At 15 square meters with an equal amount of outdoor living space, Jonas Wagell's flat-packed Mini House 2.0 is a lovely prefab retreat that can be assembled in

The Solar Homestead, a nifty homage to early Appalachian mountain settlement camps that wowed the crowds at the 2011 Solar Decathlon, is now available from Ashe

Madrid-based sustainable architecture firm Ábaton unveils a low-cost prefab housing concept that's as simple as it gets (and interestingly, hypoallergenic).

Watch a tiny prefab home be 'dropped' into a vacant lot outside of Madrid with not much more than an electric screwdriver and a crane.

By keeping things compact, Matt Kirkpatrick and Katherine Bovee were able to splurge and have some fun when designing their boxy, prefab abode.

This teeny-tiny wooden cabin from Spain can be built in several hours (provided you can wrangle several friends to help you).

A judge in Okanogan County, Wash. rules that an ill-sited prefab hut must be moved from its landscape-altering perch above the Methow Valley.

In a marriage of modular building and adaptive reuse, one Spanish developer has taken to the rooftops.

Units in Dubai's wind- and solar-powered Dynamic Tower will sell for $30M — Dramamine not included.

'Batman v Superman' star says his Thanksgiving tradition is all about respect for animals.

Frozen remains found in Swiss glacier of couple who disappeared 75 years ago while hiking in the Alps.

Pools of water on Earth's moon might have teemed with simple organisms.

A startling find in Wyoming radically changes our theories about the distant origins of our taxonomic order.

The bottom of the Pacific Ocean is actually cooling down. How is this possible? The answer is proof that Earth's systems operate on long timescales.

Scientists say Zealandia meets all the requirements to qualify as a continent, even though 94% of it is underwater.

The space agency's $650 million Neo Surveillance Mission is designed to spot killer asteroids.

Natural fluctuations alone do not explain warming in the upper layers of the planet's oceans, confirms a new computer modeling study.

A new study shows that some wells in N.Y. contain large amounts of explosive methane and need to be monitored to prevent any detonation.

Rising carbon dioxide levels at the edge of space are apparently reducing the pull that Earth's atmosphere has on satellites and space junk, having effects on t

Carbon dioxide levels are now at 390.9 parts per million, well above what scientists consider the tipping point for the effects of climate change.

The U.S. energy sector is 'in the midst of a transformation,' according to a new report, thanks to the growing use of natural gas and renewable power sources.

Toyota has donated 4,500 free trees for this March's giveaway for New York City residents.

Scientists have created a microbe that converts carbon dioxide into biofuel, a discovery that might boost the battle against climate change.

Reducing the flow of the greenhouse gases that spur global warming could prevent up to 3 million premature deaths annually.

Scientists have known this for a while now, but new research gives us more information about why kangaroos are so much more efficient than cows.

The risk of 'severe, pervasive and irreversible impacts' is quickly rising worldwide, the draft report warns.

Even though Earth is already in an ice age, a surplus of ice is the least of our worries.

For several countries, the switch from coal to renewable energy is paying off in our attempt to reduce global carbon emissions — but we still have work to do.

Long-term thinning of Arctic sea ice combined with an intense, windy storm over the Arctic in early August contributed to a new record low for sea-ice extent, s

In continued efforts to track changes in glacial and sea ice, NASA's IceBridge plane has begun collecting data in Greenland.

Scientists have released the first 'point of view' video filmed by a wild polar bear, offering a glimpse into the animals' daily lives.

Cadbury will certify 300 million of its Cadbury Dairy Milk chocolate bars as well as its packaged cocoa, at a cost of £1.5m ($2.1m), by the end of summer.

Business as usual is destroying our lives and the environment.

Over 20 drunken, rowdy coal miners showed up at a party thrown by mountaintop removal critics, and cameras were there to film it all.

Federal law requires mining companies to restore strip mines to their original condition, but many don't bother.

Finally! The EPA declares that 79 mountaintop coal mining permits may violate the Clean Water Act.

After months of careful consideration, actress says her 'responsibilities and energy' need to be focused on family.

It's unclear whether some animals really smile to convey joy, but these critters sure look happy.

Michael Pollan's State of the Movement Address from the Georgia Organics Convention

Michael Pollan thanks and congratulates several organizations.

Michael Pollan breaks down his address into different components.

Michael Pollan discusses how the food system uses too much fossil fuel and reminds us that solar energy from plants is free.

Michael Pollan explains how healthcare costs are increasing while the amount of money people spend on good food is decreasing and suggests a change.

Michael Pollan explains how public health problems in the past made food so cheap it started costing people their health.

Michael Pollan lays out his ideas about what it would take to reform the food system.

Michael Pollan explains in a nutshell how the system went from working well to its current state.

Michael Pollan explains that if farmers are only growing one or two crops, that means people are only eating one or two crops, which does not make for a healthy

Michael Pollan explains how a variety of plants and animals make for healthy farms, which make for healthy people.

Michael Pollan lists three things that need to be removed in order to get animals back on farms.

Michael Pollan argues that fossil fuel efficiency replaced farmers, and we need to get them back.