost in the woods? Stuck in the wild? These 8 handy smartphone apps will help you survive in the wilderness.

The student-designed mobile game Galactickitties lets you save space-flying felines and benefit the ASPCA too.

Chanie Kirschner wonders whether all that paper and gas saved are worth going to college online.

New study from researchers at Stanford challenges the idea that your lifelong pursuit is just buried inside you somewhere.

Finland's vocational education and training (VET) programs cover a range of occupations, and training is available to just about everyone.

The new Digital Cookie platform can teach the girls useful entrepreneurial skills, if their parents can step aside and let the girls be in charge.

There are millions of animals on the planet, yet the milk Americans drink almost exclusively comes from cows.

Tired of replacing stuff every few years? This website solves that problem.

The green gender gap is a thing. Studies show women are more attuned to the environment, and that some men may think the 'green' movement un-masculine.

Dairy prices could rise if the farm bill isn't passed by Dec. 31, 2012. It's being called the dairy cliff.

After a leading role in the final season of "Downton Abbey," Matthew Goode's next gig will be "The Wine Show" with Matthew Rhys.

Greenland's ice sheet is on the move, with new images showing its glaciers moving 30 percent faster than they were a decade ago. Greenland and Antarctica are ho

A set of 80-year-old photographs discovered in a basement archive reveals the remarkable sensitivity of Greenland's glaciers to climate change, according to a n

While the Greenland Ice Sheet has been known to be gradually melting over the years, new evidence shows that certain areas are thinning faster than others.

NASA's newest rover won't be exploring another planet, but will take a look at part of our own.

Bigger surface melts in recent years are softening the interior of the ice like a stick of butter.

The last bulwark to fall in Greenland's battle against rising temperatures is the northeast corner of the Greenland Ice Sheet.

Buried thousands of feet under Summit, the highest point on Greenland's ice sheet, is a soil born before humans ever walked on Earth.

About half of the surface warming that's helping shrink Greenland's glaciers is due to temperatures in the tropical Pacific Ocean.

The vast ice sheet covering Greenland could melt more quickly in the future than existing models predict.

Greenland is famous for its massive glaciers, but the region was relatively free of ice until about 2.7 million years ago.

The discovery of two large lakes hidden beneath Greenland's ice suggests that climate change now cuts all the way to the bottom of the ice sheet.

Humanity is not only moving too slowly in curbing CO2 emissions — we're moving the wrong direction.

These aerial images highlight the devastating effect global warming has on the arctic.

Splinters can be annoying and even painful, but they can be easy to remove.

A showcase for American artisans, the virtual shop Catherine's Table is a warm and cozy ode to beautiful things.

Rainworks latest rain-activated installation makes waiting for the bus a touch less tedious.

The Nordic nation gets bookish at the 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale with an exposition dubbed 'Mind-Building'

Finland, the world's most literate nation, rings in its 100th birthday with the opening of Oodi Helsinki Central Library.

By implementing 'housing first' on a national scale, Finland has almost eliminated homelessness.

All you need to avoid lower back pain is a steady exercise program and a bit of education.

The FDA is investigating potentially regulating added caffeine.

The Artificial Inorganic Leaf (AIL) may unlock the secrets to producing cheap, clean hydrogen by mimicking the photosynthetic structure of the leaf.

Artificial photosynthesis could produce the perfect clean fuel to run everything.

The ReTuna mall in Eskilstuna provides a shining example of how the buy-use-dispose model can be turned on its head.

Research suggests white owls have a key psychological advantage when hunting by moonlight.

The light from the moon influences more than you might suspect, including animal behavior and farming.

Instead of synthetic insecticides, entomologist Rich Hofstetter is recruiting native fungi to protect forests from bark beetles.

After her sister’s death, Elizabeth Van Meter saw a haunting photo that changed her life. Now she’s helping others change theirs.

Through The Learning Tea in Atlanta, entrepreneur Katrell Christie is helping educate teenage orphan girls in India so they can achieve their dreams.

Scientists are beginning to unravel the mystery of how caddisfly silk stays sticky underwater, and it could lead to the development of a wet Band-Aid.

How embracing a serene, rural lifestyle has taught me to use a chainsaw, ride a pickup and get off my blood pressure medication.

Santa's not the only one who gets to hang out with these interesting animals.