rf

Stitch Fix merges personal stylists with high-tech data for the perfect outfit

The mail subscription service combines high-tech analytics and personal stylists to send women clothes they'll love.




rf

In the Green Room: Performing at the Fortune Brainstorm: Green

Watch Chuck perform at the Fortune Brainstorm: Green.



  • Arts & Culture

rf

In the Green Room: Ray Anderson of Interface Inc., part 2

Chuck Leavell, keyboardist for The Rolling Stones and the cofounder of MNN, sits down with noted environmentalist Ray Anderson of Interface Inc. Anderson, a not



  • Remodeling & Design

rf

Teens with metabolic syndrome perform worse on tests

Teens with metabolic syndrome — a set of health conditions linked with the development of heart disease and diabetes — perform worse in school than their he



  • Fitness & Well-Being

rf

Low-powered community radio is proving to be a powerful voice

People are using low-power FM radio stations (LPFMs) to inform, educate and spark change in their communities.



  • Arts & Culture

rf

In the Green Room: Ray Anderson of Interface Inc., part 1

Video: Chuck interviews Ray Anderson of Interface Inc., author of 'Confessions of a Radical Industrialist'.



  • Remodeling & Design

rf

What are the ingredients for the perfect public trash bin?

The New York City Department of Sanitation launches the BetterBin design competition in search of revamped litter receptacles.




rf

This compact wind turbine is perfect for blustery cities

Perfect for blustery apartment balconies, the student-designed O-Wind Turbine is a national winner of the James Dyson Award.



  • Research & Innovations

rf

Norfolk Southern partners with GreenTrees LLC

Norfolk Southern is working with GreenTrees LLC on a five-year reforestation project.



  • Sustainable Business Practices

rf

4 insanely powerful and expensive electric cars

These plug-in supercars are big on sex appeal and horsepower — but you've never heard of the companies that make them.




rf

Tree frog with strange claw discovered in remote Andean dwarf forest

The newly identified species may already be at risk of extinction due to habitat loss, researchers report.




rf

Media Mayhem: High noon for 'SuperFreakonomics'

The bestseller’s flawed climate arguments show that maverick heroes aren’t right about everything.



  • Climate & Weather

rf

2,000 NYC pigeons to perform in spellbinding aerial light show

Pigeon-fancying provocateur Duke Riley's 'Fly By Night' is set to dazzle over the East River.




rf

How many ways can you tie your scarf?

These 2 tutorials will get you scarfing in lots of new ways!



  • Natural Beauty & Fashion

rf

Interface expands fishing net recycling scheme on quest toward 'zero'

Modular carpeting behemoth Interface expands a coastal cleanup/recycling initiative that benefits impoverished fishing communities in the Philippines.




rf

Josh Dorfman: The anything but Lazy Environmentalist

Though he may have taken on the moniker of The Lazy Environmentalist, it's hard to find a harder working, more prolific green storyteller than Josh Dorfman.



  • Wilderness & Resources

rf

Ocean-friendly surfboards balance science, art

Former surfing champion Ashley Lloyd Thompson is making waves in the world of surfboard shaping.




rf

Support Josh Dorfman's Climate Ride

Next week hundreds of bicyclists will set out on a 300 mile bike trip to bring awareness of global warming and MNN's own Josh Dorfman will be there for the ride



  • Climate & Weather

rf

Is the 'Gilmore Girls' revival perfect or a hot mess? Yes

Spoiler alert: Everyone's talking about 'Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life, but for those who have remained unspoiled, this review lets some of its secrets out.



  • Arts & Culture

rf

Carrie Fisher's dog finds the perfect home

Carrie Fisher's famous French bulldog, Gary, will find a new home with Fisher's daughter.




rf

'Sex, Lies and Butterflies': Documentary takes a high-def look at these extraordinary insects

You may think of butterflies simply as colorful garden pollinators, but there's so much more to these beautiful insects!




rf

10 macro photographs highlight intricate beauty of butterfly wings

Photographer Chris Perani painstakingly combines thousands of exposures to create each individual image.




rf

National Butterfly Center braces for border wall

Construction equipment has moved into the land of the National Butterfly Center in Mission, Texas, to begin work on a border wall.



  • Wilderness & Resources

rf

Painted lady butterflies fill the skies over southern California

Painted lady butterflies are migrating north for the summer, and they're overtaking southern California, to the delight of many.




rf

Ohio lost a third of its butterflies in 21 years — and it probably isn't alone

The decline of Ohio's butterflies likely reflects a broader crisis for a wide range of insects, researchers say.




rf

Watch a caterpillar become a butterfly

Beautiful video from National Geographic shows how a caterpillar becomes a butterfly.




rf

Monarch butterflies make a pit stop in Colorado

Video shows Monarch Butterflies stopping in Colorado at John Martin Reservoir State Park as they migrate to Mexico.




rf

California's monarch butterfly population has declined by 99% since the 1980s

The western monarch population may be on the verge of collapsing.




rf

At the Detroit Auto Show: Oft-overlooked interiors make a colorful comeback

Am I the only one who finds the interior design of cars just as compelling as the exterior?




rf

7 'purrfect' DIY solutions to hide the litter box

If you have an indoor cat, you have a litter box. Finding a good place to keep the box is tricky, especially if you live in a small place. Here are some ideas.




rf

The staggering numbers behind Oktoberfest

From liters of beer consumed to the number of missing dentures, the tallies behind Oktoberfest have much to reveal about the frisky folk festival.



  • Arts & Culture

rf

Why Bali is the perfect escape

Bali is one of the most famous island tourist destinations in the world. This Indonesian isle's idyllic beaches, endless surf, easygoing population and exotic c




rf

Michigan's Upper Peninsula is the perfect year-round getaway

Michigan's Upper Peninsula is one of the most rural, nature-dominated regions in the Midwest. It is virtually surrounded by Great Lakes, with Lake Superior to i




rf

Plastic junk may turn island into Superfund site

Tern Island is so besieged by garbage it may become the first U.S. hazardous-waste site whose main problem is plastic.



  • Wilderness & Resources

rf

How to find the perfect peach

Get ready to squeeze — but not too hard — to find the best possible peach.




rf

How to spot the perfect plum

From color to firmness, follow these four tips for picking a ripe, juicy plum every time.




rf

New dwarf planet is really, really out there

New Dwarf Planet In Our Solar System May Be The Farthest One Yet




rf

Our moon is more colorful than you think

Astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy created this gorgeous color composite picture of the moon from more than 100,000 photographs.




rf

Putting on a 'game face' may actually boost your performance

A new study suggests a serious expression could go a long way toward getting some serious work done.



  • Research & Innovations

rf

Why people with Parkinson's disease can perform an Irish dance effortlessly

Research out of Venice finds Irish dancing more helpful than physiotherapy for the symptoms of Parkinson's disease.



  • Research & Innovations

rf

Not even the most powerful computer can predict what a baby will become

A massive study finds that no research tool can predict the outcome of a human life.



  • Research & Innovations

rf

Scientists splice genes from roses and celery to create superflower

New rose will be less prone to wilting and will allow for longer lasting Valentine's Day bouquets.



  • Research & Innovations

rf

Subterranean cavefish lives deep underground and climbs waterfalls

Bizarre fish has evolved fins like no other and is capable of walking like a land animal.




rf

Shark-spotting drone will give early warning to surfers

Helicopter-like aerial drones will patrol off the coast of popular Australian beaches.



  • Wilderness & Resources

rf

World's deepest fish discovered 5 miles under the ocean surface

The unknown species is believed to be a snailfish with 'large wing-like fins and a head resembling a cartoon dog.'




rf

Robots hunt starfish, lionfish to save coral reefs

These invasive species are wreaking havoc on reefs and the fish that live amongst the coral.




rf

11 colorful fungi that look like they came from Willy Wonka

The 11 mushrooms and other fungi here are a far cry from the typical white-or-brown palette of criminis and portobellos.




rf

Sinking temperatures jumpstart winter transformation of Yellowstone waterfall

Osprey Falls at Yellowstone National Park is starting to freeze as this video shows.



  • Climate & Weather

rf

Greenland's ice sheet briefly hosted the world's tallest waterfall

Cambridge researchers studying the event say the waterfall in Greenland measured roughly 1,000 meters tall.



  • Climate & Weather

rf

Why did Ecuador's largest waterfall disappear?

A highlight of the landscape in Ecuador's Cayambe Coca Park, the San Rafael waterfall is now little more than a trickle.



  • Climate & Weather